WWE Friday Night Smackdown Power Rankings: Week of Dec. 23
By Serena Burks
Men’s Division
1. The Fiend, Bray Wyatt — Neither The Fiend nor Bray Wyatt showed their faces on Smackdown this week, but as champ, Wyatt stays at the top.
2. Daniel Bryan — Bryan teamed up with The Miz to take on King Corbin and Dolph Ziggler. Despite their differences, they emerged with a win, so Bryan moves to the No. 2 spot.
3. The Miz — As hard as Ziggler and Corbin tried, they just couldn’t get rid of The Miz and Daniel Bryan. Miz stays toward the top of the list with the win.
4. King Corbin — King Corbin and his crony launched a sneak attack on Daniel Bryan and The Miz to cement the main event. Corbin and Ziggler would lose, though, so Corbin falls to No. 4.
5. Dolph Ziggler — Ziggler really was no help to Corbin this week and it’s clear he misses his partner, Robert Roode, who’s out on suspension. He falls to No. 5 after losing to Bryan and The Miz.
6. Braun Strowman — After being approached by Sami Zayn, Strowman revealed his desire to battle for the Intercontinental Championship. No answer was given, but Strowman moves up for coming out to defend The New Day after the tag team champs defeated Nakamura and Cesaro.
7. Shinsuke Nakamura — Just like they fell on the tag team rankings, Nakamura falls on the singles list. It would be nice to see him defend his title for once.
8. Cesaro — Cesaro falls for the same reason Shinsuke does: the loss to The New Day.
9. Roman Reigns — Reigns falls all the way to the bottom due to not performing on Friday. However, expect him to rise if he has a match.
10. Sheamus — The Celtic Warrior continues to tease a return, but has yet to get in the ring. He snags the 10th spot this week in the hopes that he performs soon.