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 July 31 episode of Monday Night Raw, Tuesday's SmackDown & 205 Live, NXT, Lucha Underground from Wednesday, Thursday's Impact Wrestling, ROH TV #306, New Japan’s G1 Climax shows and any other internet streaming wrestling that aired from July 30 - Aug. 5, 2017.
Make YOUR mark, smarks!
So, Sasha... you didn’t win that #1 contender match, but you did win The S3... that’s gotta be a nice consolation prize, righ...
Forget I asked.
- Not to discount The Boss’ week - it was a nice match that clearly didn’t end he role in the Raw Women’s title story (or her program with the wrestler who beat her and finished second) - but there were a whopping 54 different performers who received votes in the last Standings, and Banks’ fans who will fill their ballot with her name as long as she’s on television definitely made the difference.
- The depth of talent who earned points also led to some interesting representation for certain feuds and programs. For instance, two-thirds of the guys in the United States title story charted, but not the dude who won the belt on pay-per-view (PPV) but wasn’t pinned to lose it two nights later.
- Likewise, one guy each from the two teams feuding for the SmackDown tag team championship placed, along with half of Monday night’s bromance, one of the slabs of beef in Raw’s main event and the guy who made what was essentially a cameo in the WWE title feud.
- And a Golden☆Lover.
The S3: 2017 - 18, Week 17
1. Sasha Banks
2. Bayley
3. Chris Jericho
4. AJ Styles
5. Kota Ibushi
6. Dean Ambrose
7. Xavier Woods
8. Jey Uso
9. (tie) Braun Strowman
9. (tie) The Great Khali
Points in our weekly Standings determine our annual list - full details on rules and scoring HERE.
Where there were several small moves as a result of the big names picking up points last week...
The S3 Performer of the Year - through the Week Ending July 29
1. Roman Reigns - 59
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. Jinder Mahal - 29
10. (tie) Kenny Omega - 25
10. (tie) Zack Sabre, Jr. - 25
It’s staying crazy, and we’re not even to SummerSlam week yet! Give us a heads up about what moved you from the shows put on by New Japan, Raw, Smackdown, 205 Live, NXT, Ring of Honor, Lucha Underground, Impact and the rest of what the wild, wild web had to offer.
We’ll take it from there.
Poll
Which performer had the best week, July 30 - Aug. 5?
This poll is closed
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1%
Brock Lesnar
(4 votes) -
0%
Paul Heyman
(2 votes) -
0%
Matt Hardy
(3 votes) -
0%
Jeff Hardy
(3 votes) -
2%
Seth Rollins
(9 votes) -
3%
Dean Ambrose
(13 votes) -
0%
Rich Swann
(1 vote) -
0%
Cedric Alexander
(0 votes) -
0%
Akira Tozawa
(2 votes) -
0%
Titus O’Neil
(0 votes) -
0%
The Miz
(2 votes) -
1%
Jason Jordan
(4 votes) -
0%
Sheamus
(1 vote) -
0%
Cesaro
(0 votes) -
1%
Bray Wyatt
(4 votes) -
1%
Finn Bálor
(6 votes) -
9%
Roman Reigns
(36 votes) -
1%
Braun Strowman
(6 votes) -
1%
Samoa Joe
(6 votes) -
0%
Elias
(3 votes) -
2%
Bayley
(9 votes) -
0%
Big Cass
(2 votes) -
0%
Enzo Amore
(2 votes) -
0%
Big Show
(0 votes) -
4%
AJ Styles
(18 votes) -
2%
Kevin Owens
(10 votes) -
0%
Jimmy Uso
(1 vote) -
0%
Jey Uso
(0 votes) -
31%
Aiden English
(121 votes) -
2%
Becky Lynch
(8 votes) -
2%
Naomi
(9 votes) -
4%
Chad Gable
(17 votes) -
0%
Rusev
(1 vote) -
0%
Randy Orton
(1 vote) -
0%
John Cena
(2 votes) -
19%
Shinsuke Nakamura
(76 votes) -
0%
Dezmond Xavier
(0 votes) -
0%
Bruce Prichard
(0 votes) -
0%
Sonjay Dutt
(0 votes) -
0%
Kongo Kong
(0 votes) -
0%
Ethan Carter III
(0 votes) -
0%
Suicide
(1 vote) -
0%
Braxton Sutter
(0 votes) -
0%
Grado
(1 vote) -
0%
Joseph Park
(0 votes) -
0%
Laurel Van Ness
(2 votes) -
0%
Low Ki
(3 votes)