The Race for Wrestler of the Year: September 2018

njpw-kazuchika-okada The Wrestler of the Month: Kazuchika Okada, Okada has been on a tear the entire year but now that he doesn’t have to keep the IWGP Championship schedule he was on, he has a lot more freedom to wrestle where he wants. He had an amazing match against Marty Scurrl at All in getting a ****3/4 star rating, had a MOTY contender against Hiroshi Tanahashi at NJPW Destruction in Kobe getting a ***** star rating, and capped off his month in one of the best tag matches I’ve ever seen teaming up against Tomohiro Ishii to face the Golden Lovers grabbing another ***** star rating. Kazuchika Okada went absolutely mental this month and made 3 separate excursions into the US in a span of a month.

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Women’s Wrestler of the Month: Becky Lynch, Lynch has been on a roll for a long time and has finally been booked correctly and this month it finally came into action as she beat Charlotte for the Smackdown Women’s Title in a good match. The achievement of winning the title isn’t all that got her Women’s Wrestler of the month, her character as a heel who’s been out of the spotlight is very refreshing and in WWE’s current landscape a refreshing character is a great thing.

0930_09 Match of the Month: Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii vs the Golden Lovers, I’m normally someone who wants to put a great match with a storyline over a match with a better in-ring performance but that went the opposite way this month. Up until 3 days ago, when this match happened, I thought nothing could top Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada but then these 4 came along. This match absolutely ruled these 4 men couldn’t put on a bad match if they tried. It was amazing to see Okada and Omega, who had my current MOTY, in the ring again together but that wasn’t all that made this special, Kota Ibushi and Tomohiro Ishii towards the end had an amazing sequence of moves that just battered the hell out of each other. This match was 100 MPH towards the end with one of my favorite closing sequences of the year and these 4 put on one of my favorite tag matches of all time in terms of in-ring work.

allin2 Feud of the Month: Marty Scurrl vs. Kazuchika Okada, the story here was simple, nobody thought Scurrl could beat Okada and Scurrl tried to improve himself to get on the level of Okada creating a multi-layered really fun storyline. Marty Scurrl delivered a great performance in the storyline but also the match and Kazuchika Okada played the perfect legend that Scurrl had to take down. One of my favorite near falls came from this match, when the referee was down Scurrl hit Okada with the umbrella and a rainmaker finisher and got really close to 3. Scurrl improved his ability to tell a story by being in this feud and it really stood out in a busy wrestling month.

The team of the Month: So Cal Uncensored, while I could’ve given this to the Golden Lovers and had Kenny Omega get even more points I decided that SCU had a better performance this month. These guys have been a great comedy act for a while now and this month decided to go after the ROH tag titles. They delivered a good match at All In against the Briscoes, they delivered a great match again against the Briscoes at Death Before Dishonor, and a very solid tag match against Chase Owens and Hangman Page at NJPW FSU. These guys have shown that they are the perfect mix of comedy acts and in-ring talents this month and I’m excited to see the future for these guys.

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Most Improved: Marty Scurrl, while there wasn’t a lot of room for improvement for Scurrl as he was already one of the top tier wrestlers, he showed a new side to him this month that I loved. Scurrl is focused on joint manipulation and being a dick mostly in matches. This month, in his feud with Okada he was an underdog fighting a heavyweight and showed that he can really play any role. Not only was he a great underdog he hung with Okada in a great match and delivered a great match against Will Ospreay at NJPW FSU and a 10-Man Tag at Death Before Dishonor.

