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

#SuperstarW-L-DPrevPeak
1Braun Strowman12-4-011
2Matt Hardy8-4-0(+2)2
3Bobby Roode9-6-03
4Dash Wilder9-6-0(-2)1
5Scott Dawson9-6-0(-2)3
6Akam5-2-166
7Rezar5-2-177
8Finn Bálor11-9-0(+1)1
9Goldust7-5-0(-4)1
10Brock Lesnar2-0-0(-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

#SuperstarW-L-DPrevPeak
1Harper9-0-011
2AJ Styles11-4-2(+2)2
3Rowan7-0-0(-1)2
4Shinsuke Nakamura8-2-1(-1)1
5Jeff Hardy3-0-05
6Karl Anderson8-6-06
7Daniel Bryan2-0-177
8Alexander Wolfe2-1-08
9Eric Young2-1-09
10Samoa Joe2-1-010


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

#SuperstarW-L-DPrevPeak
1Cedric Alexander14-0-011
2Gran Metalik14-2-122
3Kalisto11-3-032
4Lince Dorado9-2-244
5Mustafa Ali8-3-054
6Hideo Itami4-2-265
7Buddy Murphy3-1-0(+1)7
8Akira Tozawa6-5-1(-1)2
9Mark Andrews3-2-096
10The Brian Kendrick1-0-010


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

#SuperstarW-L-DPrevPeak
1Pete Dunne4-1-111
2Roderick Strong6-4-121
3Lars Sullivan3-1-1(+3)3
4Aleister Black3-1-0(-1)3
5Kyle O’Reilly3-1-0(-1)4
6Velveteen Dream3-2-0(-1)1
7Nick Miller2-1-0(+2)7
8Shane Thorne2-1-010 (+2)8
9Hanson1-0-09
10Rowe1-0-010


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

#SuperstarBrandW-L-DPrevPeak
1AsukaSD17-1-011
2Charlotte FlairSD8-5-0(+2)2
3Shayna BaszlerNXT4-1-0(-1)2
4BayleyRAW8-6-1(-1)2
5Bianca BelairNXT3-1-052
6Nikki CrossNXT2-0-064
7Ember MoonRAW4-3-0(+1)7
8Candice LaRaeNXT1-0-08
9Ronda RouseyRAW1-0-0(-2)7
10Becky LynchSD5-6-0(-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

#SuperstarBrandW-L-DPrev
1Ariya DaivariRAW0-17-01
2Tony NeseRAW1-14-02
3Curt HawkinsRAW0-11-03
4Bo DallasRAW0-10-04
5Curtis AxelRAW0-10-05
6RhynoRAW1-11-16
7ApolloRAW4-13-17
8TJPRAW4-13-08
9Kevin OwensRAW1-9-2
10Heath SlaterRAW2-10-110


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.