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

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Tarnop: Nov 25, 2013; Pull me out

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Darby Allin vs Wheeler Yuta
HM: Britt Baker vs Nyla Rose
HM: Orange Cassidy vs The Blade
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs Lance Archer

All from AEW Dynamite 21.07

Nth

# ? Jul 24, 2021 05:13

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# ? May 16, 2024 13:39

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

fez_machine posted:

HM
24th of July
ChocoPro #139
Best Bros vs. Eraser

Chie vs Takanashi

Both matches were wars.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 05:23

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

TJPW Princess Cup 8 Night 3 July 24th
HM
Arisu Endo vs Nao Kakuta vs Hyper Misao
- Hyper Misao makes everything better, this was hilarious

Nodoka Tenma, Moka Miyamoto and Shoko Nakajima vs DayDream (Miu Watanabe and Rika Tatsumi) and Yuki Arai
- This was absolutely magic, Nodoka Tenma is as good a comedy wrestler as anyone on the planet in addition to being real strong. She was only a small part of this though, DayDream Idol brought the combo tech and Moka broght that killer instinct. Just incredible fun all around with an unexpectantly tense ending after the lightheartedness that preceeded it

Mirai Maiumi vs Mizuki
- Turns out house show Mirai still has some fight in her, and Mizuki is no less tricksy just because her partner in crime is on the other side of the world

# ? Jul 24, 2021 05:51

karmicknight: Aug 21, 2011

SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Princess Cup 8 Night 3 July 24th
HM
Arisu Endo vs Nao Kakuta vs Hyper Misao
- Hyper Misao makes everything better, this was hilarious

Nodoka Tenma, Moka Miyamoto and Shoko Nakajima vs DayDream (Miu Watanabe and Rika Tatsumi) and Yuki Arai
- This was absolutely magic, Nodoka Tenma is as good a comedy wrestler as anyone on the planet in addition to being real strong. She was only a small part of this though, DayDream Idol brought the combo tech and Moka broght that killer instinct. Just incredible fun all around with an unexpectantly tense ending after the lightheartedness that preceeded it

Mirai Maiumi vs Mizuki
- Turns out house show Mirai still has some fight in her, and Mizuki is no less tricksy just because her partner in crime is on the other side of the world

nth

# ? Jul 24, 2021 05:51

The Taxman: Jan 2, 2007; greetings sweeties, let me give you a back massage. for i am a whiz!

SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Princess Cup 8 Night 3 July 24th
HM
Arisu Endo vs Nao Kakuta vs Hyper Misao
- Hyper Misao makes everything better, this was hilarious

Nodoka Tenma, Moka Miyamoto and Shoko Nakajima vs DayDream (Miu Watanabe and Rika Tatsumi) and Yuki Arai
- This was absolutely magic, Nodoka Tenma is as good a comedy wrestler as anyone on the planet in addition to being real strong. She was only a small part of this though, DayDream Idol brought the combo tech and Moka broght that killer instinct. Just incredible fun all around with an unexpectantly tense ending after the lightheartedness that preceeded it

Mirai Maiumi vs Mizuki
- Turns out house show Mirai still has some fight in her, and Mizuki is no less tricksy just because her partner in crime is on the other side of the world

Also, I'll add

HM: Miyu Yamashita v Kamiyu

Beat the poo poo out of each other, why don't you

# ? Jul 24, 2021 06:07

Penguin Patrol: Mar 3, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Princess Cup 8 Night 3 July 24th
HM
Arisu Endo vs Nao Kakuta vs Hyper Misao
- Hyper Misao makes everything better, this was hilarious

Nodoka Tenma, Moka Miyamoto and Shoko Nakajima vs DayDream (Miu Watanabe and Rika Tatsumi) and Yuki Arai
- This was absolutely magic, Nodoka Tenma is as good a comedy wrestler as anyone on the planet in addition to being real strong. She was only a small part of this though, DayDream Idol brought the combo tech and Moka broght that killer instinct. Just incredible fun all around with an unexpectantly tense ending after the lightheartedness that preceeded it

