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

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

MOTYC: Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado, NJPW World Tag League/Best of Super Juniors Final, 11/12

Watched on mute cause of a Zoom call and it was already a MOTYC so can't wait to rewatch with sound

# ? Dec 11, 2020 12:34

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 14:40

Aesculus: Mar 22, 2013

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi - Best of the Super Juniors Final 12/11

Crazy loving match, I thought it was going to go off the rails early on after a botch but it recovered and just kept getting better and better. The moment where El Desperado got so angry he just tore the remains of his mask off and he and Hiromu started slapping the poo poo out of each other was absolutely loving incredible.

I agree

# ? Dec 11, 2020 12:35

Price Check: Oct 9, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi - Best of the Super Juniors Final 12/11

Crazy loving match, I thought it was going to go off the rails early on after a botch but it recovered and just kept getting better and better. The moment where El Desperado got so angry he just tore the remains of his mask off and he and Hiromu started slapping the poo poo out of each other was absolutely loving incredible.

Absolutely Nth.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 17:04

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

HM: OC vs. MJF on Dynamite

HMs from Best of the Super Juniors/World Tag League Night 16 on December 6 that I haven't posted yet:

Taichi & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Toru Yano
BUSHI vs. El Desperado
David Finlay & Juice Robinson vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI

HM from Night 17 on December 11:

David FInlay & Juice Robinson vs. Tama Tonga & Tanga Loa - I know everyone is gushing about Despy and Hiromu, but don't overlook this one. The finish took it down a little bit for me, but it was still really well worked throughout and got me really invested.

I'm saving the BOSJ final for when the missus gets home.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 20:22

Sooper Gila: Apr 23, 2014; Love
Peace
and Harmony

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi - Best of the Super Juniors Final 12/11

The moment where El Desperado got so angry he just tore the remains of his mask off and he and Hiromu started slapping the poo poo out of each other was absolutely loving incredible.

Nth.

I knew Desperado ruled but that moment was another level of awesome entirely.

# ? Dec 11, 2020 21:05

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

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi - Best of the Super Juniors Final 12/11

Crazy loving match, I thought it was going to go off the rails early on after a botch but it recovered and just kept getting better and better. The moment where El Desperado got so angry he just tore the remains of his mask off and he and Hiromu started slapping the poo poo out of each other was absolutely loving incredible.

lost my fuckin poo poo for this match, nth

# ? Dec 12, 2020 00:23

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi - Best of the Super Juniors Final 12/11

Jawdropping nth. We�re so lucky to have these two.

# ? Dec 12, 2020 01:03

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

Burn Down Canberra posted:

HM: El Desperado v SHO NJPW BOSJ 25.11

Really enjoying this tournament

2nd that

Despy loving rules, SHO rules.

# ? Dec 12, 2020 01:48

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs DOUKI NJPW BOSJ 29.11

Just two buddies trying to murder each other.

HM mention this but I do enjoy friends just trying to kill each other. Very Suzukigun

# ? Dec 12, 2020 02:25

ItohRespectArmy: Sep 11, 2019; Cutest In The World, Six Time DDT Ironheavymetalweight champion, Two Time International Princess champion, winner of two tournaments, a Princess Tag Team champion, And a pretty good singer too!
"When I was an idol, I felt nothing every day but now that I'm a pro wrestler I'm in pain constantly!"

MOTYC: Suzume and Neko Haruna vs Sakisama and Mei Saint Michel. TJPW Wrestling Of My Mind 12/12/2020

one of the greatest pieces of in ring storytelling of all time, a true masterpiece.

# ? Dec 12, 2020 04:54

karmicknight: Aug 21, 2011

ItohRespectArmy posted:

MOTYC: Suzume and Neko Haruna vs Sakisama and Mei Saint Michel. TJPW Wrestling Of My Mind 12/12/2020

one of the greatest pieces of in ring storytelling of all time, a true masterpiece.

nth.

adopt the cat Sakisama.

# ? Dec 12, 2020 04:55

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado, NJPW World Tag League/Best of Super Juniors Final, 11/12

Watched on mute cause of a Zoom call and it was already a MOTYC so can't wait to rewatch with sound

Yes agreed. The Mask spot was amazing and put this easily into 5 star territory

# ? Dec 12, 2020 08:04

J-Ro: Jul 26, 2005; Child Of The Revolution

ItohRespectArmy posted:

MOTYC: Suzume and Neko Haruna vs Sakisama and Mei Saint Michel. TJPW Wrestling Of My Mind 12/12/2020

one of the greatest pieces of in ring storytelling of all time, a true masterpiece.

Nth, a lot of emotions in that match.

# ? Dec 12, 2020 08:19

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

ItohRespectArmy posted:

MOTYC: Suzume and Neko Haruna vs Sakisama and Mei Saint Michel. TJPW Wrestling Of My Mind 12/12/2020

one of the greatest pieces of in ring storytelling of all time, a true masterpiece.

# ? Dec 12, 2020 08:19

Numero6: Oct 10, 2012; ここは地の果て　流されて俺
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ItohRespectArmy posted:

MOTYC: Suzume and Neko Haruna vs Sakisama and Mei Saint Michel. TJPW Wrestling Of My Mind 12/12/2020

one of the greatest pieces of in ring storytelling of all time, a true masterpiece.

Nth.

# ? Dec 12, 2020 13:55

Lamuella: Jun 26, 2003; It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.

ItohRespectArmy posted:

MOTYC: Suzume and Neko Haruna vs Sakisama and Mei Saint Michel. TJPW Wrestling Of My Mind 12/12/2020

one of the greatest pieces of in ring storytelling of all time, a true masterpiece.

Nth, the story of an elegant lady, a feral maid, and the cat that brought them together.

