2021's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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Kosmo Gallion: Sep 13, 2013

All from Full Gear.

MOTYC: Darby Allin vs MJF - the match I was least looking forward to ended up being the best. This is how a PPV should be opened and it could have main evented, just fantastic.

HM: PAC and Cody vs Black and Andrade - while this match felt a little superfluous as they've already wrestled eachother a bunch of times in singles matches, all four put on a tremendous effort. Hopefully all four men can move on to something different now (PAC is a ghost from Hangman's past that needs laying to rest).

HM: Inner Circle vs American Top Team - plenty of silliness mixed with brilliant wrestling. Sammy Guevara doing a frame by frame tribute to Jeff Hardy's WM17 dive was amazing. Big ups to Ethan and Scorpio for doing all the heavy lifting for their extremely limited team mates too.

MOTYC: Hangman Page vs Kenny Omega - This felt like the end of an era and the beginning of a new chapter. The match itself was a classic and the emotion from all involved gave me goosebumps.

All Elite Wrestling is the best wrestling on the goddamn planet.

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 03:28

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

MOTYC
21st October
New Japan G1 Climax 31 Night 19
Katsuyori Shibata vs Zack Sabre Jr

It loving ruled despite being 5 minutes of grappling. Shibata is maybe back? This is fantastic.

HM
21st October
New Japan G1 Climax 31 Night 19
G1 Final
Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi

This was on the way to being a top 5 match in the tournament until the injury just took all the air out of the building but that's life sometimes. Still a lot I enjoyed here.

And finally I am done with the G1.This was an exhausting tournament.

# ? Nov 17, 2021 00:25

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

HM
5th November
Dragongate Gate of Evolution Night 1
Masquerade (La Estrella & Shun Skywalker) vs RED (Diamante & HYO)

HM
5th November
Dragongate Gate of Evolution Night 1
Dia Inferno vs Dragon Dia

Also thought the GHC Jr Tag match was good considering NOSAWA

# ? Nov 17, 2021 01:30

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dark 11/16

HM: The Dark Order (Colt Cabana & Alan "V" Angels) vs. The Acclaimed
HM: Emi Sakura, The Bunny, & Nyla Rose vs. Riho, Kris Statlander, & Ryo Mizunami

# ? Nov 17, 2021 03:16

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

AEW Dark 11/16/21

Pylons posted:

HM: The Dark Order (Colt Cabana & Alan "V" Angels) vs. The Acclaimed
HM: Emi Sakura, The Bunny, & Nyla Rose vs. Riho, Kris Statlander, & Ryo Mizunami

nth very good matches

ill add

HM: John Silver vs. Pretty Peter Avalon

because of its general stupid fun

# ? Nov 17, 2021 06:41

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

DDT D-Oh Grand Prix Night 6 November 14th
MOTYC
Chris Brookes vs MAO
- Had an absolute ton of fun with this. If you like DDT's absurdist comedy you'll enjoy this. If you like 20 counts on the floor that last minutes you'll enjoy this. If you like Kendo Kashin...I don't know what to tell you, but I felt like this did his shtick right. And this was a goddamn tournament match, but both guys refused to give even one ounce of a poo poo about the gravitas.

HM
Sanshiro Takagi and Yuya Koroku vs Pheromones (Danshoku Dieno and Yuki Iino) w/ Hisaya Imabayashi
- This is the most i've enjoyed a Dieno match since Peter Pan, and it's completely off the strength of GM Imabayashi. That man is an absolute treasure

Yuji Hino vs Naomi Yoshimura
- Two big burly bastards beat the hell out of each other. These guys both had better matches on Saturday, but I still had a bunch of fun with this

Konosuke Takeshita vs HARASHIMA
- A well worked, hard hitting match that didn't click as much with me just because I knew the result going in and there was reduced tension

Yuji Okabayashi vs Kazusada Higuchi
- More burly bastards battering each other black and blue. The sweat clouds flying off these two during the chop battle near the end was absolutely mesmerising. Higuchi for next years King of DDT, he's such a star

SG Bamboo fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Nov 17, 2021

# ? Nov 17, 2021 14:41

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

SG Bamboo posted:

If you like Kendo Kashin...

