Last week, we rolled out the much-anticipated Voices of Wrestling 2017 Match of the Year countdown starting on Monday with our honorable mentions and finishing Friday with the best of the best: our Top 10.
Now with a few days to process everything (and a little help from our friend and Wrestlenomics Radio co-host Chris “mookieghana” Harrington) we can analyze trends and look at standout individual performers, promotions and focus on any trends or interesting facts to come out of this year’s list. Included in this post is the promotion with the most matches represented, which wrestler appeared in the most matches, which wrestler had the most overall points, highest average as well as analysis on which month reigned supreme and much more.
I’ve included a full listing of our 2017 Match of the Year at the bottom of the post so if you find any trends or stats not included, be sure to share it with us on Twitter at @VoicesWrestling.
2017 Match of the Year Archives
- Introduction, Voters & Honorable Mentions: voicesofwrestling.com/2018/01/29/voices-wrestling-2017-match-year-introductions-honorable-mentions/
- 150-101: voicesofwrestling.com/2018/01/30/2017-match-year-150-101/
- 100-76: voicesofwrestling.com/2018/01/31/2017-match-year-100-76/
- 75-51: voicesofwrestling.com/2018/01/31/2017-match-year-75-51/
- 50-26: voicesofwrestling.com/2018/02/01/2017-match-year-50-26/
- 25-11: voicesofwrestling.com/2018/02/01/2017-match-of-the-year/
- 10-1: voicesofwrestling.com/2018/02/02/2017-match-of-the-year-10-1/
Voices of Wrestling Match of the Year Archives
- 2016: voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/columns/2016-match-of-the-year/
- 2015: voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/columns/2015-match-of-the-year/
- 2014: voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/columns/2014-match-of-the-year/
- 2013: voicesofwrestling.com/category/vow-latest/columns/2013-match-of-the-year/
- 2012: voicesofwrestling.com/2012/12/20/top-10-matches-of-2012/
Most Matches (By Promotion): NJPW (37)
NJPW was (and continues to be) king: this the fifth consecutive year a NJPW match was voted Voices of Wrestling Match of the Year. What’s most telling this year is just how far away NJPW was from the competition. If we put WWE NXT and WWE together, they would still be nine matches short of NJPW’s tally this year.
The most surprising promotion on this list is Dragon Gate. Ask any devoted Dragon Gate fan and they will tell you the company had a down year (relative to their standard), yet DG had the second most matches represented at 16. Compared to other promotions near the top of our list, the highest-ranked Dragon Gate match (Masaaki Mochizuki vs Susumu Yokosuka) came in at 46, just barely in our Top 50.
The Rest: Dragon Gate (16), WWE NXT (14), WWE (14), CMLL (11), PROGRESS (10)
Most First-Place Votes (By Promotion): NJPW (84)
This wasn’t even close as NJPW had 84 total first-place votes, good for 77.8% of all first-place votes. Wow.
wXw was the next closest at just four (3.7%).
Matches from NJPW to receive first place votes were Okada vs. Shibata, Okada vs. Omega (x3), Omega vs. Naito, Naito vs. Tanahashi, Ospreay vs. KUSHIDA, Elgin vs. Naito and Okada vs. Suzuki
The Rest: wXw (4), WWE NXT (3), WWE (2), BJW (2), Bacaral (2)
Most Matches (By Individual): Zack Sabre Jr. (12)
Can someone be underrated and still have the most matches represented in our Match of the Year poll? I think so. The reason is: I never once saw Sabre’s name come up in any legitimate discussions for Wrestler of the Year. Why not? Dude worked everywhere and had great matches on multiple continents against a variety of opponents. I wasn’t surprised when he emerged as the man with the most matches represented. Sabre’s 2017 was great…but was just overshadowed by a few more high-profile, all-time great years.
Sabre’s 12 matches just narrowly beat out Kenny Omega’s 11. The key difference being Omega finishing with our #2, #3 and #4 matches while the best Sabre match (Will Ospreay vs Zack Sabre Jr. from November 10) finished #24.
