2021's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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

I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna watch the Maki Itoh match :getin:

# ? Jan 9, 2021 08:11

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 15:31

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

MOTYC: Maki Itoh vs. Miyu Yamashita, TJPW Korukuen Show, 04/01

She's everything I hoped she would be :swoon:

# ? Jan 9, 2021 09:38

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

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Maki Itoh vs. Miyu Yamashita, TJPW Korukuen Show, 04/01

She's everything I hoped she would be

Welcome to the Itoh Respect Army.

# ? Jan 9, 2021 09:52

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

Rarity posted:

I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna watch the Maki Itoh match

Happy for you

# ? Jan 9, 2021 11:07

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!"

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Maki Itoh vs. Miyu Yamashita, TJPW Korukuen Show, 04/01

She's everything I hoped she would be

ladies and gentlemen, we got her.

# ? Jan 9, 2021 18:52

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

HM: Masato Tanaka vs. Zeus, AJPW New Years War 1/2

# ? Jan 9, 2021 19:24

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

ItohRespectArmy posted:

ladies and gentlemen, we got her.

I'm super glad Rarity has finally heard the good word of Miyu

# ? Jan 9, 2021 19:29

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega (C) vs. Rey Fenix for the AEW World Championship - AEW Dynamite New Year's Smash Night 1 - 1/6

Absolutely loving incredible. Fenix is sensational and Kenny Omega keeps up with him every step of the way. Their in-ring chemistry is out of this world, they work so incredibly well together.

nth

# ? Jan 9, 2021 19:53

Pinche Rudo: Feb 8, 2005

HM: Moose vs. Willie Mack - "I Quit" match, Impact Genesis - 01/09/2021

A very good match, I was pleasantly surprised.

# ? Jan 10, 2021 04:48

Edward Mass: Sep 14, 2011; 𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen𝅘𝅥𝅮

Pinche Rudo posted:

HM: Moose vs. Willie Mack - "I Quit" match, Impact Genesis - 01/09/2021

A very good match, I was pleasantly surprised.

2nd. Willie Mack is great, even as 'best friend of the champion'.

# ? Jan 10, 2021 06:52

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

HM
1/1
ZERO1 Happy New Year 2021
Aja Kong,�Shinjiro Otani�&�Yumehito Imanari�vs.�Strong Hearts�(CIMA,�El Lindaman�&�T-Hawk)

You've got an all time like Ohtani, you've a Joshi great in Kong, you've one of the best teams on the indies in Strong Hearts and most importantly you've got little poo poo El Lindaman against the monster Aja Kong and it was fun.

Post match also set up Lindaman vs Asuka and yes please.

forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Jan 11, 2021

# ? Jan 11, 2021 00:41

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

HM
1/1
ZERO1 Happy New Year 2021
ZERO1 World Heavyweight Title�Match
Tamura Hayato�(c) vs.�Masato Tanaka

Match flew by. Hayato is going to be a big deal one day, Tanaka is still amazing against all odds (is there anyone else who was active in original ECW who can go at this dudes level in 2021?), and his sliding elbow looks like murder.

# ? Jan 11, 2021 01:09

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

I thought the young boy opener was the best match on that show.

# ? Jan 11, 2021 01:45

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

I definitely did not, shocked as I was to notice at the end "oh, that's Kazuki Hashimoto, not a random young boy, he's got a decade of experience & I didn't doubt for a second he was someone 1 year into his career"

# ? Jan 11, 2021 01:49

Neodoomium: Jun 20, 2001; You are now hearing this
noise in your head.

MOTYC: Mei Suruga vs Shinno Hagane - Gatoh Move/ChocoPro LIVE #80, 1/11 (local)

# ? Jan 11, 2021 04:59

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

Neodoomium posted:

MOTYC: Mei Suruga vs Shinno Hagane - Gatoh Move/ChocoPro LIVE #80, 1/11 (local)

# ? Jan 11, 2021 15:16

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

Neodoomium posted:

MOTYC: Mei Suruga vs Shinno Hagane - Gatoh Move/ChocoPro LIVE #80, 1/11 (local)

wnd

# ? Jan 11, 2021 15:22

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

HM
4/1
Pro Wrestling NOAH New Sunrise
Sugiura-gun�(Kazunari Murakami,�Kazushi Sakuraba�&�Takashi Sugiura) vs.�Kongo�(Katsuhiko Nakajima,�Kenou�&�Masa Kitamiya)

Murakami already fits in to Sugiura-gun vs Kongo

# ? Jan 12, 2021 00:29

Insertnamehere31: Jan 23, 2012; This could be the most one-sided fight since 1973 when Ali faced an eighty-foot tall mechanical Joe Frazier. My memory isn't what it used to be, but I think the entire Earth was destroyed.

