For All Elite Wrestling , 2019 came to a close Wednesday night on TNT with an episode of Dynamite. A tag team championship match that saw SCU defend against The Young Bucks headlined ...
Jon Moxley, Britt Baker, Young Bucks Top AEW Weekly Rankings for Dec. 13
Dec 13, 2019
Jon Moxley, Britt Baker and The Young Bucks lead their respective divisions in the AEW rankings for the week of Dec. 13 released Friday:
The entire men's singles top five remained unchanged from last week, and Moxley continues to pace the field with a 5-0-1 singles record.
Moxley has been teasing a match with AEW world champion Chris Jericho in recent weeks, but the potential rivalry took an intriguing turn on Dynamite this week. After Moxley stared down Jericho from the crowd two weeks earlier and Jericho did the same to Moxley last week, Le Champion offered Moxley a spot in the Inner Circle this week.
Given Moxley's lone wolf character, there is very little chance of that happening, and all signs point toward Moxley and Jericho facing off for the title in the near future, perhaps even as part of Jericho's cruise next month.
While men's singles held steady, the women's singles rankings featured a significant shift. After not competing this week, Hikaru Shida fell from first to third, while Britt Baker went from fourth to first and Kris Statlander leaped from fifth to second.
Both Baker and Statlander competed in singles matches on AEW Dark this week. Baker beat Machiko, and Statlander defeated Bea Priestley.
Statlander made her singles debut one week earlier on Dynamite and pulled off a surprising win over Shida. With the AEW Dark win, Statlander is now 2-0. Meanwhile, Baker is 4-2 and could be in line for her second shot at Riho's AEW Women's Championship.
To determine Riho's next opponent, Baker and Statlander will face each other in a No. 1 contender's match next week on Dynamite.
The tag team rankings also shifted this week with The Young Bucks surpassing Santana and Ortiz for the No. 1 spot after beating them in a Texas Street Fight on Dynamite. As a result, The Young Bucks will challenge SCU for the AEW Tag Team Championships next week.
Best Friends and The Lucha Brothers remained in the third and fourth positions, respectively, while Dark Order supplanted Private Party for the No. 5 slot.
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Pac, Cody, Britt Baker, Lucha Bros Top AEW Rankings for Week of Nov. 15
Nov 15, 2019
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 15: Britt Baker attends the WarnerMedia 2019 Upfront at One Penn Plaza on May 15, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
All Elite Wrestling released its second set to weekly rankings Friday, and the likes of Pac, Britt Baker and The Lucha Brothers are currently next in line for title shots in their respective divisions.
In the men's singles division, Pac leads the way and is followed by Cody, "Hangman" Adam Page, Jon Moxley and Darby Allin:
Full Gear changed up the rankings significantly, as Pac replaced Cody at the top in men's singles and Baker overtook Sakura in women's singles, although Pentagon and Fenix did maintain their first-place standing in the tag team ranks.
At Full Gear, Cody fell to Chris Jericho in an AEW Championship match when MJF threw in the towel and turned on Cody. Pac also lost at the event in a singles match against Page, marking his first singles loss in AEW.
Pac got the win back by beating Page on Wednesday's episode of Dynamite, though, which means he is presumably the next Jericho's next opponent provided he can remain in the No. 1 position by the time a title match is announced.
On the women's side, Baker beat Bea Priestley on the Full Gear preshow and Sakura fell short in her bid to take the AEW Women's Championship from Riho.
Although Baker already lost a title match against Riho on a previous episode of Dynamite, she is the woman to beat as far as other contenders are concerned. Her spot is far from safe, though, as Shida recently made her Dynamite debut with a big win and Awesome Kong is starting to run roughshod over the women's division.
The Tag Team Championship match at Full Gear saw SCU defend against Lucha Bros. and Private Party. SCU retained by pinning Private Party, which resulted in Private Party falling outside the rankings.
Even in defeat, Lucha Bros. maintained the top spot, which is consistent with the storyline that is currently being built.
During the Tag Team Championship tournament, Lucha Bros. attacked Christopher Daniels. Frankie Kazarian and Scorpio Sky went on to win the tourney by beating Lucha Bros. in the finals. Then, after the match at Full Gear, Daniels made his return in full Pentagon garb.
Given the issues between the two teams, it seems likely that at least one more match between SCU and Lucha Bros. is in the offing.
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