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Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

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, absolute stinker

crowd were dead as well

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Burn Down Canberra
Oct 27, 2005

GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

SG Bamboo posted:

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

Nth

AlmightyPants
Mar 14, 2001

King of Scheduling
Pillbug

Jerusalem posted:

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:

Nthing this, not as good as their last G1 match but goddamn I could watch the two of them all day and never get bored.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dark: Elevation 3/7

HM: Emi Sakura vs. Kris Statlander

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Jerusalem posted:

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:

Yes agreed

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Pylons posted:

AEW Dark: Elevation 3/7

HM: Emi Sakura vs. Kris Statlander

sure, fun match. but also

HM: Wheeler Yuta v. Aaron Solo - AEW Dark Elevation - 3/7/22

shenanigans

Lamuella
Jun 26, 2003

It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.


Pylons posted:

AEW Dark: Elevation 3/7

HM: Emi Sakura vs. Kris Statlander

Nth

graph posted:

sure, fun match. but also

HM: Wheeler Yuta v. Aaron Solo - AEW Dark Elevation - 3/7/22

shenanigans

Nth

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
20th February
New Years Golden Series Night 15
IWGP World Heavyweight Title
Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito

First things first, good match.

Right, now that's said, not this was underwhelming. Naito vs Okada & I'm looking at my phone at multiple points because it's just dull. It's that regular New Japan critique really, great finishing stretch, 10 minutes at start that's there only because they feel obligated to go 30 minutes.

I hope NJPW gets better whenever crowds are allowed to cheer again

Purple Monkey
May 5, 2014

:phone:Hello
AEW Revolution

HM: House of Black vs Death Triangle & Erick Redbeard
MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs Chris Jericho
MOTYC: Jurassic Express vs Young Bucks vs ReDRagon
MOTYC: Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
MOTYC: CM Punk vs MJF
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs Bryan Danielson
HM: Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin & Sting vs The AHFO
MOTYC: Adam Page vs Adam Cole

In this hellscape of an earth god bless AEW for consistently putting on utterly amazing PPVs

Lily Catts
Oct 17, 2012

Show me the way to you
(Heavy Metal)
HM: CIMA vs Yoshinobu Kanemaru, NJPW New Japan Cup Night 4, 2022/03/09

Good babyface vs heel match with lots of great selling.

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

NJPW New Japan Cup Night 4 March 9th
HM
Kazuchika Okada vs Master Wato
- What a loving mismatch, Okada decided to spend the time being a massive bellend to a young lad just trying his best and I love Kazu all the more for it

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
Late as hell on this one, but still:

MOTYC: Big Tom Ishii vs Shingo Takagi New Japan Cup 07.03

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
HM: Chad Gable & Otis vs. Kevin Owens & Seth Rollins, Raw, 2/28

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Starlight Kid (c) vs. AZM - Stardom Cinderella Journey in Nagaoka (2/23)

Absolutely their best match together, and I'm not as high on SLK as a lot of people are. If you like Japanese junior heavyweight stuff then this for you

Finally saw this and 2nding, it's fantastic and somehow they have a combined age of 39

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
23rd February
Stardom Cinderella Journey in Nagaoka
Wonder Of Stardom Title
Saya Kamitani vs Natsupoi

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
23rd February
NOAH Gain Control 2022 In Nagoya
GHC Heavyweight Title
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Kazuyuki Fujita

Hmmmmm

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
HM: Adam Page vs. Dante Martin, 3/9 Dynamite

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Adam Page vs. Dante Martin, 3/9 Dynamite

nth

HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky - TNT Championship Match - AEW Dynamite 3/9/22

Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
Solid Dynamite:

HM: Hangman Adam Page vs. Dante Martin for AEW World Championship, 3/9 Dynamite
HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky for the TNT Championship Match - AEW Dynamite 3/9/22 - More because of some strong selling during the Picture in picture segment

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Kevino07 posted:

Solid Dynamite:

HM: Hangman Adam Page vs. Dante Martin for AEW World Championship, 3/9 Dynamite
HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky for the TNT Championship Match - AEW Dynamite 3/9/22 - More because of some strong selling during the Picture in picture segment

Nth both of these.

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!
HM:
Hangman Page vs Dante Martin
Jurassic Express vs The Acclaimed
Scorpio Sky vs Sammy Guevara

TNT title match was on the precipice of a MOTYC. Really good stuff.

3/9 Dynamite

Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

MassRafTer posted:

HM:

Jurassic Express vs The Acclaimed

3/9 Dynamite

Forgot about this. 2nded

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Kevino07 posted:

Solid Dynamite:

HM: Hangman Adam Page vs. Dante Martin for AEW World Championship, 3/9 Dynamite
HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky for the TNT Championship Match - AEW Dynamite 3/9/22 - More because of some strong selling during the Picture in picture segment

Yeah agreed

Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
HM: Hangman Page vs. Dante Martin, AEW Dynamite, 09/03
HM: Jungle Boy/Luchasaurus vs. The Acclaimed, AEW Dynamite, 09/03
HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky, AEW Dynamite, 09/03

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

graph posted:

HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky - TNT Championship Match - AEW Dynamite 3/9/22

6thing, this was great.

Akileese
Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

HM: Hangman Page vs. Dante Martin, AEW Dynamite, 09/03
HM: Jungle Boy/Luchasaurus vs. The Acclaimed, AEW Dynamite, 09/03
HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky, AEW Dynamite, 09/03


nth

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: Hangman Page vs. Dante Martin, AEW Dynamite, 09/03
HM: Jungle Boy/Luchasaurus vs. The Acclaimed, AEW Dynamite, 09/03
HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky, AEW Dynamite, 09/03


Nthing these.

