WWE Friday Night SmackDown Power Rankings: Week of Oct. 14
By Serena Burks
Ranking the top WWE Superstars on Friday Night SmackDown. Brock Lesnar, Bayley and The Revival top their divisions.
The draft is over and the brands are set. WWE Monday Night Raw and Friday Night SmackDown have their rosters, and while neither show has aired since the changes were all made official, it’s time to roll out the first edition of Friday Night SmackDown power rankings. It is exactly what it sounds like: the power rankings will show the top male and female Superstars, while the tag teams will have a top five. So, without further ado, let’s get this party started.
Tag Team Power Rankings
No. 1: The Revival – As the SmackDown Tag Team Champions, it’s no surprise that Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder top the list. Their unmatched cohesion make them formidable foes, which is how they earned the titles. Any other tag team will have to work hard to get those belts away from Wilder and Dawson.
No. 2: The New Day – This pancake-loving, positive attitude-having trio bring life and laughter everywhere they go. As six-time champions, Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods and Big E work in unison better than most tag teams. They consider each other brothers, and their ability to read each other in and out of the ring is unmatched.
No. 3: Heavy Machinery – Still relatively new to the main roster, Heavy Machinery has made a name for themselves with their fun-loving, blue collar attitudes. Both Otis and Tucker are far more agile than their size would suggest, and the WWE Universe loves Otis’ caterpillar. They haven’t won a title yet, but they will.
No. 4: Robert Roode/Dolph Ziggler – While Roode and Ziggler were just paired together in the last few weeks, they have already held the Raw Tag Team Championship. They lost it to The Viking Raiders on the latest edition of Monday Night Raw, but their ability to gel so quickly shows that they are a force to be reckoned with. Don’t look past these two, they’ll make you pay.
No. 5: The B-Team – The B-Team hasn’t been in the ring for a while, but that doesn’t change what they are capable of. Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas got their start as The Miztourage, until they were split up from The Miz last year. Since then, they’ve held the Raw Tag Team titles and gotten the WWE Universe behind them with their college pep rally-like chants. Don’t mistake their absence for ambivalence, they’re still fighting.