Then seek help you sicko

# ? Nov 17, 2021 16:05

Tarnop: Nov 25, 2013; Pull me out

Pylons posted:

AEW Dark 11/16

HM: The Dark Order (Colt Cabana & Alan "V" Angels) vs. The Acclaimed
HM: Emi Sakura, The Bunny, & Nyla Rose vs. Riho, Kris Statlander, & Ryo Mizunami

graph posted:

AEW Dark 11/16/21

nth very good matches

ill add

HM: John Silver vs. Pretty Peter Avalon

because of its general stupid fun

Nth to these, another fun and breezy Dark

# ? Nov 17, 2021 17:30

Tarnop: Nov 25, 2013; Pull me out

achillesforever6 posted:

MOTYC Lee Moriarty vs Darius Lockhart, Enjoy Wrestling Night Moves 11/11/21
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hy54HXXVfDU

Went back to catch up on this, absolutely worth half an hour of your time

Nth

# ? Nov 17, 2021 21:50

TotalHell: Feb 22, 2005; _{Roman Reigns fights CM Punk in fantasy warld. Lotsa violins, so littl kids cant red it.}

AEW Dynamite 11/17

HM: Orange Cassidy and Ishii vs. the Butcher and the Blade

I know this was a relatively short TV match but it was still fun as hell and people should watch it.

# ? Nov 18, 2021 02:52

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

TotalHell posted:

AEW Dynamite 11/17

HM: Orange Cassidy and Ishii vs. the Butcher and the Blade

I know this was a relatively short TV match but it was still fun as hell and people should watch it.

Hell yeah, 2nd. I had so much fun watching this match.

# ? Nov 18, 2021 02:58

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

HM: Daniel Bryan vs. Evil Uno, Dynamite 11/17
HM: Orange Cassidy & Tomohiro Ishii vs. The Butcher & The Blade, Dynamite 11/17

# ? Nov 18, 2021 03:02

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

HM
30th October
Pro Wrestling NOAH Demolition Stage 2021
Aleja vs Ikuto Hidaka

HM
30th October
Pro Wrestling NOAH Demolition Stage 2021
Momo No Seishun Tag (Atsushi Kotoge & Daisuke Harada) vs Sugiuragun (Kazushi Sakuraba & Takashi Sugiura)

# ? Nov 18, 2021 03:03

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

HM: Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose - AEW Dynamite 11/17

Oh man this was so good, great in-ring action and continuing storylines! Hikaru Shida rules so much and Nyla does too and so does Serena Deeb!

# ? Nov 18, 2021 03:08

Kevino07: Oct 16, 2008

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Daniel Bryan vs. Evil Uno, Dynamite 11/17
HM: Orange Cassidy & Tomohiro Ishii vs. The Butcher & The Blade, Dynamite 11/17

nth

Also

HM: The Dark Order (Colt Cabana & Alan "V" Angels) vs. The Acclaimed, AEW Dark 11/16
HM: Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose, Dynamite 11/17

# ? Nov 18, 2021 03:08

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

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose - AEW Dynamite 11/17

Oh man this was so good, great in-ring action and continuing storylines! Hikaru Shida rules so much and Nyla does too and so does Serena Deeb!

nth

# ? Nov 18, 2021 03:11

Testekill: Nov 1, 2012; I demand to be taken seriously

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose - AEW Dynamite 11/17

Oh man this was so good, great in-ring action and continuing storylines! Hikaru Shida rules so much and Nyla does too and so does Serena Deeb!

nth, very good match and very entertaining. Brutal submission to finish it off.

# ? Nov 18, 2021 03:12

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

HM: Lio Rush and Dante Martin vs. The Acclaimed, AEW Dynamite, 11/17

# ? Nov 18, 2021 03:35

Testekill: Nov 1, 2012; I demand to be taken seriously

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Lio Rush and Dante Martin vs. The Acclaimed, AEW Dynamite, 11/17

2nd, very good tag match.

