Tuesday, December 15, 2015

WWE/NJPW Goodness/Badness - Allocating BEST/WORST WON Match Voting

Here are the 55 events with poll results that were published in the Wrestling Observer between December 1, 2014 and November 30, 2015 (in order of most to least votes):
  • 04/06/15: WWE WRESTLEMANIA 31 -- 465 UP / 25 MIDDLE / 8 DOWN
  • 02/02/15: WWE ROYAL RUMBLE -- 91 UP / 152 MIDDLE / 219 DOWN
  • 01/12/15: NEW JAPAN WRESTLE KINGDOM 9 -- 373 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 07/27/15: WWE BATTLEGROUND -- 173 UP / 57 MIDDLE / 78 DOWN
  • 05/04/15: WWE EXTREME RULES -- 114 UP / 89 MIDDLE / 46 DOWN
  • 12/22/14: WWE TLC -- 60 UP / 78 MIDDLE / 101 DOWN
  • 03/02/15: WWE FAST LANE -- 50 UP / 92 MIDDLE / 96 DOWN
  • 11/30/15: WWE SURVIVOR SERIES -- 71 UP / 71 MIDDLE / 82 DOWN
  • 08/31/15: WWE SUMMERSLAM -- 175 UP / 41 MIDDLE / 8 DOWN
  • 06/22/15: WWE MONEY IN THE BANK -- 160 UP / 20 MIDDLE / 38 DOWN
  • 08/31/15: WWE NXT TAKEOVER -- 206 UP / 1 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 02/23/15: WWE NXT TAKEOVER RIVALS -- 191 UP / 7 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 06/08/15: WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER -- 128 UP / 44 MIDDLE / 16 DOWN
  • 12/22/14: NXT R EVOLUTION -- 182 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 09/28/15: WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS -- 130 UP / 39 MIDDLE / 10 DOWN
  • 05/25/15: WWE PAYBACK -- 101 UP / 52 MIDDLE / 16 DOWN
  • 11/02/15: WWE HELL IN A CELL -- 148 UP / 18 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 10/12/15: WWE IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN -- 82 UP / 53 MIDDLE / 19 DOWN
  • 07/13/15: WWE BEAST FROM THE EAST -- 132 UP / 14 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 04/13/15: NEW JAPAN INVASION ATTACK -- 146 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 07/13/15: NEW JAPAN DOMINION -- 141 UP / 2 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 06/01/15: NXT UNSTOPPABLE -- 101 UP / 30 MIDDLE / 11 DOWN
  • 10/19/15: NXT TAKEOVER RESPECT -- 138 UP / 2 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 02/23/15: NJPW NEW BEGINNING IN OSAKA -- 101 UP / 24 MIDDLE / 4 DOWN
  • 07/27/15: NEW JAPAN G-1 FIRST NIGHT -- 84 UP / 29 MIDDLE / 5 DOWN
  • 08/17/15: AAA TRIPLEMANIA -- 6 UP / 4 MIDDLE / 96 DOWN
  • 02/23/15: NJPW NEW BEGINNING IN SENDAI -- 94 UP / 4 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 06/29/15: ROH BEST IN THE WORLD PPV -- 96 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 09/28/15: ROH ALL-STAR EXTRAVAGANZA -- 74 UP / 6 MIDDLE / 5 DOWN
  • 03/09/15: ROH 13TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW -- 78 UP / 7 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 10/19/15: NEW JAPAN KING OF PRO WRESTLING -- 73 UP / 12 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 08/24/15: G-1 CLIMAX A BLOCK FINALS -- 76 UP / 7 MIDDLE / 1 DOWN
  • 05/25/15: ROH GLOBAL WARS -- 66 UP / 18 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 12/15/14: ROH FINAL BATTLE -- 68 UP / 6 MIDDLE / 5 DOWN
  • 08/24/15: G-1 CLIMAX FINALS -- 77 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 03/23/15: NEW JAPAN CUP FINALS -- 70 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 06/15/15: NEW JAPAN BEST OF SUPER JUNIORS FINALS -- 70 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 11/16/15: NEW JAPAN POWER STRUGGLE -- 68 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 10/06/15: NEW JAPAN DESTRUCTION IN KOBE -- 66 UP / 1 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 08/03/15: NEW JAPAN G-1 FROM HIROSHIMA -- 67 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 05/11/15: NEW JAPAN DONTAKU -- 59 UP / 4 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 08/17/15: NEW JAPAN G-1 AT KORAKUEN HALL 8/9 -- 60 UP / 1 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 08/24/15: G-1 CLIMAX B BLOCK FINALS -- 57 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 08/10/15: G-1 IN NAGOYA -- 27 UP / 19 MIDDLE / 4 DOWN
  • 09/28/15: CMLL ANNIVERSARY SHOW -- 49 UP / 1 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 08/03/15: ROH DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR -- 46 UP / 3 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 01/26/15: NEW JAPAN FANTASTICA MANIA FIRST KORAKUEN HALL SHOW -- 26 UP / 21 MIDDLE / 0 DOWN
  • 01/26/15: NEW JAPAN FANTASTICA MANIA SECOND KORAKUEN HALL -- 41 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 03/16/15: NEW JAPAN CUP QUARTERFINALS -- 41 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 10/12/15: TNA BOUND FOR GLORY -- 13 UP / 14 MIDDLE / 13 DOWN
  • 12/15/14: NEW JAPAN TAG TOURNEY FINALS -- 15 UP / 21 MIDDLE / 3 DOWN
  • 08/17/15: NEW JAPAN G-1 IN NAGOYA 8/8 -- 15 UP / 19 MIDDLE / 3 DOWN
  • 08/10/15: G-1 IN OSAKA -- 37 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 03/16/15: NEW JAPAN CUP FIRST ROUND -- 35 UP / 0 DOWN
  • 07/06/15: TNA SLAMMIVERSARY -- 8 UP / 14 MIDDLE / 4 DOWN

