In der aktuellen Ausgabe des Wrestling Observer Newsletters war es wieder einmal so weit: Die Ergebnisse der alljährlichen Awards wurden veröffentlicht und die Gewinner der prestigeträchtigsten und vielleicht wichtigsten Jahresawards wurden bekannt gegeben.
Gewählt wird jedes Jahr von den WrestlingObserver/F4WOnline-Lesern, unter denen sich Fans, Experten/Journalisten und Wrestler befinden. Dies ist im Gegensatz zur PWI500 oder WWE’s Slammys keine Kayfabe-Wahl. In jeder A-Kategorie durften 5, 3 und 2 Punkte für die Plätze 1, 2 und 3 vergeben werden. (Bei den B-Kategorien konnte nur Platz 1 vergeben werden) Gewählt wurde Promotionübergreifend, wobei einige Kategorien in MMA und Pro-Wrestling getrennt wurden. In Klammern könnt ihr die Angabe der „Platz 1“ Wertungen sehen, während die Zahl dahinter die Gesamtpunktzahl darstellt. Bewertungszeitraum war 1. Januar 2021 bis 31. Dezember 2021.
LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER des Jahres)
1. KENNY OMEGA (629) 3,755
2. Roman Reigns (90) 1,636
3. Shingo Takagi (46) 1,604
4. Bryan Danielson (127) 1,411
5. Utami Hayashishita (134) 1,310
6. C.M. Punk (24) 566
7. Syuri (21) 254
8. Adam Page (11) 199
9. Katsuhiko Nakajima (4) 113
10. Jon Moxley (1) 72
Erwähnenswerte: Will Ospreay 62
Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Harley Race; 1981 - Harley Race; 1982 - Ric Flair; 1983 - Ric Flair; 1984 - Ric Flair; 1985 - Ric Flair; 1986 - Ric Flair; 1987 - Riki Choshu; 1988 - Akira Maeda; 1989 - Ric Flair; 1990 - Ric Flair; 1991 - Jumbo Tsuruta; 1992 - Ric Flair; 1993 - Vader; 1994 - Toshiaki Kawada; 1995 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 1996 - Kenta Kobashi; 1997 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 1998 - Steve Austin; 1999 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 2000 - HHH; 2001 - Keiji Muto; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Kenta Kobashi; 2004 - Kenta Kobashi; 2005 - Kenta Kobashi; 2006 - Mistico; 2007 - John Cena; 2008 - Chris Jericho; 2009 - Chris Jericho; 2010 - John Cena; 2011 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2014 - Shinsuke Nakamura; 2015 - A.J. Styles; 2016 - A.J. Styles; 2017 - Kazuchika Okada; 2018 - Kenny Omega; 2019 - Chris Jericho; 2020 - Jon Moxley
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE (Wertvollster MMA Fighter)
1. KAMARU USMAN (262) 1,807
2. Dustin Poirier (87) 944
3. Conor McGregor (102) 746
4. Charles Oliveira (9) 314
5. Rose Namajunas (10) 218
6. Israel Adesanya (4) 170
7. Francis Ngannou (23) 135
8. Amanda Nunes (4) 111
9. Valentina Shevchenko 66
10. Michael Chandler (2) 62
New category in 2007. Highest place winner from MMA in previous Thesz/Flair award balloting: 1994 - Royce Gracie; 1995 - Ken Shamrock; 1996 - Mark Coleman; 1997 - Maurice Smith; 1998 - Frank Shamrock; 1999 - Frank Shamrock; 2000 - Kazushi Sakuraba; 2001 - Kazushi Sakuraba; 2002 - Bob Sapp; 2003 - Randy Couture; 2004 - Wanderlei Silva; 2005 - Kid Yamamoto; 2006 - Tito Ortiz
Bisherige Gewinner: 2007 - Randy Couture; 2008 - Brock Lesnar; 2009 - Brock Lesnar; 2010 - Brock Lesnar; 2011 - Georges St-Pierre; 2012 - Anderson Silva; 2013 - Georges St-Pierre; 2014 - Ronda Rousey; 2015 - Ronda Rousey; 2016 - Conor McGregor; 2017 - George s St-Pierre; 2018 - Conor McGregor; 2019 - Jorge Masvidal; 2020 - Khabib Nurmagomedov
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER (Bester Wrestler)
1. SHINGO TAKAGI (366) 2,767
2. Bryan Danielson (319) 2,647
3. Kenny Omega (218) 2,108
4. Will Ospreay (54) 960
5. Syuri (66) 615
6. Rey Fenix (10) 320
7. Utami Hayashishita (20) 303
8. Tomohiro Ishii (2) 184
9. Tam Nakano (24) 182
10. Katsuhiko Nakajima (17) 179
Erwähnenswerte: Kazuchika Okada 122, Zack Sabre Jr. 107, Kota Ibushi 81, Jonathan Gresham 62, Nick Jackson 61
Bisherige Gewinner: 1986 - Ric Flair; 1987 - Ric Flair; 1988 - Tatsumi Fujinami; 1989 - Ric Flair; 1990 - Jushin Liger; 1991 - Jushin Liger; 1992 - Jushin Liger; 1993 - Kenta Kobashi; 1994 - Kenta Kobashi; 1995 - Manami Toyota; 1996 - Rey Misterio Jr.; 1997 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 1998 - Koji Kanemoto; 1999 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 2000 - Chris Benoit; 2001 - Kurt Angle; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Kurt Angle; 2004 - Chris Benoit; 2005 - Samoa Joe; 2006 - Bryan Danielson; 2007 - Bryan Danielson; 2008 - Bryan Danielson; 2009 - Bryan Danielson; 2010 - Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson); 2011 - Davey Richards; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2014 - A.J. Styles; 2015 - A.J. Styles; 2016 - A.J. Styles; 2017 - Kazuchika Okada; 2018 - Kenny Omega; 2019 - Will Ospreay; 2020 - Kenny Omega
MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR (Bester MMA Kämpfer)
1. KAMARU USMAN (354) 1,952
2. Charles Oliveira (79) 1,034
3. Valentina Shevchenko (2) 289
4. Rose Namajunas (3) 274
5. Francis Ngannou (9) 122
6. Dustin Poirier (8) 113
7. Brandon Moreno 74
8. Julianna Pena (4) 72
9. Islam Makhachev (7) 65
Alexander Volkanovski 65
Erwähnenswerte: Michael Chandler 63
