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Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

Captain Foo posted:

MOTYC: Big Bill and Ricky Starks (c) vs Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara, AEW Tag Team Championship Street Fight, Battle of the Belts IX, 1/13

Nth. Love these big nonsense brawls AEW does sometimes and this didn't disappoint.

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fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

Captain Foo posted:

MOTYC: Big Bill and Ricky Starks (c) vs Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara, AEW Tag Team Championship Street Fight, Battle of the Belts IX, 1/13


Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: FTR & Daniel Garcia vs. House of Black - AEW Collision 1/13

Holy loving poo poo. What a match. An incredible performance by Garcia in particular but EVERYBODY looked fantastic.


Pylons posted:

HM: Deonna Purazzo vs. Red Velvet
HM: JD Drake vs. 'Hangman' Adam Page

nth

Quantum of Phallus
Dec 27, 2010

Captain Foo posted:

MOTYC: Big Bill and Ricky Starks (c) vs Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara, AEW Tag Team Championship Street Fight, Battle of the Belts IX, 1/13

nth. ruled

Sticky Nate
Jan 9, 2012

AJPW New Year Giant Series Jan 14th
HM: Katsuhiko Nakajima and Hokuto Omori vs the Saito Bros (c) for the AJPW World Tag Team Championship
HM: The Royal Fuchi Rumble (Yuma Anzai, Ryuki Honda, Hideki Suzuki, Yuma Aoyagi, Shotaro Ashino, Kento Miyahara, Minoru Suzuki, and Suwama)


overall I thought this was a fun show

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
2nd January
Big Japan New Year Battle Beginning
Astronauts (Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura) vs Daisuke Sekimoto & Kosuke Sato
Watch this here

A real nice match built around making Sato look impressive, & it worked. A match with Abe, Nomura & Sekimoto is rarely going to be less than ***¼ anyway, but yeah, easy HM.

MOTYC
2nd January
Big Japan New Year Battle Beginning
Big Japan World Strong Heavyweight Title
Yuya Aoki(c) vs Leyton Buzzard
Watch this here

First time I've actually watched Buzzard I think, he's been around BJW for a while, though he did face Astronauts last year I haven't seen that yet. He looked good here with a great wrestler. Aoki is a guy people should be watching though.

Will say though, I'm bummed I only needed to watch 2 matches on a BJW Korakuen show, because this card was littered with garbage US deathmatch wrestlers, but hey, if you really want to see Violent J from the Insane Clown Posse in a deathmatch then this is the card for you I guess. Or 2024 Drake Younger tagging with Abby Jr & Ryuji Ito? But for me, a show with Crazy Lovers & Yankee Two Kenju on it & yet zero deathmatches I want to watch is a bummer.

MOTYC
13th January
Pro Wrestling NOAH Star Navigation Night 1
GHC Heavyweight Title
Kenoh(c) vs Go Shiozaki
Watch this here

This was fantastic. Obviously they've had better in the past, Go isn't what he was but Kenoh? Kenoh is. Kenoh IS NOAH you could almost say...Actually, you could literally say that if he wins, because if Go loses he loses the rights to his catchphrase too. Thanks for that genius extra stakes NOSAWA, because it was definitely needed.

J-Ro
Jul 26, 2005

Child Of The Revolution

Lumbermouth posted:

From Hard to Kill 2024:

HM: Gisele Shaw vs. Xia Brookside vs. Jody Threat vs. Tasha Steelz vs Dani Luna vs. Alisha Edwards in Ultimate X51
MOTYC: Chris Sabin (c) vs. KUSHIDA vs. El Hijo del Vikingo for the TNA X Division Championship
MOTYC: Josh Alexander vs. Alex Hammerstone
HM: The ABC (c) vs. the Rascalz vs. the Grizzled Young Veterans vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey & Laredo Kid for the TNA World Tag Team Championship
HM: Trinity (c) vs Jordynne Grace for the TNA Knockouts Championship

