2024's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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

Quantum of Phallus posted:

oh poo poo didn't realise that match was today

Go watch it as soon as you possibly can!

# ? Feb 11, 2024 13:14

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# ? May 23, 2024 20:57

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

Watch the main event too though it's loving rad

# ? Feb 11, 2024 13:16

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

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson
- It's crazy, you watch Danielson and he's a master grappler but put him against ZSJ and you realise that Zack is on a complete other level, just ungody smooth transitions from the long mover

United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

HM
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Far from their best match but no less emotional, it really hit me after the bell that a rivalry that has been going my entire time watching New Japan is over

# ? Feb 11, 2024 13:25

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson
- It's crazy, you watch Danielson and he's a master grappler but put him against ZSJ and you realise that Zack is on a complete other level, just ungody smooth transitions from the long mover

United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

HM
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Far from their best match but no less emotional, it really hit me after the bell that a rivalry that has been going my entire time watching New Japan is over

Nth. Good show, but these are the three to watch.

# ? Feb 11, 2024 13:26

Aesculus: Mar 22, 2013

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

Nthed

I saw...

I don't know what I saw.

Was that a match? Was that some sort post-ironic deconstruction of professional wrestling? Was that a shared hallucination brought on by seventeen concussions?

What the gently caress WAS that???

# ? Feb 11, 2024 13:26

Sooper Gila: Apr 23, 2014; Love
Peace
and Harmony

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson
- It's crazy, you watch Danielson and he's a master grappler but put him against ZSJ and you realise that Zack is on a complete other level, just ungody smooth transitions from the long mover

United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

HM
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Far from their best match but no less emotional, it really hit me after the bell that a rivalry that has been going my entire time watching New Japan is over

Nth to these. Zack vs Bryan was a literally flawless match.

# ? Feb 11, 2024 13:35

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
HM
United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

adjusted to an HM for me

# ? Feb 11, 2024 13:42

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

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson
- It's crazy, you watch Danielson and he's a master grappler but put him against ZSJ and you realise that Zack is on a complete other level, just ungody smooth transitions from the long mover

United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

HM
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Far from their best match but no less emotional, it really hit me after the bell that a rivalry that has been going my entire time watching New Japan is over

Nth. A sentimental match, a perfect wrestling match, and a chaos that could not be contained.

# ? Feb 11, 2024 13:43

Chinston Wurchill: Jun 27, 2010; It's not that kind of test.

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson
- It's crazy, you watch Danielson and he's a master grappler but put him against ZSJ and you realise that Zack is on a complete other level, just ungody smooth transitions from the long mover

United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

HM
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Far from their best match but no less emotional, it really hit me after the bell that a rivalry that has been going my entire time watching New Japan is over

Nth. Agree that the main event dipped at the end but it was still a wild brawl and I loved the parts when I wasn't concerned about people breaking their legs.

# ? Feb 11, 2024 18:23

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 Collision 2/10

HM: Daniel Garcia vs. Shane Taylor
HM: Mark Briscoe vs. Brody King
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Tomohiro Ishii

Nth. OC vs Ishii had one hell of a finishing sequence, I loved the last 5 minutes or so.

# ? Feb 11, 2024 18:32

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

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
HM
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson

I didn't like this as much as the WrestleDream match and I was the low person for that match too. Lots of good stuff here but the crowd was kind of dead at points and you'd hear one guy trying to start a OH ZACK SABRE JR chant like it was a really cold indie show. The crowd was into the exciting parts, but I dunno, not a blow away match for me.

I thought the Bullet Club War Dogs vs United Empire match was really disappointing. Way way way too long and constantly lost the crowd when it would slow down and everyone did nothing. A ton of cool stuff in here but also a ton of nothing.

Edit: also the cage itself was really sad.

MassRafTer fucked around with this message at 19:23 on Feb 11, 2024

# ? Feb 11, 2024 19:20

Count Thrashula: Jun 1, 2003; Death is nothing compared to vindication.; Buglord

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson
- It's crazy, you watch Danielson and he's a master grappler but put him against ZSJ and you realise that Zack is on a complete other level, just ungody smooth transitions from the long mover

United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

HM
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Far from their best match but no less emotional, it really hit me after the bell that a rivalry that has been going my entire time watching New Japan is over

Nth. All 3 were fantastic for very different reasons

# ? Feb 11, 2024 20:12

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson
- It's crazy, you watch Danielson and he's a master grappler but put him against ZSJ and you realise that Zack is on a complete other level, just ungody smooth transitions from the long mover

