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
| # | Superstar | W-L-D | Prev | Peak |
| 1 | Rezar | 21-6-1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Akam | 20-7-1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Bobby Lashley | 22-11-1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Seth Rollins | 30-20-0 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Drew McIntyre | 18-10-1 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Brock Lesnar | 5-1-0 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Finn Bálor | 30-27-1 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | No Way Jose | 12-10-0 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | Dean Ambrose | 6-5-0 | 10 (+1) | 9 |
| 10 | Dolph Ziggler | 22-22-1 | 9 (-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
| # | Superstar | W-L-D | Prev | Peak |
| 1 | AJ Styles | 26-11-4 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Shinsuke Nakamura | 18-12-3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Jeff Hardy | 16-11-1 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Xavier Woods | 15-10-1 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Jimmy Uso | 14-11-1 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Rey Mysterio | 8-5-0 | 7 (+1) | 5 |
| 7 | Daniel Bryan | 13-12-1 | 6 (-1) | 4 |
| 8 | Kofi Kingston | 12-11-2 | 8 | 6 |
| 9 | Andrade “Cien” Almas | 9-8-1 | 10 (+1) | 5 |
| 10 | Karl Anderson | 11-11-0 | 9 (-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
| # | Superstar | W-L-D | Prev | Peak |
| 1 | Cedric Alexander | 26-4-0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Gran Metalik | 23-9-1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Lince Dorado | 21-11-2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Kalisto | 21-13-1 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Mustafa Ali | 15-9-2 | 6 (+1) | 5 |
| 6 | Buddy Murphy | 11-6-1 | 5 (-1) | 5 |
| 7 | Hideo Itami | 9-6-3 | 8 (+1) | 5 |
| 8 | Lio Rush | 7-4-0 | 7 (-1) | 4 |
| 9 | The Brian Kendrick | 8-7-0 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Akira Tozawa | 13-13-2 | 10 | 9 |
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
| # | Superstar | W-L-D | Prev | Peak |
| 1 | Pete Dunne | 14-3-2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Lars Sullivan | 9-2-1 | 3 (+1) | 2 |
| 3 | Rowe | 7-0-0 | 2 (-1) | 2 |
| 4 | Hanson | 7-1-0 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Aleister Black | 7-2-1 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Tommaso Ciampa | 6-1-0 | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | Dave Mastiff | 4-0-0 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Ricochet | 7-4-2 | 10 (+2) | 8 |
| 9 | Jordan Devlin | 4-1-0 | 8 (-1) | 7 |
| 10 | Keith Lee | 4-1-0 | 9 (-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
| # | Superstar | Brand | W-L-D | Prev | Peak |
| 1 | Asuka | SD | 31-8-1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Charlotte Flair | SD | 24-11-1 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Ronda Rousey | RAW | 12-0-0 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Shayna Baszler | NXT | 12-2-0 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Bianca Belair | NXT | 8-1-2 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Ember Moon | RAW | 23-17-0 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Kairi Sane | NXT | 10-6-0 | 9 (+2) | 5 |
| 8 | Toni Storm | NXT | 6-2-0 | 7 (-1) | 7 |
| 9 | Nia Jax | RAW | 17-14-0 | 8 (-1) | 8 |
| 10 | Lacey Evans | NXT | 8-5-0 | 10 | 8 |
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
| # | Superstar | Brand | W-L-D | Prev |
| 1 | Curt Hawkins | RAW | 0-26-0 | 1 |
| 2 | Viktor | RAW | 1-22-0 | 3 (+1) |
| 3 | Rhyno | RAW | 3-24-1 | 2 (-1) |
| 4 | Sonya Deville | SD | 3-22-0 | 4 |
| 5 | Ariya Daivari | RAW | 0-17-0 | 5 |
| 6 | Heath Slater | RAW | 4-21-1 | 6 |
| 7 | Konnor | RAW | 4-21-0 | 7 |
| 8 | Tony Nese | RAW | 8-25-1 | 8 |
| 9 | Mandy Rose | SD | 4-20-0 | 9 |
| 10 | TJP | RAW | 8-23-1 | 10 |
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.
