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Welcome to this week's edition of WWE Power Rankings. The build to WWE Survivor Series is in full swing as both RAW and SmackDown are very close to finalizing their men's and women's teams for the traditional five-on-five elimination matches. While fans have to deal with the disappointment of not having NXT involved in the mix, the matches announced are pretty interesting.
Survivor Series has always been one of the most exciting shows of the year for WWE. It is the battle for brand supremacy and both RAW and SmackDown want to come out on top after losing to NXT last year.
So without further delay, let's take a look at which RAW and SmackDown Superstars and Tag Teams impressed this week and have earned a spot on the WWE Power Rankings.
WWE Power Rankings - RAW men's division
WWE Champion Randy Orton earns the first spot on the WWE Power Rankings for RAW men's division. Recently winning his 14th world title at Hell in a Cell 2020, WWE is now referring to him as The Legend, which he truly is in every sense. This week on RAW, Orton stood tall at the end after delivering an RKO to Drew McIntyre but looked tensed due to this next Superstar.
In the second spot, we have Bray Wyatt. Wyatt has gained so much momentum since his pairing with Alexa Bliss. Currently, WWE seems to be reigniting the feud between him and Randy Orton. It was The Fiend who literally had the last laugh at this week's RAW. Combined that with his Firefly Fun House antics with Bliss, he gets the second spot on WWE Power Rankings. Can he win the WWE Championship soon?
Drew McIntyre gets the third spot on RAW men's division's WWE Power Rankings. We seem to be heading towards a triple-threat feud between him, Bray Wyatt, and Randy Orton for the WWE Championship. This week on RAW, McIntyre defeated the Money in the Bank holder The Miz and John Morrison in a handicap match in the main event.
In the fourth spot, we have Braun Strowman. The Monster punched his ticket to Team RAW for Survivor Series 2020 with a massive victory in a triple threat match this week against Sheamus and Keith Lee. The match was highly impressive and established Braun Strowman as a force to reckon with. Watch out Team SmackDown.
AJ Styles, the self-proclaimed captain of Team RAW, gets the fifth spot in WWE Power Rankings for the Red brand's men's division. While he didn't wrestle this week on RAW, he was present at the commentary table during the triple threat match mentioned earlier. While Team RAW looks like an unstoppable force, there seems to be no unity among them, something which was evident this week and AJ Styles established that pretty well with his dramatic and hilarious performance.
WWE Power Rankings - RAW women's division
Alexa Bliss tops this week's WWE Power Rankings for RAW women's division. She is arguably the best female character on WWE TV right now ever since her pairing up with Bray Wyatt. This week on RAW, Alexa Bliss had three huge segments. Firstly, she interrupted Randy Orton in the opening segment on behalf of The Fiend, then she appeared with Bray Wyatt in a bizarre Firefly Fun House segment, and then later in the show, she had a chilling segment with Nikki Cross.
RAW Women's Champion Asuka secures the second spot on WWE Power Rankings for the Red brand's women's division this week. Even though she didn't appear on RAW this week, she has a huge "Champion vs Champion" clash at WWE Survivor Series 2020 later this month against Sasha Banks.
In the third and fourth spots, we have Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler, the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions. Jax and Baszler have already booked themselves a spot in Team RAW for Survivor Series 2020. This week, the two defeated Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke in a tag team match. Later in the night, Nia Jax squashed Lana in a singles match and then continued her streak of putting Lana through a table for the seventh consecutive week.
Lana makes it to the fifth spot on WWE Power Rankings for RAW women's division this week even after having a poor outing. While she lost her match and went through the announcer's table yet again, she has been showing so much more character as a babyface than ever before.
WWE Power Rankings - SmackDown men's division
The Universal Champion Roman Reigns undoubtedly tops the WWE Power Rankings for SmackDown men's division this week. The kind of character work that he is doing on SmackDown is exceptional and with each passing week, The Tribal Chief continues to impress one and all with his performance. The entire angle of him wanting control of everything Jey Uso does, yet helping him in the end because "he is family" is hitting all the right spots.
