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 Aug. 7 episode of Monday Night Raw, Tuesday's SmackDown & 205 Live, NXT and Lucha Underground from Wednesday, Thursday's Impact Wrestling, ROH TV #307, New Japan’s G1 Climax shows and any other internet streaming wrestling that aired from Aug. 6 - 12, 2017.
Make YOUR mark, smarks!
Been a long time since all three of these gentleman appeared in the same Standings...
- In fact, it’s amazingly the first time The Architect has placed this “year”. His angle with The Lunatic Fringe got him some points, while The Big Dog continues to earn respect swaggering through the main event.
- Probably doesn’t bode well for Jason Jordan that his ex-tag partner is doing better after his big angle with Kurt Angle than he is.
- Might not be great news for The King of Strong Style that he got outpointed by the Olympian’s losing effort in a week where he beat John Cena to become #1 contender, either.
- Have you been watching the G1? You should have, for the former CJ Parker’s big babyface rise, if nothing else (and there was plenty else - including two other performances which made the S3 cut).
- The South Pacific Power Couple are back, but the male half got a little more support, and while no man is ever truly good or evil, the Dutch kickboxer on NXT is freaking cool.
The S3: 2017 - 18, Week 18
1. Roman Reigns
2. Chad Gable
3. Shinsuke Nakamura
4. Dean Ambrose
5. Juice Robinson
6. (tie) Aleister Black
6. (tie) Seth Rollins
8. TK Cooper
9. Kota Ibushi
10. EVIL
Points in our weekly Standings determine our annual list - full details on rules and scoring HERE.
Wherein Mojo Rawley’s best friend approves of our leader’s point total. Also, I’ve been meaning to create a “Full Standings” graphic with everyone who’s received points since WrestleMania, but... life gets hectic, you know? Hopefully have one for you right after WWE’s upcoming big show.
The S3 Performer of the Year - through the Week Ending Aug. 5
1. Roman Reigns - 69
2. Fandango - 58
3. Tyler Breeze - 50.5
4. Sasha Banks - 46.5
5. (tie) Braun Strowman - 43.5
5. (tie) Samoa Joe - 43.5
7. Nikki Cross - 33
8. AJ Styles - 30
9. (tie) Jinder Mahal - 29
9. (tie) Shinsuke Nakamura - 29
It’s SummerSlam week, and even before that starts, there’s action all over the place! Consider New Japan, Raw, Smackdown, 205 Live, NXT, Lucha Underground, Impact and the rest of what the wild, wild web had to offer, tell us what you liked and leave the rest to us.
Poll
Which performer had the best week, Aug. 6 - 12?
This poll is closed
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0%
The Miz
(3 votes) -
0%
Paul Heyman
(1 vote) -
5%
Brock Lesnar
(16 votes) -
0%
Curtis Axel
(0 votes) -
0%
Bo Dallas
(2 votes) -
10%
Seth Rollins
(32 votes) -
0%
Sheamus
(1 vote) -
0%
Cesaro
(3 votes) -
14%
Dean Ambrose
(47 votes) -
0%
Jason Jordan
(2 votes) -
0%
Bayley
(2 votes) -
4%
Sasha Banks
(14 votes) -
0%
Alexa Bliss
(2 votes) -
0%
Karl Anderson
(2 votes) -
0%
Luke Gallows
(0 votes) -
0%
Big Cass
(0 votes) -
0%
Enzo Amore
(0 votes) -
0%
Big Cass
(0 votes) -
1%
Finn Bálor
(4 votes) -
0%
Bray Wyatt
(0 votes) -
0%
Akira Tozawa
(3 votes) -
0%
Titus O’Neil
(1 vote) -
0%
Nia Jax
(1 vote) -
6%
Braun Strowman
(22 votes) -
25%
Roman Reigns
(82 votes) -
2%
Samoa Joe
(8 votes) -
2%
John Cena
(7 votes) -
0%
Baron Corbin
(1 vote) -
0%
Jimmy Uso
(0 votes) -
0%
Jey Uso
(0 votes) -
0%
Big E
(0 votes) -
0%
Kofi Kingston
(0 votes) -
0%
Xavier Woods
(0 votes) -
1%
Tyler Breeze
(6 votes) -
2%
Fandango
(9 votes) -
1%
Charlotte Flair
(5 votes) -
0%
Shane McMahon
(0 votes) -
3%
AJ Styles
(11 votes) -
0%
Kevin Owens
(3 votes) -
0%
Lana
(0 votes) -
0%
Tamina
(2 votes) -
0%
Naomi
(0 votes) -
0%
Carmella
(1 vote) -
1%
James Ellsworth
(4 votes) -
3%
Shinsuke Nakamura
(12 votes) -
1%
Randy Orton
(5 votes) -
0%
Jinder Mahal
(2 votes) -
0%
Rusev
(0 votes) -
0%
Sienna
(0 votes) -
0%
Gail Kim
(0 votes) -
0%
Naomichi Marufuji
(1 vote) -
0%
El Hijo de Fantasma
(0 votes) -
0%
Kongo Kong
(0 votes) -
0%
Laurel Van Ness
(2 votes) -
0%
Dutch Mantell
(0 votes) -
0%
Ortiz
(0 votes) -
0%
Santana
(0 votes) -
0%
Taiji Ishimori
(0 votes) -
0%
Low-Ki
(0 votes) -
0%
Trevor Lee
(0 votes) -
0%
Bobby Lashley
(1 vote)