WCW SmackDown! Power Rankings: WEEK UNO!

Now that you're pumped up from that epic song, get ready to read some rankings! YEAH! WOO!

Okay...here's how the rankings are going to work, I've created a simple ranking scale. Each win gives you five points, except title defenses, which are 6 points, and title wins, which are 8 points. Each loss brings you down two points. The SP that you earn from promos is added to your point total each week.

So for example, CM Punk wins his match and does a promo and gets 3 SP. That means he earns 8 points that week.

Now that that is explained, Week 1 Rankings combine the Royal Rumble PPV with the promos already posted for this week's Smackdown card. Because not many Smackdown people did stuff for the Rumble match/promo wise, there's only seven people who have scored positive points. This list only refers to people who had matches and turned in promos at the Rumble/Smackdown so far.

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1. Kane [14]
The Big Red Machine jumped out to an early #1 spot this week, taking a victory in the championship scramble to defend his title, and making two promos worth 4 points each. Congrats to Kane for taking the inaugural #1 Spot!


T-2. Dolph Ziggler [10]
WCW's Showoff takes #2 after sending HBK packing and delivering a solid 5 point promo bragging about it.


T-2. Matt Hardy [10]
Big brother Matt talked the talk, slapping his brother and inciting a rivalry in the Hardy family, and finished his brother with his own Swanton Bomb at the Rumble. His 5 point promo added on ties him with Dolph at #2.


4. CM Punk [8]
The master of the mic verbally tore nearly anyone he could to shreds, completely upset about not winning the Rumble, nor getting the chance to take the US Championship, as well as re-introducing the SES in two 5 point promos. The loss in the Rumble cost him a chance at a tie for second, however.


T-5. Triple H [1]
Triple H seemingly had the WWE title in his grasp, however a controversial decision by WCW Management ruled in favor of the Big Red Monster, leaving The Game to watch the title slip out of his hands. A 3 point promo kept him from falling in the negatives.


T-5. The Rock [1]
The Rock won his Rumble qualifier for 5 points, but came up short in the finals and in the Scramble, leaving him at 1 point for this week.


T-7. Sheamus [-2]
Sheamus drew the ire of a certain Straight Edge superstar this week by leaving before their US Title Match. Sheamus also had a quick exit from the Royal Rumble, leaving him in the negatives this week.


T-7. Jeff Hardy [-2]
Jeff Hardy got punked out and lost to his big brother at the Rumble this week, putting him in the negatives early.


T-7. Zack Ryder [-2]
The Woo Woo Woo Kid also suffered a quick end to his night at the Rumble, being on the receiving end of a boot to the face from The One Man Band, booting him out of the Royal Rumble, leaving him down in the negatives, and probably the dumps, too.


T-7. Ted DiBiase [-2]
The Fortunate Son, like Ryder and Sheamus, found himself having a quick night at the Pay-Per-View, being left in the negatives too.