WWE Clash of Champions Power Rankings: Perkins, Owens and New Day Retain in Luke Warm PPV

September 26, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Check out our Clash of Champions Power Rankings to see who left RAW’s first PPV of the new era with the most to brag about.

Honorable Mention: Chris Jericho: He’s the dude that puts everyone over, but his win over Sami Zayn proved Y2J has plenty of mileage left on his engine.

5: TJ Perkins: His WWE PPV debut wasn’t perfect, but it was damn good. Like “Little Mac” in Punch-Out, Perkins is a great underdog. But Brian Kendrick, Perkins’ new rival, isn’t done with him just yet. With a few more RAW matches and some promo time, Perkins and the WWE Cruiserweight Championship can become an important one.

4: The New Day: Although they succumbed to using heel tactics to beat Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson, it’s hard to argue with 400-day reign as champions. Regardless, The New Day has to continue step up or the Tag Team Division will lose its luster. With the Cruiserweight Championship now on RAW and the WOmen’s Division regaining momentum, the Tag Team titles need a monster angle and wild matches. As it is right now, since their arrival, Gallows and Anderson are the ones that have done more in terms of creative promo and quality in-ring work.

3: Roman Reigns: The WWE brass did the right thing at Clash of Champions by putting the mid-card championship on Reigns, who was in need of some gold, but obviously not the Universal Championship. It’s safe to say that if the WWE didn’t rush Reigns to the WWE Championship for a year and instead opted to have him fight for the US Championship, he’d be mega over now and read for a shot at the Universal Championship.

2: Seth Rollins: It’s crazy that he’s actually considered the best face on RAW right now, but after being screwed by Triple H and now Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens, Rollins has captured the hearts of the RAW Universe. If anyone is deserving of the title, it’s Rollins. But he’s going to have lady luck on his side and get some help, from someone in order to regain the title he’s been continually screwed out of. Because at this point, he’s proven he can’t do it by himself.

1: Kevin Owens: He’s such a bastard-Him and Chris Jericho. Cheating Seth Rollins out of a victory for the WWE Univeral Championship, Owens has proven he’s not a transitional champion. As a matter of fact he’s proven he’s a damn good heel and someone who can have a great match with just about anybody.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14268 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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