NXT R-evolution Power Rankings: Body Paint, Diamond Dust and InZane Moments

With Adrian Neville’s loss to Sami Zayn, as well as a host of great matches and wonderful moments, NXT R-evolution was easily better than the majority of WWE’s pay per views this year. And it wasn’t just the in-ring work. Great promos and Finn Balor’s first “special” entrance, as well as Kevin Owens debut, made R-evolution an event you won’t soon forget.

Check out our NXT R-evolution Power Rankings to see who ended up stealing NXT’s best two-hour event to date.

Don’t Forget: Charlotte Flair: A Diamond Dust for the win? Flair continues to prove she’s in a league of her own in NXT and someone who deserves more than four minutes on RAW.

Honorable Mention: Baron Corbin: Another quick and dominating win. It’s time to get this guy more competition before he turns into Mojo Rawley. With a great look, entrance and finisher, he’s in a great place to truly blossom.

5: The Lucha Dragons: Beating the next best team in NXT, Simon Gotch and Aiden English, no one appears to be in the same high-flying league as Sin Cara and Kalisto. With no more competition in sight, who’s next to challenge them for the titles?

4: Finn Balor: His entrance at R-evolution was easily the best in NXT history. With shades of the charismatic Jeff Hardy and the stiff Japanese style, Balor is an enigma all his own. Like Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn and Adrian Neville, he’s already WWE main roster ready.

3: Kevin Owens: Talk about a debut. Owens only unveiled a tiny bit of his arsenal against CJ Parker, but displayed plenty of power, speed and versatility. Make no mistake, he will be a star in NXT. With a great entrance and a cool t-shirt already, Owens is in a better situation than most WWE performers. And he should be. You don’t break your ass in the indies for 14 years and my get anything in return.

2: Adrian Neville: After months as the NXT Champion, Neville lost in a wild and wonderful match to Sami Zayn. Ready to join the WWE main roster, Neville will give RAW and Smackdown their first legitimate high-flyer since Rey Mysterio and Evan Bourne.

1: Sami Zayn: It took longer than anyone could have expected, but Zayn is finally the NXT Champion. With Neville out of the way, the bigger question is, who’s the first person to get in Zayn’s way?

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Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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