WWE Smackdown Power Rankings: Ziggler the New People’s Champion?

Smackdown is considered by many to be the company’s B show, but this week featured a nice balance of promo and solid wrestling action. While it wasn’t on the same level of RAW, it wasn’t entirely passable either.

Check out this week’s Smackdown Power Rankings to see who made the most of this special edition of Smackdown.

Honorable Mention: Erik Rowan: A 300-Pound Splash? Executed to beauty? Damn skippy. Big Red has plenty of potential, but has been unable to score that big win that really gets him over. While this match isn’t that moment, Rowan is going to get there eventually.

5: Rusev: He’s about to go to war with Ryback and wasted no time taking the offensive, ambushing him on Smackdown. The biggest test of his undefeated streak yet, Rusev is going to have to show us a lot more than some nifty kicks and a Camel Clutch.

4: Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt: Last year at this time, no one would have thought that this would have been one of the premier feuds in the company. Both are incredibly charismatic and in a way similar, but fans continue to eat their battles up. Until the WWE finds someone else for them to dance with, or fans get sick of it, expect the feud to last through Royal Rumble.

3: Seth Rollins: Despite suffering his first loss to Dolph Ziggler this week on Smackdown, there’s no doubt- he’s still the top young heel in the promotion.

2: Roman Reigns: Fandango may not be the stiffest competition for the returning young star, but it was a good tune up for what is to come. With Big Show on a monster roll, Reigns needs to be at his best and from this small, bite-sized chunk, that’s exactly where Reigns is right now.

1: Dolph Ziggler: With no CM Punk or Daniel Bryan, Ziggler has solidified himself as the best in-ring worker in the company. With the Intercontinental Title around his waist again as well, he’s the closest thing to a People’s Champion the promotion has right now.

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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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