Neodoomium posted:

MOTYC: Mei Suruga vs Shinno Hagane - Gatoh Move/ChocoPro LIVE #80, 1/11 (local)

Nth

# ? Jan 12, 2021 01:23

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

MOTYC: You Are Cordially Invited

With no promotions running a bunch of wrestlers from the BritWres scene including a few familiar faces come together to create a cinematic match full of action, violence, surprises and wacky hijinks to create something quite weird yet wonderful. It's only 25 mins long and definitely worth your time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_m1TAgds9A

# ? Jan 12, 2021 21:44

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

HM
12/1
Dragon Gate Open The New Year Gate
Open The Twin Gate titles
RED (BxB Hulk & KAI) vs Masquerade (Jason Lee & Kota Minoura)

# ? Jan 13, 2021 00:14

Edward Mass: Sep 14, 2011; 𝅘𝅥𝅮 I wanna go home with the armadillo
Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
Friendliest people and the prettiest women you've ever seen𝅘𝅥𝅮

HM: Rich Swann vs. Karl Anderson, Impact 1/12

# ? Jan 13, 2021 04:13

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

forkboy84 posted:

HM
12/1
Dragon Gate Open The New Year Gate
Open The Twin Gate titles
RED (BxB Hulk & KAI) vs Masquerade (Jason Lee & Kota Minoura)

Nth, that was fun.

HM: 2020-01-12 Dragon Gate MASQUERADE (La Estrella & Shun Skywalker) & Dragon Kid vs. Kagetora, Shuji Kondo & YAMATO

That kind of fast paced junior six man match is exactly what makes me happy. Probably benefited from the wrestlers mostly being new to me.

# ? Jan 13, 2021 06:28

Artelier: Jan 23, 2015

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: You Are Cordially Invited

With no promotions running a bunch of wrestlers from the BritWres scene including a few familiar faces come together to create a cinematic match full of action, violence, surprises and wacky hijinks to create something quite weird yet wonderful. It's only 25 mins long and definitely worth your time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_m1TAgds9A

Nth! I had no idea who anyone was but it was incredibly fun and easy to follow nonetheless! Also made full use of its cinematic match trappings by allowing it to go full ham with the edits and close ups! I was feeling it was a HM at first but the mid-match plot twist and escalation went so far and beyond what I expected when I first went in!

Also has a Behind The Scenes

Artelier fucked around with this message at 07:27 on Jan 13, 2021

# ? Jan 13, 2021 06:50

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

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: You Are Cordially Invited

With no promotions running a bunch of wrestlers from the BritWres scene including a few familiar faces come together to create a cinematic match full of action, violence, surprises and wacky hijinks to create something quite weird yet wonderful. It's only 25 mins long and definitely worth your time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_m1TAgds9A

Nth. Really enjoyed this.

# ? Jan 13, 2021 09:48

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

HM: Top Flight vs Chaos Project, AEW Dark January 12 2021

An excellent blend of Chaos Project's comedic energy with Top Flight's smooth as silk offense. Everyone did their job brilliantly here.

# ? Jan 13, 2021 09:52

Dimebags Brain: Feb 18, 2013

forkboy84 posted:

HM
12/1
Dragon Gate Open The New Year Gate
Open The Twin Gate titles
RED (BxB Hulk & KAI) vs Masquerade (Jason Lee & Kota Minoura)

Thanlis posted:

Nth, that was fun.

HM: 2020-01-12 Dragon Gate MASQUERADE (La Estrella & Shun Skywalker) & Dragon Kid vs. Kagetora, Shuji Kondo & YAMATO

That kind of fast paced junior six man match is exactly what makes me happy. Probably benefited from the wrestlers mostly being new to me.

I'll second these and add from 1/13 the next night

HM: MASQUERADE (Shun Skywalker, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, and La Estrella) vs. R.E.D. (BxB Hulk, KAI, Kaito Ishida, and Hip Hop Kikuta)

The Masquerade team are really really good together. Don't think I've seen a 4/5 man match from the unit that hasn't been at least HM worthy.

# ? Jan 14, 2021 00:10

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

Lamuella posted:

HM: Top Flight vs Chaos Project, AEW Dark January 12 2021

An excellent blend of Chaos Project's comedic energy with Top Flight's smooth as silk offense. Everyone did their job brilliantly here.

nth

# ? Jan 14, 2021 00:38

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

Dimebags Brain posted:

I'll second these and add from 1/13 the next night

HM: MASQUERADE (Shun Skywalker, Jason Lee, Kota Minoura, and La Estrella) vs. R.E.D. (BxB Hulk, KAI, Kaito Ishida, and Hip Hop Kikuta)

The Masquerade team are really really good together. Don't think I've seen a 4/5 man match from the unit that hasn't been at least HM worthy.

