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 Oct. 18-24, 2026 — Raw, NXT, Evolve, Dynamite, Impact, ROH on HonorClub, MLW Fusion, SmackDown, CMLL & AAA’s weekly shows, 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.
The Youngest in Charge, indeed…
- The new Knockouts champ TNA crowned at Bound for Glory is not on its new World champ’s level as in-ring performer. But we like her, enough to make her second in front of 946’s newest member, and one of the best in-ring performers working today (the reigning Men’s Intercontinental champion, this time for a classic with Rey Fenix on Raw).
- AEW’s Ace took fifth for retaining his belt in a WrestleDream clash that was cathartic for him, and a lot of us.
- Winning a title on the night you get inducted into a Hall of Fame is amazing, and worth a tie with AEW’s World titleholder after a chaotic, successful PPV defense.
- He and his pants couldn’t be pinned at WrestleDream, and that earned AEW’s International champ a tie with the young man who has twice beaten Chris Jericho.
- Our tenth place finisher earned that point by winning what served as a Title Eliminator over the WWE Women’s champ. But how did she earned the exclamation point?
The CCWR: 2026-27, Week 26
1. Leon Slater
2. Indi Hartwell
3. Carmelo Hayes
4. Chad Gable
5. Jon Moxley
6. (tie) Amazing Red
6. (tie) Will Ospreay
8. (tie) Andrade El Ídolo
8. (tie) Nick Wayne
10. Roxanne(!) Perez
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 there was again plenty of movement outside of the top spot. And I still think there can be movement there, but the inability of anyone other than the leader to land in the Top Ten multiple weeks in a row is as big a factor as diminished-yet-steady support for the Very Evil, Very Nice One…
The Cageside Cup Performer of the Year Standings – through the Week ending Oct. 17
1. Danhausen – 144.5
2. Sami Zayn – 66
3. Chad Gable – 62
4. Oba Femi – 61
5. Will Ospreay – 53
6. Penta – 49.5
7. (tie) Darby Allin – 39
7. (tie) Andrade El Ídolo – 39
9. Chelsea Green – 37
10. IYO SKY – 33
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!