The Rest: Kenny Omega (11), WALTER (10), Will Ospreay (10), Kazuchika Okada (9), Tyler Bate (8), Matt Riddle (8)
Highest Individual Average: Katsuyori Shibata (408)
There was little surprise here as Shibata—with only two matches total on this year’s list—was in our #1 and #29 (vs. Hirooki Goto) matches. Those placements helped Shibata average 408 points per match, almost double his next closest competitor, ironically enough, his Match of the Year mate Kazuchika Okada (256).
The Rest: Kazuchika Okada (256), Kenny Omega (176), Tetsuya Naito (130), Ilja Dragunov (112), AJ Styles (66)
Overall Points (By Individual): Kazuchika Okada (2304)
Okada had nine matches make the list this year—fourth most of any wrestler—and made each and every count amassing 2,304 total points.
Okada finished with the unprecedented trifecta being apart of our #1, #2 and #3 matches this year. The Rainmaker was also apart of our #6, #14 and #22 matches. Yeah, he had a year for the ages.
Omega—who Okada battled in three of the nine matches—finished second with 1940 overall points over 11 matches.
The Rest: Kenny Omega (1940), Katsuyori Shibata (815), Tetsuya Naito (779), Tyler Bate (400), Pete Dunne (386)
Most Matches (By Month): August (29)
This should come as little surprise given the scheduling of NJPW’s annual G1 Climax but August 2017 was the most represented month on this year’s MOTY list with 29 total matches.
August 2017 made its presence felt on the Top 25 as our #4, #6, #14, #17 and #21 matches all took place during the month.
The Rest: March (28), July (22), April (21), May (20), September (20)
Highest Ranked Month: January (77.3)
This was a bit of a surprise as I broke down the data. January, not August, saw the highest average rank thanks in part to only 15 matches from the month and spots #2, #10 and #11 in our Top 25.
The Rest: October (97.7), May (100.5), November (103.2), March (111.3), July (113.6)
Other Monthly Analysis:
The prevailing thought about many who participate in our annual Match of the Year poll is that matches taking place more recent to our voting period (January 2018) will do better than those that happened at the beginning or middle of the year.
This year, that was not the case as the total matches per month dropped considerably in the final few months of the year. While March and August (WrestleMania Weekend and G1 Climax, respectively) are bound to skew the data heavily in those months, we see October, November and December with lower numbers than a bulk of the year. Equally interesting is the low output at the beginning of the year. This may lend some credence to the idea that matches from 10+ months ago are harder to remember or harder to keep in someone’s top 10 while matches from the heart of the year remain strong. One of these days I’ll study our past years Match of the Year data and see if this trend was a one-year thing or more common.
Overall Point Distribution
This chart shows off just how dominant our top two (Okada vs. Shibata & Okada vs. Kenny Omega from January) matches were. Look where even the remainder of the top five are — they aren’t even close. This was a year led by two dominant matches and a bunch of pretenders.
Dispersal of First Place Votes
Speaking of those top two matches, they garnered an impressive 30.7% and 26.7% of all first-place votes. The third place match (Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega from June) received 13 first-place votes — 12.9%.