Mirai Maiumi vs Mizuki
- Turns out house show Mirai still has some fight in her, and Mizuki is no less tricksy just because her partner in crime is on the other side of the world

The Taxman posted:

Also, I'll add

HM: Miyu Yamashita v Kamiyu

Beat the poo poo out of each other, why don't you

nth

# ? Jul 24, 2021 06:11

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

+1 to all the tjpw hms

# ? Jul 24, 2021 06:48

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

SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Princess Cup 8 Night 3 July 24th
HM
Arisu Endo vs Nao Kakuta vs Hyper Misao
- Hyper Misao makes everything better, this was hilarious

Nodoka Tenma, Moka Miyamoto and Shoko Nakajima vs DayDream (Miu Watanabe and Rika Tatsumi) and Yuki Arai
- This was absolutely magic, Nodoka Tenma is as good a comedy wrestler as anyone on the planet in addition to being real strong. She was only a small part of this though, DayDream Idol brought the combo tech and Moka broght that killer instinct. Just incredible fun all around with an unexpectantly tense ending after the lightheartedness that preceeded it

Mirai Maiumi vs Mizuki
- Turns out house show Mirai still has some fight in her, and Mizuki is no less tricksy just because her partner in crime is on the other side of the world

Nth to all of these

# ? Jul 24, 2021 08:54

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

HM: Tomohiro Ishii vs EVIL NJPW Summer Struggle in Nagoya 24.07

Ishii continues being a miracle worker, manages to drag a good Beef Battle out of Bullet Club EVIL despite the mandatory bullshit.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 11:03

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

HM: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KENTA NJPW Summer Struggle in Nagoya 24.07

Great match between two of the best and also loving Shibata doing poo poo in the ring holy gently caress.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 11:38

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KENTA NJPW Summer Struggle in Nagoya 24.07

Great match between two of the best and also loving Shibata doing poo poo in the ring holy gently caress.

Nth

# ? Jul 24, 2021 11:40

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

SG Bamboo posted:

AJPW Summer Action Series July 22nd
MOTYC
Jake Lee (c) vs Shotaro Ashino
- Oh Jake you lanky prick, don't you know you're dealing with the MASTER OF SUPLEX. Even with one working arm he's going to throw you all over the loving ring. This kind of performance was why Ashino was my favourite guy coming out of the Champion Carnival, and why I was so pissed Lee did him dirty in their match then when they could have done a match like this

HM
Kento Miyahara vs Koji Iwamoto
- They have me believing for a second that Koji could beat the Best of the Best. A very good Jr vs Heavy match

Francesco Akira (c) VS SUGI - Jr Heavyweight Championship
- Sugi didn't do as much of his ridiculous flippy poo poo as in their Battle of Glory match, but what he did looked great. Akira continues to impress, his strikes were crisp and he carried the match like a champion.

Nth to these, but HM for Lee/Ashino. Jake Lee should shave imo

Koji Iwamoto stood out for me with his crisp strikes.

# ? Jul 24, 2021 18:55

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

SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Princess Cup 8 Night 3 July 24th
HM
Arisu Endo vs Nao Kakuta vs Hyper Misao
- Hyper Misao makes everything better, this was hilarious

Nodoka Tenma, Moka Miyamoto and Shoko Nakajima vs DayDream (Miu Watanabe and Rika Tatsumi) and Yuki Arai
- This was absolutely magic, Nodoka Tenma is as good a comedy wrestler as anyone on the planet in addition to being real strong. She was only a small part of this though, DayDream Idol brought the combo tech and Moka broght that killer instinct. Just incredible fun all around with an unexpectantly tense ending after the lightheartedness that preceeded it

Mirai Maiumi vs Mizuki
- Turns out house show Mirai still has some fight in her, and Mizuki is no less tricksy just because her partner in crime is on the other side of the world

Nth

# ? Jul 24, 2021 20:07

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

JCW: Dear Summer 7/24/2021
HM
Josh Bishop vs Jobbers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EN2d-YVLns&t=8190s
This match was full blown murder. Chairs were bent, someone went through a table (literally through it, he put a hole in it), someone was thrown into the ring.

