Cageside Community Wrestler Rankings, Season 13: Week 4 results & Week 5 vote

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 May 5-11, 2024 — Raw, NXT, Powerrr, Dynamite, Impact, Fusion, ROH on HonorClub, SmackDown, Level Up, Collision, Rampage, New Japan’s Best of the Super Jrs. & Resurgence 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.

The question isn’t so much how the winner of this match finished first...

... it’s how the loser didn’t even crack the Top Ten.

• And the answer to both is that this was an extremely (pun semi-intended) competitive week, with 50 different names appearing on 34 ballots and less than 10 points separating the top five.
• Support for the stars of WWE’s Backlash was spread all around, with the Undisputed WWE champ’s successful defense leading a group that also included the new Women’s Tag titleholders, the much-loved WWE Women’s champion, and ³⁄₄ of the show-opening slobberknocker.
• AEW’s babyface EVP took one for the team and earned a spot in fourth.
• NJPW’s new Television champion was the only non-AEW or WWE talent to crack the list.

The CCWR: 2024-25, Week 4

1. Willow Nightingale
2. Cody Rhodes
3. Jade Cargill
4. Kenny Omega
5. Bianca Belair
6. Bayley
7. Jeff Cobb
8. Tama Tonga
9. Solo Sikoa
10. Kevin Owens

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 it’s still Bloodline Rules at the top...

The Cageside Cup Performer of the Year Standings - through the Week ending May 4

1. Solo Sikoa - 18
2. Willow Nightingale - 16
3. Jon Moxley - 15.5
4. Trick Williams - 14
5. Cody Rhodes - 13
6. Tama Tonga - 12
7. Sami Zayn - 10
8. (tie) Will Ospreay - 9
8. (tie) Swerve Strickland - 9
8. (tie) Chad Gable - 9

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!