WWF 1963-1993 Wrestlenomics

I've been going through the archived results from TheHistoryofWWE, In particular, I've been looking at 1963-1993.

The recorded record for WWF shows after Monday Night Raw was established is fairly solid. Most of those results have been cataloged into the databases at CageMatch and WrestlingData. Things are much more spotty for results from the 1960s, 1970s and even early 1980s.

Periodically, I like to audit the current results up at History of WWE and see how complete the record is/is not.

Old results are always challenging because there's a lot of name/spelling issues in the results and everything is (understandably) far less complete. You also have a lot more lines that say "also featured" and "included". These notes often don't get put into databases as wrestling appearances but really should be included because they can represent a large hunk of appearances for some wrestlers.
(I've tried my best to include these appearances in my "match database" that I built.)

The History of WWE - All Events 1963-1992 pages

year	events	matches	matches per card		year	events	matches	matches per card
1963	296	1222	4.13		1978	491	3182	6.48
1964	294	1271	4.32		1979	437	2843	6.51
1965	259	942	3.64		1980	481	3033	6.31
1966	356	1271	3.57		1981	474	3092	6.52
1967	296	1167	3.94		1982	499	3555	7.12
1968	260	1124	4.32		1983	605	4092	6.76
1969	230	1185	5.15		1984	688	4591	6.67
1970	250	1225	4.90		1985	704	4872	6.92
1971	238	1143	4.80		1986	745	4386	5.89
1972	276	1405	5.09		1987	750	4744	6.33
1973	232	1175	5.06		1988	631	4268	6.76
1974	215	953	4.43		1989	617	3926	6.36
1975	343	1528	4.45		1990	613	4181	6.82
1976	400	2178	5.45		1991	499	3878	7.77
1977	469	2792	5.95		1992	494	3697	7.48

Keep in mind that results I used contain a lot more than just WWWF results.

There's lots of results from Toronto, Pittsburgh and international shows (often joint promotions) such as tours with Japanese companies. Still, it's interesting to see some of the trends that emerge.

Here's a look at the average number of matches reported per card:

Isn't it remarkable how the average number of matches per card has shot up over time?

It goes from about four (1960s) to five (early 1970s) to six (late 1970s) to more than six (1980s) to more than seven (1990s). I believe that this is a combination of lots of factors. 

The further back you go, the record grows less complete. Oftentimes, only the title matches (especially a world title match) are called out on the cards. The matches from the undercard may be missing. Also, some of these spot shows could actually had far less matches than today's lavish house shows. Lastly, television tapings, particularly the infamous marathon television tapings for syndicated programming from the 1980s and early 1990s, can skew the matches/card metric.

year	events	att record?	% of events		year	events	att record?	% of events
1963	296	21	7%		1978	491	21	4%
1964	294	20	7%		1979	436	14	3%
1965	259	23	9%		1980	481	55	11%
1966	356	11	3%		1981	474	71	15%
1967	294	12	4%		1982	499	72	14%
1968	260	10	4%		1983	605	87	14%
1969	229	20	9%		1984	688	195	28%
1970	250	19	8%		1985	704	311	44%
1971	238	15	6%		1986	745	331	44%
1972	276	10	4%		1987	750	367	49%
1973	232	21	9%		1988	632	258	41%
1974	215	21	10%		1989	617	238	39%
1975	344	17	5%		1990	613	287	47%
1976	401	15	4%		1991	499	226	45%
1977	468	40	9%		1992	494	284	57%

This looks at what proportion of the wrestling events actually have any sort of "attendance" record connected with it. For the first fifteen years, the percentage is hovering at/below 10%. Things get a lot more complete in the early 1980s (when the Wrestling Observer Newsletter comes along) and by 1985, it's closing in on more than 40% of the events.

When you're trying to evaluate "drawing power" for WWWF champions, these sorts of sample size differences make it tough. Consider, between 1963-1972, Sammartino had well over 1,500 matches. However, there's only records (in this dataset) covering about 67 crowds over ten thousand people. Conversely, in Hulk Hogan's 325 matches between 1985 and 1986, there's over 125 shows with 10k+ crowds. While WWF was extremely hot in the Hulkamania Rock 'n' Wrestling era, it's disingenuous to simply compare the where I have 642 attendance records (1985/1986) and where I only have 161 attendance records (1963-1972). 

However, you can look at "drawing power" from within the same time period among WWF stars.

For instance, consider WWF tours with and without Hulk Hogan appearing between 1984-1989. I found 97 cities which had attendance records for shows that both did and did not include Hulk.

