Combat Zone Wrestling's Best of the Best is a professional wrestling tournament and supershow held in the CZW promotion. The annual Best of The Best was originally a junior heavyweight tournament, which in 2005 was repurposed as an all weight tournament.
The first four tournaments saw 12 men first compete in elimination style 3-way matches in the first round before then single elimination matches until a winner was determined. During the 2005 tournament, which was held on May 14, 2005, the winner was determined by all single elimination matches. The original tournament structure returned in 2006, but saw the last four men face off in one match to determine the winner.
CZW's first Best of the Best tournament took place on May 19, 2001, at the Champs Soccer Arena in Sewell, New Jersey.
CZW's second Best of the Best tournament took place on June 8, 2002, at the âÂÂCZW Arenaâ (Viking Hall) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CZW's third Best of the Best tournament took place on April 12, 2003, at the âÂÂCZW Arenaâ (Viking Hall) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Due to the show starting late, all the matches had a strict 15 minute time limit.
CZW's fourth Best of the Best tournament took place on July 10, 2004, at the âÂÂCZW Arenaâ (New Alhambra Sports & Entertainment Center) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
CZW's fifth Best of the Best tournament took place on May 14, 2005, at the âÂÂCZW Arenaâ (The Arena) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This was the first Best of the Best tournament to allow heavyweight wrestlers to compete. Also, this Best of the Best tournament did not have the traditional 3-way elimination opening round match. Instead, the final match was a 4-way elimination match.
CZW's sixth Best of the Best tournament took place on May 13, 2006, at the âÂÂCZW Arenaâ (New Alhambra Arena) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This Best of the Best tournament saw the return of 3-way elimination match for the opening rounds, as well as keeping 4-way elimination match for the final match.
Best of the Best 7 took place on July 14, 2007, at the âÂÂCZW Arenaâ (New Alhambra Arena) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The eighth Best of the Best took place on May 10, 2008, at the âÂÂCZW Arenaâ (The Arena) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and featured the first female competitor for a Best of the Best tournament in LuFisto.
Best of the Best 9 took place on June 13, 2009, at the âÂÂCZW Arenaâ (The Arena) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The tenth Best of the Best took place on April 9, 2011, at the Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Was held on April 14, 2012, at the Flyer's Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey. In addition to the non-tournament matches, Drew Gulak and Danny Havoc signed a contract for a No Ropes Barbwire match that took place on May 12.
Took place April 13, 2013, at the Flyer's Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey.
The 13th Best of the Best took place on April 12, 2014, at the Flyer's Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey.
The 14th Best of the Best took place on April 11, 2015, at the Flyer's Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey. During the event, Nick Gage made his return to CZW after spending four years in prison.
The 15th Best of the Best took place on April 9, 2016, at the Flyer's Skate Zone in Voorhees, New Jersey.
The 16th Best of the Best took place on April 1, 2017, in Orlando, Florida
The 17th Best of the Best took place on April 14, 2018, at The Coliseum in Voorhees, New Jersey.
The 18th Best of the Best took place on April 13, 2019, at Colossal Sports Academy in Voorhees, New Jersey.
The 19th Best of the Best took place on May 20, 2023, at State Theater in Havre de Grace, Maryland.
The 20th Best of the Best took place on May 18, 2024, at Power Plant Live! in Baltimore, Maryland.