2nd

SG Bamboo
Aug 21, 2013

Smile. Win. Yay!

forkboy84 posted:

MOTYC
13th January
Pro Wrestling NOAH Star Navigation Night 1
GHC Heavyweight Title
Kenoh(c) vs Go Shiozaki
Watch this here

This was fantastic. Obviously they've had better in the past, Go isn't what he was but Kenoh? Kenoh is. Kenoh IS NOAH you could almost say...Actually, you could literally say that if he wins, because if Go loses he loses the rights to his catchphrase too. Thanks for that genius extra stakes NOSAWA, because it was definitely needed.

Nth this, and also HM for Manabu Soya vs Ryohei Oiwa from the same show

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

AEW Collision 1/13/23

HM: Deonna Purazzo vs. Red Velvet
HM: JD Drake vs. 'Hangman' Adam Page
MOTY: House of Black vs FTR and Daniel Garcia

AEW Battle of the Belts IX, 1/13/23

MOTY Big Bill and Ricky Starks vs Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara, AEW Tag Team Championship Street Fight

Pillowpants
Aug 5, 2006
What is a battle of the belts?

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

Pillowpants posted:

What is a battle of the belts?

An extra hour sometimes appended to AEW programming where the gimmick is that every match is a championship match.

Titles almost never change (because you know it's a weird contractual obligation hour) but the matches themselves can be very good as having an entire hour for like 3 matches gives them a lot of time.

Erin M. Fiasco
Mar 21, 2013

Nothing's better than postin' in the morning!



A Fancy Hat posted:

AEW Collision 1/13/23

HM: Deonna Purazzo vs. Red Velvet
HM: JD Drake vs. 'Hangman' Adam Page
MOTY: House of Black vs FTR and Daniel Garcia

AEW Battle of the Belts IX, 1/13/23

MOTY Big Bill and Ricky Starks vs Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara, AEW Tag Team Championship Street Fight

Nthing these

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
14th January
All Japan New Year Giant Series Night 3 ~ Masa Fuchi 50th Anniversary/70th Birthday Show
AJPW World Tag Team Titles
Saito Brothers (Jun Saito & Rei Saito)(c) vs Hokuto Omori & Katsuhiko Nakajima
Watch this here

HM
11th January
Dragongate Open The New Year Gate Night 5
Jacky Funky Kamei vs Luis Mante
Watch this here

If you haven't seen these 2 guys this honestly a perfect intro to what they do & why there so good.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
TNA Hard to Kill - 1/13

HM:
Alisha Edwards v. Gisele Shaw v. Xia Brookside v. Dani Luna v. Tasha Steelz v. Jody Threat in an Ultimate X Match
(Watch here)
These are the kinds of matches you can't really get anywhere else. Lots of fun spots, high pace, and everyone looked good. I was especially impressed by Dani Luna.

HM:
Chris Sabin (c) v. KUSHIDA v. El Hijo Del Vikingo for the TNA X Division Title
(Watch here)
The X Division is another kind of thing that is somewhat unique to TNA. A ton of action that never feels hyper choreographed. Only negative was a spot where Vikingo was waiting for a while to take a move on the ramp. Probably not really that long but it felt like an eternity.

MOTYC:
Josh Alexander v. Alex Hammerstone
(Watch here)
Josh Alexander is a fantastic worker. Up there with like Shingo and Ishii, but with the extra spice of a lethal ankle lock. I also really like the weird crossbody type thing he does through the bottom rope to someone sitting on the apron. Very cool spot. Hammerstone I was unfamiliar with, but he impressed, keeping pace with Alexander and never once looking blown up. They rocked each other with vicious strikes and traded an insane amount of suplexes and other power moves.

