2023's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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Defenestrategy: Oct 24, 2010

Captain Foo posted:

Hm: qt marshall (c) vs gravity. AAA Latin American champioship. AEW rampage 8/25

Nth

# ? Aug 26, 2023 17:18

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 14:37

Sticky Nate: Jan 9, 2012

RevPro 11 Year Anniversary Show 8/26

HM - Dan Moloney vs Leon Slater
HM - Connor Mills (c) vs. Sha Samuels vs. Wild Boar vs. Robbie X vs. Jordon Breaks vs. Callum Newman - RevPro Undisputed British Cruiserweight Title Six Way Scramble Match
HM - El Phantasmo & Katsuyori Shibata vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (David Finlay & Gabe Kidd) (w/Gedo)
MOTYC - Tomohiro Ishii vs. Luke Jacobs - GO WATCH THIS RIGHT NOW
MOTYC - Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay

Sticky Nate fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Aug 26, 2023

# ? Aug 26, 2023 18:04

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

MOTYC: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Titan, NJPW BOSJ 5/23
MOTYC: Lio Rush vs. Mike Bailey, same show

# ? Aug 26, 2023 19:37

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

Punch McLightning posted:

MOTYC: Dirty Donny Rotten vs. Michael Foster, August 19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B8awzib3ho

The greatest indie match you'll ever see.

NTH

# ? Aug 27, 2023 01:08

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

HM: Acero & A�reo vs�Minos & Peque�o Violencia, CMLL 2/19

# ? Aug 27, 2023 02:53

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

HM: Robyn Renegade vs. Willow Nightingale - Fyter Fest Night 2 - AEW Collision 8/26
MOTYC: Jay White, Swerve Strickland, Luchasaurus, and Brian Cage vs. CM Junk, Darby Allin, Sting, and HOOK - Fyter Fest Night 2 - AEW Collision 8/26

an extremely solid womens match that was allowed to get time and just a wonderful hodgepodge match that previewed some future programs. good poo poo

HOOK really got a rub in this

# ? Aug 27, 2023 03:35

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

graph posted:

HM: Robyn Renegade vs. Willow Nightingale - Fyter Fest Night 2 - AEW Collision 8/26
MOTYC: Jay White, Swerve Strickland, Luchasaurus, and Brian Cage vs. CM Junk, Darby Allin, Sting, and HOOK - Fyter Fest Night 2 - AEW Collision 8/26

an extremely solid womens match that was allowed to get time and just a wonderful hodgepodge match that previewed some future programs. good poo poo

HOOK really got a rub in this

Nth both of these.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 03:37

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

HM: Switchblade Jay White, Swerve Strickland, Luchasaurus & Brian Cage vs. CM Punk, Darby Allin, Sting & HOOK - AEW Collision Fyter Fest Night 2 8/26

Really good main event helped along by Samoa Joe being great on commentary and, of course as it is a PPV tomorrow, a good ol' SCHMOZZ to wrap things up after the match.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 08:13

Ziggy Tzardust: Apr 7, 2006

Sticky Nate posted:

RevPro 11 Year Anniversary Show 8/26

HM - Dan Moloney vs Leon Slater
HM - Connor Mills (c) vs. Sha Samuels vs. Wild Boar vs. Robbie X vs. Jordon Breaks vs. Callum Newman - RevPro Undisputed British Cruiserweight Title Six Way Scramble Match
HM - El Phantasmo & Katsuyori Shibata vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (David Finlay & Gabe Kidd) (w/Gedo)
MOTYC - Tomohiro Ishii vs. Luke Jacobs - GO WATCH THIS RIGHT NOW
MOTYC - Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay

Nth to all of these and agreed on Jacobs/Ishii. Could be match of the weekend. Great show all round

# ? Aug 27, 2023 09:19

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

AJPW 10th Royal Road Tournament ~ Final Round ~ August 27th
HM
Satoshi Kojima vs Shuji Ishikawa - Royal Road Semi-Finals
Zennichi Shin Jidai (Kento Miyahara, Yuma Aoyagi, Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO) and Yoshitatsu vs Evolution (Dan Tamura and Hikaru Sato), Astronauts (Takuya Nomura and Fuminori Abe) and Yuji Nagata
Satoshi Kojima vs Ryuki Honda - Royal Road Finals

