Wrestling Power Rankings 3/31/18

Of course, we're playing catch-up again. Let's get started.

Raw: Honorable mention goes to The Miz as MizTV was the best part of this Raw episode.

10. John Cena 1 (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 9)

9. Matt Hardy 1 (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 4, Peak: 9)

8. Ronda Rousey 1(Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 4, Peak: 8)

7. The Bar (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 9, Peak: 6)

6. Seth Rollins 10 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)

5. Roman Reigns 7 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)

4. Brock Lesnar 1 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)- Lesnar wins his first Wrestler of the Week for brutalizing Roman Reigns in the opening segment of Raw.

3. Finn Balor 2 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 36, Peak: 2)

2. Braun Strowman 5 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 41, Peak: 1)

1. Asuka 2 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 19, Peak: 1)

SD: 

10. Jinder Mahal (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)

9. Daniel Bryan 1(Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 2, Peak: 9)

8. Charlotte Flair 1 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 20, Peak: 6)

7. Bludgeon Brothers (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 9, Peak: 7)

6. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn 6/5 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 29, Peak: 2)

5. The Usos 1 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 47, Peak: 3)

4. Bobby Roode 3 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 26, Peak: 3)

3. Randy Orton (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 2)

2. AJ Styles 5 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)

1. Shinsuke Nakamura 3 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)- Nakamura feigning a Kinshasa on Styles was easily the best moment of Smackdown. 

205 Live:

10. Mark Andrews (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 10)- Andrews moves back into the Top 10 after beating Tony Nese. 

9. Gentleman Jack Gallagher (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 40, Peak: 4)

8. Buddy Murphy 1 (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 8)- That Fatal 4-Way between Murphy, TJP, Akira Tozawa, and Kalisto was one of the best matches in 205 Live history. It even got the crowd to chant "205". While you could make a case for TJP being the star of the match, I'm going to go with the winner, Murphy. 

7. Gran Metalik 2 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 12, Peak: 7)

6. Kalisto 5 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 26, Peak: 1)

5. Lince Dorado 1 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 10, Peak: 5)

4. Akira Tozawa 1 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)

3. Hideo Itami (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 19, Peak: 3)

2. Cedric Alexander 9 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 45, Peak: 1)

1. Mustafa Ali 4 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 49, Peak: 1)

NXT:

10. EC3 1 (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 10)- EC3's debut was easily one of the most entertaining NXT TV segments of 2018. 

9. Shayna Baszler 2 (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 12, Peak: 7)

8. SAnitY 2 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 38, Peak: 3)

7. Pete Dunne & Roderick Strong 3/0 (Last Week: 7/10, Weeks in Rankings: 14/1, Peak: 7)

6. Johnny Gargano 3 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 17, Peak: 4)

5. Authors of Pain 1 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 3)

4. Aleister Black 3 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)

3. Andrade "Cien" Almas 4 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 34, Peak: 2)

2. The Undisputed Era 2 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 33, Peak: 1)

1. Ember Moon (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 25, Peak: 1)

Impact: 

10. Kongo Kong 1 (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 2, Peak: 10)

9. Matt Sydal 2 (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 10, Peak: 8)

8. Brian Cage 1(Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 4, Peak: 8)- Cage looked extremely impressive in his big win over Lashley.

7. Allie (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 4, Peak: 7)

6. Cult of Lee (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 8, Peak: 4)

5. Johnny Impact 4 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 30, Peak: 4)

4. LAX 1 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)

3. oVe 3 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 32, Peak: 2)

2. Eli Drake 5 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 33, Peak: 1)

1. Austin Aries 3 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 9, Peak: 1)- By beating Matt Sydal in a title vs. title match, Aries added the Impact Grand Championship to his belt collection.

ROH: 

10. Austin Aries (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 4, Peak: 9)

9. Flip Gordon 1 (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 9)

8. Jay Lethal 4 (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 3)

7. Kenny King 1 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 6, Peak: 7)

6. The Briscoes 2 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 2)

5. Adam Page 5 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)

4. Young Bucks 6 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)- I was in Long Beach for Strong Style Evolved and let me tell you, that tag team main event was one of the best matches I've ever seen. Major props to all four men involved.

3. Marty Scurll 3 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 20

2. Dalton Castle 3 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 16, Peak: 1)

1. Cody 3 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 40, Peak: 1)- Kudos to Cody for being able to generate so much heel heat in Long Beach.

NJPW: 

9. Hiroshi Tanahashi 1 (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 8)

9. Killer Elite Squad (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 2, Peak: 9)- KES will most certainly be the next challengers for EVIL & SANADA. In fact, it looks like we could see an LIJ & Suzuki-gun war with Suzuki vs. Naito for the IC title and Kanemaru & Desperado defend their Jr. tag belts against Hiromu and BUSHI. 

8. Jay White 1 (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 9, Peak: 7)

7. Evil & SANADA 3 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 19, Peak: 5)- EVIL's return generated a massive pop.

6. Minoru Suzuki 1 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 10, Peak: 4)- Suzuki generated a huge reaction from the crowd inside the Walter Pyramid.

5. Zack Sabre Jr. 2 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 5)

4. Hirooki Goto (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 17, Peak: 4)

3. Golden Lovers 2 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 6, Peak: 2)- Like I said before, the Lovers/Bucks match was one of the best I've ever seen and the best match I've ever seen live.

2. Kazuchika Okada 1 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)

1. Tetsuya Naito (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 1)

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