Location	No Hogan	w/ Hogan	diff
Albuquerque, NM -- USA	2,522	7,593	5,070
Anaheim, CA -- USA	3,917	8,250	4,333
Arena St. Louis, MO -- USA	5,454	10,575	5,121
Atlanta, GA -- USA	3,021	4,658	1,637
Auburn Hills, MI -- USA	6,900	13,750	6,850
Baltimore, MD -- USA	8,132	11,489	3,356
Binghamton, NY -- USA	2,422	5,900	3,478
Birmingham, AL -- USA	3,120	12,000	8,880
Boston, MA -- USA	10,524	12,707	2,184
Buffalo, NY -- USA	5,829	9,038	3,209
Calgary, AB -- CANADA	8,500	15,000	6,500
Chicago, IL -- USA	7,713	12,527	4,814
Cincinnati, OH -- USA	3,830	7,981	4,151
Cleveland, OH -- USA	6,671	13,250	6,579
Columbus, OH -- USA	3,353	21,333	17,980
Dallas, TX -- USA	1,460	2,994	1,534
Dayton, OH -- USA	1,000	8,000	7,000
Denver, CO -- USA	4,842	7,019	2,177
Des Moines, IA -- USA	2,000	11,000	9,000
Detroit, MI -- USA	8,473	12,263	3,790
East Rutherford, NJ -- USA	8,054	14,335	6,281
Edmonton, AB -- CANADA	9,500	12,500	3,000
Erie, PA -- USA	2,276	4,850	2,573
Foxboro, MA -- USA	12,000	23,000	11,000
Fresno, CA -- USA	4,486	7,725	3,239
Glens Falls, NY -- USA	5,833	8,500	2,667
Greensboro, NC -- USA	1,800	2,835	1,035
Halifax, NS -- CANADA	5,667	7,500	1,833
Hamilton, ONT -- CANADA	10,560	15,500	4,940
Hartford, CT -- USA	6,244	11,730	5,486
Hershey, PA -- USA	4,687	7,767	3,080
Houston, TX -- USA	5,575	5,375	(200)
Huntsville, AL -- USA	9,000	6,781	(2,220)
Indianapolis, IN -- USA	7,000	8,352	1,352
Jackson, MS -- USA	2,086	4,500	2,414
Joe Louis Detroit, MI -- USA	20,000	20,997	997
Kansas City, MO -- USA	3,323	6,929	3,605
Kiel Auditorium  - St. Louis, MO -- USA	4,067	6,387	2,320
Landover, MD -- USA	5,589	12,977	7,388
Las Vegas, NV -- USA	3,833	10,807	6,973
Little Rock, AR -- CANADA	2,452	3,800	1,348
London, ONT -- CANADA	3,918	2,500	(1,418)
Long Island, NY -- USA	7,255	12,473	5,218
Los Angeles, CA -- USA	8,277	12,336	4,058
Louisville, KY -- USA	1,189	3,587	2,398
Madison, WI -- USA	4,100	7,557	3,457
Maple Leaf Gardens  Toronto, ONT -- CANADA	17,500	18,000	500
Memphis, TN -- USA	750	4,475	3,725
Miami, FL -- USA	3,041	5,104	2,063
Milwaukee, WI -- USA	4,402	13,993	9,591
Minneapolis, MN -- USA	2,750	7,660	4,910
Montreal, QC -- CANADA	12,737	16,167	3,429
MSG New York City, NY -- USA	17,407	19,259	1,852
Nashville, TN -- USA	6,482	9,000	2,518
New Haven, CT -- USA	4,155	9,850	5,695
New Orleans, LA -- USA	1,800	6,267	4,467
Oakland, CA -- USA	7,519	11,810	4,291
Oklahoma City, OK -- USA	2,175	3,472	1,297
Omaha, NE -- USA	5,831	9,443	3,612
Orlando, FL -- USA	5,600	9,200	3,600
Osaka, Japan -- JAPAN	13,000	5,841	(7,159)
Paris, France -- FRANCE	12,000	12,000	-
Peoria, IL -- USA	3,789	10,500	6,711
Philadelphia, PA -- USA	9,210	12,934	3,724
Phoenix, AZ -- USA	6,084	11,820	5,736
Pittsburgh, PA -- USA	9,327	12,546	3,219
Pontiac, MI -- USA	2,400	25,406	23,006
Portland, ME -- USA	3,270	8,550	5,281
Portland, OR -- USA	4,000	6,750	2,750
Providence, RI -- USA	6,321	8,500	2,179
Richfield, OH -- USA	6,214	11,793	5,579
Richmond, VA -- USA	6,250	8,955	2,705
Rochester, NY -- USA	2,974	8,238	5,264
Rockford, IL -- USA	1,917	10,000	8,083
Sacramento, CA -- USA	5,282	7,880	2,598
Salisbury, MD -- USA	7,000	6,850	(150)
Salt Lake City, UT -- USA	5,562	7,200	1,638
San Antonio, TX -- USA	9,000	6,000	(3,000)
San Diego, CA -- USA	5,871	10,875	5,004
San Francisco, CA -- USA	7,189	10,500	3,311
Seattle, WA -- USA	5,900	16,000	10,100
South Bend, IN -- USA	2,586	10,749	8,163
Springfield, IL -- USA	4,217	8,302	4,086
Springfield, MA -- USA	4,153	6,133	1,980
St. Louis, MO -- USA	3,879	6,131	2,252
Syracuse, NY -- USA	2,120	6,000	3,880
Tacoma, WA -- USA	7,731	15,068	7,337
Tampa, FL -- USA	4,000	9,780	5,780
Tokyo, Japan -- JAPAN	10,000	11,000	1,000
Toledo, OH -- USA	5,433	8,881	3,448
Toronto, ONT -- CANADA	9,849	12,810	2,961
Vancouver, BC -- CANADA	4,233	16,000	11,767
Wheeling, WV -- USA	3,334	7,190	3,857
Wichita, KS -- USA	10,000	7,932	(2,068)
Winnipeg, MB -- CANADA	3,600	11,894	8,294
Worcester, MA -- USA	2,000	9,805	7,805
Youngstown, OH -- USA	2,900	6,000	3,100
Median	5,433	9,038	3,605

The initial exercise suggests that in over 90% of the cities, shows with Hogan drew remarkable more than shows without Hogan.

This is certainly not a perfect dataset. There are apples-oranges comparisons including matinees versus evening shows, television tapings versus house shows, pay-per-views versus spot shows, etc. However, the general trend is very telling.

Sure, Hogan was a big attraction the first few times. However, what happens with the Immortal One comes to your town more than a handful of times? Does his drawing power "hold up"?

Let's look at the 44 cities which had at least four visits from Hogan (along with some shows where Hulk Hogan was not there). Again, we must have attendance records available.

City	Hogan Appearances (w/ att. Record)	First Three Hogan	Remaining	Difference	No Hogan	Judgment
Philadelphia, PA -- USA	33	12,370	12,991	620	9,210	Flat (5%)
MSG New York City, NY -- USA	28	25,795	18,475	(7,319)	17,407	Down (-28%)
Chicago, IL -- USA	24	7,500	13,245	5,745	7,713	Up (77%)
Los Angeles, CA -- USA	23	8,667	12,886	4,219	8,277	Up (49%)
Boston, MA -- USA	22	14,233	12,466	(1,767)	10,524	Down (-12%)
Minneapolis, MN -- USA	22	10,500	7,211	(3,289)	2,750	Down (-31%)
Kiel Auditorium  - St. Louis, MO -- USA	19	7,647	6,150	(1,497)	4,067	Down (-20%)
Pittsburgh, PA -- USA	18	14,667	12,121	(2,545)	9,327	Down (-17%)
Oakland, CA -- USA	15	10,733	12,079	1,346	7,519	Up (13%)
East Rutherford, NJ -- USA	14	15,918	13,903	(2,015)	8,054	Down (-13%)
Landover, MD -- USA	14	15,400	12,316	(3,084)	5,589	Down (-20%)
Richfield, OH -- USA	14	13,333	11,373	(1,961)	6,214	Down (-15%)
Houston, TX -- USA	13	3,300	5,997	2,697	5,575	Up (82%)
Toronto, ONT -- CANADA	12	11,407	13,278	1,871	9,849	Up (16%)
Hartford, CT -- USA	10	10,833	12,114	1,281	6,244	Up (12%)
Milwaukee, WI -- USA	9	9,784	16,097	6,313	4,402	Up (65%)
Long Island, NY -- USA	9	12,945	12,237	(707)	7,255	Flat (-5%)
Baltimore, MD -- USA	9	11,367	11,550	183	8,132	Flat (2%)
Kansas City, MO -- USA	9	6,333	7,226	893	3,323	Up (14%)
Detroit, MI -- USA	8	14,167	11,121	(3,046)	8,473	Down (-22%)
San Francisco, CA -- USA	8	7,667	12,200	4,533	7,189	Up (59%)
Miami, FL -- USA	8	3,974	5,782	1,807	3,041	Up (45%)
Providence, RI -- USA	7	8,667	8,375	(292)	6,321	Flat (-3%)
Cincinnati, OH -- USA	7	7,123	8,625	1,502	3,830	Up (21%)
Denver, CO -- USA	7	7,454	6,693	(762)	4,842	Down (-10%)
Montreal, QC -- CANADA	6	20,333	12,000	(8,333)	12,737	Down (-41%)
Omaha, NE -- USA	6	9,115	9,771	656	5,831	Flat (7%)
Hershey, PA -- USA	6	8,833	6,700	(2,133)	4,687	Down (-24%)
Atlanta, GA -- USA	6	5,500	3,815	(1,685)	3,021	Down (-31%)
Maple Leaf Gardens Toronto , ONT -- CANADA	5	17,833	18,250	417	17,500	Flat (2%)
Tacoma, WA -- USA	5	19,746	8,050	(11,696)	7,731	Down (-59%)
Phoenix, AZ -- USA	5	11,067	12,950	1,883	6,084	Up (17%)
Sacramento, CA -- USA	5	7,133	9,000	1,867	5,282	Up (26%)
Pontiac, MI -- USA	4	29,875	12,000	(17,875)	2,400	Down (-60%)
San Diego, CA -- USA	4	10,500	12,000	1,500	5,871	Up (14%)
Arena St. Louis, MO -- USA	4	11,167	8,800	(2,367)	5,454	Down (-21%)
New Haven, CT -- USA	4	9,033	12,300	3,267	4,155	Up (36%)
Buffalo, NY -- USA	4	8,833	9,651	818	5,829	Flat (9%)
Rochester, NY -- USA	4	8,450	7,600	(850)	2,974	Down (-10%)
Fresno, CA -- USA	4	7,300	9,000	1,700	4,486	Up (23%)
Salt Lake City, UT -- USA	4	4,933	14,000	9,067	5,562	Up (184%)
Wheeling, WV -- USA	4	6,987	7,800	813	3,334	Up (12%)
Memphis, TN -- USA	4	4,067	5,700	1,633	750	Up (40%)
Dallas, TX -- USA	4	2,126	5,600	3,474	1,460	Up (163%)

