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

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

HM
9th October
GLEAT Lidet UWF Ver.1
Daichi Hashimoto vs Yu Iizuka

The only bad things on this card were the squeaky ring & the Kas Hayashi match, other than that GLEAT keeps delivering. Great show & all wrapped up in 90 minutes

# ? Oct 21, 2021 13:33

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 13:41

ThePariah: Feb 10, 2014

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW G1 Climax Night 19 October 21st
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Katsuyori Shibata - UWF Rules Exhibition match
- The action was good if very short, this means so much to me that we got to see him one more time. The best 10 minutes a New Japan fan will have all year

Nth, what an amazing moment.

# ? Oct 21, 2021 15:40

Price Check: Oct 9, 2012

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW G1 Climax Night 19 October 21st
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Katsuyori Shibata - UWF Rules Exhibition match
- The action was good if very short, this means so much to me that we got to see him one more time. The best 10 minutes a New Japan fan will have all year

Nth

# ? Oct 21, 2021 16:20

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

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Katsuyori Shibata, NJPW G1 Climax Final, 21/10

If you've ever been a New Japan fan you need to see this match and you need to see it unspoiled

# ? Oct 21, 2021 19:32

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

HMs from the 10/14 G1 Climax

Hirooki Goto vs. SANADA
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI
EVIL vs. Jeff Cobb

Still need to watch the main.

# ? Oct 21, 2021 21:10

Wazzu: Feb 28, 2008; Are you sure I'm winning the Rumble? That does'nt seem right.....

Jerusalem posted:

Can't even give a nomination for it, personally, it was a fantastic match but man....

Nomination for best ref stoppage of the year.

# ? Oct 21, 2021 22:38

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Katsuyori Shibata, NJPW G1 Climax Final, 21/10

If you've ever been a New Japan fan you need to see this match and you need to see it unspoiled

Nth. What a moment.

# ? Oct 22, 2021 01:07

SalTheBard: Jan 26, 2005; I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!; Fallen Rib

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Katsuyori Shibata, NJPW G1 Climax Final, 21/10

If you've ever been a New Japan fan you need to see this match and you need to see it unspoiled

You didn't ruin it for me, but man I wish I had seen this unspoiled. I'm also Nthing this nomination.

# ? Oct 22, 2021 01:23

sticklefifer: Nov 11, 2003; by VideoGames

forkboy84 posted:

MOTYC
9th October
GLEAT Lidet UWF Ver.1
Daijiro Matsui vs Tetsuya Izuchi

forkboy84 posted:

MOTYC
Hikaru Sato & Rocky Kawamura 2 vs Minoru Tanaka & Takanori Ito

forkboy84 posted:

HM
Daichi Hashimoto vs Yu Iizuka

Nth all these. Fun show. I hope they do more mixed card shows, but the separate G PRO and UWF shows have all been really good so far.

# ? Oct 22, 2021 03:53

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Katsuyori Shibata, NJPW G1 Climax Final, 21/10

If you've ever been a New Japan fan you need to see this match and you need to see it unspoiled

Yeah great moment

# ? Oct 22, 2021 04:32

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

SG Bamboo posted:

GLEAT Lidet UWF Ver.1 October 21st
MOTYC
Minoru Tanaka and Takanori Ito vs Hikaru Sato and Rocky Kawamura 2

HM
Yu Iizuka vs Daichi Hashimoto

forkboy84 posted:

MOTYC
9th October
GLEAT Lidet UWF Ver.1
Hikaru Sato & Rocky Kawamura 2 vs Minoru Tanaka & Takanori Ito

forkboy84 posted:

HM
9th October
GLEAT Lidet UWF Ver.1
Daichi Hashimoto vs Yu Iizuka

Sorry, this has completely screwed up my record of votes, are these rematches on different days?

# ? Oct 22, 2021 05:02

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

Jerusalem posted:

Sorry, this has completely screwed up my record of votes, are these rematches on different days?

Filmed 10/9, aired 10/21

# ? Oct 22, 2021 05:06

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

Thanks Taxman, I'll run by airdate.

# ? Oct 22, 2021 05:22

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

HM: Tanga Loa vs. Zack Sabre Jr., G1 Climax, 10/18

# ? Oct 22, 2021 21:34

Tarnop: Nov 25, 2013; Pull me out

forkboy84 posted:

HM
6th October
AEW Dynamite
Bryan Danielson, Christian Cage & The Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus) vs The Elite (Adam Cole, Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson)

HM
6th October
AEW Dynamite
Hikaru Shida vs Serena Deeb

MOTYC
6th October
AEW Dynamite
Casino Ladder Match
Orange Cassidy vs PAC vs Andrade El Idolo vs Matt Hardy vs Lance Archer vs Jon Moxley vs Adam Page

That was a great episode of wrestling TV.