Bisherige Gewinner: 1997 - Maurice Smith; 1998 - Frank Shamrock; 1999 - Frank Shamrock; 2000 - Kazushi Sakuraba; 2001 - Wanderlei Silva; 2002 - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira; 2003 - Randy Couture; 2004 - Wanderlei Silva; 2005 - Fedor Emelianenko; 2006 - Mirko Cro Cop; 2007 - Quinton Jackson; 2008 - Georges St. Pierre; 2009 - Georges St. Pierre; 2010 - Georges St. Pierre; 2011 - Jon Jones; 2012 - Anderson Silva; 2013 - Cain Velasquez; 2014 - Ronda Rousey; 2015 - Conor McGregor; 2016 - Conor McGregor; 2017 - Demetrious Johnson; 2018 - Daniel Cormier; 2019 - Israel Adesanya; 2020 - Israel Adesanya
TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR (Tag Team des Jahres)
1. YOUNG BUCKS (740) 4,405
2. Penta & Rey Fenix (124) 2,485
3. FTR (111) 1,233
4. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi (23) 649
5. Syuri & Giulia (4) ` 283
6. Usos (2) 236
7. Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus 173
8. Randy Orton & Riddle (1) 114
9. Mark & Jay Briscoe (2) 112
10. Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher (Aussie Open) 83
Erwähnenswerte: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi 82, Sting & Darby Allin 68
Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Freebirds (Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts); 1981 - Terry Gordy & Jimmy Snuka; 1982 - Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson; 1983 - Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood; 1984 - Road Warriors; 1985 - British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith); 1986 - Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton); 1987 - Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane); 1988 - Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane); 1989 - The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty); 1990 - Rick & Scott Steiner; 1991 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada; 1992 - Miracle Violence Combination (Steve Williams & Terry Gordy); 1993 - Hollywood Blondes (Brian Pillman & Steve Austin); 1994 - Los Gringos Locos (Love Machine Art Barr & Eddie Guerrero); 1995 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi; 1996 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama; 1997 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama; 1998 - Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa; 1999 - Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama; 2000 - Edge & Christian; 2001 - TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima); 2002 - Eddie & Chavo Guerrero; 2003 - KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji; 2004 - KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji; 2005 - America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm); 2006 - LAX (Homicide & Hernandez); 2007 - Mark & Jay Briscoe; 2008 - The Miz & John Morrison; 2009 - Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards; 2010 - Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli; 2011 - Giant Bernard (Tensai) & Karl Anderson; 2012 - Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian; 2013 - The Shield (Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns); 2014 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2015 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2016 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2017 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2018 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2019 - Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix; 2020 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
BEST ON INTERVIEWS (Bestes Mic-Work)
1. MJF (329) 2,641
2. Eddie Kingston (266) 2,479
3. C.M. Punk (247) 2,384
4. Jon Moxley (12) 404
5. Dan Lambert (18) 308
6. Roman Reigns (24)` 262
7. Paul Heyman (15) 248
8. Don Callis (44) 241
9. Bryan Danielson (7) 164
10. Miro (2) 138
Erwähnenswerte: Zack Sabre Jr. 107, Britt Baker 91, Tam Nakano 64, Edge 62
Bisherige Gewinner: 1981 - Lou Albano and Roddy Piper (tied); 1982 - Roddy Piper; 1983 - Roddy Piper; 1984 - Jimmy Hart; 1985 - Jim Cornette; 1986 - Jim Cornette; 1987 - Jim Cornette; 1988 - Jim Cornette; 1989 - Terry Funk; 1990 - Arn Anderson; 1991 - Ric Flair; 1992 - Ric Flair; 1993 - Jim Cornette; 1994 - Ric Flair; 1995 - Cactus Jack (Mick Foley); 1996 - Steve Austin; 1997 - Steve Austin; 1998 - Steve Austin; 1999 - The Rock; 2000 - The Rock; 2001 - Steve Austin; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Chris Jericho; 2004 - Mick Foley; 2005 - Eddie Guerrero; 2006 - Mick Foley; 2007 - John Cena; 2008 - Chris Jericho; 2009 - Chris Jericho; 2010 - Chael Sonnen; 2011 - C.M. Punk; 2012 - C.M. Punk; 2013 - Paul Heyman; 2014 - Paul Heyman; 2015 - Conor McGregor; 2016 - Conor McGregor; 2017 - Conor McGregor; 2018 - Daniel Bryan; 2019 - Chris Jericho; 2020 - Eddie Kingston
PROMOTION OF THE YEAR (Promotion des Jahres)
1. ALL ELITE WRESTLING (817) 4,298
2. Stardom (158) 2,070
3. New Japan Pro Wrestling (17) 1,722
4. Game Changer Wrestling (7) 695
5. UFC (42) 645
6. World Wrestling Entertainment (3) 512
7. Pro Wrestling NOAH (10) 272
8. Impact Wrestling (1) 191
9. DDT 111
10. Dragon Gate (2) 75
Erwähnenswerte: Ring of Honor 64
