Wrestling Power Rankings 7/21/18

The biggest thing in wrestling this week was the G1 Climax. This is always the highlight of the summer and produces some of the best wrestling of the year. We'll look at that tournament and much more in this week's power rankings. Let's get started.

Raw: 

10. Alexa Bliss (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 5, Peak: 8)

9. Seth Rollins 14 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)

8. Bobby Lashley 1 (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 5, Peak: 8)- Lashley's match at Extreme Rules with Roman Reigns was the best of his WWE return. He followed that up by winning the main event match of Raw the next night. 

7. The B Team (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 4, Peak: 7)

6. Roman Reigns 8 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)

5. The Deleters of Worlds 3/1 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 20/15, Peak: 2)

4. Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre 1/1 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 6, Peak: 4)- McIntyre looked very impressive in the triple threat match he was in on Raw. 

3. Finn Balor 4 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 52, Peak: 2)

2. Braun Strowman 9 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 55, Peak: 1)

1. Brock Lesnar 1 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)

SD: 

10. SAnitY (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 10)- The dangerous trio takes New Day's spot in the rankings by beating them twice this week. 

9. Andrade "Cien" Almas 1 (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 2, Peak: 9)

8. Jeff Hardy 1 (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 14, Peak: 7)

7. Rusev (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 5. Peak: 7)

6. The Miz 2 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 11, Peak: 3)

5. Carmella (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 15, Peak: 5)

4. Bludgeon Brothers (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 25, Peak: 4)

3. Daniel Bryan 5 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 18, Peak: 1)

2. Shinsuke Nakamura 5 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)- For once, Nakamura's rampant low-blowing worked out. 

1. AJ Styles 7 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)- The Rusev/Styles match at the PPV got a lot of praise but my favorite WWE match of the week was actually the Styles/Almas match. I'd love to see these two have a big pay-per-view match one day. 

205 Live: 

10. Lio Rush (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 10)- Rush dazzled and shown in his first main event match on the main roster. 

9. Noam Dar (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 8)

8. TJP 2 (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 9, Peak: 8)- I really enjoyed the technical showcase between TJP and Noam Dar. I've been saying this for weeks now, TJP is quietly one of the most entertaining heels on 205 Live.

7. Gran Metalik 3 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 27, Peak: 5)

6. Lince Dorado 1 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 25, Peak: 2)

5. Kalisto 6 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 41, Peak: 1)

4. Hideo Itami 3 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 34, Peak: 2)

3. Mustafa Ali 7 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)

2. Drew Gulak 2 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 14, Peak: 2)

1. Cedric Alexander 10 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 60, Peak: 1)

NXT:  

10. Kairi Sane 1 (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 10)- Thanks to her win over Candice LeRae and Nikki Cross, Sane became the #1 Contender to the NXT Women's Championship. 

9. Velveteen Dream (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 9)

8. War Raiders (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 6, Peak: 8)

7. Ricochet 2 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 16, Peak: 5)

6. Pete Dunne 4 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 30, Peak: 4)

5. Tommaso Ciampa 3 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 16, Peak: 5)

4. Shayna Baszler 2 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 29, Peak: 2)

3. The Undisputed Era 5 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 49, Peak: 1)

2. Aleister Black (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)

1. Johnny Gargano 5 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 33, Peak: 1)

Impact: I was actually creeped out by the Madison Rayne funeral segment. This was one of the rare times horror has worked in wrestling. This was by far the best thing about the show and since Madison Rayne isn't ranked, there's no Wrestler of the Week here.

10. The OGz (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 10)

9. Tessa Blanchard 1 (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 8)

8. Su Yung (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 7, Peak: 7)

7. Matt Sydal 2 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 26, Peak: 5)

6. Eli Drake 7 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 49, Peak: 1)

5. oVe 5 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 48, Peak: 2)

4. Pentagon 2 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 13, Peak: 1)

3. MOOSE 2 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 8, Peak: 3)

2. Brian Cage 1 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 21, Peak: 1)

1. Austin Aries 6 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 25, Peak: 1)

ROH: 

10. Silas Young (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 17, Peak: 6)

9. Sumie Sakai (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 16, Peak: 9)

8. Adam Page 6 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)

7. Punishment Martinez (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 4, Peak: 6)

6. The Kingdom (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 4, Peak: 6)

5. Marty Scurll 6 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 2)

4. The Briscoes 3 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 63, Peak: 1)

3. Young Bucks 11 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)- The Bucks defeated The Briscoes and The Addiction to win the main event match at Honor for All.

2. Jay Lethal 6 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)

1. Cody 4 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 56, Peak: 1)

NJPW: 

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

9. Juice Robinson (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 7)

8. Jay White 1 (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 2, Peak: 8)

7. Guerillas of Destiny (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 7)

6. Minoru Suzuki 2 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 26, Peak: 2)

5. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 16, Peak: 5)

4. Kazuchika Okada 2 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)

3. Hirooki Goto 1 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 5, Peak: 3)

2. Tetsuya Naito 1 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)

1. Kenny Omega 10 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)- Most wrestlers go their entire career without ever receiving the coveted five stars. Some wrestlers, including Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker, and Owen Hart, only ever achieved it once. Kenny Omega had two five-star matches in one week. And yes, Dave Meltzer might be a little biased towards New Japan, but I challenge anyone to watch the matches with Tetsuya Naito and Hirooki Goto and tell me they're not incredible matches.

Thanks for reading everyone.