2022's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs YOH New Japan Cup 02.03

Extremely solid match, Ol' man Tana's still the best and YOH held his own here.

2nd, it was really good stuff, unsurprisingly.

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Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs El Desperado New Japan Cup 02.03

:stare:

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

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs. El Desperado - NJPW New Japan Cup 3/2

Crazy loving match, the last 5-10 minutes were insanely good.

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GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs. El Desperado - New Japan Cup (3/6)

loving incredible stuff. I don't think Okada has been on a run this good since 2017/18

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

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs. El Desperado - New Japan Cup (3/6)

loving incredible stuff. I don't think Okada has been on a run this good since 2017/18

Nth

# ? Mar 2, 2022 12:50

Price Check: Oct 9, 2012

New Japan Cup 3/2
HM - CIMA vs Taka
HM - Yoshi-Hashi vs Honma
HM - Goto vs Nagata
HM - Tanahashi vs YOH
HM - Naito vs Yujiro
MOTYC - Okada vs Desperado

Great show, insanely great main event.

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Dimebags Brain: Feb 18, 2013

Dimebags Brain posted:

Dragon Gate 2/27/22
Hyogo Kobe Art Center

MOTYC: Jacky "Funky" Kamei vs. Takuma Fujiwara

Loling at DG hiding another absolute banger of a match on a hardcam only house show.

From the same show

HM: Dragon Dia, Yuki Yoshioka, and Big Boss Shimizu vs. Z-Brats (HYO, KAI, and SB KENTo)

Really fun six man action previewing two title matches for Championship Gate.

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Armitage: Aug 16, 2005; "Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."

WMOTYC: Lash Legend vs. Amari Miller - NXT 3/1

I really want young talent to succeed, but, some talent just ain't ready for television and it shows. I hope Lash Legend is a nice person but she's already caused someone to get hurt, and without proper training, someone could potentially get hurt even worse.

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Purple Monkey: May 5, 2014; Hello

Kevino07 posted:

HM: Andrade El Idolo vs. Sammy Guevara (c) for the TNT Championship, AEW Rampage - 2/25/22
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Anthony Bowens to qualify for the Face of the Revolution ladder match, AEW Rampage - 2/25/22

Nthing these

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

HM: American Alpha vs. Street Proffits, 2/21 Raw

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Seams: Feb 3, 2005; ROCK HARD

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 2/3

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

Seams posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 2/3

nth, just short of a MOTYC for me, great counter work

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Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Seams posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 2/3

Nth. Best hurricanrana counter ever

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karmicknight: Aug 21, 2011

Seams posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 2/3

nth

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

HM
23rd February
Dragongate Memorial Gate
Open The Twin Gate Titles
Dragon Dia & Yuki Yoshioka vs Jason Lee & La Estrella

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

Seams posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 2/3

Agreed. Oh man it's so great that (Tony's big announcement) ROH is back, baby!

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

HM: Tag Team Elimination Battle Royale - AEW Dynamite 3/2

Making this staggered entrances was a great idea and the match was fantastic to watch from start to incredible finish.

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Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Tag Team Elimination Battle Royale - AEW Dynamite 3/2

Making this staggered entrances was a great idea and the match was fantastic to watch from start to incredible finish.

Nth for the finish on its own. Winner was a foregone conclusion based on the storyline. But I'll be damned if I wasn't hootin' and hollerin' for Darius to pull it off.

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Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

Seams posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 2/3

Nth certainly.

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Tag Team Elimination Battle Royale - AEW Dynamite 3/2

Making this staggered entrances was a great idea and the match was fantastic to watch from start to incredible finish.

Also nth, very enjoyable and managed to be very different from last week�s tag team battle royale.

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

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Tag Team Elimination Battle Royale - AEW Dynamite 3/2

Making this staggered entrances was a great idea and the match was fantastic to watch from start to incredible finish.

nth, this was a lot of fun

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graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

Seams posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 2/3

yep

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Tag Team Elimination Battle Royale - AEW Dynamite 3/2

Making this staggered entrances was a great idea and the match was fantastic to watch from start to incredible finish.

this fuckin rocked socks

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

NJPW New Japan Cup Night 1 March 2nd
MOTYC
Kazuchika Okada vs El Desperado
- loving. Rad

HM
TAKA Michinoku vs CIMA
- Great way to start off the night, Taka looked great as a singles guy

YOSHI-HASHI vs Tomoaki Honma
- Hash is a miracle worker

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs YOH
- The Ace makes you believe the impossible can happen, even if only for a minute. YOH more than pulled his weight here

SG Bamboo fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Mar 3, 2022

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Kevino07: Oct 16, 2008

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 3/2
HM: Tag Team Casino Battle Royale - AEW Dynamite 3/2
HM: Hangman Adam Page, Alex Reynolds & John Silver vs. Adam Cole & ReDragon - AEW Dynamite 3/2

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

Kevino07 posted:

HM: Hangman Adam Page, Alex Reynolds & John Silver vs. Adam Cole & ReDragon - AEW Dynamite 3/2

nth

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SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs. El Desperado - New Japan Cup (3/6)

loving incredible stuff. I don't think Okada has been on a run this good since 2017/18

