2023'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

HM
9th September
Tokyo Joshi Pro City Circuit '23 First Attack On Hiroshima
Hakuchumu (Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi) vs Miyu Yamashita & Moka Miyamoto
Watch this here

MOTYC
9th September
Tokyo Joshi Pro City Circuit '23 First Attack On Hiroshima
Free WiFi (Hikari Noa & Nao Kakuta) vs Kyoraku Kyomei (Hyper Misao & Shoko Nakajima) vs Pom Harajuku & Raku
Watch this here

HM
10th August
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Night 3
N-1 B Block
Manabu Soya vs Yuma Anzai
Watch this here

HM
10th August
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Night 3
N-1 B Block
El Hijo del Dr Wagner Jr vs Katsuhiko Nakajima
Watch this here

MOTYC
10th August
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Night 3
N-1 A Block
Kenoh vs Yoshiki Inamura
Watch this here

HM
11th August
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Night 4
N-1 B Block
Daiki Inaba vs Katsuhiko Nakajima
Watch this here

HM
11th August
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Night 4
N-1 A Block
Kenoh vs Yuki Yoshioka
Watch this here

MOTYC
11th August
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Night 4
N-1 B Block
El Hijo del Dr Wagner Jr vs Go Shiozaki
Watch this here

If you watch just 1 of these matches, make it Wagner vs Go

forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Oct 4, 2023

# ? Oct 4, 2023 00:52

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 15:48

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Rarity posted:

HM: Shane Taylor/Lee Moriarty/Mercedes Martinez/Diamante vs. Athena/Billie Starkz/Keith Lee/Satoshi Kojima, AEW WrestleDream Zero Hour, 01/10
HM: The Acclaimed/Daddy rear end (c) vs. Shane Haste/Mikey Nicholls/Bad Dude Tito, AEW WrestleDream Zero Hour, 01/10

MOTYC: Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata, AEW WrestleDream, 01/10
MOTYC: Kris Statlander (c) vs. Julia Hart, AEW WrestleDream, 01/10
MOTYC: The Young Bucks vs. The Gunns vs. Orange Cassidy/HOOK vs. Lucha Bros, AEW WrestleDream, 01/10
MOTYC: Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Page, AEW WrestleDream, 01/10
HM: Ricky Starks vs. Wheeler Yuta, AEW WrestleDream, 01/10
MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr., AEW WrestleDream, 01/10
MOTYC: Kenny Omega/Chris Jericho/Kota Ibushi vs. Konosuke Takeshita/Sammy Guevara/Will Ospreay, AEW WrestleDream, 01/10
HM: FTR (c) vs. Aussie Open, AEW WrestleDream, 01/10
MOTYC: Christian Cage (c) vs. Darby Allin, AEW WrestleDream, 01/10

What a pape

Took a few days and rewatched the pape after having been there, I think this is where I land on all these.

# ? Oct 4, 2023 02:30

Kirios: Jan 26, 2010

A Fancy Hat posted:

All of these from Wrestledream:

HM: Shane Taylor/Lee Moriarty/Mercedes Martinez/Diamante vs. Athena/Billie Starkz/Keith Lee/Satoshi Kojima
HM: Claudio Castagnoli vs Josh Barnett
HM: The Acclaimed/Daddy rear end (c) vs. Shane Haste/Mikey Nicholls/Bad Dude Tito

HM: MJF (c) vs. The Righteous
MOTYC: Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata
MOTYC: Kris Statlander (c) vs. Julia Hart
MOTYC: The Young Bucks vs. The Gunns vs. Orange Cassidy/HOOK vs. Lucha Bros
MOTYC: Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Page, AEW WrestleDream
HM: Ricky Starks vs. Wheeler Yuta
MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr., AEW WrestleDream
MOTYC: Kenny Omega/Chris Jericho/Kota Ibushi vs. Konosuke Takeshita/Sammy Guevara/Will Ospreay, AEW WrestleDream
HM: FTR (c) vs. Aussie Open, AEW WrestleDream
MOTYC: Christian Cage (c) vs. Darby Allin

