WWE Monday Night Raw Power Rankings: Murphy makes a statement

Top 10 men

1. Brock Lesnar

The WWE Champion has made appearances in both weeks of the new year, but this time, he took R-Truth on a trip to “Sioux Falls City” — or is it Suplex City? Either way, it was a glorious appearance.

2. Buddy Murphy

He and Aleister Black have without question had the best rivalry WWE has seen in quiet a while. While it was a losing effort, he still made an impact later when he joined Seth Rollins and AOP.

3. Drew McIntyre

The Scottish Psychopath has made it clear he’s entering the Royal Rumble, and emphasized his point by defeating Randy Orton and A.J. Styles in a triple threat match. McIntyre has to be a favorite when he arrives into Houston.

4. Mojo Rawley

When you haven’t made much of an impact over the last few months, you look for an open door to surprise people. And Mojo did just that, catching R-Truth after getting beat down by Brock Lesnar, and pinned him to win the 24/7 Title.

5. Erick Rowan

So after weeks of not allowing anyone to see what’s in the cage, it seems like he’s had a change of heart. But whatever he’s keeping captive had enough this week, biting Rowan and causing another poor local wrestler to get annihilated as a result.

6. Ricochet

Ricochet is far from the biggest man in this year’s Royal Rumble, so he’ll need to use his speed to his advantage. Much like he did to get a win over Mojo Rawley.

7. Aleister Black

As stated earlier, Aleister Black has been involved in a highly entertaining series of matches with Buddy Murphy. And as has been the case, the end result was a Black Mass kick to put down WWE’s “best kept secret.”

8. Bobby Lashley

Now that we’ve finally moved past the wedding fiasco, we can get some ring time with Lashley and Rusev. Lashley took advantage of the distraction at ringside with Lana and Liv Morgan, and speared his way to victory.

9. Randy Orton

While things have been interesting between Orton and A.J. Styles, the Viper fell victim to a Claymore Kick that took the shine off hitting Styles with his own Styles Clash.

10. Seth Rollins

The biggest drop over the last week goes to Seth Rollins. After essentially getting bullied by The Big Show, Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe, the self-proclaimed Monday Night Messiah had to rely on his newest disciple Buddy Murphy to help with the victory.