Bisherige Gewinner - 1983 - Jim Crockett Promotions; 1984 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1985 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1986 - UWF (Mid South Wrestling); 1987 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1988 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1989 - Universal Wrestling Federation Japan; 1990 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1991 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1992 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1993 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1994 - AAA; 1995 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1996 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1997 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1998 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1999 - World Wrestling Federation; 2000 - World Wrestling Federation; 2001 - Pride Fighting Championships; 2002 - Pride Fighting Championships; 2003 - Pride Fighting Championships; 2004 - Pro Wrestling NOAH; 2005 - Pro Wrestling NOAH; 2006 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2007 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2008 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2009 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2010 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2011 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2012 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2013 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2014 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2015 - New Japan Pro Wrestling ; 2016 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2017 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2018 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2019 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2020 - All Elite Wrestling
BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW (Beste wöchentliche TV-Show)
1. AEW DYNAMITE (908) 4,716
2. AEW Rampage (35) 2,240
3. New Japan Strong (47) 1,230
4. WWE Smackdown (4) 704
5. Impact Wrestling (2) 305
6. WWE NXT 190
7. Ring of Honor Wrestling (9) 174
8. We are Stardom (8) 146
9. AEW Dark 109
10. WWE NXT U.K. 83
Bisherige Gewinner: 1983 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1984 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1985 - Mid South Wrestling; 1986 - Universal Wrestling Federation (Mid South Wrestling): 1987 - CWA 90 Minute Memphis live show; 1988 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1989 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1990 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1991 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1992 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1993 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1994 - Extreme Championship Wrestling; 1995 - Extreme Championship Wrestling; 1996 - Extreme Championship Wrestling; 1997 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1998 - WWF Raw is War; 1999 - WWF Raw is War; 2000 - WWF Raw is War; 2001 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 2002 - WWE Smackdown; 2003 - Pro Wrestling NOAH; 2004 - WWE Raw; 2005 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2006 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2007 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2008 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2009 - WWE Smackdown; 2010 - Ring of Honor; 2011 - WWE Smackdown; 2012 - TNA Impact; 2013 WWE NXT; 2014 - WWE NXT; 2015 - WWE NXT; 2016 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 2017 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 2018 - WWE NXT; 2019 - AEW Dynamite; 2020 - AEW Dynamite
PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR (Bestes Wrestlingmatch des Jahres)
1. YOUNG BUCKS VS. PENTA & FENIX 9/5 Chicago (288) 2,126
2. Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi 5/4 Fukuoka (182) 1,539
3. Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson 9/22 New York (103) 1,117
4. Bryan Danielson vs. Adam Page 12/15 Garland, TX (133) 1,093
5. Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri 6/12 Tokyo (151) 1,088
6. Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov 8/22 Orlando (58) 796
7. Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White 1/5 Tokyo (71) 550
8. Kenny Omega vs. Adam Page 11/13 Minneapolis (39) 490
9. Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi 3/21 Sendai (7) 231
10. Bryan Danielson vs. Minoru Suzuki 10/15 Miami (13) 208
Erwähnenswerte: Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii 9/18 Osaka 151, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shingo Takagi 1/30 Nagoya 127, Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri 12/29 Tokyo 127, Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay 1/4 Tokyo 119, Britt Baker vs. Thunder Rosa 3/17 Jacksonville 98, MJF vs. Darby Allin 11/13 Minneapolis 85, Tam Nakano vs. Giulia 3/3 Tokyo 70
Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera 5/19 New York Madison Square Garden; 1981 - Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter 4/21 New York Madison Square Garden; 1982 - Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) vs. Dynamite Kid 8/5 Tokyo; 1983 - Ric Flair vs. Harley Race 11/24 Greensboro; 1984 - Freebirds vs. Von Erichs 7/4 Fort Worth; 1985 - Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa) vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 6/12 Tokyo; 1986 - Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham 2/14 Orlando; 1987 - Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage 3/29 Pontiac; 1988 - Ric Flair vs. Sting 3/27 Greensboro; 1989 - Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat 4/2 New Orleans; 1990 - Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (Takuma