Ultimately, here was the tally:

• 20 cities were UP more than 10% in average attendance in the later Hogan appearances compared to the initial ones. 
• 17 cities were DOWN more than 10% in average attendance in later Hogan appearances compare to the initial ones.  
• 7 cities were FLAT which meant overall attendance for those Hogan shows after the initial trio was within the +/- 10% of the original Hogan attendances. 

One might argue that there's a slightly negative trend, but the average drop in attendance across the cities was 300 people which doesn't really seem very substantial to me.

There are places like Boston or St. Louis or Minneapolis or Denver or Montreal where it looks like Hogan's repeat appearances might have diminished in effectiveness. Bruno's drawing record at MSG is certainly much stronger (and lengthier) than Hogan's. However, I think it might be an over-simplification to ignore examples of Chicago or Milwaukee or Miami or Phoenix where it appears that Hogan held up just fine with repeat appears. In all, it seems to be a mixed bag.

Honestly, there's the counter-argument that Hogan went back to these cities because it was clear he was still a draw there and it's really about the cities they didn't book because they didn't feel Hogan was going to pop the house. I'd have to keep digging to really make a strong determination.

Hope this was interesting to you faithful readers. All analysis by Chris Harrington. 

Twitter: @mookieghana

Email: chris.harrington@gmail.com

Mookie's Wrestlenomics Round-up (and a quarter of a parody article)

I couldn't help but giggle when I read Ryan Dilbert's opening line in "Examining Parallels Between Current WWE Product and Hulkamania Era".

Friedrich Nietzsche (and Rust Cohle) seems to be right that time is a flat circle, as we've seen with how WWE has circled back to the days of Hulkamania in many ways.

I follow what he's saying, but it always seems a little goofy when we start throwing around Nietzsche in our articles.

I even started on my parody article, but I got distracted....

Avicenna (and Galileo Galilei ) seems to be right that Venus is closer than the Sun to Earth, as we've seen with how WWE has circled back to the days of Brooklyn Brawlermania in many ways.

It's been 31 years since Steve Lombardi first teamed up with Barry Horowitz and launched the jeans and torn Yankee t-shirt into a new orbit. Even with all the changes fans have witnessed WWE go through since then, one can't help but notice that Abe "Knuckleball" Schwartz is consistently ignored by the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame voters.

WWE's central loser, its Northeastern dynamic and the jobbertastic nature of the product all remind one of 1989.Perhaps those parallels speak to how much wrestling relies on goofs and who will work cheaply. Maybe it's a testament to how winners need to crush jobbers, and how we continue to get pinned and get paid.Either way, to watch a crowd boo Heath Slater is to flash back to when Brawler was jobber king. 

Reprise of a Zero 

The biggest jobber in today's WWE is most certainly Slater.Heath Slater was a one-man band with red hair and possibly JBL's long-lost relative. He told kids to worship him and and respect West Virginia. His charisma compliments his ring skills. That description could just as well be about Brawler. Replace the Red Hair and vitamins with oddball accent, questionable grooming skills and musical prowness, switch out a bandana for a ball cap and the similarities are even more obvious.

I did actually finish something and publish a piece over at Voices of Wrestling: "12 Months. Five Feuds. #wrestlenomics" looking at matches that have been repeated extensively in the past year. (If you've got time on your hands, look at the alternative text for the images.)

The delay of the WWE Network in the UK has caused a lot of eyebrows to raise. I wrote about on Tuesday at Bleacher Report: "Delay of WWE Network in UK Underscores the Importance of WWE's TV Rights Deals".

I found myself scratching my head when I read the BBC report about the WWE Network UK situation which included this line, "It is available in more than 150 countries around the world including the key markets of India and China, although in Canada it is only available through cable TV firm Rodgers Communications." Huh?

Calling out the "key markets" was something I did in my piece. Weird coincidence. However, as I've explained in other pieces, the WWE Network is not available in either India or China. Even more baffling BBC.

Lastly, I've updated the 2006-2014 PPV numbers log. It's pretty dramatic how much the North American numbers have dropped since the WWE Network has launched (-70%; 2006-2013 the average B-PPV from March to August was 136,000 buys; in 2014 it was 40,000 buys) while the international numbers are very different (-30%; 2006-2013 average B-PPV from March to August was 85,000 buys; in 2014 it was 59,500 buys). Interesting.

What has been the most repeated WWE match in the last 12 months?

Which two wrestlers have faced each other the most in the past 12 months?

The answer appears to be Luke Harper & Erick Rowan versus Jey & Jimmy Uso.
They've faced off at least 66 times over the past year.