Champions:

WWE:

Universal: Roman Reigns 42+ Days
Raw Women’s: Ronda Rousey 42+ Days
IC: Seth Rollins 42+ Days
Cruiserweight: Cedric Alexander 175+ Days
Raw Tag: Drew Mcintyre and Dolph Ziggler 27+ Days
WWE: AJ Styles 327+ Days
SD Women’s: Becky Lynch 14+ Days
US: Shinsuke Nakamura 77+ Days
SD Tag: New Day 40+ Days
NXT: Tomasso Ciampa 74+ Days
NXT North American: Ricochet 43+ Days
NXT Women’s: Kairi Sane 42+ Days
NXT Tag: Undisputed ERA 101+ Days
UK: Pete Dunne 498+ Days
UK Women’s: Rhea Ripley 35+ Days
NJPW:
IWGP Heavyweight: Kenny Omega 115+ Days
IWGP IC: Chris Jericho 115+ Days
IWGP US: Cody 2+ Days
NEVER Openweight: Tai-Chi 15+ Days
IWGP Heavyweight Tag: Firing Squad 2+ Days
IWGP Jr Tag: Suzuki Gun (Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Desperado) 210+ Days
NEVER 6-man: Firing Squad (G.O.D and Ishimori) 51+ Days
ROH:
World: Jay Lethal 93+ Days
TV: Jeff Cobb 3+ Days
Tag: The Briscoes 206+ Days
6-Man: The Young Bucks and Cody 72+ Days
WOH: Sumie Sakai 177+ Days
PWG:
World: Walter 164+ Days
Tag: The Rascalz 164+ Days
Progress:
World: Walter 69+ Days
Tag: Aussie Open 2+ Days
Atlas: Trent Seven 2+ Days
Women’s: Jinny 135+ Days

Over 4-Star Matches:

Joey Janela vs. Hangman Page Street Fight All In ****1/2
Cody Rhodes vs. Nick Aldis NWA Title All In ****1/4
Kenny Omega vs. Pentagon Jr All In ****3/4
Kazuchika Okada vs. Marty Scurrl All In ****3/4
The Young Bucks and Kota Ibushi vs. Bandido, Rey Mysterio and Fenix All in ****
Jay Lethal vs. Jonathan Gresham ROH World Title Iron Man Match ****
Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii and Will Ospreay NJPW Road to Destruction ****1/2
Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii IWGP Heavyweight Title Destruction in Hiroshima ****3/4
Drew Mcintyre and Dolph Ziggler vs. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins RAW Tag Team Titles WWE Hell In a Cell ****1/2
AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe WWE Title Hell in a Cell ****
Drew Gulak vs. Cedric Alexander Cruiserweight Title 205 Live ****1/2
Ricochet vs. Pete Dunne Champ vs. Champ Match NXT TV ****1/2
Kushida vs. Bushi IWGP JR Title Tournament NJPW Destruction in Kobe ****1/4
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada G1 Briefcase NJPW Destruction in Kobe *****
Bullet Club (The Young Bucks, Marty Scurrl, Hangman Page, and Cody) vs. Chaos (Best Friends, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, and Rocky Romero) ROH DBD ****
Jay Lethal vs. Will Ospreay ROH World Title Death Before Dishonor ****3/4
Jeff Cobb, Chris Sabin, and Flip Gordon vs Hirooki Goto and The Best Friends NJPW FSU ****
Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurrl IWGP Jr Title Tournament NJPW FSU ****1/2
The Young Bucks vs. Firing Squad IWGP Heavyweight Tag Titles NJPW FSU ****1/4
Cody vs. Juice Robinson IWGP US Title NJPW FSU ****1/4
Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii NJPW FSU *****