Next, we can look at which matches were voted "BEST MATCH" and "WORST MATCH" on each event. And specifically, who wrestled in those matches.

For instance:
WWE FAST LANE POLL RESULTS
Thumbs up 50 (21.0%) / In the middle 92 (38.7%) / Thumbs down 96 (40.3%)
BEST MATCH POLL: Roman Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan 200; Rusev vs. John Cena 10; Kidd & Cesaro vs. Usos 8 (218 positive votes)
WORST MATCH POLL: Nikki Bella vs. Paige 99; Bad News Barrett vs. Dean Ambrose 78; Goldust vs. Stardust 50 (227 negative votes)
This event had 14 people involved in the matches receiving best/worst match votes. Let's allocate out of 100 positive points and 100 negative points based on number of votes.

Roman Reigns & Daniel Bryan get 100*(200/218)=91.7 points while Rusev & Cena get 4.6 points and Tyson Kidd/Cesaro/Usos get 3.7 points.
Nikki & Paige get -100*(99/227)=-43.6 points while Barrett & Ambrose get -34.4 points and Rhodes brothers get -22.0 points.

Next, we want to adjust for the quality of the event. In this case, Fast Lane had 50 thumbs up, 92 thumbs in the middle and 96 thumbs down. We'll count the "thumbs in the middle" as half-votes for each thumbs up and thumbs down. That leaves us with 96 adjusted thumbs up and 142 adjusted thumbs down. For each wrestler, we'll multiply the "adjusted thumbs up" x "positive points" and "adjusted thumbs down" x "negative points".

The idea is that if you're in the best match at WrestleMania, that's worth more than being in the best match in Payback. What determines which events are more important than others? The number of overall votes. Likewise, if you were in a bad match, but overall the PPV was mostly enjoyed, you're not punished greatly.

So, for Fastlane, Roman & Bryan would end up with 8,803 adjusted positive thumb points (91.7 x 96) and Nikki & Paige would have 6,191 adjusted negative thumb points (43.6 x 142).

We can do this across all of the shows for a single company. Then, if we divide by total points in each bucket, we can allocate what percentage of "goodness" or "badness" in that company was driven by each wrestler.

