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WWE Power Rankings, Week of 3/19/17

Welcome back to the weekly Get More Sports WWE Power Rankings, where we rank the top 25 WWE Superstars based on momentum, impact, and performance throughout the last week. This week continued to build towards WrestleMania and TakeOver: Orlando, and while there weren’t too many big moments, there was good in-ring action and surprise new SmackDown Tag Team Champions. Let’s see how this affects the rankings.

  1. Samoa Joe (+1)
    The Samoan Submission Machine has continued his undefeated streak on the main roster by defeating Sami Zayn with the Coquina Clutch. Later in the night, he helped Kevin Owens attack Chris Jericho from behind.
  2. AJ Styles (-1)
    Styles continues to be great week after week, and this week he had another confrontation with Shane McMahon. They had a good brawl to end the show, and Styles stays high on the list even if it ended with Styles going through a table.
  3. Austin Aries (+0)
    A-Double is also still undefeated on the main roster, and his win over Tony Nese on Monday Night Raw helps him get ready for his Cruiserweight Championship match against Neville.
  4. The Usos (+21)
    The SmackDown Tag Team Division went from obscurity to greatness when The Usos captured the SmackDown Tag Team Championships from American Alpha in an incredible match.
  5. Kevin Owens (+0)
    Owens keeps his spot from last week by assaulting Chris Jericho for the second week in a row. If this keeps up, he’ll for sure score a WrestleMania win.
  6. Nia Jax (-)
    For what seems like the 12th time, Nia Jax has defeated Bayley while The Hugger held the Raw Women’s Championship. With this win, Jax is now in the Raw Women’s Championship match.
  7. Shane McMahon (-)
    Last week, Shane O’Mac got send through a car window. This week, the jumped from the top rope and elbowed AJ Styles through the announce table.
  8. Roman Reigns (-)
    Undertaker interrupted Reigns’ rematch with Braun Strowman, and Reigns got to hit the Deadman with a spear. He then walked away without getting hit before Taker sat up.
  9. The Undertaker (-)
    Speaking of Taker, his surprise appearance was a cool way to end Raw. Also, he hit Braun Strowman with a huge chokeslam.
  10. Neville (+6)
    The King of the Cruiserweights showed that he can live up to his moniker when he defeated Mustafa Ali in a great 205 Live main event.
  11. Ruby Riot (-)
    Riot joined forces with Tye Dillinger, Roderick Strong, and No Way Jose to even the odds with SAnitY. She disposed of Nikki Cross pretty easily, which makes for an impressive debut.
  12. Nikki Bella (-)
    Nikki Bella didn’t wrestle this week, but she managed to lift Tyler Breeze up to do the Rack Attack 2.0, then forced him to tap out to her STF.
  13. Alexa Bliss (-)
    All the women (except Bella) on the SmackDown roster brawled this Tuesday, and the SmackDown Women’s Champion was the only one standing tall at the end.
  14. Sami Zayn (-)
    Zayn lost his match to Samoa Joe, but he put on a hell of a performance, and he made himself noticed by standing up for Mick Foley.
  15. Maryse (+8)
    Maryse and The Miz parodied Total Bellas, and they created funny skits mocking Nikki/Brie Bella and John Cena.
  16. The Miz (+8)
    The Miz gets the slightly lower spot because he portrayed John Cena, while Maryse played both of the Bella Twins.
  17. Chris Jericho (+3)
    Y2J had a great edition of the Highlight Reel when he exposed the “real” Kevin Owens before assaulted by Owens himself.
  18. Bray Wyatt (-)
    The WWE Champion did a good job of playing mind games with Randy Orton by getting a legion of sheep mask-wearing men to attack him backstage.
  19. Brian Kendrick (-)
    After defeating TJ Perkins on Raw, Kendrick attacked Akira Tozawa on 205 Live disguised as a security guard.
  20. Andrade “Cien” Almas (-)
    Almas continued to slowly get better with his character, and he continued his win streak this week when he defeated Oney Lorcan.
  21. Oney Lorcan (-)
    Lorcan, as he usually does, put on a great match this week that showed how valuable he can be to NXT.
  22. John Cena (-)
    While he didn’t do much, John Cena did pick up a submission victory over Fandango. He also cut a good promo on The Miz on Talking Smack.
  23. American Alpha (-)
    American Alpha lost their tag titles this week, but they put on a hell of a match doing so.
  24. Charlotte (-)
    The Queen picked up a short and anticlimactic victory of Dana Brooke, but she needed a win heading into WrestleMania.
  25. Dean Ambrose (-)
    Ambrose returned from his injury to distract Baron Corbin, forcing the Lone Wolf to get hit by an RKO.
  • New to the Rankings This Week: Dean Ambrose, Charlotte, American Alpha, John Cena, Nikki Bella, Ruby Riot, Oney Lorcan, Andrade “Cien” Almas, Brian Kendrick, Bray Wyatt, Sami Zayn, Alexa Bliss, The Undertaker, Roman Reigns, Shane McMahon, Nia Jax
  • Kicked off the Rankings: Triple H, Bobby Roode, Braun Strowman, Mickie James, Sasha Banks, Kassius Ohno, Dana Brooke, Bayley, Nikki Cross, Goldberg, TJ Perkins, Becky Lynch, Sheamus & Cesaro, Carmella, & Brock Lesnar

Written by Travis Brinkley

Travis Brinkley is the Wrestling Contributor for Get More Sports who watches WWE and Lucha Underground. Occasionally, he will also write about sports video games.

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