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NEW YEAR NEW LIST

JANUARY 2025

I've gotten this up a little late this month due to life being life. Please note, the latest results from Warfare and Anarchy have NOT been factored into this. This is fresh off Snow Job, and February and March bring an exciting period for ELO as every match for the annual tournament carries a small multiplier. In addition, the final match gets an extra multiplier akin to winning the Universal Championship. That's how prestigious this tournament is! Fun fact: 'King of the XWF' was actually the top prize once upon a time, in a period of Universal Title inactivity. Anyway, here are the highlights for this month!

Biggest ranking rise:

• 'Cavortin' Jake Borden - I'm not sure anybody saw this coming. Rising a whopping 5 ranking places, it might be time for the world to stop looking at Cavortin Borden as an underdog!
  

Highest debut/return:

• Game Girl - Former number one on the rankings, albeit in a bit of a weird time when there were some missing show records and therefore smaller eligible names for the rankings list, Game Girl has returned to the list with a higher rating than she ever did when ranked number one! One must wonder if this mean's she's about to level up?
  

Eyes on:

• Madison Dyson and Dolly Waters - Even though Madison's ranking hasn't changed, and Dolly's only went up by once (creeping into the top 10 again for what has to be the record for number of times coming in and out of the top 10), winning the tag team championships has seen both of these women have made significant rating point climbs - about 40 points each.
  
• Prince Adeyemi - How could I not mention him? Climbing only two spots almost does a disservice to the 60 rating point increase Isaiah King has earned this month. Breaking the 1800 mark, he's officially in the upper echelon - as if his second Universal Title reign wasn't enough to make that point already.
  

UPDATED FOR FEBRUARY 2025:

Ten names added to the list this month! So if you've been around for a few months now and waiting to see your name pop up - for a lot of you, this is that month! With such a big number being added, and only 3 being removed, this becomes a bit of a 'net negative' month, seeing some large drops down the bottom of the list, as most new names were added spread around the 1600 mark.

Fully OOC Reminder: These are for fun, and only for fun. Treat them more like the PWI 500 or something like that. They don't affect your trajectory at all within XWF, and there are some inherent biases that a v2.0 is going to try and work through later in the year. Don't dismay at a low ranking (and don't get self-important over a high one). The staff see your hard work regardless of what my silly calculations say.

Biggest ranking rise:

• Prince Adeyemi - A month of inactivity sees the Universal Champion actually rise in rankings by 2 places. Wait... WTF? I guess now should be as good a time as any to give a quick refresher how this works. Rankings are based on ratings. Ratings change based on activity. If characters with a higher rating take some losses, that rating is going to fall. If that rating fall drops below another character's rating, then the rankings change too. Adeyemi's rating did not change. But others above him did. So this rise isn't because of work on Adeyemi's behalf, but a general evening of the field as the highest high and lowest low all moved slightly towards the centre this month. He's a beneficiary of luck this month, but come March? He's going to have to defend that title and prove any doubters wrong! He's certainly capable of doing just that.
  

Highest debut/return:

• Enigma - This might surprise some, but Enigma's return to the rankings list at Number 11 still carries with it the weight of some of the quick and notable success he found back on the old Madness brand. Warfare requires a different skillset, however, so the challenge for Enigma is going to be proving the rating applies here too. Is he up to the task? Only one way to find out.
  

Eyes on:

• James Shark - Before inputting the calculations, I would have bet on Shark taking the nod for highest debut/return. Coming off a massive win against Sebastian Everett-Bryce (who still sits atop the rankings - barely holding on above the magic 2000 mark), and before that having one of the most successful debut months in XWF history, Shark is right behind Enigma on the list and it's reasonable to believe the top 10 is within his reach in the very near future.
  
• Lucy Wylde - An astonishing drop leads to a unique opportunity for the former tag team champion. Is Lucy really only the 25th top star in the XWF? No. With no disrespect to anybody higher than her, but on the right day, Lucy can beat all of you. Granted, the same can be said about most of the roster right now, but specific to Lucy - her work back at War Games showed just how dangerous she is. If anything, this month Lucy is not just the recipient of a big upset loss, but happened to fall in the wrong place at the wrong time as a bunch of new names slid into the rankings. I expect her name to climb this list in the future.
  