Goodness
Top 80% WWE
Seth Rollins 13.8%
John Cena 12.8%
Brock Lesnar 9.9%
Kevin Owens 9.1%
Roman Reigns 8.8%
Sasha Banks 6.1%
Bayley 4.5%
Neville 4.2%
Finn Balor 3.5%
Dean Ambrose 2.7%
Sami Zayn 2.6%
Undertaker 2.4%

Top 80% NJPW
Kota Ibushi 15.3%
Shinsuke Nakamura 11.8%
Hiroshi Tanahashi 11.4%
AJ Styles 10.5%
Kazuchika Okada 8.3%
Tomohiro Ishii 6.3%
Hirooki Goto 5.8%
Tomoaki Honma 5.3%
Tetsuya Naito 2.7%
Kyle O’Reilly 2.4%

Top 80% ROH
Young Bucks 23.6%
Jay Briscoe 7.0%
Kyle O’Reilly 6.3%
Bobby Fish 5.6%
Roderick Strong 5.6%
AJ Styles 5.6%
Jay Lethal 5.4%
Adam Cole 4.0%
Matt Taven 3.9%
Michael Bennett 3.9%
Hanson 3.1%
Mark Briscoe 3.1%

Badness
Bottom 80% of WWE
Nikki Bella 10.2%
Paige 7.8%
Brie Bella 5.4%
Rumble/Battle Royal 5.4%
Ryback 5.0%
Bad News Barrett 3.2%
Naomi 2.9%
Natalya 2.8%
Kane 2.6%
The Big Show 2.5%
Dean Ambrose 2.4%
Konnor 2.2%
Viktor 2.2%
Charlotte 2.1%
Rusev 2.0%
Seth Rollins 1.8%
Stardust 1.7%
Big E 1.7%
Kofi Kingston 1.7%
Billy Gunn 1.7%
The Road Dogg 1.7%
John Cena 1.6%
Brock Lesnar 1.3%
Tamina 1.3%
Dolph Ziggler 1.3%
Goldust 1.2%
Sheamus 1.2%
Erick Rowan 1.2%
R-Truth 1.2%

Bottom 80% of NJPWHiroyoshi Tenzan 7.8%
Doc Gallows 5.7%
Toru Yano 4.8%
Rob Conway 4.8%
Satoshi Kojima 4.5%
Bad Luck Fale 4.2%
Yujiro Takahashi 3.9%
Tetsuya Naito 3.4%
Cody Hall 3.3%
Captain New Japan 2.9%
Shinsuke Nakamura 2.8%
Jushin Liger 2.7%
Mascara Dorada 2.6%
Jax Dane 2.5%
Jay White 2.5%
Tiger Mask 2.4%
Chase Owens 2.4%
Kazuchika Okada 2.3%
Michael Elgin 2.2%
Ryusuke Taguchi 1.9%
Manabu Nakanishi 1.8%
Karl Anderson 1.8%
Polvora 1.7%
Hiroshi Tanahashi 1.7%
Stigma 1.7%

Bottom 80% of ROHMoose 22.8%
Silas Young 22.6%
Gedo 11.3%
Takaaki Watanabe 11.3%
RD Evans 10.0%

As with anything that's wrestlenomics, it's hardly science. The best matches for one company on a single show might pale in comparison to a mid-card match on another company's show. We're not using star ratings or anything else.

Being in the majority-voted best match at WrestleMania is going to drive Roman/Seth/Brock significantly. Perhaps there would be a need to add a logarithm in there somewhere to normalize that a bit. It's possible I should just group ROH/NJPW together or separate NXT/WWE. There's a lot of options for improvement.

