Top WWE Superstars & Jobbers: 2018 Week 16
This week in the WWE was defined by the Superstar Shake-Up, which slightly changed the look of Raw while almost completely overhauling SmackDown. NXT lost a couple people, but 205 Live remained completely untouched as they try to figure out a direction after WrestleMania.
Top Raw Superstars
# | Superstar | W-L-D | Prev | Peak |
1 | Braun Strowman | 12-4-0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Matt Hardy | 8-4-0 | 4 (+2) | 2 |
3 | Bobby Roode | 9-6-0 | – | 3 |
4 | Dash Wilder | 9-6-0 | 2 (-2) | 1 |
5 | Scott Dawson | 9-6-0 | 3 (-2) | 3 |
6 | Akam | 5-2-1 | 6 | 6 |
7 | Rezar | 5-2-1 | 7 | 7 |
8 | Finn Bálor | 11-9-0 | 9 (+1) | 1 |
9 | Goldust | 7-5-0 | 5 (-4) | 1 |
10 | Brock Lesnar | 2-0-0 | 8 (-2) | 7 |
Fallen off from last week: Karl Anderson (10 – moved to SmackDown)
Bobby Roode moved over from the top half of the SmackDown list to Raw’s, and… that’s the only new arrival on this list. The Authors of Pain arrived last week and are still winning. Matt Hardy moved up to the second spot after earning a tag title shot behind the guy who vacated the belts.
Top SmackDown Superstars
# | Superstar | W-L-D | Prev | Peak |
1 | Harper | 9-0-0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | AJ Styles | 11-4-2 | 4 (+2) | 2 |
3 | Rowan | 7-0-0 | 2 (-1) | 2 |
4 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 8-2-1 | 3 (-1) | 1 |
5 | Jeff Hardy | 3-0-0 | – | 5 |
6 | Karl Anderson | 8-6-0 | – | 6 |
7 | Daniel Bryan | 2-0-1 | 7 | 7 |
8 | Alexander Wolfe | 2-1-0 | – | 8 |
9 | Eric Young | 2-1-0 | – | 9 |
10 | Samoa Joe | 2-1-0 | – | 10 |
Fallen off from last week: Bobby Roode (5 – moved to Raw), Jey Uso (6), Baron Corbin (8 – moved to Raw), Jinder Mahal (9 – moved to Raw), Jimmy Uso (10)
Half of the SmackDown Top 10 are new superstars from the Shake-up! Jeff Hardy is the top new person having won the United States Championship on Raw and beating Shelton Benjamin on SmackDown. SAnitY is also on this list despite only being announced as joining the brand so far. And don’t forget about Samoa Joe, who has some unfinished business with The Shield before fully focusing on his new brand.
Top Cruiserweights
# | Superstar | W-L-D | Prev | Peak |
1 | Cedric Alexander | 14-0-0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Gran Metalik | 14-2-1 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Kalisto | 11-3-0 | 3 | 2 |
4 | Lince Dorado | 9-2-2 | 4 | 4 |
5 | Mustafa Ali | 8-3-0 | 5 | 4 |
6 | Hideo Itami | 4-2-2 | 6 | 5 |
7 | Buddy Murphy | 3-1-0 | 8 (+1) | 7 |
8 | Akira Tozawa | 6-5-1 | 7 (-1) | 2 |
9 | Mark Andrews | 3-2-0 | 9 | 6 |
10 | The Brian Kendrick | 1-0-0 | – | 10 |
Fallen off from last week: Drew Gulak (10)
The Brian Kendrick returned this week to unfortunately take Drew Gulak off this list. Buddy Murphy also moved up a spot due to an Akira Tozawa lost. Kind of weird considering he got disqualified from competing on the brand this week for failing his weigh-in.
Top NXT Superstars
# | Superstar | W-L-D | Prev | Peak |
1 | Pete Dunne | 4-1-1 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Roderick Strong | 6-4-1 | 2 | 1 |
3 | Lars Sullivan | 3-1-1 | 6 (+3) | 3 |
4 | Aleister Black | 3-1-0 | 3 (-1) | 3 |
5 | Kyle O’Reilly | 3-1-0 | 4 (-1) | 4 |
6 | Velveteen Dream | 3-2-0 | 5 (-1) | 1 |
7 | Nick Miller | 2-1-0 | 9 (+2) | 7 |
8 | Shane Thorne | 2-1-0 | 10 (+2) | 8 |
9 | Hanson | 1-0-0 | – | 9 |
10 | Rowe | 1-0-0 | – | 10 |
Fallen off from last week: Alexander Wolfe (7 – moved to SmackDown), Eric Young (8 – moved to SmackDown)
Lars Sullivan picked up a big win over Killian Dain to move ahead of three people. Speaking of SAnitY, with them moving up to SmackDown, they opened two spots at the bottom of the list for the debuting War Raiders.
Top Female Superstars
# | Superstar | Brand | W-L-D | Prev | Peak |
1 | Asuka | SD | 17-1-0 | 1 | 1 |
2 | Charlotte Flair | SD | 8-5-0 | 4 (+2) | 2 |
3 | Shayna Baszler | NXT | 4-1-0 | 2 (-1) | 2 |
4 | Bayley | RAW | 8-6-1 | 3 (-1) | 2 |
5 | Bianca Belair | NXT | 3-1-0 | 5 | 2 |
6 | Nikki Cross | NXT | 2-0-0 | 6 | 4 |
7 | Ember Moon | RAW | 4-3-0 | 8 (+1) | 7 |
8 | Candice LaRae | NXT | 1-0-0 | – | 8 |
9 | Ronda Rousey | RAW | 1-0-0 | 7 (-2) | 7 |
10 | Becky Lynch | SD | 5-6-0 | 9 (-1) | 7 |
Fallen off from last week: Ruby Riott (10)
The top position now belongs to SmackDown with Asuka officially swapping brands, and the person who broke her streak is right behind him. Candice LaRae also had her first match in NXT to join the list ahead of the other person with just one win.
Top Jobbers
# | Superstar | Brand | W-L-D | Prev |
1 | Ariya Daivari | RAW | 0-17-0 | 1 |
2 | Tony Nese | RAW | 1-14-0 | 2 |
3 | Curt Hawkins | RAW | 0-11-0 | 3 |
4 | Bo Dallas | RAW | 0-10-0 | 4 |
5 | Curtis Axel | RAW | 0-10-0 | 5 |
6 | Rhyno | RAW | 1-11-1 | 6 |
7 | Apollo | RAW | 4-13-1 | 7 |
8 | TJP | RAW | 4-13-0 | 8 |
9 | Kevin Owens | RAW | 1-9-2 | – |
10 | Heath Slater | RAW | 2-10-1 | 10 |
Fallen off from last week: Jack Gallagher (9)
The entire list is still Raw, and the only change is Kevin Owens got reactivated for ranking due to being signed by Raw. Welp.