The Dog Collar match between the FTR vs. The Briscoes perfectly represented the beautiful brutality that makes us all love pro wrestling. 

FTR and The Briscoes steal the show at WrestleMania Weekend with the first match of their unbelievable trilogy. 

Two all-time greats—Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay—create pro wrestling perfection in this iconic G1 Climax match.

“Hangman” Adam Page and Bryan Danielson kick off AEW’s exceptional in-ring year with an unforgettable bloody and brutal war.

As voter Andrew Rich put it so eloquently, “(Anarchy in the Arena) wasn’t a match, this was an 8-ball of speed injected straight into your brain stem.”

The first of two Will Ospreay vs. Kazuchika Okada matches in our Top 10 as the two cap off Wrestle Kingdom with one of the year's best matches. Voices of Wrestling 2022 Match of the Year Archives Introduction & Honorable Mentions Matches #100-76 Matches #75-51...

A multi-year feud between generational rivals Syuri and Giulia culminates in one of the year’s best matches. 

El Desperado and Jun Kasai create pure pro wrestling magic in this emotional and violent deathmatch.

In the year of the dog collar, CM Punk and MJF conclude their long-standing feud with a bloodbath for the ages. 

The first of three FTR vs. The Briscoes matches in the Voices of Wrestling 2022 Match of the Year Top 10 was their July two-out-of-three falls match. 

The Voices of Wrestling 2022 Match of the Year countdown continues with the first of our Top 25 matches — ones that just missed our Top 10! 

The first batch of matches to finish in the Top 50 of Voices of Wrestling’s 2022 Match of the Year countdown.

Voices of Wrestling’s 2022 Match of the Year countdown continues with matches #75-51. Great matches that finished just outside our Top 50.

The Voices of Wrestling 2022 Match of the Year countdown officially starts with matches #100-76!

S. Dakota Jones brings his unique perspective to the VOW 2021 Match of the Year poll breaking down the list in cleverly-named tiers.

Analyzing the results of VOW’s 2021 Match of the Year poll looking at dominant matches, individual debuts, top individuals & more!

An emotional and physical rollercoaster of a cage match, The Lucha Brothers vs. The Young Bucks top our 2021 Match of the Year list. 

Kenny Omega welcomes “The American Dragon” Bryan Danielson back to professional wrestling with an all-time classic TV wrestling match. 

A 60-minute masterclass in professional wrestling between “Hangman” Adam Page and Bryan Danielson. 

Two all-time greats in Will Ospreay and Shingo Takagi put together the best NJPW match of 2021. 

The highest-ranked Joshi match in the history of our poll is a well-deserved nod to incredible performances from Utami Hayashishita and Syuri. 

Two lifelong rivals—WALTER and Ilja Dragunov—hold nothing back in this brutal classic. 

One of the most emotionally charged matches of the year sees bitter rivals Kota Ibushi and Jay White face off in the Tokyo Dome. 

Four days into the year, Kazuchika Okada and Will Ospreay battle it out in one of 2021’s best matches. 

A bloody, brutal and now iconic lights-out match between Thunder Rosa and Dr. Britt Baker. 

#10 in VOW 2021 Match of the Year: Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shingo Takagi battle in a classic NEVER Openweight Title match. 

The top 25 countdown in Voices of Wrestling’s 2021 Match of the Year begins! 

Some of the year’s standout matches just miss the cut of the top 25 in Voices of Wrestling’s 2021 Match of the Year! 

Deathmatches, cage matches, tournament finals and so much more highlight matches 75 through 51 in Voices of Wrestling’s 2021 Match of the Year! 

A breakdown of the wrestler data coming out of the VOW 2020 Match of the Year poll. Who was the Wrestler of the Year in 2020?

A look at our 2020 Match of the Year poll and how the results shook out for various promotions around the world.

A look at how our 2020 Match of the Year voting shook out a bit different than normal, largely due to COVID-19 and its effects on wrestling.

Here are the matches that finished in the Top 10 of Voices of Wrestling’s 2020 Match of the Year countdown. 

The AEW Revolution tag match of The Young Bucks vs Hangman Page & Kenny Omega tops the VOW 2020 Match of the Year list. 

After years of disappointment and heartbreak, Tetsuya Naito finally reaches the top of the NJPW mountain. 

Okada and Ibushi duel in Night 1 of NJPW’s two-night Wrestle Kingdom spectacular. 

One of the most brutal, hard-hitting matches in pro wrestling history. 

Hiromu Takahashi completes his miraculous comeback by tearing the house down with Will Ospreay. 

The highest-ranking Pro Wrestling NOAH match in the nine-year history of our MOTY is 2020’s most brutal encounter. 

The emotional Best of the Super Juniors Final years in the making. 

Wrestler of the Year candidate Go Shiozaki and former partner Katsuhiko Nakajima go to war in Pro Wrestling NOAH’s first Top 10 match ever.

After nine years, Dragongate finally makes it into the Top 10 with this historical multi-man tag. 

Just days before AEW Revolution, Kenny Omega and PAC battle in a televised 30-minute Iron Man Match.

The exclusive reveal of VOW’s 2020 Match of the Year Top 10 is live on our $5 tier! Joe & Rich break down the MOTY poll, fun stats/facts, reveal their top 10 matches of the year then reveal for the first time ever the matches that finished in the top 10! Listen:...

U.S. Wrestling is dominated by two major companies but there are plenty of other promotions who made a name for themselves this year.

An analysis and breakdown of how women’s wrestling matches fared in the 2019 VOW MOTY Poll.

A look at some statistics from the Match of the Year poll and how our voters compare to the man himself, Dave Meltzer, and the GRAPPL users.

A look at some wrestler and promotion stats and graphs from the Voices of Wrestling 2019 Match of the Year poll. Who came out on top this year?

The ten best pro wrestling matches of 2019. 

VOW’s 2019 Match of the Year countdown enters its final stages with the first batch of top 25 matches as voted by our panel of experts.

The 2019 Voices of Wrestling Match of the Year countdown continues with the first batch of our Top 50 matches.

The 2019 MOTY continues with matches 75 through 51 featuring deathmatches, Joshi, mainstream American wrestling and everything in-between!

The 2019 Match of the Year countdown begins with matches ranked #100-76 including our infamous one vote, one first-place vote matches!

Welcome to the eighth annual Voices of Wrestling Match of the Year Poll.