• Everybody still in the King/Queen of the XWF Tournament - There are 3 more rounds to go - all of which will happen in March. Which means the winner has 3 more matches with a special modifier to the points gain. 2 of those matches will be at a PPV which adds another multiplier. The final? Gets a 'World title' level modifier added as well. The winner of this thing has the potential to gain some big points. Of note, however, is that both Tropical Punch and the reigning king, Kieran King, would need to go through the whole tournament AND feature in one more match in the next 3 months before they would feature on the list at all.
  

UPDATED FOR MARCH 2025:


Biggest ranking rise:

• James Shark - Climbing 5 places, the new Universal Champion leaps into the middle of the top 10 in only his second appearance on the list. If he keeps this momentum up, who knows where he'll get to?
  

Highest debut/return:

• Larry Tact - The only eligible name for this recognition sees the newcomer - to the fed, but not to the business - debut at number 19. Tact is in an interesting spot, still riding a massive points accumulation from knocking off Vinnie Lane in his debut, but also a few notable wins from the cross-promotional buzz circa 2022 and the surrounding years. I'm eager to see him turn that into forwards momentum.
  

Eyes on:

• Madison Dyson and Dolly Waters - The Tag Team Champions are both here for different reasons. Dolly Waters is in what seems to be familiar territory - falling a ranking place even though her rating increased. James Shark's rise is the only reason why. Madison Dyson knocked off the number one in Sebastian Everett-Bryce - and forced him under the 2000 mark for the first time in 6 months and climbed into number 3 herself. But it's their work together that keeps them both rising in ratings and makes the task to take the titles from them a herculean one.
  
• Aurora - She may not have won the tournament but with the TV Title now around her waist, I suspect Aurora has won a few fans and hearts. Things are clicking there, and everybody should be on notice.
  
• Yelena Gorgo - The 24/7 bug may have struck again, but for my money Yelena Gorgo has one of the most interesting character arcs going on in her rps, and with the Black Rainbow now behind her, big things could be on the horizon.
  

UPDATED FOR APRIL 2025:

Please note - Mayday 3 results are NOT factored in. It's hard to get these up on the first of the month at times, so the show date being what it was, I couldn't beat the results dropping. Mayday will be in May's update.


Biggest ranking rise:
A month of only 2 shows doesn't see a ton of jumping around. And with only one addition to the list this month (and nobody leaving it), a lot of people got bumped down just 1 rankings place. Buuut... FOUR different characters did manage a rise of +1!

• Isaiah King
  
• Lucy Wylde
  
• Marisol Vilaro
  
• Tatiana Jolee
  

Great job getting solid wins this month that put some momentum behind each of your characters! Looking forward to seeing what's next!


Highest debut/return:

• Thunder Knuckles - The former Universal Champion and XWF tag team icon, Thunder Knuckles returns at number 7, fresh off winning the Anarchy Tag Titles. While he's been largely content in the tag space for now, his return has shaken up the whole list - with him coming in so high it resulted in many people who may have actually improved their rating see their ranking decrease. It's all relative, folks!
  

Eyes on:
I'm going to cheat here since we know the results of Mayday, but I haven't done the calculations yet. Based off that event, I'll be keen to see what happens with:

• Larry Tact - Coming off winning the TV title, he's sure to get a boost in the rankings. I for one, hope he has a long and prosperous reign!
  
• James Shark - Who said Shark couldn't successfully defend titles? He's shaken that bogey with a massive defence against an incredibly game Yelena Gorgo. This should do Shark a world of good in the ratings - with a main event and World Title multiplier on his calculations.
  
• Dolly Waters - Knocking off the former Universal Champion, Isaiah King, has surely got to be enough to get the Tag Team Champion Dolly back into the Top 10. The question is, how high up?
  
• King Kieran - He's not on the list for April. But I can tell you that his tie with the current second-placed Mark Flynn, is his 5th match, which means he'll absolutely be appearing in the May rankings list. How high? We'll find out!
  