# ? Aug 27, 2023 12:54

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

Spent today taking out a chunk of my backlog from months ago, as you can see there's maybe 6 guys in Big Japan I like a hell of a lot

2AW Grand Slam in TKP Garden City Chiba July 23rd
HM
Ayato Yoshida (c) vs Kohei Sato - 2AW Openweight Title
- https://vk.com/video-4499945_456251450?t=1h13m55s

BJW April 17th
MOTYC
Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi) vs Daimonji So and Yuya Aoki
- https://vk.com/video-4499945_456251370?t=1h1m30s

HM
Astronauts (Takuya Nomura and Fuminori Abe) vs Takuho Kato and Yasufumi Nakanoue
- https://vk.com/video-4499945_456251370?t=42m21s

BJW April 19th
HM
Daisuke Sekimoto and Kazumasa Yoshida vs Daimonji So and Takuho Kato
- https://vk.com/video-4499945_456251419?t=57m10s

Kaji Tomato, Yasufumi Nakanoue and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Astronauts (Takuya Nomura and Fuminori Abe) and Yuya Aoki
- https://vk.com/video-4499945_456251419?t=1h17m1s

BJW April 20th
HM
Takuya Nomura & Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Daimonji So & Kazumasa Yoshida
- https://vk.com/video-4499945_456251424?t=23m1s

Takuho Kato and Yuya Aoki vs Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi)
- https://vk.com/video-4499945_456251424?42m47s

BJW Takamatsu Death Island April 27th
MOTYC
Strong BJ (Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi) vs Daimonji So and Yuya Aoki
- https://vk.com/video-4499945_456251469?t=1h15m55s

# ? Aug 27, 2023 14:07

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

HM: Adam Cole & MJF vs. Aussie Open, All In, 8/27

# ? Aug 27, 2023 17:30

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

HM: Jack Perry vs. Hook, All in 8/27

# ? Aug 27, 2023 17:45

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

HM: CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe, All In 8/27

# ? Aug 27, 2023 18:21

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Jack Perry vs. Hook, All in 8/27

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Adam Cole & MJF vs. Aussie Open, All In, 8/27

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe, All In 8/27

2nd.

Also

MOTY: Golden Elite + Hangman Page vs. Bullet Club Gold + Takeshita, All In 27.8.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 18:53

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

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

MOTY: Golden Elite + Hangman Page vs. Bullet Club Gold + Takeshita, All In 27.8.

I'll drop a HM here.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 18:56

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

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

2nd.

Also

MOTY: Golden Elite + Hangman Page vs. Bullet Club Gold + Takeshita, All In 27.8.

Second.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 18:57

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

MOTYC: Young Bucks vs. FTR, AEW All In, 8/27

Two best tag teams ever in my book. These guys are just amazing .

# ? Aug 27, 2023 19:20

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

MOTYC: FTR vs The Young Bucks, All In, 8/27

# ? Aug 27, 2023 19:20

mfcrocker: Jan 31, 2004; Hot Rope Guy

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Young Bucks vs. FTR, AEW All In, 8/27

Two best tag teams ever in my book. These guys are just amazing .

Nth, I need a cigarette now and a) I don't smoke and b) Wembley is non-smoking

# ? Aug 27, 2023 19:21

wicka: Jun 28, 2007

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Young Bucks vs. FTR, AEW All In, 8/27

Two best tag teams ever in my book. These guys are just amazing .

Nth

# ? Aug 27, 2023 19:21

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

HM: Young Bucks vs. FTR, AEW All In, 8/27

This was really uneven at points, but it was still good. Finishing stretch was the best part.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 19:21

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

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Adam Cole & MJF vs. Aussie Open, All In, 8/27

Yes.

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Jack Perry vs. Hook, All in 8/27

Yes.

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe, All In 8/27

Hell yes.

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

MOTY: Golden Elite + Hangman Page vs. Bullet Club Gold + Takeshita, All In 27.8.

This was an HM from me, so yes*

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Young Bucks vs. FTR, AEW All In, 8/27

Two best tag teams ever in my book. These guys are just amazing .