WWE StatsSeth Rollins: BEST (10 matches / 108,775 pts) -- WORST (4 matches / -5,533 pts)
John Cena: BEST (10 matches / 100,802 pts) -- WORST (7 matches / -4,769 pts)
Brock Lesnar: BEST (5 matches / 78,077 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -3,915 pts)
Kevin Owens: BEST (9 matches / 71,932 pts) -- WORST (3 matches / -1,558 pts)
Roman Reigns: BEST (8 matches / 68,937 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -1,724 pts)
Sasha Banks: BEST (5 matches / 47,924 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -1,721 pts)
Bayley: BEST (3 matches / 35,736 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -578 pts)
Neville: BEST (4 matches / 32,947 pts) -- WORST (4 matches / -2,164 pts)
Finn Balor: BEST (3 matches / 27,830 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -58 pts)
Sami Zayn: BEST (2 matches / 20,668 pts) -- WORST ( matches / pts)
Undertaker: BEST (2 matches / 18,721 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -918 pts)
Cesaro: BEST (4 matches / 13,933 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -164 pts)
Dean Ambrose: BEST (7 matches / 20,923 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -7,328 pts)
Becky Lynch: BEST (2 matches / 15,549 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -3,562 pts)
Tyson Kidd: BEST (3 matches / 11,889 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -164 pts)
Randy Orton: BEST (4 matches / 13,124 pts) -- WORST (3 matches / -1,522 pts)
Daniel Bryan: BEST (2 matches / 10,705 pts) -- WORST ( matches / pts)
Big E: BEST (3 matches / 12,425 pts) -- WORST (7 matches / -5,120 pts)
Kofi Kingston: BEST (3 matches / 12,425 pts) -- WORST (7 matches / -5,120 pts)
Luke Harper: BEST (3 matches / 8,707 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -3,198 pts)
Dolph Ziggler: BEST (4 matches / 8,942 pts) -- WORST (5 matches / -3,841 pts)
Chris Jericho: BEST (3 matches / 4,976 pts) -- WORST ( matches / pts)
Bray Wyatt: BEST (3 matches / 6,425 pts) -- WORST (4 matches / -1,909 pts)
Alberto Del Rio: BEST (1 match / 1,810 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -62 pts)
Chad Gable: BEST (1 match / 812 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -14 pts)
Jason Jordan: BEST (1 match / 812 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -14 pts)
Diego: BEST (1 match / 889 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -164 pts)
Fernando: BEST (1 match / 889 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -164 pts)
Braun Strowman: BEST (1 match / 1,384 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -749 pts)
Sting: BEST (1 match / 999 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -568 pts)
Triple H: BEST (1 match / 999 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -568 pts)
Jushin Liger: WORST (1 match / -7 pts)
Aiden English: WORST (2 matches / -17 pts)
Simon Gotch: WORST (2 matches / -17 pts)
Tye Dillinger: WORST (2 matches / -18 pts)
Dash Wilder: WORST (1 match / -29 pts)
Scott Dawson: WORST (1 match / -29 pts)
Apollo Crews: WORST (2 matches / -46 pts)
Samoa Joe: WORST (3 matches / -66 pts)
Bull Dempsey: WORST (1 match / -209 pts)
Enzo Amore: WORST (1 match / -481 pts)
Colin Cassady: WORST (1 match / -481 pts)
Curtis Axel: WORST (1 match / -574 pts)
Brooke: WORST (1 match / -578 pts)
Emma: WORST (1 match / -578 pts)
Wesley Blake: WORST (3 matches / -640 pts)
Buddy Murphy: WORST (3 matches / -640 pts)
Sin Cara: BEST (1 match / 889 pts) -- WORST (5 matches / -1,602 pts)
Kalisto: BEST (1 match / 889 pts) -- WORST (5 matches / -1,602 pts)
Rhyno: BEST (1 match / 812 pts) -- WORST (3 matches / -1,584 pts)
Mark Henry: WORST (1 match / -863 pts)
Bo Dallas: WORST (2 matches / -979 pts)
Baron Corbin: BEST (1 match / 812 pts) -- WORST (6 matches / -1,800 pts)
Jack Swagger: WORST (1 match / -1,044 pts)
Tyler Breeze: WORST (3 matches / -1,144 pts)
Xavier Woods: WORST (2 matches / -1,273 pts)
Sheamus: BEST (3 matches / 2,355 pts) -- WORST (5 matches / -3,682 pts)
Darren Young: BEST (1 match / 889 pts) -- WORST (3 matches / -2,368 pts)
Damien Sandow: WORST (2 matches / -1,434 pts)
Jimmy Uso: BEST (1 match / 352 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -1,969 pts)
Jey Uso: BEST (1 match / 352 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -1,969 pts)
R-Truth: BEST (1 match / 1,898 pts) -- WORST (3 matches / -3,577 pts)
Charlotte: BEST (2 matches / 4,538 pts) -- WORST (7 matches / -6,413 pts)
Titus O'Neil: BEST (1 match / 889 pts) -- WORST (4 matches / -2,998 pts)
D-von Dudley: WORST (4 matches / -2,272 pts)
Bubba Ray Dudley: WORST (4 matches / -2,272 pts)
The Big Show: BEST (2 matches / 5,191 pts) -- WORST (3 matches / -7,649 pts)
The Miz: WORST (3 matches / -2,486 pts)
AJ Lee: WORST (2 matches / -2,834 pts)
Stardust: BEST (1 match / 1,898 pts) -- WORST (5 matches / -5,230 pts)
Alicia Fox: WORST (2 matches / -3,562 pts)
Erick Rowan: WORST (2 matches / -3,635 pts)
Goldust: WORST (2 matches / -3,757 pts)
Tamina: WORST (3 matches / -3,842 pts)
Rusev: BEST (2 matches / 1,192 pts) -- WORST (5 matches / -5,894 pts)
Billy Gunn: WORST (1 match / -5,118 pts)
The Road Dogg: WORST (1 match / -5,118 pts)
Viktor: WORST (5 matches / -6,672 pts)
Konnor: WORST (5 matches / -6,672 pts)
Bad News Barrett: BEST (2 matches / 2,558 pts) -- WORST (5 matches / -9,592 pts)
Kane: WORST (3 matches / -7,878 pts)
Natalya: WORST (1 match / -8,459 pts)
Naomi: WORST (4 matches / -8,852 pts)
Ryback: WORST (8 matches / -15,082 pts)
Brie Bella: BEST (1 match / 588 pts) -- WORST (6 matches / -16,330 pts)
Rumble/Battle Royal: WORST (2 matches / -16,307 pts)
Paige: WORST (9 matches / -23,672 pts)
Nikki Bella: WORST (13 matches / -30,698 pts)