| Place | Match | Date | Promotion | First Place Votes | Total Votes | Overall Points | Average Points Per Vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata | 4/19 | NJPW | 31 | 79 | 774 | 9.8 |
| 2 | Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega | 1/4 | NJPW | 27 | 73 | 723 | 9.9 |
| 3 | Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega | 6/11 | NJPW | 13 | 46 | 413 | 9.0 |
| 4 | Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito | 8/13 | NJPW | 6 | 52 | 384 | 7.4 |
| 5 | Pete Dunne vs. Tyler Bate | 5/20 | WWE NXT | 2 | 55 | 344 | 6.3 |
| 6 | Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada | 8/12 | NJPW | 2 | 38 | 256 | 6.7 |
| 7 | WALTER vs. Ilja Dragunov | 3/12 | wXw | 4 | 26 | 211 | 8.1 |
| 8 | Will Ospreay vs. KUSHIDA | 6/3 | NJPW | 1 | 30 | 170 | 5.7 |
| 9 | Michael Elgin vs. Tetsuya Naito | 2/11 | NJPW | 1 | 26 | 138 | 5.3 |
| 10 | AJ Styles vs. John Cena | 1/29 | WWE | 1 | 23 | 111 | 4.8 |
| 11 | Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi | 1/4 | NJPW | 2 | 14 | 94 | 6.7 |
| 12 | AJ Styles vs. Brock Lesnar | 11/19 | WWE | 0 | 15 | 81 | 5.4 |
| 13 | Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi | 7/17 | NJPW | 0 | 16 | 79 | 4.9 |
| 14 | Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki | 8/8 | NJPW | 1 | 15 | 76 | 5.1 |
| 15 | Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kenny Omega | 7/2 | NJPW | 0 | 17 | 75 | 4.4 |
| 16 | The Usos vs. The New Day | 10/8 | WWE | 1 | 8 | 61 | 7.6 |
| 17 | Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito | 8/11 | NJPW | 0 | 15 | 60 | 4.0 |
| 18 | Hideki Suzuki vs. Yuji Okabayashi | 5/5 | BJW | 2 | 6 | 57 | 9.5 |
| 19 | Rush vs. LA Park | 3/11 | Bacaral | 2 | 8 | 54 | 6.8 |
| 20 | Killshot vs. Dante Fox | 9/27 | Lucha Underground | 1 | 8 | 54 | 6.8 |
| 21 | Brock Lesnar vs. Samoa Joe vs. Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman | 8/20 | WWE | 0 | 14 | 53 | 3.8 |
| 22 | Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin | 7/22 | NJPW | 0 | 11 | 50 | 4.5 |
| 23 | Masashi Takeda vs. Masaya Takahashi | 12/17 | BJW | 0 | 13 | 49 | 3.8 |
| 24 | Will Ospreay vs. Zach Sabre Jr. | 11/10 | RPW | 0 | 10 | 47 | 4.7 |
| 25 | Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kenny Omega | 5/3 | NJPW | 0 | 10 | 47 | 4.7 |
| 26 | Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi | 11/5 | NJPW | 0 | 12 | 45 | 3.8 |
| 27 | Authors of Pain vs. DIY vs. Revival | 4/1 | WWE NXT | 0 | 9 | 43 | 4.8 |
| 28 | Konosuke Takeshita vs. HARASHIMA | 3/20 | DDT | 1 | 6 | 43 | 7.2 |
| 29 | Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata | 1/4 | NJPW | 0 | 11 | 41 | 3.7 |
| 30 | WALTER vs. David Starr | 10/28 | wXw | 0 | 9 | 39 | 4.3 |
| 31 | Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee | 2/11 | NJPW | 0 | 9 | 37 | 4.1 |
| 32 | Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar | 4/2 | WWE | 0 | 11 | 36 | 3.3 |
| 33 | Velveteen Dream vs. Aleister Black | 11/18 | WWE NXT | 1 | 8 | 35 | 4.4 |
| 34 | Tomohiro Ishii vs. Keith Lee | 11/9 | RPW | 0 | 8 | 35 | 4.4 |
| 35 | Chip Day vs. Trevor Lee | 3/25 | CWF Mid-Atlantic | 1 | 5 | 35 | 7.0 |
| 36 | Chuck Taylor vs. Zack Sabre Jr | 7/7 | PWG | 0 | 6 | 33 | 5.5 |
| 37 | Zack Sabre Jr vs. Michael Elgin | 5/6 | AAW | 0 | 5 | 27 | 5.4 |
| 38 | Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay | 5/18 | NJPW | 0 | 6 | 26 | 4.3 |
| 39 | Authors of Pain vs. DIY | 5/20 | WWE NXT | 0 | 5 | 26 | 5.2 |
| 40 | Mayu Iwatani vs. Io Shirai | 6/21 | STARDOM | 1 | 3 | 25 | 8.3 |
| 41 | Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi | 6/11 | NJPW | 0 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 |
| 42 | Keith Lee vs. Donovan Dijak | 9/3 | PWG | 0 | 6 | 22 | 3.7 |
| 43 | WALTER vs. David Starr WXW | 3/10 | wXw | 0 | 5 | 22 | 4.4 |
| 44 | WrestleCon 10 Man Tag | 3/31 | WrestleCon | 0 | 4 | 21 | 5.3 |
| 45 | The New Day vs. The Usos | 8/20 | WWE | 0 | 4 | 21 | 5.3 |
| 46 | Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Susumu Yokosuka | 11/3 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 3 | 21 | 7.0 |
| 47 | KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi | 1/4 | NJPW | 0 | 7 | 20 | 2.9 |
| 48 | SUWAMA vs. Kento Miyahara | 10/9 | AJPW | 0 | 4 | 19 | 4.8 |
| 49 | Minoru Suzuki vs. Sanshiro Takagi | 6/1 | DDT | 0 | 3 | 19 | 6.3 |
