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

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

SalTheBard posted:

Where can I watch this?

It was $21 PPV on NJPW World but yeah, it'll turn up in the usual places before too long. Though I'll not post a link for a while because they really deserve the money of people who can afford it.

I'm not quite as high as GWB but still top 5 match right now. I'm just super high on that Michinoku Pro match from July

# ? Sep 12, 2022 16:21

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# ? May 16, 2024 07:14

Crapple!: Nov 1, 2019

From Stardom's 5* GP

9/9/22

HM: Mayu Iwatani vs Ami Sourei

HM: Guilia vs Natsupoi

9/10/22

MOTYC: Hazuki vs Saya Kamitani
When asking your opponent to slap you to show how tough you are goes terribly, terribly wrong

# ? Sep 12, 2022 16:35

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

HM: Alan Angels vs. Lee Moriarty, AEW Dark, May 24 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sl7UntdWno. Starts about 18 minutes in.

# ? Sep 13, 2022 01:52

DarkstarIV: Apr 6, 2010; OFFICIAL RACIST

HM: Johnny Gargano vs Chad Gable, WWE RAW, 9/12/22.

Real fun match with lots of cool reversals and technical wrestling.

# ? Sep 13, 2022 02:27

TTBF: Sep 14, 2005

Probably doesn't need it but

MOTYC: Gunther vs Sheamus at Clash at the Castle

# ? Sep 13, 2022 03:05

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

Crapple! posted:

From Stardom's 5* GP, 8/27

MOTYC: Utami Hayashishita vs Maika. Easiest MOTYC I've handed out for this tournament so far. Good grief.

Seconded.

# ? Sep 13, 2022 03:55

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs Jun Kasai - JTO TakaTaichiDespeMania (9/12)[/b]

Nth. Just unbelievable - probably the best Deathmatch I've ever seen

# ? Sep 13, 2022 08:17

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

HM
10th September
GLEAT G Prowrestling Ver.33
Ayato Yoshida, Oji Shiiba & Shigehiro Irie vs BULK Orchestra (KAZMA SAKAMOTO, Quiet Storm & Ryuichi Kawakami)

HM
10th September
GLEAT G Prowrestling Ver.33
60 Seconds (Jun Tonsho, Keiichi Sato & Tetsuya Izuchi) vs STRONGHEARTS (El Lindaman, Issei Onitsuka & T-Hawk)

Link for the whole show

# ? Sep 13, 2022 10:49

Big Dave: Nov 6, 2009; Friends don't shake hands, friends gotta hug!

HM: Matt Tremont vs Big Fn Joe
HM: Joel Bateman vs Kasey Kirk
ICW No Holds Barred volume 32
September 10

MOTYC: Matt Tremont vs Danny Demanto
H2O Monday Night Death 3
September 12

# ? Sep 13, 2022 15:42

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

HM
5th May
Pro Wrestling WAVE Catch The WAVE Opening Round
Catch The WAVE Strong Arm Block
Itsuki Aoki vs Miyuki Takase

# ? Sep 13, 2022 23:36

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

HM: Kenny King vs. Mike Bailey, Impact 9/1
HM: Deonna Purrazzo vs. Masha Slamovich, Impact 9/1

# ? Sep 14, 2022 01:12

TTBF: Sep 14, 2005

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs Jun Kasai - JTO TakaTaichiDespeMania (9/12)[/b]

Incredible match. Incredible atmosphere.

This match and this moment has been four years in the making and everything was beautiful.

nth

# ? Sep 14, 2022 01:21

SalTheBard: Jan 26, 2005; I forgot to post my food for USPOL Thanksgiving but that's okay too!; Fallen Rib

Big Dave posted:

HM: Matt Tremont vs Big Fn Joe
HM: Joel Bateman vs Kasey Kirk
ICW No Holds Barred volume 32
September 10

2nd to both of these

# ? Sep 14, 2022 01:28

Penguin Patrol: Mar 3, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

Oil! posted:

HM: Joey Janela vs Beastman, DDT Extreme Championship Bodyslam Challenge, JCW Uncensored 9/10/2022

Winner wins by bodyslam and Joey Janela is wrestling a massive human.

nth

it's on youtube too, timestamped to 39:29 (includes an explanation of what constitutes a "classic bodyslam")

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ay2bIzoAqk&t=2369s

# ? Sep 14, 2022 03:14

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs Jun Kasai - JTO TakaTaichiDespeMania (9/12)[/b]

Incredible match. Incredible atmosphere.

This match and this moment has been four years in the making and everything was beautiful.

Nth. That was loving crazy.

# ? Sep 14, 2022 04:02

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs Jun Kasai - JTO TakaTaichiDespeMania (9/12)[/b]

Incredible match. Incredible atmosphere.

This match and this moment has been four years in the making and everything was beautiful.

Yeah agreed

# ? Sep 14, 2022 05:49

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

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs Jun Kasai - JTO TakaTaichiDespeMania (9/12)[/b]

Incredible match. Incredible atmosphere.

This match and this moment has been four years in the making and everything was beautiful.

