2022's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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

Punch McLightning posted:

MOTYC: Niebla Roja vs. Titan, CMLL Super Viernes 4/22

CMLL has been in the dumps for awhile now, but this is a really special match that I can't suggest strongly enough. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTIgNOLulg4&t=3691s

With Best of the Super Junior finishing up, I'm bumping this Titan match that I hope people will be interested in watching now!

# ? Jun 1, 2022 18:52

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 15:45

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

forkboy84 posted:

MOTYC
26th May
WWE NXT UK
Heritage Cup Rules
A-Kid vs Charlie Dempsey

Nth (and great write up). I took the time to watch this after seeing a clip and it�s just wild seeing something like this on WWE TV.

Btw, letting BoSJ match nominations bake for a few days before I process stats for May.

# ? Jun 1, 2022 22:28

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

HM: Wheeler Yuta vs. TJP, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 12, 31/05
HM: Ace Austin vs. Francesco Akria, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 12, 31/05
HM: El Desperado vs. El Phantasmo, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Night 12, 31/05

Card was really low energy for a final block night, running it outside a major market seems like a weird choice

# ? Jun 1, 2022 22:32

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

HM: Chris Sabin vs. Jonathan Gresham, Impact Hard to Kill Jan. 8

# ? Jun 1, 2022 23:41

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

HM
29th May
AJPW Super Power Series Night 4
NEXTREAM (Atsuki Aoyagi, Rising HAYATO & Yuma Aoyagi) vs Total Eclipse (Hokuto Omori, Ryuki Honda & Yusuke Kodama)

HM
29th May
AJPW Super Power Series Night 4
AJPW World Tag Team Titles
Twin Towers (Kohei Sato & Shuji Ishikawa) vs Total Eclipse (Koji Doi & Kuma Arashi)

MOTYC
29th May
AJPW Super Power Series Night 4
Triple Crown Title
Kento Miyahara vs T-Hawk

Bit of a disappointing show for All Japan, with Voodoo Murders garbage, Tajiri mostly working from top over Jake Lee, people just leaving factions in a tweet after the show. But when a disappointing show still has 3 matches like this I guess there's cause to be hopeful.

# ? Jun 1, 2022 23:47

Endless Mike: Aug 13, 2003

HM: CM Punk and FTR vs. Max Caster and rear end Boys, AEW Dynamite, June 1, 2022

# ? Jun 2, 2022 01:29

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Dynamite, 6/1.

# ? Jun 2, 2022 03:03

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

HM: Christian, Matt Hardy, Darby and Jurassic Express vs The Undisputed Elite and Hikuleo
HM: Baker and Hayter vs Storm and Soho
HM: Moxley vs Garcia

6/1 Dynamite

Great show, these three matches were all great. I loved how well the women's tag was structured. Much tighter agenting than some recent matches, but they've been delivering in tags lately.

# ? Jun 2, 2022 03:06

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

MassRafTer posted:

HM: Christian, Matt Hardy, Darby and Jurassic Express vs The Undisputed Elite and Hikuleo
HM: Baker and Hayter vs Storm and Soho
MOTYC: Moxley vs Garcia

6/1 Dynamite

Great show, these three matches were all great. I loved how well the women's tag was structured. Much tighter agenting than some recent matches, but they've been delivering in tags lately.

Hell. Yes.

# ? Jun 2, 2022 03:08

graph: Nov 22, 2006; aaag peanuts

MassRafTer posted:

HM: Christian, Matt Hardy, Darby and Jurassic Express vs The Undisputed Elite and Hikuleo
HM: Baker and Hayter vs Storm and Soho
HM: Moxley vs Garcia

6/1 Dynamite

Great show, these three matches were all great. I loved how well the women's tag was structured. Much tighter agenting than some recent matches, but they've been delivering in tags lately.

nth

# ? Jun 2, 2022 03:13

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

6/1 Dynamite

HM: Christian, Matt Hardy, Darby and Jurassic Express vs The Undisputed Elite and Hikuleo
HM: Britt & Jamie vs. Soho & Storm
MOTYC: Mox vs. Garcia

# ? Jun 2, 2022 03:14

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Punch McLightning posted:

6/1 Dynamite

HM: Christian, Matt Hardy, Darby and Jurassic Express vs The Undisputed Elite and Hikuleo
HM: Britt & Jamie vs. Soho & Storm
MOTYC: Mox vs. Garcia

Nth all these.

