The Wrestling Blog's OFFICIAL Best in the World Rankings for November 18, 2019

Crazy enough not only to take Mox's challenge but to beat him during it? That's Darby Allin!
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Welcome to a feature I like to call "Best in the World" rankings. They're not traditional power rankings per se, but they're rankings to see who is really the best in the world, a term bandied about like it's bottled water or something else really common. They're rankings decided by me, and don't you dare call them arbitrary lest I smack the taste out of your mouth. Without further ado, here's this week's list:

1. Darby Allin (Last Week: Not Ranked) - Jon Moxley offered to do everything short of killing his opponent, and you'd think no one would challenge him. Well, no one has the iron will and lack of respect for their own lives like Allin does. Will Allin prevail this week against Mox? Probably not. Will he take a chunk of Mox's flesh before falling? I think that's a guarantee.

2. Lamar Jackson (Last Week: Not Ranked) - At this point in the season, he'd have to disappear completely from Baltimore's lineup not to win the Most Valuable Player award. In a duel with fellow Black Excellence QB Deshaun Watson, Jackson went off for four passing touchdowns and another on the ground as the number two team in the AFC routed the number three, 41-7. Jackson is putting up numbers and leading the Ravens to the playoffs while being the most likable player in the league. If you're not rooting for Jackson, you're one of three things: a University of Kentucky football fan, a fan of the fellow team in the AFC North, or a racist.

3. Maki Itoh (Last Week: 8) - Did you know Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling is going to have a show in America during WrestleMania weekend? I think this announcement while Itoh is the Princess Champion is no coincidence. The Maki Itoh Respect Army is strong here in the states.

4. Hibachi Fried Rice (Last Week: Not Ranked) OFFICIAL HOLZERMAN HUNGERS SPONSORED ENTRY - The only bad thing about the rice that the teppanyaki chef cooks right in front of you is that they serve it to you way before your meat and vegetables are done. It's so good that I can't help but eating it all before the rest of my dinner finishes cooking. It's a small and good problem to have, I suppose.

5. Orange Cassidy (Last Week: 9) - So what if he's the Uatu the Watcher of All Elite Wrestling, showing up when important things happen? WHO CARES!

6. Tobias Harris (Last Week: Not Ranked) - Harris went cold earlier in the week, but he came out shooting fireballs the last couple of games, helping the Sixers snap out of an early season funk. Harris is going to be an important piece of the Sixers going forward if they are to contend for the Championship.

7. Grookey (Last Week: Not Ranked) - Yes, Pokémon: Sword and Shield came out, and yes, I've been playing almost non-stop, even shirking my desires to watch NWA Powerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and Beyond Uncharted Territory so far from this week. Grookey is the Grass-type starter, and his evolutionary line is so fun to play as. I suggest if you're a Pokémaniac like myself, don't listen to the National Dex whiners and pick up a copy today.

8. Baby Yoda (Last Week: Not Ranked) - Okay, so no one knows what the baby in Yoda's species is, whether they're a clone of Yoda, offspring, or an unrelated member of said race. That being said, the lil' thing is so CUTE. They have done the thing that neither George Lucas nor the Disney movies could, unify the Star Wars fanbase.

9. Chris Dickinson (Last Week: Not Ranked) - Combat Zone Wrestling has never been known as female-forward, but releasing their archives by calling the women's wrestling "Double D Destruction" is a new low. Thankfully, Dickinson amplified female voices in calling them out. You might think he'd be ribald, but his freshness doesn't seem to be sexist. Remember, he put LuFisto over at a Women's Superstars Uncensored secret show back when Denver Colorado (the man not the place!) owned it. Good on him to stand up to CZW.

10. Tony Schiavone (Last Week: 10) - Wrestling fans, are you excited for January 15 in Miami for AEW Dynamite: Bash at the Beach? I know I am! It's going to be so great to go back to the event where... well folks, it looks like we're out of blog time again this week. Tune in next week for The Wrestling Blog's Official Best in the World Rankings!