Summerslam 2016 Power Rankings: Balor the King of WWE

A new Women’s Champion and a first ever WWE Universal Champion ensured that this year’s Summerslam was awesome, even with the shortened main event between Randy Orton and Brock Lesnar. Check out our Summerslam 2016 Power Rankings to see who else starred in the WWE’s summer classic.

Honorable Mention: Sasha Banks: Along with Charlotte Flair, Banks put on a wonderful match that fans cared about. Women’s wrestling has never been more important to the industry.

5: Charlotte Flair: Her match with Sasha Banks was a war that proves Flair is more than a one-hit wonder as Women’s Champion. With a 300-plus day run her first time as Champion, Flair is poised to continue to carve her legacy as one of the best female performers of this generation. With Banks, Bayley, Becky Lynch and others in the division, there’s plenty of competition as well.

4: Dean Ambrose: A weak win over Dolph Ziggler at Summerslam, Ambrose needs to step it up if he’s ever going to be taken as one of the better WWE World Heavyweight Champions. A lunatic and great on the mic and in the ring, he has yet to have that “magic” match during his championship reign.

3: AJ Styles: His clean win over John Cena was a huge moment that makes Styles a made man in professional wrestling. After years of amazing matches in ROH, TNA and NJPW, Styles finally has the respect of WWE brass. Expect a shot at the WWE World Heavyweight Championship soon enough.

2: Brock Lesnar: The Beast’s decimation of Randy Orton and Shane McMahon was no joke. With his UFC win and now this, there’s no doubt that Lesnar is out for blood.

1: Finn Balor: His win over Seth Rollins makes him the first ever Universal Champion. With his first taste of singles gold in the WWE already out of the way, make no mistake, Balor is destined to be at the top of the card for years to come.

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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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