2nd

Also

HM
13th January
DRAGON GATE Open The New Year Gate
Dragon Kid vs YAMATO

Finish knocked it down a little but they still had a very good match.

And

HM
13th January
Dragon Gate Open The New Year Gate
Open The Triangle Gate Titles
RED (Kazma Sakamoto, SB KENTo & Takashi Yoshida) vs Natural Vibes (Genki Horiguchi, Kzy & Susumu Yokosuka)

forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Jan 14, 2021

# ? Jan 14, 2021 01:22

ICR: Dec 31, 2008

HM: Serena Deeb v Tay Conti: AEW Dynamite 1/13 New Year�s Bash Night 2

Very explosive match. Held my attention the entire time and there were times I wasn�t sure who would win. Very devastating offense from both and I�ll quote a goon in the GDT, Deeb is underrated and the Bret Hart of women�s wrestling. Absolutely fire match.

# ? Jan 14, 2021 03:41

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

ICR posted:

HM: Serena Deeb v Tay Conti: AEW Dynamite 1/13 New Year�s Bash Night 2

Very explosive match. Held my attention the entire time and there were times I wasn�t sure who would win. Very devastating offense from both and I�ll quote a goon in the GDT, Deeb is underrated and the Bret Hart of women�s wrestling. Absolutely fire match.

nth

# ? Jan 14, 2021 03:42

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

forkboy84 posted:

12/1
Dragon Gate Open The New Year Gate

forkboy84 posted:

13th January
Dragon Gate Open The New Year Gate

Same show name for both dates? Is it a "Night 1" "Night 2" situation?

ICR posted:

HM: Serena Deeb v Tay Conti: AEW Dynamite 1/13 New Year’s Bash Night 2

Very explosive match. Held my attention the entire time and there were times I wasn’t sure who would win. Very devastating offense from both and I’ll quote a goon in the GDT, Deeb is underrated and the Bret Hart of women’s wrestling. Absolutely fire match.

Second. Deeb is very, very good.

# ? Jan 14, 2021 03:52

Junpei Hyde: Mar 15, 2013

MOTYC: Darby Allin vs Brian Cage: NEW New Year's Smash Night 2

# ? Jan 14, 2021 03:58

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

Junpei Hyde posted:

MOTYC: Darby Allin vs Brian Cage: NEW New Year's Smash Night 2

HM from me, the ending was a little weird but the match was tremendous fun and Taz on commentary was great.

# ? Jan 14, 2021 03:59

karmicknight: Aug 21, 2011

Junpei Hyde posted:

MOTYC: Darby Allin vs Brian Cage: NEW New Year's Smash Night 2

nth.

# ? Jan 14, 2021 04:00

Jackie D: May 27, 2009; Democracy is like a tambourine - not everyone can be trusted with it.

Junpei Hyde posted:

MOTYC: Darby Allin vs Brian Cage: NEW New Year's Smash Night 2

HM, was very fun but not quite there

# ? Jan 14, 2021 04:02

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

Junpei Hyde posted:

MOTYC: Darby Allin vs Brian Cage: NEW New Year's Smash Night 2

Will second this and the HM for the NWA Women's title match.

# ? Jan 14, 2021 04:04

Jordan7hm: Feb 17, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

ICR posted:

HM: Serena Deeb v Tay Conti: AEW Dynamite 1/13 New Year�s Bash Night 2

Very explosive match. Held my attention the entire time and there were times I wasn�t sure who would win. Very devastating offense from both and I�ll quote a goon in the GDT, Deeb is underrated and the Bret Hart of women�s wrestling. Absolutely fire match.

Agreed with this.

# ? Jan 14, 2021 04:04

Dimebags Brain: Feb 18, 2013

Jerusalem posted:

Same show name for both dates? Is it a "Night 1" "Night 2" situation?

Yep, they ran two nights at Korakuen.

forkboy84 posted:

HM
13th January
DRAGON GATE Open The New Year Gate
Dragon Kid vs YAMATO

Finish knocked it down a little but they still had a very good match.

And

HM
13th January
Dragon Gate Open The New Year Gate
Open The Triangle Gate Titles
RED (Kazma Sakamoto, SB KENTo & Takashi Yoshida) vs Natural Vibes (Genki Horiguchi, Kzy & Susumu Yokosuka)

2nd these

# ? Jan 14, 2021 04:08

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 15:31

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

ICR posted:

HM: Serena Deeb v Tay Conti: AEW Dynamite 1/13 New Year�s Bash Night 2

Very explosive match. Held my attention the entire time and there were times I wasn�t sure who would win. Very devastating offense from both and I�ll quote a goon in the GDT, Deeb is underrated and the Bret Hart of women�s wrestling. Absolutely fire match.

Yep. Nth.

# ? Jan 14, 2021 04:08

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