Indy Power Rankings for the Week of June 24th, 2013: 1. Jay Briscoe-The ROH World Champion becomes #1 for the first time after a 2-0 weekend to extend his singles winning streak. On 6/22 at Best in the World, he defeated his own brother, Mark, in an epic battle. He followed that up with a victory over Matt Hardy at the ROH TV Tapings on 6/23 to retain the ROH World Title. 2. reDRagon (Bobby Fish & Kyle O’Reilly)-The ROH World Tag Team Champions stepped up to the plate this weekend and continued their dominance. First they defeated Jimmy Jacobs & Cliff Compton and C&C Wrestle Factory in a 3 Way to retain the ROH World Tag Team Titles at Best in the World. They then defended the titles vs. C&C Wrestle Factory in a straight up tag team match and were successful again. They still have only one loss in tag team action as a team. 3. American Wolves (Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards)-Another weekend and two more victories for them. Their only loss since reforming came against the current ROH World Tag Team Champions. The only tag team to be #1 in the IPR continue their hunt for the ROH World Tag Team Titles…and the #1 spot again. 4. Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)-The current PWG Tag Team Champions and DGUSA Open the United Gate Champions went 2-0 on the weekend. First, at F.W.E., they picked up a victory over Jigsaw & Tony Nese. They followed that up with a HUGE victory over the former WWE Tag Team Champions, Brian Kendrick & Paul London at House of Hardcore’s 2 nd show. 5. Matt Taven-The ROH TV Champion was involved in two hard fought battles on the weekend, but came out of the weekend STILL the champion. At Best in the World, he was able to fend off the challenge of Jimmy Jacobs and Jay Lethal to retain the title and then followed that up with one of the biggest victories of his career vs. Eddie Edwards at the 6/23 ROH TV Tapings. 6. Ricochet-The Dragon Gate King of Gate 2013 and former IPR #1 makes his way back into the IPR with 4 straight victories at Dragon Gate over the weekend. After a few random losses, Ricochet has picked up a lot of steam and is looking to get back in the #1 spot. 7. John Morrison-The former #1 in the IPR makes a big comeback this week after a long period of inactivity by defeating Carlito for the F.W.E. Title. He then went into House of Hardcore’s 2 nd show and defeated 2 Cold Scorpio to retain the title. 8. Rob Van Dam-The former WWE, TNA, and ECW World Champion makes his first (and probably only) appearance in the IPR by defeating Tommy Dreamer at F.W.E. on 6/21 in an Extreme Rules Match, RJ Brewer at BTW on 6/22, followed by one last victory over Sami Callihan on 6/24 at 2CW. 9. Rockstar Spud-The former OVW TV Champion makes his way back into the IPR after a victory over Jessie Godderz at the 6/19 OVW TV Taping to extend his streak to 3. He has won 5 of 6 overall. 10. Michael Elgin-Despite some recent struggles, the AAW Heavyweight Champion came up big this weekend with a win over Tommaso Ciampa at ROH Best in the World and then followed that up by winning the Steel Cage Warfare vs. Jimmy Jacobs, Cliff Compton, Rhino, and Rhett Titus at the 6/23 ROH TV Tapings. He has now won 3 straight matches. Major Names Ineligible this week due to inactivity: Arik Royal, Pieces of Hate (as a team), Jake Manning & John Skyler (as a team), and Danny Havoc Just missing out: Aaron Williams-Falls out this week due to heavy competition, but could easily get back in shortly. Went to a No Contest in tag action teaming with Matt Taylor vs. Dave & Jake Crist at Rock Star Pro Wrestling Amped on 6/19. Shelton Benjamin-After about 3 weeks of inactivity, Shelton Benjamin travelled to NJPW and teamed with Minoru Suzuki to defeat CHAOS (Shinsuke Nakamura & Tomohiro Ishii) on 6/22 to make it 6 straight wins for the former WWE Intercontinental Champion. Sabu-The Homicidal, Suicidal, Genocidal, death defying maniac known as Sabu has exploded back on to the indy scene with wins over BJ Whitmer at IWA Mid-South, and now weekend wins over Drake Younger and TJ Perkins in California for VPW & AWS. He’s inching his way closer to a spot in the IPR. Amasis-Winner of 5 of 6 matches now. Successfully defended the WIF! Banana Title on 6/22 vs. Juan Francisco de Coronado. Bravado Brothers (Harlem & Lancelot Bravado)-Winners of 3 of 4 tag team matches. They picked up another victory at WIF! Over the Baltic Seige on 6/22. Rob Conway-The NWA World Champion continued his success over the weekend with a title defense vs. Manabu Nakanishi at NJPW on 6/22. Matt Taylor-Teamed with Aaron Williams and went to a No Contest vs. Dave & Jake Crist at Rock Star Pro Wrestling Amped on 6/19. Still teetering on the verge of the IPR.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 12:41:52 +0000
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