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sigmachiev
Dec 31, 2007

Fighting blood excels

Baron Corbyn posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii, New Japan Cup 1st Round, 03/12

Any other year this is a really strong contender. Felt like it's #3 behind the Dome match and Okada/Suzuki. But still really awesome.

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sigmachiev
Dec 31, 2007

Fighting blood excels

MassRafTer posted:

4th Okada/Shibata for MOTY and anyone who doesn't think Okada is the best is silly.

4/10/2016 Tetsuya Naito ****1/4
5/3/2016 SANADA ****
6/19/2016 Tetsuya Naito ****1/2
7/18/2016 Naomichi Marufuji ****1/2
8/3/2016 Togi Makabe ****1/4
8/6/2016 Tomohiro Ishii *****
8/12/2016 Hiroshi Tanahashi ****3/4
10/10/2016 Naomichi Marufuji ****3/4
1/4/2017 Kenny Omega ******
2/5/2017 Minoru Suzuki ****3/4
3/6/2017 Tiger Mask W ****1/2
4/9/2017 Katsuyori Shibata: TBA

Greatest year run for match quality for a main eventer, ever.

E: Also, Nth.

sigmachiev fucked around with this message at 03:06 on Apr 10, 2017

sigmachiev
Dec 31, 2007

Fighting blood excels

El Gallinero Gros posted:

Kawada had four ***** star matches in 1995 (plus probably a bunch of **** matches, too). But hey, the year is young.

Is that so? It's a little different because mid-90s All Japan had the luxury of legit main event tag matches. Not to quibble about it though, Kawada 94-96 was insane.

sigmachiev
Dec 31, 2007

Fighting blood excels
HM: Donovan Dijak vs. Keith Lee, BOLA Night 3

So my deal is I don't nominate MOTYCs unless something tops my previous #1 choice, and this isn't as good to me as Kenny/Okada 2, but when the DVD comes out this match needs to be seen to be believed. Unreal athleticism and flying in a big man match and ridiculous crowd heat. Thought it was easily the best match of BOLA and probably top 3 North American matches this year.

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