NXT Power Rankings: B-Team Blues

With little storyline development and no in-ring action from Finn Balor, Baron Corbin, Kevin Owens or Sami Zayn, this week’s NXT felt flat. While the great tag team made event made up for some of the passable moments, it was nothing to go crazy about.

Check out this week’s RAW Power Rankings to see who starred in unusually weak episode of NXT.

Honorable Mention: Sasha Banks: She’s one of the bets overall female workers in NXT, not to mention the WWE. Her win over Alexa Bliss this week on NXT wasn’t too much to go crazy about, but what it does do is keep her pertinent until her next encounter with NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair.

5: Hideo Itami: His first win in NXT as a single competitor, Itami looked good against the polished Curtis Axel. With Finn Balor now engaged in a feud with Tyson Kidd, Itami will finally get the chance to shine by himself in NXT.

4: Tyler Breeze: His return after an absence of a few months wasn’t very spectacular as newcomer Chad Gable looked more energetic and polished. Regardless, with his charisma and quick win ability with the Beauty Shot, he’s always a selfie away from getting back in the NXT title hunt.

3: Tyson Kidd: Cats? PETA? He’s out of his mind. While his single career has hit a snag and he’ll most likely put over Finn Balor next week, his career is about to take off with Antonio Cesaro.

2: The Lucha Dragons:
With another win over Simon Gotch and Aiden English, as well as the unveiling of a new double-team finisher, Sin Cara and Kalisto continue to prove all of their doubters wrong. But with no real enemies waiting in the bushes for them, how much can this team develop over the next few weeks? Much like the Usos, the argument will never be that they can’t perform once in the ring, but what makes anyone want to see them before the action?

1: Sami Zayn: With a match against Adrian Neville in the works and a feud with Kevin Owens brewing, Zayn is one of the most interesting characters i the WWE Universe. With plenty of fan support and one of the most exciting movesets in the game, that isn’t about to change anytime soon.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
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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