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Welcome to the weekly division power rankings for Monday Night Raw.
These are the power rankings for each division on Monday Night RAW for this following week. Each division would be ranked based on storyline progression and win/loss record as of 2017. Also, each division would be divided by contenders and pretenders, to differentiate the challengers in their respective division. I’ll also highlight a specific superstar in each division and explain their ranking based on their actions. Win/Loss record is provided by CageMatch.Net.
Each superstar or tag team can move up or down the rankings based on victory, defeat or storyline progression. Let’s see how the rankings shape up this week.
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The Raw Cruiserweight Division
Highlights of the Division
Austin Aries may have defeated Noam Dar on Raw and nabbed the winning endorsement from the WrestleMania 33 hosts but he’ll need to bring a 5-star performance to unseat the King of the Cruiserweights. A-Double is the Cruiserweight Division’s last hope of knocking off Neville for the championship.
Jack Gallagher had a second shot of defeating Neville and lost in the high-profile Fastlane rematch on Raw. Unless Aries becomes the new champion— the Mary Poppins of the WWE won’t be considered a title threat in the near future.
Mustafa Ali has been slowly climbing the ranks in the Cruiserweight Division and might be considered to be a contender than a pretender. The only way he nabs a spot on the contender’s list is if someone like TJ Perkins falls off. Perkins has been shaky for weeks and might be heading down the pretender’s list sooner rather than later.
Gran Metalik has mostly wrestled on WWE Main Event and hasn’t wrestled on Raw or 205 Live more recently. When he’s given an opportunity to perform on the big stage—this luchador is on the short list to capture the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. Watch for him in the coming weeks slowly climb up the ladder in the division.
These are the rankings for the division this week.
WWE Cruiserweight Champion: Neville (10 Wins – 3 Losses)
Contenders
- No. 1 Contender: Austin Aries (4 Wins – 0 Losses)
- Contender No. 2: Jack Gallagher (14 Wins – 4 Losses)
- Contender No. 3: The Brian Kendrick (9 Wins – 4 Losses)
- Contender No. 4: Rich Swann (6 Wins – 3 Losses)
- Contender No. 5: Akira Tozawa (8 Wins – 4 Losses) (Moved up 1 spot)
- Contender No. 6: TJ Perkins (6 Wins – 9 Losses) (Moved down 1 spot)
- Contender No. 7: Gran Metalik (4 Wins – 0 Losses)
Pretenders
- Pretender No. 1: Mustafa Ali (8 Wins – 7 Losses) (Moved up 1 spot)
- Pretender No. 2: Cedric Alexander (5 Wins – 6 Losses) (Moved down 1 spot)
- Pretender No. 3: Ariya Daivari (4 Wins – 9 Losses)
- Pretender No. 4: Drew Gulak (3 Wins – 7 Losses)
- Pretender No. 5: Tony Nese (6 Wins – 14 Losses)
- Pretender No. 6: Noam Dar (4 Wins – 15 Losses)
- Pretender No. 7: Lince Dorado (1 Win – 7 Losses)