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Everybody who comes to Cageside Seats has an opinion about what's going on in pro wrestling — Wrestler Rankings are where YOU let us know YOURS.

Cast a vote in the comments. Give us the five performers you think entertained or impressed the most in the last week, and feel free to talk about why.

We also have the outcome of last week's voting, the results of which make up our annual competition for the Cageside Cup, given to our Performer of the Year.

This week, we’re voting on nationally televised and

internet streaming pro wrestling shows that took place July 13-19, 2025 — WWE’s Evolution PLE, Raw, NXT, Speed, Evolve, Dynamite, Impact, ROH on HonorClub, SmackDown, Collision, and everything else I’m no doubt forgetting.

But first, here’s the outcome of last week’s voting, and how those results changed our annual competition for the Cageside Cup.

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• Our top four were all champs who defended or won their titles last Saturday: the new AEW World, Women’s World & TNT champs from All In Texas, and the WWE World Heavyweight champ from Saturday Night’s Main Event.
• Two other wrestlers who won big matches at the show from the Lone Star State — specifically the Women’s Casino Gauntlet and a Winner Takes All affair for three belts — were fifth and sixth.
• An seemingly already un-retired legend (who we’re guessing DID wrestle his last WWE match in Atlanta) tied with the NXT Women’s North American champ. She successfully defended her title AND had a nice showing at Evolution the following night.
• WWE’s full-time Megastar picked up a shocking win at SNME and earned a couple Rankings points.
• NXT’s Men’s North American champ retained in a Falls Count Anywhere match with a frequent foil, and rounded out our latest Top Ten.

The CCWR: 2025-26, Week 12

1. Hangman Page
2. Toni Storm
3. Dustin Rhodes
4. Gunther
5. Athena
6. Kazuchika Okada
7. (tie) Goldberg
7. (tie) Sol Ruca
9. LA Knight
10. Ethan Page

Points in our weekly Rankings determine the ongoing annual one — which will determine who wins the Cageside Cup next April. Full details on rules and scoring HERE.

Where three World champs made moves up the Top Ten...

The Cageside Cup Performer of the Year Standings - through the Week ending July 12

1. Jacob Fatu - 32.5
2. Toni Storm - 32
3. Ron Killings - 29
4. Hangman Page - 28
5. Gunther - 26
6. Seth Rollins - 24
7. Naomi - 22
8. (tie) Alexa Bliss - 19
8. (tie) Mercedes Moné - 19
10. Roxanne Perez - 16.25

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Ready to do it again? You can always check the “how to” here if you need to, or ask a question in the comments. The main things you need to know are you have five spots on your ballot, you can’t put the same person in two of them, but you can split a single or multiple spots between multiple wrestlers. Now...

Let’s have those ballots! We’ll take it from there, and see you back here in a week for the results and another vote!

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