Power Rankings

Power Rankings

Welcome to the Daily DDT Weekly Power Rankings! Starting today, January 2, 2011, and going forward each and every week of the 2011 year, I will be delivering my opinions on the most entertaining wrestlers or wrestling-related acts of the week that was. Each week, I’ll be scouring both WWE and TNA and ranking the top ten acts on television that week. The Power Rankings will encompass a few important, wrestling-related factors:

1) In-ring performance: This includes not only how well a wrestler worked in the ring, but also (gasp) whether he won or lost. Of course, wins and losses are scripted in professional wrestling, but wins and losses should matter in the universe. A clean win is a big boost to a wrestler, while a dirty win is not going to get a wrestler over nearly as much. As a result, I will be judging guys by their workrate and how they impress me in-ring, but I’ll also be considering how their match results should affect their future situations with their belts and feuds.

2) Mic work: Mic work is another critical aspect of building heat, good or bad, and a wrestler’s promo work definitely factors into how much I enjoy watching his/her feud and storyline. Along with mic work, demeanor and attitude (one might generally call this “acting”) also go a long way to selling a story.

3) “Selling” a story: Finally, anything else that can be done to sell a story or a feud will be considered. There are a lot of ways booking teams and wrestlers can do to continue building heat, and anything that can get a good crowd reaction will be considered.

Current Power Rankings
Week #3 (Jan 23, 2011)

Dropping out of this week’s poll: Kazarian (10), Motor City Machine Guns (7), Kofi Kingston (4)

Wrestler	Rank	Last Week	Trending
John Cena	10	–
John Morrison	9	2
Beer Money	8	7
Edge	7	9
The Corre	6	–
Mr. Anderson	5	6
Randy Orton	4	3
CM Punk	3	–
The Miz	2	5
Dolph Ziggler & Vickie Guerrero	1	1	–

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Past Rankings

Week #2 (Jan 16, 2011)

Wrestler	Rank	Last Week	Trending
Kazarian	10	–	–
Edge	9	8
Motor City Machine Guns	8	7
Beer Money	7	–
Mr. Anderson	6	–
The Miz	5	1
Kofi Kingston	4	4	–
Randy Orton	3	5
John Morrison	2	8	–
Dolph Ziggler & Vickie Guerrero	1	3

Week #1 (Jan 9, 2011)

Wrestler	Rank	Last Week	Trending
Kazarian	10	–
A.J. Styles	9	–
Edge	8	–
Motor City Machine Guns	7	–
CM Punk	6	2
Randy Orton	5	6
Kofi Kingston	4	T4	–
Dolph Ziggler & Vickie Guerrero	3	3	–
John Morrison	2	8
The Miz	1	1	–

Inaugural Edition (Jan 2, 2011)

Wrestler	Rank	Last Week	Trending
John Cena	10	–
Smackdown Divas	9	–
John Morrison	8	–	–
Nexus	7	–
Randy Orton	6	–	–
Jack Swagger	T4	–
Kofi Kingston	T4	–
Dolph Ziggler & Vickie Guerrero	3	–
CM Punk	2	–
The Miz	1	–	–