Jey Uso gets the second spot on WWE Power Rankings for SmackDown this week. Who would've imagined that he would be a top singles star on SmackDown? But he has managed to do just that. After an impressive victory over Daniel Bryan last week, Jey Uso defeated former Universal Champion and fellow Team SmackDown member Kevin Owens this week in the main event - with some help from his Tribal Chief.
Kevin Owens deserves a place on this list as he showed more character this week on SmackDown than he has for a long time. The entire angle between him and Jey Uso was very believable and established a solid sub-angle which could play a part in the match at Survivor Series later this month.
Seth Rollins gets the fourth spot on WWE Power Rankings for SmackDown this week after defeating Otis to qualify for Team SmackDown at WWE Survivor Series. He is surely one of the biggest Superstars for the Blue brand and adds so much value to the team, and might just be named the captain.
Murphy had quite an eventful night on SmackDown this week, getting him the fifth spot in WWE Power Rankings of the brand. He helped Seth Rollins win his match against Otis and later when confronted by Aalyah Mysterio, he told her that he did it for "the greater good". What could he potentially be planning?
WWE Power Rankings - SmackDown women's division
SmackDown Women's Champion Sasha Banks tops this week's WWE Power Rankings for the Blue brand's women's division. The Legit Boss successfully defended her title against Bayley in a rematch for WWE Hell in a Cell and picked up a decisive victory, possibly ending her feud with Bayley.
Carmella who appeared on SmackDown this week and instantly made a huge impact by attacking Sasha Banks after her successful title defense. With that, she appears to have straight away jumped into the title picture and hence gets the second spot on WWE Power Rankings this week.
Ruby Riott secures the third spot at WWE Power Rankings this week. Riott defeated Natalya and Zelina Vega in a triple threat on SmackDown to join Team SmackDown for WWE Survivor Series. Hopefully, WWE continues to book her strongly in the weeks and months to come.
In the fourth spot, we have Bayley. The former SmackDown Women's Champion lost her rematch against Sasha Banks this week and looks to be out of the title picture for now. Yet, she is too important to be left out of the programming. We might see her join and possibly lead Team SmackDown at Survivor Series later this month.
The fifth spot on this list goes to Bianca Belair who had already secured a spot on Team SmackDown last week. She is one of the brightest young Superstars in the company and if the management is high on her, she might be a great choice to come out as the "sole survivor" at the pay-per-view later this month.
WWE Power Rankings - Tag Teams/Factions
The Hurt Business tops the WWE Power Rankings for Tag Teams and factions on RAW and SmackDown this week. The faction has been highly impressive and picked up a massive victory over The New Day this week. The CEO of Hurt Business and the United States Champion, Bobby Lashley surely goes in as a favorite in his match against Sami Zayn at WWE Survivor Series.
SmackDown Tag Team Champions, The Street Profits, had a hilarious segment on the Blue brand this week and are second on this list. They tried to get some inside information about The New Day from Big E, who refused to do so before Billie Kay interrupted to offer her expertise about RAW, to which The Street Profits hilariously reminded her that they were on RAW at the same time as her.
RAW Tag Team Champions, The New Day, grab the third spot on WWE Power Rankings as they lost their match to The Hurt Business. While they'll be focused on their "Champion vs Champion" match at Survivor Series, The Hurt Business could very well be having an eye on their titles.
RETRIBUTION has unfortunately not been able to live up to the hype in the last couple of months. While WWE decided to pull off a shocker and introduced Mustafa Ali as a leader of the faction, there still needs to be a lot of rebuilding for fans to take the faction as a proper threat to the RAW roster. RETRIBUTION gets the fourth spot on WWE Power Rankings this week after attacking Ricochet on RAW.
The Miz and John Morrison are two of the most talented and experienced Superstars on Monday Night RAW. Yet, WWE booked them to lose to Drew McIntyre in a handicap match. It was a good decision to take the Money in the Bank contract off Otis, but the company can't book The Miz in this manner if they want to project him as someone who could be the WWE Champion soon. Yet, so slim is the tag team division that they manage to get the fifth spot on WWE Power Rankings.