A Fancy Hat posted:

HM: Bobby Fish vs Lee Moriarty
MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs Minoru Suzuki
HM: CM Punk vs Matt Sydal
HM: Inner Circle (Jericho, Guevara & Hager) vs. Men of the Year & Junior dos Santos

From AEW Rampage and the Buy-In, 10/15/21

MOTYC: Malakai Black vs Dante Martin
HM: FTR vs Lucha Bros
MOTYC: SuperKliq vs Dark Order
HM: Bryan Danielson vs Bobby Fish

From AEW Dynamite, 10/16/21

Dante vs Malakai was my favorite Malakai match so far and made Dante look amazing. He hung with Malakai better than Cody did AND earned that nod of respect at the end. Great storytelling on top of a super fun match.

Dark Order rules so much and seeing them as a happy, functioning unit that can match up to the best of AEW was great.

graph posted:

HM: Dark Order vs. 2point0, Daniel Garcia, and Serpentico - AEW Dark 10/20/21

Nth these.

Also just finished watching the G1 and most matches I liked have enough votes. Just these three that didn't:

MOTYC
09/30 | Shingo Takagi vs. KENTA - NJPW G1 Climax 31 Night 7

HM
09/26 | Tomohiro Ishii vs. KENTA - NJPW G1 Climax 31 Night 5
10/03 | Great O-Khan vs. KENTA - NJPW G1 Climax 31 Night 9

# ? Oct 22, 2021 22:20

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

HM: Dr. Britt Baker DMD vs. Anna Jay - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was a lot of fun, Anna looked great and they had some really fun counters to tell a story about how both had done their homework on the other.

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

# ? Oct 23, 2021 03:57

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

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

nth this poo poo, it loving owned

# ? Oct 23, 2021 04:00

The Lord of Hats: Aug 22, 2010; Hello, yes! Is being very good day for posting, no?

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Dr. Britt Baker DMD vs. Anna Jay - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was a lot of fun, Anna looked great and they had some really fun counters to tell a story about how both had done their homework on the other.

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

Nth. PAC and Andrade give each other loving everything and it rules.

# ? Oct 23, 2021 04:01

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

nth

# ? Oct 23, 2021 04:01

Stall_19: Jan 2, 2013; Prodigy of Victor von Doom

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

The definition of a video game match of the best kind.

# ? Oct 23, 2021 04:02

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Dr. Britt Baker DMD vs. Anna Jay - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was a lot of fun, Anna looked great and they had some really fun counters to tell a story about how both had done their homework on the other.

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

Nth both of these.

# ? Oct 23, 2021 04:04

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

Yup agreed

# ? Oct 23, 2021 04:05

Gavok: Oct 10, 2005; Brock! Oh, man, I'm sorry about your...

...tooth?

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

Absolutely.

# ? Oct 23, 2021 04:07

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

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Dr. Britt Baker DMD vs. Anna Jay - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was a lot of fun, Anna looked great and they had some really fun counters to tell a story about how both had done their homework on the other.

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

Nth.

# ? Oct 23, 2021 04:14

I Before E: Jul 2, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

Seconded

I Before E fucked around with this message at 04:24 on Oct 23, 2021

# ? Oct 23, 2021 04:22

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

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Dr. Britt Baker DMD vs. Anna Jay - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was a lot of fun, Anna looked great and they had some really fun counters to tell a story about how both had done their homework on the other.

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

Nth, I was surprised how much I enjoyed Baker and Jay, wasn't the smoothest match ever but they made me believe in it being a grudge match

# ? Oct 23, 2021 04:24

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Dr. Britt Baker DMD vs. Anna Jay - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was a lot of fun, Anna looked great and they had some really fun counters to tell a story about how both had done their homework on the other.

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

Nth-ing both of these. Pac/Andrade had some incredibly cool and unique stuff.

# ? Oct 23, 2021 04:30

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

TJPW Shinkiba October 23rd
HM
NEO Biishiki-gun (Sakisama and Mei Saint-Michel) vs Raku and Nodoka Tenma
- Just, the biggest lols. The French continue to be susceptible to Raku's sorcery, unfortunately so is Tenma. A nice way for us to remember them in the coming Frenchless months

NEO M's Alliance (Moka Miyamoto and 121000000 (Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh)) vs MagiRaBee (Suzume and Magical Sugar Rabbits (Yuka Sakazaki and Mizuki))
- This was a bunch of fun, combo tech abounds and Suzume got her hands on Maki for the first time since Princess Cup when Maki got her face broken.

