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

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sticklefifer: Nov 11, 2003; by VideoGames

Lily Catts posted:

HM
Dragon Gate
Gate of Adventure
Kagetora (c) vs SB KENTo for the Open the Brave Gate Championship, Aichi Nagoya Congress Center, 2021/08/08

SB KENTo making a strong contender for best wrestlers under 25.

Nth.

KENTowns.

# ? Aug 19, 2021 18:08

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 13:52

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

HM: Psycho Clown vs. Rey Escorpion, Mask vs. Hair, TripleMania, August 14

A good brawl with a hot crowd. There's some very AAA things along the way, slightly to its detriment, but it was a really solid main event for their biggest show of the year.

HM: Arez & Latigo vs. Dragon Kid & Laredo Boy, AAA on Space, March 6 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wRFtdTTELk
HM: Arez vs. Aramis vs. Latigo, AAA on Space, May 29 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4H2V5rGSNc

I'm trying to get caught up on AAA and these are two pretty good matches, both on the shorter side (~12 minutes each), both on the lower side of my HM range. I liked the three way more than the tag.

# ? Aug 19, 2021 21:23

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

HM
18th August
All Japan Royal Road Night 2
Royal Road Tournament 2nd Round
Shotaro Ashino vs Zeus

HM
18th August
All Japan Royal Road Night 2
Royal Road Tournament 2nd Round
Kento Miyahara vs T-Hawk

HM
18th August
All Japan Royal Road Night 2
Royal Road Tournament 2nd Round
Jake Lee vs Koji Iwamoto

# ? Aug 20, 2021 02:25

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: Joe Doering vs. Doc Gallows, Impact on AXS 8/19

Easily the best match Doering has had since joining Impact Wrestling.

# ? Aug 20, 2021 03:13

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

Edward Mass posted:

HM: Joe Doering vs. Doc Gallows, Impact on AXS 8/19

Easily the best match Doering has had since joining Impact Wrestling.

2nd, just big boys doing big boy things.

# ? Aug 20, 2021 06:11

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

HM: Daniel Garcia vs Matt Sydal. AEW Dark Elevation August 19th.

Red. loving. Death.

# ? Aug 20, 2021 06:42

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

AJPW Royal Road Night 1 (Evening Show) August 15th
MOTYC
Yuma Aoyagi vs Shotaro Ashino
- I had this at a high HM for the majority, but the last few minutes pushed it over the top for me. Not at the level of their best matches at Champion Carnival, but definitely well worth the watch

HM
Hokuto Omori vs Ryuki Honda
- A real fun little match as a beefy rookie tries to overcome a cheating dickhead

Koji Doi vs Koji Iwamoto
- Love me a well worked Jr vs Heavyweight match

# ? Aug 20, 2021 07:15

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

Lamuella posted:

HM: Daniel Garcia vs Matt Sydal. AEW Dark Elevation August 19th.

Red. loving. Death.

MOTYC for me. A sprint but so crisp all the way through.

# ? Aug 20, 2021 14:11

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

Lamuella posted:

HM: Daniel Garcia vs Matt Sydal. AEW Dark Elevation August 19th.

yeah know what? yeah

# ? Aug 20, 2021 14:53

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Lamuella posted:

HM: Daniel Garcia vs Matt Sydal. AEW Dark Elevation August 19th.

Red. loving. Death.

Nth

# ? Aug 20, 2021 15:13

I Before E: Jul 2, 2012

Thanlis posted:

MOTYC for me. A sprint but so crisp all the way through.

