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?

Rarity posted:

HM: Titan vs. DOUKI, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 11, 29/05

Just a couple of mad lucha lads

3rd, what great stuff from two of the tournament standouts.

# ? May 29, 2022 11:09

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 14:20

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

HM: Francesco Akira vs. Taiji Ishimori, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 11, 29/05

Akira's best match so far

# ? May 29, 2022 12:57

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

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Robbie Eagles, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 11, 29/05

Two men united in their love of leg destruction

# ? May 29, 2022 13:21

Ziggy Tzardust: Apr 7, 2006

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Robbie Eagles, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 11, 29/05

Two men united in their love of leg destruction

Nth. Not quite as good as the Phantasmo match but still excellent

# ? May 29, 2022 13:23

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

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Robbie Eagles, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 11, 29/05

Two men united in their love of leg destruction

gently caress yes, 3rded. What a match. The right guy won!

# ? May 29, 2022 13:24

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

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Robbie Eagles, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 11, 29/05

Two men united in their love of leg destruction

Nth

# ? May 29, 2022 14:43

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

Rarity posted:

HM: Titan vs. DOUKI, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 11, 29/05

Just a couple of mad lucha lads

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Robbie Eagles, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 11, 29/05

Two men united in their love of leg destruction

Yeah

# ? May 29, 2022 16:33

Dimebags Brain: Feb 18, 2013

Dragongate, King of Gate Night 11 at Osaka Edion Arena, 5/29

MOTYC: King of Gate Quarterfinals - Kzy vs. Shun Skywalker
MOTYC: King of Gate Quarterfinals - Diamante vs. Yuki Yoshioka
HM: King of Gate Quarterfinals - Shuji Kondo vs. Kaito Ishida

Good night of wrestling.

# ? May 29, 2022 20:24

Purple Monkey: May 5, 2014; Hello

PlatinumJukebox posted:

AEW Rampage (May 27)

HM: Danielson vs Sydal
HM: Soho vs Statlander

Nth

# ? May 29, 2022 21:09

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

MOTYC: Shawn Spears vs
HM: Mox & Eddie vs Private Party
HM: FTR vs Roppongi Vice
MOTYC: Jungle Boy vs Swerve Strickland vs Ricky Starks
HM: Samoa Joe vs Kyle O'Reilly

All from AEW Dynamite 25.05

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Matt Sydal
HM: Kris Statlander vs Ruby Soho

All from AEW Rampage 27.05

# ? May 29, 2022 22:02

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

MOTYC
19th May
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Night 4
BOSJ B Block
El Lindaman vs Titan

MOTYC
19th May
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Night 4
BOSJ B Block
El Desperado vs TJP

# ? May 29, 2022 23:37

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

Punch McLightning posted:

MOTYC: Niebla Roja vs. Titan, CMLL Super Viernes 4/22

CMLL has been in the dumps for awhile now, but this is a really special match that I can't suggest strongly enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTIgNOLulg4&t=3691s

I've had this bookmarked for an eternity (or a month, whatever) and finally got around to watching. It's fantastic. So that's a 2nd

In other news,

MOTYC
11th May
DDT FREE May
37KAMIINA (MAO & Shunma Katsumata) & ASUKA vs Antonio Honda & CDK (Chris Brookes & Masahiro Takanashi)

ASUKA is having a great year.

# ? May 29, 2022 23:48

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

Oh, almost forgot this one

HM
11th May
DDT FREE May
Disaster Box (HARASHIMA & Naomi Yoshimura) vs Toi Kojima & Yuji Hino

# ? May 29, 2022 23:55

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

MOTYC: MJF vs. Wardlow, AEW Double or Nothing, 29/05

Perfection

# ? May 30, 2022 01:16

Kirios: Jan 26, 2010

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: MJF vs. Wardlow, AEW Double or Nothing, 29/05

Perfection

Easy nth. Super easy.

# ? May 30, 2022 01:16

Kevino07: Oct 16, 2008

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: MJF vs. Wardlow, AEW Double or Nothing, 29/05

Perfection

Not sure how they could have laid that match out better. A cathartic finish to a spectacular feud. nth

# ? May 30, 2022 01:19

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: MJF vs. Wardlow, AEW Double or Nothing, 29/05

Perfection

10 stars

# ? May 30, 2022 01:19

A Real Horse: Oct 26, 2013

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: MJF vs. Wardlow, AEW Double or Nothing, 29/05

Perfection

Saw on this on Twitter from @garrettkidney:

�There are matches that are five stars because they are classic contests and there are matches that are five stars because they�re the perfect version of what they�re trying to be.

MJF vs. Wardlow was the PERFECT version of what it was trying to be. Full five baby.�

Nth

# ? May 30, 2022 01:21

karmicknight: Aug 21, 2011

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: MJF vs. Wardlow, AEW Double or Nothing, 29/05

Perfection

nth

# ? May 30, 2022 01:30

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

HM: The Hardys vs The Young Bucks, Double or Nothing

Insane match.

# ? May 30, 2022 01:45

Kevino07: Oct 16, 2008

MassRafTer posted:

HM: The Hardys vs The Young Bucks, Double or Nothing

Insane match.