Easy Nth

# ? Sep 14, 2022 06:04

Crapple!: Nov 1, 2019

From Stardom's 5* GP

9.12.2022

HM: Mayu Iwatani vs Suzu Suzuki. The last 4 minutes of this was loving amazing. The next time they meet it will be a MOTYC for sure

# ? Sep 14, 2022 10:13

Penguin Patrol: Mar 3, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

MassRafTer posted:

CMLL Grand Prix 8/19

HM: Hechicero vs Euforia
MOTYC: Atlantis Jr., El Soberano Jr., Mistico, Stuka Jr., Templario, Titan, Ultimo Guerrero & Volador Jr. defeat El Mesias, Kenny King, Lince Dorado, Matt Taven, Oraculo, Robbie Eagles, Rocky Romero & Tiger Mask

Hechicero vs Euforia is really good and well worth your time but the Grand Prix match is the best Cibernetico match I've seen since the 90s and one of the best matches of the year. Just absolutely bananas action with some really fun comedy too and tons of heat. Team Mexico is just loaded with talent and Team International knows how to get heat from this crowd. Mesias also has his best performance in ages, which means he's still kind of bad, but is able to go balls out for stretches. Great performance from Tiger Mask too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqrUAo9x7_8

nth

# ? Sep 14, 2022 14:36

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

HM
11th September
All Japan Road To Nippon Budokan Night 2
Atsuki Aoyagi & Yuma Aoyagi vs Kento Miyahara & Tiger Mask

These 2 shows from this weekend were not exactly must-watch, butni did enjoy this. Obviously TM is a massive downgrade from Rising HAYATO when they've done similar tags earlier this hear but hopefully this at least leads to Atsuki winning a singles title on Sunday.

HM
12th March
Prestige & West Coast Pro As Real As It Gets
Kevin Blackwood vs Sonico

HM
12th March
Prestige & West Coast Pro As Real As It Gets
Prestige Title
Titus Alexander vs Alex Shelley vs Rey Horus

# ? Sep 15, 2022 00:41

PlasticAutomaton: Nov 12, 2016; Artoria Pendonut

From Dynamite 9/14

HM: Swerve in our Glory (c) VS Lucha Bros for the AEW World Tag Team Championships
MotY: Bryan Danielson VS Chris Jericho

# ? Sep 15, 2022 03:04

Ivypls: Aug 24, 2019

PlasticAutomaton posted:

From Dynamite 9/14

HM: Swerve in our Glory (c) VS Lucha Bros for the AEW World Tag Team Championships
MotY: Bryan Danielson VS Chris Jericho

nth

# ? Sep 15, 2022 03:07

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

MOTYC: Danielson vs. Jericho, Sept. 14

# ? Sep 15, 2022 03:11

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dynamite 9/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Sammy Guevara
HM: Swerve in Our Glory vs. The Lucha Bros
HM: Toni Storm & Athena vs. Britt Baker & Serena Deeb
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson

# ? Sep 15, 2022 03:14

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 Dynamite 9/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Sammy Guevara
HM: Swerve in Our Glory vs. The Lucha Bros
HM: Toni Storm & Athena vs. Britt Baker & Serena Deeb
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson

Nth. Sammy vs Mox is VERRRRY close to a MOTY for me.

# ? Sep 15, 2022 03:20

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

PlasticAutomaton posted:

From Dynamite 9/14

HM: Swerve in our Glory (c) VS Lucha Bros for the AEW World Tag Team Championships

I'll nth this too.

# ? Sep 15, 2022 03:32

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

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 9/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Sammy Guevara
HM: Swerve in Our Glory vs. The Lucha Bros
HM: Toni Storm & Athena vs. Britt Baker & Serena Deeb

I will second these but say HM: Danielson vs Jericho

# ? Sep 15, 2022 03:40

Tarnop: Nov 25, 2013; Pull me out

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 9/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Sammy Guevara
HM: Swerve in Our Glory vs. The Lucha Bros
HM: Toni Storm & Athena vs. Britt Baker & Serena Deeb
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson

Nth

# ? Sep 15, 2022 03:41

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

PlasticAutomaton posted:

From Dynamite 9/14

HM: Swerve in our Glory (c) VS Lucha Bros for the AEW World Tag Team Championships
MotY: Bryan Danielson VS Chris Jericho

# ? Sep 15, 2022 03:43

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 9/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Sammy Guevara
HM: Swerve in Our Glory vs. The Lucha Bros
HM: Toni Storm & Athena vs. Britt Baker & Serena Deeb
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson

nth sure why not

# ? Sep 15, 2022 04:06

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

PlasticAutomaton posted:

From Dynamite 9/14

HM: Swerve in our Glory (c) VS Lucha Bros for the AEW World Tag Team Championships
MotY: Bryan Danielson VS Chris Jericho

This. Womens match had too dumb of an ending.