Sano) 1/31 Osaka; 1991 - Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki 3/21 Tokyo; 1992 - Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 5/25 Sendai; 1993 - Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki 4/21 Osaka; 1994 - Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) 3/20 New York Madison Square Garden; 1995 - Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue 5/7 Tokyo; 1996 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace 6/7 Tokyo; 1997 - Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin 3/23 Chicago; 1998 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 10/31 Tokyo; 1999 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 6/11 Tokyo; 2000 - Atlantis vs. Villano III 3/17 Mexico City; 2001 - Keiji Muto vs. Genichiro Tenryu 6/8 Tokyo; 2002 - Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio 10/20 Little Rock; 2003 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 3/1 Tokyo; 2004 - Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama 7/10 Tokyo Dome; 2005 - Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe 10/1 New York; 2006 - Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi vs. Cima & Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino 3/31 Chicago; 2007 - Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima 8/25 New York; 2008 - Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho 10/5 Portland, OR; 2009 - Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels 4/5 Houston; 2010 - Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels 3/28 Phoenix; 2011 - John Cena vs. C.M. Punk 7/17 Chicago; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki 10/8 Tokyo; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 4/7 Tokyo; 2014 - A.J. Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki 8/1 Tokyo; 2015 - Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi 1/4 Tokyo; 2016 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 1/4 Tokyo; 2017 - Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada 1/4 Tokyo; 2018 - Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada 6/9 Osaka; 2019 - Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi 6/5 Tokyo; 2020 - Young Bucks vs. Kenny Omega & Adam Page 2/29 Chicago
MMA FIGHT OF THE YEAR (MMA Kampf des Jahres)
1. MICHAEL CHANDLER VS. JUSTIN GAETHJE NEW YORK (367) 1,953
2. Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega 9/25 Las Vegas (25) 722
3. Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez 11/13 Las Vegas (7) 273
4, Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler 5/15 Houston (9) 239
5. Julianna Pena vs. Amanda Nunes 12/11 Las Vegas (33) 219
6. Petr Yan vs. Corey Sandhagen 10/30 Abu Dhabi (2) 103
7. Jiri Prochazka vs. Dominick Reyes 5/1 Las Vegas (1) 94
8. Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Miguel Baeza 6/5 Las Vegas 50
9. Islam Makhachev vs. Dan Hooker 10/30 Abu Dhabi 42
10. Rose Namajunas vs. Zhang Weili 4/24 Jacksonville 41
Bisherige Gewinner: 1997 - Maurice Smith vs. Mark Coleman 7/27 Birmingham; 1998 - Jerry Bohlander vs. Kevin Jackson 3/13 New Orleans; 1999 - Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz 9/24 Lake Charles; 2000 - Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie 5/1 Tokyo Dome; 2001 - Randy Couture vs. Pedro Rizzo 5/4 Atlantic City; 2002 - Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 6/23 Saitama; 2003 - Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida 11/9 Tokyo Dome; 2004 - Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva 10/31 Saitama; 2005 - Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar 4/9 Las Vegas; 2006 - Diego Sanchez vs. Karo Parisyan 8/17 Las Vegas; 2007 - Randy Couture vs. Tim Sylvia 3/3 Columbus; 2008 - Forrest Griffin vs. Quinton Jackson 7/5 Las Vegas; 2009 - Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida 6/20 Las Vegas; 2010 - Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung 4/24 Sacramento; 2011 - Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio Shogun Rua 11/19 San Jose; 2012 - Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier 5/15 Fairfax, VA; 2013 - Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez 10/19 Houston; 2014 - Robbie Lawler vs. Johny Hendricks 3/15 Dallas; 2015 - Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald 7/11 Las Vegas; 2016 - Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit 1/02 Las Vegas; 2017 - Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi 12/10/2016 Toronto; 2018 - Justin Gaethje vs. Dustin Poirier 4/14 Glendale, AZ; 2019 - Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum 4/3 Atlanta, GA; 2020 Weili Zhang vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk 3/7 Las Vegas
Gewählt wird jedes Jahr von den WrestlingObserver/F4WOnline-Lesern, unter denen sich Fans, Experten/Journalisten und Wrestler befinden. Dies ist im Gegensatz zur PWI500 oder WWE’s Slammys keine Kayfabe-Wahl. In jeder A-Kategorie durften 5, 3 und 2 Punkte für die Plätze 1, 2 und 3 vergeben werden. (Bei den B-Kategorien konnte nur Platz 1 vergeben werden) Gewählt wurde Promotionübergreifend, wobei einige Kategorien in MMA und Pro-Wrestling getrennt wurden. In Klammern könnt ihr die Angabe der „Platz 1“ Wertungen sehen, während die Zahl dahinter die Gesamtpunktzahl darstellt. Bewertungszeitraum war 1. Januar 2021 bis 31. Dezember 2021.
