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

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Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

HM: AJ Gray vs. Hoodfoot, GCW For The Culture 1/29

First great match of the 24-hour stream, just two beefy bois being Beefy As gently caress

# ? Jan 30, 2021 05:59

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# ? May 16, 2024 19:58

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

HM: AJ Gray vs Hoodfoot, GCW Fight Forever: For the Culture 1/29 (sadly it did not go 3 minutes longer so it could span two days.)

# ? Jan 30, 2021 05:59

YourHumbleMessiah: Oct 11, 2005

Benne posted:

HM: AJ Gray vs. Hoodfoot, GCW For The Culture 1/29

First great match of the 24-hour stream, just two beefy bois being Beefy As gently caress

Nth, lots of big boi stuff

# ? Jan 30, 2021 06:00

Draxion: Jun 9, 2013

MOTYC: AJ Gray vs. Hoodfoot, GCW For The Culture 1/29

idgaf thats all I want in wrestling

# ? Jan 30, 2021 06:00

TTBF: Sep 14, 2005

Benne posted:

HM: AJ Gray vs. Hoodfoot, GCW For The Culture 1/29

First great match of the 24-hour stream, just two beefy bois being Beefy As gently caress

Nth

# ? Jan 30, 2021 06:00

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

HM: Chris Dickinson vs Rocky Romero, NJPW Strong January 29th

Overshadowed by other story elements, this was a really excellent short match, and a very effective showcase of Chris Dickinson's athletic, dominant style. This man was born for New Japan.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 08:23

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

HM: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. The Great Okhan, NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya, 30/01

Tenzan gave all he could in what may well be his last singles match

# ? Jan 30, 2021 10:28

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

HM: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Great O-Khan NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya 30.01

A lot better than I expected, it ended up as a classic example of the old broken down warhorse giving it all against the young up and comer.

Cerebral Bore fucked around with this message at 10:32 on Jan 30, 2021

# ? Jan 30, 2021 10:28

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

Rarity posted:

HM: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. The Great Okhan, NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya, 30/01

Tenzan gave all he could in what may well be his last singles match

I'll Nth this.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 10:34

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

Rarity posted:

HM: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. The Great Okhan, NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya, 30/01

Tenzan gave all he could in what may well be his last singles match

MOTYC

# ? Jan 30, 2021 10:35

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

Rarity posted:

HM: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. The Great Okhan, NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya, 30/01

Tenzan gave all he could in what may well be his last singles match

I'll give this a 4th, always great to see some of New Japan's guys who might seem past it or too worn down suddenly remind everybody just why they've managed to last in wrestling for so long.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 10:43

Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. Satoshi Kojima, NJPW New Beginning 1/30

This was a better GCW match than anything GCW has done tonight

# ? Jan 30, 2021 10:57

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs Satoshi Kojima NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya 30.01

Remember what I said about broken down warhorses and young up and comers? Incredibly brutal finish to an incredibly brutal feud. Great use of the no DQ stipulation.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 10:57

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Benne posted:

MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. Satoshi Kojima, NJPW New Beginning 1/30

This was a better GCW match than anything GCW has done tonight

Nth this, jesus christ

# ? Jan 30, 2021 10:58

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

MOTYC: Satoshi Kojima vs. Will Ospreay, NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya, 30/01

Really well paced no DQ match with some absolutely mad spots

# ? Jan 30, 2021 10:58

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

Benne posted:

MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. Satoshi Kojima, NJPW New Beginning 1/30

This was a better GCW match than anything GCW has done tonight

Nth. Very hard hitting, very well performed.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 10:59

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

HM
30th January
New Japan New Beginning In Nagoya
Satoshi Kojima vs Will Ospreay

# ? Jan 30, 2021 10:59

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

forkboy84 posted:

HM
30th January
New Japan New Beginning In Nagoya
Satoshi Kojima vs Will Ospreay

Yeah, HM for me too though it was right on the edge of MOTYC.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:01

Netsky: Jun 24, 2004; I AM THE STREET

Benne posted:

HM: AJ Gray vs. Hoodfoot, GCW For The Culture 1/29

First great match of the 24-hour stream, just two beefy bois being Beefy As gently caress

Nth

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:39

Procrastinator: Aug 16, 2009; what?

match isn't over yet but i don't care MOTYC: 30th January New Beginning in Nagoya, Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:40

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MOTYC: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shingo Takagi NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya 30.01

Two of the best in the world in one hell of a war. The NEVER title is the best belt in NJPW.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:42