Oil! fucked around with this message at 21:21 on Jul 24, 2021

# ? Jul 24, 2021 21:00

Penguin Patrol: Mar 3, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

Oil! posted:

JCW: Dear Summer 7/24/2021
HM
Josh Bishop vs Jobbers

nth, good work jobbers

# ? Jul 24, 2021 22:56

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

WMOTYC
27th June
Sendai Girls Big Show Niigata
Aiger & Rydeen Hagane vs KAORU & Sakura Hirota

There's few things I dislike in wrestling more than matches that feel like they were twice as long as they actually were, and this was a throwaway comedy opener that went 13 but felt half an hour long. Just brutal.

MOTYC
27th June
Sendai Girls Big Show Niigata
Sendai Girls Tag Team Titles
Team 200kg�(Chihiro Hashimoto�&�Yuu) vs.�Mio Momono�&�Rin Kadokura

Excellent tag team wrestling, absolutely worth every second of your time.

HM
27th June
Sendai Girls Big Show Niigata
Jinsei Shinzaki & Nanae Takahashi vs Meiko Satomura & Minoru Suzuki

# ? Jul 25, 2021 01:46

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KENTA NJPW Summer Struggle in Nagoya 24.07

Great match between two of the best and also loving Shibata doing poo poo in the ring holy gently caress.

Yeah nth

# ? Jul 25, 2021 02:20

YourHumbleMessiah: Oct 11, 2005

MOTY: Drew Parker vs Alex Colon GCW Homecoming Night 1 7/24/21

Incredible.

# ? Jul 25, 2021 02:43

Sticky Nate: Jan 9, 2012

YourHumbleMessiah posted:

MOTY: Drew Parker vs Alex Colon GCW Homecoming Night 1 7/24/21

Incredible.

2nd that fuckin rocked

# ? Jul 25, 2021 02:44

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

HM: Chie vs. Chris Brookes ChocoPro 140 07/25/21

Chie is something else. Pure Chieos.

# ? Jul 25, 2021 03:33

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

fez_machine posted:

HM: Chie vs. Chris Brookes ChocoPro 140 07/25/21

Chie is something else. Pure Chieos.

# ? Jul 25, 2021 03:33

Penguin Patrol: Mar 3, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

fez_machine posted:

HM: Chie vs. Chris Brookes ChocoPro 140 07/25/21

Chie is something else. Pure Chieos.

# ? Jul 25, 2021 03:38

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

YourHumbleMessiah posted:

MOTY: Drew Parker vs Alex Colon GCW Homecoming Night 1 7/24/21

Incredible.

Wait, Drew has left Japan? Man, he was wrestling for BJW one day before.

# ? Jul 25, 2021 03:43

YourHumbleMessiah: Oct 11, 2005

forkboy84 posted:

Wait, Drew has left Japan? Man, he was wrestling for BJW one day before.

Insane right?

# ? Jul 25, 2021 03:44

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

forkboy84 posted:

Wait, Drew has left Japan? Man, he was wrestling for BJW one day before.

Wrestling again the day after as well:
https://mobile.twitter.com/pwponderings/status/1419111053045215239

# ? Jul 25, 2021 03:46

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

Lily Catts posted:

Jake Lee should shave imo

The facial hair denotes that he is evil now, as the Darth Vader attire was found to be too subtle

# ? Jul 25, 2021 04:28

NickRoweFillea: Sep 27, 2012; doin thangs

MOTY: Alwayz Ready Matt Cardona v. Nick Gage, GCW Homecoming

# ? Jul 25, 2021 04:52

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

YourHumbleMessiah posted:

MOTY: Drew Parker vs Alex Colon GCW Homecoming Night 1 7/24/21

Incredible.