Was a fun show! Only duds were the PCO stuff (and even that's not too bad cause PCO takes insane bumps, bless him) and the knockouts tag title match. I'll probably keep up with the PPVs but will only pick and choose matches from the weekly stuff. :)

Answers Me
Apr 24, 2012

Pillowpants posted:

What is a battle of the belts?

They really painted themselves into a corner with that show name huh. Should have called it Some Wrestling Matches

Barry Bluejeans
Feb 2, 2017

ATTENTHUN THITIZENTH

Answers Me posted:

They really painted themselves into a corner with that show name huh. Should have called it Some Wrestling Matches

and get Earl Sweatshirt to compose the theme

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
10th January
AEW Dynamite
Adam Page vs Claudio Castagnoli
Watch this here

HM
13th January
AEW Collision
Daniel Garcia & FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs House of Black (Brody King, Buddy Matthews & Malakai Black)
Watch this here

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
A couple matches to go, but these are from NJPW Wrestle Kingdom on January 4:

HM: Tama Tonga vs. Shingo Takagi
HM: El Phantasmo & Hikuleo vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI
HM: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi

MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Kazcuhika Okada

Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

HM: Samoa Joe (C) vs. HOOK for the AEW World Title - AEW Dynamite 1/17

God what a beautiful sprint. Joe rules, HOOK rules, Taz on commentary rules, and the match was paced perfectly with a great ending.

Pylons
Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dynamite 1/17

HM: Christian Cage vs. Dustin Rhodes
MOTYC: Samoa Joe vs. HOOK

Captain Foo
May 11, 2004

we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Samoa Joe (C) vs. HOOK for the AEW World Title - AEW Dynamite 1/17

God what a beautiful sprint. Joe rules, HOOK rules, Taz on commentary rules, and the match was paced perfectly with a great ending.

Nth

fez_machine
Nov 27, 2004

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/17

HM: Christian Cage vs. Dustin Rhodes
MOTYC: Samoa Joe vs. HOOK

Nth

Good Dynamite

ShadowedFlames
Dec 26, 2009

Shoot this guy in the face.

Fallen Rib

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Samoa Joe (C) vs. HOOK for the AEW World Title - AEW Dynamite 1/17

God what a beautiful sprint. Joe rules, HOOK rules, Taz on commentary rules, and the match was paced perfectly with a great ending.

Yeah, I’ll nth the HM.

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

AEW Dynamite 1/17

HM: Christian Cage vs. Dustin Rhodes
HM: Orange Cassidy and Trent Barretta vs Penta and Kommander
MOTYC: Samoa Joe vs. HOOK

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
AEW Dynamite
January 17

HMs
Dustin Rhodes vs. Christian Cage
Komander & Penta El Cero Miedo vs. Orange Cassidy & Trent Beretta
Austin Gunn, Colten Gunn, & Jay White vs. Bishop Kaun, Brian Cage, & Toa Liona
Isiah Kassidy & Marq Quen vs. Dante Martin & Darius Martin

MOTYC:
Hook vs. Samoa Joe - perfect booking

lamentable dustman
Apr 13, 2007

ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†ðŸÂ†

MOTYC: Samoa Joe vs. HOOK

perfect for what it was through and through, and that table spot was devastating

Dango Bango
Jul 26, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Samoa Joe (C) vs. HOOK for the AEW World Title - AEW Dynamite 1/17

God what a beautiful sprint. Joe rules, HOOK rules, Taz on commentary rules, and the match was paced perfectly with a great ending.

Nth. One of my favorite babyface comebacks in a long time.

Kvantum
Feb 5, 2006
Skee-entist

lamentable dustman posted:

MOTYC: Samoa Joe vs. HOOK

perfect for what it was through and through, and that table spot was devastating

Nth.

graph
Nov 22, 2006

aaag peanuts

A Fancy Hat posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/17

HM: Christian Cage vs. Dustin Rhodes
HM: Orange Cassidy and Trent Barretta vs Penta and Kommander
MOTYC: Samoa Joe vs. HOOK

agreeing with a fancy hat!

