AEW Power Rankings: Week of January 8, 2020
Women’s Division
No. 1 — RIHO (last week: 1)
RIHO faced Kris Statlander in a match that was originally scheduled for January 1. RIHO was pulled off the apron by Mel of the Nightmare Collection. The faction continued interfering in the match and tried to persuade RIHO to jump on Statlander, but she jumped on Luther instead. Kong interfered again, which allowed RIHO to get the win and retain her title.
After the match, the champion was attacked by Mel. Hikaru Shida and Big Swole came to her aid.
No. 2— Kris Statlander (last week: unranked)
Statlander was originally supposed to face RIHO last week, but kept her commitments to wrestle for BAR Wrestling. This week, she got her shot at the title. Statlander had been running offense before being distracted by Nightmare Collective. Awesome Kong pulled her legs, which allowed RIHO to win. Kong then attacked “The Alien.” Shida and Big Swole came to help them.
No. 3 — Nightmare Collective (last week: unranked)
Brandi Rhodes started the night on commentary. When Kong and Mel came to ringside, Brandi said they were exhibiting free will and weren’t hurting anyone. Kong and Mel got involved and caused havoc, they revealed their new member, Luther and influenced the outcome of the Women’s championship match.
Awesome Kong also won a match on Dark. Instead of her usual squash victories, she toyed with her opponent at Brandi’s guidance.
No. 4 — Hikaru Shida (last week: 4)
The former No.1 contender was sitting ringside with Britt Baker during the championship match. She was the first to help RIHO and Statlander when they were jumped by the Nightmare Collective.
No. 5 — Big Swole (last week: unranked)
Big Swole came all the way from the back to help defend RIHO and Statlander against the Nightmare Collective.
No. 6— Britt Baker (last week: 3)
Britt Baker sat ringside for the women’s match and continued to look on as her peers were attacked by the Nightmare Collective because she’s bitter that RIHO beat her last week.
No. 7— Skyler Moore (last week: unranked)
Independent wrestler Skyler Moore made her debut on Dark. Unfortunately for her, she faced Awesome Kong. Moore got in a small bit of offense on Kong and it wasn’t a squash match. Since it wasn’t a squash, she was tortured a little before being pinned.
No. 8— Penelope Ford (last week: 5)
“The Bad Girl” continues to try to help Kip Sabian in his matches by getting involved when the ref isn’t looking. On Dark, she did a swinging DDT. It wasn’t enough to help Sabian and TH2 get a victory.