NXT Power Rankings: KOin’ Everybody

May 3, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With a handful of matches and plenty of promo, this week’s NXT was a well-balanced effort that was paced better than this week’s RAW.

Check out this week’s NXT Power Rankings to see who’s got momentum on their side leading up to the next NXT Takeover event.

Honorable Mention: Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady: They still need more polish in the ring, but it’s hard to deny how charismatic they are. Although the Tag Team division in NXT is deep, they’ve continued to stay at the top of the pecking order despite being less experienced and in the case of Amore, undersized. That’s got to mean something.

5: Dana Brooke: She’s hot and got the moves needed to be a success in the NXT Women’s division. Although she needed help from Emma to get a win over Bayley, she’s still undefeated and getting better every week.

4: Alex Riley: He got destroyed this week by Kevin Owens, but it says something that WWE brass continue to put him in matches with elite competitors.

3: Hideo Itami: His win over Adam Rose once again proves he’s ready to join the elite class of NXT. After Sami Zayn gets his title shot, expect him to challenge Kevin Owens for an opportunity at Kevin Owens and the NXt Championship.

2: Sami Zayn: Healthy and focused , Zayn has his sights set on regaining the NXT title. With his shot finally set, Zayn and Owens will have what will easily be the most anticipated rematch in NXT history. One of the most polished and versatile performers in NXT, he’s only a few big matches away from landing on the WWE roster full-time.

1: Kevin Owens: Although he came to this week’s episode of NXT with a bit of a swagger that was erased by the end of his segment, Owens is still the NXT Champion and dedicated to destroying Sami Zayn once and for all. Easily the most dominant Champion in NXT history, Zayn will have his work cut out for him at NXT Takeover.

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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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