LOU THESZ/RIC FLAIR AWARD (WRESTLER des Jahres)
1. KENNY OMEGA (629) 3,755
2. Roman Reigns (90) 1,636
3. Shingo Takagi (46) 1,604
4. Bryan Danielson (127) 1,411
5. Utami Hayashishita (134) 1,310
6. C.M. Punk (24) 566
7. Syuri (21) 254
8. Adam Page (11) 199
9. Katsuhiko Nakajima (4) 113
10. Jon Moxley (1) 72
Erwähnenswerte: Will Ospreay 62
Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Harley Race; 1981 - Harley Race; 1982 - Ric Flair; 1983 - Ric Flair; 1984 - Ric Flair; 1985 - Ric Flair; 1986 - Ric Flair; 1987 - Riki Choshu; 1988 - Akira Maeda; 1989 - Ric Flair; 1990 - Ric Flair; 1991 - Jumbo Tsuruta; 1992 - Ric Flair; 1993 - Vader; 1994 - Toshiaki Kawada; 1995 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 1996 - Kenta Kobashi; 1997 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 1998 - Steve Austin; 1999 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 2000 - HHH; 2001 - Keiji Muto; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Kenta Kobashi; 2004 - Kenta Kobashi; 2005 - Kenta Kobashi; 2006 - Mistico; 2007 - John Cena; 2008 - Chris Jericho; 2009 - Chris Jericho; 2010 - John Cena; 2011 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2014 - Shinsuke Nakamura; 2015 - A.J. Styles; 2016 - A.J. Styles; 2017 - Kazuchika Okada; 2018 - Kenny Omega; 2019 - Chris Jericho; 2020 - Jon Moxley
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS MOST VALUABLE (Wertvollster MMA Fighter)
1. KAMARU USMAN (262) 1,807
2. Dustin Poirier (87) 944
3. Conor McGregor (102) 746
4. Charles Oliveira (9) 314
5. Rose Namajunas (10) 218
6. Israel Adesanya (4) 170
7. Francis Ngannou (23) 135
8. Amanda Nunes (4) 111
9. Valentina Shevchenko 66
10. Michael Chandler (2) 62
New category in 2007. Highest place winner from MMA in previous Thesz/Flair award balloting: 1994 - Royce Gracie; 1995 - Ken Shamrock; 1996 - Mark Coleman; 1997 - Maurice Smith; 1998 - Frank Shamrock; 1999 - Frank Shamrock; 2000 - Kazushi Sakuraba; 2001 - Kazushi Sakuraba; 2002 - Bob Sapp; 2003 - Randy Couture; 2004 - Wanderlei Silva; 2005 - Kid Yamamoto; 2006 - Tito Ortiz
Bisherige Gewinner: 2007 - Randy Couture; 2008 - Brock Lesnar; 2009 - Brock Lesnar; 2010 - Brock Lesnar; 2011 - Georges St-Pierre; 2012 - Anderson Silva; 2013 - Georges St-Pierre; 2014 - Ronda Rousey; 2015 - Ronda Rousey; 2016 - Conor McGregor; 2017 - George s St-Pierre; 2018 - Conor McGregor; 2019 - Jorge Masvidal; 2020 - Khabib Nurmagomedov
MOST OUTSTANDING WRESTLER (Bester Wrestler)
1. SHINGO TAKAGI (366) 2,767
2. Bryan Danielson (319) 2,647
3. Kenny Omega (218) 2,108
4. Will Ospreay (54) 960
5. Syuri (66) 615
6. Rey Fenix (10) 320
7. Utami Hayashishita (20) 303
8. Tomohiro Ishii (2) 184
9. Tam Nakano (24) 182
10. Katsuhiko Nakajima (17) 179
Erwähnenswerte: Kazuchika Okada 122, Zack Sabre Jr. 107, Kota Ibushi 81, Jonathan Gresham 62, Nick Jackson 61
Bisherige Gewinner: 1986 - Ric Flair; 1987 - Ric Flair; 1988 - Tatsumi Fujinami; 1989 - Ric Flair; 1990 - Jushin Liger; 1991 - Jushin Liger; 1992 - Jushin Liger; 1993 - Kenta Kobashi; 1994 - Kenta Kobashi; 1995 - Manami Toyota; 1996 - Rey Misterio Jr.; 1997 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 1998 - Koji Kanemoto; 1999 - Mitsuharu Misawa; 2000 - Chris Benoit; 2001 - Kurt Angle; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Kurt Angle; 2004 - Chris Benoit; 2005 - Samoa Joe; 2006 - Bryan Danielson; 2007 - Bryan Danielson; 2008 - Bryan Danielson; 2009 - Bryan Danielson; 2010 - Daniel Bryan (Bryan Danielson); 2011 - Davey Richards; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi; 2014 - A.J. Styles; 2015 - A.J. Styles; 2016 - A.J. Styles; 2017 - Kazuchika Okada; 2018 - Kenny Omega; 2019 - Will Ospreay; 2020 - Kenny Omega
MOST OUTSTANDING FIGHTER OF THE YEAR (Bester MMA Kämpfer)
1. KAMARU USMAN (354) 1,952
2. Charles Oliveira (79) 1,034
3. Valentina Shevchenko (2) 289
4. Rose Namajunas (3) 274
5. Francis Ngannou (9) 122
6. Dustin Poirier (8) 113
7. Brandon Moreno 74
8. Julianna Pena (4) 72
9. Islam Makhachev (7) 65
Alexander Volkanovski 65
Erwähnenswerte: Michael Chandler 63
Bisherige Gewinner: 1997 - Maurice Smith; 1998 - Frank Shamrock; 1999 - Frank Shamrock; 2000 - Kazushi Sakuraba; 2001 - Wanderlei Silva; 2002 - Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira; 2003 - Randy Couture; 2004 - Wanderlei Silva; 2005 - Fedor Emelianenko; 2006 - Mirko Cro Cop; 2007 - Quinton Jackson; 2008 - Georges St. Pierre; 2009 - Georges St. Pierre; 2010 - Georges St. Pierre; 2011 - Jon Jones; 2012 - Anderson Silva; 2013 - Cain Velasquez; 2014 - Ronda Rousey; 2015 - Conor McGregor; 2016 - Conor McGregor; 2017 - Demetrious Johnson; 2018 - Daniel Cormier; 2019 - Israel Adesanya; 2020 - Israel Adesanya
TAG TEAM OF THE YEAR (Tag Team des Jahres)
