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

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Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MOTYC: L.I.J (Shingo Takagi and Hiromu Takahashi) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

Just a fantastic match, everything was on point and the Shingo/Suzuki murder war is progressing nicely.

# ? Oct 18, 2020 07:42

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 13:36

STING 64: Oct 20, 2006

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: L.I.J (Shingo Takagi and Hiromu Takahashi) vs. Suzuki-gun (Minoru Suzuki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru)

Just a fantastic match, everything was on point and the Shingo/Suzuki murder war is progressing nicely.

i appreciate your passion and enthusiasm for professional wrestling

# ? Oct 18, 2020 08:44

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs SANADA G1 Climax Finals 18.10

Holy gently caress what a match.

# ? Oct 18, 2020 09:44

Aesculus: Mar 22, 2013

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs SANADA G1 Climax Finals 18.10

Holy gently caress what a match.

yes

# ? Oct 18, 2020 09:45

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

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs. SANADA - NJPW G1 Climax 30 Final - 10/18

Just an incredible, incredible, incredible loving match. Good goddamn.

# ? Oct 18, 2020 09:45

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

MOTYC: SANADA vs. Kota Ibushi, NJPW G1 Climax Night 18, 18/10

Best match of SANADA's career right here

# ? Oct 18, 2020 09:45

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs SANADA G1 Climax Finals 18.10

Holy gently caress what a match.

Nth!

# ? Oct 18, 2020 09:45

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs. SANADA

I went into this match thinking SANADA was one of the worst wrestlers in the world and by the end I was willing him on to victory. Incredible performance

# ? Oct 18, 2020 09:45

STING 64: Oct 20, 2006

Match Of The Year Candidate
Kota Ibushi[A Block] vs SANADA[B Block] - G1 Climax 30 FINAL 10/18/2020

they got the crowd to break rules and pop for the end lol

# ? Oct 18, 2020 09:46

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

G1 Climax Finals [10/18]
MOTYC
Kota Ibushi vs SANADA - Just one or two tiny notches below last year's final. Excellent showing from both guys outside of, like, 2 or 3 kinda dodgy spots. Super intense in the back half.

HM
CHAOS (Goto, Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, and YTR) vs. Suzuki-gun (ZSJ, Taichi, Desperado, and DOUKI) - SZKG are faces idgaf what anybody says, let's get DOUKI his first New Japan belt!!!
Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Minoru Suzuki - I am looking forward to Shingo and Suzuki beating each other up some more, and I love Hiromu of course. Uncle Nobu's great but he was admittedly kind of a bit player here.

# ? Oct 18, 2020 09:49

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

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs. SANADA

I went into this match thinking SANADA was one of the worst wrestlers in the world and by the end I was willing him on to victory. Incredible performance

stuff like this is why I love the G1 so much.

# ? Oct 18, 2020 09:53

I Before E: Jul 2, 2012

HM: Sanada vs Ibushi: one really good nearfall and just enough of other things to make a perfectly fine final

# ? Oct 18, 2020 09:55

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

TriffTshngo posted:

G1 Climax Finals [10/18]

HM
Hiromu Takahashi & Shingo Takagi vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Minoru Suzuki - I am looking forward to Shingo and Suzuki beating each other up some more, and I love Hiromu of course. Uncle Nobu's great but he was admittedly kind of a bit player here.

Nth on this one too.

# ? Oct 18, 2020 09:55

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs SANADA G1 Climax Finals 18.10

Holy gently caress what a match.

2nd'd

# ? Oct 18, 2020 09:57

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

MOTYC
18th October
Pro Wrestling NOAH Mohammad Yone 25th Anniversary Show DISCO BALL
Mohammad Yone, Daisuke Ikeda & Ikuto Hidaka vs Naomichi Marufuji, Yuji Ishikawa & Junji Tanaka

Yone is 44, Ikeda is 52, Hidaka is 48, Ishikawa is is 53, Tanaka is 49 & Marufuji is the baby of the match at 41. But that doesn't stop them really battering the poo poo out of each other. Ishikawa & Ikeda just slugging it out punch exchanges, Marufuji doing 25 corner chops on junji.com to celebrate the occasion until Tanaka's chest was red verging on purple. A little sprinkling of comedy nonsense & god I loved this.

# ? Oct 18, 2020 12:42

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

MOTYC: Ibushi vs Sanada, the nearfall off the modified O'Connor Roll is one of the best I've ever seen.

Lots of other MOTYCs I have missed nominating from the tournament hopefully everyone picked up on the slack!

# ? Oct 18, 2020 16:16

The Berzerker: Feb 24, 2006; treat me like a dog

MassRafTer posted:

MOTYC: Ibushi vs Sanada, the nearfall off the modified O'Connor Roll is one of the best I've ever seen.

Nth.

# ? Oct 18, 2020 16:26

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs SANADA G1 Climax Finals 18.10

Holy gently caress what a match.

nth

# ? Oct 18, 2020 17:33

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

Pretty sure I didn't post about night 7 of the G1 (9/30).

