WWE Battleground Power Rankings: Taker Piledrives Mayor of Suplex City

Three fantastic matches and the return of The Undertaker ensured Battleground wasn’t a waste of time.

Check out our WWE Battleground Power Rankings to see who left the event in the best situation to strike at Summerslam.

Don’t Forget the Ladies: For the first time, in a long time, the Divas in the WWE matter. Lets hope it stays that way for a while. Charlotte Flair’s win against Sasha Banks and Brie Bella definitely signals the beginning of a beautiful new era in women’s wrestling in the WWE.

Honorable Mention: Randy Orton: In a solid opening match, in front of his hometown crowd, Orton beat the reigning King of the Ring Sheamus in typical Orton fashion, with an RKO out of nowhere. Still one of the most beloved faces in the WWE, Orton is always a whisker away from challenging for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

5: The Prime Time Players: WWE Tag Team Champions Darren Young and Tutus O’Neil continue to grow as a tag team with an enjoyable win over The New Day. While they still need a Double-Team finish and could use more promo time, with injuries to Erick Rowan and Luke Harper, as well as Tyson Kidd and The Usos, they’re simply the best the promotion has right now in the division.

4: Bray Wyatt: His win over Roman Reigns is one of the biggest of his career and thanks to the help of the returning Luke Harper, Wyatt can continue to shoot epic promo and matter. Now with Reigns out of the way, who does Wyatt sets his sights on next?

3: John Cena: In probably his best match in years, Cena took out Kevin Owens to retain the United States title. With Owens finally out of his hair, what’s next for Cena?

2: Brock Lesnar: He had the WWE World Heavyweight Championship all but around his waist until The Undertaker spoiled the fun. Summerslam just got a lot cooler.

1: The Undertaker: His return definitely shakes things up. With Brock Lesnar getting screwed out of another shot at the WWE World Heavyweight title, except the Deadman to have to pay for his sins against “The Beast.”

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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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