UPDATED FOR MAY 2025:


While you're waiting for Rebellion results, wet your whistle with some ELO for May! Rebellion obviously doesn't factor into this, but May Day does!

I'll also take the time to announce now that June will see the first of a few tweaks of ELO that I'm looking at putting in. That one will be a bit more of a Version 1.1, while I also start testing some more robust Version 2 changes with the aim to better reward wins and see some bigger changes in these rankings. Those changes won't land until later in the year after I see if I've got the formula changes right, but hopefully it makes these more exciting and allows for more impact for knocking off people higher up the list than you!

Getting back to this month...

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!!!

• Ladies and gentlemen... please join me in giving a heartfelt congratulations to Tommy Wish, who this month ticked up his 128th recorded match in the ELO system, entering the Top 5 number of recorded matches - tied with XWF Legend Centurion at 5th.
  

Biggest ranking rise:

• James Shark - There was only one choice here. The Universal Champion defended successfully at May Day and it was enough to see him rise up 2 spots in the rankings this month! June will be interesting though...
  

Highest debut/return:

• King Kieran - I flagged him last month to keep your eye one, and after going to a draw with Mark Flynn at May Day, the reigning AND defending King of the XWF returns to the list at number 3. 
  

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!!! PART TWO!

• Sebastian Everett-Bryce - This month SEB ticks up his 7th month in total at the number one spot, tying Corey Smith at 5th place for most total months at number one (regardless of how many reigns)! Congrats, and thank you for being the flag bearer for the fed that you have been.
  

Eyes on:

• Charlie Nickles - With two achievements to acknowledge this month, I'm going to cheat again with this nod. Knowing what we know about how Rebellion is going to pan out given the rps. Charlie Nickles has a big ratings gain coming his way in June. What will that do to the rankings?
  

Big update here for people! Biggest I've ever written actually in terms of sheer words.

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INTRODUCING ELO v1.1

Some bigger changes are coming to ELO after seeing room for improvement in several areas to better adapt this system - known for its use in Chess and later extended to such events as Magic The Gathering tournaments and even the official FIFA World Rankings for football - to the efed world.

But, there is a change that can be made now! This won't affect what you see in the rankings here, but it will affect what's happening in the background.

Introducing: Rating degradation following inactivity.

So, the long and skinny of this is that behind the rankings list published each month is another list that includes characters that are active but have not yet met the 'activity test' for inclusion. Using Aidan Collins this month as an example - he has only had 2 matches since returning, and so does not feature on the June rankings. But did he have to start from scratch at match 1? No. Because Aidan - under the moniker 'Blizzard' - was included in the published list throughout 2014. And after that, he also appeared at the XX event in 2019. So he has points on record and they have been retained. In fact, as of this month there are 1,646 characters on the 'inactive' list since January 2013 (oh I wish how I had access to all the records since 1999). Each of those 1,646 characters' data has been retained and can be used if they show up again, just like Aidan has.

Now, there are two things to note about that list:
1) New characters start at 1600 rating points. And yet, of the June 2025 list, only 7 characters are below this mark. Most of the characters below this mark are on the inactive list, because in general, characters who are unsuccessful in a fed (any fed, not just XWF) tend to leave. So what does this mean? More points are being added to the system than are being lost.
2) The curious case of John Madison. Maddy was dominant in 2013 and 2014 and has earned his spot in the XWF Hall of Legends. Maddy also has the highest recorded ELO rating. If he were to return to tomorrow, he would have a rating of 2198.71. He could, theoretically, lose to the lowest rated character 5 times in a row and still appear at the top of the rankings. That's weird, right?

I want to favour those who are here competing week-in week-out. I also want to correct course on the overabundance of points being added to the system.

So... from this list and moving forward, characters who are inactive and OVER 1600 rating points, will start to lose their points. This is scaled - someone at 1700 points will lose 1 a month, someone at over 2000 points (currently this is only Maddy, Robert Main, and ALIAS) will lose 10 a month, and there are some different thresholds along the way too. But, this is in place now, and I'll see how it looks in the next 6 months or so when ELO 2.0 is likely to drop.

