AEW Weekly Power Rankings: Dark Order and Nyla Rose back on the rise
With another week of action in the record books, our AEW Weekly Power Rankings take a look at how the landscape of AEW has shifted.
With AEW Full Gear firmly in the rear-view mirror, Dynamite gave us a glimpse of where things are headed from here. Jericho and Guevara slipped off the rankings entirely, while Scorpio Sky has sprung into the singles conversation by pinning AEW World Champion Chris Jericho in tag team action.
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, we look at a women’s division where “The Native Beast” Nyla Rose is slowly pushing back up through the rankings.
AEW Women’s Singles Division Power Rankings
Honorable Mention: Allie (1-2-0) [Last Week: Honorable Mention] and Big Swole (0-1-0) [Last Week: Unranked]
In this week’s women’s honorable mention, we begin with Allie who has struggled to really build some momentum in AEW. She was interviewed on Dynamite this week, only to be attacked by Awesome Kong. Big Swole is a newer addition to the AEW Women’s Division, and Swole has impressed despite not yet securing a victory.
5. Awesome Kong (0-1-0) [Last Week: 4]
“There are eight million ways to die. She is one.” It’s an ominous sound in Dynamite now, and one that sends chills down the spines of most. Awesome Kong leaves a wake of sheer destruction, but she needs an actual singles win to push herself up the rankings and into title contention.
4. Nyla Rose (2-3-0) [Last Week: 5]
Speaking of pushing into title contention, Nyla Rose is continuing to slowly build herself some momentum and get back to the AEW Women’s World Championship she so narrowly failed to capture against Riho several weeks ago. Rose continued her path of destruction this week by demolishing Dani Jordyn on Dynamite, a dominant win that pushes her a spot up this week’s rankings.
3. Hikaru Shida (2-1-0) [Last Week: 3]
Unfortunately, the top of our AEW Women’s Singles Division Power Rankings are a bit stagnant. Hikaru Shida still seems like a big challenger that will be on Riho’s radar soon, but she was quiet this week and only avoided dropping down a rank because of the actions of others.
2. Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. (3-1-0) [Last Week: 2]
Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. is still riding the wave of momentum from vanquishing rival Bea Priestley at Full Gear, but she’ll need a statement victory or a chance to earn a title shot before she finds herself in the ring with AEW Women’s World Champion Riho again.
1. Riho (5-0-0) [Last Week: 1]
For the seventh consecutive week, AEW Women’s World Champion Riho tops our AEW Women’s Singles Division Power Rankings. Despite her diminutive stature, Riho has been an unstoppable force in singles action. She’s had a few hiccups in tag team matches, but when the lights are on there’s no beating her.