2019's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

SatoshiMiwa posted:

MOTYC: Ibushi vs Ospreay : Wrestler Kingdom 13

Even better than the hype

Nth

# ¿ Jan 4, 2019 09:44

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 19:24

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Aye Doc posted:

motyc: Naito vs. Jericho, WK13

gently caress yes

# ¿ Jan 4, 2019 11:57

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega (C) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship - New Japan Wrestle Kingdom 13

Everything I wanted/expected and more. How Tanahashi can still do this at this point in his career blows me away and Kenny, of course, is in his prime and it shows.

Nth

# ¿ Jan 4, 2019 12:52

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

I'll nth the HM for Women's Rumble.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2019 04:20

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Auritech posted:

HM: Johnny Gargano vs. the Velveteen Dream for the NXT North American Championship, NXT TV 2/20

I popped like nobody's business.

Nth

# ¿ Feb 21, 2019 04:39

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Takashi Iizuka, Minoru Suzuki & Taichi vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Kazuchika Okada and Toru Yano - NJPW Takashi Iizuka Retirement Match - 2/21

Seriously, a match predominantly focused around Iizuka and Tenzan was good! Full of great callbacks to Iizuka's career and interactions, everybody was in on the joke (including the crowd and commentators) but took it seriously and produced a match that was just plain fun and about the best way a wrestler like Iizuka could ever hope to go out.

Nth

# ¿ Feb 22, 2019 03:33

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

MassRafTer posted:

WMOTYC:

Drago, Puma King and Pagano vs OGTs AAA Rey de Reyes

At least one wrestler had to be carted out with two others possibly injured. What a mess, two horrible botches to the outside.

Nth

# ¿ Mar 17, 2019 04:58

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

I was fortunate that I was looking at my phone when it happened. :gonk:

# ¿ Mar 17, 2019 05:53

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Benne posted:

MOTYC: Iron Heavymetalweight battle royale, DDT Coming to America 4/4

Nth

# ¿ Apr 5, 2019 01:46

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Chris James 2 posted:

3rd

HM: Soma Takao and Tetsuya Endo vs Yukio Sakaguchi and Masahiro Takanishi, DDT Coming to America 4/4

Nth.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2019 01:56

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Chris James 2 posted:

HM: HARASHIMA and Kazusada Higuchi vs Jason Kincaid and Shigehiro Irie vs Ethan Page and Akito, DDT Coming to America 4/4

2nd

# ¿ Apr 5, 2019 01:57

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Chris James 2 posted:

MOTYC: MAO vs Sanshiro Takagi - Weapon Rumble, DDT Coming to America, 4/4

Nth. Fantastic show so far.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2019 02:14

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Chris James 2 posted:

MOTYC: Konosuke Takeshita vs Daisuke Sasaki for the KO-D Openweight Title, DDT Coming to America 4/4

Nth. And stay until the very end. Yes, even longer than that.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2019 05:37

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Male. Bi. Unix. posted:

yeah

also HM: Miyu Yamashita (c) vs Maki Itoh - TJPW Princess of Princess Championship, DDT Coming To America 4/4

I forgot this one. Hell yes. (Itoh :swoon:

)

# ¿ Apr 5, 2019 18:49

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Chris James 2 posted:

HM: Tony Deppen vs No Legs, Joey Janela's Spring Break 3 Part 1 4/5

Hell yes.

e: I love the thought of people reading this and being all "Wha?"

# ¿ Apr 6, 2019 01:41

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Chris James 2 posted:

MOTYC: A-Kid vs Jake Atlas vs Slim J vs Shane Mercer vs Australian Suicide vs Jungle Boy, scramble match - Joey Janela's Spring Break 3 Part 1 4/5

Nth.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2019 02:01

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Chris James 2 posted:

MOTYC: Invisible Man vs Invisible Stan, Joey Janela's Spring Break 3 Part 1 4/5

OH HELL YES

# ¿ Apr 6, 2019 02:34

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Jansport Invitational Scrambler: Sonny Defarge vs. Jigsaw vs. Tony Deppen vs. Lucky 13 vs. Jake Atlas vs. AirWolf vs. Dan Champion (Winner gets a gift certificate to Friendly's), GCW Orange Cassidy Is Doing Something, Or Whatever, Who Knows?? 4/6

Hell yes.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2019 18:01

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Jenkem Delivery posted:

HM: Jungle Boy vs. Joey Janela - JJSB3 PT. 2
HM: Rock and Roll Express vs. LAX - JJSB3 PT. 2

Nth

# ¿ Apr 7, 2019 06:14

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

YourHumbleMessiah posted:

MOTY: The Greatest Clusterfuck, Joey Janela's Spring Break 3 4/6/19

gently caress YES

# ¿ Apr 7, 2019 08:05

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

Gonna second MRT's HM for the Bully Ray open challenge because that was so loving dumb it made me laugh

I'm going to Nth all various nominations for that match. It was perfection, it was horrible, it was just an HM, it was a floor wax, it was a dessert topping.