• 10/5/2013: WWE Live -- The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (w/Bray Wyatt) defeat The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso)
• 10/22/2013: WWE Friday Night SmackDown #740 -- The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (w/Bray Wyatt) (2:34)
• 11/12/2013: WWE Friday Night SmackDown #743 -- The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (w/Bray Wyatt) defeat The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (7:54)
• 11/26/2013: WWE Friday Night SmackDown #745 -- Twelve Man Tag Team: CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Goldust, Rey Mysterio & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Shield (Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins) & The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (12:18)
• 12/19/2013: WWE Friday Night SmackDown #749 -- The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (w/Bray Wyatt) defeat The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (2:04)
• 12/26/2013: WWE Live -- Steel Cage Six Man Tag Team: Daniel Bryan & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 12/27/2013: WWE Live -- Steel Cage Six Man Tag Team: Daniel Bryan & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 12/28/2013: WWE Live -- Steel Cage Six Man Tag Team: Daniel Bryan & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 1/5/2014: WWE Live -- The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 1/6/2014: WWE Monday Night RAW #1076 - Old School RAW -- Rey Mysterio & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Daniel Bryan, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (w/Bray Wyatt) (8:41)
• 1/7/2014: WWE Friday Night SmackDown #751 -- The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) vs. The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (w/Bray Wyatt & Daniel Bryan) - No Contest (9:00) - lone no contest
• 1/11/2014: WWE Live -- The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 1/12/2014: WWE Live -- The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 1/20/2014: WWE Monday Night RAW #1078 -- The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (w/Bray Wyatt) (12:32)
• 3/1/2014: WWE Live -- Sheamus & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 3/2/2014: WWE Live -- Sheamus & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 4/29/2014: WWE Friday Night SmackDown #767 -- The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) defeat Sheamus & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (10:13)
• 5/12/2014: WWE Monday Night RAW #1094 -- John Cena & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (9:43)
• 5/15/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title Triple Threat: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat Cody Rhodes & Goldust and The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 5/16/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title Triple Threat: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat Cody Rhodes & Goldust and The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 5/17/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title Triple Threat: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat Cody Rhodes & Goldust and The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 5/18/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title Triple Threat: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat Cody Rhodes & Goldust and The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 5/20/2014: WWE Friday Night SmackDown #770 -- Tag Team: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (w/John Cena) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (w/Bray Wyatt) (11:29)
• 5/21/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 5/22/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 5/23/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 5/24/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 5/27/2014: WWE Main Event #87 -- The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) defeat The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (10:40)
• 6/2/2014: WWE Monday Night RAW #1097 -- Tag Team: The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) defeat The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (17:00)
• 6/6/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 6/7/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 6/8/2014: WWE Live -- John Cena & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 6/13/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title Triple Threat: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat Cody Rhodes & Goldust and The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 6/14/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title Triple Threat: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat Cody Rhodes & Goldust and The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 6/15/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title Triple Threat: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat Cody Rhodes & Goldust and The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 6/17/2014: WWE Main Event #90 -- The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) defeat Sheamus & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (12:00)
• 6/20/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 6/21/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 6/22/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 6/28/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 6/29/2014: WWE Money In The Bank 2014 -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (13:13)
• 6/30/2014: WWE Monday Night RAW #1101 -- The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) defeat Sheamus & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (13:06)
• 7/4/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 7/5/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 7/6/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 7/7/2014: WWE Monday Night RAW #1102 -- Tag Team: The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) defeat The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (11:03)
• 7/18/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title Three Way Elimination: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat RybAxel (Curtis Axel & Ryback) and The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 7/19/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title Three Way Elimination: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat RybAxel (Curtis Axel & Ryback) and The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 7/20/2014: WWE Battleground 2014 -- WWE Tag Team Title Best Two Out Of Three Falls: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) [2:1] (18:50)
• 7/26/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 7/27/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 8/3/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 8/7/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 8/8/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 8/9/2014: WWE Live -- Chris Jericho & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 8/22/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title Triple Threat: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat Big E & Kofi Kingston (w/Xavier Woods) and The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 8/23/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title Three Way Elimination: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat Big E & Kofi Kingston (w/Xavier Woods) and The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 8/24/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title Three Way Elimination: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat Big E & Kofi Kingston (w/Xavier Woods) and The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 9/5/2014: WWE Live -- Jimmy Uso & The Great Khali defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (no Jey Uso)
• 9/6/2014: WWE Live -- The Great Khali & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 9/7/2014: WWE Live -- The Great Khali & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 9/9/2014: WWE Friday Night SmackDown #786 -- Mark Henry, The Big Show & The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat Goldust, Stardust & The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper) (10:23)
• 9/12/2014: WWE Live -- WWE Tag Team Title: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) (c) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 9/13/2014: WWE Live -- Six-Man Tag Team: The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) & The Big Show defeat The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 9/14/2014: WWE Live -- The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) & Big Show defeat The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)
• 9/26/2014: WWE Live -- The Usos (Jey Uso & Jimmy Uso) defeat The Wyatt Family (Erick Rowan & Luke Harper)

Out of these contests, Usos won 56 times, Wyatts won 9 times and there was one no contest.

WON Awards: Best and Worst Match on the Same Day

jimbob5 asks:

What about best & worst match of the year on the same show? Which surely will happen this year for Summerslam.

Great question. Let's look at the WON Awards archives.

YES, in 1987. 

Match of the year was Ricky Steamboat versus Randy Savage at WrestleMania III. Worst match of the year was Andre the Giant versus Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania III.

As far as I can tell since then no single show has had a match was ranked both MOTY and worst match of the year. However, it's been very close at least three times in the past decade.

Exhibit One: Royal Rumble 2003
5. Scott Steiner defeated Triple H (c) (with Ric Flair) by disqualification (Singles match for the World Heavyweight Championship) 18:14
6. Kurt Angle (c) (with Shelton Benjamin and Charlie Haas) defeated Chris Benoit (Singles match for the WWE Championship) 19:50
It's remarkable that these two matches went back-to-back with similar stips (top titles) and similar length (18-20 minutes).

Angle/Benoit was #2 for MOTY (behind Misawa/Kobashi 3/1/03 Tokyo). Meanwhile, HHH/Steiner won worst match of the year.

Exhibit Two: WrestleMania XXV (4/5/2009)
7. The Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels (Singles match) 30:41
9. Triple H (c) defeated Randy Orton (Singles match for the WWE Championship)
Taker/Shawn won match of the year (second place was Davey Richards/Shingo Takagi 9/6/09). Meanwhile, HHH/Orton got second place for worst match of the year. However, that year's worst match winner has gone down in history for it's terribleness: TNA's Sharmell VS. Jenna Morasca 7/19/09.

Exhibit Three: WrestleMania XXVI (3/28/2010)
7. Bret Hart defeated Mr. McMahon by submission (No Holds Barred Lumberjack match with Bruce Hart as the special guest referee) 11:09
11. The Undertaker defeated Shawn Michaels (No Disqualification Streak vs. Career match) 23:59
Taker/Shawn repeated MOTY honors with HBK's retirement match. (Second place was Tyler Black vs. Davey Richards 6/19/10)
Meanwhile, the Bret Hart/McMahon was a head-scratching and awful affair. Still, it was only the second worst match of the year in the eye's of voters. Kaitlyn vs Maxine from NXT 10/19/10 was that year's worst offense. I feel that in time people won't remember that terrible NXT match but the stain of McMahon/Hart will stick around in people's minds.

Trivia Note: Clash of the Champions I vs WWF WrestleMania IV on 3/27/88
Clash of the Champions went #1/#2 in the MOTY balloting (Flair/Sting won followed by Midnight Express/Fantastics) in Greensboro.
Meanwhile, up in Atlantic City, WMIV had Warrior/Hercules (finished second for Worst Match of the Year) and Jake Roberts/Rick Rude (finished fifth for Worst Match of the Year). 

Wonder what atrocity won worst match of the year in 1988? All Japan's (Great) Hiroshi Wajima vs (Megaman) Tom McGee (4/21/88).

WWE Records - Last 12 Months (9/16/14 ending)

Analysis: Chris Harrington

I got curious.

Looking at WWE Results from 9/17/2013 to 9/16/2014 (actually, this does include the NXT results from 9/18/2014 too)....

