2020's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

HM - NOAH N-1 Victory 23rd September (Afternoon Show)
Kenoh vs Yoshiki Inamura
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Shuhei Taniguchi

HM - NJPW G1 Climax 23rd September
Jeff Cobb vs Shingo Takagi
Taichi vs Minoru Suzuki
Jay White vs Kota Ibushi

# ? Sep 23, 2020 18:38

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 13:29

a cyborg mug: Mar 8, 2010

SG Bamboo posted:

HM - NJPW G1 Climax 23rd September
Jeff Cobb vs Shingo Takagi
Taichi vs Minoru Suzuki
Jay White vs Kota Ibushi

Yah

# ? Sep 23, 2020 18:49

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

HM - NOAH N-1 Victory 23rd September (Evening Show)
Kaito Kiyomiya vs Kazushi Sakuraba
Go Shiozaki vs Masaaki Mochizuki

Really all four block matches were great, watch them here for the next week free. Kenoh/Marufuji and Nakajima/Suguira are well worth a watch if you have the time.

Wrestling is good, and tournament season is even better.

# ? Sep 23, 2020 20:06

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

forkboy84 posted:

HM
23rd September
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Afternoon Show
Kenoh vs Yoshiki Inamura

I Before E posted:

HM: Scorpio Sky vs Ben Carter, AEW Late Night Dynamite, aired 9/23/20

forkboy84 posted:

HM
23rd September
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Afternoon Show
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Shuhei Taniguchi

Rarity posted:

HM: Jeff Cobb vs. Shingo Takagi, NJPW G1 Climax Night 3, 23/09

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Minoru Suzuki vs. Taichi - NJPW G1 Climax 30 Night 3 9/23

Rarity posted:

HM: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Will Ospreay, NJPW G1 Climax Night 3, 23/09

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White, NJPW G1 Climax Night 3, 23/09

nth

# ? Sep 23, 2020 20:10

SHVPS4DETH: Mar 19, 2009; seen so much i'm going blind and i'm brain-dead virtually; Ramrod XTreme

Akileese posted:

HM Ben Carter vs Lee Johnson - AEW Dark 09/22/20

Go watch this if you haven't.

awash in a deluge of G1 noms i nevertheless cling to the mast of this fight and through mouthsful of seawater sputter "Nth"

# ? Sep 23, 2020 20:32

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Akileese posted:

HM Ben Carter vs Lee Johnson - AEW Dark 09/22/20

Go watch this if you haven't.

Nth. Holy gently caress this match was good. 22 and 23 and doing such impressive transitions and little things that add to their match.

Also, I screamed at the double clothesline spot because it caught me off-guard and the selling was so good on it. Freaked out the dog.

# ? Sep 23, 2020 20:50

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

HM
23rd September
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Evening Show
Kenoh vs Naomichi Marufuji

The build over this tournament with Kenoh getting a lot of victories by stoppage has been fascinating. Especially as so many have been by submission rather than his usual head kick knock out.

I am going to be so bummed when the N1 is over

HM
23rd September
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Evening Show
Kaito Kiyomiya vs Kazushi Sakuraba

Sakuraba has been used so smartly. He offers something radically different from the rest of the offer and he also has been kept in shorter matches which seems very wise. This is another good example of that smart use, along with further evidence of the terrific development of Kiyomiya in the last 12 months

forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Sep 23, 2020

# ? Sep 23, 2020 23:30

Trying: Sep 26, 2019

Akileese posted:

HM Ben Carter vs Lee Johnson - AEW Dark 09/22/20

Go watch this if you haven't.

I Before E posted:

HM: Scorpio Sky vs Ben Carter, AEW Late Night Dynamite, aired 9/23/20

large yehaaws to both

# ? Sep 23, 2020 23:34

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

HM
23rd September
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Evening Show
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Takashi Sugiura

HM
23rd September
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Evening Show
Go Shiozaki vs Masaaki Mochizuki

Excellent card

# ? Sep 24, 2020 00:30

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Akileese posted:

HM Ben Carter vs Lee Johnson - AEW Dark 09/22/20

Go watch this if you haven't.

nth

# ? Sep 24, 2020 00:46

Nostradingus: Jul 13, 2009

HM: Hangman Adam Page vs. Evil Uno, AEW Dynamite, 23 September

# ? Sep 24, 2020 01:46

YourHumbleMessiah: Oct 11, 2005

Nostradingus posted:

HM: Hangman Adam Page vs. Evil Uno, AEW Dynamite, 23 September

2nd

# ? Sep 24, 2020 01:48

NienNunb: Feb 15, 2012

HM: Mr Brodie Lee/Orange Cassidy, Dynamite

# ? Sep 24, 2020 01:59

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

NienNunb posted:

HM: Mr Brodie Lee/Orange Cassidy, Dynamite

i'll second it

# ? Sep 24, 2020 02:00

YourHumbleMessiah: Oct 11, 2005

NienNunb posted:

HM: Mr Brodie Lee/Orange Cassidy, Dynamite

Nth xlosing stretch owned

# ? Sep 24, 2020 02:01

I Before E: Jul 2, 2012

Seconded to Page/Uno and Brodie/Cassidy

Also, for G1 Night 1:
HMs to
Ibushi/Okada
White/Shingo
MOTYC to
Ishii/Suzuki

# ? Sep 24, 2020 02:11

SalTheBard: Jan 26, 2005; I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!; Fallen Rib

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White, NJPW G1 Climax Night 3, 23/09

Jay White is very good at this wrestling thing

# ? Sep 24, 2020 02:43

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston - AEW Dynamite 9/23

CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP

# ? Sep 24, 2020 02:58

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Dango Bango posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston - AEW Dynamite 9/23

CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP

nth

# ? Sep 24, 2020 03:00

ICR: Dec 31, 2008

Dango Bango posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston - AEW Dynamite 9/23

CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP

This was a great G1 match. Nth.

