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

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Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

MOTYC: Elite vs Danielson And Company
HM: Deeb vs Shida
HM: Guevara vs Fish
MOTYC: Casino Ladder Match

All from 10/6 Dynamite

# ? Oct 8, 2021 01:49

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 13:22

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

SG Bamboo posted:

NOAH N-1 Victory Night 2 Septamber 18th
HM
Kaito Kiyomiya vs Manabu Soya
- First half was solid if uninteresting, but I really woke up after they starting elbow smashing each other. Not sold on Kaito's new attire but hopefully it means he's going somewhere this N-1

2nd this

# ? Oct 8, 2021 02:07

Dimebags Brain: Feb 18, 2013

Dragon Gate at Korakuen Hall, 10/7

R.E.D vs Masquerade All Out War
HM: Dragon Dia vs. Diamante
HM: Kota Minoura vs. Kaito Ishida
HM: Jason Lee vs. Eita

# ? Oct 8, 2021 02:53

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

forkboy84 posted:

WMOTYC
1st October
Gatoh Move Masahiro Takanashi Produce I Only Live Twice
DJ Nira vs Ken Ohka

What happened here lol

# ? Oct 8, 2021 03:35

fez_machine: Nov 27, 2004

You can watch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8LdwiBT-9E&t=2403s

DJ Nira's gimmick is that he attacks people unaware.

It's a whole bunch of messy brawling, that goes on for a long time, with some goofy DDT-style comedy spots mixed in.

There's also a narrative about a new wrestling style being created and destiny??? A baby ref is born at the end.

Antonio Honda is on commentary and it only adds to the chaos.

# ? Oct 8, 2021 04:15

Tarnop: Nov 25, 2013; Pull me out

fez_machine posted:

MOTYC: Elite vs Danielson And Company
HM: Deeb vs Shida
MOTYC: Casino Ladder Match

Nth

# ? Oct 8, 2021 04:22

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

HM: Arisu Endo/Suzume vs. Mirai Maiumi/Moka Miyamoto, TJPW Princess Cup Night 6, 14/08
MOTYC: Aja Kong/Raku/Haruna Neko vs. Hyper Misao/Nodoka Tenma/Yuki Kamifuku, TJPW Princess Cup Night 6, 14/08
HM: NEO Bishiiki-Gun vs. Rika Tatsumi/Pom Harakuju/Antonio Honda, TJPW Princess Cup Night 6, 14/08
HM: Yuka Sakazaki/Hikari Noa vs. Miyu Yamashita/Marika Kobashi, TJPW Princess Cup Night 6, 14/08
MOTYC: Miu Watanabe vs. Shoko Nakajima, TJPW Princess Cup Night 6, 14/08
MOTYC: Maki Itoh vs. Mizuki, TJPW Princess Cup Night 6, 14/08

# ? Oct 8, 2021 09:01

Taffy Torpedo: Feb 2, 2008; ...Can we have the radio?

AEW Dynamite 6/10:

HM: Kenny Omega, Adam Cole & Young Bucks vs Bryan Danielson, Christian Cage & Jurassic Express
HM: Hikaru Shida vs Serena Deeb
HM: Casino Ladder Match

G1 Climax 31 NIght 11 7/10:

HM: KENTA vs Hiromu Takahashi
HM: Tanga Loa vs Kota Ibushi
HM: Yujiro Takahashi vs Zack Sabre Jr
MOTYC: Tomohiro Ishii vs Great-O-Khan

Heckin' good day for wrestling.

# ? Oct 8, 2021 09:13

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

Rarity posted:

TJPW Princess Cup Night 6, 14/08

God that was such a great show :hellyeah:

# ? Oct 8, 2021 09:30

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

HM: YOSHI-HASHI vs Tama Tonga G1 Climax 31 08.10

Great back and forth match from our favorite boy and the new and improved Tama Tonga.

# ? Oct 8, 2021 11:31

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

HM: SANADA vs Jeff Cobb G1 Climax 31 08.10

Jeff Cobb doing Cobb things, pulls off impossible feats of strength like it's nothing.

# ? Oct 8, 2021 12:20

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: SANADA vs Jeff Cobb G1 Climax 31 08.10

Jeff Cobb doing Cobb things, pulls off impossible feats of strength like it's nothing.