1. YOUNG BUCKS (740) 4,405
2. Penta & Rey Fenix (124) 2,485
3. FTR (111) 1,233
4. Zack Sabre Jr. & Taichi (23) 649
5. Syuri & Giulia (4) ` 283
6. Usos (2) 236
7. Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus 173
8. Randy Orton & Riddle (1) 114
9. Mark & Jay Briscoe (2) 112
10. Mark Davis & Kyle Fletcher (Aussie Open) 83
Erwähnenswerte: Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi 82, Sting & Darby Allin 68
Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Freebirds (Terry Gordy & Buddy Roberts); 1981 - Terry Gordy & Jimmy Snuka; 1982 - Stan Hansen & Ole Anderson; 1983 - Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood; 1984 - Road Warriors; 1985 - British Bulldogs (Dynamite Kid & Davey Boy Smith); 1986 - Midnight Express (Dennis Condrey & Bobby Eaton); 1987 - Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane); 1988 - Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane); 1989 - The Rockers (Shawn Michaels & Marty Jannetty); 1990 - Rick & Scott Steiner; 1991 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada; 1992 - Miracle Violence Combination (Steve Williams & Terry Gordy); 1993 - Hollywood Blondes (Brian Pillman & Steve Austin); 1994 - Los Gringos Locos (Love Machine Art Barr & Eddie Guerrero); 1995 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi; 1996 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama; 1997 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama; 1998 - Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa; 1999 - Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama; 2000 - Edge & Christian; 2001 - TenKoji (Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima); 2002 - Eddie & Chavo Guerrero; 2003 - KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji; 2004 - KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji; 2005 - America's Most Wanted (Chris Harris & James Storm); 2006 - LAX (Homicide & Hernandez); 2007 - Mark & Jay Briscoe; 2008 - The Miz & John Morrison; 2009 - Eddie Edwards & Davey Richards; 2010 - Chris Hero & Claudio Castagnoli; 2011 - Giant Bernard (Tensai) & Karl Anderson; 2012 - Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian; 2013 - The Shield (Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns); 2014 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2015 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2016 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2017 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2018 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson); 2019 - Pentagon Jr. & Rey Fenix; 2020 - The Young Bucks (Matt & Nick Jackson)
BEST ON INTERVIEWS (Bestes Mic-Work)
1. MJF (329) 2,641
2. Eddie Kingston (266) 2,479
3. C.M. Punk (247) 2,384
4. Jon Moxley (12) 404
5. Dan Lambert (18) 308
6. Roman Reigns (24)` 262
7. Paul Heyman (15) 248
8. Don Callis (44) 241
9. Bryan Danielson (7) 164
10. Miro (2) 138
Erwähnenswerte: Zack Sabre Jr. 107, Britt Baker 91, Tam Nakano 64, Edge 62
Bisherige Gewinner: 1981 - Lou Albano and Roddy Piper (tied); 1982 - Roddy Piper; 1983 - Roddy Piper; 1984 - Jimmy Hart; 1985 - Jim Cornette; 1986 - Jim Cornette; 1987 - Jim Cornette; 1988 - Jim Cornette; 1989 - Terry Funk; 1990 - Arn Anderson; 1991 - Ric Flair; 1992 - Ric Flair; 1993 - Jim Cornette; 1994 - Ric Flair; 1995 - Cactus Jack (Mick Foley); 1996 - Steve Austin; 1997 - Steve Austin; 1998 - Steve Austin; 1999 - The Rock; 2000 - The Rock; 2001 - Steve Austin; 2002 - Kurt Angle; 2003 - Chris Jericho; 2004 - Mick Foley; 2005 - Eddie Guerrero; 2006 - Mick Foley; 2007 - John Cena; 2008 - Chris Jericho; 2009 - Chris Jericho; 2010 - Chael Sonnen; 2011 - C.M. Punk; 2012 - C.M. Punk; 2013 - Paul Heyman; 2014 - Paul Heyman; 2015 - Conor McGregor; 2016 - Conor McGregor; 2017 - Conor McGregor; 2018 - Daniel Bryan; 2019 - Chris Jericho; 2020 - Eddie Kingston
PROMOTION OF THE YEAR (Promotion des Jahres)
1. ALL ELITE WRESTLING (817) 4,298
2. Stardom (158) 2,070
3. New Japan Pro Wrestling (17) 1,722
4. Game Changer Wrestling (7) 695
5. UFC (42) 645
6. World Wrestling Entertainment (3) 512
7. Pro Wrestling NOAH (10) 272
8. Impact Wrestling (1) 191
9. DDT 111
10. Dragon Gate (2) 75
Erwähnenswerte: Ring of Honor 64