2nd. What a job from the Young Bucks there

# ? May 30, 2022 01:48

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

MassRafTer posted:

HM: The Hardys vs The Young Bucks, Double or Nothing

Insane match.

3rd. This ruled

# ? May 30, 2022 02:00

Oh Snapple!: Dec 27, 2005

WMOTYC: Jade Cargill vs Anna Jay, Double or Nothing

Just a slow, sloppy, overbooked match

# ? May 30, 2022 02:06

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

MOTYC: Fenix, Penta & PAC vs. House of Black, AEW Double or Nothing, 5/29

Holy gently caress

# ? May 30, 2022 02:19

Oh Snapple!: Dec 27, 2005

MOTYC: House of Black vs Death Triangle, Double or Nothing

GOD drat

# ? May 30, 2022 02:20

Maxwell Lord: Dec 12, 2008; I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.; Grimey Drawer

Oh Snapple! posted:

MOTYC: House of Black vs Death Triangle, Double or Nothing

GOD drat

Nth

# ? May 30, 2022 02:20

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

MassRafTer posted:

HM: The Hardys vs The Young Bucks, Double or Nothing

Insane match.

Oh Snapple! posted:

MOTYC: House of Black vs Death Triangle, Double or Nothing

GOD drat

YES TO BOTH

# ? May 30, 2022 02:20

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

MOTC: House of Black vs. Death Triangle, AEW Double or Nothing, 29/05

God loving drat

# ? May 30, 2022 02:20

Luna Was Here: Mar 21, 2013; Lipstick Apathy

Oh Snapple! posted:

MOTYC: House of Black vs Death Triangle, Double or Nothing

GOD drat

Non stop spot fest, nth

# ? May 30, 2022 02:20

Kevino07: Oct 16, 2008

Oh Snapple! posted:

MOTYC: House of Black vs Death Triangle, Double or Nothing

GOD drat

nth

# ? May 30, 2022 02:21

A Real Horse: Oct 26, 2013

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Fenix, Penta & PAC vs. House of Black, AEW Double or Nothing, 5/29

Holy gently caress

Nth.

# ? May 30, 2022 02:23

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Fenix, Penta & PAC vs. House of Black, AEW Double or Nothing, 5/29

Holy gently caress

so so happy we finally got to this match

now let's have a rematch

# ? May 30, 2022 02:24

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Rarity posted:

HM: Francesco Akira vs. Taiji Ishimori, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 11, 29/05

Akira's best match so far

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Fenix, Penta & PAC vs. House of Black, AEW Double or Nothing, 5/29

Holy gently caress

Yes agreed god drat

MassRafTer posted:

HM: The Hardys vs The Young Bucks, Double or Nothing

Insane match.

Yeah agreed

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Robbie Eagles, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 11, 29/05

Two men united in their love of leg destruction

Yeah agreed

# ? May 30, 2022 02:25

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

HM: House of Black vs. Death Triangle, Double or Nothing, 5/29

# ? May 30, 2022 02:35

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

HM: Adam Cole vs. Samoa Joe

# ? May 30, 2022 02:38

abraham linksys: Sep 6, 2010

HM: Jade Cargill vs Anna Jay, Double or Nothing

thought this was a smart little midcard title match, didn't overstay its welcome, anna had a couple great spots and got some big face pops (the double ddt on the baddies!) and both wrestlers got a crowd that had zero reason to give a gently caress about this match super into it even before all the fun debuts and run ins

i probably wouldn't normally hand it an HM but it's my third favorite match so far tonight and i'm annoyed it got a WMOTYC while that fuckin plodding joe/cole match got an HM :mad:

also seconding

Rarity posted:

MOTC: House of Black vs. Death Triangle, AEW Double or Nothing, 29/05

God loving drat

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: MJF vs. Wardlow, AEW Double or Nothing, 29/05

Perfection

# ? May 30, 2022 02:45

MotU: Mar 6, 2007; It was like she was evicting walking garbage.; Pillbug

Oh Snapple! posted:

WMOTYC: Jade Cargill vs Anna Jay, Double or Nothing

Just a slow, sloppy, overbooked match

stoke and athena cool but yeah 2nd

# ? May 30, 2022 02:48

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

abraham linksys posted:

HM: Jade Cargill vs Anna Jay, Double or Nothing

thought this was a smart little midcard title match, didn't overstay its welcome, anna had a couple great spots and got some big face pops (the double ddt on the baddies!) and both wrestlers got a crowd that had zero reason to give a gently caress about this match super into it even before all the fun debuts and run ins

i probably wouldn't normally hand it an HM but it's my third favorite match so far tonight and i'm annoyed it got a WMOTYC while that fuckin plodding joe/cole match got an HM

also seconding

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Adam Cole vs. Samoa Joe

nthing both of these

# ? May 30, 2022 02:49

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

Thought the men's final was pretty bland but

HM: Britt Baker vs Ruby Soho, Double or Nothing.

Much better structured than their first match, crowd into both of them especially down the stretch and a cool Owen finish. Bad sharpshooter though.

# ? May 30, 2022 03:12

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 14:20

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

HM: Men of the Year/Paige Vanzant vs. Sammy Guevara/Tay Conti/Frankie Kazarian, AEW Double or Nothing, 29/05

An overbooked clusterfuck that was way better than it had any rights to be

# ? May 30, 2022 03:30

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