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New Japan Pro-Wrestling NJPW 37 7 2 All Elite Wrestling: AEW 18 6.5 3 World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment: WWF/WWE 4 5.5 4 All Japan Pro Wrestling: AJPW 3 5.25 5 Ring of Honor ROH 2 5.5 Total Nonstop Action Wrestling/Impact Wrestling: TNA/Impact World Wonder Ring Stardom: Stardom 8 Revolution Pro Wrestling RevPro 1
Ric Flair is a six-time winner of the category. The PWI Wrestler of the Year award recognizes the best professional wrestler of the year.Ric Flair has won the award a record six times, and remains the only wrestler with more than three wins; he also established the record for most consecutive wins with three from 1984 to 1986, with AJ Styles later tying that record in 2016-2018.
The highest number of events on the list have been promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), the largest professional wrestling promotion in Japan. NJPW's Collision in Korea , a two-day interpromotional supercard co-hosted with World Championship Wrestling , was the first-ever pro wrestling event held in North Korea and remains the most ...
The ambiguity of professional wrestling as a form of sports entertainment is further heightened by news media, which often cover professional wrestling matches and events as if they were genuine sports; for example, in 2024, Forbes ranked professional wrestling promotions WWE and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) among the world's "most valuable combat ...
Buddy Rogers vs. Bobo Brazil in a Best 2-out-of-3 Falls match for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship [41] 3. CWC: Buddy Rogers & Bob Orton vs. Johnny Valentine & Bearcat Wright January 22, 1962: New York City, New York: Madison Square Garden: 20,777 Buddy Rogers and Bob Orton vs. Johnny Valentine and Bearcat Wright in a Best 2-out-of-3 ...
Tokyo Sports, Wrestling Observer Newsletter, and Pro Wrestling Illustrated named the Wrestle Kingdom 11 main event the 2017 Match of the Year. Also, The Wrestling Observer Newsletter named Wrestle Kingdom the Best Major Show of the Year. In 2020, fans voted the Okada vs Omega match as the best Wrestle Kingdom match of all time. [86]
With a combined crowd of 355,000, it is the highest attended wrestling event of all-time. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The list is dominated by WCW's flagship Monday Nitro television program, which aired from various arenas and locations across the world during its 5-year run.
Won the title at a New Japan Pro-Wrestling event. [45] 54 One Man Gang: December 27, 1995: Starrcade: World Cup of Wrestling: Nashville, TN: 1 33: 32 Won in a post-PPV dark match. Although the match was restarted and Kensuke Sasaki subsequently retained the title, it was never acknowledged by WCW, nor is it acknowledged by WWE. [46] 55 Konnan ...