AEW Power Rankings: Week of December 4, 2019
Women’s Division
No. 1 — RIHO (last week: 1)
RIHO remains atop the Women’s Division with both the Women’s Championship and wins.
No. 2- Kris Statlander (last week: 7)
Statlander skyrockets to No. 2 after a surprising win over Shida. Shida is currently the No. 1 contender and this was a huge win for her. She did literal cartwheels around Shida during their match. Statlander hit a lariat, Electric Chair and scissor-kick consecutively. She put Shida away with the Big Bang Theory. Immediately after her win, Brandi and Awesome Kong attempted to recruit her to the Nightmare Collective.
No. 3 — Nyla Rose (last week: unranked)
“The Native Beast” attacked Shanna at a convention. As a result, she was on commentary for Dark. The following night, she faced Leva Bates. Nyla once again dominated. When Leva’s partner, Peter Avalon, tried to help her, they both were double choke-slammed. After the match, Shanna came to ring and started to beat up Rose. Rose brought a table to the ring and put both the referee and Shanna through it. Due to her actions, she has been suspended without pay for the rest of the year.
No. 4 — Brandi (last week: unranked)
Brandi announced that she and Awesome Kong are the “Nightmare Collective.” They are actively recruiting members and try to get Statlander to join. She seemed reluctant and was saved from making a decision by a “fan.” Brandi asked for the fan to be brought to the ring, where Kong cut off some of her hair. Brandi began shaving some of the fan’s hair before the trio left arm-in-arm.
No. 5 — Melanie Cruise (last week: unranked)
Melanie Cruise is the fan that volunteered as tribute. She has officially signed to AEW. Cruise made quite the first impression and it’ll be interesting to see what the Nightmare Collective has in store for her.
No. 6 – Hikaru Shida (last week: 2)
Shida had previously won three consecutive matches. She attempted to do her spot where she does a running knee off a chair, but was caught by Statlander and thrown into a guardrail. Shida later successfully hit a running knee. She even kicked out after a series of moves from Statlander, but the AEW newcomer was too much for the No. 1 contender.
No. 7- Allie/The Bunny (last week: 9)
Allie, now the Bunny, says in a video package that they were tired of seeing Cody’s face everywhere and getting all the attention. She said herself, The Butcher and The Blade are in AEW to “cut the head off of the snake.”
No. 8- Shanna (last week: 3)
After being attacked by Nyla Rose, she showed up at Dynamite for payback. “Portugal’s Perfect Athlete” was able to get some offense in against Rose, including a diving crossbody and a Superman elbow strike. Unfortunately, this led to Shanna being put through a table.
No. 9- Leva Bates (last week: 10)
Bates can’t catch a break. She was kidnapped by members of the Inner Circle on Being the Elite. After being dominated by Awesome Kong last week, she met the same fate this week by Nyla Rose. On the upside, she didn’t end up going through a table.