kenny Still Leader of the Race: Kenny Omega

Kenny Omega: 234 Points
Kazuchika Okada: 221 Points
The Young Bucks: 167 Points
Kota Ibushi: 155 Points
Will Ospreay: 140 Points
Zack Sabre Jr: 132 Points
Hiromu Takahashi: 127 Points
Walter: 120 Points
Johnny Gargano: 116 Points
Hiroshi Tanahashi: 112 Points
Undisputed ERA: 105 Points
Tomasso Ciampa: 102 Points
Tomohiro Ishii: 95 Points
Marty Scurrl -AJ Styles: 93 Points
Seth Rollins: 85 Points
Cody Rhodes: 73 Points
Adam Cole -Sanada -Hangman Page: 66 Points
Tyler Bate -Hirooki Goto: 65 Points
Trent Seven -Cedric Alexander: 60 Points
Alexa Bliss: 58 Points
Jay Lethal -Travis Banks: 57 Points
Pete Dunne: 56 Points
Jay White -Tetsuya Naito -Dalton Castle: 55 Points
Andrade Almas: 50 Points
Brock Lesnar: 49 Points
Zack Gibson: 48 Points
Juice Robinson: 47 Points
Flip Gordon -Minoru Suzuki -Evil -The Briscoes -Kushida: 45 Points
Matt Riddle: 44 Points
Ricochet: 43 Points
Shinsuke Nakamura: 42 Points
The Miz -Chris Jericho: 40 Points
Jeff Cobb: 39 Points
El Desperado: 38 Points
Aleister Black -Michael Elgin: 35 Points
Dolph Ziggler: 33 Points
Dragon Lee –So Cal Uncensored -Taiji Ishimori -Roman Reigns: 32 Points
Braun Strowman -Finn Balor -Becky Lynch -The Rascalz: 30 Points
Chuck Taylor:29 Points
Firing Squad -Bandido: 28 Points
Ronda Rousey: 26 Points
Jonathan Gresham -Charlotte: 25 Points
Matt Taven -Yoshinobu Kanemaru: 23 Points
Chris Sabin -Keith Lee: 22 Points
Joey Janela -Roppongi 3k -Killian Dain -Kalisto -Ember Moon -Jeff Hardy -Velveteen Dream -Mustafa Ali -Buddy Murphy -The Bar -Sumie Sakai -Kairi Sane -David Starr -Doug Williams: 20 Points
Jinny: 19 Points
James Drake: 18 Points
Danny Burch and Oney Lorcan -Bludgeon Brothers -Shayna Baszler -Punishment Martinez: 17 Points
New Day: 16 Points
Drew Gulak -Trent Baretta -Asuka -Usos -John Cena -Silas Young -Bobby Roode -EC3 -Kevin Owens -Timothy Thatcher: 15 Points
Nia Jax -The Kingdom: 13 Points
Toni Storm -Drew Mcintyre: 12 Points
Samoa Joe -Pentagon Jr -Rey Fenix -Sanity -Kenny King -Dave Finlay -Lars Sullivan -Bray Wyatt -ACH -Jack Gallagher -Sasha Banks -Yoshi-Hashi -Rusev -Jonah Rock -Rey Horus -Aussie Open -Kassius Ohno -Jimmy Havoc: 10 Points
Nick Aldis -Rey Mysterio -Dean Ambrose -Hideo Itami -Chase Owens -Beer City Bruiser -Shane Taylor -Togi Makabe -Sami Zayn -Baron Corbin -TJP -Akira Tozawa -Kurt Angle -HHH -Rysuke Taguchi -Naomi -Elias -Daniel Bryan -Rhea Ripley -Adam Brooks -Brody King -Mark Haskins -Chris Brookes -Jordan Devlin

Race For Wrestler of the Year: August 2018

Wrestler of the Month +10: Hiroshi Tanahashi, The NJPW legend picks up more accolades this year as he wins the G1 Climax. The G1 is the most prestigious wrestling tournament every year and the winner is always presented as an almost unbeatable threat. Tanahashi had an amazing finals match against Kota Ibushi and a great time-limit draw with Kazuchika Okada. The legend continues to be on a tear this year and as he gets closer to his title shot at Wrestle Kingdom it will be interesting to see what else he has in store. X

Women’s Wrestler of the Month +8: Kairi Sane, Sane had an amazing match against Shayna Baszler at Takeover which is one of my favorites Women’s Matches of all time. Sane played an amazing underdog babyface in that match and pulled out the victory she deserved. Sane showed her talent incredibly well this month and it will be great to see how she does as champion.

