Everybody who comes to Cageside Seats has an opinion about what's going on in pro wrestling - The Smark's Shoot Standings (S3) are where YOU let us know YOURS.
Cast a vote in the comments. Give us the four performers you think entertained or impressed the most in the last week, and feel free to talk about why. And/or vote for your top performer in our poll.
We also have the outcome of last week's voting, the results of which make up our annual competition for Performer of the Year.
Remember, the Standings are for the previous week's nationally televised and internet streaming pro wrestling shows - the April 17 episode of Monday Night Raw, Tuesday's SmackDown & 205 Live, NXT & ROH TV from Wednesday, Thursday's Impact Wrestling, last night’s Evolve 82 and any other internet streaming wrestling that aired from April 16 - 22, 2017.
Make YOUR mark, smarks!
How does one follow up flipping an ambulance?
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Chillin’. And winning A LOT of votes.
- Moving your eponymous “Show” to Tuesday nights, and returning to WWE - even on Wednesdays and without “Broken Dreams” - earned a lot of support, too... but not pushing Roman (who still placed thanks to his die-hards) off a loading dock levels of support.
- The new #1 contender to KO’s United States title and the former Chosen One’s NXT dance partner also earned enough votes to land in our weekly top ten.
- Nice week for current and former New Japan stars, although bittersweet for the The Wrestler - who not only didn’t capture the IWGP World Heavyweight belt, but may have worked his last match.
- Folks have been waiting for that TJP turn, and they rewarded it.
The S3: 2017 - 18, Week 2
1. Braun Strowman
2. Kevin Owens
3. Drew McIntyre
4. AJ Styles
5. Shinsuke Nakamura
6. Katsuyori Shibata
7. Oney Lorcan
8. TJ Perkins
9. Roman Reigns
10. Kazuchika Okada
Points in our weekly Standings determine our annual list - full details on rules and scoring HERE.
Early days, of course, but Year Six is already shaping up to be interesting
The S3 Performer of the Year - through the Week Ending April 15
1. Shinsuke Nakamura - 15
2. Roman Reigns - 12
3. Braun Strowman - 10
4. (tie) AJ Styles - 9
4. (tie) Kevin Owens - 9
6. Drew McIntyre - 8
7. (tie) Scott Dawson - 7.5
7. (tie) Dash Wilder - 7.5
9. The Miz - 6
10. (tie) Finn Bálor - 5
10. (tie) Katsuyori Shibata - 5
How will week three play out? You’ll be the judge of that. Let us know if can help - head to our sections for Raw, Smackdown, 205 Live, NXT, Impact, Evolve and the wide world of “everything else” - but, pretty much, this is all on you.
Poll
Which performer had the best week, April 16 - 22?
This poll is closed
-
45%
Braun Strowman
(171 votes) -
1%
Kurt Angle
(4 votes) -
2%
Seth Rollins
(10 votes) -
0%
Chris Jericho
(1 vote) -
0%
Samoa Joe
(2 votes) -
1%
Elias Samson
(4 votes) -
3%
John Cone
(14 votes) -
0%
Karl Anderson
(0 votes) -
0%
Luke Gallows
(0 votes) -
2%
Miz
(8 votes) -
0%
Maryse
(3 votes) -
2%
Dean Ambrose
(9 votes) -
0%
TJ Perkins
(1 vote) -
0%
Austin Aries
(0 votes) -
0%
Neville
(0 votes) -
0%
Matt Hardy
(1 vote) -
1%
Jeff Hardy
(5 votes) -
0%
Cesaro
(1 vote) -
5%
Alexa Bliss
(21 votes) -
2%
Big Show
(8 votes) -
0%
Bray Wyatt
(0 votes) -
0%
Finn Bálor
(3 votes) -
2%
Charlotte Flair
(11 votes) -
0%
Naomi
(3 votes) -
0%
Shane McMahon
(0 votes) -
16%
Jinder Mahal
(62 votes) -
0%
Harv Sihra
(0 votes) -
0%
Gurv Sihra
(0 votes) -
0%
Randy Orton
(1 vote) -
0%
Epico Colón
(0 votes) -
0%
Primo Colón
(0 votes) -
1%
Kevin Owens
(6 votes) -
5%
AJ Styles
(20 votes) -
0%
Baron Corbin
(2 votes) -
0%
Ortiz
(0 votes) -
0%
Santana
(0 votes) -
0%
Konnan
(0 votes) -
0%
Karen Jarrett
(0 votes) -
0%
Sonjay Dutt
(0 votes) -
0%
Rosemary
(1 vote) -
0%
Kongo Kong
(0 votes) -
0%
Bobby Lashley
(0 votes) -
0%
James Storm
(1 vote) -
0%
Ethan Carter III
(0 votes) -
0%
Dezmond Xavier
(0 votes) -
0%
Low Ki
(2 votes) -
0%
Josh Mathews
(2 votes) -
0%
Jeremy Borash
(0 votes)