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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 Mar. 2-8, 2025 — Raw, NXT, Speed, Dynamite, Impact, ROH on HonorClub, SmackDown, Collision, New Japan 53rd Anniversary, 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.

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• The heel who stole the show last Saturday collected almost all the first place votes, which meant he easily outpaced the forever fighters who had Elimination Chamber's match of the night.
• The winner of the women’s Chamber match and the wrestler she last eliminated tied for fourth, while the winner’s former tag partner landed in sixth after she returned to take out her old partner’s then-current, now-other former tag partner.
• The previous week’s winner was all over WWE programming again, and landed another Top 20 spot for her efforts.
• NXT’s Women’s North American champion seems poised to unify that belt with the brand’s other women’s title, and that’s worth a few Rankings points.
• The Timeless One made the cut for a bed-ridden promo advancing her AEW Women’s title feud.
• The women’s Chamber runner-up also won a title during the week in question, and her partner in that endeavor grabbed our final spot.

The CCWR: 2024-25, Week 47

1. John Cena
2. Kevin Owens
3. Sami Zayn
4. (tie) Bianca Belair
4. (tie) Liv Morgan
6. Jade Cargill
7. Roxanne Perez
8. Stephanie Vaquer
9. Toni Storm
10. Raquel Rodriguez

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 spotlight on a certain starlet is a little brighter as she inches closer to the top, and a Prizefighter moved past the chief Death Rider in the Top Five...

The Cageside Cup Performer of the Year Standings - through the Week ending Mar. 1

1. CM Punk - 84.5
2. Gunther - 67.5
3. Toni Storm - 65.25
4. Kevin Owens - 65
5. Jon Moxley - 62.5
6. Bryan Danielson - 61.5
7. Jacob Fatu - 60.33
8. Cody Rhodes - 56.5
9. Liv Morgan - 52.5
10. (tie) Will Ospreay - 50.5
10. (tie) Swerve Strickland - 50.5

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!