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

MOTYC: Shingo Takagi (C) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the NEVER Openweight Title - NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya - 1/30

EXACTLY like that scene in The Jerk where the assassin keeps shooting the cans by mistake, except instead of bullets it is Dragon Screws and instead of cans it is knees, and instead of by mistake it is deliberate, and the assassin is somehow both Tanahashi AND Shingo. Look, it's a great loving match, okay.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:42

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Shingo Takagi (C) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the NEVER Openweight Title - NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya - 1/30

EXACTLY like that scene in The Jerk where the assassin keeps shooting the cans by mistake, except instead of bullets it is Dragon Screws and instead of cans it is knees, and instead of by mistake it is deliberate, and the assassin is somehow both Tanahashi AND Shingo. Look, it's a great loving match, okay.

Nth

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:42

a cyborg mug: Mar 8, 2010

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shingo Takagi NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya 30.01

Two of the best in the world in one hell of a war. The NEVER title is the best belt in NJPW.

Yuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhh

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:43

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

MOTYC: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shingo Takagi, NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya, 30/01

Old man still got it

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:43

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shingo Takagi NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya 30.01

Two of the best in the world in one hell of a war. The NEVER title is the best belt in NJPW.

2nd this

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:43

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shingo Takagi NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya 30.01

Two of the best in the world in one hell of a war. The NEVER title is the best belt in NJPW.

Nth. Absolutely astounding. This is the bar that other NEVER matches should be judged by.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:45

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

New beginning in Nagoya

HM: tenzan v gok
Motyc: Ospreay v kojima
Motyc : Tana v Shingo

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:49

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

Lamuella posted:

Nth. Absolutely astounding. This is the bar that other NEVER matches should be judged by.

I dunno, I still think Ishii vs Honma from New Beginning in Sendai 2015 is the high watermark.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:50

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

The Shingo/Suzuki matches last year were tremendous too.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:52

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

Lamuella posted:

This is the bar that other NEVER matches should be judged by.

Halfway through I was like 'this is very good but I wouldn't put it above the Ospreay/Kojima match, Tana's not quite able to match Shingo at his peak these days' then the other half of the match happened

# ? Jan 30, 2021 11:55

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

Rarity posted:

Halfway through I was like 'this is very good but I wouldn't put it above the Ospreay/Kojima match, Tana's not quite able to match Shingo at his peak these days' then the other half of the match happened

# ? Jan 30, 2021 12:26

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

NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya January 30th
MOTYC
Shingo Takagi vs Hiroshi Tanahashi

HM
Will Ospreay vs Satoshi Kojima

# ? Jan 30, 2021 13:56

boxcarhobo: Jun 23, 2005

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shingo Takagi NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya 30.01

Two of the best in the world in one hell of a war. The NEVER title is the best belt in NJPW.

yea it was good

# ? Jan 30, 2021 14:41

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

Benne posted:

MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. Satoshi Kojima, NJPW New Beginning 1/30

This was a better GCW match than anything GCW has done tonight

Did they use doors or lighttubes?

# ? Jan 30, 2021 17:31

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

HM: Effy vs Billy Dixon, GCW Fight Forever January 30th

Brutal and emotional confrontation, and at the end we found out that Effy had stolen a twink's soul and the twink wants it back.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 18:10

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: Yunamon & Chris Brookes vs Baliyan Akki & Mei Suruga - Gatoh Move ChocoPro #85 (1/29)

Unsurprisingly, all of the cool poo poo these four come up with in Ichigaya translates out to a full ring, and they had a ballin' rear end tag title match on the Mitsuru Graduation Show

2nd

# ? Jan 30, 2021 19:26

Lily Catts: Oct 17, 2012; Show me the way to you
(Heavy Metal)

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya January 30th
MOTYC
Shingo Takagi vs Hiroshi Tanahashi

HM
Will Ospreay vs Satoshi Kojima

Nth to both

# ? Jan 30, 2021 20:39

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Lamuella posted:

HM: Effy vs Billy Dixon, GCW Fight Forever January 30th

Brutal and emotional confrontation, and at the end we found out that Effy had stolen a twink's soul and the twink wants it back.

Nth

# ? Jan 30, 2021 20:44

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# ? May 16, 2024 19:58

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shingo Takagi NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya 30.01

Two of the best in the world in one hell of a war. The NEVER title is the best belt in NJPW.

Nth. I love Shingo Takagi and I don't care who knows it.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 21:49

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