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

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YourHumbleMessiah: Oct 11, 2005

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin & Sting vs Matt Hardy, Andrade El Idolo & Isiah Kassidy AEW Revolution 06.03

A complete goddamn clusterfuck on every level going at about a million miles an hour with plunder and insanely dumb spots galore. It loving owned.

Nth what the gently caress

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:20

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 13:47

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson, AEW Revolution, 06/03

I like violence

Yeah agreed

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:20

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin & Sting vs Matt Hardy, Andrade El Idolo & Isiah Kassidy AEW Revolution 06.03

A complete goddamn clusterfuck on every level going at about a million miles an hour with plunder and insanely dumb spots galore. It loving owned.

Yep. I thought this was just a buffer between Mox/Bryan and the main but goddamn did this slap

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:21

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs Bryan Danielson AEW Revolution 06.03

Two guys beating the absolute piss out of each other in every way possible. Just beautiful violence.

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin & Sting vs Matt Hardy, Andrade El Idolo & Isiah Kassidy AEW Revolution 06.03

A complete goddamn clusterfuck on every level going at about a million miles an hour with plunder and insanely dumb spots galore. It loving owned.

Nth to both of these. :wcw:

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:21

Metroid Fitzgerald: Feb 13, 2012; B O O O O B S . . . !

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin & Sting vs Matt Hardy, Andrade El Idolo & Isiah Kassidy AEW Revolution 06.03

A complete goddamn clusterfuck on every level going at about a million miles an hour with plunder and insanely dumb spots galore. It loving owned.

nth

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:23

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin & Sting vs Matt Hardy, Andrade El Idolo & Isiah Kassidy AEW Revolution 06.03

A complete goddamn clusterfuck on every level going at about a million miles an hour with plunder and insanely dumb spots galore. It loving owned.

I'm gonna go HM especially since some of the stuff with Sting scared me

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:24

PASS THE MASH: Oct 30, 2013

Rarity posted:

HM: Britt Baker vs. Thunder Rosa, AEW Revolution, 06/03

Not their best work but still lots to like here just not the finish

Nth

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:43

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page vs BUDGE AEW Revolution 06.03

Fantastic main event to cap off a fantastic show. Just excellent stuff all over.

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:52

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

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page (C) vs. Adam Cole for the AEW Championship - AEW Revolution 3/6

Great capstone to a fantastic show, and the two Adams had a banger in a completely different way to some of the insane matches seen earlier in the night.

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:52

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page vs BUDGE AEW Revolution 06.03

Fantastic main event to cap off a fantastic show. Just excellent stuff all over.

Yep. Outstanding match

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:52

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page (C) vs. Adam Cole for the AEW Championship - AEW Revolution 3/6

Great capstone to a fantastic show, and the two Adams had a banger in a completely different way to some of the insane matches seen earlier in the night.

Nth. Even though I thought they went past the peak and there were too many big move kickouts

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:53

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Hm for Page/Cole. Run ins and too many kick outs pulled it down from MOTYC for me

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:55

Metroid Fitzgerald: Feb 13, 2012; B O O O O B S . . . !

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page (C) vs. Adam Cole for the AEW Championship - AEW Revolution 3/6

Great capstone to a fantastic show, and the two Adams had a banger in a completely different way to some of the insane matches seen earlier in the night.

nth

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:56

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

MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs Bryan Danielson, AEW Revolution 06.03

MOTYC: Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin & Sting vs Matt Hardy, Andrade El Idolo & Isiah Kassidy, AEW Revolution 06.03

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page (C) vs. Adam Cole, AEW Revolution 06.03

Three very good matches

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:58

Kirios: Jan 26, 2010

Benne posted:

WMOTYC: Britt Baker vs. Thunder Rosa

That was some straight-up House of Torture bullshit booking

Nth. Killed the card until the second to last match.