Any questions, always happy to answer them. I'll update the info thread with more specifics when I get around to it.

On to June...!

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UPDATED FOR JUNE 2025!

WHAT. A. MONTH. 1 PPV, 2 Warfares, 1 Anarchy - we have BIG CHANGES.

Namely...

Trumpets please...

AAAAAAANNNNNNNNNDDDDDDD NNNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

• After seven months on top, losing the tag titles cost Sebastian Everett-Bryce a lot more than he gained by winning them, and he has finally been knocked off! And what do you expect when somebody holds a title in the XWF for almost 300 days and has been nipping right at the previous number one's heels? Congratulations should go to MICHEAL GRAVES allegedly. So weird that he seemed to inherit someone else's points to help him get so high up the rankings, right? Speaking of that though...
  

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!!!

• Do you know what's really weird? This is allegedly the first time that Micheal Graves has been at the top of the rankings and yet... somehow he has now tied Robert Main for the most total months as the number 1 ranked character - with 27 months in total. So weird. He also somehow allegedly dubiously conceivably moves into 3rd place on the most individual reigns at number 1, tied with Sebastian Duke at 3.
  

Enough about that guy though, time to gush over another...

ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!!!

• This one is long overdue and is on me for the delay. Some characters wear masks for a bit, and then don't. It's the same character. Under these rankings, Mankind, Dude Love, and Cactus Jack would all be the same. Meanwhile, some are bodies inhabited by supernatural entities for a bit, and then aren't, or the entity changes, or whatever. I catch some of both of these. I don't catch all. Or I interpret it wrong. I definitely interpreted this one wrong. This month, Mr. Oz ticked up 100 matches with the XWF. What a trooper! Truth is... he probably did this a long time ago. Because Mr. Oz should have shared the same history as Ghost Tank, but I didn't capture that at the time. So... not only does Oz now become just the 15th member of the 100 club on his own merits, merging Ghost Tank's data into his now rockets him up to 153 matches in total, placing him in the top 5 for most matches in XWF history. Shout out to Oz, thank you for your service, AND as an added bonus... from next month, Oz will start with a higher rating and ranking than in this month due to this merge as well. There's a reason that doesn't take effect until next month though, and that's because I wanted this next point to stand on its own...
  

Biggest ranking rise - TIE

• Mr. Oz  (+7). If I completed the merge this month, this feat wouldn't stand out. Don't be sleeping on Oz on Anarchy, guys! This has happened already this year, but he went another month undefeated and he feels almost destined to pick up another title at the challenging 1k limit sometime soon!
  
• Lucy Wylde (+7). If War Games didn't put everyone on notice, they should be very scared now. A few months ago, Lucy fell on the wrong side of a bunch of newcomers coming in after she took a couple of heavy losses. I called it then that she had the potential to rise again, and now? I told you so. She's the TV Champ and carving up everyone in a reign that is starting to remind me our current Universal Champion's tenures with the title. It's bittersweet getting a TV Title opportunity when it means facing a champ like Lucy. Good luck to the rest of you.
  

Highest debut/return:

• Dickie Watson - Don't be fooled by them being the only name eligible for this nod this month. Do you know what it takes to knock off Emilia Glazkov and Aurora in the same month? Dickie has it. As a long time fan of their work before they joined XWF, I'm glad to see them NARROWLY avoid being bumped into the inactive list and having to reset their activity test. They've been dipping their toes in our pool throughout the year, but winning the X-Treme Championship this month (for however short it lasted) was a cannonball into the deep end. And even though they enter the ELO rankings at only 24th, rest assured that this is a shark that just got added to our pond.
  

Eyes on:

• Charlie Nickles and Dolly Waters. I had to mention Charlie. One of the most active members of the fed finally winning the Universal Championship is a homegrown moment for us to be proud of. And this Leap of Faith main event? It just doubles down on that. Whoever walks away with the title, the XWF wins. Even though they're right next to each other in the rankings, Charlie has the bigger chance to shake things up higher up the card. But I'm always a fan of Dolly Waters being in the top 10. Could the top 5 be in sight?
  
