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Indy Power Rankings for the Week of September 1st, 2014
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Date: September 3, 2014, 10:09 am
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Indy Power Rankings for the Week of September 1st, 2014
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reclaim his throne! While he did suffer a loss in a 3 Way Tag
Team Match at PWG on 8/29, he then went into full scale
domination mode as he marched his way through PWG’s Battle of
Los Angeles, defeating Chris Sabin, TJ Perkins, Kenny Omega, and
Johnny Gargano & Roderick Strong along the way. What a year for
Ricochet as he has won the Dragon Gate Open the Dream Gate
Title, the Dragon Gate USA Open the Freedom Gate Title, the HOG
Heavyweight Title, the New Japan Best of the Super Juniors, and
now PWG’s Battle of Los Angeles. He has earned his place and
position back in the #1 spot this week AND the #1 spot in the
IPR 100 after his record 8th #1 ranking. #4 in the online poll
with 27 votes.
2.
call him, you have to agree that his 2014 has been a success. He
suffered just one loss this past week mixed with 6 wins, but
before that loss, word is that he had rattled off 40 straight
wins. With a record of 6-1 in just one week, it was impossible
to deny him a spot in the Top 10 and not only that, a very high
one. It was a dog fight at 2-10, but Oliver Grey left enough of
an impression on the voters to gain a very good ranking this
week. We hope to see more of him in the upcoming months.
3.
Clay travelled to the UK after his return to the indies and
absolutely dominated the week with a 5-0 record, having now won
6 straight matches since his departure from the WWE. Question
marks were raised about how he would fare on the indies and if
this past week was any indication, he’s going to do just fine.
He came very close to slipping into the #2 spot this week, but
at the end of the day, he landed at #3. Pretty impressive for
his first time in the Top 10.
4.
hasn’t been ranked much in 2014 (in singles) as he’s been mostly
dominating the tag team division, but this week was a little bit
different. The PWG World Champion and ½ of the ROH World Tag
Team Champions entered PWG’s Battle of Los Angeles, defeated
Drew Gulak in the first round, then teamed with Bobby Fish to
defeat Drew Gulak & Biff Busick the next night, before finally
beating Zack Sabre, Jr. Why was that the end of the line?
Roderick Strong’s attack removed him from the tournament and
O’Reilly’s weekend ended with a record of 3-0. Still a very
solid outing for the double champion and a very deserved ranking
as well.
5.
Champion was notably absent from the Top 10 last week, either by
inactivity or perceived inactivity, but the grinder returned
this week after scoring 2 more wins over the weekend. This time
he successfully defended his title vs. Michael Hayes on 8/29 and
then Sigmon on 8/30. He has absolutely DOMINATED the last few
months and we expect that to continue as 2014 wraps up. He’s
been flirting with a Top 10 ranking in the 2014 IPR 100. Can he
continue to climb?
6.
hasn’t been seen in the Top 10 nearly enough in 2014. He’s the
ROH World Television Champion but oddly, over the last few
months he’s suffered a lot of losses that have held him back.
This week was different. This week he went to the UK and
retained his ROH World TV Title at SWA on 8/29 vs. Tyler Bate
and then again in a 3 Way vs. Robbie X and Pete Dunne at
Kamikaze Po on 8/30. Hell of a weekend for the veteran star.
7.
heavy” this week as PWG’s Battle of Los Angeles was a spectacle
and much talked about by all fans of independent wrestling.
Being a runner-up in the prestigious tournament is no shame and
the votes bore that out this week as he slipped into the Top 10
once again with a pretty decent ranking. While he hasn’t had the
greatest win-loss record in 2014, he’s definitely been putting
on fantastic performances, night in and night out. Over the
weekend he added to his great match reputation with wins vs.
Chuck Taylor, Candice LeRae, and Trevor Lee before falling to
Ricochet in the finals. Not a bad showing at all for the former
DGUSA Open the Freedom Gate Champ.
8.
the Top 10. He’s a guy that has been really working his ass off
in the Midwest in an attempt to get some recognition and this
week, he did just that. First, he defeated Joseph Schwartz to
retain the PWAS Detroit Cruisercore Title on 8/29 and then he
won a 6 Man Shotgun Match for Freelance Wrestling in Chicago on
8/30. He’s definitely been working hard to get noticed and
hopefully that trend continues after a solid ranking this week.
Also, don’t forget how important the fan poll is it helped
solidify his spot in the Top 10 this week. #2 in the online poll
with 63 votes.
9.
Champion had a very impressive weekend and returned to the Top
10 yet again this year. His wins/title defenses vs. Robert Rose
on 8/30 and Daniel Duggan on 8/31, may not have been the biggest
wins in terms of strength of competition, but any time someone
of his stature can take a prestigious title like that and
successfully defend it twice in one weekend, he deserves
mention. It just so happened that it went beyond a mention this
week as he earned his stripes and cracked the Top 10 once again.
10.
ABSOLUTELY a fighting champion. When the poll went up, the
voters were only aware of two matches for Galloway, but in
reality, he went 3-0 and not just 2-0. This may have had a small
impact on his subsequent ranking. While he likely deserved a
higher ranking, he does get back into the Top 10 this week after
defending and retaining the EVOLVE title vs. Johnny Moss at BCW
on 8/29 and vs. Andy Wild at WrestleZone on 8/30. He then won a
#1 Contender’s Match vs. Darkside at ICW on 8/31. His stint on
the indies is looking better every day. #9 in the online poll.
People’s Champ. Tylor Sundae-This was a bit of a shocker as
Chase Matthews dominated for much of the day. In the end though,
Sundae made a strong run right before the cut off at 10 PM EST
and the new BCW Fairs & Festival Champion polished off his
weekend with another award after 67 votes.
Others missing out/receiving votes:
Dirty Andy Dalton-#3 in the online poll with 39 votes
Mark Maverick-#5 in the online poll with 24 votes
Flawless Clay Drasher-#6 in the online poll with 23 votes
Kameron Kade-#7 in the online poll with 20 votes
Matt Majestic-#8 in the online poll with 12 votes
AJ Styles-#10 in the online poll with 7 votes
Channing Decker
Jack Jester
Jay Anthony
Ricky J. McKenzie
Viper
Kenny Omega
Saraya Knight
Michael Elgin
Candice LeRae
Roderick Strong
Trevor Lee
Zack Sabre, Jr.
Jason Kincaid
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