# ? Sep 24, 2020 03:02

Trying: Sep 26, 2019

Dango Bango posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston - AEW Dynamite 9/23

CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP

YES N

# ? Sep 24, 2020 03:03

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

Rarity posted:

HM: Jeff Cobb vs. Shingo Takagi, NJPW G1 Climax Night 3, 23/09

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Minoru Suzuki vs. Taichi, NJPW G1 Climax Night 3, 23/09

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Kota Ibushi vs. Switchblade Jay White - NJPW G1 Climax 30 Night 3 9/23

Nth on all of these.

# ? Sep 24, 2020 03:07

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

I forgot to nominate

MOTYC: Suzuki/Taichi

# ? Sep 24, 2020 03:09

Punch McLightning: Sep 19, 2005; you know what that means; Grimey Drawer

Dango Bango posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston - AEW Dynamite 9/23

CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP

this was real close to a MOTYC for me, but I'm nthing this.

# ? Sep 24, 2020 03:13

I Before E: Jul 2, 2012

Dango Bango posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston - AEW Dynamite 9/23

CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP

Agreed and seconded

# ? Sep 24, 2020 03:14

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

I forgot to nominate

MOTYC: Suzuki/Taichi

Seconded.

# ? Sep 24, 2020 03:16

karmicknight: Aug 21, 2011

Dango Bango posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston - AEW Dynamite 9/23

CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP

nth

# ? Sep 24, 2020 03:21

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

I forgot to nominate

MOTYC: Suzuki/Taichi

nth

# ? Sep 24, 2020 03:21

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Rarity posted:

HM: Ben Carter vs. Scorpio Sky, AEW Dynamite, 22/09

Nth. Carter's selling is amazing for a guy his age.

Also going HM: Brandi Rhodes vs. Anna Jay, AEW Late Night Dynamite 9/22. Great pace and it was a total fight the whole way. Loved it.

# ? Sep 24, 2020 03:38

NienNunb: Feb 15, 2012

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

I forgot to nominate

MOTYC: Suzuki/Taichi

nth

# ? Sep 24, 2020 03:42

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

HM; Moxley/Kingston - AEW Dynamite Sept 23

HM:Shingo vs Cobb MOTYC: Taichi vs Suzuki, Jay White vs Ibushi - A Block night 2

# ? Sep 24, 2020 05:40

TriffTshngo: Mar 28, 2010; Don't get it twisted who your enemies are.

G1 Climax Night 3 [9/23]
MOTYC
Minoru Suzuki vs Taichi - Poor Marty. These two psychos kicked the absolute poo poo out of each other and it whipped rear end. Suzuki owns. Taichi owns. Suzuki-gun best faction all year every year.

HM
Shingo Takagi vs Jeff Cobb - This is exactly what I wanted
Jay White vs Kota Ibushi - If you're gonna watch one Ibushi/White match, make it last year's finals. This was very good but kind of by the numbers.

# ? Sep 24, 2020 06:16

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

NienNunb posted:

HM: Mr Brodie Lee/Orange Cassidy, Dynamite

Dango Bango posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Eddie Kingston - AEW Dynamite 9/23

CHOP CHOP CHOP CHOP

Nth to both

Pylons fucked around with this message at 06:23 on Sep 24, 2020

# ? Sep 24, 2020 06:18

Crapple!: Nov 1, 2019

HMs For AEW Dynamite 9/23

Brodie vs Orange Cassidy
Eddie Kingston vs Moxley

# ? Sep 24, 2020 06:22

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

HM: SANADA vs. Hirooki Goto, NJPW G1 Climax Night 4, 24/09

Turns out Goto and SANADA have really good chemistry

# ? Sep 24, 2020 11:03

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

Lame recognise lame

# ? Sep 24, 2020 11:16

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

HM: Juice Robinson vs. KENTA - NJPW G1 Climax 30 Night 4 9/24

Really good match, lots of energy, and that finish was spectacular.

# ? Sep 24, 2020 11:48

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Juice Robinson vs. KENTA - NJPW G1 Climax 30 Night 4 9/24

Really good match, lots of energy, and that finish was spectacular.

2nd'd, match slapped

# ? Sep 24, 2020 11:49

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

HM: Juice Robinson vs. KENTA, NJPW G1 Climax Night 4, 24/09

# ? Sep 24, 2020 11:51

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 13:29

Aesculus: Mar 22, 2013

Rarity posted:

HM: SANADA vs. Hirooki Goto, NJPW G1 Climax Night 4, 24/09

Turns out Goto and SANADA have really good chemistry

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Juice Robinson vs. KENTA - NJPW G1 Climax 30 Night 4 9/24

Really good match, lots of energy, and that finish was spectacular.

Nthed. Good poo poo

# ? Sep 24, 2020 11:57

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