Bisherige Gewinner - 1983 - Jim Crockett Promotions; 1984 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1985 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1986 - UWF (Mid South Wrestling); 1987 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1988 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1989 - Universal Wrestling Federation Japan; 1990 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1991 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1992 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1993 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1994 - AAA; 1995 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1996 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1997 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1998 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 1999 - World Wrestling Federation; 2000 - World Wrestling Federation; 2001 - Pride Fighting Championships; 2002 - Pride Fighting Championships; 2003 - Pride Fighting Championships; 2004 - Pro Wrestling NOAH; 2005 - Pro Wrestling NOAH; 2006 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2007 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2008 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2009 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2010 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2011 - Ultimate Fighting Championships; 2012 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2013 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2014 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2015 - New Japan Pro Wrestling ; 2016 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2017 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2018 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2019 - New Japan Pro Wrestling; 2020 - All Elite Wrestling
BEST WEEKLY TV SHOW (Beste wöchentliche TV-Show)
1. AEW DYNAMITE (908) 4,716
2. AEW Rampage (35) 2,240
3. New Japan Strong (47) 1,230
4. WWE Smackdown (4) 704
5. Impact Wrestling (2) 305
6. WWE NXT 190
7. Ring of Honor Wrestling (9) 174
8. We are Stardom (8) 146
9. AEW Dark 109
10. WWE NXT U.K. 83
Bisherige Gewinner: 1983 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1984 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1985 - Mid South Wrestling; 1986 - Universal Wrestling Federation (Mid South Wrestling): 1987 - CWA 90 Minute Memphis live show; 1988 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1989 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1990 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1991 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1992 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1993 - All Japan Pro Wrestling; 1994 - Extreme Championship Wrestling; 1995 - Extreme Championship Wrestling; 1996 - Extreme Championship Wrestling; 1997 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 1998 - WWF Raw is War; 1999 - WWF Raw is War; 2000 - WWF Raw is War; 2001 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 2002 - WWE Smackdown; 2003 - Pro Wrestling NOAH; 2004 - WWE Raw; 2005 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2006 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2007 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2008 - UFC Ultimate Fighter; 2009 - WWE Smackdown; 2010 - Ring of Honor; 2011 - WWE Smackdown; 2012 - TNA Impact; 2013 WWE NXT; 2014 - WWE NXT; 2015 - WWE NXT; 2016 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 2017 - New Japan World Pro Wrestling; 2018 - WWE NXT; 2019 - AEW Dynamite; 2020 - AEW Dynamite
PRO WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR (Bestes Wrestlingmatch des Jahres)
1. YOUNG BUCKS VS. PENTA & FENIX 9/5 Chicago (288) 2,126
2. Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi 5/4 Fukuoka (182) 1,539
3. Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson 9/22 New York (103) 1,117
4. Bryan Danielson vs. Adam Page 12/15 Garland, TX (133) 1,093
5. Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri 6/12 Tokyo (151) 1,088
6. Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov 8/22 Orlando (58) 796
7. Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White 1/5 Tokyo (71) 550
8. Kenny Omega vs. Adam Page 11/13 Minneapolis (39) 490
9. Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi 3/21 Sendai (7) 231
10. Bryan Danielson vs. Minoru Suzuki 10/15 Miami (13) 208
Erwähnenswerte: Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii 9/18 Osaka 151, Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shingo Takagi 1/30 Nagoya 127, Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri 12/29 Tokyo 127, Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay 1/4 Tokyo 119, Britt Baker vs. Thunder Rosa 3/17 Jacksonville 98, MJF vs. Darby Allin 11/13 Minneapolis 85, Tam Nakano vs. Giulia 3/3 Tokyo 70
