WWE Raw Power Rankings: No Open Challenge, No Problem for Seth Rollins
By Bryan Heaton
18. Sami Zayn (last week: 13)
Listen, I don’t care what he did before or after he came to the ring, Sami Zayn is taking a big tumble this week. He could have discovered the cure for cancer and brought peace to the Middle East, all while solving the murders of Biggie and Tupac, and it wouldn’t change a thing.
The segment with Bobby Lashley’s “sisters” was some of the absolute worst television I’ve ever seen. It was tone deaf, transphobic, and in the poorest of poor taste. I’ve seen people saying Sami was great in the segment, despite the horrible material, but who cares? Trash is trash, and it’s tough to come back from “this guy gave me vertigo so I dressed up three dudes to pretend they were his sisters just to call him a piece of garbage.”
17. Natalya (last week: 19)
For the second straight week, Natalya picked up a big victory. This week, it was to qualify for the Money in the Bank Ladder Match, her third in WWE. (Not bad, considering this will only be the third such match in WWE history.)
The random, unprovoked mention of Ronda Rousey following the match is some of the most obvious foreshadowing I’ve ever seen. But in the ring, Nattie definitely is on a major roll, and has a bunch of momentum at the moment.