WWE Kayfabe Rankings

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2	WWE Kayfabe Rankings		curated by u/european_uppercu_t
3				Week 41 Complete
4	Welcome! Click on the links below to view the rankings for each division, or just browse the tabs.
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6	Raw Men's Heavyweight Division	SmackDown Live Men's Division
7	Raw Women's Division	SmackDown Live Women's Division
8	Raw Tag Team Division	SmackDown Live Tag Team Division
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11	Cruiserweight Division	NXT Men's Division
12		NXT Women's Division
13		NXT Tag Team Division
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15	Rules:
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17	If a wrestler defeats another wrestler on the list, s/he grabs their opponent's spot on the list and pushes
18	them, and everybody below them, down a spot. A victory could constitute a pinfall, submission, count-out,
19	DQ, elimination or any other form of ‘victory’. In multi-person singles' matches such as triple threats, this is
20	complicated: any match decision where one wrestler defeats another should be rewarded as above. In
21	matches such as a ladder match where there is no definitive loser, the winner should climb above all of
22	his/her opponents.
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24	Counting the date of their match as the first, wrestlers have five WWE television weeks to defend their spot
25	in a match valid to that division. If they do not have a match in that time, they will vacate their position
26	and those below them will move up. (Singles rankings require singles matches, tag rankings require tag
27	matches). If the fifth week elapses with no relevant match, the wrestler will lose their spot on the list and the
28	others will shift up a spot, if appropriate. For NXT, owing to their less-frequent matches, wrestlers have nine
29	weeks to defend their spot.
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31	Vacant positions on the list will be filled by a winning wrestler on the next appropriate card, even if they
32	don’t beat a member of the current ranking. If there are two vacant positions, preference will be given to
33	the wrestler who wins a match higher on the card (e.g. a main event win will take preference over a
34	curtain-jerker)
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36	Rankings will only be taken from televised WWE matches, not house shows or non-roster tournament
37	shows (such as Mixed Match Challenge or the Cruiserweight Classic). Dark matches or un-televised main
38	events will not be taken into account because of their house-show level of kayfabe. Cross-brand matches
39	such as Royal Rumble, AtGMBR or Survivor Series matches will only affect the rankings if both eliminator
40	and eliminated wrestlers are on the same roster. The only exceptions to this rule are free agents.
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42	For tag teams, we will use The Freebird Rule: a team, as long as it has a name or identity, can change its
43	members for defences. So, for example, The New Day will be a solid entity on the list despite the actual
44	wrestlers who perform in the match changing. Finally, cruiserweight tag teams and women’s tag teams
45	will not be taken into account whatsoever. Since there are no championships for these divisions, I find that
46	no team lasts long enough to put together a good Top 10 run.
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48	The order of cards/matches for each week will be thus: PPV (inc. pre-show), Main Event/Raw, SmackDown
49	Live, 205 Live, NXT. (Even though Main Event is broadcast later in the week, I consider it as a Raw
50	pre-show so it is taken as part of the same card. Conversely, even though NXT is recorded in bulk, I’ll log
51	this in broadcast order. Usually, this makes no difference, but I don’t like looking at spoilers and it means
52	there’s something to do each week.)
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