Most Improved +7: Roman Reigns, WWE finally did it. They finally got me to like Roman Reigns. It might’ve been the fact that he was lesser of two evils against Brock Lesnar but I really think he delivered a good performance this month. He started it with some great character work in his feud against Lesnar, he won the title in a very mediocre match and is currently having another captivating feud with Strowman. I still don’t get why people hate Roman so much but I guess he is the Big Dog and has been shoved down our throats for a while. Hopefully, smarks can begin to realize that Reigns in NOT THAT BAD. X

The team of the Month +8: Undisputed ERA, this is the 3rd time that ERA has won team of the month. The ERA has an amazing character in their cocky heel personas and follows it up with amazing matches including this month’s absolute banger against Mustache Mountain. They always do a great job of mixing high spots and technical wrestling and Roddy and Kyle work so well together. As of right now, ERA might cross over The Young Bucks soon for the team of the year. Next Month is War Games and they will definitely pick up some points then. X

Match of the Month +10: Tomasso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano NXT Title Last Man Standing Takeover Brooklyn 4, these guys did it again. I still can’t decide which is my favorite match of their 3 Takeover encounters. This match was BRUTAL and had some amazing spots including the ending with Gargano taking himself out of the match in order to hurt Ciampa and the back-to-back Table spot. This match also had the added dimension of Gargano getting aggressive and becoming an anti-hero instead of a super-face. This is my favorite Last Man Standing match of all time and I thought they used the stipulation to make an amazing match that sets itself out as unique from their other matches. XX

Champions at the End of the Month:

WWE:

Universal +7: Roman Reigns 12+ Days
Raw Women’s +3: Ronda Rousey 12+ Days
IC +5: Seth Rollins 12+ Days
Cruiserweight +4: Cedric Alexander 145+ Days
Raw Tag +3: B-Team 47+ Days
WWE +7: AJ Styles 297+ Days
SD Women’s +3: Charlotte 12+ Days
US +5: Shinsuke Nakamura 47+ Days
SD Tag+3: The New Day 10+ Days
NXT +5: Tomasso Ciampa 44+ Days
NXT NA +3: Ricochet 13+ Days
NXT Women’s +3: Kairi Sane 13+ Days
NXT Tag +3: Undisputed ERA 71+ Days
UK +5: Pete Dunne 468+ Days
UK Women’s Rhea Ripley 5+ Days

NJPW:

IWGP HVY +7: Kenny Omega 81+ Days
IWGP IC +5: Chris Jericho 81+ Days
IWGP US +5: Juice Robinson 53+ Days
NEVER Openweight +5: Hirooki Goto 73+ Days
IWGP Tag +5: The Young Bucks 81+ Days
IWGP JR Tag +3: Suzuki Gun 176+ Days
NEVER 6-man: Firing Squad 17+ Days

ROH:

World +7: Jay Lethal 60+ Days
TV +5: Punishment Martinez 74+ Days
Tag +3: Briscoes 173+ Days
WOH +3: Sumie Sakai 144+ Days
6-Man +3: Young Bucks and Cody 38+ Days

Over 4-Star Matches: (5 Points for a 4-star Match, 10 Points for a 5-star)

New Day vs. The Bar SD Tag Tournament SD Live ****
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Michael Elgin G1 Climax NJPW ****
Kazuchika Okada vs. Evil NJPW G1 Climax ****
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi NJPW G1 Climax Final *****
Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki G1 Climax ****
Daniel Bryan vs. The Miz WWE Summerslam ****1/4
Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins IC Title Summerslam ****1/4
Tomasso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano NXT Title Last Man Standing Takeover Brooklyn *****
Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler NXT Women’s Title Takeover Brooklyn ****1/2
Ricochet vs. Adam Cole NXT North American Title Takeover Brooklyn ****1/4
Undisputed ERA vs. Mustache Mountain NXT Tag Titles Takeover Brooklyn ****3/4
Kenny Omega vs. Zack Sabre Jr NJPW G1 Climax ****
Kota Ibushi vs. Hirooki Goto NJPW G1 Climax ****
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kenny Omega NJPW G1 Climax ****3/4
Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito NJPW G1 Climax ****1/4
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Juice Robinson NJPW G1 Climax ****
Kota Ibushi vs. Kenny Omega NJPW G1 Climax *****
ZSJ vs. Tetsuya Naito G1 Climax ****1/4
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Sanada G1 Climax ****1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi G1 Climax ****3/4
Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins IC Title RAW ****1/4

