Picking the top championship bout

The National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum, in conjunction with the NCAA, is letting fans determine the greatest finals matches at the Division I Championships from 1980 to 1994.

To cast your vote, visit the NCAA’s wrestling Facebook page. Voting will take place in three stages: matches from 1980 to 1984 will take place Feb. 10-16; 1985 to 1989 from Feb. 17-23; and 1990 to 1994 from Feb. 24-March1.  

PICK THE BEST FINALS MATCHES (1980-94)

Year	Weight	Wrestler, School	Wrestler, School
1980	131	Randy Lewis Iowa	Darryl Burley Lehigh
	142	Lee Roy Smith Oklahoma State	Andre Metzger Oklahoma
1981	118	Gene Mills Syracuse	John Hartupee  Central Michigan
	158	Ricky Stewart  Oklahoma State	Dave Schultz  Oklahoma
	HWT	Lou Banach  Iowa	Bruce Baumgartner  Indiana State
1982	150	Nate Carr Iowa State	Kenny Monday Oklahoma State
	177	Mark Schultz Oklahoma	Ed Banach Iowa
1983	158	Jim Zalesky Iowa	Lou Montano Cal Poly
	134	Clar Anderson Oklahoma State	Clint Burke Oklahoma
1984	126	Kevin Darkus Iowa State	Joe McFarland Michigan
1985	126	Barry Davis Iowa	Joe McFarland Michigan
	134	Jim Jordan Wisconsin	John Smith Oklahoma State
	190	Dan Chaid Oklahoma	Duane Goldman Iowa
1986	142	Kevin Dresser Iowa	Peter Yozzo Lehigh
1987	143	Peter Yozzo Lehigh	Pat Santoro Pittsburgh
	167	Royce Alger Iowa	Kevin Jackson Iowa State
1988	177	Royce Alger Iowa	Dan Mayo Penn State
	158	Rob Koll North Carolina	Joe Pantaleo Michigan
1989	275	Carlton Haselrig Pittsburgh	Joel Greenlee Northern Iowa
1990	126	Terry Brands Iowa	Jason Kelber Nebraska
	275	Kurt Angle Clarion	Greg Haladay Penn State
1991	158	Pat Smith Oklahoma State	Tom Ryan Iowa
1992	134	Tom Brands Iowa	Alan Fried Oklahoma State
	190	Mark Kerr Syracuse	Randy Couture Oklahoma State
1993	134	TJ Jaworsky North Carolina	Cary Kolat Penn State
	142	Lincoln McIlravy Iowa	Gerry Abas Fresno State
	150	Terry Steiner Iowa	Troy Sunderland Penn State
1994	142	Alan Fried Oklahoma State	Gerry Abas Fresno State
	158	Pat Smith Oklahoma State	Sean Bormett Michigan

All photos courtesy of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame & Museum.