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

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Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Swerve in our Glory (C) vs. The Acclaimed for the AEW Tag Titles - AEW All Out 9/4

Nth of course.

Maxwell Lord posted:

HM: Britt Baker v. Hikaru Shida v. Toni Storm v. Jamie Hayter, 4-Way Match For the Interim AEW Women�s Championship, All Out 9/4

Nth.

MotYC: Danielson vs. Jericho, All Out 9/4

Cerebral and taxing in the best way. Finish wasn�t perfect but Jericho stealing it through clever cheating works fine for me.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 04:04

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 15:09

lamentable dustman: Apr 13, 2007; ððð

Rarity posted:

HM: Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson, AEW All Out, 04/09

Great match, poo poo finish

Loved the match and was fine with the finish

# ? Sep 5, 2022 04:05

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

Thanlis posted:

MotYC: Danielson vs. Jericho, All Out 9/4

Cerebral and taxing in the best way. Finish wasn�t perfect but Jericho stealing it through clever cheating works fine for me:

Nth, like I�ll always root for Danielson but this furthers the story.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 04:05

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

MOTYC: Jon Moxley (C) vs. CM Punk for the AEW World Championship - AEW All Out 9/4

Incredible. Crowd was on fire after like 5 hours, they paced it perfectly, the nearfalls were all brilliantly executed, and the ending was about as perfectly executed as could be.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 04:52

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

MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. CM Punk, AEW All Out, 04/09

The biggest of big match feels

# ? Sep 5, 2022 04:53

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Jon Moxley (C) vs. CM Punk for the AEW World Championship - AEW All Out 9/4

Nth. That was flat out perfect.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 04:53

YourHumbleMessiah: Oct 11, 2005

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Jon Moxley (C) vs. CM Punk for the AEW World Championship - AEW All Out 9/4

Incredible. Crowd was on fire after like 5 hours, they paced it perfectly, the nearfalls were all brilliantly executed, and the ending was about as perfectly executed as could be.

They knocked it out of the park here, nth

# ? Sep 5, 2022 04:54

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Rarity posted:

HM: Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson, AEW All Out, 04/09

Great match, poo poo finish

Nth.

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Jon Moxley (C) vs. CM Punk for the AEW World Championship - AEW All Out 9/4

Incredible. Crowd was on fire after like 5 hours, they paced it perfectly, the nearfalls were all brilliantly executed, and the ending was about as perfectly executed as could be.

Nth. This match was so good it made me not care about Punk winning

# ? Sep 5, 2022 05:00

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

HM for Punk vs. Mox, though the tease early in the match was great.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 05:00

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Punch McLightning posted:

HM for Punk vs. Mox, though the tease early in the match was great.

Yeah where I am on the match too

# ? Sep 5, 2022 05:01

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

Punch McLightning posted:

HM for Punk vs. Mox, though the tease early in the match was great.

Yeah, didn't really reach heights I wanted it to reach.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 05:03

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

AEW ALL OUT NOMINATIONS

HM: ISHII VS KINGSTON
MOTYC: THE ELITE VS HANGAN/DARK ORDER
HM: BAKER VS SHIDA VS HAYTER VS STORM
MOTY: SWERVE IN OUR GLORY VS THE ACCLAIMED
HM: STING, DARBY AND MIRO VS THE HOUSE OF BLACK
MOTYC: CM PUNK VS JON MOXLEY

Great show. Didn't think the Trios match could be topped but the tag title match is my personal match of the year.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 05:16

LionYeti: Oct 12, 2008

MassRafTer posted:

AEW ALL OUT NOMINATIONS

HM: ISHII VS KINGSTON
MOTYC: THE ELITE VS HANGAN/DARK ORDER
HM: BAKER VS SHIDA VS HAYTER VS STORM
MOTY: SWERVE IN OUR GLORY VS THE ACCLAIMED
MOTYC: CM PUNK VS JON MOXLEY

Great show. Didn't think the Trios match could be topped but the tag title match is my personal match of the year.

Nthed if you told me at the start of the year the acclaimed would have been in a stone cold 5 star classic and outdid the elite and hangman I�d have called you fuckin insane, and yet here we are .