Agreed. Amazing match and you can make a case that Okada and Despy are right now in the top 5 Wrestlers in the World

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

GWB is living in the future

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FartingBedpost: Aug 24, 2015

Armitage posted:

WMOTYC: Lash Legend vs. Amari Miller - NXT 3/1

I really want young talent to succeed, but, some talent just ain't ready for television and it shows. I hope Lash Legend is a nice person but she's already caused someone to get hurt, and without proper training, someone could potentially get hurt even worse.

nth, absurdly dangerous finish, I hated this

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

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 02/03
HM: Casino Tag Team Battle Royale, AEW Dynamite, 02/03
HM: Hangman Page/Alex Reynolds/John Silver vs. Adam Cole/reDRagon, AEW Dynamite, 02/03

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Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Kevino07 posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 3/2
HM: Tag Team Casino Battle Royale - AEW Dynamite 3/2
HM: Hangman Adam Page, Alex Reynolds & John Silver vs. Adam Cole & ReDragon - AEW Dynamite 3/2

Nth all these.

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Kevino07: Oct 16, 2008

Armitage posted:

WMOTYC: Lash Legend vs. Amari Miller - NXT 3/1

I really want young talent to succeed, but, some talent just ain't ready for television and it shows. I hope Lash Legend is a nice person but she's already caused someone to get hurt, and without proper training, someone could potentially get hurt even worse.

nth

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

Rarity posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 02/03
HM: Casino Tag Team Battle Royale, AEW Dynamite, 02/03
HM: Hangman Page/Alex Reynolds/John Silver vs. Adam Cole/reDRagon, AEW Dynamite, 02/03

oh go on then, Nth to all these. Solid show which will be absolutely blown to poo poo by the ppv.

# ? Mar 3, 2022 12:02

A Fancy Hat: Nov 18, 2016; Always remember that the former President was dumber than the dumbest person you've ever met by a wide margin

Rarity posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 02/03
HM: Casino Tag Team Battle Royale, AEW Dynamite, 02/03
HM: Hangman Page/Alex Reynolds/John Silver vs. Adam Cole/reDRagon, AEW Dynamite, 02/03

Nth.

Loved that tag team battle royale, so much great stuff jam-packed into a single match.

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Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 02/03
HM: Casino Tag Team Battle Royale, AEW Dynamite, 02/03
HM: Hangman Page/Alex Reynolds/John Silver vs. Adam Cole/reDRagon, AEW Dynamite, 02/03

nth

# ? Mar 3, 2022 14:45

Armitage: Aug 16, 2005; "Mathman's not here." "Oh? Where is he?" "He's in the Mathroom."

Rarity posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 02/03
HM: Casino Tag Team Battle Royale, AEW Dynamite, 02/03
HM: Hangman Page/Alex Reynolds/John Silver vs. Adam Cole/reDRagon, AEW Dynamite, 02/03

I will nth these as well.

# ? Mar 3, 2022 15:28

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs Christopher Daniels
HM: Tag Team Casino Battle Royal
HM: Hangman Page & Dark Order (Silver & Reynolds) vs reDRagon & BUDGE

All from AEW Dynamite 02.03

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edogawa rando: Mar 20, 2007

I feel like the tag team battle royal is a touch above HM level, although not quite at MOTYC level.

# ? Mar 3, 2022 22:54

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

edogawa rando posted:

I feel like the tag team battle royal is a touch above HM level, although not quite at MOTYC level.

yeah i kinda wanna give it a moty tho it loving owned

# ? Mar 3, 2022 22:55

Dimebags Brain: Feb 18, 2013

Dragon Gate, Glorious Gate at Korakuen Hall, 3/3

HM: Shun Skywalker vs. Jason Lee

One of the best displays of storytelling I've seen in a wrestling match all year. Shun is an amazing heel, and Jason played the valiant babyface perfectly.

HM: Road to K-ness Final Burst Out - Jimmyz (Jimmy Susumu, Jimmy Kagetora, Ryo "Jimmy" Saito, Jimmy Kanda, and Genki Horiguchi H.A.Gee!Mee!) vs. Masaaki Mochizuki, Don Fuji, Dragon Kid, Kenichiro Arai, and Kono Mama Ichikawa

Delightful nonsense. Playing all the hits on the way out.

HM: High-End (YAMATO, Ben-K, Keisuke Okuda) vs. Gold Class (Naruki Doi, Kota Minoura, Kaito Ishida)

Fun trios with the new unit.

Dimebags Brain fucked around with this message at 01:23 on Mar 4, 2022

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

HM
19th February
NJPW New Years Golden Series Night 14
IWGP US Title
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs SANADA

Decent match but too long, the first almost 10 minutes could be scrapped and you lose nothing really

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Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW New Japan Cup Night 1 March 2nd
MOTYC
Kazuchika Okada vs El Desperado
- loving. Rad

HM
TAKA Michinoku vs CIMA
- Great way to start off the night, Taka looked great as a singles guy

Nth on these, it�s nice to see NJC becoming a showcase for the juniors.

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