| 50 | South Pacific Power Trip vs. Ringkampf | 1/29 | PROGRESS | 0 | 5 | 18 | 3.6 |
| 51 | Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Hikaru Shida | 8/20 | OZ Academy | 0 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 |
| 52 | Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin | 7/27 | NJPW | 0 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 |
| 53 | CK-1 vs. Speed Muscle | 7/23 | Dragon Gate | 1 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 |
| 54 | Gunner Miller vs. Matt Riddle | 8/5 | Scenic City Invitational | 0 | 3 | 18 | 6.0 |
| 55 | Psycho Clown vs. Dr.Wagner Jr | 8/27 | AAA | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 |
| 56 | Jeff Cobb vs. Matt Riddle | 5/28 | PROGRESS | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 |
| 57 | Nick Gage vs. Matt Tremont | 6/3 | GCW | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 |
| 58 | Timothy Thatcher vs. Zack Sabre Jr. | 2/25 | EVOLVE | 0 | 3 | 17 | 5.7 |
| 59 | Barbaro Cavernario & Volador Jr. vs. Ultimo Guerrero & Valiente | 2/24 | CMLL | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8.5 |
| 60 | Kento Miyahara vs. Bodyguard | 2/26 | AJPW | 0 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 |
| 61 | Cavernario vs. Volador Jr. | 6/20 | CMLL | 0 | 3 | 16 | 5.3 |
| 62 | Iron Kid vs. Demus | 6/18 | Lucha Memes | 0 | 2 | 16 | 8.0 |
| 63 | Pete Dunne vs. Tyler Bate | 1/15 | WWE | 0 | 4 | 15 | 3.8 |
| 64 | Matt Riddle vs. Walter | 7/9 | PROGRESS | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 |
| 65 | CWF Rumble | 10/14 | CWF Mid-Atlantic | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 |
| 66 | Will Ospreay vs. Adam Brooks | 8/5 | MCW | 0 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 |
| 67 | South Pacific Power Trip vs. Sami Callihan/Shane Strickland | 3/31 | PROGRESS | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 |
| 68 | Dick Togo vs. Daisuke Sasaki | 4/14 | DDT / DAMNATION | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 |
| 69 | Cassandra Miyagi, DASH Chisako & Meiko Satomura vs. Pete Dunne, Trent Seven & Tyler Bate | 9/3 | CHIKARA | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 |
| 70 | Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Brian Cage | 7/27 | Pro Wrestling NOAH | 0 | 3 | 14 | 4.7 |
| 71 | CIMA, Dragon Kid & Eita vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino & Kotoka vs. Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk & El Lindaman | 9/5 | Dragon Gate | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 71 | Kotori & Riho vs. Masahiro Takanashi & Emi Sakura | 3/28 | Gatoh Move | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 71 | Matt Tremont vs. Nick Gage | 9/16 | GCW | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 71 | Jushin Liger vs. Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll vs. KUSHIDA | 7/8 | RPW | 1 | 1 | 14 | 14.0 |
| 75 | Kenoh vs. Eddie Edwards | 12/22 | Pro Wrestling NOAH | 0 | 4 | 13 | 3.3 |
| 76 | YAMATO & Kzy & BxB Hulk vs. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino & Jason Lee | 12/23 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 |
| 76 | Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Negro Navarro | 4/28 | Lucha Memes | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 |
| 78 | Go Shiozaki vs. Kenoh | 11/19 | Pro Wrestling NOAH | 0 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 |
| 79 | Taichi vs. TAKA Michinoku | 5/18 | NJPW | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 |
| 79 | Ilja Dragunov vs. John Klinger | 12/23 | wXw | 0 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 |
| 81 | WALTER vs. Zack Sabre Jr. | 10/21 | PWG | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2.4 |
| 82 | Kento Miyahara vs. Shuji Ishikawa | 8/27 | AJPW | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2.4 |
| 83 | Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kenoh | 10/14 | Pro Wrestling NOAH | 0 | 4 | 12 | 3.0 |
| 84 | Prince Puma vs. Johnny Mundo | 10/18 | Lucha Underground | 0 | 3 | 12 | 4.0 |
| 85 | Daga/Penta vs. LA Park/Rey Escorpion | 3/1 | AULL | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.0 |
| 86 | Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama vs. Kento Miyahara & Yoshitatsu | 12/12 | AJPW | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2.8 |