RESULTS (does not include battle royals/rumbles)
More than 200 matches
Cesaro: 212 matches (80-131-1) = 38% win; won the 31 Man Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WM30
Seth Rollins: 202 matches (89-105-8) = 46% win

More than 175 matches
Roman Reigns: 200 matches (123-69-8) = 64% win; won the MITB Qualifying Battle Royal on Raw
Curtis Axel: 190 matches (36-152-2) = 19% win
Jack Swagger: 187 matches (40-146-1) = 22% win
Dolph Ziggler: 186 matches (107-77-2) = 58% win
Jimmy Uso: 183 matches (145-33-5) = 81% win
Ryback: 182 matches (52-128-2) = 29% win
Luke Harper: 181 matches (52-127-2) = 29% win
Damien Sandow: 180 matches (32-148-0) = 18% win
Dean Ambrose: 178 matches (111-63-4) = 64% win
Jey Uso: 178 matches (142-31-5) = 82% win
Erick Rowan: 177 matches (51-124-2) = 29% win

More than 150 matches
Goldust: 175 matches (118-56-1) = 68% win
Stardust: 173 matches (114-58-1) = 66% win
Big E: 172 matches (111-60-1) = 65% win
Kofi Kingston: 172 matches (71-96-5) = 43% win
Alberto Del Rio: 166 matches (47-117-2) = 29% win
Randy Orton: 164 matches (47-111-6) = 30% win
Fandango: 164 matches (28-134-2) = 17% win
Bray Wyatt: 159 matches (51-107-1) = 32% win; won a dark battle royal in October 2013 at a SmackDown taping
Titus O'Neil: 157 matches (44-111-2) = 28% win

More than 125 matches
John Cena: 150 matches (127-21-2) = 86% win
Natalya: 135 matches (88-47-0) = 65% win
Alicia Fox: 134 matches (19-115-0) = 14% win
R-Truth: 129 matches (67-62-0) = 52% win
Sheamus: 127 matches (106-20-1) = 84% win; won the US Title 20 Man Battle Royal on Raw

More than 100 matches
Rusev: 125 matches (114-10-1) = 92% win
Hunico: 124 matches (65-59-0) = 52% win
Big Show: 120 matches (102-17-1) = 86% win
Miz: 118 matches (39-75-4) = 34% win; won the IC Title Battle Royal at Battleground
Daniel Bryan: 114 matches (85-24-5) = 78% win
Diego: 114 matches (87-26-1) = 77% win
Heath Slater: 108 matches (11-96-1) = 10% win
AJ Lee: 105 matches (46-59-0) = 44% win; won the WWE Divas Title Vickie Guerrero Invitational at WM30
Drew McIntyre: 104 matches (4-98-2) = 4% win
Paige: 102 matches (81-19-2) = 81% win
Fernando: 102 matches (77-24-1) = 76% win
Nikki Bella: 101 matches (79-22-0) = 78% win

More than 75 matches
Bo Dallas: 99 matches (56-42-1) = 57% win
Jinder Mahal: 98 matches (2-94-2) = 2% win
Kane: 97 matches (5-90-2) = 5% win
Bad News Barrett: 93 matches (69-22-2) = 76% win
Brie Bella: 92 matches (67-24-1) = 74% win; won a dark match non-title battle royal on the Tribute to the Troops 2013
Zack Ryder: 89 matches (17-72-0) = 19% win
Aksana: 88 matches (6-82-0) = 7% win
Adam Rose: 86 matches (80-6-0) = 93% win
Naomi: 85 matches (73-10-2) = 88% win
Adrian Neville: 82 matches (67-15-0) = 82% win
Tyson Kidd: 79 matches (26-53-0) = 33% win; won NXT battle royal
Sami Zayn: 78 matches (39-39-0) = 50% win; won NXT battle royal
Cameron: 78 matches (52-25-1) = 68% win
Rob Van Dam: 76 matches (37-36-3) = 51% win; won two battle royals

More than 50 matches
Tamina Snuka: 75 matches (15-60-0) = 20% win; won one battle royal
Emma: 73 matches (56-17-0) = 77% win
Darren Young: 72 matches (46-25-1) = 65% win
Viktor: 70 matches (53-17-0) = 76% win
Konnor: 68 matches (51-17-0) = 75% win
Great Khali: 67 matches (54-12-1) = 82% win
CM Punk: 66 matches (60-4-2) = 94% win
Justin Gabriel: 64 matches (16-47-1) = 25% win
Tyler Breeze: 63 matches (22-40-1) = 35% win; won NXT battle royal
Xavier Woods: 63 matches (28-34-1) = 45% win
Bayley: 59 matches (37-22-0) = 63% win
Summer Rae: 59 matches (19-38-2) = 33% win
Santino Marella: 59 matches (38-21-0) = 64% win
Colin Cassady: 56 matches (29-27-0) = 52% win
Aiden English: 56 matches (30-26-0) = 54% win
Layla: 54 matches (8-44-2) = 15% win
Mark Henry: 54 matches (43-9-2) = 83% win
Sasha Banks: 54 matches (16-38-0) = 30% win
Brodus Clay: 53 matches (15-37-1) = 29% win

More than 30 matches
Charlotte: 50 matches (27-23-0) = 54% win
CJ Parker: 47 matches (18-29-0) = 38% win
Eva Marie: 41 matches (24-16-1) = 60% win
Jason Jordan: 41 matches (13-28-0) = 32% win
Rosa Mendes: 40 matches (3-36-1) = 8% win
Baron Corbin: 40 matches (22-18-0) = 55% win
El Torito: 40 matches (37-3-0) = 93% win
Simon Gotch: 36 matches (23-13-0) = 64% win
Camacho: 35 matches (7-28-0) = 20% win
Mojo Rawley: 34 matches (25-9-0) = 74% win
Wesley Blake: 33 matches (7-26-0) = 21% win
Angelo Dawkins: 33 matches (13-20-0) = 39% win
Kalisto: 33 matches (22-11-0) = 67% win
Rey Mysterio: 32 matches (20-12-0) = 63% win
Batista: 31 matches (14-13-4) = 52% win; won the 2014 Royal Rumble
Bull Dempsey: 31 matches (18-13-0) = 58% win

More than 25 matches
Becky Lynch: 30 matches (16-14-0) = 53% win
Sylvester Lefort: 28 matches (8-20-0) = 29% win
Tye Dillinger: 27 matches (7-20-0) = 26% win
Mason Ryan: 26 matches (17-9-0) = 65% win
Alexa Bliss: 26 matches (13-13-0) = 50% win

More than 15 matches
Chris Jericho: 25 matches (19-4-2) = 83% win
Tensai: 25 matches (11-13-1) = 46% win
Hornswoggle: 24 matches (2-22-0) = 8% win
Corey Graves: 24 matches (15-9-0) = 63% win
Christian: 24 matches (10-14-0) = 42% win
Sawyer Fulton: 22 matches (3-19-0) = 14% win
Enzo Amore: 21 matches (14-7-0) = 67% win
Marcus Louis: 21 matches (8-13-0) = 38% win
Billy Gunn: 20 matches (7-12-1) = 37% win
Ricardo Rodriguez: 20 matches (3-17-0) = 15% win
Buddy Murphy: 19 matches (1-18-0) = 5% win
Scott Dawson: 19 matches (3-16-0) = 16% win
Road Dogg: 18 matches (7-10-1) = 41% win
Travis Tyler: 18 matches (8-10-0) = 44% win
Dash Wilder: 17 matches (3-14-0) = 18% win
Solomon Crowe: 16 matches (6-10-0) = 38% win

More than 10 matches
Kaitlyn: 15 matches (4-11-0) = 27% win
Troy McClain: 14 matches (1-13-0) = 7% win
Danny Burch: 14 matches (0-14-0) = 0% win
Carmella: 13 matches (4-9-0) = 31% win
Kendall Skye: 13 matches (4-9-0) = 31% win
Slate Randall: 13 matches (1-11-1) = 8% win

