WWE Superstar Power Rankings for 9/8/2014

WWE Night of Champions 2014 is less than two weeks away and the WWE Superstar Power Rankings are seeing some movement in the midcard Superstars.  Some are up.  Others not so much. 

There's only one title match yet to be announced for Night of Champions, and that's who will face The Usos for their WWE Tag Team Championships.  Perhaps Triple H can channel Teddy Long one more time and announce their challengers.  In any case, the other four title matches are set, though they could change.

What other matches will we see on the card for Night of Champions?  As of yet, the only non-title match announced is Rusev vs. Mark Henry.  But we're still a few matches shy of a full event.  Will this week reveal more matchups?

There's plenty more to discuss in the following slides, too.  Before we get into all that, though, please read how these rankings work.

Holding a championship, being a No. 1 contender or holding a Money in the Bank briefcase counts for much of a wrestler's ranking and are therefore the most heavily weighted components in these rankings.  If a wrestler is tied with another wrestler, holding a title will be a tiebreaker.

Wins and losses account for the bulk of the week-to-week movement—wins and losses are, after championships, the most important component of the rankings.  The quality of a wrestler's opponents and whether they are ranked is considered in the week-to-week movement.  

"Getting the better" of someone—like beating someone down—as well as "getting got" also counts, though not as much as wins and losses.  Being "over" with the fans is considered but not heavily weighted in the ranking decisions.  Pay-per-view performances take on added importance.  

Only the top 10 wrestlers are ranked.  Wrestlers on the Watch List were considered for top-10 status but were ultimately nixed.  They are unranked, and their listing is in no particular order.  

Generally speaking, these rankings do not break kayfabe, though any major non-storyline information (serious injury, WWE Wellness Policy violations, legitimate hirings, firings, contract information, "sabbaticals," etc.) may be taken into consideration, especially if WWE confirms them publicly.  Nothing that could be explicitly considered a spoiler is included unless WWE acknowledges it as well.

All WWE shows, televised or digitally distributed, as well as anything from WWE.com, the WWE App, the WWE Network and any WWE or Superstar social media accounts that don't break kayfabe may be taken into consideration for these rankings.  This includes but is not limited to WWE Raw, WWE SmackDown, WWE Main Event, WWE Superstars, NXT and any WWE pay-per-view.