I feel the need to admit something….

I am a nerd. Not in a traditional smart sense but I care a lot about very specific stuff. As indicated by previous editions (and hell, the existence of it) of The Digital Undercard, this is clearly wrestling. But this goes back. It goes back to a time when I was even nerdier than writing an occasional wrestling blog once or twice a week. Starting the night after WrestleMania 23 (the event was on April 1^st, so April 2^nd) I began ranking the top and bottom five wrestlers from each WWE show (RAW, ECW, Smackdown and when applicable PPVS) and writing down the rankings in a spiral notebook. I did this for every event the WWE put on for two years. This had no purpose as I am the only one that ever saw these rankings.

Why am I telling this story? Because recently I have been looking for regular columns to do for The Digital Undercard and have decided to revive "The Rankings". It will not be daily but instead weekly and will not be WWE exclusive. The top five wrestlers each week in my opinion.

#5 The Miz

At the Elimination Chamber, The Miz defeated Jerry Lawler, successfully defending his WWE Championship. The next night on RAW he, along with his WrestleMania opponent John Cena, defeated Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel for the WWE Tag Team Championships, they lost the titles soon after (about 12 minutes) but that was due to his attacking of John Cena. His ego and hatred for John Cena got in the way of his own personal success. And for that he is at #5

#4 Sin Cara

The former Mistico officially signed with the WWE this week and was the recipient of a press conference in Mexico City announcing it. It is not common for someone to receive this high of praise before even setting foot in the WWE. Reports are saying that he will not go to Florida Championship Wrestling to learn the "WWE style", like most every signing has done over the past few years. Clearly the WWE sees money in Mistico and they should, he is one of the biggest names in the world of Lucha Libre and this is one of the biggest signings in the WWE in years.

#3 John Cena

At the Elimination Chamber, John Cena defeated 5 men to win the right to challenge for the WWE Championship at WrestleMania, but that is not what has him being ranked this high. It was his rebuttal to The Rock that is getting him here. He stood up for himself and delivered some great lines, mostly implying that The Rock was a homosexual. As childish as many believe that to be, look at what The Rock said the week prior. Not really high class material from Dwayne either.

#2 Heath Slater and Justin Gabriel

Twice this week they won the tag team titles. Once from Santino and Vladimir Kozlov on The Elimination Chamber and once the next night on RAW. But they also defeated Trent Baretta and JTG on Superstars. 2 and ½ victories this week (they didn't win the titles cleanly on RAW). On these rankings title wins will get you farther than other wins. That is why they are #2. They are the only team to be multiple time Unified Tag Team champions.

#1 The Undertaker and Triple H

Not a word was spoken but in the 10 or so minutes these men were on RAW this week, one of the biggest WrestleMania matches was set up. For three weeks the 2-21-11 videos were ran, it was finally revealed to be The Undertaker. Before he can say anything, Triple H comes out, gets a reaction that dwarfs The Undertaker and by nodding, challenges him to a match at WrestleMania. Taker refuses, then accepts. Using body language alone. My only problem was this was in the middle of the show and not the end.