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 Aug. 16-22, 2026 — TNA’s Lockdown PPV, Raw, NXT, Evolve, Dynamite, Impact, ROH on HonorClub, SmackDown, MLW Fusion, Collision, RevPro’s 14th Anniversary, 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.
Solo Dolo on top?
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Pew!
- Our second place finisher is still hanging around the WWE title scene, and probably thinks he only missed out on because life’s not fair, not because the guy in first told The OTC to take his leadership and Samoan Spike it.
- The WWE Intercontinental champion put on a banger with a lucha king, and edged out the guy whose best friend just screwed him in a title shot.
- Happy belated birthday-hausen to our annual leader-hausen, who celebrated with six more points on their impressive-but-far-from-insurmountable-lead.
- AEW’s World champ snapped, making him the heel in All In’s main event, and allowing to finish ahead of a man whose dog he once rescued in a brawl (who happens to have kept his WWE title during the week under consideration).
- Everyone’s favorite Canadian didn’t have to vacate, and was one of the names closing out our latest Top Ten along with the ROH legend who punched his ticket to Wembley, and the now-wounded AEW Women’s champ.
The CCWR: 2026-27, Week 18
1. Solo Sikoa
2. Sami Zayn
3. Chad Gable
4. Kevin Owens
5. Danhausen
6. Kenny Omega
7. CM Punk
8. Chelsea Green
9. Nigel McGuinness
10. Willow Nightingale
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 a different former Bloodline member climbed to fourth, and the wounded WWE Women’s champ tied a former one…
The Cageside Cup Performer of the Year Standings – through the Week ending Aug. 22
1. Danhausen – 127
2. Oba Femi – 53
3. Chad Gable – 48
4. Sami Zayn – 40
5. Darby Allin – 39
6. (tie) Chelsea Green – 33
6. (tie) IYO SKY – 33
8. Jacy Jayne – 29
9. Jacob Fatu – 25
10. Andrade El Ídolo – 24.5
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!