| 87 | Timothy Thatcher vs. Daniel Makabe | 7/28 | 3-2-1 BATTLE! | 0 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 |
| 88 | Daisuke Harada vs. Minoru Tanaka | 12/23 | Pro Wrestling NOAH | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 |
| 89 | Fenix/Penta vs. Ricochet/Matt Sydal vs. Young Bucks | 3/18 | PWG | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 |
| 90 | Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Chris Hero | 1/28 | EVOLVE | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2.5 |
| 91 | Will Ospreay vs. Robbie Eagles vs. Adam Brooks | 8/19 | MCW | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 |
| 91 | British Strong Style (Pete Dunne, Trent Seven & Tyler Bate) vs. Ringkampf (Axel Dieter Jr., Timothy Thatcher & WALTER) | 4/23 | PROGRESS | 0 | 3 | 10 | 3.3 |
| 93 | Low Ki vs. Sami Callihan | 3/17 | AAW | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 |
| 94 | Travis Banks vs. Tyler Bate | 5/29 | PROGRESS | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 |
| 95 | Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens | 10/8 | WWE | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 |
| 96 | Hideki Suzuki vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani | 5/25 | BJW | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 |
| 96 | Kenny Omega vs. Michael Elgin | 7/1 | NJPW | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 |
| 96 | Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns | 4/30 | WWE | 0 | 2 | 10 | 5.0 |
| 99 | The Young Bucks vs. Matt and Jeff Hardy | 4/1 | Ring of Honor | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 |
| 100 | Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino vs. Jimmy Susumu & Ryo "Jimmy" Saito | 8/8 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 |
| 101 | Mike Bailey vs. Will Ospreay | 8/24 | WCPW | 0 | 3 | 9 | 3.0 |
| 102 | Flamita vs. Fenix | 10/5 | The Crash | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 |
| 103 | Ben-K, Big R Shimizu, Naruki Doi, and Takehiro Yamamura vs. Cyber Kong, El Lindaman, Shingo Takagi, and T-Hawk | 2/2 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 |
| 103 | Takehiro Yamamura vs. Big R Shimizu | 2/2 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 |
| 105 | Taya vs. Ayako Hamada | 4/21 | AAA | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 |
| 105 | Sekimoto/Sato vs. Takagi/Okabayashi | 9/20 | BJW | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4.5 |
| 107 | Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Takashi Sugiura | 1/7 | Pro Wrestling NOAH | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 107 | Rey Fénix vs. Flamita | 11/29 | The Crash | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 |
| 109 | Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kenny Omega | 3/12 | NJPW | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 |
| 110 | Keith Lee vs. Donovan Dijak | 3/31 | EVOLVE | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4.0 |
| 111 | Danshoku Dino vs. Joey Ryan | 3/20 | DDT | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 111 | BxB Hulk & Kzy vs. Masaaki Mochizuki & Susumu Yokosuka | 12/1 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 |
| 113 | Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki | 2/5 | NJPW | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3.5 |
| 114 | Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi | 1/2 | BJW | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 114 | Trevor Lee vs. Alex Daniels | 4/29 | CWF Mid-Atlantic | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 114 | CIMA, Dragon Kid, Eita, Takehiro Yamamura & Naruki Doi vs. Shingo Takagi, T-Hawk, El Lindaman, YASSHI & Punch Tominaga | 3/8 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 114 | Arisa Nakajima vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto | 3/26 | Ice Ribbon | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 114 | Jordan Devlin vs. Matt Riddle | 11/4 | OTT | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 114 | Atsushi Kotoge & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Go Shiozaki & Maybach Taniguchi | 1/7 | Pro Wrestling NOAH | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 114 | Hechicero vs. Caifan | 1/6 | Promociones Cholo de Tijuana | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 114 | Yoko Bito vs. Takumi Iroha | 10/17 | STARDOM | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 114 | AJ Styles vs. Finn Balor | 10/22 | WWE | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 123 | Travis Banks vs. Will Ospreay | 12/30 | PROGRESS | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 |
