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 Mar. 23 episode of Monday Night Raw, Tuesday’s Impact & AEW Dark, Dynamite & NXT from Wednesday, NXT UK on Mar. 26, SmackDown on Friday, this week’s MLW Fusion & ROH TV, and any other televised or internet streaming wrestling that aired from Mar. 22 - 28, 2020.
Make YOUR mark, smarks!
A note here instead of my usual bullet point nonsense, as it becomes all but a mathematical lock that The Man will be our first ever two-time and back-to-back Performer of the Year winner. While I know she’s worn out her welcome for some fans, I do think she’s a logical choice for that honor. WWE clearly values her as one of their top stars, and they’re still clearly the biggest game in town, so that makes her one of the biggest stars in the business. She’s held the top title in her division on their flagship show for the entire voting period. That’s a feat.
Having said that, I do plan on revisiting whether we as a voting community want to continue to allow assigning all the points from a ballot to one person. Bex isn’t the only person who’s benefitted from this, but it’s also clearly become a thing for Lynch mega-fans to do over the second half of the year.
I’m not sure what the right answer is. I’ve always wanted The S3 to reflect the many different ways fans appreciate pro wrestling, and people who ride or die with their faves is one of those ways. But I don’t want the Standing to be over-weighted toward that approach. So when we get to year-end business in a week or so, I’ll be putting the question to you, dear Cagesiders.
Now back to your regularly scheduled top tens and poll...
The S3: 2019 - 20, Week 50
1. Becky Lynch
2. Brodie Lee
3. Matt Hardy
4. (tie) Bray Wyatt
4. (tie) Edge
6. Sasha Banks
7. Sami Zayn
8. Finn Bálor
9. Drew Gulak
10. (tie) The Miz
10. (tie) John Morrison
Points in our weekly Standings determine our annual list - full details on rules and scoring HERE.
Where The Boss and The Beard made moves (actually DB made his last week, I just forgot to update him on the text top ten)...
The S3 Performer of the Year - through the Week ending Mar. 21
1. Becky Lynch - 278.5
2. Bray Wyatt - 254
3. Jon Moxley - 140.66
4. Finn Bálor - 92.5
5. Seth Rollins - 76.33
6. Bayley - 71
7. Sasha Banks - 68
8. (tie) Keith Lee - 66
8. (tie) Kevin Owens - 66
10. Daniel Bryan - 65.75
Factor in performances that happened or aired for the first time over the past week, including from Raw, SmackDown, NXT, AEW, New Japan, Impact, ROH, the world of lucha libre, MLW, the NWA, or the the indies.
Then tell us what you dug the most. We’ll see you back here for two votes next weekend!
Poll
Which performer had the best week, Mar. 22 - 28?
This poll is closed
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0%
Brock Lesnar
(4 votes) -
0%
Paul Heyman
(2 votes) -
0%
AJ Styles
(8 votes) -
0%
Karl Anderson
(0 votes) -
0%
Luke Gallows
(0 votes) -
0%
Andrade
(2 votes) -
0%
Angel Garza
(1 vote) -
0%
Zelina Vega
(2 votes) -
0%
Angelo Dawkins
(0 votes) -
0%
Montez Ford
(1 vote) -
0%
Shayna Baszler
(3 votes) -
84%
Becky Lynch
(2019 votes) -
0%
Aleister Black
(4 votes) -
1%
Seth Rollins
(28 votes) -
0%
Charlotte Flair
(6 votes) -
0%
Randy Orton
(7 votes) -
0%
Tyler Breeze
(1 vote) -
0%
Killian Dain
(3 votes) -
0%
Cameron Grimes
(1 vote) -
1%
Io Shirai
(28 votes) -
0%
Dominik Dijakovic
(0 votes) -
0%
Adam Cole
(4 votes) -
0%
Oney Lorcan
(1 vote) -
0%
Danny Burch
(0 votes) -
0%
Candice LeRae
(1 vote) -
0%
Matt Riddle
(2 votes) -
0%
Malcolm Bivens
(1 vote) -
0%
Triple H
(1 vote) -
0%
Johnny Gargano
(1 vote) -
0%
Tommaso Ciampa
(1 vote) -
0%
Killer Kross
(8 votes) -
0%
Cody Rhodes
(4 votes) -
0%
Jake Roberts
(12 votes) -
0%
Darby Allin
(6 votes) -
0%
Jake Hager
(3 votes) -
0%
Jon Moxley
(17 votes) -
0%
Brodie Lee
(17 votes) -
0%
Kenny Omega
(12 votes) -
0%
Chris Jericho
(12 votes) -
1%
Matt Hardy
(39 votes) -
0%
Bayley
(3 votes) -
0%
Sasha Banks
(17 votes) -
0%
Lacey Evans
(0 votes) -
0%
Naomi
(0 votes) -
0%
Tamina
(5 votes) -
0%
Drew Gulak
(9 votes) -
0%
Daniel Bryan
(6 votes) -
0%
Dolph Ziggler
(2 votes) -
0%
Otis
(3 votes) -
0%
King Corbin
(2 votes) -
0%
Alexa Bliss
(22 votes) -
0%
Nikki Cross
(11 votes) -
1%
Bray Wyatt
(39 votes) -
0%
The Miz
(1 vote) -
0%
John Morrison
(1 vote) -
0%
Big E
(0 votes) -
0%
Kofi Kingston
(1 vote) -
0%
Jimmy Uso
(1 vote) -
0%
Jey Uso
(0 votes)