# ? Nov 18, 2021 03:37

Kevino07: Oct 16, 2008

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Lio Rush and Dante Martin vs. The Acclaimed, AEW Dynamite, 11/17

3rd, some eye popping moments and slick work

# ? Nov 18, 2021 03:40

LionYeti: Oct 12, 2008

TotalHell posted:

AEW Dynamite 11/17

HM: Orange Cassidy and Ishii vs. the Butcher and the Blade

I know this was a relatively short TV match but it was still fun as hell and people should watch it.

Nthed
Ishii Cannot have a bad match it�s impossible

# ? Nov 18, 2021 03:49

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

HM: Anthony Bowens & Max Caster vs. Dante Martin & Lio Rush
HM: Jay Lethal vs. Sammy Guevara

# ? Nov 18, 2021 03:59

Truther Vandross: Jun 17, 2008

HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Jay Lethal, AEW Dynamite, 11/17

What a loving show

# ? Nov 18, 2021 03:59

Testekill: Nov 1, 2012; I demand to be taken seriously

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Jay Lethal, AEW Dynamite, 11/17

What a loving show

2nd, excellent show from top to bottom.

# ? Nov 18, 2021 04:00

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Jay Lethal, AEW Dynamite, 11/17

What a loving show

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Lio Rush and Dante Martin vs. The Acclaimed, AEW Dynamite, 11/17

TotalHell posted:

AEW Dynamite 11/17

HM: Orange Cassidy and Ishii vs. the Butcher and the Blade

I know this was a relatively short TV match but it was still fun as hell and people should watch it.

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose - AEW Dynamite 11/17

Oh man this was so good, great in-ring action and continuing storylines! Hikaru Shida rules so much and Nyla does too and so does Serena Deeb!

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Daniel Bryan vs. Evil Uno, Dynamite 11/17

nth all of em

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Kevino07: Oct 16, 2008

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Jay Lethal, AEW Dynamite, 11/17

What a loving show

nth. Agreed. Good wrestling top to bottom, some killer promos too.

# ? Nov 18, 2021 04:02

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Daniel Bryan vs. Evil Uno, Dynamite 11/17
HM: Orange Cassidy & Tomohiro Ishii vs. The Butcher & The Blade, Dynamite 11/17

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose - AEW Dynamite 11/17

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Anthony Bowens & Max Caster vs. Dante Martin & Lio Rush
HM: Jay Lethal vs. Sammy Guevara

aew: it's good

graph fucked around with this message at 04:12 on Nov 18, 2021

# ? Nov 18, 2021 04:08

I Before E: Jul 2, 2012

HM: Bryan/Uno
HM: Ishii and Orange/Butcher and Blade
HM: Shida/Nyla
HM: The Acclaimed/Highest Flight
HM: Guevara/Lethal

All from 11/17 Dynamite

# ? Nov 18, 2021 04:11

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

MOTYC
30th October
Pro Wrestling NOAH Demolition Stage 2021
GHC Heavyweight Title
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Masato Tanaka

If not for Shingo Takagi I'm pretty sure Nakajima is my wrestler of 2021. Granted he's been a fave of mine since seeing him when he was still a teenager with all the potential in the world but he's earned that level of acclaim. Match has some deliberate pacing (deliberate, not slow imo), probably you could cut out 5 minutes & lose nothing, but it all builds satisfyingly to a hell of a finish.

# ? Nov 18, 2021 04:16

Kirios: Jan 26, 2010

I Before E posted:

HM: Bryan/Uno
HM: Ishii and Orange/Butcher and Blade
HM: Shida/Nyla
HM: The Acclaimed/Highest Flight
HM: Guevara/Lethal

All from 11/17 Dynamite

Nth. Hell of a Dynamite.