More than 5 matches
Paul Heyman: 10 matches (1-9-0) = 10% win
Yoshi Tatsu: 8 matches (2-6-0) = 25% win
Curt Hawkins: 8 matches (0-8-0) = 0% win
unknown: 7 matches (1-6-0) = 14% win
Steve Cutler: 7 matches (1-6-0) = 14% win
Kassius Ohno: 7 matches (2-5-0) = 29% win
Cal Bishop: 6 matches (3-2-1) = 60% win
Mistico: 6 matches (3-2-1) = 60% win

More than 3 matches
Veronica Lane: 5 matches (0-5-0) = 0% win
Brad Maddox: 5 matches (1-4-0) = 20% win
Oliver Grey: 5 matches (1-4-0) = 20% win
JoJo: 5 matches (3-2-0) = 60% win
Triple H: 4 matches (0-3-1) = 0% win
Elias Sampson: 4 matches (0-4-0) = 0% win

Multiple matches
Knuckles Madsen: 3 matches (2-1-0) = 67% win
Chad Gable: 3 matches (2-1-0) = 67% win
Vickie Guerrero: 3 matches (0-3-0) = 0% win
Brock Lesnar: 3 matches (3-0-0) = 100% win
Garrett Dylan: 3 matches (0-3-0) = 0% win
Alex Riley: 2 matches (0-2-0) = 0% win
Jonny Vandal: 2 matches (0-2-0) = 0% win
Hideo Itami: 2 matches (2-0-0) = 100% win
Grandmaster Sexay: 2 matches (1-1-0) = 50% win
Scotty 2 Hotty: 2 matches (1-1-0) = 50% win
Devin Taylor: 2 matches (1-1-0) = 50% win
Stephanie McMahon: 2 matches (2-0-0) = 100% win
CJ O'Doyle: 2 matches (0-2-0) = 0% win

One Shot Stars

Aaron Solo: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

CM Skunk: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Vordell Walker: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Chris Rockwell: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Rikishi: 1 match (1-0-0) = 100% win

Mike Lebosca: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Nick Nardone: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Tee Perkins: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

William Regal: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Derek Billington: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Jonathan Ortagun: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Philip Gouljar: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Undertaker: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Tommy Taylor: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Mike Cuellari: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

John Cahill: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Captain Comic: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Matt Sugarman: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Stuart Cumberland: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Raquel Diaz: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Jack Hurley: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

John Icarino: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Mac Miles: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Dana Brooke: 1 match (1-0-0) = 100% win

Tyson Dux: 1 match (0-1-0) = 0% win

Observations:

• Cesaro is a beast. He's wrestled over 200 times in the past year. My count has him at 212 matches (without including battle royal/rumble appearances&wins) and 208 different events where he had a match. Poor dude.
• Most tag matches go to the teams you'd expect: Goldust & Stardust (159), Erick Rowan & Luke Harper (165) and the Usos (171). However, Jimmy Uso actually has one additional tag match match without his brother. At a live event in Indiana on September 5, Jimmy tagged with The Great Khali. (New Tag Champs?!)
• The King of singles matches might surprise you: Damien Sandow. He's had 165 singles matches (including multi-man singles) which puts him well ahead of the two runner-ups Dolph Ziggler (151 singles) and recently released Alberto Del Rio (150). Sandow is only 30-165 in singles competition though.
• Some guys are predominately tag wrestlers. Some guys are predominately singles wrestlers. Who has straddled the line the most in the past 12 months? Bray Wyatt with 79 singles matches and 80 tag matches. He's won 38% of the singles matches and only 27% of the tag matches.
• Only four wrestlers (with more than ten matches) have won more than 90% of their matches (note: this includes victories via DQ). What a stable they would make: Rusev (114-10-1), Adam Rose (80-6-0), CM Punk (60-4-2) and El Torito (37-3-0).
• Only six main roster wrestlers have sunk below the 10% mark in terms of winning percentage (again, this includes losses via DQ/count-out). That's recently released two-thirds of 3MB (Drew McIntyre & Jinder Mahal) along with theDemonKane, Aksana, Total Divas' star Rosa Mendes and Hornswoggle.
• Who is splitting the uprights with a 50% win record? Sami Zayn (39-39) and Alexa Bliss (13-13). (Pair 'em up!)

Wrestlenomics for the WON Hall of Fame Ballot

Analysis by Chris Harrington

I've been compiling several areas of research:

1. Days as champions for major belts (specifically starting in 1984-2014)
2. Four star+ matches 
3. Total PPV Main Events for U.S.
4. Total 10,000+ crowds for Japan (75% complete for wrestler attribution)
5. Wrestler of the Year and Match of the Year tallies

WON HOF Candidates 2014

HISTORICAL PERFORMERS: Gene & Ole Anderson, The Assassins (Joe Hamilton & Tom Renesto), Red Bastien, June Byers, Pepper Gomez, Dick Hutton, Pedro Morales, Ciclon Negro, Kinji Shibuya, Wilbur Snyder, John Tolos, Enrique Torres, Von Brauners & Saul Weingeroff , Tim "Mr. Wrestling" Woods, Johnny "Mr. Wrestling II" Walker 

MODERN PERFORMERS: Junkyard Dog, Edge, Owen Hart, Curt Hennig, Ivan Koloff, Brock Lesnar, Fabulous Moolah, Dick Murdoch, Ken Patera, C.M. Punk, Rock & Roll Express (Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson), Sgt. Slaughter, Jimmy Snuka, Sting, Ultimate Warrior

WRESTLING IN JAPAN: Jun Akiyama, George Gordienko, Gran Hamada, Volk Han, Masahiko Kimura, Satoshi Kojima & Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Yuji Nagata, Seiji Sakaguchi, Mike & Ben Sharpe, Minoru Suzuki, Kiyoshi Tamura, Akira Taue

WRESTLING IN MEXICO: Brazo de Oro & Brazo de Plata & El Brazo, Cien Caras, Hector Garza, Ultimo Guerrero, Karloff Lagarde, Blue Panther, L.A. Park, Huracan Ramirez , El Signo & El Texano & Negro Navarro, Vampiro, Villano III, Dr. Wagner Jr.

WRESTLING IN EUROPE: Jim Breaks, Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks, Horst Hoffman, Billy Joyce, Kendo Nagasaki, Jackie Pallo, Rollerball Mark Rocco, Johnny Saint, Otto Wanz

WRESTLING IN AUSTRALIA/PACIFIC ISLANDS/CARIBBEAN/AFRICA CANDIDATES: Spyros Arion, Johnny Barend, Brute Bernard & Skull Murphy, Carlos Colon, King Kong Czaja, John DaSilva, Domenic DeNucci, Killer Karl Kox, Mark Lewin, Mario Milano, Jan Wilkens

NON-WRESTLERS: Bill Apter, Dave Brown, Jim Crockett Jr., Jim Crockett Sr., Gary Hart, Jimmy Hart, Howard Finkel, Jerry Jarrett, Larry Matysik, Gorilla Monsoon, Gene Okerluind, Don Owen, George Scott, Jesse Ventura, Stanley Weston

The data that I've compiled is really going to give insight for "Modern Performers" and will also provide some relevant comparisons for modern "Wrestling in Japan" candidates.