NickRoweFillea posted:

MOTY: Alwayz Ready Matt Cardona v. Nick Gage, GCW Homecoming

Nth to both of these.

# ? Jul 25, 2021 04:55

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

MOTYC

Nick Gage vs Matt Cardona, GCW Homecoming Night 1

https://twitter.com/BodyslamNet/status/1419142494109982720

https://twitter.com/johnblud/status/1419143513724362754

# ? Jul 25, 2021 04:56

TTBF: Sep 14, 2005

NickRoweFillea posted:

MOTY: Alwayz Ready Matt Cardona v. Nick Gage, GCW Homecoming

I'll HM

# ? Jul 25, 2021 04:56

Sticky Nate: Jan 9, 2012

NickRoweFillea posted:

MOTY: Alwayz Ready Matt Cardona v. Nick Gage, GCW Homecoming

nth. nuclear crowd.

# ? Jul 25, 2021 04:57

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

TJPW Princess Cup 8 Night 4 July 25th
HM
Hyper Misao vs Rika Tatsumi
- MY EMOTIONS

Most of the card was fun, but this was the match I connected most with

# ? Jul 25, 2021 05:48

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Princess Cup 8 Night 4 July 25th
HM
Hyper Misao vs Rika Tatsumi
- MY EMOTIONS

Most of the card was fun, but this was the match I connected most with

# ? Jul 25, 2021 05:48

Penguin Patrol: Mar 3, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Princess Cup 8 Night 4 July 25th
HM
Hyper Misao vs Rika Tatsumi
- MY EMOTIONS

Most of the card was fun, but this was the match I connected most with

nth

# ? Jul 25, 2021 05:51

abraham linksys: Sep 6, 2010

YourHumbleMessiah posted:

MOTY: Drew Parker vs Alex Colon GCW Homecoming Night 1 7/24/21

NickRoweFillea posted:

MOTY: Alwayz Ready Matt Cardona v. Nick Gage, GCW Homecoming

yeah, if you're checking out this show for cardona/gage please go back and watch parker/colon because parker getting that match 36 hours after winning the big japan deathmatch title and a 14 hour flight to america is loving incredible and maybe the most herculean thing any wrestler has done this year

# ? Jul 25, 2021 06:13

Netsky: Jun 24, 2004; I AM THE STREET

MOTYC: Drew Parker vs Alex Colon GCW Homecoming Night 1 7/24/21
MOTYC: Nick Gage vs Matt Cardona GCW Homecoming Night 1 7/24/21

HM: Hyper Misao vs Rika Tatsumi TJPW Princess Cup 8 Night 4 7/25/21

# ? Jul 25, 2021 06:45

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

Netsky posted:

MOTYC: Drew Parker vs Alex Colon GCW Homecoming Night 1 7/24/21
MOTYC: Nick Gage vs Matt Cardona GCW Homecoming Night 1 7/24/21

Nth

# ? Jul 25, 2021 07:18

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MOTYC: Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori & ELP) vs Mega Coaches NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam 25.07

An incredible, high-energy opener match between two incredible, high-energy teams. Also THE LORE OF THE BOOT.

# ? Jul 25, 2021 09:34

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Bullet Club (Taiji Ishimori & ELP) vs Mega Coaches NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam 25.07

An incredible, high-energy opener match between two incredible, high-energy teams. Also THE LORE OF THE BOOT.

Yeah Nth, that ruled.

# ? Jul 25, 2021 09:36

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# ? May 16, 2024 13:39

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MOTYC: El Desperado vs Robbie Eagles NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam 25.07

Top-notch action, even better storytelling. No legs left undestroyed.

# ? Jul 25, 2021 10:01

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