Ring of Honor Power Rankings: For the Mid-Card

The matches were awesome, but there was virtually no promo and no mention of any of the promotion’s big stars. As a result, this week’s episode of Ring of Honor TV was only for the hardcore grappling fan.

Check out this week’s Ring of Honor Power Rankings to see which members of the ROH mid-card rose to the occasion.

Honorable Mention: Silas Young: ROH’s version of Sheamus, Young has the look to be a solid mid-carder in another promotion, but for right now, he’s developing into something solid in ROH.

5: The Kingdom: Even with the drama between them and Adam Cole, the Kingdom still have the IWGP Tag Team titles (At least on the show. The team lost the belts to The Bullet Club earlier in the month. With the sexy Maria Kanellis by their side as well, the Kingdom, at least Matt Taven and Michael Bennett, will always get TV time on ROH.

4: Dalton Castle: He is certainly unique and has the potential to be a Tyler Breeze type in NXT and the WWE, over time. Add in impressive strength and a ton of a charisma and it’s only a matter of time until he goes to greener pastures. For now, his feud with Silas Young is an interesting one- a clear battle of opposites. A win for the youngster here could move him up the ladder enough to at least get him in the conversation for a shot at Jay Lethal’s TV title.

3: Moose: The fans love him, even if he’s a one-dimensional wrecking machine. His Spear finisher is far from devastating and he’s not even that imposing to look at. Simply put, in order for him to be more than a flash in the pan, he’s going to have to find something else besides intimidation to get over. His high-flying antics this week on ROH TV were definite proof that he has something more.

2: BJ Whitmer: He hasn’t wrestled in who knows how long, but his promo with Steve Corino was quintessential heel work and sets up what could be a fun match between the two grizzled veterans.

1: Bobby Fish: Redrawn is one of ROH’s best tag teams, but Fish proved this week he can get the job done all by himself.

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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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