However, the Game was still at the top of the card for the first four months of this year. He actually was the highest ranked superstar in January, as DX were considered all-powerful. Things soon went downhill. While others may not, I eagerly await his return and if he does bow out soon, he will go out still near the top of his game. Punk started the year on fire. He was utterly dominant at the beginning of the Royal Rumble and the Elimination Chamber, making quick work of his opponent in order to find time to profess the glory of the Straightedge Society and himself.
He then embarked on a huge feud with Rey Mysterio that provided him his first major one-on-one Wrestlemania match. However, as soon as he lost that match, he completely lost his way. He was eventually drafted to Raw and although he was injured, his credibility and momentum have returned as he provided golden colour commentary on Raw from the announcers desk and has just begun a high profile feud with John Cena.
This guy is one of the company's biggest assets and here's hoping in , Punk enjoys the type of success that he should have in Here is one of my current favorite wrestlers and someone I am expecting huge things from in In fact, as unrealistic as it seems, I am picking Ziggler as a real dark horse for the Royal Rumble next month.
Dolph Ziggler spent large parts of as simply one of many young, talented, ambitious midcarders on Friday Night Smackdown, but is currently enjoying the biggest push of his career.
He many have to put up with Vickie Guerrero all the time, but he is also returning a lot of prestige to the IC belt by stealing the show at PPVs with his opening contest defences, in just the same way Daniel Bryan is for the US Title. He reminds me of where Kofi Kingston was just before his huge push, and while that may not have lasted, I believe Ziggler is ready for the same opportunity. Mark my words, it may be some time yet, but this guy is really going places.
After all, the WWE reckons he was part of the joint best match of Many constantly argue for a main event push, while others argue that he simply isn't at that level. Either way, the Power 25 reckons has been a solid year for Christian. He started the year very strongly as the main attraction of Tuesday nights for the brief period ECW was still on our screens.
Since moving to Raw and then subsequently Smackdown, he has been somewhat lost in the pack and has returned to being simply a strong midcarder. However, his ranking here shows that he at least remained relevant, regularly utilised and popular throughout He is soon to be returning from injury. If the hopes and predictions of many are to be realized, could Captain Charisma be on course to actually headline Wrestlemania? The Nexus is quite simply the biggest storyline of , and the feud with John Cena was the biggest feud of the year.
Wade Barrett has huge potential and was the largest reason that the Nexus maintained the momentum it did for months. And while the end of may have been extremely anti-climatic for the stable, it has provided us with several superstars who will populate the midcard and main event for the foreseeable future. It appears early will see the break up of the group and potentially result in a Nexus Wrestlemania match. It will be interesting to see how the individual members will do on their own, but expect my countryman Wade Barrett to be just fine in , maybe even finally capturing the WWE Championship.
If only NXT was included in the Power This band of rookies would be enjoying the lofty heights of the Top 10, most likely. I was surprised to see Cody Rhodes above Dolph Ziggler and Nexus, since Wrestlemania Rhodes has arguably not actually achieved an awful lot. I wrote an article a long time ago asking whether Cody would simply get stuck in the midcard or move up to the main event scene, and that question still needs answering.
However, another way to look at it is that Cody has developed an interesting gimmick, shown that he can wrestle with the best of them and has shown real improvements and genuine engagement in his promo skills. He has been given consistent airtime and is really showing the ground work for a future champion. Rhodes is still incredibly young and is perhaps grafting out the hard work now before being pushed to the sky in the future.
If he keeps developing, the future could be very bright for "Dashing" Cody Rhodes. How bright is still hard to determine. From a young up-and-comer to a wrestling icon nearing the end of an unimaginable career. The Undertaker's body might now be aging and forcing the phenom to take much of off to recover, but whenever he is on TV or on PPV, he is almost always the main attraction.
In 27 weeks, he racked up a huge points and was involved the undeniably the biggest and best match of the year against Shawn Michaels. The Undertaker spent the summer being utterly dominated by Kane in a huge feud, but his ever-presence in the title picture when available kept him racking up big Power 25 points. I cannot adequately summarize this man's career and what a huge attraction will be missing when he retires, but let's just hope he has at least one more Wrestemania left before that happens.
I mentioned in the introduction that my unpublished analysis predicted big things for Jack Swagger in , and so it would be when he won MITB at Wrestlemania 26 and cashed it in less than a week later. However, the push simply just didn't work.
However, the WWE Universe was just not buying it. He went February and March without a single point and was suddenly thrust into the limelight without any warning.
His reign didn't last and he didn't even make the Summerslam card, resulting in a lower position in the list this year than last year. He seems to be back in the IC Championship hunt and may be moving back in the right direction. I like Swagger and think he has potential, but the future seems very unclear for this superstar at this point in time.
He was the IC Champion and seemed destined to be frequenting the main event by the end of However, in his first full year in the WWE, his push seemed to stall and after some personal issues outside the ring, he seemed to be stuck in the strong Smackdown midcard, a stall that seems to be continuing as we speak. His push seems to have been usurped by that of Alberto Del Rio.
His top 10 placing is a reward for his consistent relevance and performance throughout the year. Although he may not always be in a title hunt or even a feud, you would expect to see him essentially every week. He has a lot of potential in my eyes and don't be surprised to see his push recommence in Louisville , Kentucky. Green Bay , Wisconsin. Greenville , South Carolina.
Cincinnati , Ohio. Memphis , Tennessee. Baton Rouge , Louisiana. Baton Rouge River Center. Kansas City , Missouri. Milwaukee , Wisconsin. Wichita , Kansas. Seattle , Washington. Los Angeles , California. San Jose , California. Las Vegas , Nevada. Thomas and Mack Center.
Chicago , Illinois. London , England. Uncasville , Connecticut. Hershey , Pennsylvania. North Charleston , South Carolina. North Charleston Coliseum.
Buffalo , New York. Alex Riley. Alicia Fox. Beth Phoenix. Big Show. Bob Backlund. Bret Hart. Brie Bella. Brodus Clay. Byron Saxton. CM Punk. Caylen Croft. Charlie Haas. Chavo Guerrero. Chris Jericho. Chris Masters. Cody Rhodes. Conor O'Brian. Curt Hawkins. Daniel Bryan. Darren Young. David Hart Smith. David Otunga. Derrick Bateman.
Dolph Ziggler. Drew McIntyre. Eli Cottonwood. Eric Escobar. Evan Bourne. Eve Torres. Ezekiel Jackson. Gail Kim. Gene Okerlund. Heath Slater. Howard Finkel.
Hurricane Helms. Husky Harris. Jack Korpela. Jack Swagger. Jacob Novak. Jerry Lawler. Jey Uso. Jillian Hall. Jim Ross. Jimmy Snuka. Jimmy Uso. Jimmy Wang Yang. Joey Mercury. Joey Styles. John Cena. John Morrison. Johnny Curtis. Josh Mathews.
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