Nth

# ? Oct 4, 2023 04:55

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

MOTYC: Mascara Dorada 2.0 vs. Rocky Romero, CMLL Super Viernes 7/28 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LZs5IXBKIsP0TWzl8dqG3NjLU2S4iWb7/view?usp=drive_link

HM: Mascara Dorada 2.0 vs. Soberano Jr., CMLL Martes de Glamour 8/1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=live?SQR1STDZcvo&t=6977s

# ? Oct 4, 2023 05:07

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

Collision 9/30 HMs

Andrade El Idolo vs. Juice Robinson
Chuck Taylor & Trent Beretta vs. Matt Taven & Mike Bennett
Big Bill, Ricky Starks, & Aussie Open vs. Bryan Danielson, Wheeler Yuta, & FTR

# ? Oct 4, 2023 18:54

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

HM
10th June
Big Japan In Yokohama
Astronauts (Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura) & Yuya Aoki vs Daichi Hashimoto, Daimonji So & Kazuki Hashimoto
Watch this here

HM
10th June
Big Japan In Yokohama
Chicharito Shoki vs Yuji Okabayashi
Watch this here

# ? Oct 4, 2023 20:08

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

forkboy84 posted:

22nd January
All Japan New Year Giant Series Night 5
Watch this here
AJPW World Tag Team Titles
Kento Miyahara & Takuya Nomura(c) vs Naoya Nomura & Yuma Aoyagi

HM to this one.

# ? Oct 4, 2023 21:52

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

MOTYC: Nick Jackson vs. Rey Fenix, Dynamite 10/4

Hell yeah

# ? Oct 5, 2023 01:37

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

Punch McLightning posted:

MOTYC: Nick Jackson vs. Rey Fenix, Dynamite 10/4

Hell yeah

Hell yeah

# ? Oct 5, 2023 01:47

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

HM: Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher, Dynamite 10/4

# ? Oct 5, 2023 02:41

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Punch McLightning posted:

MOTYC: Nick Jackson vs. Rey Fenix, Dynamite 10/4

Hell yeah

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher, Dynamite 10/4

Nth these two

# ? Oct 5, 2023 03:14

apophenium: Apr 14, 2009; Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher, Dynamite 10/4

# ? Oct 5, 2023 03:21

apophenium: Apr 14, 2009; Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

forkboy84 posted:

MOTYC
11th August
Pro Wrestling NOAH N-1 Victory Night 4
N-1 B Block
El Hijo del Dr Wagner Jr vs Go Shiozaki
Watch this here

If you watch just 1 of these matches, make it Wagner vs Go

I took your advice and watched this. Was having a lot of fun. Then maybe twelve minutes in there was an absurd chop battle. I already liked El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and knew of Go Shiozaki, but actually hadn't seen the latter wrestle (at least I don't think so). And uh. What the gently caress. How does he get his chops so loud. Great stuff, definitely worth a watch, and I'm happy to add to the MOTYC tally for it.

Now I gotta figure out what Go Shiozaki's deal is.

# ? Oct 5, 2023 03:35

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

MOTYC: Nick Jackson vs. Rey Fenix, Dynamite 10/4
HM: Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher, Dynamite 10/4
HM: �Timeless� Toni Storm vs. Skye Blue, Dynamite 10/4

A Fancy Hat fucked around with this message at 03:57 on Oct 5, 2023

# ? Oct 5, 2023 03:54

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

A Fancy Hat posted:

HM: �Timeless� Toni Storm vs. Kenny Omega vs. Skye Blue, Dynamite 10/4

i wish i saw this match

# ? Oct 5, 2023 03:56

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

flatluigi posted:

i wish i saw this match

TK you know what you need to do for next Tuesday, I know you post here

# ? Oct 5, 2023 03:57

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

A Fancy Hat posted:

MOTYC: Nick Jackson vs. Rey Fenix, Dynamite 10/4
HM: Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher, Dynamite 10/4
HM: �Timeless� Toni Storm vs. Skye Blue, Dynamite 10/4

Seconded.

