My Power 25: Week of 9/23/12-9/29/12

#25 Beth Phoenix (LW=Unranked)

The rumor is that Beth Phoenix is leaving at the end of October, but that did not stop her from having a successful week. On RAW she teamed with Eve to beat Layla and Alicia Fox and on Smackdown she beat former Diva's of Doom partner, Natalya. 

#24 Kofi Kingston and R-Truth (LW=22)

After losing the tag team titles, Kofi and R-Truth have not been as successful. This week Kofi lost two matches to Dolph Ziggler and R-Truth's only moment was throwing water in Vickie's face.

#23 Ted DiBiase (LW=23)

Ted is keeping his winning streak alive. This time by beating Michael McGillicutty on Superstars.

#22 The Miz (LW=18)

The Miz may end up being the first champion to drop off the Power 25. This week he lost a singles match to Ryback on RAW. On Smackdown, he hosted another episode of Miz TV and had his set destroyed, once again.

#21 Zack Ryder (LW=15)

Zack Ryder had a big drop this week. He started off the week teaming with Santino Marella and losing to the Prime Time Players. He then lost to Wade Barrett on Smackdown. Woo woo woo you know it.

#20 Prime Time Players (LW=21)

The Prime Time Players may get their shot at the tag team titles finally, as long as they win the tag team tournament. This week they pick up the win over Santino Marella and Zack Ryder.

#19 Wade Barrett (LW=20)

 

Wade Barrett had another successful week. He beat Tyson Kidd on RAW and Zack Ryder on Smackdown. 

#18 Cody Rhodes (LW=19)

Cody Rhodes has shown up lately by teaming with Damien Sandow in the Rhodes Scholars. This week they beat The Usos.

  #17 Santino Marella (LW=13)

Santino had one of the bigger drops this week in the rankings. On RAW he teamed with Zack Ryder and loss to the Prime Time Players. On Smackdown he got another chance to regain his United States Championship and loss to Antonio Cesaro.

 #16 Eve Torres (LW=17)

Eve teamed with Beth Phoenix and beat Layla and Alicia Fox on RAW. Then on Superstars Eve loss a match to Layla.

 #15 Layla (LW=16)

Layla had just the opposite of Eve. She loss to Eve and Beth Phoenix on RAW, but got a win against Eve on Superstars.

 #14 Brodus Clay (LW=11)

Brodus Clay had a rough week. It was looking bright when he would face off against Tensai, who has been on a losing streak lately. Unfortunately Big Show made his presence known and got Brodus Clay disqualifiied. He then beat up Clay too.

#13 Antonio Cesaro (LW=14)

Cesaro ended up defending his United States Championship against Santino on Smackdown. In order for Cesaro to be able move up in the rankings more, he is going to have to face off against better competition. 

   #12 Big Show (LW=Unranked)

 I debated on where I should put Big Show on the list. I eventually decided that he deserved to be on the upper tier because he did win his number one contendership match against Randy Orton.

#11 Damien Sandow (LW=10)

Damien teamed with Cody Rhodes on RAW to defeat The Usos. 

  #10 Kane and Daniel Bryan (LW=9)

The tag team champions did not compete in any match this week. Hopefully Dr. Shelby is working on making them work better as a team.

#9 Ryback (LW=12)

Ryback had one of the biggest weeks of his career. He beat the Intercontinental Champion, The Miz on RAW and then defeated the behemoth, Tensai on Smackdown.

#8 Sin Cara (LW=8)

Sin Cara teamed with Rey Mysterio and Sheamus to beat Alberto Del Rio, Ricardo Rodriguez, and David Otunga on RAW.

 #7 Rey Mysterio (LW=6)

Just like his tag team partner, he helped beat the team of Alberto Del Rio, Ricardo Rodriguez, and David Otunga.

 #6 Dolph Ziggler (LW=7)

Ziggler had a double win over Kofi Kingston on both RAW and Superstars. He also hinted at the time drawing near for when he will cash in his Money in the Bank.

#5 Alberto Del Rio (LW=4)

Alberto teamed with his ring announcer, Ricardo Rodriguez, and his lawyer, David Otunga, but eventually loss to the team of Rey Mysterio, Sin Cara, and Sheamus.

#4 Randy Orton (LW=2)

Randy Orton loss a number one contender match to Big Show on Smackdown. He also suffered an injury at the hands of Alberto Del Rio. This could Ultimately make his ranking suffer.

 

#3 John Cena (LW=3)

John Cena brought out his own "pipe bomb" on RAW this week when he confronted the WWE Universe about his future for Hell in the Cell. He says that he will be there.

#2 CM Punk (LW=5)

After dropping off for a few weeks, CM Punk, is back towards the top of the Power 25. He had three very good promos against AJ Lee, Mick Foley, and John Cena.

#1 Sheamus (LW=1)

It is no surprise that Sheamus finds himself at the top of the power 25 again. This week he teamed with Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara to beat Alberto Del Rio, Ricardo Rodriguez, and David Otunga.

Goodbye: These superstars were not able to retain their spots on the Power 25
Kaitlyn (24): After her injury she did not compete, but says that she noticed that her attackers hair is blonde.

Drew McIntyre (25): He did not compete this week.