Wrestling Power Rankings 10/6/18

In this week's intro, I want to talk about two shows: World of Sport's tenth episode and the fifth episode of the Mae Young Classic. In WOS's main event, Justin Sysum defeated Rampage Brown to become the promotion's new champion. For those not familiar with Sysum, check this match out. He put on the performance of a lifetime and has been one of the biggest breakouts of the British wrestling scene in 2018. As for the Mae Young Classic, let's give some to Rhea Ripley. No spoilers, but she was great in this episode and has a bright future ahead of her. However, she was overshadowed by that fantastic match between Meiko Satamura and Mercedes Martinez. This was without a doubt, the match of the tournament so far.

Let's get started.

Raw 6: This seems like a good place to talk about the main event at Super Show-down (SSD), so let's do it. I hated that match. It dragged on for nearly 30 minutes and felt like it took twice that time. Neither Triple H nor The Undertaker looked like they were capable of producing even an entertaining ten-minute match, let alone 27. After all that excellent buildup, we were saddled with this abomination. I really hope this is the last time ever because I don't think I could take another one.

10. Authors of Pain (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 5, Peak: 9)

9. Dean Ambrose 1 (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 8, Peak: 9)- Ambrose was the unquestioned MVP of this Raw. His backstage interactions with Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins did just enough to raise questions about his loyalty and hinted that the dangerous individual lying beneath his Shield facade. The six-man tag in Australia was a little disappointing, but that was mainly due to the lack of crowd reaction. 

8. Bobby Lashley (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 16, Peak: 6)

7. Finn Balor (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 63, Peak: 2)

6. Ronda Rousey (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 9, Peak: 6)

5. Seth Rollins 3 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 1)

4. Braun Strowman (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 66, Peak: 1)

3. Dolph Ziggler 1 & Drew McIntyre 1 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 18, Peak: 3)

2. Brock Lesnar (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 1)

1. Roman Reigns (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 1)

SD 5: 

10. Randy Orton (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 2, Peak: 10)

9. Samoa Joe 1 (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 7, Peak: 8)- Joe and Styles had a really good match at SSD, although it wasn't on the level of their previous encounter at Hell in a Cell. 

8. Charlotte Flair (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 7, Peak: 8)

7. Andrade "Cien" Almas (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 13, Peak: 5)

6. Daniel Bryan (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 30, Peak: 1)- I hated the two-minute finish at SSD. This rivalry has been building for eight years and it ends like that? Give me a f***ing break. On another note, it was nice to see Shelton Benjamin finally get a win. 

5. The Miz (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 22, Peak: 3)

4. New Day (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 11, Peak: 4)

3. Shinsuke Nakamura (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 1)

2. Becky Lynch 2 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 6, Peak: 1)

1. AJ Styles 1 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 1)

205 Live 3: 

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

9. Lio Rush (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 2, Peak: 9)

8. Noam Dar (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 14, Peak: 6)

7. Mustafa Ali 1 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 1)

6. Lince Dorado (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 36, Peak: 2)

5. Buddy Murphy 1 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 6, Peak: 5)- Man, how great did Murphy look at SSD. He and Cedric Alexander had a phenomenal match, the crowd absolutely loved him, and he looked like a world beater.

4. Cedric Alexander (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 71, Peak: 1)

3. Kalisto (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 52, Peak: 1)

2. Hideo Itami (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 45, Peak: 2)

1. Drew Gulak (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 25, Peak: 1)

NXT 4:  EC3 looked great in his loss to Lars Sullivan. 

10. War Raiders (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 18, Peak: 8)

9. The Forgotten Sons (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 9)

8. Velveteen Dream (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 8, Peak: 8)

7. Pete Dunne 1 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 41, Peak: 4)

6. Shayna Baszler (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 40, Peak: 2)

5. The Undisputed Era (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 60, Peak: 1)

4. Johnny Gargano 1 (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 44, Peak: 1)- Johnny Wrestling and Tony Nese had an excellent match that looked like one they could have had in EVOLVE.

3. Ricochet 1 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 27, Peak: 2)

2. Tommaso Ciampa (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 27, Peak: 1)

1. Kairi Sane (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 12, Peak: 1)

Impact 2: 

10. Matt Sydal & Ethan Page (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 10)

9. LAX (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 11, Peak: 7)

8. Johnny Impact (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 8)

7. oVe (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 59, Peak: 2)

6. Tessa Blanchard 1 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 12, Peak: 5)

5. Moose (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 19, Peak: 3)

4. Pentagon 1 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 25, Peak: 1)

3. Eli Drake (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 60, Peak: 1)

2. Austin Aries 1 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 36, Peak: 1)

1. Brian Cage (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 33, Peak: 1)

ROH 7: 

10. Sumie Sakai (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 8)

9. Jeff Cobb (Last Week: 10, Weeks in Rankings: 2, Peak: 9)

8. Marty Scurll 1 (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 2)- Scurll and perennial rival Will Ospreay had a phenomenal match at Fighting Spirit.

7. Adam Page (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 1)

6. Punishment Martinez (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 154, Peak: 6)

5. Young Bucks 2 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 1)- The Bucks may have lost their IWGP Heavyweight Tag Team Championships at Fighting Spirit but it was a phenomenal match. They also successfully defended their ROH Six-Man Tag Team titles on ROH TV.

4. The Kingdom (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 15, Peak: 4)

3. The Briscoes (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 74, Peak: 1)

2. Jay Lethal 3 (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 1)

1. Cody 1 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 67, Peak: 1)- Cody shockingly beat Juice Robinson in Long Beach to become a triple champion.

NJPW 6: 

10. Zack Sabre Jr. (Last Week: NR, Weeks in Rankings: 1, Peak: 10)

9. Minoru Suzuki (Last Week: 8, Weeks in Rankings: 376, Peak: 2)

8. Taichi (Last Week: 9, Weeks in Rankings: 3, Peak: 89)

7. Kazuchika Okada 1 (Last Week: 6, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 1)

6. Jay White 1 (Last Week: 7, Weeks in Rankings: 12, Peak: 6)

5. Hirooki Goto (Last Week: 5, Weeks in Rankings: 16, Peak: 3)

4. Guerillas of Destiny 1 (Last Week: 4, Weeks in Rankings: 12, Peak: 3)- I really enjoyed the Heavyweight tag title match at Fighting Spirit, especially that Gun Stun from outta' nowhere.

3. Hiroshi Tanahashi 1 (Last Week: 2, Weeks in Rankings: 9, Peak: 2)

2. Kenny Omega 2 (Last Week: 3, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 1)

1. Tetsuya Naito (Last Week: 1, Weeks in Rankings: 77, Peak: 1)

Thanks for reading everyone.