WWE Power Rankings for January 4, 2014
Bray Wyatt
Every week, WWE.com in association with the Academy of Wrestling Arts & Sciences publishes a rank list which ranks the WWE superstars on the basis of their performance in the week.
The last Raw episode of 2013 exceeded expectations and produced one of the best shows of the year, the so called ‘B’ show – SmackDown then followed up with a solid performance. To sum up, the week was a great one for the company, which was falling to the clutches of negative reactions from the fans for their inconsistent and boring booking.
Brock Lesnar’s return and Daniel Bryan joining the Wyatt family was the major headlines from the week, but there were a lot of momentum loss and gain for many stars around the locker-room. So here is a look at the Power rankings for this week.
25- Nikki Bella (Previous Rank- Nil)
Nikki Bella
Nikki has been hiding in the shadows of her sister for some time, but a credible win over Aksana in SmackDown has given her the platform to bounce back into the power rankings.
She was also benefited from being involved in a relationship with John Cena throughout the year at Total Divas and 2014 seems to be a bright year for this half of the Bella Twins.
24- Xavier Woods (Previous Rank-24)
Xavier Woods
The initial push that Woods got after his main roster entrance seems to be going nowhere now. The storyline has changed its focus to Brodus Clay’s interesting heel turn rather than Woods’ future in WWE.
But the former NXT superstar had the luxury of some in-ring action this week which keeps him rooted to the 24th position.
23- Curtis Axel (Previous Rank -21)
Curtis Axel
Paul Heyman returned to television this week but there were no traces of resilience in his former client. Axel seems to be heading nowhere in the current situation.
No one expected him to take a fall for a plummeting Dolph Ziggler, but it happened at Raw and Axel finds himself drop 2 positions to 23rd.
22- Dolph Ziggler (Previous Rank- 25)
Dolph Ziggler
Just when you thought that Ziggler’s WWE career was heading towards the unprecedented corners of hell, the Showoff rose like a phoenix and got the better of Curtis Axel.
The win comes in form of good news for Ziggler fans and they can certainly expect a lot of action from his in 2014. For the moment the win keeps him in the rank list.
21- Fandango (Previous Rank- 20)
Fandango
Fandango had the match of the week against Big E Langston, but being on the losing side on both Raw and SmackDown has hurt the dancing menace a lot at he drops one place.
He seems to be heading out of the Intercontinental picture for now, but Fandango is a credible challenger or potential winner of the title in near future.