# ? Sep 5, 2022 05:26

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

AEW ALL OUT
MOTYC: acclaimed vs siog
MOTYC: Elite vs dark order + hangman
HM: Ishii vs eddie
HM: Mox vs Punk

# ? Sep 5, 2022 05:30

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

crowd chant of the year: OH, SCISSOR ME DADDY

# ? Sep 5, 2022 05:31

Oil!: Nov 5, 2008; Der's e'rl in dem der hills!; Ham Wrangler

AEW All Out Media Scrum 9/4/2022
WMOTYC: CM Punk vs the Wrestling Media

This is a complete trainwreck.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 05:31

MancXVI: Feb 14, 2002

POTYC: CM Punk vs. the dirtsheets

e: ah poo poo wrong thread

MancXVI fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Sep 5, 2022

# ? Sep 5, 2022 05:32

abraham linksys: Sep 6, 2010

AEW All Out, 09/04
MOTYC: Ishii vs Kingston
HM: The Elite vs Hangman Adam Page & The Dark Order
MOTYC: Swerve in Our Glory vs The Acclaimed

this show was weird as hell and mostly underwhelming, but the two major concerns I had going in were "Ishii is just gonna show up for a house show singles match at the last minute" and "the tag title match is so underbuilt it's gonna get zero time and no reaction" and holy gently caress I am glad I was wrong about both of those things

# ? Sep 5, 2022 05:40

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

AEW All Out 9/4/2022
MOTYC: Kingston vs Ishii
MOTYC: The Elite vs Hangman and Dark Order

# ? Sep 5, 2022 05:57

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Effy's Big Gay Brunch 2022-09-04

HM Devon Monroe vs. Jai Vidal
HM Parrow vs. Kidd Bandit
HM Effy vs. Max The Impaler

# ? Sep 5, 2022 07:10

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

I sometimes gets these mixed up, is Effy's Big Gay Brunch a GCW show ala Josh Barnett's Bloodsport? Another promotion's or just it's own thing?

# ? Sep 5, 2022 07:11

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Jerusalem posted:

I sometimes gets these mixed up, is Effy's Big Gay Brunch a GCW show ala Josh Barnett's Bloodsport? Another promotion's or just it's own thing?

It's under the GCW umbrella, I believe.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 07:13

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

That's great, thanks!

# ? Sep 5, 2022 07:13

Oil!: Nov 5, 2008; Der's e'rl in dem der hills!; Ham Wrangler

Pinwiz11 posted:

Effy's Big Gay Brunch 2022-09-04

HM Devon Monroe vs. Jai Vidal
HM Parrow vs. Kidd Bandit
HM Effy vs. Max The Impaler

Nth, those were the best matches from that show. Sad that Parrow couldn't destroy Kidd Bandit more.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 07:14

Seams: Feb 3, 2005; ROCK HARD

Here are my noms:

MOYTC: ISHII VS KINGSTON
MOTYC: THE ELITE VS HANGMAN/DARK ORDER
HM: BAKER VS SHIDA VS HAYTER VS STORM
MOTYC: SWERVE IN OUR GLORY VS THE ACCLAIMED
HM: CM PUNK VS JON MOXLEY

# ? Sep 5, 2022 07:18

Fish Of Doom: Aug 18, 2004; I'm too awake for this to be a nightmare

MOTY: Kingston vs. Ishii
WMOTY: Casino Ladder Match
HM: Elite vs. Dark Order
MOTY: Swerve/Lee vs. Acclaimed
HM: Women's 4 way
MOTY: Punk vs. Moxley

# ? Sep 5, 2022 07:52

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

MassRafTer posted:

AEW ALL OUT NOMINATIONS

HM: ISHII VS KINGSTON
MOTYC: THE ELITE VS HANGAN/DARK ORDER
HM: BAKER VS SHIDA VS HAYTER VS STORM
MOTY: SWERVE IN OUR GLORY VS THE ACCLAIMED
HM: STING, DARBY AND MIRO VS THE HOUSE OF BLACK
MOTYC: CM PUNK VS JON MOXLEY

Great show. Didn't think the Trios match could be topped but the tag title match is my personal match of the year.

