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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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:

The Leader and Current Wrestler of the Year: Kenny Omega

1. ↑Kenny Omega: 165 Points
2. ↓Kazuchika Okada: 149 Points
3. ↑Young Bucks: 134 Points
4. Hiromu Takahashi: 127 Points
5. Will Ospreay: 105 Points
6. Kota Ibushi: 104 Points
7. ↓Johnny Gargano: 96 Points
8. ZSJ: 92 Points
9. ↑Undisputed ERA: 85 Points 
10. AJ Styles: 74 Points
11. Tomasso Ciampa: 72 Points
12. Marty Scurrl: 64 Points
13. Hiroshi Tanahashi: 63 Points
14. Adam Cole -Sanada: 61 Points
15. Seth Rollins: 60 Points
16. Alexa Bliss: 58 Points
17. Hangman Page: 56 Points
18. Cody -Jay White: 55 Points
19. Andrade Almas -Dalton Castle -Hirooki Goto: 50 Points
20. Brock Lesnar: 49 Points
21. Cedric Alexander: 45 Points
22. Kushida -Pete Dunne -Minoru Suzuki -Evil -Tetsuya Naito -Moustache Mountain         -Tomohiro Ishii 
23. The Briscoes: 38 Points
24. The Miz -Flip Gordon -Jay Lethal -Aleister Black: 35 Points
25. Shinsuke Nakamura -Juice Robinson -Dragon Lee -El Desperado: 32 Points
26. Braun Strowman -Zack Gibson -Michael Elgin -Finn Balor -Chris Jericho: 30 Points
27. So Cal Uncensored: 25 Points
28. Charlotte -Matt Taven: 22 Points
29. 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
30. Burch and Lorcan -Chris Sabin: 17 Points
31. Yoshinobu Kanemaru -Bludgeon Brothers: 16 Points
32. Asuka -Usos -John Cena -The Bar -Firing Squad -Silas Young -Roppongi 3K -Bobby Roode -EC3: 15 Points
33. Nia Jax -Kingdom -Carmella -Sumie Sakai -Shayna Baszler -Punishment Martinez: 13 Points
34. 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
35. 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.