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TORCH WEEKLY MVP STANDINGS 9/5 - MVP standings for WWE Raw, ECW, SD - Top wrestler, Top Diva, History of MVPs Sep 5, 2009 - 3:25:41 PM
After each weekly episode of WWE Raw, ECW TV, TNA Impact, and WWE Smackdown (starting last week after Summerslam), we post an "MVP of the Show" poll asking Torch readers to vote for the MVP of the show.
Over time, the tendency for the poll to turn into a "popularity contest" averages out over a period of 15 or so weeks to find a true MVP during a specific stretch of time.
We started tracking the weekly WWE Raw MVP poll in January and ran Season 1 of Raw from the Royal Rumble until WrestleMania 25. Randy Orton snuck out an MVP of Raw victory over Chris Jericho during that time period.
We then ran Season Two of Raw and Season One of ECW from WrestleMania until Summerslam. For Season Three of Raw, Season Two of ECW, and Season One of Smackdown, we'll run from the week after Summerslam until Survivor Series in November. Season Four, Three, and Two will then be Survivor Series back to the Royal Rumble to find out who the "MVPs" on WWE TV are in the four seasons during the year.
For TNA, we started tracking after the Lockdown PPV in April. We'll look at their MVP seasons from Lockdown in April to Hard Justice in August. Then, from Hard Justice to Turning Point in November. Then, from Turning Point to Lockdown in April again.
Every weekend, we'll post a weekly MVP standings for each of the four TV shows we're tracking to show how each wrestler is being voted by Torch readers. We'll only show regular wrestlers and not non-wrestlers who appear on an infrequent basis such as the weekly Raw Guest Host or Vince McMahon.
WWE Raw - Season Three (Summerslam to Survivor Series) Through Week 2: August 24 - August 31 episodes
Top Wrestlers
(1) Chris Jericho - 13.5%
(2) Randy Orton - 10.5%
(3) Cody Rhodes - 10.0%
(4) Santino Marella - 6.0%
(5) MVP - 5.5%
(6) Shawn Michaels - 5.0%
(7) Kofi Kingston - 5.0%
(8) John Cena - 3.5%
(9) Ted DiBiase, Jr. - 3.5%
(10) The Miz - 3.5%
Top-ranked Divas
(1) Mickie James - 4.0%
(2) Beth Phoenix - 3.0%
(3) Kelly Kelly - 3.0%
(4) Alicia Fox - 2.0%
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Weekly MVPs
August 24 - Chris Jericho (20%)
August 31 - Dusty Rhodes (22%)
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WWE Raw Past MVPs
Season 1 Male - Randy Orton (17.2%) ... Runner-up: Chris Jericho (16.4%)
Season 1 Diva - Maryse (5.0%) Royal Rumble in January 2009 to WrestleMania 25 in April 2009
Season 2 Male - The Miz (12.4%) ... Runner-up: Chris Jericho (11.9%)
Season 2 Diva - Maryse (6.0%) WM 25 to Summerslam in August 2009
Season 3 - Current: Summerslam to Survivor Series in November 2009
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ECW TV - Season Two (Summerslam to Survivor Series) Through Week 2: August 25 - September 1 episodes
Top Wrestlers
(1) Goldust - 15.5%
(2t) William Regal - 14.5%
(2t) Christian - 14.5%
(4) Sheamus - 11.5%
(5) Shelton Benjamin - 7.0%
Top-ranked Divas
(1) Courtney Taylor - 11%
(2) Katie Lea - 4.5%
(3) GM Tiffany - 2.5%
(4) Bella Twins - 4.0%
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Weekly MVPs
August 25 - William Regal (26%)
September 1 - Sheamus and Goldust tied (21%)
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ECW TV Past MVPs
Season 1 Male - Christian (20.4%)
Season 1 Diva - Natalya (3.9%) ... Runners-up: GM Tiffany (3.7%) and Katie Lea (3.4%) WM 25 to Summerslam in August 2009
Season 2 - Current: Summerslam to Survivor Series in November 2009
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WWE Smackdown - Season One (Summerslam to Survivor Series) Through Week 2: August 28 - September 4 episodes
Top Wrestlers
(1) Jeff Hardy - 54.0%
(2) John Morrison - 27.5%
(3) C.M. Punk - 22.5%
(4) The Undertaker - 7.0%
(5) Rey Mysterio - 4.5%
Top-ranked Divas
(1t) Michelle McCool - 1.0%
(1t) Melina - 1.0%
(1t) Layla - 1.0% Jeff Hardy and John Morrison stole the show and votes the first two weeks of Season Two, hence the small number of votes for the divas so far.
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Weekly MVPs
August 28 - Jeff Hardy (54%)
September 4 - John Morrison (52%)
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ECW TV Past MVPs
Season 1 - Current: Summerslam to Survivor Series in November 2009
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