# ? Mar 7, 2022 05:59

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Revolution 2022

HM: "Legit" Leyla Hirsch vs. Kris Statlander
HM: HOOK vs. QT Marshall
MOTYC: House of Black vs. Penta, PAC, and Erick Redbeard
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
MOTYC: ReDRagon vs. Young Bucks vs. Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus
HM: Wardlow, Keith Lee, Ricky Starks, Orange Cassidy, Christian Cage & Powerhouse Hobbs, Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
MOTYC: CM Punk vs. MJF, Dog Collar match
HM: Tay Conti vs. Jade Cargill
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson
MOTYC: Matt Hardy, Andrade & Isiah Kassidy vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Sammy Guevara
MOTYC: "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Adam Cole

# ? Mar 7, 2022 06:02

Big Coffin Hunter: Aug 13, 2005

MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs Bryan Danielson, AEW Revolution 06.03

MOTYC: CM Punk vs MJF, AEW Revolution 06.03

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page (C) vs. Adam Cole, AEW Revolution 06.03

Nth, and they were all completely different

# ? Mar 7, 2022 06:04

Seams: Feb 3, 2005; ROCK HARD

AEW Revolution 2022

HM: House of Black vs. Penta, PAC, and Erick Redbeard
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
MOTYC: ReDRagon vs. Young Bucks vs. Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus
HM: Wardlow, Keith Lee, Ricky Starks, Orange Cassidy, Christian Cage & Powerhouse Hobbs, Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
MOTYC: CM Punk vs. MJF, Dog Collar match
HM: Tay Conti vs. Jade Cargill
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson
MOTYC: Matt Hardy, Andrade & Isiah Kassidy vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Sammy Guevara
MOTYC: "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Adam Cole

and also HM: to Britt vs Rosa

# ? Mar 7, 2022 06:04

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

AEW went from slightly less than double the MOTYCs of nearest competitor New Japan to more than triple the number in a single PPV :stare:

AEW has more MOTYCs for one PPV than New Japan has in total for the entire year :stwoon:

# ? Mar 7, 2022 06:06

Kevino07: Oct 16, 2008

AEW Revolution 2022

HM: "Legit" Leyla Hirsch vs. Kris Statlander
HM: HOOK vs. QT Marshall
HM: House of Black vs. Penta, PAC, and Erick Redbeard
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
MOTYC: ReDRagon vs. Young Bucks vs. Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus
HM: Wardlow, Keith Lee, Ricky Starks, Orange Cassidy, Christian Cage & Powerhouse Hobbs, Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
HM: Tay Conti vs. Jade Cargill
MOTYC: CM Punk vs. MJF, Dog Collar match
WMOTYC: Thunder Rosa vs Britt Baker, DMD
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson
MOTYC: Matt Hardy, Andrade & Isiah Kassidy vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Sammy Guevara
MOTYC: "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Adam Cole

# ? Mar 7, 2022 06:06

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

Got too invested to update this thread live.

HM: Andrade El idolo, Isiah Kassidy, & Matt Hardy vs. Darby Allin, Sammy Guevara, & Sting
MOTYC: Red Dragon vs. Bucks vs. Jungle Express
MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Jon Moxley
MOTYC: Face of the Revolution Ladder
MOTYC: CM Punk vs. MJF
MOTYC: Adam Cole vs. Hangman Adam Page

What a loving show. That's six MOTYCs for me off it, with two HMs.

# ? Mar 7, 2022 06:13

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

HM: ERICK REDBEARD
MOTYC: Jericho vs Kingston
MOTYC: Young Bucks vs reDRagon vs Jurassic Express
HM: Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
MOTYC: Punk vs MJF
HM: Danielson vs Moxley
HM: Tornado Tag
MOTYC: Cole vs Page

AEW REVOLUTION BABY

Jericho/Kingston and the tag title match were around five stars, thought the dog collar match was very special but a little below those and the world title match a little below that.

Jericho/Kingston was basically perfect and I can't imagine doing a three way tag better than that one.

# ? Mar 7, 2022 06:28

Crapple!: Nov 1, 2019

God that was crazy.