# ? Jun 2, 2022 03:16

gripebomb: Dec 13, 2006; I wanted to fight the world.

- Eddie Kingston

Punch McLightning posted:

6/1 Dynamite

HM: Christian, Matt Hardy, Darby and Jurassic Express vs The Undisputed Elite and Hikuleo
HM: Britt & Jamie vs. Soho & Storm
MOTYC: Mox vs. Garcia

Nth this.

# ? Jun 2, 2022 03:55

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

MassRafTer posted:

HM: Christian, Matt Hardy, Darby and Jurassic Express vs The Undisputed Elite and Hikuleo
HM: Baker and Hayter vs Storm and Soho
HM: Moxley vs Garcia

6/1 Dynamite

Great show, these three matches were all great. I loved how well the women's tag was structured. Much tighter agenting than some recent matches, but they've been delivering in tags lately.

Yeah agree

# ? Jun 2, 2022 05:30

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

HM: Jungle Boy/Luchasaurus/Christian Cage/Matt Hardy/Darby Allin vs. The Undisputed Elite/Hikuleo, AEW Dynamite, 01/06
HM: Britt Baker/Jamie Hayter vs. Ruby Soho/Toni Storm, AEW Dynamite, 01/06
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Dynamite, 01/06

# ? Jun 2, 2022 08:43

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

Rarity posted:

HM: Jungle Boy/Luchasaurus/Christian Cage/Matt Hardy/Darby Allin vs. The Undisputed Elite/Hikuleo, AEW Dynamite, 01/06
HM: Britt Baker/Jamie Hayter vs. Ruby Soho/Toni Storm, AEW Dynamite, 01/06
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Dynamite, 01/06

Yeah, Nth. Mox / Garcia was good last time but Garcia has got so much better.

# ? Jun 2, 2022 08:48

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

Rarity posted:

HM: Jungle Boy/Luchasaurus/Christian Cage/Matt Hardy/Darby Allin vs. The Undisputed Elite/Hikuleo, AEW Dynamite, 01/06
HM: Britt Baker/Jamie Hayter vs. Ruby Soho/Toni Storm, AEW Dynamite, 01/06
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Dynamite, 01/06

Nthing all of these. Great main event, Mox continues to prove he's one of the best in the world with way more variety in his offense than most people give him credit for. Garcia's a beast and one of about a dozen young stars that AEW's locked down and obviously sees a lot in.

# ? Jun 2, 2022 13:35

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

HM
2nd June
Dragongate King of Gate Night 12
King of Gate Semi-Final
Shun Skywalker vs Yuki Yoshioka

HM
2nd June
Dragongate King of Gate Night 12
HIGH-END (Ben-K, Dragon Kid & YAMATO) vs Natural Vibes (Jacky Funky Kamei, Kzy & U-T)

MOTYC
2nd June
Dragongate King of Gate Night 12
King of Gate Final
Kota Minoura vs Yuki Yoshioka

# ? Jun 2, 2022 16:30

Quantum of Phallus: Dec 27, 2010

Thanlis posted:

MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Dynamite, 6/1.

Nth.

# ? Jun 2, 2022 20:00

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Punch McLightning posted:

6/1 Dynamite

HM: Christian, Matt Hardy, Darby and Jurassic Express vs The Undisputed Elite and Hikuleo
HM: Britt & Jamie vs. Soho & Storm
MOTYC: Mox vs. Garcia

nth

# ? Jun 2, 2022 20:09

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

HM
11th May
AEW Rampage
AFO (Blade, Butcher & Marq Quen) vs Death Triangle (PAC, Penta Oscuro & Rey Fenix)

Good trios match that.

