With another week of action in the record books, our AEW Weekly Power Rankings take at how the landscape of AEW has shifted.
With championship implications for every single division, it was a big week for AEW and saw several athletes solidify their spots on our AEW Weekly Power Rankings. There were big wins for the reigning champions, and those helped them remain at the top of their respective divisions.
Each week in Daily DDT’s AEW Weekly Power Rankings, we take a look at the top five male singles competitors, top five female singles competitors, and top five tag teams. Records are specific to the division, so trios wins wouldn’t count for a tag team, and tag team wins wouldn’t count for a singles competitor, and so on. Honorable mentions tend to be athletes with less than ideal records that have still maintained an important presence and momentum this week.
There is potential for a power ranking of trios in the future, but without titles for them or more established trios, that’s something that will have to wait. Without further ado, let’s first take a look at the women’s division where Riho had to defend her AEW Women’s World Championship this week.
AEW Women’s Singles Division Power Rankings
HM: Nyla Rose (0-3-0) [Last Week: Honorable Mention] and Emi Sakura (0-0-0) [Last Week: Honorable Mention]
Unfortunately, there was only one women’s match this week and no advancement aside from that. Rose and Sakura, along with several others, don’t budge this week simply because nothing happened.
5. Bea Priestley (0-0-0) [Last Week: 5]
Much like honorable mention, Bea Priestley sits right where she was last week. She could turn her focus to a weakened Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D., but we’ll have to wait and see if that’s where things go.
4. Brandi Rhodes (1-0-0) [Last Week: 4]
I feel like a broken record. Brandi Rhodes hasn’t done anything to merit moving up or down this list, nor been given a match with the goal of attempting to do so.
3. Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (1-1-0) [Last Week: 2]
One of the two women featured on AEW Dynamite this week, Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. challenged Riho for the AEW Women’s World Championship. Baker fought hard and looked close to victory on more than one occasion, but couldn’t get the job done. She slips down one spot based on her championship loss.
2. Allie (1-1-0) [Last Week: 3]
Happenstance has placed Allie firmly in line for a potential AEW Women’s World Championship shot in the future. She still has momentum from a tag team win over Bea Priestley and Penelope Ford but needs a new singles win to really stake her claim for the title.
1. Riho (4-0-0) [Last Week: 1]
Firmly at the top is reigning and successfully defending AEW Women’s World Champion Riho. Scrappy and diminutive, Riho took on Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. this week and came out with her championship intact. Against all odds, Riho is the definitive top of the division and is still undefeated in singles competition.
AEW Men’s Singles Division Power Rankings
HM: Kenny Omega (1-2-0) [Last Week: Honorable Mention] and Adam Page (2-2-0) [Last Week: Unranked]
This week’s honorable mention is all about momentum. While Kenny Omega and Adam Page would each need a singles win to push them into these power rankings, their tag team win over PAC and Jon Moxley keeps them in the conversation.
5. PAC (2-0-0) [Last Week: 4]
While still undefeated in singles competition, PAC was pinned this week for the first time in AEW. Of course, it only happened after his own partner turned on him and left PAC to fend for himself. PAC’s record keeps him in the running but a singles loss could knock him out of the top five entirely.
4. Darby Allin (2-1-1) [Last Week: 3]
At AEW Dynamite, Darby Allin had undeniably the biggest match of his career when he challenged Chris Jericho for the AEW World Championship in a street fight. Allin pushed Jericho in ways few of us could have imagined, but ultimately Jericho’s buddy Jake Hager made sure there was no title change. Allin drops one spot for the loss but remains strong because of the way everything went down.
3. Jon Moxley (1-0-0) [Last Week: 5]
Only Jon Moxley could cost himself a tag team match and come out looking even better than before. His team with PAC didn’t last long, as an argument during the match caused Moxley to hit PAC with the Paradigm Shift and abandon his partner to lose. Because of Moxley’s still impeccable singles record, and the momentum earned this week despite that loss, Jon Moxley is sitting pretty right now at number three.
2. Cody (3-0-1) [Last Week: 2]
The number one contender for the AEW World Championship didn’t have much going on this week, but that includes nothing negative happening to him. Cody seems as focused as possible heading towards his title shot against Chris Jericho, and he continues to sit at number two with a strong record and a big match in his future.
1. Chris Jericho (4-0-0) [Last Week: 1]
For some people, a win is a win. For Chris Jericho, all that matters is that he left AEW Dynamite as “Le Champion.” Jericho had an uphill battle against the unorthodox youngster Darby Allin but remained in the fight from start to finish. Ultimately it was an assist from Jake Hager that sealed the deal, but Chris Jericho remains on top because he’s the AEW World Champion and “Le Champion” is still undefeated.
AEW Tag Team Division Power Rankings
HM: Best Friends (2-2-0) [Last Week: 4] and Jurassic Express (0-2-0) [Last Week: Unranked]
This week’s honorable mention goes out to two hard-fought losses this week by Best Friends and Jurassic Express. With Luchasaurus injured, Jurassic Express used their speed package but weren’t able to overcome Lucha Brothers. Similarly, Best Friends came up short against SCU in the tag team tournament despite a great effort.
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5. Santana & Ortiz (1-0-0) [Last Week: Unranked]
Rounding out this week’s tag team rankings are Santana and Ortiz of The Inner Circle. This “Proud and Powerful” pairing could be an absolute force to be reckoned with in the tag team division, and they started staking that claim this week with a dominant win over local talents Alex Reynolds and John Silver.
4. Private Party (2-1-0) [Last Week: 3]
It was an uneventful week for Private Party, but they remain in the final four of the AEW Tag Team Championship Tournament. Their next challenge will come in the semifinals against Lucha Brothers, a match they’re surely focused on and preparing for.
3. SCU (1-2-0) [Last Week: Honorable Mention]
Against all odds, SCU powers up the rankings this week. Before their scheduled tournament match with Best Friends, an attack by Lucha Brothers left Christopher Daniels unable to compete. Scorpio Sky taped up with no warning, leading his team to victory even without shoes. SCU will now face The Dark Order in the tournament semifinals.
2. Lucha Brothers (3-1-0) [Last Week: 2]
We saw complete domination this week by Lucha Brothers. It started when they attacked SCU prior to the team’s tournament match, with Pentagon even spiking Christopher Daniels on the ramp and leaving him unable to compete. They continued that dominance later in the night by defeating Jurassic Express to advance to a semifinals clash with Private Party.
1. The Dark Order (2-0-0) [Last Week: 1]
Even without much of a presence this week, The Dark Order is the only undefeated team in the AEW Tag Team Championship Tournament. Their first-round bye has carried them this far, but next they have to focus on semifinals opponents and surging team SCU. If The Dark Order comes up short against SCU, they could fall hard down these rankings.