Bisherige Gewinner: 1980 - Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera 5/19 New York Madison Square Garden; 1981 - Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter 4/21 New York Madison Square Garden; 1982 - Tiger Mask (Satoru Sayama) vs. Dynamite Kid 8/5 Tokyo; 1983 - Ric Flair vs. Harley Race 11/24 Greensboro; 1984 - Freebirds vs. Von Erichs 7/4 Fort Worth; 1985 - Tiger Mask (Mitsuharu Misawa) vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi 6/12 Tokyo; 1986 - Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham 2/14 Orlando; 1987 - Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage 3/29 Pontiac; 1988 - Ric Flair vs. Sting 3/27 Greensboro; 1989 - Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat 4/2 New Orleans; 1990 - Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (Takuma Sano) 1/31 Osaka; 1991 - Rick & Scott Steiner vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki 3/21 Tokyo; 1992 - Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 5/25 Sendai; 1993 - Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki 4/21 Osaka; 1994 - Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) 3/20 New York Madison Square Garden; 1995 - Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue 5/7 Tokyo; 1996 - Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace 6/7 Tokyo; 1997 - Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin 3/23 Chicago; 1998 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 10/31 Tokyo; 1999 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 6/11 Tokyo; 2000 - Atlantis vs. Villano III 3/17 Mexico City; 2001 - Keiji Muto vs. Genichiro Tenryu 6/8 Tokyo; 2002 - Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio 10/20 Little Rock; 2003 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi 3/1 Tokyo; 2004 - Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama 7/10 Tokyo Dome; 2005 - Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe 10/1 New York; 2006 - Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi vs. Cima & Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino 3/31 Chicago; 2007 - Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima 8/25 New York; 2008 - Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho 10/5 Portland, OR; 2009 - Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels 4/5 Houston; 2010 - Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels 3/28 Phoenix; 2011 - John Cena vs. C.M. Punk 7/17 Chicago; 2012 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki 10/8 Tokyo; 2013 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 4/7 Tokyo; 2014 - A.J. Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki 8/1 Tokyo; 2015 - Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi 1/4 Tokyo; 2016 - Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada 1/4 Tokyo; 2017 - Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada 1/4 Tokyo; 2018 - Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada 6/9 Osaka; 2019 - Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi 6/5 Tokyo; 2020 - Young Bucks vs. Kenny Omega & Adam Page 2/29 Chicago
MMA FIGHT OF THE YEAR (MMA Kampf des Jahres)
1. MICHAEL CHANDLER VS. JUSTIN GAETHJE NEW YORK (367) 1,953
2. Alexander Volkanovski vs. Brian Ortega 9/25 Las Vegas (25) 722
3. Max Holloway vs. Yair Rodriguez 11/13 Las Vegas (7) 273
4, Charles Oliveira vs. Michael Chandler 5/15 Houston (9) 239
5. Julianna Pena vs. Amanda Nunes 12/11 Las Vegas (33) 219
6. Petr Yan vs. Corey Sandhagen 10/30 Abu Dhabi (2) 103
7. Jiri Prochazka vs. Dominick Reyes 5/1 Las Vegas (1) 94
8. Santiago Ponzinibbio vs. Miguel Baeza 6/5 Las Vegas 50
9. Islam Makhachev vs. Dan Hooker 10/30 Abu Dhabi 42
10. Rose Namajunas vs. Zhang Weili 4/24 Jacksonville 41
Bisherige Gewinner: 1997 - Maurice Smith vs. Mark Coleman 7/27 Birmingham; 1998 - Jerry Bohlander vs. Kevin Jackson 3/13 New Orleans; 1999 - Frank Shamrock vs. Tito Ortiz 9/24 Lake Charles; 2000 - Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Royce Gracie 5/1 Tokyo Dome; 2001 - Randy Couture vs. Pedro Rizzo 5/4 Atlantic City; 2002 - Don Frye vs. Yoshihiro Takayama 6/23 Saitama; 2003 - Wanderlei Silva vs. Hidehiko Yoshida 11/9 Tokyo Dome; 2004 - Quinton Jackson vs. Wanderlei Silva 10/31 Saitama; 2005 - Forrest Griffin vs. Stephan Bonnar 4/9 Las Vegas; 2006 - Diego Sanchez vs. Karo Parisyan 8/17 Las Vegas; 2007 - Randy Couture vs. Tim Sylvia 3/3 Columbus; 2008 - Forrest Griffin vs. Quinton Jackson 7/5 Las Vegas; 2009 - Diego Sanchez vs. Clay Guida 6/20 Las Vegas; 2010 - Leonard Garcia vs. Chan Sung Jung 4/24 Sacramento; 2011 - Dan Henderson vs. Mauricio Shogun Rua 11/19 San Jose; 2012 - Chan Sung Jung vs. Dustin Poirier 5/15 Fairfax, VA; 2013 - Gilbert Melendez vs. Diego Sanchez 10/19 Houston; 2014 - Robbie Lawler vs. Johny Hendricks 3/15 Dallas; 2015 - Robbie Lawler vs. Rory MacDonald 7/11 Las Vegas; 2016 - Robbie Lawler vs. Carlos Condit 1/02 Las Vegas; 2017 - Cub Swanson vs. Doo Ho Choi 12/10/2016 Toronto; 2018 - Justin Gaethje vs. Dustin Poirier 4/14 Glendale, AZ; 2019 - Israel Adesanya vs. Kelvin Gastelum 4/3 Atlanta, GA; 2020 Weili Zhang vs. Joanna Jedrzejczyk 3/7 Las Vegas