# ? Dec 12, 2020 14:49

Kosmo Gallion: Sep 13, 2013

HM: A-Kid vs Tyler Bate - NXT UK 10/12/20

I'm not a huge fan of A-Kid but this was a great mentor v protégé match.

# ? Dec 12, 2020 15:33

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

ItohRespectArmy posted:

MOTYC: Suzume and Neko Haruna vs Sakisama and Mei Saint Michel. TJPW Wrestling Of My Mind 12/12/2020

one of the greatest pieces of in ring storytelling of all time, a true masterpiece.

HM for me, a well executed comedy match with a great concept.

I MOTYC a Lulu Pencil and a Hyper Misao match, but this is western Joshi fan meme/comedy wrestling over-praise.

# ? Dec 12, 2020 23:33

a cyborg mug: Mar 8, 2010

forkboy84 posted:

MOTYC
22nd November
Pro Wrestling NOAH The Chronicle Vol.4
GHC Heavyweight Title
Go Shiozaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima

loving hell

J-Ro posted:

2nd to both, and:

MOTYC:
6th December
Pro Wrestling NOAH Final Chronicle 2020
GHC Heavyweight Championship
Go Shiozaki vs Takashi Sugiura

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi - Best of the Super Juniors Final 12/11

Watched all of these matches today and agree with the nominations

Go Shiozaki is the WOTY.

# ? Dec 13, 2020 00:03

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

HM: Laredo Boy & Laredo Kid vs. Octagon Jr. & Octagoncito, Autoluchas Episode 6, November 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJIn9Hr6mLs&t=2940s

A very fun match to watch ahead of tonight's TripleMania. Laredo Kid is a really underrated luchador.

# ? Dec 13, 2020 00:20

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

Unnecessary Nth on the Desperado/Hiromu and also

DDT D-Oh Grand Prix December 12th
MOTYC
Konosuke Takeshita vs HARASHIMA

HM
MAO vs Chris Brookes
Shunma Katsumata vs Takao Soma
Jun Akiyama vs Yuki Ueno
Tetsuya Endo vs Makoto Oishi

DDT is great, everyone watch it

# ? Dec 13, 2020 01:43

RealFoxy: May 11, 2011; I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.

MOTYC: Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado, NJPW World Tag League/Best of Super Juniors Final, 11/12

I'm such a sucker for these types of matches, and the end had me really going OH poo poo (Even if I got spoiled on it beforehand). Hands down my favorite flippy boys match of the year, I'll probably remember this match for a long time

fez_machine posted:

HM for me, a well executed comedy match with a great concept.

I MOTYC a Lulu Pencil and a Hyper Misao match, but this is western Joshi fan meme/comedy wrestling over-praise.

Long time DDT fan and yeah it's just a meme-vote imo. There's been enough legitimately "Go out of your way to watch this" TJPW matches this year that I don't feel the need to nth a funny 5 minute interaction and an average wrestling match

# ? Dec 13, 2020 02:25

Bard Maddox: Feb 15, 2012; I'm just a sick guy, I'm really just a dirty guy.

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

gently caress yeah dude

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:02

YourHumbleMessiah: Oct 11, 2005

Bard Maddox posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

gently caress yeah dude

Nth 5+ stars

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:02

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Bard Maddox posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

gently caress yeah dude

NTH. If I could give this more than one vote I would. 40 stars.

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:03

Lumbermouth: Mar 6, 2008; GREG IS BIG NOW

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:03

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Bard Maddox posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

gently caress yeah dude

Yeah agreed

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:03

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

Bard Maddox posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

gently caress yeah dude

NTH

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:03

RealFoxy: May 11, 2011; I'm not making a fucking QCS thread for this but seriously can we take a harder stance on Kiwifarms freaks like this guy, Jesus Christ seriously, you used to be better at knocking these creeps down. I guess ADTRW mods aren't responsible like GBS mods are.

Bard Maddox posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

gently caress yeah dude

Yeah, hell yeah. I've never gotten totally into Lucha but this was a hell of a match.

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:03

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Bard Maddox posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

gently caress yeah dude

This match summed up in an emoji: :suspense:

Nth.

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:04

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

Bard Maddox posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

gently caress yeah dude

nth

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:06

Oh Snapple!: Dec 27, 2005

Lumbermouth posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

Nth

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:09

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Bard Maddox posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

gently caress yeah dude

nth

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:10

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

Does anyone know which individual had the most nominations in history ?

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:20

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

WMOTY: Pagano vs Chessman - AAA Triplemania So many dumb bumbs...

but also

MOTYC: Pagano vs Chessman AAA Triplemania - Hugo bladed and Truck bump were awesome even without a crowd

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:38

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

Triplemania 28
HM: Kenny Omega vs Laredo Kid
MOTYC: Pagano vs Chessman

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:39

Dimebags Brain: Feb 18, 2013

MOTYC: Chessman vs Pagano - Hair vs Hair

This ruled holy poo poo, funniest match of the year.

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:39

abraham linksys: Sep 6, 2010

Boco_T posted:

Triplemania 28
HM: Kenny Omega vs Laredo Kid
MOTYC: Pagano vs Chessman

agreed and this is one of the bravest posts to ever be posted in this thread

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:40

Bard Maddox: Feb 15, 2012; I'm just a sick guy, I'm really just a dirty guy.

MOTYC: Pagano vs. Chessman, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

this was the perfect match and main event for the dumbass year of 2020

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:40

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 14:40

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Bard Maddox posted:

MOTYC: Pagano vs. Chessman, AAA TripleMania, 12/12/2020

this was the perfect match and main event for the dumbass year of 2020

Nth. Can I also Nth for WMOTYC as well?

Laughed like an idiot throughout this apparent blood feud match.

# ? Dec 13, 2020 05:46

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