MOTYC: Shingo vs Ishii
MOTYC: White vs Ospreay
HM: Cobb vs. Ibushi
HM: Okada vs. Taichi

# ? Oct 18, 2020 19:40

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

G1 Climax Night 9 on 10/5:

HM: Jay White vs. Jeff Cobb
HM: Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki
HM: Taichi vs. Tomohiro Ishii
MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs. Will Ospreay

# ? Oct 18, 2020 23:23

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

MassRafTer posted:

MOTYC: Ibushi vs Sanada, the nearfall off the modified O'Connor Roll is one of the best I've ever seen.

Lots of other MOTYCs I have missed nominating from the tournament hopefully everyone picked up on the slack!

Nth to both points made in this post.

Takagi/Okada was my favorite match of the G1. I probably would've been more into the final had I not been spoiled on it because Dave can't help but correct himself on a point.

# ? Oct 19, 2020 03:52

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

MOTYC: Sanada/Ibushi g1 Final

A great final I'm all aboard Ibushi winning the title at the dome

# ? Oct 19, 2020 04:06

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

These are HMs from G1 Climax Night 10 on October 6.

SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
EVIL vs. Juice Robinson
Tetsuya Naito vs. YOSHI-HASHI
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. KENTA

# ? Oct 19, 2020 20:12

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

HM: Sonny Kiss vs. Rey Fenix, AEW Dark, 20/10

Short but fun with Fenix doing lots of neat things

# ? Oct 21, 2020 07:07

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Rarity posted:

HM: Sonny Kiss vs. Rey Fenix, AEW Dark, 20/10

Short but fun with Fenix doing lots of neat things

Nth. It feels like Fenix saw Angelico doing cool lucha submissions and got jealous. Fun little match.

# ? Oct 21, 2020 07:11

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

MOTY Hirooki Goto vs Yano Toru, NJPW G1 October 6th

# ? Oct 21, 2020 16:47

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

MOTYC ZSJ vs Yano Toru, NJPW G1 October 8th

# ? Oct 21, 2020 17:05

Aye Doc: Jul 19, 2007

HM: Wardlow vs. Jungle Boy, 10/21 AEW Dynamite

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:11

Oh Snapple!: Dec 27, 2005

Aye Doc posted:

HM: Wardlow vs. Jungle Boy, 10/21 AEW Dynamite

Nth

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:11

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

Aye Doc posted:

HM: Wardlow vs. Jungle Boy, 10/21 AEW Dynamite

Thirding

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:12

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Aye Doc posted:

HM: Wardlow vs. Jungle Boy, 10/21 AEW Dynamite

Yep. YEEEEET

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:13

ICR: Dec 31, 2008

MOTYC: Fenix vs. Penta Dynamite 10/21

It�s not even done and it�s one of the best matches I�ve seen on TV. I am enthralled like no other.

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:51

NienNunb: Feb 15, 2012

ICR posted:

MOTYC: Fenix vs. Penta Dynamite 10/21

It�s not even done and it�s one of the best matches I�ve seen on TV. I am enthralled like no other.

Nth

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:51

Oh Snapple!: Dec 27, 2005

ICR posted:

MOTYC: Fenix vs. Penta Dynamite 10/21

It�s not even done and it�s one of the best matches I�ve seen on TV. I am enthralled like no other.

Easy loving nth holy poo poo

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:51

Oil!: Nov 5, 2008; Der's e'rl in dem der hills!; Ham Wrangler

ICR posted:

MOTYC: Fenix vs. Penta Dynamite 10/21

Its not even done and its one of the best matches Ive seen on TV. I am enthralled like no other.

Nth

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:52

Aye Doc: Jul 19, 2007

ICR posted:

MOTYC: Fenix vs. Penta Dynamite 10/21

It’s not even done and it’s one of the best matches I’ve seen on TV. I am enthralled like no other.

yeeeeeeaaaa. yeeea. mmhm. nth

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:52

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

ICR posted:

MOTYC: Fenix vs. Penta Dynamite 10/21

It�s not even done and it�s one of the best matches I�ve seen on TV. I am enthralled like no other.

Yeah Agreed

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:52

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

ICR posted:

MOTYC: Fenix vs. Penta Dynamite 10/21

It�s not even done and it�s one of the best matches I�ve seen on TV. I am enthralled like no other.

This holy poo poo that ruled

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:52

karmicknight: Aug 21, 2011

ICR posted:

MOTYC: Fenix vs. Penta Dynamite 10/21

It�s not even done and it�s one of the best matches I�ve seen on TV. I am enthralled like no other.

nth.

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:52

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 13:36

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

MOTYC: Rey Fenix vs. Penta El Zero M - AEW Dynamte 10/21

Restating since I think there's a thing with nominating during the match

# ? Oct 22, 2020 01:52

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