# ? Oct 23, 2021 05:41

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Shinkiba October 23rd
HM
NEO Biishiki-gun (Sakisama and Mei Saint-Michel) vs Raku and Nodoka Tenma
- Just, the biggest lols. The French continue to be susceptible to Raku's sorcery, unfortunately so is Tenma. A nice way for us to remember them in the coming Frenchless months

NEO M's Alliance (Moka Miyamoto and 121000000 (Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh)) vs MagiRaBee (Suzume and Magical Sugar Rabbits (Yuka Sakazaki and Mizuki))
- This was a bunch of fun, combo tech abounds and Suzume got her hands on Maki for the first time since Princess Cup when Maki got her face broken.

# ? Oct 23, 2021 05:59

karmicknight: Aug 21, 2011

SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Shinkiba October 23rd
HM
NEO Biishiki-gun (Sakisama and Mei Saint-Michel) vs Raku and Nodoka Tenma
- Just, the biggest lols. The French continue to be susceptible to Raku's sorcery, unfortunately so is Tenma. A nice way for us to remember them in the coming Frenchless months

NEO M's Alliance (Moka Miyamoto and 121000000 (Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh)) vs MagiRaBee (Suzume and Magical Sugar Rabbits (Yuka Sakazaki and Mizuki))
- This was a bunch of fun, combo tech abounds and Suzume got her hands on Maki for the first time since Princess Cup when Maki got her face broken.

nth.

# ? Oct 23, 2021 06:00

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

SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Shinkiba October 23rd
HM
NEO M's Alliance (Moka Miyamoto and 121000000 (Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh)) vs MagiRaBee (Suzume and Magical Sugar Rabbits (Yuka Sakazaki and Mizuki))
- This was a bunch of fun, combo tech abounds and Suzume got her hands on Maki for the first time since Princess Cup when Maki got her face broken.

Nth, this was really fun.

# ? Oct 23, 2021 06:03

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

HM: Britt Baker vs. Anna Jay, AEW Rampage, 22/10
MOTYC: Andrade El Idolo vs. PAC, AEW Rampage, 22/10

# ? Oct 23, 2021 06:04

SalTheBard: Jan 26, 2005; I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!; Fallen Rib

HM: Chris Dickenson vs. Minoru Suzuki - 10/22/22 - GCW Blodsport 7

Holy poo poo what a match. Not my favorite match of the year but yet another great Suzuki match from this tour of America

# ? Oct 23, 2021 06:36

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

SalTheBard posted:

HM: Chris Dickenson vs. Minoru Suzuki - 10/22/22 - GCW Blodsport 7

Holy poo poo what a match. Not my favorite match of the year but yet another great Suzuki match from this tour of America

nth

# ? Oct 23, 2021 06:36

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

SalTheBard posted:

HM: Chris Dickenson vs. Minoru Suzuki - 10/22/22 - GCW Blodsport 7

Holy poo poo what a match. Not my favorite match of the year but yet another great Suzuki match from this tour of America

I get that you're excited but surely this has to wait for next year's thread

# ? Oct 23, 2021 06:46

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

Rarity posted:

HM: Britt Baker vs. Anna Jay, AEW Rampage, 22/10
MOTYC: Andrade El Idolo vs. PAC, AEW Rampage, 22/10

# ? Oct 23, 2021 07:24

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

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: PAC vs. Andrade El Idolo - AEW Rampage 10/22
This was just loving great. So much innovative and crazy violence, some absolutely beautiful offense and selling. Great match!

Nth. Beautiful match.

# ? Oct 23, 2021 08:06

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

SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Shinkiba October 23rd
HM
NEO Biishiki-gun (Sakisama and Mei Saint-Michel) vs Raku and Nodoka Tenma
- Just, the biggest lols. The French continue to be susceptible to Raku's sorcery, unfortunately so is Tenma. A nice way for us to remember them in the coming Frenchless months

NEO M's Alliance (Moka Miyamoto and 121000000 (Miyu Yamashita and Maki Itoh)) vs MagiRaBee (Suzume and Magical Sugar Rabbits (Yuka Sakazaki and Mizuki))
- This was a bunch of fun, combo tech abounds and Suzume got her hands on Maki for the first time since Princess Cup when Maki got her face broken.

Nth to both. Just fun wrestling from fun people who are good at wrestling.

I especially enjoyed the match where the elf enchantress and her kobold rogue faced the dwarven artificer and the fairy cleric.

# ? Oct 23, 2021 09:27

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

HM: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Taichi
MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs Jeff Cobb

Both from the NJPW G1 Climax 20.10.

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr. vs Mystery Opponent NJPW G1 Climax Finals 21.10

# ? Oct 23, 2021 13:27

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 13:41

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

MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs Dustin Rhodes, AEW Dynamite 10/23

Danielson is the best in the world and Dustin is a living legend that has gotten better with age.

# ? Oct 24, 2021 01:21

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