| 123 | Shotaro Ashino vs. Jiro Kuroshio | 9/2 | Wrestle-1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 |
| 125 | Gran Prix Torneo Cibernetico | 9/1 | CMLL | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 |
| 126 | Undisputed Era vs. Sanity vs. Authors of Pain & Roderick Strong | 11/18 | WWE NXT | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3.0 |
| 127 | Gringo Loco/Steve Pain vs. DJZ/Laredo Kid vs. Flip Kendrick/Facade vs. Cheech/Colin Delaney | 3/24 | AIW | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 127 | Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Hideki Suzuki | 3/30 | BJW | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 127 | Angel de Oro vs. Caristico vs. Dragon Lee vs. El Barbaro Cavernario vs. Euforia vs. Gran Guerrero vs. Hechicero vs. La Mascara vs. Luciferno vs. Maximo Sexy vs. Mephisto vs. Mistico vs. Niebla Roja vs. Titan vs. Valiente vs. Volador Jr. | 4/7 | CMLL | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 127 | Konosuke Takeshita vs. KUDO | 1/29 | DDT | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 127 | YAMATO vs. Masaaki Mochizuki | 9/18 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 127 | Hiromu Takahashi vs. KUSHIDA | 4/9 | NJPW | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 127 | KUSHIDA vs. Ryusuke Taguchi | 5/29 | NJPW | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 127 | Jack Sexsmith vs. Paul Robinson | 4/23 | PROGRESS | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 127 | Psycho Mike Rollins vs. Braxton Sutter | 8/13 | Smash Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 127 | Ringkampf vs. Massive Product | 10/8 | wXw | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 |
| 137 | Zach Sabre Jr vs. Tomohiro Ishii | 8/11 | NJPW | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1.7 |
| 138 | Zack Sabre Jr vs. Lio Rush | 5/21 | EVOLVE | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 |
| 138 | KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Tanahashi | 6/11 | NJPW | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 |
| 138 | Axel Dieter Jr. & WALTER vs. Jurn Simmons & David Starr | 2/24 | wXw | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 |
| 141 | Cavernario and Volador Jr. vs. Ultimo Guerrero and Valiente | 11/17 | CMLL | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 141 | Kazusada Higuchi vs. Konosuke Takeshita | 1/17 | DDT | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 141 | Konosuke Takeshita vs. Mike Bailey | 7/2 | DDT | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 141 | Big Boss MA-G-MA & Black Buffalo vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Shigehiro Irie | 7/16 | DDT | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 141 | Matt Riddle vs. Kyle O’Reilly | 5/6 | OTT | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 141 | Corey Hollis vs. David Starr | 5/21 | PWX | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 141 | Matt Taven vs. Flip Gordon | 11/11 | Ring of Honor | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 141 | Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Marty Scurll | 1/21 | RPW | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 141 | Asuka vs. Nikki Cross | 6/28 | WWE NXT | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5.0 |
| 150 | Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Yuji Nagata | 7/23 | NJPW | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1.3 |
| 151 | South Pacific Power Trip | 4/1 | WWN | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 |