2nd. Jesus Christ that ending :stare:

# ? Oct 8, 2021 12:21

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi G1 Climax 31 08.10

:sbahj:

# ? Oct 8, 2021 13:16

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

NJPW G1 Climax Night 12 October 8th
MOTYC
Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi
- loving ruled, fiery babyface Taichi is a hell of a thing

HM
YOSHI-HASHI vs Tama Tonga
- I would not have believed anyone if they told me 5 years ago that these two would eventually become good and just have a clean, entertaining match. It's great to see

Jeff Cobb vs SANADA
- He's just so strong, Jeff Cobb makes Sanada look like he weighs nothing and it's fabulous

Also Chase/Goto was good, just felt like there was something missing

# ? Oct 8, 2021 13:17

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi G1 Climax 31 08.10

3rd. Holy gently caress that ruled!

# ? Oct 8, 2021 13:17

Taffy Torpedo: Feb 2, 2008; ...Can we have the radio?

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW G1 Climax Night 12 October 8th
MOTYC
Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi

HM
YOSHI-HASHI vs Tama Tonga

Jeff Cobb vs SANADA

Taichi doesn't really do it for me but Okada is still the best wrestler on the planet.

# ? Oct 8, 2021 13:19

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

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW G1 Climax Night 12 October 8th
MOTYC
Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi
- loving ruled, fiery babyface Taichi is a hell of a thing

HM
YOSHI-HASHI vs Tama Tonga
- I would not have believed anyone if they told me 5 years ago that these two would eventually become good and just have a clean, entertaining match. It's great to see

Jeff Cobb vs SANADA
- He's just so strong, Jeff Cobb makes Sanada look like he weighs nothing and it's fabulous

Also Chase/Goto was good, just felt like there was something missing

Yeah I'll Nth these

# ? Oct 8, 2021 13:26

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi G1 Climax 31 08.10

Nth nth nth

Taichi has gotten real good

# ? Oct 8, 2021 13:47

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

Taichi was always good :colbert:

# ? Oct 8, 2021 14:06

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

Rarity posted:

Taichi was always good

Nth

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi G1 Climax 31 08.10

Nth

# ? Oct 8, 2021 14:12

Price Check: Oct 9, 2012

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW G1 Climax Night 12 October 8th
MOTYC
Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi
- loving ruled, fiery babyface Taichi is a hell of a thing

HM
YOSHI-HASHI vs Tama Tonga
- I would not have believed anyone if they told me 5 years ago that these two would eventually become good and just have a clean, entertaining match. It's great to see

Jeff Cobb vs SANADA
- He's just so strong, Jeff Cobb makes Sanada look like he weighs nothing and it's fabulous

Also Chase/Goto was good, just felt like there was something missing

Nth

King of Sports

# ? Oct 8, 2021 14:39

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

DDT Get Alive Tour October 3rd
HM
Junretsu (Jun Akiyama and Yusuke Okada) vs Keigo Nakamura and Tetsuya Endo
- Another interesting wrinkle in the Akiyama/Endo fued, especially now Damnation is disbanded and Endo is obstensibly a babyface now. Also it was real funny whenever Nakamura took the fight to Uncle Jun and his heightened confidence since he was the only person in the match with a title

37KAMIINA (Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata and MAO) vs DIsasterBox (HARASHIMA and Naomichi Yoshimura) and HIroshi Yamato
- These guys don't have bad matches, they work just as hard in front of 150 fans here as they did in front of 5000 fans at the CyberFight Festival

# ? Oct 8, 2021 15:40

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

G1 Climax Oct 7

HM: Kota Ibushi vs. Tanga Loa
HM: Great-O-Khan vs. Tomohiro Ishii

# ? Oct 8, 2021 21:52

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

SG Bamboo posted:

DDT Get Alive Tour October 3rd
HM
Junretsu (Jun Akiyama and Yusuke Okada) vs Keigo Nakamura and Tetsuya Endo
- Another interesting wrinkle in the Akiyama/Endo fued, especially now Damnation is disbanded and Endo is obstensibly a babyface now. Also it was real funny whenever Nakamura took the fight to Uncle Jun and his heightened confidence since he was the only person in the match with a title

37KAMIINA (Konosuke Takeshita, Shunma Katsumata and MAO) vs DIsasterBox (HARASHIMA and Naomichi Yoshimura) and HIroshi Yamato
- These guys don't have bad matches, they work just as hard in front of 150 fans here as they did in front of 5000 fans at the CyberFight Festival

Nth to both, especially the 37KAMIINA match.

# ? Oct 8, 2021 22:21

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

HM: Daniel Garcia vs Alex Shelley. Beyond Uncharted Territory, S3 E01 October 7.

One of the very best of the last generation of indie guys versus one of the very best of this generation. The start of the biggest weekend of Daniel Garcia's career so far and a hell of a wrestling match.