• Tatiana Jolee. I almost hate to point her out so I don't jinx her, but I already did when I put up the Star of the Month thread. 2-0 in June, and a rise of 6 ranking rises almost forced me to include her with Lucy and Oz above. Tatiana is a perfect example of momentum building, and I'm excited to see if it can continue to grow.
  

UPDATED FOR JULY 2025*
*Note: The Warfare results that just dropped are NOT included, as those are for August.

Preamble: For a month with only two cards, there is an odd amount of movement in this week's rankings! Part of it can be due to the changes to Mr. Oz's details, as discussed in June, which has had a bigger impact than in any other similar cases previously. But that doesn't account for all of it! And with a couple of names due to drop off the rankings at the end of August, then there's likely to be some more shake ups happening, especially in the top 10!

On to the spotlight, starting with...


AAAAND NNNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!!!!
It did not take long for Sebastian Everett-Bryce to once again sit atop these rankings! But when he and Supposedly Micheal Graves have been so close for so long, a massive showing like SEB had at Leap of Faith is sure to do enough to put him ahead! Congratulations, and welcome back to the top!

Biggest ranking rise:

• Mr. Oz - A rise of 15 places is enormous. Oddly, that doesn't even come close to the biggest rises we've seen when there were 60-something names on the roster. But in this size roster? It's huge. Now, there's a bit of an asterisk here because it is due to merging previous data with his current data, as discussed last month. So in likelihood, Oz's rating right now is probably higher than it should be. But that means his previous ratings were probably lower as well. In a few months I expect Oz to drift a fair bit, but of note, he also gained a ton of ratings points this month too (50+ points - unclear what change that would translate to in rankings) so it's not like he wouldn't have been rising anyway!
  
• Solomon Kline - Because of the unique situation with Oz, I wanted to spotlight the next biggest increase as well. With two X-Treme Title defences, including one on PPV, Solomon Kline climbed 5 places this month and has fully cemented himself as one to watch going forward, regardless of what happens on Warfare.
  

Highest debut/return

• Nobody new got added to the rankings this month, and I'm not sure that has ever happened before? Maybe in the historical records, but certainly not since monthly updates were provided. There are a few names not far away from breaking into the list though, so expect at least one person to be spotlighted here next month.
  

Eyes on:

• Dolly Waters - How could the new Universal Champion not get a mention? Dolly has been a stalwart of the XWF for so long, to see her finally get her flowers is a feel-good moment for everyone. There are some big points out in front of her, but if she can keep this going, she'll be chasing down the higher ranked names in no time.
  
• King Kieran - This is written after Warfare, and knowing how Kieran's match went there, and that he and Dolly will be tangling up come Relentless, statistically speaking there are some big opportunities for points coming The King's way in future months.
  
• Sarah Wolf - I've been saying to keep an eye on Lucy Wyle all year. Even without the TV Title, I'd still recommend people keep an eye on her. But, if I've been that big on Lucy, how can I not draw attention to the woman who dethroned her? It's official: Sarah Wolf has clicked into high gear people. That spells danger for everyone. Now, the challenge here is the same one Lucy had - that TV title is defended more frequently than any other title. Can Sarah keep it up? I'm excited to find out!
  
• Them No Good Bastards - Usually I try to keep this list to just 3, but I felt the need to explain the significant drops for the Anarchy Tag Team Champions. They've lost a couple of title defences by DQ recently. They've kept the titles, but version 1.1 of ELO doesn't account for DQ or countout. A loss is a loss. That means though, that both Bobby Bourbon and Thunder Knuckles are probably undervalued by the data here. Expect that to correct course in no time.
  

UPDATED FOR AUGUST 2025

Time for another monthly instalment of 'made-up chess rankings'!

An interesting month with several names being added to the list while none left it. With the competition as tough as it is, that's left a whole host of people increasing their rating but dropping their ranking. An odd situation, but indicative of where we're at. In this month's list there are 16 people with a rating over 1700. There's usually only 10 or 11, so we're 1.5 times the usual number at the top end of the scale - not to mention some of the killers sitting outside of that number. But fun fact: There haven't been this many with that rating since January last year when there was still a hangover from the third brand of Madness.

