Monday Night Raw switched to a 3-hour format over the summer. The public's general reaction to this development has been that WWE simply has too much time fill with quality programming on a weekly basis. I am inclined to agree, but I would say the situation has improved as of late. This week's episode of Raw was probably the fullest, in terms of both quality and quantity of matches, and other content, since Raw 1000.

The CM Punk/Kane, Cena/Ziggler, Bryan/Mysterio, and Sheamus/Cesaro matches could easily find a home on a Pay Per View card. Filling out the show were Ryback, Damien Sandow, Alberto Del Rio and action from others, along with a fascinating interview with Dean Ambrose's new group,The Shield. Barring the appearance of a Rock/Brock-type, a World Title bout, or the participation of Vince McMahon himself in a match, this is about as good as a Raw card can get.

I don't thing we should expect a show this stacked every week, but lets hope WWE bottled some of this lightning for us to enjoy later. Bravo!

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OFFICIAL WRESTLER WRANKINGS FORMULA:

• ANY WIN = 2 POINTS
• US OR INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE BOUT = 1 POINT
• WWE OR WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE BOUT = 3 POINTS
• NON "BIG 4" PPV = x1.5 BONUS
• SUMMERSLAM, SURVIVOR SERIES, ROYAL RUMBLE = x2 BONUS
• WRESTLEMANIA = x3 BONUS

The wrestler with the highest score when the season culminates at WrestleMania 29, wins the coveted Wrankings Championship!

Now, without further delay, let's get to this week's scores:

Raw, 11/26/2012:

• Sheamus - 2 points (win)
• Ryback- 2 points (win)
• CM Punk - 2 points (win)
• Alberto Del Rio - 2 points (win)
• John Cena - 2 points (win)
• Damien Sandow - 2 points (win)
• Kofi Kingston - 2 points (win)
• Rey Mysterio - 2 points (win)

SmackDown, 11/30/2012:

• Sheamus - 2 points (win)
• John Cena - 2 points (win)
• Damien Sandow - 2 points (win)
• Great Khali - 2 points (win)

WEEK 35 WRANKINGS TOP TEN:

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1. SHEAMUS -- 129
2. Ryback -- 95.5
3. CM Punk -- 93
4. Alberto Del Rio -- 74.5
5. John Cena -- 54.5
6. Big Show -- 52
7. Antonio Cesaro -- 51
8. Randy Orton -- 47.5
9. Daniel Bryan -- 37
10. Dolph Ziggler -- 35.5

Thanks for reading Cagesiders, we'll see you next week!