WON voters aren't big fans of Nikki Bella's matches on the card (as compared to the rest of the matches).

She had 13 different matches nominated for "WORST MATCH" this voting year:

WWE WRESTLEMANIA 31 WORST A.J. & Paige vs. Bella Twins 177
WWE TLC POLL RESULTS WORST Nikki Bella vs. A.J. Lee 31
WWE SUMMERSLAM POLL RESULTS WORST Divas three-team match 64
WWE ROYAL RUMBLE POLL RESULTS WORST Bellas vs. Paige & Natalya 119
WWE PAYBACK POLL RESULTS WORST Snuka & Naomi vs. Bellas 98
WWE NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS POLL RESULTS WORST Charlotte vs. Nikki Bella 24
WWE MONEY IN THE BANK POLL RESULTS WORST Nikki Bella vs. Paige 32
WWE IN MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WORST Team Bellas vs. Team PCB 72
WWE HELL IN A CELL POLL RESULTS WORST Charlotte vs. Nikki Bella 13
WWE FAST LANE POLL RESULTS WORST Nikki Bella vs. Paige 99
WWE EXTREME RULES POLL WORST Nikki Bella vs. Naomi 68
WWE ELIMINATION CHAMBER POLL RESULTS WORST Nikki Bella vs. Paige vs. Naomi 118
WWE BEAST FROM THE EAST POLL RESULTS WORST Nikki vs. Paige vs. Snuka 73
The Bella army will not be pleased with this.

Conversly, Sasha Banks fared well:

WWE NXT TAKEOVER RIVALS POLL RESULTS BEST Women’s four-way 40
WWE NXT TAKEOVER POLL RESULTS BEST Bayley vs. Sasha Banks 182
WWE BATTLEGROUND POLL RESULTS BEST Charlotte vs. Banks vs. Brie Bella 8
NXT UNSTOPPABLE POLL RESULTS BEST Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch 134
NXT TAKEOVER RESPECT POLL RESULTS BEST Bayley vs. Sasha Banks 129

The most middle-of-the-road guys? Probably Luke Harper, Dolph Ziggler and Sheamus.