#1 Days as Champion for Major Belts (1984-2014)

Among Wrestlers who have held major belts for extended time-periods, many are already in the WON HOF:
1. Hulk Hogan (1996)
2. Ric Flair (1996)
3. Mitsuharu Misawa (1996)
4. Keiji Mutoh (1999)
5. John Cena (2012)
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi (2013)
7. Shinya Hashimoto (2000)
8. Kenta Kobashi (2002)
9. Triple H (2005)
10. Vader (1996)
11. Kensuke Sasaki (2013)
12. Tatsumi Fujinami (1996)
14. Toshiaki Kawada (1997)
15. Bret Hart (1996)
18. Jumbo Tsuruta (1996)
22. Genichiro Tenryu (1996)
22. Randy Savage (1996)
27. Steve Austin (2000)
29. Stan Hansen (1996)
31. Undertaker (2004)
34. Shawn Michaels (2003)
36. Riki Choshu (1996)
37. Kurt Angle (2004)
39. Rock (2007)
40. Antonio Inoki (1996)
49. Chris Jericho (2010)
58. Chris Benoit (2003)
61. Rey Mysterio (2010)
64. Eddie Guerrero (2006)
67. Nobuhiko Takada (1996)
71. Steve Williams (2011)
73. Ricky Steamboat (1996)
82. Mick Foley (2000)
84. Masahiro Chono (2004)
89. Dusty Rhodes (1996)
90. Terry Gordy (2005)
91. Vince McMahon (1996)
92. Bob Backlund (2004)
93. Harley Race (1996)
94. Andre the Giant (1996)

Some wrestlers are currently on the ballot:
16. Satoshi Kojima (ballot) - listed as a tag team with Tenzan
17. Brock Lesnar (ballot)
19. CM Punk (ballot)
20. Jun Akiyama (ballot)
24. Yuji Nagata (ballot)
25. Edge (ballot)
32. Sting (ballot)
42. Ultimate Warrior (ballot)
51. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (ballot) - listed as a tag team with Kojima
62. Akira Taue (ballot)
77. Sgt Slaughter (ballot)

Some wrestlers are not on this year's ballot:
13. Randy Orton (not eligible yet)
21. Takashi Sugiura (n/a)
26. Batista (fell off ballot in 2013)
28. Kazuchika Okada (not eligible yet)
30. Kazuyuki Fujita (n/a)
33. Kevin Nash (fell off ballot in 1998)
35. Shinsuke Nakamura (not eligible yet)
38. Sheamus (n/a)
41. Alberto Del Rio (n/a)
43. Yokozuna (n/a)
44. Bradshaw (n/a)
45. Big Show (n/a)
46. Goldberg (n/a)
47. Takeshi Rikio (n/a)
48. Lex Luger (fell off in 1998)
50. Yoshihiro Takayama (fell off in 2003 and 2005)
52. Takeshi Morishima (n/a)
53. Go Shiozaki (n/a)
54. Daniel Bryan (not eligible yet)
55. Togi Makabe (n/a)
56. Miz (n/a)
57. Kane (fell off in 2012)
59. Yoshinari Ogawa (n/a)
60. Ron Simmons (n/a)
63. AJ Styles (fell off in 2013)
65. Scott Norton (n/a)
65. Booker T (fell off in 2006)
68. Sycho Sid (n/a)
69. Naomichi Marufuji (not eligible yet)
70. Mark Henry (n/a)
72. Jack Swagger (n/a)
74. Jeff Hardy (fell off in 2012)
75. Dolph Ziggler (n/a)
76. Bob Sapp (n/a)
78. Ron Garvin (n/a)
79. Great Khali (n/a)
80. Tadao Yasuda (n/a)
80. Salman Hashimikov (n/a)
83. Manabu Nakanishi (n/a)
85. Christian (n/a)
86. Diamond Dallas Page (n/a)
87. Rob Van Dam (fell off in 2007)
88. Kerry Von Erich (fell off in 1999 and 2007)

#2 Four Star+ Matches

Among Wrestlers with 15+ ****plus matches, many are already in the WON HOF:
1. Kenta Kobashi (2002)
2. Mitsuharu Misawa (1996)
3. Toshiaki Kawada (1997)
5. Kurt Angle (2004)
6. Chris Benoit (2003)
8. Jushin Thunder Liger (1999)
10. Shawn Michaels (2003)
11. Hiroshi Tanahashi (2013)
14. Jumbo Tsuruta (1996)
15. Ric Flair (1996)
15. Rey Mysterio (2010)
17. Chris Jericho (2010)
19. Eddie Guerrero (2006)
20. Steve Williams (2011)
21. Triple H (2005)
26. Steve Austin (2000)
27. Keiji Muto (1999)
34. John Cena (2012)
40. Undertaker (2004)
56. Masahiro Chono (2004)

There are several wrestlers who are the ballot who also have 15+ ****-plus matches:
4. Akira Taue (ballot)
7. Jun Akiyama (ballot)
9. Edge (ballot)
48. CM Punk (ballot)
51. Yuji Nagata (ballot)
51. Sting (ballot)
61. Minoru Suzuki (ballot)

There's also several wrestlers who are not on this year's ballot:
11. AJ Styles (fell off in 2013)
13. KENTA (not eligible yet)
17. Shinjiro Otani (n/a)
21. Daniel Bryan (not eligible yet)
23. Kazuchika Okada (not eligible yet)
24. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (n/a)
25. Naomichi Marufuji (not eligible yet)
27. Randy Orton (not eligible yet)
27. Koji Kanemoto (n/a)
30. Samoa Joe (n/a)
31. Masanobu Fuchi (n/a)
31. Christopher Daniels (n/a)
31. Jeff Hardy (fell off in 2012)
34. Shinsuke Nakamura (not eligible yet)
36. Yoshinari Ogawa (n/a)
36. Tetsuya Naito (n/a)
36. Christian (n/a)
36. El Samurai (n/a)
40. Tomohiro Ishii (n/a)
42. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (n/a)
51. Chris Sabin (n/a)
51. Davey Richards (n/a)
51. Johnny Ace (n/a)
56. Shelton Benjamin (n/a)
56. Hirooki Goto (n/a)
61. Seth Rollins (not eligible yet)
61. Scott Steiner (as a tag team with Rick: fell off in 1998 & 2007)
61. Juventud Guerrera (n/a)
61. Alex Shelley (n/a)
61. Low Ki (n/a)
61. Katsuyori Shibata (n/a)

#3 Total PPV Main Events

(This includes WWF/WWE, TNA, ECW, WCW PPVs but does not include weekly TNA.)