Nth all these.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 09:47

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

HM: Bad Dude Tito vs. Minoru Suzuki - NJPW Burning Spirit (9\5)

Cheering is back in NJPW and these were two great guys to choose to open the show with. Have to admit that having no idea what Bad Dude Tito's finish is really added to the match because I bit on all the near falls

# ? Sep 5, 2022 10:59

Seams: Feb 3, 2005; ROCK HARD

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

HM: Bad Dude Tito vs. Minoru Suzuki - NJPW Burning Spirit (9\5)

Cheering is back in NJPW and these were two great guys to choose to open the show with. Have to admit that having no idea what Bad Dude Tito's finish is really added to the match because I bit on all the near falls

Nth.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 10:59

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

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

HM: Bad Dude Tito vs. Minoru Suzuki - NJPW Burning Spirit (9\5)

Cheering is back in NJPW and these were two great guys to choose to open the show with. Have to admit that having no idea what Bad Dude Tito's finish is really added to the match because I bit on all the near falls

3rd. I knew I missed it but I didn't know HOW MUCH I missed it till I had it back.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 11:08

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

HM: Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & El Desperado - NJPW Burning Spirit (9/5)

Started with Naito barely able to hold back tears as he heard the NAITO chants for the first time since February 2020 and it only got better from there. Comedy finish.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 12:53

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

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

HM: Tetsuya Naito, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi & El Desperado - NJPW Burning Spirit (9/5)

Started with Naito barely able to hold back tears as he heard the NAITO chants for the first time since February 2020 and it only got better from there. Comedy finish.

2nd, I am loving this show and it's not just the crowd can make noise, the wrestlers are just so fired up and it creates a fantastic positive feedback loop.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 12:54

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

HM: Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. TMDK (JONAH & Shane Haste) - NJPW Burning Spirit 9/5

Another high energy match with Okada and Tanahashi just drinking in the cheering fans and getting super pumped up as a result. Wonderful stuff.

# ? Sep 5, 2022 13:27

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. TMDK (JONAH & Shane Haste) - NJPW Burning Spirit 9/5

Another high energy match with Okada and Tanahashi just drinking in the cheering fans and getting super pumped up as a result. Wonderful stuff.

2nd

# ? Sep 5, 2022 13:44

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

MOTYC
14th May
Ganbare Pro A Homanasu
Kouki Iwasaki & Shigehiro Irie vs REAL BLOOD (Mizuki Watase & Naoya Nomura)

I think this was the first Nomura/Watase match. It's very stiff, absolutely love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmPpKOyp7C4

# ? Sep 5, 2022 14:22

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

WMOTYC: Casino Ladder Match at All Out 2022

# ? Sep 5, 2022 18:44

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

August stats are in the books. I also updated the video catalog although I haven't fixed the bug where it's not catching all the videos yet, sorry!

# ? Sep 5, 2022 22:17

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

HM: Bad Dude Tito vs. Minoru Suzuki - NJPW Burning Spirit (9\5)

Cheering is back in NJPW and these were two great guys to choose to open the show with. Have to admit that having no idea what Bad Dude Tito's finish is really added to the match because I bit on all the near falls

Agreed

# ? Sep 5, 2022 22:58

edogawa rando: Mar 20, 2007

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

Have to admit that having no idea what Bad Dude Tito's finish is really added to the match because I bit on all the near falls

It's the devastating Bee-boo Crawshanks.

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 15:09

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

HM
28th August
Big Japan Pro Wrestling Death Mania X
Kazuki Hashimoto vs Yuya Aoki

MOTYC
28th August
Big Japan Pro Wrestling Death Mania X
Big Japan Tag Team Titles
Astronauts (Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura) vs Michio Kageyama & Yusaku Ito

If you aren't watching Astronauts then I do not know why you watch wrestling. Just wonderful stiff and violent wrestling. Yusaku Ito comes out of this like a bad rear end for going toe to toe with Abe, it's great.

MOTYC
28th August
Big Japan Pro Wrestling Death Mania X
BJW World Strong Heavyweight Title
Yuji Okabayashi vs Shigehiro Irie

Irie has had one hell of a year, just a wonderfully consistent rad beef boy no matter where he shows up: GanPro, GLEAT, All Japan, WXW, BJW, his upcoming UK tour. Meanwhile Okabayashi has been having a low-key and under-appreciated Strong Title run since toppling Nomura in January. I love these boys so that I'd love this match was barely ever in doubt

HM
28th August
Big Japan Pro Wrestling Death Mania X
Bloody Musou Tournament Final
BJW Deathmatch Title
Fluorescent Lighttubes Jungle Deathmatch
Abdullah Kobayashi vs Hideyoshi Kamitani

I hated that Abby made it to the finals but gently caress, this is is beyond what I imagined he was capable of at this point.

# ? Sep 6, 2022 00:43

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