(AEW Revolution 3/6/22)

MOTYC:
Eddie Kingston vs Chris Jericho
Bryan Danielson vs Jon Moxley
Punk/MJF

HM:
House of Black vs Death Triangle
Jurassic Express vs Bucks vs reDRagon
Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
Hangman vs Cole

WMOTY
Britt Baker vs Thunder Rosa

# ? Mar 7, 2022 06:51

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Jade Cargill vs Tay Conti AEW Revolution 06.03

A good and brutal affair. Jade and Tay are both great and stil getting better and it owns.

not sure i need to nth anything else but this

# ? Mar 7, 2022 06:56

edogawa rando: Mar 20, 2007

Just finished the Dog Collar Match, which according to the FITE stream timeline, is about halfway through AEW Revolution

MOTYC:
House of Black vs Penta Oscuro, PAC and Erick Redbeard (w/ Darth Maul) - I hope this earns big ol' Erick a contract
Chris Jericho vs Eddie Kingston
Jurassic Express vs reDRagon vs the Young Bucks
CM Punk vs MJF - that ending. Define "catharsis."

HM:
Face of the Revolution Ladder Match

# ? Mar 7, 2022 08:53

I Before E: Jul 2, 2012

Pylons posted:

AEW Revolution 2022

HM: "Legit" Leyla Hirsch vs. Kris Statlander
HM: HOOK vs. QT Marshall
MOTYC: House of Black vs. Penta, PAC, and Erick Redbeard
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
MOTYC: ReDRagon vs. Young Bucks vs. Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus
HM: Wardlow, Keith Lee, Ricky Starks, Orange Cassidy, Christian Cage & Powerhouse Hobbs, Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
MOTYC: CM Punk vs. MJF, Dog Collar match
HM: Tay Conti vs. Jade Cargill
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson
MOTYC: Matt Hardy, Andrade & Isiah Kassidy vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Sammy Guevara
MOTYC: "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Adam Cole

Seconded, holy poo poo this was a show

# ? Mar 7, 2022 09:09

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

MOTYC: Sammy Guevara/Darby Allin/Sting vs. Andrade el Idolo/Matt Hardy/Isiah Kassidy, AEW Revolution 06/03
MOTYC: Hangman Page vs. Adam Cole, AEW Revolution, 06/03

# ? Mar 7, 2022 09:23

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

WMOTYC: Thunder Rosa vs Britt Baker, AEW Revolution 06/03

The match itself was okay at best with it being a clear carry job by Rosa but I'm sick of the loving House of Torture style booking during this title run. If they were going to do this finish than they should have booked it weeks ago and then had a rematch tonight in a cage.

# ? Mar 7, 2022 09:33

edogawa rando: Mar 20, 2007

Testekill posted:

WMOTYC: Thunder Rosa vs Britt Baker, AEW Revolution 06/03

The match itself was okay at best with it being a clear carry job by Rosa but I'm sick of the loving House of Torture style booking during this title run. If they were going to do this finish than they should have booked it weeks ago and then had a rematch tonight in a cage.

Took the words right out of my mouth. Honestly, I�m sick of this poo poo. It particularly suffers due to the placement on the card, immediately after an incredibly match between Punk and MJF in which someone that has relied so much on interference got his much-deserved comeuppance.

edogawa rando fucked around with this message at 09:51 on Mar 7, 2022

# ? Mar 7, 2022 09:48

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

HM
23rd February
AEW Dynamite
Bryan Danielson vs Daniel Garcia

Oh my god I took 3 days off watching any wrestling & my backlog is now over 30 shows.

# ? Mar 7, 2022 11:24

Huntman: Apr 22, 2010

AEW Revolution 2022

HM: Kris Statlander vs. Leyla Hirsch
HM: House of Black vs. Penta, PAC, and Erick Redbeard
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
MOTYC: Jurassic Express vs. reDRagon vs. Young Bucks
HM: Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
HM: Jade Cargill vs. Tay Conti
MOTYC: CM Punk vs. MJF
MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Jon Moxley
HM: AHFO vs. Darby, Sammy and Sting
MOTYC: Adam Page vs. Adam Cole

# ? Mar 7, 2022 11:45

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Pylons posted:

AEW Revolution 2022

HM: "Legit" Leyla Hirsch vs. Kris Statlander
HM: HOOK vs. QT Marshall
MOTYC: House of Black vs. Penta, PAC, and Erick Redbeard
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
MOTYC: ReDRagon vs. Young Bucks vs. Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus
HM: Wardlow, Keith Lee, Ricky Starks, Orange Cassidy, Christian Cage & Powerhouse Hobbs, Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
MOTYC: CM Punk vs. MJF, Dog Collar match
HM: Tay Conti vs. Jade Cargill
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson
MOTYC: Matt Hardy, Andrade & Isiah Kassidy vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Sammy Guevara
MOTYC: "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Adam Cole

NTH.