# ? Nov 18, 2021 06:22

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

I Before E posted:

HM: Bryan/Uno
HM: Ishii and Orange/Butcher and Blade
HM: Shida/Nyla
HM: The Acclaimed/Highest Flight
HM: Guevara/Lethal

All from 11/17 Dynamite

Yeah agreed

# ? Nov 18, 2021 06:25

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

I Before E posted:

HM: Bryan/Uno
HM: Ishii and Orange/Butcher and Blade
HM: Shida/Nyla
HM: The Acclaimed/Highest Flight
HM: Guevara/Lethal

All from 11/17 Dynamite

Nth all these. Very good Dynamite.

# ? Nov 18, 2021 08:10

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

HM: Orange Cassidy/Tomohiro Ishii vs. The Butcher and the Blade, AEW Dynamite, 17/11
HM: Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose, AEW Dynamite, 17/11
HM: Lio Rush/Dante Martin vs. The Acclaimed, AEW Dynamite, 17/11
HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Jay Lethal, AEW Dynamite, 17/11

# ? Nov 18, 2021 10:34

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

HM: Orange Cassidy/Tomohiro Ishii vs. The Butcher and the Blade, AEW Dynamite, 17/11
HM: Hikaru Shida vs. Nyla Rose, AEW Dynamite, 17/11
HM: Lio Rush/Dante Martin vs. The Acclaimed, AEW Dynamite, 17/11
HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Jay Lethal, AEW Dynamite, 17/11

NTH

# ? Nov 18, 2021 11:24

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

HM
6th November
GLEAT G Prowrestling Ver.9
Coelacanths (CIMA & Kaz Hayashi) & MUSASHI vs Stronghearts (El Lindaman, Issei Onitsuka & T-Hawk)

HM
6th November
GLEAT G Prowrestling Ver.9
BULK Orchestra (Hayato Tamura, Nobuhiro Shimatani & Ryuichi Kawakami) vs Atsuki Aoyagi, Takanori Ito & Yu Iizuka

GLEAT is consistently the most fun wrestling on YouTube that is up there legally.

# ? Nov 18, 2021 12:37

Tarnop: Nov 25, 2013; Pull me out

I Before E posted:

HM: Bryan/Uno
HM: Ishii and Orange/Butcher and Blade
HM: Shida/Nyla
HM: The Acclaimed/Highest Flight

All from 11/17 Dynamite

Modified nth

# ? Nov 18, 2021 15:24

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Evil Uno
HM: Orange Cassidy & Tomohiro Ishii vs Butcher & Blade
HM: Hikaru Shida vs Nyla Rose
HM: The Acclaimed vs Lio Rush & Dante Martin
HM: Sammy Guevara vs Jay Lethal

All from AEW Dynamite 17.11

# ? Nov 18, 2021 16:38

Price Check: Oct 9, 2012

SG Bamboo posted:

I'll have to catch the main later but for now

NJPW Battle in the Valley November 14th (maybe 13th?)
MOTYC
Will Ospreay vs Ren Narita
- Narita is going to be an absolute star real soon, and Ospreay made him look like absolute dynamite

HM
Juice Robinson vs Moose
- Couple of weird moments but on the whole it was a very enjoyable match

Kazuchika Okada vs Buddy "Murphy" Matthews
- Okada with a noise producing crowd is a winning combination

I'll Nth these and add from the same show:
MOTYC
Jay White vs. Ishii

HM
Team Filthy vs. Rosser & Friends

# ? Nov 18, 2021 21:40

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

HM
10th October
Freedoms To The 13th Year of FREEDOMS
Flourescent Lighttubes & Alpha Death Match
Daisuke Masaoka, Tomoya Hirata & Toru Sugiura vs ERE (Takayuki Ueki, Toshiyuki Sakuda & Violento Jack)

# ? Nov 19, 2021 01:12

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# ? Jun 1, 2024 03:28

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

HM: Max The Impaler vs MV Young. Pittsburgh Street Fight. Enjoy Wrestling Night Moves, 18 November.

Just a really well done brutal encounter. Max is amazing. MV is getting better and better. Loads of fun.

https://youtu.be/pl5xUujK4zI

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