# ? Oct 5, 2023 03:58

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

A Fancy Hat posted:

HM: Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher, Dynamite 10/4
HM: �Timeless� Toni Storm vs. Skye Blue, Dynamite 10/4

nth

(already voted for the motyc)

# ? Oct 5, 2023 04:17

Deathlove: Feb 20, 2003; Pillbug

apophenium posted:

Now I gotta figure out what Go Shiozaki's deal is.

Misawa. hth

# ? Oct 5, 2023 04:17

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

A Fancy Hat posted:

MOTYC: Nick Jackson vs. Rey Fenix, Dynamite 10/4
HM: Chris Jericho & Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Kyle Fletcher, Dynamite 10/4
HM: �Timeless� Toni Storm vs. Skye Blue, Dynamite 10/4

indeed-y

# ? Oct 5, 2023 04:22

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

apophenium posted:

I took your advice and watched this. Was having a lot of fun. Then maybe twelve minutes in there was an absurd chop battle. I already liked El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and knew of Go Shiozaki, but actually hadn't seen the latter wrestle (at least I don't think so). And uh. What the gently caress. How does he get his chops so loud. Great stuff, definitely worth a watch, and I'm happy to add to the MOTYC tally for it.

Now I gotta figure out what Go Shiozaki's deal is.

Oh, Go's deal is he has some of the stiffest chops this side of his mentor from the NOAH dojo Kenta Kobashi.

# ? Oct 5, 2023 08:31

Lamuella: Jun 26, 2003; It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.

WrestleDream as an event got two times the motycs that WWE did as a promotion.

# ? Oct 5, 2023 09:31

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

Lamuella posted:

WrestleDream as an event got two times the motycs that WWE did as a promotion.

As All Japan prove, no matter if you are the best promotion in-ring on earth, if people refuse to watch then you don't get votes

# ? Oct 5, 2023 09:33

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

MOTYC: Kento Miyahara vs. Yuma Aoyagi, AJPW Champion Carnival 4/8

# ? Oct 5, 2023 20:51

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𝅘𝅥𝅮

forkboy84 posted:

As All Japan prove, no matter if you are the best promotion in-ring on earth, if people refuse to watch then you don't get votes

I feel ya.

# ? Oct 5, 2023 21:12

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

ROH Honor Club 10/5

MOTYC: Leyla Hirsch vs. Athena

# ? Oct 6, 2023 00:17

Dimebags Brain: Feb 18, 2013

Edward Mass posted:

I feel ya.

It's lonely work being the only person watching a company. Pretty sure I'm the only person on these forums watching Dragongate houseshows and thus the only one currently enjoying BIG BOSS Shimizu tearing it up the past couple months.

Speaking of

MOTYC: BIG BOSS Shimizu vs. Kota Minoura, Dragongate at Kobe Sambo Hall, 9/30.

It's time, give Shimizu the belt when he's cranking out matches like this on the reg.

Dimebags Brain fucked around with this message at 02:56 on Oct 6, 2023

# ? Oct 6, 2023 02:09

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

AJPW New ChronicleZ ~ Jump Over ~ October 5th
HM
Ryo Inoue and Issei Onitsuka vs Dan Tamura and Fuminori Abe
Yuma Aoyagi and Takuya Nomura vs Yuma Anzai and Ayato Yoshida
Zennichi Shin JIdai (Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO) vs MAO and Rukiya

# ? Oct 6, 2023 08:17

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

HM: Axiom vs. Butch, NXT 9/5

# ? Oct 6, 2023 18:50

Bonk: Aug 4, 2002; Douche Baggins

Dimebags Brain posted:

It's lonely work being the only person watching a company. Pretty sure I'm the only person on these forums watching Dragongate houseshows and thus the only one currently enjoying BIG BOSS Shimizu tearing it up the past couple months.