August Leaderboard:

Leader: Kenny Omega

Kenny Omega 192 Points
Kazuchika Okada 164 Points
Young Bucks: 142 Points
Kota Ibushi: 134 Points
Hiromu Takahashi: 127 Points
Johnny Gargano: 116 Points
Will Ospreay: 105 Points
Zack Sabre Jr -Undisputed ERA -Hiroshi Tanahashi: 102 Points
Tomasso Ciampa: 97 Points
AJ Styles: 81 Points
Seth Rollins: 75 Points
Adam Cole -Sanada: 66 Points
Marty Scurrl: 64 Points
Hirooki Goto -Tomohiro Ishii: 60 Points
Alexa Bliss -Cody: 58 Points
Hangman Page: 56 Points
Jay White -Tetsuya Naito: 55 Points
Andrade Almas -Dalton Castle -Cedric Alexander -Mustache Mountain: 50 Points
Brock Lesnar: 49 Points
Minoru Suzuki -Evil: 45 Points
Pete Dunne: 43 Points
Juice Robinson: 42 Points
The Briscoes: 41 Points
The Miz -Jay Lethal -Kushida: 40 Points
Shinsuke Nakamura: 37 Points
Flip Gordon -Aleister Black -El Desperado -Michael Elgin -Chris Jericho: 35 Points
Dragon Lee: 32 Points
Braun Strowman -Zack Gibson -Finn Balor -Ricochet: 30 Points
So Cal Uncensored -Charlotte -Dolph Ziggler -Roman Reigns: 25 Points
Matt Taven -Ronda Rousey -Taiji Ishimori: 23 Points
Jonathan Gresham -Killian Dain -Kalisto -Ember Moon -Jeff Hardy -Velveteen Dream -Mustafa Ali -Buddy Murphy -Becky Lynch -Kanemaru -The Bar: 20 Points
Burch and Lorcan -Chris Sabin -Bludgeon Brothers -Firing Squad -Sumie Sakai -Shayna Baszler -Punishment Martinez -Kairi Sane: 17 Points
Asuka -Usos -John Cena -Silas Young -Roppongi 3K -Bobby Roode -EC3 -Kevin Owens: 15 Points
Nia Jax -The Kingdom -New Day: 13 Points
Sanity -Drew Gulak -Kenny King -Dave Finlay -Lars Sullivan -Bray Wyatt -ACH -Jack Gallagher -Sasha Banks -Yoshi-HASHI -Rusev: 10 Points
Hideo Itami -Chase Owens -Beer City Bruiser -Trent Baretta -Shane Taylor -Togi Makabe -Sami Zayn -Baron Corbin -TJP -Akira Tozawa -Kurt Angle -HHH -Rysuke Taguchi -Samoa Joe -Travis Banks -Naomi -Elias -Drew Macintyre -Daniel Bryan
Rhea Ripley: 3 Points

Race For Wrestler of the Year: July 2018

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Wrestler of the Month +10: Tomohiro Ishii, Ishii has been killing it in the G1 Climax field this year. He’s had absolute classics with Hirooki Goto, ZSJ, and Kota Ibushi. Especially, the Goto match as that was one of the most hard-hitting matches I’ve ever seen. While Ishii might not be a favorite to win the G1 this year he hasn’t had a bad match yet in the tourney and has given an amazing effort the entire month.