Cerebral Bore
Apr 21, 2010


Fun Shoe
HM: Hangman Page vs Dante Martin
HM: Jurassic Express vs The Acclaimed
HM: Thunder Rosa vs Layla Hirsch
HM: Sammy Guevara vs Scorpio Sky


All from AEW Dynamite 09.03

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
11th February
Big Japan Pro Wrestling Ikkitousen Strong Climb Night 9
Kazuki Hashimoto & Kohei Sato vs. Kosuke Sato & Takuya Nomura

This is the sort of match that makes me want to watch full shows rather than pick & choose, because on paper this is a nothing match on the undercard of a tournament show, shot on one camera but in execution it's a really simple story executed well. Sato is...well, he's been wrestling 4 years now so he's not exactly a rookie but BJW changes the status quo at a glacial pace (if at all) so he kind of is still. He's an excellent young hand, a bit undersized at 5'7" but he still hits hard. If he puts on a bit more mass & leaves BJW he could be a fun guy. Anyway, he wants to prove to ex-champion Nomura that he can hang with 2 veterans, & obviously he can't because it's puro & guys who are treated like rookies rarely beat grumpy old vets unless they are Jun Akiyama levels of prodigy. Meanwhile, Nomura sometimes comes in & him & Hashimoto have an amazingly stiff kick exchange & maybe all this doesn't sound like much but it's a lot of fun. Sato gets to show a lot of heart while being beaten & headbutted & slammed into a paste.

Should be a link to the start of this match but if not it's about 29 minutes

forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 18:32 on Mar 10, 2022

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
MOTYC: The Usos vs. The New Day, Day One, Jan. 1

I honestly wasn't sure if I'd get a MOTYC out of WWE this year, considering, well, everything, but this was a drat good match deserving of praise. Even if every other single thing sucks the rest of the way, and it is more likely than not that'll be the case, this is worth your time. Very strong performances by two very good teams in front of a legitimately hot crowd.

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


Seams posted:

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

2nd this

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
26th February
Ice Ribbon #1182 RE:BORN 2022
ICE×∞ Title
Tsukushi Haruka vs Maika Ozaki

Quite possibly MOTYC with a proper crowd but the clap crowd really hurt it, which I've mostly gotten used to at this point. Anyway, Haruka is Champion but she's giving up nearly 6 inches & 35lbs to the challenger so it's a pretty classic speed vs power clash, and a really satisfying one of those. Real strong closing stretch.

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: Eddie Edwards vs. Rich Swann, Impact on AXS 3/10

I didn’t expect a whole lot from this match upfront, but it was pretty good!

Chris James 2
Aug 9, 2012


Edward Mass posted:

HM: Eddie Edwards vs. Rich Swann, Impact on AXS 3/10

I didn’t expect a whole lot from this match upfront, but it was pretty good!

nth

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
HMs from DDT's 25th Anniversary Show on Jan. 3

Hideki Okatani vs. Kazusada Higuchi
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Shinya Aoki
HARASHIMA & MAO vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Tetsuya Endo

Thanlis
Mar 17, 2011

Quick blast from the far past of 2021:

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
27th February
All Japan Excite Series 2022 Night 6
NEXTREAM (Atsuki Aoyagi & Yuma Aoyagi) vs THE RULE (Ayato Yoshida & Shigehiro Irie)

This is on a really fun little AJPW show, Cagematch has the attendance listed at under 150, the show is under 2 hours long on AJPW TV, 6 matches with the core of regulars plus 2 guys from 2AW, Fuminori Abe & AJPW semi-regulars Kodama & Irie. And as soon as I saw this card I instantly gravitated to this match because a) Yoshida doesn't appear in AJPW nearly often enough b) all 4 dudes rule. I expected a HM level match but I think they overdelivered. It's not a barn-burner by any means but it's a really well worked tag team match that covers almost all your bases. Yoshida is your kick guy, Irie is your ball of beef, Atsuki is the young boy who throws in some really well executed high flying, Yuma is still only 26 but is such a well-rounded worker, extremely charismatic & just very smooth as a wrestler. THE RULE are a heel group in 2AW, this match is at 2AW's home arena in Chiba, so Yoshida & Irie do some heel shithousery (especially Ayato, think this is the first heel run of his career, or at least the first I've seen & he's grown into it pretty quickly) but Yuma also get involves in it with some primo shitehousery himself, including doing a simultaneous count with referee Nikkan Lee while his brother was pinning someone, but he counted fast to try & subtly influence Lee to also count faster. So there's really nice wrestling & goofy comedy & kind of a little bit of everything really. But it's also a smaller house show so they definitely don't go all out. But I think if this match had 5 more minutes I'd have gone MOTYC for it. Hell, 3 minutes, just more of a finishing stretch was all it needed. But still really good fun.

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
HM: Ashton Starr vs. Bobby Flaco, ACTION Wrestling The Movement Begins! March 4

There's a bad botch early, but they recover nicely and finish up the bout with some really great work.

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

Thanlis posted:

Quick blast from the far past of 2021:

This rules, thanks Thanlis!

Man, Ibushi was really on track for a hell of a year before basically everything that could go wrong did :smith:

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flatluigi
Apr 23, 2008

here come the planes
MOTYC: Tony Nese v Swerve Strickland, Mar 11 AEW Rampage

a real fun match and a great showcase for both of these dudes. wanna see a ton more of swerve already and i want nese to find something to do to get him on tv more

definitely on the border of HM-MOTYC for me but there were just a whole bunch of great small spots and character beats that made me really dig it + i really wanna see them have a rematch in the future with how much chemistry they both have

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