Wrestling Power Rankings 7/7/18

I know this currently isn't covered in the rankings, but I'm watching the G1 Climax and I am absolutely loving it. I've been watching every single show (I'm on Night 12 right now) and this is the most fun I've had watching wrestling in a while. If you completely skipped over it, be sure to go back and at least check out some of the top matches such as Kenny Omega and Tetsuya Naito & Hirooki Goto and Tomohiro Ishii. Let's get started.

Raw: Any goodwill that Dr. Shelby had with the WWE universe has now completely evaporated.

10. Bobby Lashley (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 10)

9. Alexa Bliss (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 8)

8. The B Team (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 2, Peak: 8)

7. Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre 1/0(Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 4, Peak: 7)

6. Roman Reigns 8 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 63, Peak: 1)- This was an utterly unremarkable episode of Raw but we have to give credit to Roman for wrestling in two separate matches in the same night, even if they were tag matches.

5. Finn Balor 4 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 50, Peak: 2)

4. Seth Rollins 14 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 1)

3. The Deleters of Worlds 3/1 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 18/13, Peak: 2)

2. Brock Lesnar 1 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 1)

1. Braun Strowman 9 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 53, Peak: 1)

SD: 

10. SAnitY (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 10)

9. New Day 2 (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 8, Peak: 6)

8. Rusev (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 3. Peak: 7)

7. Jeff Hardy 1 (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 12, Peak: 7)

6. The Miz 2 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 9, Peak: 3)

5. Carmella (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 13, Peak: 6)

4. Bludgeon Brothers (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 23, Peak: 4)

3. Shinsuke Nakamura 5 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 1)

2. Team Hell No (Daniel Bryan & Kane) 5/1 (Last Week: 2/NR, Weeks in Rankings: 16/1, Peak: 2)- I don't think anyone was expecting that great tag match between Team Hell No and The Usos. 

1. AJ Styles 6 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 1)

205 Live: 

10. Buddy Murphy 4 (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 15, Peak: 6)- Murphy, along with Hideo Itami, is one of the brand's best strikers. 

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

8. Noam Dar (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 8)

7. Gran Metalik 3 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 25, Peak: 5)

6. Kalisto 6 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 39, Peak: 1)

5. Lince Dorado 1 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 23, Peak: 2)

4. Drew Gulak 2 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 12, Peak: 4)

3. Hideo Itami 2 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 32, Peak: 2)

2. Mustafa Ali 7 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 1)- The No DQ match between Mustafa Ali and Buddy Murphy was one of the best WWE matches of the year and both men deserve heaps of praise. Ali narrowly wins Wrestler of the Week over his opponent thanks to his incredible selling, being part of the best superplex spot I've ever seen, and using the steel steps better than anyone else ever has.

1. Cedric Alexander 10 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 58, Peak: 1)

NXT:  

10. Velveteen Dream (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 10)

9. Moustache Mountain 1 (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 8)

8. War Raiders (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 4, Peak: 8)

7. Ricochet 2 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 14, Peak: 5)

6. Tommaso Ciampa 3 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 14, Peak: 6)

5. Pete Dunne 4 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 28, Peak: 4)

4. The Undisputed Era 5 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 47, Peak: 1)

3. Shayna Baszler 2 (Last Week: 2 Weeks in Rankings: 27, Peak: 2)

2. Johnny Gargano 5 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 31, Peak: 1)- We saw a whole new side of Johnny Wrestling in his match with EC3 and I loved it. As Jason Namako of Wrestleview said, it was like a "descent into madness".

1. Aleister Black (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 1)

Impact: Top to bottom, this was one of the best episodes of Impact since Don Callis and Scott D'Amore took over.

10. The OGz (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 10)

9. Tessa Blanchard 1 (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 9)- Blanchard won the Phoenix of Rise Championship in an excellent iron man match with Mae Young Classic competitor Mercedes Martinez. Personally, I've never been a big fan of Blanchard but she truly won me over with this performance.

8. Su Yung (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 5, Peak: 7)

7. oVe 4 (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 46, Peak: 2)- How great was Sami Callihan dressing up as Pentagon and pretending to come to Fenix's aid?

6. Eli Drake 7 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 47, Peak: 1)

5. Matt Sydal 2 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 24, Peak: 5)

4. MOOSE 2 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 6, Peak: 3)

3. Brian Cage 1 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 19, Peak: 1)

2. Pentagon 2 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 11, Peak: 1)

1. Austin Aries 6 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 23, Peak: 1)- Aries was absolutely great in his interview segment.

ROH: 

10. Silas Young (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 15, Peak: 6)

9. Sumie Sakai (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 14, Peak: 9)

8. Adam Page 5 (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 1)

7. Punishment Martinez (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 2, Peak: 6)

6. The Kingdom (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 2, Peak: 6)

5. Marty Scurll 6 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 2)

4. Young Bucks 10 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 1)

3. Cody 4 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 54, Peak: 1)- Cody may have failed to wrest the IWGP Heavyweight Championship from the grip of Kenny Omega but the match was sensational and easily one of the best of the former Intercontinental Champion's career.

2. The Briscoes 3 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 61, Peak: 1)

1. Jay Lethal 6 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 1)

NJPW: Thanks to that horrific injury he suffered in San Francisco, Hiromu Takahashi has been removed from the rankings. Here's hoping for a quick recovery. 

10. EVIL 4 (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 35, Peak: 4)

9. Guerillas of Destiny (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 9)

8. Chris Jericho (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 5, Peak: 6)

7. Juice Robinson (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 7)

6. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 14, Peak: 6)

5. Minoru Suzuki 2 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 24, Peak: 2)

4. Hirooki Goto 1 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 4)

3. Tetsuya Naito 1 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 1)

2. Kazuchika Okada 2 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 1)

1. Kenny Omega 9 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 64, Peak: 1)- Omega's first-ever World title defense came in an excellent match against Cody inside the legendary Cow Palace.

Thanks for reading everyone.