Review Fix Pro Wrestling Power Rankings: Champions Reigning and Defending

With the Bound for Glory Playoff Series, the Cruiserweight Classic and Battleground all in full steam, this week’s pro wrestling action featured champions who would do anything t keep their titles. Check out this week’s Review Fix Pro Wrestling Power Rankings to see who else earned headlines in and out of the ring for the WWE, TNA, ROH and NXT.

Honorable Mention: Akira Tozawa: His match wasn’t as exciting as TJ Perkins’ this week on the Cruiserweight Classic, but make no mistake, the speed of his German Suplex is enough to put the fear in the heart of any performer.

5: Roderick Strong: One of ROH’s best workers, ever, Strong has left the company to pursue other opportunities. That doesn’t mean he won’t be back at some point, but for now, it’s goodbye. His match with Dalton Castle this week on ROH TV was a good way to go out as Strong put in another tremendous effort.

4: Bobby Lashley: The reigning and defending X-Division and TNA World Heavyweight Champion has it all right now and there’s no one, not even Moose, who can take it away.

3: Samoa Joe: The reigning and defending NXT Champion dominated Rhyno this week on NXT and proved once again that he may, in fact, be the most dominant champion the promotion has ever had. With Finn Balor now on RAW, Joe is absolutely the biggest star in the promotion with Shinsuke Nakamura.

2: Seth Rollins: The promo work from “The Architect” this week on RAW was stellar. Add in another high-quality match this week on RAW and Rollins looked primed to win back the title he was “screwed” out of.

1: Dean Ambrose: He’s ready to defend his title, on Smackdown, the returning Roman Reigns and surging Rollins will have a tough time trying to pry it out of his hands.

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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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