United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

HM
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Far from their best match but no less emotional, it really hit me after the bell that a rivalry that has been going my entire time watching New Japan is over

I had to sleep on the ME to see how I would vote on it lol. It was an indulgent violent spectacle that almost fell to bits at various points but it really was just nothing like I expected

Nth to all three

# ? Feb 11, 2024 21:52

Price Check: Oct 9, 2012

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson
- It's crazy, you watch Danielson and he's a master grappler but put him against ZSJ and you realise that Zack is on a complete other level, just ungody smooth transitions from the long mover

United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

HM
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Far from their best match but no less emotional, it really hit me after the bell that a rivalry that has been going my entire time watching New Japan is over

Nth

# ? Feb 11, 2024 22:03

GenghisTron: Dec 5, 2005; i dont live to live homie

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson
- It's crazy, you watch Danielson and he's a master grappler but put him against ZSJ and you realise that Zack is on a complete other level, just ungody smooth transitions from the long mover

United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

HM
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Far from their best match but no less emotional, it really hit me after the bell that a rivalry that has been going my entire time watching New Japan is over

Nth. Going from a very raw, amazing wrestling match to that insane spectacle was unreal.

# ? Feb 12, 2024 00:20

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson
- It's crazy, you watch Danielson and he's a master grappler but put him against ZSJ and you realise that Zack is on a complete other level, just ungody smooth transitions from the long mover

United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

HM
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Far from their best match but no less emotional, it really hit me after the bell that a rivalry that has been going my entire time watching New Japan is over

Yeah agreed

# ? Feb 12, 2024 00:54

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

HM
10th February
Tokyo Joshi Pro Max Heart Tournament Night 4
Miyu Yamashita & Toga vs Ryo Mizunami & Yuki Aino
Watch this here

HM
10th February
Tokyo Joshi Pro Max Heart Tournament Night 4
Max Heart Tournament Final
Daisy Monkey (Arisu Endo & Suzume) vs Hakuchumu (Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi)
Watch this here

HM
3rd February
AEW Collision
Whatever Eddie Kingston's Title Is Called
Eddie Kingston(c) vs Bryan Keith
Watch this here

MOTYC
3rd February
AEW Collision
Bryan Danielson vs Hechicero
Watch this here

Hmmmmm, yes, this was great. More Danielson llave please.

HM
9th February
Game Changer Wrestling/Jersey Championship Wrestling Jersey J-Cup Night 1
GCW Tag Team Titles
Violence Is Forever (Dominic Garrini & Kevin Ku)(c) vs Astronauts (Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura)
Watch this here

MOTYC
10th February
Game Changer Wrestling/Jersey Championship Wrestling Jersey J-Cup Night 2
Astronauts (Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura) vs Jonathan Gresham & Mike Bailey
Watch this here

I normally only search out really highly rated US indy matches because who has the time, but if you put the best tag team in the world in there then I'll find the time. Night 1 I think Kevin Ku was slightly off the pace of the other 3 guys, night 2 obviously even better. It's Astronauts.

# ? Feb 12, 2024 02:11

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

Aesculus posted:

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson, NJPW New Beginning in Osaka, February 11th

technical wrestling

Nth, please make this a best of infinity series until the end of time

# ? Feb 12, 2024 04:40

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

Pylons posted:

AEW Collision 2/10

HM: Mark Briscoe vs. Brody King
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Tomohiro Ishii

these and

HM: Toni Storm vs. Queen Aminata

# ? Feb 12, 2024 08:20

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

NJPW Fantasticamania February 12th
HM
Stigma, El Desperado, Brilante Jr and Rysuke Taguchi vs. L.I.J (Tit�n, Tetsuya Naito, and Bushi) and Kamaitachi
- Good clean fun

A very breezy show but this is the only one that stood out for me

# ? Feb 12, 2024 12:18

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

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Fantasticamania February 12th
HM
Stigma, El Desperado, Brilante Jr and Rysuke Taguchi vs. L.I.J (Tit�n, Tetsuya Naito, and Bushi) and Kamaitachi
- Good clean fun

A very breezy show but this is the only one that stood out for me

I'll second this, it was a fun match, and that's not even taking into consideration Kamaitachi's ring music!

