WWE Cruiserweight Classic Power Rankings: Johnny Wrestling

If this week’s episode of the Cruiserweight Classic was just Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano, no one would have complained. they would have just asked for an encore. However, in the end, Gargano advanced

Check out this week’s WWE Cruiserweight Classic Power Rankings to see who else advanced to the Sweet 16 of the tournament.

Honorable Mention: Fabian Aichner:
This dude is mega young, but his unique blend of power and high flying maneuvers makes him someone to keep an eye on.

5: Noam Dar: The weakest victory of the night was Dar’s, but that was only because of the wild matches that started and ended the show. Smooth and charismatic, he has a ton of potential. Add in the Knee Bar and Fisherman’s Brainbuster and Dar has the moveset to succeed.

4: Jack Gallager: He is unique. Like a combination of William Regal, Daniel Bryan and Norman Smiley, Gallager is a gentleman, but a mat wrestler that will work his heart out in the ring, his first round win was proof of that.

3: Tommaso Ciampa: Even in defeat, Ciampa proved he’s one of the top cruiserweight in the world and someone the WWE should be thrilled to have on their NXT roster.

2: Rich Swann: How could you not like this guy? With a wonderful standing 450 finisher and a ton of charisma, he’s got “it.” Cruiserweight or not, there’s something incredibly special here with him that the WWE must develop. If they don’t he’ll definitely catch on somewhere else.

1: Johnny Gargano: Nothing against his opponent and tag team partner Tommaso Ciampa, but Gargano, a former Dragon’s Gate Champion, was the better man this week and will advance to face TJ Perkins. Johnny Wrestling is a star, make no mistake, even with a smaller size and a lack of the type of mic skills the WWE covets. Much like a Chris Benoit or Daniel Bryan, Gargano has plenty of potential to grow into the performer they need him to be.

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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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