# ? Jun 2, 2022 21:49

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

HM
28th May
Gatoh Move ChocoPro #231
Baliyan Akki & MAO vs Choun Shiryu & Masahiro Takanashi

Not sure about the referee, gets involved an awful lot

# ? Jun 3, 2022 01:40

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Good country music from Amarillo and Abilene
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HM: Kenny King vs. Blake Christian, Impact on AXS 6/2

# ? Jun 3, 2022 01:41

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

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi in the BOSJ Final - NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 6/3

Holy poo poo so loving good, so many cool moments. The 25 minute call blew me away because I swear the match had only been going for 10 minutes at that point. The wrong wrestler won but holy poo poo what a match.

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# ? Jun 3, 2022 12:34

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi in the New Japan Cup Final - NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 6/2

Holy poo poo so loving good, so many cool moments. The 25 minute call blew me away because I swear the match had only been going for 10 minutes at that point. The wrong wrestler won but holy poo poo what a match.

2nd

# ? Jun 3, 2022 12:35

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi in the New Japan Cup Final - NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 6/2

Holy poo poo so loving good, so many cool moments. The 25 minute call blew me away because I swear the match had only been going for 10 minutes at that point. The wrong wrestler won but holy poo poo what a match.

Nth.

# ? Jun 3, 2022 12:35

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

HM: Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Final, 03/06

Woulda been MOTYC if the right man won

# ? Jun 3, 2022 12:36

Ziggy Tzardust: Apr 7, 2006

Rarity posted:

HM: Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado, NJPW Best of Super Juniors Final, 03/06

Woulda been MOTYC if the right man won

Nth for the same resson

# ? Jun 3, 2022 12:37

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

More Impact Hard to Kill HMs from January 8.

JONAH vs. Josh Alexander
the ten man Hardcore War
Matt Cardona vs. W. Morrissey vs. Moose

# ? Jun 3, 2022 21:28

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

HM
21st May
NJPW BOSJ Night 5
Ace Austin vs Hiromu Takahashi

# ? Jun 4, 2022 01:13

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

I dumped links to a lot of Sendai Girls matches from their YouTube in the women's thread, I think it covers most shows they've ran this year. Will be slowly going through them because I don't have a long enough backlog I guess.

HM
9th January
Sendai Girls In Shinjuku FACE
ASUKA vs DASH Chisako

A couple minor botches knock it down from MOTYC but still great

# ? Jun 4, 2022 01:28

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

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi in the BOSJ Final - NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 6/3

Holy poo poo so loving good, so many cool moments. The 25 minute call blew me away because I swear the match had only been going for 10 minutes at that point. The wrong wrestler won but holy poo poo what a match.

Yeah same. Unfortunately it also didn't compare to their 2020 final from my perspective but I'm not sure how much of that was hindsight bias.

# ? Jun 4, 2022 01:37

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi in the BOSJ Final - NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 6/3

Nth. Those two are so loving good.

# ? Jun 4, 2022 01:41

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

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi in the BOSJ Final - NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 6/3

Holy poo poo so loving good, so many cool moments. The 25 minute call blew me away because I swear the match had only been going for 10 minutes at that point. The wrong wrestler won but holy poo poo what a match.

Yeah, nth. Even though I wish it weren't these two guys in the finals it was still a phenominal contest

# ? Jun 4, 2022 02:18

J-Ro: Jul 26, 2005; Child Of The Revolution

Edward Mass posted:

HM: Kenny King vs. Blake Christian, Impact on AXS 6/2

Seconded.

# ? Jun 4, 2022 02:31

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

MOTYC: The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros - AEW Rampage 6/3

I don't think they're physically capable of having a less than great match, and this was no exception. Phenomenal, and that ending was :vince:

# ? Jun 4, 2022 03:17

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

MOTYC: Lucha Bros vs. Young Bucks - AEW Rampage 6/3

Another classic from these four. Incredible, incredible stuff.

# ? Jun 4, 2022 03:17

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Rampage 6/3

MOTYC: Young Bucks vs. Lucha Bros

# ? Jun 4, 2022 03:17

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros - AEW Rampage 6/3

I don't think they're physically capable of having a less than great match, and this was no exception. Phenomenal, and that ending was

Yeah agreed

# ? Jun 4, 2022 03:17

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# ? Jun 5, 2024 15:45

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros - AEW Rampage 6/3

I don't think they're physically capable of having a less than great match, and this was no exception. Phenomenal, and that ending was

Yep nth!

# ? Jun 4, 2022 03:17

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