| 152 | Kento Miyahara vs. Shuji Ishikawa | 5/21 | AJPW | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 152 | El Soberano Jr., Rey Cometa & The Panther vs. El Cuatrero, Forastero & Sanson | 8/4 | CMLL | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 152 | Trevor Lee vs. Nick Richards | 6/24 | CWF Mid-Atlantic | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 152 | Jimmy Kagetora vs. Takehiro Yamamura | 5/5 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 152 | Keith Lee vs. Ricochet | 3/30 | EVOLVE | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 152 | Joey Janela vs. Marty Jannetty | 3/30 | GCW | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 152 | Caifan vs. Mr Niebla | 12/24 | Lucha Memes | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 152 | Tiger Mask W vs. Kazuchika Okada | 3/6 | NJPW | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 152 | Mark Andrews vs. Flamita | 5/27 | PROGRESS | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 152 | Sareee vs. Yoshiko | 3/16 | SEAdLINNNG | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 152 | Drew McIntyre vs. Andrade Cien Almas | 11/18 | WWE NXT | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 152 | The Rottweilers (Homicide & Low Ki) vs. Ringkampf (WALTER & Timothy Thatcher) | 10/7 | wXw | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 |
| 164 | Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi vs. Naoya Nomura & KAI | 8/27 | AJPW | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 164 | Hideki Suzuki vs. Daisuke Sekimoto | 3/5 | BJW | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 164 | Big Show vs. Braun Strowman | 2/20 | WWE | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1.5 |
| 167 | Soberano Jr. vs. Sanson | 4/28 | CMLL | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Roy Wilkins vs. Snooty Foxx | 5/13 | CWF Mid-Atlantic | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | HARASHIMA vs. Tetsuya Endo | 6/25 | DDT | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Takehiro Yamamura | 2/12 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Shingo Takagi vs. BxB Hulk | 6/1 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Big R Shimizu | 9/5 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | James Drake, Anthony Henry vs. Jaka, Chris Dickinson | 7/8 | EVOLVE | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Go Shiozaki and Naoya Nomura vs. Yuji Okabayashi and Kaito Kiyomiya | 6/14 | Fortune Dream | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Fenix/Penta vs. DJZ/Billy Star vs. Gringo Loco/Skayde Jr. | 9/10 | GALLI | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Maya Yukihi vs. Risa Sera | 8/27 | Ice Ribbon | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Masahito Kakihara vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara | 8/14 | Kakiride | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Extreme Tiger vs. Virus | 7/15 | Lucha Memes | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Kenny Omega vs. Minoru Suzuki | 7/20 | NJPW | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Kenny Omega vs. Toru Yano | 7/22 | NJPW | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Mike Bailey vs. Matt Riddle | 10/7 | OTT | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | SPPT vs. Mustache Mountain | 3/19 | PROGRESS | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Delilah Doom vs. Eli Everfly | 8/5 | Sabotage Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Arisa Nakajima vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto | 5/24 | SEAdLINNNG | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 167 | Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Misaki Ohata & Ryo Mizunami | 8/24 | SEAdLINNNG | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 |
| 186 | Zeuxis vs. Princesa Sugehit | 9/16 | CMLL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1.0 |