# ? Mar 7, 2022 11:59

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

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.

HM for this

Dimebags Brain posted:

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.

HM for this too

# ? Mar 7, 2022 12:41

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

MOTYC: Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW New Japan Cup 3/7

EXACTLY the match you would expect from these two, and God bless both of them for it. :hellyeah:

# ? Mar 7, 2022 12:51

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

NJPW New Japan Cup Night 3 March 7th
MOTYC
Shingo Takagi vs Tomohiro Ishii
- Two of the best do it again

# ? Mar 7, 2022 12:51

Chris James 2: Aug 9, 2012

fez_machine posted:

WMOTYC
Britt Baker vs. Thunder Rosa, AEW Revolution, 06/03

too many of the same long ref distraction spots and the wrong woman winning killed the match dead

don't care if we get a much better match later don't put a spacer match on the PPV

Nth

# ? Mar 7, 2022 13:45

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

Pylons posted:

AEW Revolution 2022

HM: "Legit" Leyla Hirsch vs. Kris Statlander
HM: HOOK vs. QT Marshall
MOTYC: House of Black vs. Penta, PAC, and Erick Redbeard
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
MOTYC: ReDRagon vs. Young Bucks vs. Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus
HM: Wardlow, Keith Lee, Ricky Starks, Orange Cassidy, Christian Cage & Powerhouse Hobbs, Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
MOTYC: CM Punk vs. MJF, Dog Collar match
HM: Tay Conti vs. Jade Cargill
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson
MOTYC: Matt Hardy, Andrade & Isiah Kassidy vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Sammy Guevara
MOTYC: "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Adam Cole

Nthing all of these.

The ladder match was very close to a MOTYC for me. So many fun and creative spots and it was definitely Wardlow's time for a big win.

Britt and Rosa would have been an HM were it not for the end. You know what you're getting in a big Britt match, but this was too much for me. It went from "oh man, how can Rosa overcome this?" to "oh, okay it's more bullshit interference".

# ? Mar 7, 2022 14:44

LionYeti: Oct 12, 2008

Some completely unnecessary nthing of matches from Revolution weekend, I have tickets for DoN and I am so fuckin excited to see this live.

MOTYC: Andrade El Idolo vs. Darby Allin vs. Sammy Guevara, AEW Rampage, 3/4
The best 3 way match i've seen in liiiike atleast 5 years
HMOTYC: House of Black vs. PAC/Penta Oscuro/Erick Redbeard, AEW Revolution, 06/03
hail satan
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs Eddie Kingston AEW Revolution 06.03
Some Kings Road poo poo and I was so happy to see it
MOTYC: Jurassic Express vs Young Bucks vs reDRagon AEW Revolution 06.03
A wonderfully wild brawl here
MOTYC: Face of the Revolution Ladder Match, AEW Revolution 06.03
More beef in ladder matches from now on thank you very much
MOTYC: CM Punk vs MJF AEW Revolution 06.03
BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD
MOTYC: Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin & Sting vs Matt Hardy, Andrade El Idolo & Isiah Kassidy AEW Revolution 06.03
STING IS 62 YEARS OLD!
A complete goddamn clusterfuck on every level going at about a million miles an hour with plunder and insanely dumb spots galore. It loving owned.
MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page (C) vs. Adam Cole for the AEW Championship - AEW Revolution 3/6

# ? Mar 7, 2022 16:32

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

HM
5th March
GLEAT LIDET UWF Ver.2
Kengo Mashimo & Takuro Niki vs Minoru Tanaka & Takanori Ito

I might be a tiny bit generous here because Mashimo didn't really fit the UWF Rules but it had me captivates when Niki was in & I'm a 2AW AND GLEAT fanboy so gently caress it.

# ? Mar 7, 2022 16:33

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 13:47

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

HM
5th March
GLEAT LIDET UWF Ver.2
Daijiro Matsui vs Daisuke Nakamura

Man, this is what UWF Rules should be, some great throws and grappling on display in a match that had Real Rings vibes

# ? Mar 7, 2022 16:40

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