NJPW Stats
Kota Ibushi: BEST (8 matches / 66,085 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -115 pts)
Shinsuke Nakamura: BEST (8 matches / 50,753 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -1,071 pts)
Hiroshi Tanahashi: BEST (9 matches / 49,141 pts) -- WORST (3 matches / -665 pts)
AJ Styles: BEST (6 matches / 45,081 pts) -- WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Kazuchika Okada: BEST (7 matches / 35,983 pts) -- WORST (3 matches / -886 pts)
Tomohiro Ishii: BEST (6 matches / 27,035 pts) -- WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Hirooki Goto: BEST (8 matches / 25,009 pts) -- WORST (3 matches / -531 pts)
Tomoaki Honma: BEST (4 matches / 22,722 pts) -- WORST (5 matches / -536 pts)
Kyle O’Reilly: BEST (3 matches / 10,452 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -9 pts)
Tetsuya Naito: BEST (4 matches / 11,524 pts) -- WORST (4 matches / -1,302 pts)
Kushida: BEST (3 matches / 10,327 pts) -- WORST (3 matches / -599 pts)
Katsuyori Shibata: BEST (4 matches / 9,261 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -115 pts)
Nick Jackson: BEST (3 matches / 5,075 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -9 pts)
Matt Jackson: BEST (3 matches / 5,075 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -9 pts)
La Sombra: BEST (2 matches / 4,157 pts)
Michael Elgin: BEST (3 matches / 4,880 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -831 pts)
Togi Makabe: BEST (2 matches / 4,169 pts) -- WORST (2 matches / -469 pts)
Atlantis: BEST (1 match / 3,650 pts)
Ultimo Guerrero: BEST (1 match / 3,650 pts)
Bobby Fish: BEST (2 matches / 3,452 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -9 pts)
Yuji Nagata: BEST (2 matches / 3,337 pts) -- WORST (4 matches / -165 pts)
Trent Baretta: BEST (2 matches / 2,922 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -9 pts)
Rocky Romero: BEST (2 matches / 2,922 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -9 pts)
Kenny Omega: BEST (2 matches / 2,695 pts) -- WORST (1 match / -140 pts)
Volador Jr: BEST (1 match / 2,392 pts)
Karl Anderson: BEST (3 matches / 2,985 pts) -- WORST (5 matches / -679 pts)
Kazushi Sakuraba: BEST (1 match / 2,883 pts) -- WORST (5 matches / -608 pts)
Alex Shelley: BEST (1 match / 2,152 pts) -- WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Yoshi-Hashi: BEST (1 match / 1,765 pts) -- WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Rey Cometa: BEST (1 match / 1,708 pts)
Cavernario Barbaro: BEST (1 match / 1,708 pts)
Sho Tanaka: BEST (1 match / 957 pts) -- WORST (3 matches / -79 pts)
Yohei Komatsu: BEST (1 match / 957 pts) -- WORST (4 matches / -209 pts)
Mascara Dorada: BEST (1 match / 1,521 pts) -- WORST (3 matches / -1,003 pts)
Shelton Benjamin: WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Davey Boy Smith Jr: WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Takashi Iizuka: WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Takaaki Watanabe: WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Triton: WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Lance Archer: WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Jeff Jarrett: WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Mikey Nicholls: WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Naomichi Marufuji: WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Shane Haste: WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Rumble/Battle Royal: WORST (1 match / 0 pts)
Juice Robinson: WORST (3 matches / -129 pts)
Amber Gallows: WORST (1 match / -200 pts)
Maria Kanellis: WORST (1 match / -200 pts)
Tama Tonga: WORST (7 matches / -233 pts)
Michael Bennett: WORST (4 matches / -274 pts)
Matt Taven: WORST (4 matches / -274 pts)
Mephisto: WORST (1 match / -385 pts)
Stuka Jr: WORST (1 match / -385 pts)
Desperado: WORST (1 match / -394 pts)
BUSHI: WORST (1 match / -394 pts)
Taichi: WORST (1 match / -394 pts)
David Finlay: WORST (4 matches / -629 pts)
Stigma: WORST (1 match / -665 pts)
Polvora: WORST (2 matches / -665 pts)
Mistico: WORST (2 matches / -665 pts)
Bad Luck Fale: BEST (1 match / 913 pts) -- WORST (10 matches / -1,610 pts)
Manabu Nakanishi: WORST (6 matches / -698 pts)
Ryusuke Taguchi: WORST (6 matches / -738 pts)
Chase Owens: WORST (3 matches / -901 pts)
Tiger Mask: WORST (6 matches / -927 pts)
Jay White: WORST (5 matches / -941 pts)
Jax Dane: WORST (1 match / -956 pts)
Jushin Liger: WORST (6 matches / -1,031 pts)
Captain New Japan: WORST (10 matches / -1,114 pts)
Cody Hall: WORST (7 matches / -1,247 pts)
Doc Gallows: BEST (1 match / 785 pts) -- WORST (10 matches / -2,178 pts)
Yujiro Takahashi: WORST (8 matches / -1,485 pts)
Satoshi Kojima: WORST (8 matches / -1,720 pts)
Hiroyoshi Tenzan: BEST (1 match / 1,246 pts) -- WORST (9 matches / -2,979 pts)
Rob Conway: WORST (3 matches / -1,834 pts)
Toru Yano: WORST (11 matches / -1,839 pts)