I'm still working on testing V2 of the formulas for this. The big thing I haven't cracked is team elimination - I'm aiming to have that ready to test by War Games and then I might be able to fully shift over to the new version.

Now... onto the highlights...

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AAAAANNNNNDDDDDD NNNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWW!!!

• Allegedly Micheal Graves
  It's that time again and as the competition grows just underneath them, any slip up from either of the top two sees them lose the top spot. This time, Sebastian Everett-Bryce took a loss, and the result is that Micheal Graves (suspiciously) moves back into number one. Can we get these two in the ring with one another? Now, if my suspicious are correct... this also might mean that he has broken free from the tie he held with Robert Main, and now stands alone with the most months at number one across all 12 years of ELO at 28. A truly astonishing feat. He also ties Main and Doctor Louis D'Ville for the most individual 'reigns' on top - regardless of length - at 4.
  

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!!!

• Charlie Nickles
  But Mark FlynnMicheal Graves is not the only one being celebrated this month. Please join me in acknowledging Charlie Nickles for bringing up his 100th match in the ELO rankings. Based on when he joined the fed, that will be pretty close to an accurate figure. Thank you, Charlie, for your dedication to the XWF. You are the 16th member of the '100 Club'.
  

BIGGEST RANKING RISE

• Thunder Knuckles - +3
  Who holds two titles that they're defending on the reg? Thunder fucking Knuckles, that's who. Rising 3 places, the reigning Revolution Champion AND one-half of the Anarchy Tag Team Champions rights a wrong where an unfortunate loss by DQ that saw them retain their tag team titles took a hefty chunk of rating points and saw them drop out of the top 10. They're back in that top bracket now, and with the possibility of two title defences awaiting them at Relentless, they have a chance to earn some significant extra points and keep climbing!
  

HIGHEST DEBUT/RETURN

• Aidan Collins - 8
  Welcome back Bling Bling Bliz! I for one have been excited to see the Godkiller back in our midst and the interesting thing to see will be what he does next. His ranking here carries a bit of weight from his previous successes, and his last few matches have seen some tough losses that could have gone either way. But he's not a MULTIPLE time Universal Champion for nothing. As Aidan settles into what the current landscape is like, everybody should watch out.
  

EYES ON:
A few extra shout outs here rolling into Relentless...

• Sarah Wolf and Dickie Watson
  When I look at my own rankings, both of these two give me some confusion as to how they're not higher up the list. It might be further evidence that ELO V2 is needed, or it might just be that good things take time. Well time is racing up on us. Noting that Warfare is still pending, for now Sarah Wolf has sunk her teeth into that Television Championship. Meanwhile Dickie Watson has earned their shot while also taking the Universal Champion to the limit. Wolf. Watson. It's a main event in any company, and we're lucky we're about to see it.
  
• Dolly Waters and Charlie Nickles
  I was sure that Game Girl and Madison Dyson were falling out of the rankings this month, which would have seen the current and former Universal Champions, Dolly Waters and Charlie Nickles, climb up into the top 5. I was mistaken. But... they're both right there for a reason. And with Relentless approaching... a Universal Title defence awaiting Dolly, and Charlie refusing to leave the title picture himself... not to mention their opponent actually being higher than them in the rankings (the better rated your opponent - the more points you can earn for winning), Dolly and Charlie will both be looking to cement themselves even further here.
  
• Everyone on the Relentless card
  PPVs are worth extra. Main events are worth extra. And Relentless brings 3 nights of PPVs, with 3 PPV main events. I'm looking forward to seeing how September ends!
  

UPDATED FOR SEPTEMBER 2025

A little late this month on account of life stuff. The most recent Warfare is not included, nor is the Anarchy that is due on the day this update is made.

What is included, is a massive month including Warfare, Anarchy, THREE nights of Relentless, and also TWO nights of the Cross-Promotional Smashed 2 event. In line with previous crossovers, this counts if it is on our boards, which both nights were. It is, however, scored so that rating changes from crossovers are not as large as if they occurred on our regular shows.