Sure, I'll second this for Garcia/Sydal

# ? Aug 20, 2021 16:13

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

HM: Hikaru Shida vs Kiera Hogan AEW Dark Elevation 16.08
HM: PAC vs Anthony Bowens AEW Dark Elevation 16.08
HM: Lucha Bros vs TH2 AEW Dark Elevation 16.08

HM: Matt Sydal vs Daniel Garcia AEW Dark Elevation 19.08

# ? Aug 20, 2021 20:05

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

HM: Aerostar, Mr. Iguana, & Ni�o Hamburguesa�vs�Carta Brava Jr., Mocho Cota Jr., & Tito Santana, AAA on Space, March 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OeIyqNC3TI
HM: Aramis vs. Laredo Kid vs. Octagon Jr., AAA on Space, March 13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iDlz6_QWRM

# ? Aug 20, 2021 21:52

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

MOTYC
18th July
DDT Summer Vacation Tour 2021 In Shiroishi
KO-D 6 Man Tag Team Titles
Damnation (Soma Takao, Tetsuya Endo & Yuji Hino) vs 37KAMIINA (MAO, Shunma Katsumata & Yuki Ueno)

Thought this was pretty great, just clicked for me. Dumb comedy spots around Hino being an immovable object building to Hino doing murder by chop to amazing athletic feats.

And I really loved that you could see the 3 members of Eruption standing by the curtain for most of this, telegraphing that they were challenging the winners in a match that happens tomorrow at Wrestle Peter Pan. A nice subtle touch.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 01:09

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

Lamuella posted:

HM: Daniel Garcia vs Matt Sydal. AEW Dark Elevation August 19th.

Red. loving. Death.

Nth.

Impact Wrestling: Emergence, 08.20.2021
HM: Ace Austin vs Sami Callihan vs Moose vs Chris Sabin (No. 1 Contender For The Impact World Championship Match)
HM: Josh Alexander (c) vs Jake Something (X-Division Title Match)

J-Ro fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Aug 21, 2021

# ? Aug 21, 2021 01:31

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𝅘𝅥𝅮

J-Ro posted:

Impact Wrestling: Emergence, 08.20.2021
HM: Ace Austin vs Sami Callihan vs Moose vs Chris Sabin (No. 1 Contender For The Impact World Championship Match)
HM: Josh Alexander (c) vs Jake Something (X-Division Title Match)

2nded.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 01:58

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

gently caress it, 2021 Segment Of The Year Candidate: CM Punk debut, AEW Rampage, 08/20/2021

# ? Aug 21, 2021 03:24

karmicknight: Aug 21, 2011

J-Ro posted:

gently caress it, 2021 Segment Of The Year Candidate: CM Punk debut, AEW Rampage, 08/20/2021

nth.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 03:25

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

J-Ro posted:

gently caress it, 2021 Segment Of The Year Candidate: CM Punk debut, AEW Rampage, 08/20/2021

# ? Aug 21, 2021 03:26

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

J-Ro posted:

gently caress it, 2021 Segment Of The Year Candidate: CM Punk debut, AEW Rampage, 08/20/2021

nth, this needs to make the thread somehow

# ? Aug 21, 2021 03:27

Testekill: Nov 1, 2012; I demand to be taken seriously

I definitely think that we need to also include Promo of the Year candidates and Worst Promos.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 03:28

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MOTYC: Jurassic Express vs Private Party AEW Rampage 20.08

This match was nuts and somehow got the crowd hype again after Punk, which is one hell of a feat let me tell you.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 03:37

Testekill: Nov 1, 2012; I demand to be taken seriously

HM: Jurassic Express vs Private Party, AEW Rampage 21/08

Borderline MOTYC with that insane canadian destroyer

Testekill fucked around with this message at 03:42 on Aug 21, 2021

# ? Aug 21, 2021 03:37

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

Testekill posted:

I definitely think that we need to also include ... Worst Promos.