# ? Oct 8, 2021 22:36

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

HM
25th September
Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix Night 17
Mayu Iwatani vs Starlight Kid

MOTYC
25th September
Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix Night 17
Syuri vs Takumi Iroha

Well, I failed to make it to the end of this show tonight, 2 matches left to go. But Syuri vs Iroha is exactly as phenomenal as you'd hope it would be. So far not just the match of the tournament but my Stardom MOTY & possibly in consideration for best Women's Match of the Year.

Absolutely essential viewing: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1ef4y1w7K8

# ? Oct 9, 2021 01:22

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

HM: CM Punk vs. Daniel Garcia - AEW Rampage 10/8

What a wonderful match, great story, great wrestling, Garcia looked great, Punk did some incredibly cool poo poo, commentary was on fire. This ruled.

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 03:22 on Oct 9, 2021

# ? Oct 9, 2021 03:19

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

Jerusalem posted:

HM: CM Punk vs. Daniel Garcia - AEW Rampage 10/9

What a wonderful match, great story, great wrestling, Garcia looked great, Punk did some incredibly cool poo poo, commentary was on fire. This ruled.

nth

# ? Oct 9, 2021 03:20

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

HM: Brian Cage vs. Ricky Starks, Rampage 10/8

# ? Oct 9, 2021 04:00

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

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Brian Cage vs. Ricky Starks, Rampage 10/8

2nd. That was a lot of fun, especially with Taz absolutely losing his mind on commentary living and dying with Ricky.

# ? Oct 9, 2021 04:02

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

HM: CM Punk vs. Daniel Garcia - AEW Rampage 10/8

What a wonderful match, great story, great wrestling, Garcia looked great, Punk did some incredibly cool poo poo, commentary was on fire. This ruled.

Nth. Posted this in the GDT but Garcia has added so much since his debut. Which wasn't that long ago!

# ? Oct 9, 2021 04:09

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

Jerusalem posted:

HM: CM Punk vs. Daniel Garcia - AEW Rampage 10/8

What a wonderful match, great story, great wrestling, Garcia looked great, Punk did some incredibly cool poo poo, commentary was on fire. This ruled.

this was excellent nth

i reallllly like how garcia moves

# ? Oct 9, 2021 04:17

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Rampage 10/8

HM: CM Punk vs. Daniel Garcia
HM: Ricky Starks vs. Brian Cage, FTW Championship

# ? Oct 9, 2021 04:21

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

Jerusalem posted:

HM: CM Punk vs. Daniel Garcia - AEW Rampage 10/8

What a wonderful match, great story, great wrestling, Garcia looked great, Punk did some incredibly cool poo poo, commentary was on fire. This ruled.

I still think Garcia should have escaped the Anaconda Vice and taken a GTS but if that had happened I'd be pushing for MOTYC. Nth.

# ? Oct 9, 2021 04:33

abraham linksys: Sep 6, 2010

HM: Daniel Garcia vs Minoru Suzuki - West Coast Pro Wrestling 10/8

this is on IWTV and a blast, go check it out if you have it

# ? Oct 9, 2021 06:04

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

HM: Hyper Misao vs. Nodoka Tenma vs. Rika Tatsumi, TJPW Wrestle Princess 2, 09/10

# ? Oct 9, 2021 06:50

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

Rarity posted:

HM: Hyper Misao vs. Nodoka Tenma vs. Rika Tatsumi, TJPW Wrestle Princess 2, 09/10

2nd. All three of them were incredible in different ways, and it was a good match in addition to being hilarious.

# ? Oct 9, 2021 06:51

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW G1 Climax Night 12 October 8th
MOTYC
Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi
- loving ruled, fiery babyface Taichi is a hell of a thing

HM
YOSHI-HASHI vs Tama Tonga
- I would not have believed anyone if they told me 5 years ago that these two would eventually become good and just have a clean, entertaining match. It's great to see

Jeff Cobb vs SANADA
- He's just so strong, Jeff Cobb makes Sanada look like he weighs nothing and it's fabulous

Also Chase/Goto was good, just felt like there was something missing

Agreed - Taichi is great and Okada fed off one of the better clap crowds too

# ? Oct 9, 2021 06:55

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

Rarity posted:

HM: Hyper Misao vs. Nodoka Tenma vs. Rika Tatsumi, TJPW Wrestle Princess 2, 09/10

# ? Oct 9, 2021 06:56

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 13:22

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

MOTYC: ASUKA/Kamiyu vs. Marika Kobashi/Nao Kakuta, TJPW Wrestle Princess 2, 09/10

I'm gonna be honest, this is 90% for the entrance

# ? Oct 9, 2021 07:02

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