I expected Yano would fare poorly with 11 nominated matches.

NJPW NEW BEGINNING IN OSAKA WORST Okada & Sakuraba & Yano vs. Fale & Tonga & Yujiro 13
NEW JAPAN WRESTLE KINGDOM 9 POLL RESULTS WORST Eight man tag 97
NEW JAPAN KING OF PRO WRESTLING POLL RESULTS WORST Nakamura & Yano & Sakuraba vs. Bullet Club 46
NEW JAPAN G-1 IN NAGOYA 8/8 WORST Tetsuya Naito vs. Toru Yano 15
NEW JAPAN G-1 FROM HIROSHIMA POLL RESULTS WORST Toru Yano vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 8
NEW JAPAN CUP QUARTERFINALS WORST Kota Ibushi vs. Toru Yano 16
NEW JAPAN CUP FIRST ROUND WORST Toru Yano vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi 18
NEW JAPAN CUP FINALS WORST Sakuraba & Yano vs. Tanahashi & Captain 16
G-1 CLIMAX FINALS POLL RESULTS WORST Yano & Ishii & Sakuraba vs. Fale & Yujiro & Tonga 42
G-1 CLIMAX B BLOCK FINALS POLL RESULTS WORST Bullet Club 10 man tag 22
G-1 CLIMAX A BLOCK FINALS POLL RESULTS WORST Toru Yano vs. Bad Luck Fale 36

However, I was surprised to see Tenzan actually had more points.

NJPW NEW BEGINNING IN SENDAI WORST Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Rob Conway 8
NJPW NEW BEGINNING IN OSAKA WORST Conway & Owens vs. Liger & Tenzan 55
NEW JAPAN WRESTLE KINGDOM 9 POLL RESULTS WORST Six man tag 66
NEW JAPAN TAG TOURNEY FINALS WORST Tenzan & Kojima vs. Conway & Dane 17
NEW JAPAN KING OF PRO WRESTLING POLL RESULTS WORST Eight man tag match 13
NEW JAPAN INVASION ATTACK POLL RESULTS WORST Honma & Tenzan & Kojima vs. Hall & Tonga & Yujiro 8
NEW JAPAN G-1 FROM HIROSHIMA POLL RESULTS WORST Toru Yano vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 8
NEW JAPAN G-1 FIRST NIGHT POLL RESULTS WORST Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Doc Gallows 47
G-1 CLIMAX FINALS POLL RESULTS WORST TenCozy & Captain vs. White & Nagata & Nakanishi 17

Kota Ibushi really stands out and it helps he and Nakamura were in a huge match at the biggest NJPW event Wrestle Kingdom 9 (worth 23,957 points).

NJPW NEW BEGINNING IN OSAKA BEST Kota Ibushi vs. Tomoaki Honma 56
NEW JAPAN WRESTLE KINGDOM 9 POLL RESULTS BEST Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi 237
NEW JAPAN TAG TOURNEY FINALS BEST Eight-man tag 27
NEW JAPAN INVASION ATTACK POLL RESULTS BEST A.J. Styles vs. Kota Ibushi 104
NEW JAPAN G-1 FROM HIROSHIMA POLL RESULTS BEST Kota Ibushi vs. A.J. Styles 63
NEW JAPAN G-1 FIRST NIGHT POLL RESULTS BEST Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi 117
NEW JAPAN CUP FINALS BEST Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito 67
G-1 IN NAGOYA POLL RESULTS BEST Kota Ibushi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan 14

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