The thread would get too long from WWE segments

HM: Jurassic Express vs Private Party AEW Rampage 20.08

# ? Aug 21, 2021 03:38

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

HM: Jurassic Express vs. Private Party, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

# ? Aug 21, 2021 03:39

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

Rarity posted:

HM: Jurassic Express vs. Private Party, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

Nth

# ? Aug 21, 2021 03:40

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

Rarity posted:

HM: Jurassic Express vs. Private Party, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

Nth, impressive stuff managing to keep the crowd when they could easily have shot their wad in the opening segment

# ? Aug 21, 2021 03:41

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

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

Garcia has so much potential

# ? Aug 21, 2021 03:59

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Rarity posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

Garcia has so much potential

nth

i love how the dude sells and i keep thinking every match 'man i want danielson to mentor this dude and get him to get REALLY good'

edit: also, yeah

J-Ro posted:

gently caress it, 2021 Segment Of The Year Candidate: CM Punk debut, AEW Rampage, 08/20/2021

Rarity posted:

HM: Jurassic Express vs. Private Party, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

# ? Aug 21, 2021 04:20

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

Rarity posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

Garcia has so much potential

Yes, this was really good. Nth!

# ? Aug 21, 2021 04:20

Jordan7hm: Feb 17, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

Rarity posted:

HM: Jurassic Express vs. Private Party, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

I think this yeah

# ? Aug 21, 2021 04:39

mfcrocker: Jan 31, 2004; Hot Rope Guy

Rarity posted:

HM: Jurassic Express vs. Private Party, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

Nth

Also yeah MOTYC for CM Punk vs ear drums

# ? Aug 21, 2021 04:48

Renaissance Spam: Jun 5, 2010; Can it wait a for a bit? I'm in the middle of some *gyrations*

Rarity posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

Garcia has so much potential

Nthing this. If it actually had some time to breathe I would probably be pushing for MOTYC, the storytelling was perfect. Just felt a little too rushed.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 04:55

Glass Punkbull 141: Jan 9, 2008; This is the face of a winner. This is what winning looks like.

J-Ro posted:

gently caress it, 2021 Segment Of The Year Candidate: CM Punk debut, AEW Rampage, 08/20/2021

Testekill posted:

I definitely think that we need to also include Promo of the Year candidates and Worst Promos.

nth to both of these.

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Jurassic Express vs Private Party AEW Rampage 20.08

This match was nuts and somehow got the crowd hype again after Punk, which is one hell of a feat let me tell you.

nth. That loving Canadian Destroyer though.

Rarity posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

Garcia has so much potential

nth. Good solid sprint.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 04:55

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Rarity posted:

HM: Jurassic Express vs. Private Party, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

Rarity posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

Garcia has so much potential

Rarity I appreciate your formatting haha.

Nth to these.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 06:02

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

Rarity posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

Garcia has so much potential

# ? Aug 21, 2021 06:16

Kvantum: Feb 5, 2006; Skee-entist

J-Ro posted:

gently caress it, 2021 Segment Of The Year Candidate: CM Punk debut, AEW Rampage, 08/20/2021

Nth.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 06:28

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

Testekill posted:

HM: Jurassic Express vs Private Party, AEW Rampage 21/08

Borderline MOTYC with that insane canadian destroyer

Nth, they needed a hell of a match to follow Punk, and they got one.

Rarity posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Rampage the First Dance, 20/08

Garcia has so much potential

Nth. Red Death is absolutely ascendant right now.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 08:17

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

MOTYC: Atsushi Onita, Sanshiro Takagi, Akito & Maki Ito vs. Kuro-chan, Hikari Noa, Tetsuhiro Kuroda & Super Sassdango Machine - DDT Wrestle Peter Pan (8/21)

Onita is still the coolest wrestler in the world and Hikari Noa is right up there with him

# ? Aug 21, 2021 09:16

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 13:52

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

HM: Atsushi Onita, Sanshiro Takagi, Akito, and Maki Itoh vs. Kuro-chan, Super Sasadango Machine, Tetsuhiro Kuroda and Hikari Noa in an Electric Current Explosion 8-Man Tag Deathmatch - DDT Peter Pan 8/21

I don't know exactly that this was a good match, but it was sure as hell a fun one, and well worth watching.

# ? Aug 21, 2021 09:17

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