NXT Power Rankings: Has Owens Met His Match in Joe?

Kevin Owens continues to dominate, but Solomon Crowe stepped up to the plate this week and Samoa Joe isn’t scared of the NXT Champion either.

Check out our weekly NXT Power Rankings to see who Owens picked on this week.

Honorable Mention: Solomon Crowe: He’s got balls- you have to give him that. While he hasn’t been on the winning end of as many matches as he would like the past few weeks, he’s still a fan favorite with plenty of upside.

5: Emma: A clean win over Bayley will do wonders for the Auber-talented Emma. While Dana Brooke is getting all of the attention lately, Emma is one of the best female workers in NXT and the WWE and deserves just as much fanfare.

4: Blake and Murphy: Say what you want about their lack of charisma, but with the addition of Alexa Bliss, these guys are a much better product overall. Solid in-ring workers, all they need is a few epic matches, against teams that can actually work i.e., The Vaudevillians and they’ll be set. But don’t let their feud with Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady go unnoticed. Hopefully, it’ll break them out of their shells a bit.

3: Finn Balor: His win over Tye Dillinger this week oN NXT doesn’t mean much, but it does keep him in a situation he must love. Not many guys work two weeks in a row on NXT and the fact that Balor continues to be one of the most popular performers on the roster is important. Add in his eventual title shot against Kevin Owens and it’s obvious Balor is on the way to bigger and better things.

2: Samoa Joe: The crowd loves him, even if his entrance music is an absolute disaster. Arguably one of the best in-ring workers to ever step foot in NXT, his eventual match with Kevin Owens is going to be a blockbuster.

1: Kevin Owens: The NXT Champion was on his A-game in terms of promo, calling out Samoa Joe and John Cena, as well as getting in the face of William Regal. Easily the most dominant NXT Champion of all-time, Owens is in a league of his own at this point. His match with Cena at Elimination Chamber will be a big one for both NXT and Joe.

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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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