I'm RIGHT HERE dude :colbert:

I'm just a little behind because I have a backlog after traveling and working a whole bunch

# ? Oct 6, 2023 19:42

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

HM: Ilja Dragunov vs. Wes Lee, NXT 9/12

# ? Oct 6, 2023 22:21

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

SG Bamboo posted:

AJPW New ChronicleZ ~ Jump Over ~ October 5th
HM
Ryo Inoue and Issei Onitsuka vs Dan Tamura and Fuminori Abe
Zennichi Shin JIdai (Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO) vs MAO and Rukiya

2nd both these and

MOTYC
Yuma Aoyagi and Takuya Nomura vs Yuma Anzai and Ayato Yoshida
From the same show

# ? Oct 7, 2023 02:27

apophenium: Apr 14, 2009; Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

AEW Rampage - 10/6

HM: Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Lince Dorado vs. Johnny TV vs. Komander in a ROH World Title #1 Contender 4-way match

Real cool lucha shenanigans, Johnny TV runs wild, Komander does Komander things, one of the wrestlers is The Joker and one of the wrestlers is the Pink Panther. It's a fun time.

# ? Oct 7, 2023 04:03

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

apophenium posted:

AEW Rampage - 10/6

HM: Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Lince Dorado vs. Johnny TV vs. Komander in a ROH World Title #1 Contender 4-way match

Real cool lucha shenanigans, Johnny TV runs wild, Komander does Komander things, one of the wrestlers is The Joker and one of the wrestlers is the Pink Panther. It's a fun time.

Nth, fun match!

# ? Oct 7, 2023 04:04

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

apophenium posted:

AEW Rampage - 10/6

HM: Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Lince Dorado vs. Johnny TV vs. Komander in a ROH World Title #1 Contender 4-way match

Real cool lucha shenanigans, Johnny TV runs wild, Komander does Komander things, one of the wrestlers is The Joker and one of the wrestlers is the Pink Panther. It's a fun time.

fun match for sure nth

# ? Oct 7, 2023 04:06

Taffy Torpedo: Feb 2, 2008; ...Can we have the radio?

apophenium posted:

AEW Rampage - 10/6

HM: Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Lince Dorado vs. Johnny TV vs. Komander in a ROH World Title #1 Contender 4-way match

Real cool lucha shenanigans, Johnny TV runs wild, Komander does Komander things, one of the wrestlers is The Joker and one of the wrestlers is the Pink Panther. It's a fun time.

big nth

# ? Oct 7, 2023 04:18

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

apophenium posted:

AEW Rampage - 10/6

HM: Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Lince Dorado vs. Johnny TV vs. Komander in a ROH World Title #1 Contender 4-way match

Real cool lucha shenanigans, Johnny TV runs wild, Komander does Komander things, one of the wrestlers is The Joker and one of the wrestlers is the Pink Panther. It's a fun time.

nth, this was great and also featured one of the wildest combo moves i've ever seen

# ? Oct 7, 2023 20:03

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

HM: Rocky Romero & TJP vs. Virus & Volador Jr., CMLL Super Viernes 8/11 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w9HTbeIYLL63HFmCO3VZ_pYChy5p3W88/view?usp=drive_link

# ? Oct 7, 2023 21:14

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

apophenium posted:

AEW Rampage - 10/6

HM: Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Lince Dorado vs. Johnny TV vs. Komander in a ROH World Title #1 Contender 4-way match

Real cool lucha shenanigans, Johnny TV runs wild, Komander does Komander things, one of the wrestlers is The Joker and one of the wrestlers is the Pink Panther. It's a fun time.

Lince did Villano things?

# ? Oct 7, 2023 22:00

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# ? Jun 3, 2024 15:48

apophenium: Apr 14, 2009; Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

SG Bamboo posted:

AJPW New ChronicleZ ~ Jump Over ~ October 5th
HM
Ryo Inoue and Issei Onitsuka vs Dan Tamura and Fuminori Abe
Yuma Aoyagi and Takuya Nomura vs Yuma Anzai and Ayato Yoshida
Zennichi Shin JIdai (Atsuki Aoyagi and Rising HAYATO) vs MAO and Rukiya

+1. Fun show! MAO is really good. AJPW has a lot of really talented young guys.

I watch AJPW now so look out AEW and NJPW.

# ? Oct 7, 2023 22:46

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