| 187 | Sam Adonis vs. Blue Panther Jr. | 8/4 | CMLL | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | El Lindaman vs. Takehiro Yamamura | 8/26 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Nick Gage vs. Matt Tremont | 12/16 | GCW | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Trevor Lee vs. Michael Elgin | 6/3 | MVW | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Minoru Suzuki vs. Hirooki Goto | 6/11 | NJPW | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | The Young Bucks vs. Roppongi Vice | 6/11 | NJPW | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Yuji Nagata vs. Tomohiro Ishii | 8/1 | NJPW | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Arik Royal vs. Logan Easton LaRoux | 9/22 | NOVA Pro | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Pete Dunne, Trent Seven & Tyler Bate vs. Angel Cruz, B. Cool & Tyler Bate | 6/4 | OTT | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Fenix/Penta/Daga vs. Sami Callahan/OI4K | 10/6 | PCW | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Zack Sabre Jr. & Marty Scurll vs. Chuck Taylor and Trent | 3/18 | PWG | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Will Ospreay vs. Jay White | 5/12 | Ring of Honor | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Sebastian Suave vs. Rosemary | 4/9 | Smash Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Kairi Hojo vs. Jungle Kyona | 2/23 | STARDOM | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Io Shirai & Meiko Satomura vs. Mayu Iwatani & Chihiro Hashimoto | 3/9 | STARDOM | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Braun Strowman vs. Big Show | 4/17 | WWE | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | John Cena vs. Roman Reigns | 9/24 | WWE | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 187 | Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas | 8/19 | WWE NXT | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 |
| 205 | Drew Galloway vs. DJZ | 3/17 | AAW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Keith Lee vs. Sami Callihan | 7/15 | AAW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Sammy Guevera vs. ACH | 11/25 | AAW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Matt Tremont vs. Matt Riddle | 3/19 | Beyond Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto vs. Jaki Numazawa & Kenji Fukimoto | 9/20 | BJW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Microman & El Gallito vs. Zacarias El Perico & Mije | 4/30 | CMLL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Micro Man & Gallito vs. Chamuel & Mije | 9/5 | CMLL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Konosuke Takeshita vs. Keisuke Ishii | 7/23 | DDT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Susumu Yokosuka vs. Shun Skywalker | 12/3 | Dragon Gate | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Keith Lee | 9/23 | EVOLVE | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Love Making Demon vs. Jack Sexsmith | 9/16 | GOOD Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Scott Steiner and Josh Mathews vs. Jeremy Borash and Joseph Park | 7/2 | Impact Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Prince Puma vs. Dante Fox | 8/2 | Lucha Underground | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Kazuchika Okada vs. Satoshi Kojima | 7/27 | NJPW | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Jordan Devlin vs. Speedball Mike Bailey | 2/4 | OTT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Jordan Devlin vs. David Starr | 9/2 | OTT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Jordan Devlin vs. Shane Strickland | 9/24 | OTT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Atsushi Kotoge & Go Shiozaki vs. Maybach Taniguchi & Naomichi Marufuji | 4/5 | Pro Wrestling NOAH | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Meiko Satomura vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto | 4/6 | Sendai Girls | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Mike Bailey vs. Matt Riddle | 12/17 | Smash Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Desmond Xavier vs. Shane Strickland vs. Fenix | 2/19 | Wrestle Circus | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Braun Strowman vs. Big Show | 4/9 | WWE | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Asuka vs. Ember Moon | 8/19 | WWE NXT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Pete Dunne vs. Johnny Gargano | 11/22 | WWE NXT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 205 | Johnny Gargano vs. Kassius Ohno | 12/6 | WWE NXT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 208 | Asuka vs. Ember Moon | 8/19 | WWE NXT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 208 | Pete Dunne vs. Johnny Gargano | 11/22 | WWE NXT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
| 208 | Johnny Gargano vs. Kassius Ohno | 12/6 | WWE NXT | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 |