# ? Sep 15, 2022 07:15

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

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Sammy Guevara, AEW Dynamite, 14/09
HM: Swerve In Our Glory vs. Lucha Bros, AEW Dynamite, 14/09
HM: Toni Storm/Athena vs. Britt Baker/Serena Deeb, AEW Dynamite, 14/09
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson, AEW Dynamite, 14/09

# ? Sep 15, 2022 07:23

Purple Monkey: May 5, 2014; Hello

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 9/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Sammy Guevara
HM: Swerve in Our Glory vs. The Lucha Bros
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Bryan Danielson

Nth

# ? Sep 15, 2022 23:04

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

HM
29th August
Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS Presents Jun Kasai Tokyo Deathmatch Carnival 2022 Ver.2
Weapon Bringing Deathmatch
Jun Kasai & Rina Yamashita vs Masashi Takeda & Minoru Fujita

I am unsure what's going on with Unchain right now

MOTYC
29th August
Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS Presents Jun Kasai Tokyo Deathmatch Carnival 2022 Ver.2
Fluorescent Lighttubes Human Meat Slicer Board Source Deathmatch
King of FREEDOM Tag Team Titles
Soul Meat (Tomoya Hirata & Toru Sugiura) vs ERE (Toshiyuki Sakuda & Violento Jack)

Soul Meat are having a great year, so are Sakuda & Jack, end result, real good match, great even.

MOTYC
29th August
Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS Presents Jun Kasai Tokyo Deathmatch Carnival 2022 Ver.2
Fly High Glass Deathmatch
King of FREEDOM Title
Daisuke Masaoka vs Drew Parker

Masaoka has had a tremendous 2022, especially relative to last year where he was mostly an after-thought in the midcard. But he got given the ball & he's run with it in some loving gnarly deathmatches. Meanwhile Drew is Drew. He's a lunatic. I'm pretty sure he could slice open his carotid artery and keep going. Fortunately that doesn't happen but he bleeds plenty without. And for some reason they exchange unprotected chair shots to the head and that manages to be far grosser than going through panes of glass or meteoras from the top of a ladder through a table

Still, tremendous stuff

# ? Sep 16, 2022 00:26

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

forkboy84 posted:

HM
29th August
Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS Presents Jun Kasai Tokyo Deathmatch Carnival 2022 Ver.2
Weapon Bringing Deathmatch
Jun Kasai & Rina Yamashita vs Masashi Takeda & Minoru Fujita

I am unsure what's going on with Unchain right now

MOTYC
29th August
Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS Presents Jun Kasai Tokyo Deathmatch Carnival 2022 Ver.2
Fluorescent Lighttubes Human Meat Slicer Board Source Deathmatch
King of FREEDOM Tag Team Titles
Soul Meat (Tomoya Hirata & Toru Sugiura) vs ERE (Toshiyuki Sakuda & Violento Jack)

Soul Meat are having a great year, so are Sakuda & Jack, end result, real good match, great even.

MOTYC
29th August
Pro Wrestling FREEDOMS Presents Jun Kasai Tokyo Deathmatch Carnival 2022 Ver.2
Fly High Glass Deathmatch
King of FREEDOM Title
Daisuke Masaoka vs Drew Parker

Masaoka has had a tremendous 2022, especially relative to last year where he was mostly an after-thought in the midcard. But he got given the ball & he's run with it in some loving gnarly deathmatches. Meanwhile Drew is Drew. He's a lunatic. I'm pretty sure he could slice open his carotid artery and keep going. Fortunately that doesn't happen but he bleeds plenty without. And for some reason they exchange unprotected chair shots to the head and that manages to be far grosser than going through panes of glass or meteoras from the top of a ladder through a table

Still, tremendous stuff

2nd

# ? Sep 16, 2022 00:52

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HM: �Speedball� Mike Bailey vs. Mascara Dorada for the Impact X Division Championship, Impact on AXS 9/15
HM: The Motor City Machine Guns vs. the Good Brothers, Impact on AXS 9/15

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# ? Sep 16, 2022 02:12

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8dn212

If you have not watched Desperado vs Kasai then please do so as long as you can deal with deathmatches. Make sure to watch the postmatch with subtitles on NJPW World right after.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 06:00

Penguin Patrol: Mar 3, 2005; by Fluffdaddy

NJPW Burning Spirit 9/05
HM: Bad Dude Tito vs. Minoru Suzuki
HM: House of Torture (EVIL, Dick Togo, SHO & Yujiro Takahashi) vs CHAOS (Toru Yano, YOH, Yoshi-Hashi & Hirooki Goto)
HM: Bullet Club (El Phantasmo & Kenta) vs LIJ (Shingo Takagi & Bushi)
HM: Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr, Taichi & El Desperado) vs LIJ (Hiromu Takahashi, Sanada & Tetsuya Naito)
HM: Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi vs TMDK (Jonah & Shane Haste)

# ? Sep 16, 2022 15:12

Gumball Gumption: Jan 7, 2012

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8dn212

If you have not watched Desperado vs Kasai then please do so as long as you can deal with deathmatches. Make sure to watch the postmatch with subtitles on NJPW World right after.

Gone already

# ? Sep 16, 2022 15:19

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# ? May 16, 2024 07:14

TTBF: Sep 14, 2005

If you go to the PSP.TV thread's latest post you can see Daryl Surat's channel where you can then click on a link and go to Daryl Surat's drive recording of the match. It's in low quality though but you can still what's going on.

# ? Sep 16, 2022 16:26

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