NXT Power Rankings: Awesome Go Home for Takeover

February 8, 2015 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With just a week to go before the next NXT Takeover event, this week’s show continued the NXT Title tournament and furthered the storylines in the NXT Women’s Division and mid-card as well. With the cards now in place, you can expect another great two hour show next week.

Check out this week’s NXT Power Rankings to see who advanced in the NXT title tournament and who else stood out in another solid episode of NXT.

Honorable Mention: Carmella: Her submission win over Emma this week on NXT is easily the biggest of her career. Armed with a killer look, two great allies in Colin Cassady and Enzao Amore, as well as a one-of-a-kind submission finisher, she’s easily one of the top up and coming Divas in not only NXT, but the entire WWE.

5: Baron Corbin: Despite his first loss this week on NXT, Corbin looked great in his first real test. While we’re not too excited about Corbin continuing his feud with Bull Dempsey, it appears they’ll got at it just one more time. A big turning point in Corbin’s career, look for him to put an exclamation point on the finale of their war.

4: Adrian Neville: While Neville didn’t put over Baron Corbin with a win this week on NXT, he did give him every opportunity to shine and improved his value on the card. Advancing in the NXT title tournament, what next for the former champion? Is he ready for the WWE or is he going to sit around NXT and hold on to a spot he’s outgrown?

3: Finn Balor: His win over Hideo Itami is easily the biggest of his career. Alls et for a showdown with Adrian Neville, expect these two to have a knock-down, drag-out technical showcase at Takeover.

2: Kevin Owens: The master manipulator got himself a NXT Title shot last week and this week he told the NXT Universe that he’s taking the title from former friend Sami Zayn. With a size and strength advantage to go with unbridled ruthlessness, you’ve got to love his chances.

1: Sami Zayn: All set for his title defense against Kevin Owens at the next NXT Takeover event, expect to see a much darker and determined Zayn. Easily his biggest challenge yet as champion, Zayn is going to have to reach down deep to take out the tougher and larger Owens.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14263 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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