Top WWE Superstars & Jobbers: 2018 Week 48

This week the WWE put together a one-hour special for their Starrcade house show that they aired on the Network. We’ve decided to include the matches that aired on the special into the rankings, but any other matches from that show are omitted. NXT also had a weird house show-like episode from San Jose.

Top Raw Superstars

#SuperstarW-L-DPrevPeak
1Rezar21-6-111
2Akam20-7-122
3Bobby Lashley22-11-133
4Seth Rollins30-20-043
5Drew McIntyre18-10-155
6Brock Lesnar5-1-066
7Finn Bálor30-27-177
8No Way Jose12-10-087
9Dean Ambrose6-5-010 (+1)9
10Dolph Ziggler22-22-1(-1)9


Not a whole lot of movement for the Red Team after Braun Strowman exited last week with an injury. Dolph Ziggler’s record slipped back to being even, moving him into the bottom spot.

Top SmackDown Superstars

#SuperstarW-L-DPrevPeak
1AJ Styles26-11-411
2Shinsuke Nakamura18-12-321
3Jeff Hardy16-11-133
4Xavier Woods15-10-144
5Jimmy Uso14-11-155
6Rey Mysterio8-5-0(+1)5
7Daniel Bryan13-12-1(-1)4
8Kofi Kingston12-11-286
9Andrade “Cien” Almas9-8-110 (+1)5
10Karl Anderson11-11-0(-1)9


Rey Mysterio had a big night at Starrcade, beating Shinsuke Nakamura by disqualification and then winning a tag match immediately after. Andrade “Cien” Almas also moved up a spot over Karl Anderson, who we may not see in the ring again this month because SmackDown.

Top Cruiserweights

#SuperstarW-L-DPrevPeak
1Cedric Alexander26-4-011
2Gran Metalik23-9-122
3Lince Dorado21-11-233
4Kalisto21-13-142
5Mustafa Ali15-9-2(+1)5
6Buddy Murphy11-6-1(-1)5
7Hideo Itami9-6-3(+1)5
8Lio Rush7-4-0(-1)4
9The Brian Kendrick8-7-099
10Akira Tozawa13-13-2109


There’s a surprising amount of movement this week for the Cruiserweights. Mustafa Ali and Buddy Murphy swapped places after a tag match, and Hideo Itami’s win moved him ahead of Lio Rush again.

Top NXT Superstars

#SuperstarW-L-DPrevPeak
1Pete Dunne14-3-211
2Lars Sullivan9-2-1(+1)2
3Rowe7-0-0(-1)2
4Hanson7-1-042
5Aleister Black7-2-155
6Tommaso Ciampa6-1-064
7Dave Mastiff4-0-076
8Ricochet7-4-210 (+2)8
9Jordan Devlin4-1-0(-1)7
10Keith Lee4-1-0(-1)6


Lars Sullivan took down the undefeated Keith Lee on NXT this week, moving himself into second place and Keith down to the bottom position. Jordan Devlin also received his first loss on NXT UK.

Top Female Superstars

#SuperstarBrandW-L-DPrevPeak
1AsukaSD31-8-111
2Charlotte FlairSD24-11-122
3Ronda RouseyRAW12-0-033
4Shayna BaszlerNXT12-2-042
5Bianca BelairNXT8-1-252
6Ember MoonRAW23-17-066
7Kairi SaneNXT10-6-0(+2)5
8Toni StormNXT6-2-0(-1)7
9Nia JaxRAW17-14-0(-1)8
10Lacey EvansNXT8-5-0108


Toni Storm failed to capture the NXT UK Women’s Championship, and Nia Jax lost in the 8-woman tag at Starrcade. These helped move an inactive Kairi Sane up two spots. We’ll have to see the severity of her injury before taking Sane off the list.

Top Jobbers

#SuperstarBrandW-L-DPrev
1Curt HawkinsRAW0-26-01
2ViktorRAW1-22-0(+1)
3RhynoRAW3-24-1(-1)
4Sonya DevilleSD3-22-04
5Ariya DaivariRAW0-17-05
6Heath SlaterRAW4-21-16
7KonnorRAW4-21-07
8Tony NeseRAW8-25-18
9Mandy RoseSD4-20-09
10TJPRAW8-23-110


The Ascension lost again, moving Viktor up to the second spot. Curt Hawkins retained his top spot by sinking Ember Moon’s hopes in the Mixed Match Challenge when he replaced Strowman.