Highlights below:

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BIGGEST RANKING RISE

• Dickie Watson - +9
  Winning the main event of Night One of Relentless, and the Television Championship alongside it against the exceptional Sarah Wolf, Dickie is fast correcting the rating that seemed to undervalue just how great they truly are. I've told you to keep an eye on him for the past couple of months, and here he is.

HIGHEST DEBUT/RETURN

• JC Keeton - 23
  A bit of a weird one here. Keeton came in and took a few matches, but seems to have stepped away from the XWF. That happens from time to time. But with his appearance at Smashed, he becomes eligible for the ELO list. I'd be interested in seeing if he wanted to take another swing some time.

KEEP YOUR EYES ON:

• Atara Raven
  Climbing 7 places is usually enough to get an earlier spotlight. When things click for Atty, she's a beast capable of slugging it out with the best of them. Putting together a couple of strong wins this month saw her become number one contender to the Anarchy Championship. Winning that title might see her climb even further.
• Summer Page
  Speaking of Anarchy number one contenders, there might be nobody better than Summer Page at going under the radar, but the top contender for the Revolution Championship had a solid month and has a title shot looming on her horizon. Having defeated the champ, XXXVI, once before, it'll be interesting to see how that match plays out!
• Thunder Knuckles
  He may have lost the Revolution Championship, but this one-man tag team's follow up performance dragging Jimmy over the line to retain the Anarchy Tag Team Titles should put all of his challengers on notice.

UPDATED FOR OCTOBER 2025

Sorry for the delay. Lots of stuff going on.

2 Warfares and 2 Anarchys, and yet as you can see in the list at the top of the page, not a lot of change this month.

Note: The most recent Warfare and Anarchy were November, so not included. I'm just running late.

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BIGGEST RANKING RISE:

• Tatiana Jolee +5
  After hitting a few hiccups in her XWF career, there are signs things are turning for the purest wrestler in the XWF. Drafted in the second round, War Games now presents a massive opportunity for Jolee to claim a few scalps and surprise everyone!
  

HIGHEST RETURN/DEBUT:

• John Black: 21
  The original THUG, the XWF always has a soft spot for John Black. Letting his partner Reggie take the honours in War Games on behalf of the THUGS, one has to wonder what's next for the veteran?
  

KEEP YOUR EYES ON:

• XXXVI
  The numerals read 36 but the more important number is simply 2. Two belts for the masked man means XXXVI has so many opportunities to climb these ELO rankings and stake their place in XWF history!
  
• Dickie Watson
  How many times have I said to keep your eye on Dickie? Sitting at 15 on the rankings list here still feels too low for the reigning Television Champion. Expect that number to keep rising as long as Dickie keeps being Dickie!
  
• Everyone in War Games!
  This is a bit of a cop-out, but it's true. Historically, the winning team gets a LARGE swing of points in War Games - especially the survivor(s). Of note: There is still a weird quirk about War Games where people who don't win the final match don't get as many points as they really should so we'll see how it all shakes up. In the background I've been working on ELO V2 to address some other quirks I've noticed and try to make change happen more often, and I had the end of November pegged as the date that should be finished. But... this particular peculiarity is the one that's proving difficult to resolve in a simple way. I'll keep tinkering.
  

War Games broke ELO. It was always a bad time for ELO's data, but putting titles on the line made the math go crazy and I saw a draft list that had Isaiah King dropping to like 25th or 30th or something stupid like that, amongst other things. So, I got my team of 17 year old chad coders to have a look at it in between their mandated posts on X telling the world how much a genius I am.

INTRODUCING... THE NEW AND IMPROVED XWF ELON RANKINGS! Updated in the OP above.

We're starting with November 2025, but this took a while to unpack because ELO is a loser libtard who doesn't know how to code and isn't willing to work 25 hours a day.

Here are some of the new features:

• Math modified in tons of places so there should be a little more bounce in rating points when you win. Testing data showed both Charlie Nickles and Dolly Waters wound up one ranking place higher as a result of the rating changes when they won the Universal Championship than they did in the v1 ELO rankings. That is SUPERIOR math.
  