Among Wrestlers with 10+ main events, many are already in the WON HOF:
1. John Cena (2012)
2. Triple H (2005)
2. Undertaker (2004)
5. Kurt Angle (2004)
6. Hulk Hogan (1996)
8. Shawn Michaels (2003)
12. Ric Flair (1996)
13. Steve Austin (2000)
19. Rock (2007)
22. Chris Jericho (2010)
23. Mick Foley (2000)
24. Bret Hart (1996)
25. Randy Savage (1996)
33. Vader (1996)
36. Rey Mysterio (2010)
45. Chris Benoit (2003)
45. Vince McMahon (1996)
45. Roddy Piper (1996)

There are four wrestlers who are the ballot who also have 10+ PPV main events:
4. Sting (ballot)
16. Edge (ballot)
21. CM Punk (ballot)
36. Brock Lesnar (ballot)

There's also many wrestlers who are not on this year's ballot with 10+ PPV main events:
7. Randy Orton (not eligible yet)
9. Big Show (n/a)
10. Jeff Jarrett (n/a)
11. Kevin Nash (fell off ballot in 1998)
13. AJ Styles (fell off in 2013)
15. Batista (fell off in 2013)
17. Samoa Joe (n/a)
17. Kane (fell off in 2012)
19. Jeff Hardy (fell off in 2012)
26. Christian Cage (n/a)
27. RVD (fell off in 2007)
28. Lex Luger (fell off in 1998)
29. Booker T (fell off in 2006)
29. Scott Steiner (as a tag team with Rick: fell off in 1998 & 2007)
31. Bubba Ray Dudley (fell off in 2007 as tag team)
32. Sid Vicious (n/a)
33. Sheamus (n/a)
33. Bobby Roode (n/a)
36. Abyss (n/a)
39. Alberto Del Rio (n/a)
39. Goldberg (n/a)
39. James Storm (n/a)
42. Daniel Bryan (not eligible yet)
42. JBL (n/a)
44. Christopher Daniels (n/a)
45. Scott Hall (fell off in 1998)
45. Rhyno (n/a)
45. Miz (n/a)
51. DDP (n/a)
51. Sabu (fell off in 2000)
53. D-Von Dudley (fell off in 2007 as tag team)
53. Ron Killings (n/a)
53. Davey Boy Smith (fell off in 1998 and 2006)
56. Mark Henry (n/a)
56. Wade Barrett (n/a)

#4 10,000+ Crowds for Japan (75% complete; mostly 1973-2013 time-frame)

Among Wrestlers with 30+ appearances in the top third of crowd, many are already in the WON HOF:
1. Keiji Muto (1999)
2. Masahiro Chono (2004)
3. Kensuke Sasaki (2013)
4. Mitsuharu Misawa (1996)
5. Toshiaki Kawada (1997)
5. Riki Choshu (1996)
7. Genichiro Tenryu (1996)
8. Shinya Hashimoto (2000)
9. Kenta Kobashi (2002)
11. Tatsumi Fujinami (1996)
14. Stan Hansen (1996)
19. Steve Williams (2011)
20. Jumbo Tsuruta (1996)
21. Hiroshi Hase (2006)
23. Jushin Thunder Liger (1999)
25. Giant Baba (1996)
26. Antonio Inoki (1996)
27. Hiroshi Tanahashi (2013)
28. Vader (1996)
37. Nobuhiko Takada (1996)

There are five wrestlers who are the ballot who also have 30+ appearances on the top third:
10. Jun Akiyama (ballot)
12. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (ballot) - on ballot as a tag team with Kojima
13. Akira Taue (ballot)
15. Yuji Nagata (ballot)
17. Satoshi Kojima (ballot) - on ballot as a tag team with Tenzan

There's also several wrestlers who are not on this year's ballot:
16. Yoshihiro Takayama (fell off in 2003 and 2005)
17. Manabu Nakanishi (n/a)
21. Shiro Koshinaka (n/a)
23. Scott Norton (n/a)
28. Johnny Ace (n/a)
28. Kengo Kimura (n/a)
28. Gary Albright (n/a)
28. Kazuo Yamazaki (n/a)
33. Super Strong Machine (n/a)
34. Takao Omori (n/a)
35. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (n/a)
35. Shinsuke Nakamura (not eligible yet)
37. Takashi Iizuka (n/a)

#5 WON Awards: Wrestler of the Year & Match of the Year Points

Timeframe: 1980-2013

Among Wrestlers with 25+ points who are already in the WON HOF:
1. Ric Flair (1996)
2. Kenta Kobashi (2002)
3. Mitsuharu Misawa (1996)
4. Shawn Michaels (2003)
5. Toshiaki Kawada (1997)
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi (2013)
8. John Cena (2012)
9. Steve Austin (2000)
9. Triple H (2005)
11. Chris Benoit (2003)
12. Kurt Angle (2004)
15. Keiji Muto (1999)
16. Ricky Steamboat (1996)
18. Chris Jericho (2010)
18. Jushin Thunder Liger (1999)
20. Bret Hart (1996)
22. Mick Foley (2000)
23. Manami Toyota (2002)
24. Undertaker (2004)
26. Rey Mysterio (2010)

28. Genichiro Tenryu (1996)
29. Jumbo Tsuruta (1996)
31. Hulk Hogan (1996)
32. Akira Maeda (1996)
32. Eddie Guerrero (2006)
34. Kensuke Sasaki (2013)
35. Rock (2007)
36. Tiger Mask (1996)
38. Bobby Eaton (2009)
39. Nobuhiko Takada (1996)
42. Bob Backlund (2004)
42. Ted DiBiase (1996)
44. Vader (1996)
45. Terry Funk (1996)
45. Terry Gordy (2005)
51. Harley Race (1996)
56. Dynamite Kid (1996)
58. Randy Savage (1996)
58. Stan Lane (2009)
63. Steve Williams (2011)
63. Tatsumi Fujinami (1996)

There are eight wrestlers who are the ballot who also have 25+ points:
13. Jun Akiyama (ballot)
20. CM Punk (ballot)
25. Edge (ballot)
36. Yuji Nagata (ballot)
45. Akira Taue (ballot)
45. Brock Lesnar (ballot)
49. Sting (ballot)
56. Sgt Slaughter (ballot)

There's also several wrestlers who are not on this year's ballot:
6. Daniel Bryan (not eligible yet)
14. KENTA (not eligible yet)
16. Samoa Joe (n/a)
27. Davey Richards (n/a)
29. Kazuchika Okada (not eligible yet)
39. Barry Windham (n/a)
39. Kerry Von Erich ((fell off in 1999 and 2007)
50. Shingo Takagi (n/a)
51. Naomichi Marufuji (not eligible yet)
51. Nigel Mcguinness (n/a)
51. Rick Steiner (as a tag team with Rick: fell off in 1998 & 2007)
51. Scott Steiner (as a tag team with Rick: fell off in 1998 & 2007)
60. Larry Zbyszko (n/a)
60. Mistico (n/a)
60. Naruki Doi (n/a)

Conclusion

This looks at some raw metrics but doesn't necessarily encompass "drawing power" or even "working ability".

Looking at the 2014 WON Ballot Candidates 
Akira Taue, Yuji Nagata, Sting, CM Punk, Edge, Jun Akiyama each appear in at least four different categories. Brock Lesnar is in three categories. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima and Sgt Slaughter are in two categories while Ultimate Warrior and Minoru Suzuki each appear once.

If I limit it to top 40 ranked wrestlers in each category, Edge & Akiyama has four top forty finishes, Nagata & Punk have three top forty finishes, Sting/Taue/Lesnar/Kojima have two top forty finishes and Tenzan has one.

Other

In terms of wrestlers not on the ballot currently, strongest names look like Daniel Bryan, Kazuchika Okada, Randy Orton, Samoa Joe and Shinsuke Nakamura.