List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards
Pro Wrestling Match of the Year

List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards

Section Title: Pro Wrestling Match of the Year
Table Section Text: None

Year	Match	Promotion	Venue Information

1980	Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera Texas Death Match	World Wrestling Federation	New York, New York May 19

1981	Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter Alley Fight	New York, New York May 4

1982	Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid	New Japan Pro-Wrestling	Tokyo, Japan August 5

1983	Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood vs. Sgt. Slaughter and Don Kernodle Steel Cage match	National Wrestling Alliance	The Final Conflict Greensboro, North Carolina March 12

1984	The Freebirds vs. The Von Erichs Anything Goes Match	World Class Championship Wrestling	Independence Day Star Wars Fort Worth, Texas July 4

1985	Tiger Mask II vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi	All Japan Pro Wrestling	Tokyo, Japan June 21

1986	Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham	Jim Crockett Promotions	Battle of the Belts II Orlando, Florida February 14

1987	Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage	World Wrestling Federation	WrestleMania III Pontiac, Michigan March 29

1988	Sting vs. Ric Flair	Jim Crockett Promotions	Clash of the Champions I Greensboro, North Carolina March 27

1989	Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair Two out of Three Falls match	World Championship Wrestling	Clash of the Champions VI New Orleans, Louisiana April 2

1990	Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naoki Sano	New Japan Pro-Wrestling	Osaka, Japan January 31

1991	Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki vs. Steiner Brothers	New Japan Pro-Wrestling World Championship Wrestling	Starrcade in Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan March 21

1992	Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat	All Japan Pro Wrestling	Sendai, Japan May 25

1993	Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki	All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling	Dream Slam II Osaka, Japan April 11

1994	Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels Ladder match	World Wrestling Federation	WrestleMania X New York, New York March 20

1995	Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue	All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling	Tokyo, Japan May 7

1996	Mitsuharu Misawa and Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams and Johnny Ace	All Japan Pro Wrestling	Tokyo, Japan June 7

1997	Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin Submission match	World Wrestling Federation	WrestleMania 13 Rosemont, Illinois March 23

1998	Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa	All Japan Pro Wrestling	Tokyo, Japan October 31

1999	Tokyo, Japan June 11

2000	Atlantis vs. Villano III	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre	Juicio Final Mexico City, Mexico March 17

2001	Keiji Mutoh vs. Genichiro Tenryu	All Japan Pro Wrestling	Tokyo, Japan June 8

2002	Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit vs. Edge and Rey Mysterio	World Wrestling Entertainment	No Mercy North Little Rock, Arkansas October 20

2003	Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa	Pro Wrestling Noah	Navigate for Evolution Tokyo, Japan March 1

2004	Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama	Departure Tokyo, Japan July 10

2005	Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe	Ring of Honor	Joe vs. Kobashi Manhattan, New York October 1

2006	Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito and Genki Horiguchi vs. Cima, Masato Yoshino and Naruki Doi	Supercard of Honor Chicago Ridge, Illinois March 31

2007	Takeshi Morishima vs. Bryan Danielson	Manhattan Mayhem II Manhattan, New York August 25

2008	Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels Ladder match	World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE	No Mercy Portland, Oregon October 5

2009	The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels	WrestleMania XXV Houston, Texas April 5

2010	WrestleMania XXVI Glendale, Arizona March 28

2011	CM Punk vs. John Cena	Money in the Bank Rosemont, Illinois July 17

2012	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki	New Japan Pro-Wrestling	King of Pro-Wrestling Tokyo, Japan October 8

2013	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada	Invasion Attack Tokyo, Japan April 7

2014	A.J. Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki	G1 Climax 24 Tokyo, Japan August 1

2015	Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi	Wrestle Kingdom 9 Tokyo, Japan January 4

2016	Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi	Wrestle Kingdom 10 Tokyo, Japan January 4

2017	Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega	Wrestle Kingdom 11 Tokyo, Japan January 4

2018	Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada Two out of three falls match	Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall Osaka, Japan June 9

Sentence(s)

On March 17, 2000, at CMLL's Juicio Final event, the match between Atlantis and Villano III was the Wrestling Observer Match of the Year.
On March 17, 2000, at CMLL's 2000 Juicio Final event, Atlantis played against Villano III in a Pro Wrestling match that was voted the Wrestling Observer 2000 Match of the Year.
At CMLL's 2000 Juicio Final event, Atlantis against Villano III match was voted as the Wrestling Observer 2000 Match of the Year.

final_sentence: On March 17, 2000, at CMLL's Juicio Final event, the match between Atlantis and Villano III was the Wrestling Observer Match of the Year.
final_sentence: On March 17, 2000, at CMLL's 2000 Juicio Final event, Atlantis played against Villano III in a Pro Wrestling match that was voted the Wrestling Observer 2000 Match of the Year.
final_sentence: At CMLL's 2000 Juicio Final event, Atlantis against Villano III match was voted as the Wrestling Observer 2000 Match of the Year.