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 Dec. 14-20, 2025 — Raw, NXT, Evolve, Dynamite, Impact, ROH on HonorClub, SmackDown, Collision, AAA Guerra de Titanes, 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.
This is when we wanted you give up, man…
- We no sold his farewell tap-out, and booked a different finish atop our Rankings.
- The NXT stars who impressed at Saturday Night’s Main Event took the next two spots. The Young OG who worked the show finished farther down the list, probably because he lost his Iron Survivor title shot during the week under consideration.
- AEW’s first Women’s Tag champs were split in the Rankings by a three-time X-Division champ who picked up his first C2 wins that week.
- The Mad Dragon and the Protostar round out the list… and come to think of it, are two guys we’d really like to see wrestle each other again some day.
The CCWR: 2025-26, Week 34
1. John Cena
2. Gunther
3. Oba Femi
4. Sol Ruca
5. Harley Cameron
6. Speedball Mike Bailey
7. Willow Nightingale
8. Ilja Dragunov
9. Je’Von Evans
10. Kyle Fletcher
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 the Never Seen 17 moved into second, but since he’s supposed to be gone… our Timeless leader should probably be more worried about Der Ring General, who continued his climb…
The Cageside Cup Performer of the Year Standings – through the Week ending Dec. 13
1. Toni Storm – 107
2. John Cena – 67.5
3. Stephanie Vaquer – 61.5
4. Seth Rollins – 52
5. Gunther – 51
6. Hangman Page – 50
6. (tie) CM Punk – 49
8. (tie) Naomi – 49
9. Dominik Mysterio – 41.08
10. Bron Breakker – 39.75
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!