# ? Feb 12, 2024 12:22

Sooper Gila: Apr 23, 2014; Love
Peace
and Harmony

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Fantasticamania February 12th
HM
Stigma, El Desperado, Brilante Jr and Rysuke Taguchi vs. L.I.J (Tit�n, Tetsuya Naito, and Bushi) and Kamaitachi
- Good clean fun

Nth to this, the return of the great beastie Kamaitachi after almost 8 years in the wilderness.

and I'll also nominate

NJPW Fantasticamania February 12th
HM
Soberano jr, Rocky Romero and Hechicero vs Atlantis Jr, Volador Jr and Templario

This was my personal favorite on the show.

# ? Feb 12, 2024 12:39

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010; Can't post for 8 hours!

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson
- It's crazy, you watch Danielson and he's a master grappler but put him against ZSJ and you realise that Zack is on a complete other level, just ungody smooth transitions from the long mover

nth

# ? Feb 12, 2024 21:03

Sooper Gila: Apr 23, 2014; Love
Peace
and Harmony

Sticky Nate posted:

MOTY: Mistico and Brillante Jr vs Mascara Dorada and Neon - CMLL 2/2

Thirded, this was absolutely amazing

# ? Feb 13, 2024 21:53

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

MOTYC: Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland, AEW Dynamite 2/7

Hoping to get caught up on Dynamite & Collision tomorrow... after another Dynamite.

# ? Feb 15, 2024 01:36

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dynamite 2/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood
HM: Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia
HM: Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. Nicholas & Matthew Jackson
HM: Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

# ? Feb 15, 2024 04:06

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

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

Agreeing with these, but the whole show was drat good!

# ? Feb 15, 2024 04:07

Count Thrashula: Jun 1, 2003; Death is nothing compared to vindication.; Buglord

AEW Dynamite 2/14

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

# ? Feb 15, 2024 04:08

Ivypls: Aug 24, 2019

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood
HM: Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia
HM: Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

these

# ? Feb 15, 2024 04:08

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs Matt Taven, Texas Death Match, AEW Dynamite 2/14

# ? Feb 15, 2024 04:08

Kvantum: Feb 5, 2006; Skee-entist

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood
HM: Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia
HM: Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. Nicholas & Matthew Jackson
HM: Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue
MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

Nth

When people question if Tony Khan is an effective booker or not, and if the AEW roster has real depth or not, please show them this episode of Dynamite. Matt Taven was in a MOTYC tonight.

Matt. Taven.

# ? Feb 15, 2024 04:13

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood
HM: Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia
HM: Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. Nicholas & Matthew Jackson
HM: Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue
MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

agreeing with kvantum !

# ? Feb 15, 2024 04:15

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 2/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood
HM: Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia
HM: Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. Nicholas & Matthew Jackson
HM: Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue
MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

One tweak, that main event loving ruled.

# ? Feb 15, 2024 04:40

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

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood
HM: Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

These

# ? Feb 15, 2024 06:00

Squall: Mar 10, 2010; "...whatever."

quote:

AEW Dynamite 2/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood
MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

# ? Feb 15, 2024 06:37

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Count Thrashula posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/14

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

Nth. Boy do I love some garbage wrestling

# ? Feb 15, 2024 07:40

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010; Can't post for 8 hours!

Count Thrashula posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/14

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

nth

# ? Feb 16, 2024 00:37

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

Count Thrashula posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/14

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

YES

# ? Feb 16, 2024 03:19

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

Nippon TV Produce ~ 70 Years Of Pro-Wrestling Broadcast ~ February 9th
MOTYC
Kaito Kiyomiya vs Yuma Anzai
- More of this and less humiliation for loser Kaito please
- https://vk.com/video-4499945_456252495?t=2h15m52s

WAVE Valentine Wave February 2nd
MOTYC
Yuki Miyazaki (c) vs Haruka Umesaki - Regina Di WAVE Title
- Great stuff, had seen a bit of Umesaki before but wasn't familiar with Miyazaki and was very pleasantly surprised
- https://vk.com/video-4499945_456252503?t=1h39m41s

JTO Girls Tournament 2024 January 13th
HM
Aoi vs Misa Kagura
- https://vk.com/video-4499945_456252510?t=33m07s

Tomoka Inaba vs Sumika Yanagawa
https://vk.com/video-4499945_456252510?t=57m08s

# ? Feb 16, 2024 04:22

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# ? May 23, 2024 20:57

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

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood
HM: Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia
HM: Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. Nicholas & Matthew Jackson
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

nth these

# ? Feb 16, 2024 16:53

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