• Scaled elimination. If you are eliminated last in a match, you will lose fewer points. If you are eliminated first in a match, you will lose more points. It is still zero sum prioritising the winners score, so losers will sometimes drop more than might seem logical. The solution to that is DON'T BE A LOSER.
  
• Blue checkmark available for a 50,000 X-Bux monthly subscription that guarantees you top 10 placement.
  
• Cash-ins that aren't announced ahead of time aren't going to have as big of an impact. Title changes mid-match (e.g., the X-Treme title going from 'Psycho' Solomon to Amber Mansley to Dr. Holly Cambric in one match at War Games) will factor into ratings on their own.
  

My team has a list of other changes that might be needed on v3, but this is a better product now. The next major thing I want them to work on is finding a way to document win/loss records.

That's all. Now get back to work.

What have they done to my baby?

Waitaminute... does this...? This... actually does work better. Well... okay then...

Here are the highlights:

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Drumroll please...

AAAAAANNNNNNNNDDDDDDDD NNNNNNEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!!

• Dickie Watson
  With titles on the line, this War Games had the highest points exchange of any other War Games in history and it sees the sole survivor come put with the Universal Championship AND as the new number one in ELO...N. Dickie also becomes just the 13th person (tied - more on that later) to cross the 2000 rating points mark AND registers the FOURTH HIGHEST rating points of all time, behind only John Madison, Robert Main, and Mark Flynn 
  

BIGGEST RANKING RISE

• Scoops McGee +15
  You would think Dickie climbing 13 places would get this honour but no, it instead goes to Dickie's captain. Scoops has claimed some big wins recently, and even though he also took some losses at the start of November, ultimately finishing 4th AND leading his team through to War Games victory scored him some big points. Those losses suggest he might be a little overvalued, but he also beat SEB recently so... maybe not?
  

WELCOME TO THE CLUB!

• King Kieran - 2000 Club
  Never before have two characters joined the 2000 Club in the same month, but getting all the way to the end of War Games helps The King join the club alongside Dickie. This is a prime result of the scaled elimination changes, meaning the runner up in War Games doesn't get punished with points. This is a good sign for the future where notable runner ups in my memory such as Lucy Wylde and Dolly Waters actually saw their ratings decrease despite their coming out parties. From an OOC perspective, King Kieran becomes the first handler to have two characters join the 2000 Club. Bizarrely, neither of them have ever been ranked Number One! A curious feat only also matched by John Austin.
  

HIGHEST RETURN/DEBUT

• Betsy Granger - 8
  With a strong base of points behind her from her days competing for the Shooting Star and TV titles, Betsy Granger took a few losses on return. Some of these didn't affect her rating much, because they were against higher rated characters. Still, it was her team's victory in Round 1 that saw Betsy through to the highest return or debut for the month (where there were many!) Looking forward to seeing what's next for her.
  

KEEP YOUR EYES ON

• Kristoffer Arroyo
  Perhaps the unluckiest in terms of the scaled elimination changes. While Kieran King was somewhat protected as runner up, the debuting Vamp - who finished 3rd - didn't have the same level of protections. SEB probably got hit worse but had a lot of points to protect him from falling too far. I don't think there is a perfect system here when finalists have to compete twice, and the extra points on offer because of titles being on the line just conplicated things further. But let's be clear, the current Anarchy Champ has only lost one match - that 3rd place finish in the War Games finals. He is currently MASSIVELY undervalued by the system. Look for that to change extremely quickly.
  
• Clutch Cassidy
  Speaking of Anarchy champs with only one loss, don't sleep on this half of the Anarchy Tag Team Champions who debuts inside the Top 10! So far she's 2 from 2 on PPV and that's where the biggest points gains lie. Let's see what the next cycle brings her!
  
• First round losing teams in War Games
  The scaled elimination system really hit some of the early eliminations from first round matches in War Games hard. The result was some heavy losses in points to people like Mr. Oz, 'Psycho' Solomon, Tatiana Jolee and Reggie Estrada. I think they're all undervalued right now, so a couple of wins each and they should start to climb.