Monday, September 23, 2013

The Wrestling Blog's OFFICIAL Best in the World Rankings, September 23

RUDY! RUDY! RUDY!
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Welcome to a feature I like to call "Best in the World" rankings. They're not traditional power rankings per se, but they're rankings to see who is really the best in the world, a term bandied about like it's bottled water or something else really common. They're rankings decided by me, and don't you dare call them arbitrary lest I smack the taste out of your mouth. Without further ado, here's this week's list:

1. Daniel Bryan (Last Week: 1) - Bryan may have lost his Championship, but he gained the most important power of them all, a posse. Thankfully, the WWE locker room emptying out in his favor has prevented him from needing to venture to the caverns beneath Dwimorberg to summon the Army of the Dead.

2. Rachel Summerlyn (Last Week: 3) - Hey, she found Charlie Kelly's favorite beverage.

3. Jimmy Graham (Last Week: 8) - On the play right before his first touchdown grab, Drew Brees sailed a pass slightly over his head. I was more surprised that his outstretched arm didn't go just far enough out to haul it in, actually. Y'know, because he is Captain America and all. Brees-to-Graham may be the most unfair quarterback-to-receiver combination the league has seen since Montana-to-Rice.

4. Tina Fey and Amy Poehler (Last Week: Not Ranked) -

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5. Dusty Rhodes (Last Week: Not Ranked) - Did any of you think I was gonna let an appearance from Old Dust go unranked? Then y'all don't know me very well, do you? DA MUDDASHIP.

6. Mark Henry (Last Week: 4) - The headline was that Texas snapped its two game losing streak by beating Kansas State Saturday night. I'd like to think they were motivated by an angry World's Strongest Man. Either that, or Bill Snyder was coerced into a little point-shaving, because he's old and feeble and would be snapped in half by Henry, even though we all know Henry wouldn't dream of harming such a senior citizen.

7. AJ Lee (Last Week: 7) - K. Sawyer Paul is on record as saying she will be the first ever female WWE Champion, and I'm not so sure he's too far off the mark there.

8. Adam Cole (Last Week: Not Ranked) - I would have ranked him hire if he had shoved a Confederate flag up Jay Briscoe's ass then encased Michael Elgin in Mapleite, which is like carbonite, only made out of maple tree sap. Then again, those actions might have been just a smidge too over the top for Ring of Honor.

9. Bleu Cheese, Fig Jam, Garlic, and Caramelized Onion Pizza (Last Week: Not Ranked) OFFICIAL HOLZERMAN HUNGERS SPONSORED ENTRY - My wife's cousin made this dish for a party we went to over the weekend, and about a billion slices later, I think I could safely say it was one of my new favorite things in the world.

10. Sara del Rey (Last Week: 10) - SARA DEL REY FACT: Even Sara del Rey thought Dexter's ending was weak, and she was impressed by the last two seasons.