Battle of the Best

Battle of the Best is an annual Madison Wrestling Association tournament that was first held in 2016. Since 2016, it has been held as a pay-per-view event as well.

History
The Battle of the Best tournament was first held as a pay-per-view in 2016. The first winner, Brooks, was given the opportunity to challenge for a World Title of his choosing at the Final Chapter pay-per-view. The has only been one person who won the tournament twice and that is Jafar Hameed who won in both 2022 and 2025.

Pay-per-view
The Battle of the Best is an event in which sixteen wrestlers wrestled in a one-on-one single elimination bracket. When a wrestler wins a match in the bracket, they advance forward to take on another wrestler that has also won. The final few matches would then take place at that year's Battle of the Best event. The winner of the final match is officially crowned the Best Wrestler in MWA. There are also other matches that took place at the King of the Ring event since it was a traditional three hour pay-per-view.

The winner of the Battle of the Best tournament would receive the opportunity to challenge for a World Title of his choosing at the Final Chapter pay-per-view. A number of wrestlers have went on to win a world title after winning the tournament (in particular Brooks, Ace Walker, Christian Noid, JN). However, Gai Mask and Jafar Hameed are the only two wrestlers to not win the world title after winning the tournament. Gai Mask was the first. In 2030, Koura Brasi became the first wrestler to win a world title in the tournament itself.

The PPV also is considered the fifth major MWA PPV (alongside the Crown Royale, Wrestlecon, Summer Out and Final Chapter) as it was one of their only annual events.