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Everybody who comes to Cageside Seats has an opinion about what’s going on in pro wrestling — Wrestler Rankings are where YOU let us know YOURS.
Cast a vote in the comments. Give us the five performers you think entertained or impressed the most in the last week, and feel free to talk about why.
We also have the outcome of last week’s voting, the results of which make up our annual competition for the Cageside Cup, given to our Performer of the Year. This week, we’re voting on nationally televised and internet streaming pro wrestling shows that took place March 29-April 4, 2026 — Raw, NXT, Dynamite, Impact, Collision, ROH on HonorClub, SmackDown, NJPW Sakura Genesis, NXT Stand & Deliver, AAA & CMLL’s weekend shows, and everything else I’m no doubt forgetting.
But first, here’s the outcome of last week’s voting, and how those results changed our annual competition for the Cageside Cup.
We got ourselves a regular Québécois Machiavelli over here…
- Some fans seem to be legitimately mad at Monsieur
HoganZayn. Many of our voters weren’t blaming Sami for Carmelo Hayes’ booking, though. - The new #1 contender for the AEW Men’s World title only reluctantly accepted the mantle of “the God of Pro Wrestling”. Hopefully he doesn’t put up a fight about being second… or we’ll pay one million dollars in human monies to the demon-man in third to curse him.
- In fourth we had a tie between the Toxic Spider, who had her latest AEW Women’s World title defense during the week under consideration, and Raw’s next big thing, who once again got the better of the Beast Incarnate.
- For his New Japan Cup victory, The Prince of Pace took sixth to himself.
- The Heart & Soul of NXT returned to work with one of the brand’s current underdogs, and split seventh with an NXT underdog turned Raw underdog who at the time was inching closer to his WrestleMania debut.
- An allegedly inadvertent NXT babyface split out final points of the week with the TNA referee who was everybody’s MVP for her work protecting Steve Maclin after he was injured during the main event of the Sacrifice PPV.
The CCWR: 2025-26, Week 49
1. Sami Zayn
2. Kenny Omega
3. Danhausen
4. (tie) Oba Femi
4. (tie) Thekla
6. Callum Newman
7. (tie) Je’Von Evans
7. (tie) Johnny Gargano
9. (tie) Alice Land
9. (tie) Zaria
Points in our weekly Rankings determine the ongoing annual one — which will determine who wins the Cageside Cup next April. Full details on rules and scoring HERE.
Where The Ruler and the new United States champion shook things up in the bottom half of the Top Ten, which is good because the top is drama-free…
The Cageside Cup Performer of the Year Standings – through the Week ending March 28
1. Toni Storm – 143
2. Gunther – 69
3. (tie) John Cena – 67.5
3. (tie) Stephanie Vaquer – 67.5
5. Hangman Page – 56
6. CM Punk – 54.5
7. Oba Femi – 54.25
8. Seth Rollins – 52
9. Sami Zayn – 51.25
10. Dominik Mysterio – 50.1
Ready to do it again? You can always check the “how to” here if you need it, or ask a question in the comments. The main things you need to know are you have five spots on your ballot, you can’t put the same person in two of them, but you can split a single or multiple spots between multiple wrestlers. Now…
Let’s have those ballots! We’ll take it from there, and see you back here in a week for the results and another vote!
