Indy Power Rankings for the Week of July 15th, 2013: 1. Adam Thornstowe-The QPW Heavyweight, APW Universal, and FSW Tag Team Champion has become Ultimo Dragon 2K13 on the West Coast as he is racking up title wins. On 7/13, his tag team of “Reno Scum” put their FSW tag team titles on the line vs. Suburban Commandos vs. RockNES Monsters vs. Paul London in a 4 Way Match and came out on top. By virtue of this win, and his many recent wins vs. some of the top names in the sport, Adam Thornstowe has earned his first ever #1 Ranking in the IPR 2. American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards)-Another weekend and another victory for the former #1 in the IPR and former ROH World Tag Team Champions as they took down Jay Lethal & Michael Elgin at ROH on 7/13. Another tag team collision vs. reDRagon seems to imminent. 3. Bobby Fish-Why Bobby Fish in singles and not reDRagon as a tag team? Simple. Competition. While reDRagon has been amazing as a team, their lone match on the weekend was vs. Roderick Strong and an unproven Cheeseburger at a Night of Hoopla. Fish then went on to singles matches vs. Davey Richards on 7/12 and ACH on 7/13 and won them both to go 3-0 on the weekend. reDRagon will return to the IPR, but for now, it’s one half of the ROH World Tag Team Champions making his mark at #3. 4. Shane Hollister-The AAW Heavyweight Champion finally gets his due as he went into CZW, competed in a 6 way against 5 of the best athletes in the sport (Caleb Konley, Dark Sheik, Dave Crist, Ron Mathis, & Rory Mondo), and he emerged victorious. That’s two straight wins for the rising star with 4 out of 5 overall. 5. Mike Bennett-Whether you call him “The Prodigy” or not, Bennett has been on a roll lately. He went 3-0 this weekend at Ring of Honor as he ran right through BJ Whitmer, Andy Muscant, and Rhino. He’s now won 5 straight overall. 6. Reed Bentley-If you don’t know “Cut Throat” Reed Bentley by now, it’s time to wake up. He went 3-0 this week for Pro Wrestling Evolution, DWW, and VWAA as he defeated Larry D, Dan Lawrence, and Jervis Cottonbelly. That makes (at least) 4 straight wins for the up and comer. 7. Drake Younger-The other “West Coast Ultimo Dragon” picked up yet another title as he won the IWL Anarchy Title vs. Ray Rosas on 7/12 to go along with his SPW Xtreme & APW Worldwide Internet titles. 8. Rain-The NEW SHINE Champion becomes just the 4 th woman wrestler to reach the Indy Power Rankings by winning a one night tournament on 7/13 over LuFisto, Jessicka Havok, and Mia Yim to become the champion. 9. Biff Busick/Frank O’Rourke-The TRP Heavyweight Champion defeated Craig Costa at TRP on 7/13 to continue his winning ways, but that night, his insane winning streak ended when he was defeated by AR Fox at CZW on 7/13. He looks to turn things around next weekend vs. Eddie Edwards at Beyond Wrestling. 10. Prince Mustafa Ali-Losing isn’t something he’s very familiar with, so what did he do? He made sure he didn’t lose over the weekend. With a weekend record of 2-0-1, Ali makes his first appearance in the IPR. On 7/12 he defeated Carlos Rivera at CSW. On 7/13 he went to a time limit draw with last week’s #5 Christian Rose at DWW. He capped off the weekend with a victory over Matt Cage at VWAA on 7/14. From “recorded” stats (stats that are able to be at least somewhat easily found), he has not lost a match since mid-May. For fans unfamiliar with his work, look for him at IWA Mid-South’s TPI in September. Major Names Ineligible this week due to inactivity: Jay Briscoe, Eddie Kingston, Brian Cage, and C&C Wrestle Factory (as a team) Just missing out: Tommaso Ciampa-“The Sicilian Psychopath” makes his return to the Indy Power Rankings after a strong weekend at Ring of Honor as he defeated Rhino on 7/12 and Silas Young on 7/13. He has now won 3 out of 4. He’s looking to make his mark on the indy scene as he is one of the participants in the ROH World Title Tournament. Matt Taven-The ROH World TV Champion had a solid weekend at Ring of Honor as he went 2-1 with big victories over Eddie Edwards/Adam Cole in a 3 Way Dance and a singles victory over Kevin Steen. AR Fox-After a little bit of inactivity, Fox got back into the swing of things with a big victory over last week’s #2 Biff Busick at CZW. The EVOLVE and CZW Wired TV Champion is looking to get back into the hunt for the #1 spot. Johnny Saovi-The IWL Champion continued to rack impressive victories as he once again successfully defended his title vs. Eric Cross on 7/12. Papadon-“The Greek God” went into ECWA on 7/13 and not only defeated Vordell Walker, but he beat VSK later on in the evening to become the NEW ECWA Unified Heavyweight Champion.
Posted on: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 10:17:20 +0000
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