John Cena

Another week, another edition of the Daily DDT Power Rankings. Who were the best acts in this week in pro wrestling? Let’s dive right in and find out. Dropping from the poll this week: John Cena (10), Beer Money (8) Wrestler Rank Last Week Trending Cody Rhodes 10 – Rhodes gets the nod this week for a terrific promo that he cut on Smackdown this past Friday. I was not initially a fan of the “Dashing” gimmick he is currently using, but I have grown to accept it as a funny, annoying mid-card heel gimmick. Rhodes has sat in limbo [...]

This week in WWE and TNA was a bit weak, but who rose to the top in the Daily DDT Power Rankings as the week’s best performers? Let’s find out. 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 – Cena only gets the nod here for having put on an excellent TV main event match against CM Punk on this past Monday’s edition of Raw. The match was exactly the sort of interesting spectacle fans could expect to see from a solid (if limited) [...]

Welcome to the inaugural edition of 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 [...]

On Tuesday night at a house show event in Wilkes-Barre, PA, WWE’s flagship John Cena appears to have suffered a legitimate leg injury during the tail end of a cage match with former Nexus leader Wade Barrett. You can read various reports of it over at PWTorch, including this one that initially describes the injury and this video of Cena’s speech following the injury. Depending on how long Cena will have to stay away from the ring due to the injury, the WWE may have a serious issue on their hands. Not only is Cena the WWE’s top draw and [...]

Here is what all went down on the final Raw of 2010:

After last week’s 900th episode celebration, RAW is back to the normal routine and the WWE superstars are looking to make waves as we draw closer to Night of Champions.  Who would gain some momentum and who would fall off the wagon?  Find out here: The Nexus are in the ring.  They rave about how things went last week on the anniversary show.  They talk about how they took out The Undertaker (video package shown).  Wade Barrett brags about “de-venomizing the Viper.” Randy Orton interrupts the segment and says that Barrett forgot that he took out two members of Nexus [...]

The longest running episodic show in television history just hit another milestone, 900 episodes.  The stars of all the WWE brands came together last night on RAW to put on a show for the WWE Universe.  Here’s what went down: Video Package: RAW has had more episodes than any other show in television history with highlights over the years. Bret Hart comes out to welcome us to the 900th episode of RAW.  Bret talks about how RAW is going strong because of the fans and then mentions about how he and only one other person still in WWE were at [...]

After The Nexus exiled one of their own from the group last week, how would the group fare from here on?  Also, how would WWE Champion Sheamus respond to last week’s beat down from Randy Orton?  Find out all the details here: Video Package: Last week, The Nexus competed in singles match ups.  Wade Barrett declared that if anyone in the Nexus lost their match, they’d be exiled from the group.  The only person to lose, Darren Young, lost to John Cena.  After the match, The Nexus destroyed Young. Sheamus to the ring and starts off by badmouthing Americans for [...]