# ¿ Apr 7, 2019 10:02

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Jerusalem posted:

Honorable Mentions - 7 Votes Required - Matches close to the threshold in bold

04/06 | Flip Gordon, Juice Robinson & Mark Haskins vs. Bully Ray, Shane Taylor & Silas Young in a Street Fight - G1 Supercard (5 votes)

I'm nthing this one if my name's not on your list as my previous nomination may have been ambiguous. (I also gave it MOTY and WMOTY. It was a rollercoaster of emotions.)

# ¿ Apr 27, 2019 16:59

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: HARASHIMA (c) vs. Antonio Honda in a Tiger Rope Panties Hunt match for the DDT Extreme Championship

Third.

# ¿ Apr 29, 2019 00:07

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

HM: Aja Kong vs Maki Itoh - TJPW 5.3 Korakuen YES! WONDERLAND 2019

It's exactly what you expect, which is why it's great.

# ¿ May 3, 2019 15:05

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

KungFu Grip posted:

HM: Light tube Deathmatch: Eric Ryan vs. Orin Veidt at GCW The Last Ones Left - 5/4

2nd

# ¿ May 5, 2019 13:20

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Benne posted:

MOTYC: Shingo Takagi vs. SHO, NJPW BOSJ Night 1

God drat did that live up to the hype

Nth

# ¿ May 13, 2019 13:20

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Jerusalem posted:

MOTY ROCKY VS ELP THE BEST ROCKY ROMERO MATCH IN HISTORY OH MY loving GOD

YES I'M CRYING

# ¿ May 24, 2019 16:34

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Chris James 2 posted:

HM: Kip Sabian vs Sammy Guevara, AEW Double or Nothing 5/25

Nth

# ¿ May 26, 2019 01:01

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Benne posted:

HM: SCU vs. Stronghearts, AEW Double or Nothing

Pretty much everything I wanted out of that match, a perfect opener

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Britt Baker vs Kylie Rae vs. Nyla Rose vs. A MYSTERY OPPONENT - AEW Double or Nothing 5/25

The match was solid but what really made it was the opening and the addition of a fourth participant, and how that adjusted and changed the flow of the match. Just great stuff.

Junpei Hyde posted:

MOTYC: Joshi showcase tag, AEW Double or Nothing

Junpei Hyde posted:

HM: Best Friends vs Evans/Angelico: AEW Double or Nothing

Yes to all four.

# ¿ May 26, 2019 02:33

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Benne posted:

MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. Lance Archer, G1 Climax 7/6

Holy poo poo talk about setting the bar high

gently caress. Yes.

# ¿ Jul 7, 2019 00:42

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Jerusalem posted:

HM: SANADA vs. ZSJ - G1 Climax Night 1 7/6

Completely different to Archer/Ospreay but no less entertaining, just a tremendous display of skill from both guys.

Nth

# ¿ Jul 7, 2019 01:31

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Chris James 2 posted:

HM: Tessa Blanchard vs Sami Callihan, TNA/Impact Wrestling Slammiversary 7/7

Would have been MOTYC if the end of the match hadn't felt so abrupt. Also I liked the postmatch segment a lot

Nth.

# ¿ Jul 8, 2019 04:54

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

jesus WEP posted:

MOTYC: Tetsuya Naito vs YTR, G1 Night 2

Hell yes.

# ¿ Jul 13, 2019 18:40

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Jerusalem posted:

HM: The Dark Order vs. A Boy and his Dinosaur vs. Jack Evans and Angelico - AEW Fight for the Fallen

Tag team wrestling rules!

Yes

# ¿ Jul 14, 2019 02:39

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Aesculus posted:

motyc g1 climax kenta vs tanahashi july 14

gently caress yes

# ¿ Jul 14, 2019 09:48

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

jesus WEP posted:

MOTYC YTR vs Jay White NJPW G1 Night 6

Yes. YES

# ¿ Jul 19, 2019 12:21

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Akileese posted:

HM: Konosuke Takeshita Vs Chris Brookes, DDT “SUMMER VACATION 2019”, 21/07/2019

Really good match that delivered on all fronts.

Nth.

# ¿ Jul 21, 2019 08:03

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Toru Yano vs. Jon Moxley - NJPW G1 Climax Night 12 - 8/1

Everything I wanted and more

Oh hell yes.

# ¿ Aug 1, 2019 12:33

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Toru Yano vs. Taichi, G1 Climax Night 16, 08/08

gently caress yes.

# ¿ Aug 8, 2019 16:39

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 19:24

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

RealFoxy posted:

HM: Yuka Sakazaki vs Su Yung from TJPW's BRAND NEW WRESTLING 3 (August 24th)

Sakazaki carried the gently caress out of this match and it might be the most gif-able Joshi comedy match of the summer

Nth. Take that, table!

# ¿ Aug 25, 2019 04:37

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