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Women’s Wrestler of the Month +8: Becky Lynch, after last month’s excitement for the women’s wrestling division and this month announcing the all women’s PPV “Evolution”, one woman has stood out at both times. Last month, Becky got her opportunity to shine in the Money in the Bank match and this month she has fought her way to a SD Live Women’s Title match in a very solid TV match against Carmella. Lynch is shining currently and it is refreshing to see her back at the top after being in the lower card of the women’s division in WWE for a while.

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Most Improved: Juice Robinson +7, Robinson has always been great however this month he really embraced his potential. He won the IWGP Us Title from Jay White at the G1 Special in San Fran in a great match. He has also had a good G1 performance even though he started the tourney as the biggest loser. He had an amazing match against Tetsuya Naito in the G1 and I’m excited to see how he continues to be more successful.

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The team of the Month: Moustache Mountain +8, these two won the Team of the Month through a story told in a single match. Against Undisputed ERA on NXT TV they put on one of the best single-match tag stories I’ve seen. ERA went after Trent Seven’s leg and Tyler Bate was forced to throw in the towel to save his mentor but lose the title. Moustache Mountain had a short tag title reign but it was memorable with amazing performances along the way.

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Match of the Month +10: Moustache Mountain vs. Undisputed ERA NXT TV Tag Titles, this might be an unpopular decision but I think this is one of the greatest tag matches of all time. The intense work on the leg of Trent by ERA, the high spots including the insane double spin (pictured above) by Tyler Bate and the selling of Trent Seven made this an absolute classic. The story I mentioned in the previous award section really tied all of the spots together and made it more than a meaningless spotfest. The undisputed ERA is an amazing tag unit but Moustache Mountain really shined in this match.

Over 4-Star Matches:

Michael Elgin vs. EVIL G1 Climax A-Block ****
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki G1 Climax A-Block ****
Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada G1 Climax A-Block ****
Roman Reigns vs. Drew MacIntyre vs. Finn Balor RAW ****
AJ Styles vs. Rusev WWE Title Extreme Rules ****
Mustafa Ali vs. Buddy Murphy 205 Live NO DQ ****½
Undisputed ERA vs. Mustache Mountain NXT Tag Titles *****
The Young Bucks vs. Evil and Sanada IWGP Tag Titles G1 Special ****
Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee IWGP Jr Title G1 Special ****¼
Juice Robinson vs. Jay White IWGP US Title G1 Special ****¼
Kenny Omega vs. Cody IWGP Heavyweight Title G1 Special ****¼
Kota Ibushi vs. Zack Sabre Jr G1 Climax B-Block ****½
Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito G1 Climax B-Block ****¾
Sanada vs. ZSJ G1 Climax B-Block ****
Tetsuya Naito vs. Juice Robinson G1 Climax B-Block ****3/4
Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii G1 Climax B-Block ****½
Bobby Lashley vs. Roman Reigns RAW #1 Contenders Match ****¼
ZSJ vs. Tomohiro Ishii G1 Climax B-Block ****
Sanada vs. Kota Ibushi G1 Climax B-Block ****¼
Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii G1 Climax B-Block ****¾
Kenny Omega vs. Sanada G1 Climax B-Block ****¼
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Aleister Black NXT TV NXT Championship ****¼
Yoshi-HASHI vs. Michael Elgin G1 Climax A-Block ****¼
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Hangman Page G1 Climax A-Block ****

Champions at the End:

WWE:

Universal +7: Brock Lesnar 484+ days
RAW Women’s: Alexa Bliss 43+ days
IC: Dolph Ziggler 42+ days
Cruiserweight: Cedric Alexander 113+ days
Raw Tag: The B-Team 15+ days
WWE: AJ Styles 265+ days
SD Women’s: Carmella 111+ days
US: Shinsuke Nakamura 15+ days
SD Tag: 2B 113+ days
NXT: Tommaso Ciampa 12+ days
NXT NA: Adam Cole 114+ days
NXT Women’s: Shayna Baszler 114+ days
NXT Tag: Undisputed ERA 39+ days
UK: Pete Dunne 436+ days

NJPW:

IWGP HVY: Kenny Omega 51+ Days
IWGP IC: Chris Jericho 51+ Days
IWGP US: Juice Robinson 23+ Days
NEVER Open: Hirooki Goto 43+ Days
IWGP HVY Tag: The Young Bucks 51+ Days
IWGP JR: Hiromu Takahashi 51+ Days
IWGP JR Tag: Desperado and Kanemaru 146+ Days
NEVER 6: Bucks and Scurrl 88+ Days

ROH:

ROH World: Jay Lethal 29+ Days
ROH TV: Punishment Martinez 43+ Days
ROH Tag: The Briscoes 142+ Days
ROH Six-Man: Cody and The Bucks 8+ Days
WOH: Sumie Sakai 113+ Days

Overall Leaderboard after July 2018:

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The Leader and Current Wrestler of the Year: Kenny Omega

↑Kenny Omega: 165 Points
↓Kazuchika Okada: 149 Points
↑Young Bucks: 134 Points
Hiromu Takahashi: 127 Points
Will Ospreay: 105 Points
Kota Ibushi: 104 Points
↓Johnny Gargano: 96 Points
ZSJ: 92 Points
↑Undisputed ERA: 85 Points
AJ Styles: 74 Points
Tomasso Ciampa: 72 Points
Marty Scurrl: 64 Points
Hiroshi Tanahashi: 63 Points
Adam Cole -Sanada: 61 Points
Seth Rollins: 60 Points
Alexa Bliss: 58 Points
Hangman Page: 56 Points
Cody -Jay White: 55 Points
Andrade Almas -Dalton Castle -Hirooki Goto: 50 Points
Brock Lesnar: 49 Points
Cedric Alexander: 45 Points
Kushida -Pete Dunne -Minoru Suzuki -Evil -Tetsuya Naito -Moustache Mountain -Tomohiro Ishii
The Briscoes: 38 Points
The Miz -Flip Gordon -Jay Lethal -Aleister Black: 35 Points
Shinsuke Nakamura -Juice Robinson -Dragon Lee -El Desperado: 32 Points
Braun Strowman -Zack Gibson -Michael Elgin -Finn Balor -Chris Jericho: 30 Points
So Cal Uncensored: 25 Points
Charlotte -Matt Taven: 22 Points
Ronda Rousey -Jonathan Gresham -Killian Dain -Kalisto -Ember Moon -Jeff Hardy -Velveteen Dream -Ricochet -Taiji Ishimori -Mustafa Ali -Buddy Murphy -Dolph Ziggler -Becky Lynch: 20 Points
Burch and Lorcan -Chris Sabin: 17 Points
Yoshinobu Kanemaru -Bludgeon Brothers: 16 Points
Asuka -Usos -John Cena -The Bar -Firing Squad -Silas Young -Roppongi 3K -Bobby Roode -EC3: 15 Points
Nia Jax -Kingdom -Carmella -Sumie Sakai -Shayna Baszler -Punishment Martinez: 13 Points
Sanity -Drew Gulak -Kenny King -Dave Finlay -Lars Sullivan -Matt and Bray -ACH -Jack Gallagher -Kofi Kingston -Sasha Banks -Kevin Owens -Yoshi-Hashi -Roman Reigns -Rusev: 10 Points
New Day -Hideo Itami -Chase Owens -Beer City Bruiser -Trent Baretta -Shane Taylor -Togi Makabe -Sami Zayn -Baron Corbin -TJP -Akira Tozawa -Kurt Angle -HHH -Rysuke Taguchi -Samoa Joe -Travis Banks -Naomi -Elias -Drew Macintyre: 5 Point

Monthly Wrap Up: The month of July has had some absolute banger matches such as Tetsuya Naito vs Kenny Omega, Undisputed ERA vs. Mustache Mountain and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hirooki Goto. In the end, however, this month was semi-uneventful for 2018 has been for pro wrestling so far but going into August it will be great to see how the G1 Climax finishes up.