Absolutely loving hell to the loving yes.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 19:24

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

HM: Blackpool Combat Club & Proud 'n' Powerful vs. Best Friends, Eddie Kingston & Penta in a Stadium Stampede Match - AEW All In 8/27

This was a blast, a bit hard to watch at times because so much was going on in so many different places, but a great ending and some crazy loving spots.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 19:49

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

MOTYC: Stadium Stampede

https://twitter.com/TrevorDame/status/1695869608316854745?t=qto26KKBUNus1x9nPTDwWA&s=19

# ? Aug 27, 2023 19:50

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

Punch McLightning posted:

MOTYC: Stadium Stampede

https://twitter.com/TrevorDame/status/1695869608316854745?t=qto26KKBUNus1x9nPTDwWA&s=19

You know what, he�s right. Nth.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 20:06

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

WMOTYC: Four way for the Women's Title, AEW All In, 28.8.

Horrible sports entertainment poo poo for 90% of the match, just a complete loving dog poo poo finish and a vince level hotshot title switch.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 20:06

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

HM: the legendary All In women's four way

# ? Aug 27, 2023 20:06

mfcrocker: Jan 31, 2004; Hot Rope Guy

Shaman Tank Spec posted:

WMOTYC: Four way for the Women's Title, AEW All In, 28.8.

Horrible sports entertainment poo poo for 90% of the match, just a complete loving dog poo poo finish and a vince level hotshot title switch.

Nth. Crowd was absolutely whelmed.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 20:08

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

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: the legendary All In women's four way

2nd

# ? Aug 27, 2023 20:09

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

mfcrocker posted:

Nth. Crowd was absolutely whelmed.

The crowd went completely insane, lol. Legendary Women's 4 Way Derangement Syndrome.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 20:11

mfcrocker: Jan 31, 2004; Hot Rope Guy

MassRafTer posted:

The crowd went completely insane, lol. Legendary Women's 4 Way Derangement Syndrome.

I mean, from my seat it seemed like nobody gave a poo poo

# ? Aug 27, 2023 20:14

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

HM: Swerve & Christian vs. Darby & Sting

# ? Aug 27, 2023 20:33

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

HM: Hikaru Shida (C) vs. Dr. Britt Baker DMD vs. Saraya vs. Toni Storm for the AEW Women's Title - AEW All In 8/27
Wasn't a fan of the match ending where it did but thought this was tremendous fun.

HM: Darby Allin & Sting vs. Christian & Swerve Strickland in a Coffin Match - AEW All In 8/27
Christian and Swerve rule, Sting is insane in the best way, and Darby is loving crazy.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 20:35

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

HM: WIll Ospreay vs. Chris Jericho

Might have been the worst Ospreay singles match I've seen this year, at a lowly four stars.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 20:53

Shaman Tank Spec: Dec 26, 2003; *blep*

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Swerve & Christian vs. Darby & Sting

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: WIll Ospreay vs. Chris Jericho

Might have been the worst Ospreay singles match I've seen this year, at a lowly four stars.

2nd to both of these.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 20:54

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

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: WIll Ospreay vs. Chris Jericho

Might have been the worst Ospreay singles match I've seen this year, at a lowly four stars.

2nd. It was a bit of a mess but both guys are so good they just kept it flowing and made it all work, and I really dug the ending Jericho knowing he's beat but still defiant, and taking an absolutely 100% clean loss to put Ospreay over.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 20:54

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Shaman Tank Spec posted:

WMOTYC: Four way for the Women's Title, AEW All In, 28.8.

Horrible sports entertainment poo poo for 90% of the match, just a complete loving dog poo poo finish and a vince level hotshot title switch.

Nth.

# ? Aug 27, 2023 21:09

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

mfcrocker posted:

I mean, from my seat it seemed like nobody gave a poo poo

were you on the toilet or something because they were going loving nuts where i was

# ? Aug 27, 2023 21:15

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 14:37

Defenestrategy: Oct 24, 2010

ALL IN 8/27

Hm: better than you bby v aussie open
Hm: hook vs jack perry
Motyc: bucks vs ftr
Motyc: anarchy in the arena
Hm: sting/darby vs swerve/christian
MOTYC: jericho vs will osprey
Wmotyc: womens four way
Hm: acclaimed vs house of black
Motyc: mjf vs adam cole

# ? Aug 27, 2023 21:52

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