Tye Dillinger might be the "perfect 10" but in the eyes of senior WWE officials they would rather fans not pay him the attention they currently are. Dave Meltzer recently discussed the newly launched SmackDown Live ranking system on the most recent edition of Wrestling Observer Radio and noted that WWE doesn't want fans chanting '10' at Dillinger anymore.
“It’s one thing if it’s a guy who’s impressive and the wrestlers are giving him a shot. But Dillinger’s just a guy on the brand that works prelims and they put him at number 10 because it makes for a cute minute for people to chant ’10’ which they don’t even want people chanting anyway that’s why they keep him off TV so much because they don’t want them chanting ’10.'”
The first ever Top 10 reads as follows:
10. Tye Dillinger
9. Randy Orton
8. Becky Lynch
7. The Usos
6. The New Day
5. Bobby Roode
4. Naomi
3. Shinsuke Nakamura
2. Charlotte Flair
1. AJ Styles
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