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/17

HM: Christian Cage vs. Dustin Rhodes
MOTYC: Samoa Joe vs. HOOK

Nthing this and not the shameful people calling the AEW title match a mere "HM"

TinTower
Apr 21, 2010

You don't have to 8e a good person to 8e a hero.

A Fancy Hat posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/17

MOTYC: Samoa Joe vs. HOOK

Nth. First TV match on my MOTY longlist this year.

SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/17

HM: Christian Cage vs. Dustin Rhodes
hm Samoa Joe vs. HOOK

Changed the maine event to HM but otherwise agree

Dango Bango
Jul 26, 2007

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/17

HM: Christian Cage vs. Dustin Rhodes

Ah I've got to Nth this one too. They had me wanting Dustin to win the TNT belt.

Crapple!
Nov 1, 2019


16.1.2024 Sareeeism 3

MOTYC: Chihiro Hashimoto vs Sareee

Better than Syuri/Mayu in my opinion and my current favourite match of the year

forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro


HM
13th January
Stardom New Year Stars Night 5
Divine Kingdom (Maika & Megan Bayne) vs Queen's Quest (AZM & Saya Kamitani)
Watch this here

HM
13th January
New Japan Battle In The Valley
Mascara Dorada & Volador Jr vs Rocky Romero & Soberano Jr
Watch this here

Not quite as smooth as I might have expected but still some super impressive stuff from Dorada. You know he's a lock for BOSJ this year. Rocky & Volador go together so well obviously.

HM
13th January
New Japan Battle In The Valley
AEW Continental Crown Title
Eddie Kingston(c) vs Gabe Kidd
Watch this here

A whole lot of fun. Still don't actually know if King holds 1 belt or 3 though.

MOTYC
13th January
New Japan Battle In The Valley
No DQ
Jon Moxley vs Shingo Takagi
Watch this here

Match of the show, 2nd best match from 13th January only because Kenoh vs Go also happened. Really good plunderfest. Moxley go to FREEDOMS.

MOTYC
13th January
New Japan Battle In The Valley
Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay
Watch this here

****¼ is a really good match but also a disappointing one when you consider who was involved.

NJPW US crowds are super annoying. Rolled my eyes so hard when there was a This Is Awesome chant during the fine but definitely not awesome Giulia Adora match.

Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer
HM: House of Black vs. FTR + Daniel Garcia, Collision 1/13

begging these guys to take their half an hour match that's pretty good and make it an eighteen minute match that's great

Barry Bluejeans
Feb 2, 2017

ATTENTHUN THITIZENTH
ROH on Honor Club (January 18th)

HM: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Bryan Keith
HM: Kyle Fletcher vs. Cristopher Daniels
HM: Action Andretti vs. El Hijo del Vikingo

MassRafTer
May 26, 2001

BAEST MODE!!!

Barry Bluejeans posted:

ROH on Honor Club (January 18th)


HM: Action Andretti vs. El Hijo del Vikingo

Seconding this, really good show!

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
𝅘𝅥𝅮
MOTYC: Josh Alexander vs. Will Ospreay, TNA Impact 1/18

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/17

MOTYC: Christian Cage vs. Dustin Rhodes

forkboy84 posted:

HM
14th January
All Japan New Year Giant Series Night 3 ~ Masa Fuchi 50th Anniversary/70th Birthday Show
AJPW World Tag Team Titles
Saito Brothers (Jun Saito & Rei Saito)(c) vs Hokuto Omori & Katsuhiko Nakajima
Watch this here

Crapple! posted:

16.1.2024 Sareeeism 3

MOTYC: Chihiro Hashimoto vs Sareee

+1 to all of these.

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apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Edward Mass posted:

MOTYC: Josh Alexander vs. Will Ospreay, TNA Impact 1/18

Double post, but uh, god drat. Watch this match, y'all. +1

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