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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > The Hammer House: Stinger Splash Zone > 2020's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)
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Boco_T
Mar 12, 2003

la calaca tilica y flaca
MOTYC - Masashi Takeda vs. Low Ki - ICWNY No Holds Barred 1/4

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STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

Deathlove posted:

WMOTYC: SHLAK-Necro Butcher - ICW No Holds Barred, 1/4/20

i need to see this

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Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
HM: NEVER 6-Man Gauntlet Match, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, 05/01

Just a very fun schmozz

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Trying
Sep 26, 2019

Rarity posted:

HM: Liger Retirement Match, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, 04/01

Had zero expectations for this and they crushed it

ye

HM: IWGP United States Heavyweight Title Match: Jon Moxley vs. Lance Archer, 1/04 Wrestle Kingdom 14

STONE COLD 64 posted:

MOTYC: Will Ospreay (c) vs Hiromu Takahashi - January 4, 2020 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 at The Tokyo Dome

ye

frankenfreak posted:

HM: White vs Naito, Wrestle Kingdom Night 1 1/4

ye

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 1

Absolutely incredible from the entrances to the outfits to the wrestling to the character work to the facial expressions to the ending. Just the absolute best possible wrestling from the best possible wrestlers in the world today.

ye

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Punch McLightning
Sep 19, 2005

you know what that means




Grimey Drawer

STONE COLD 64 posted:

i need to see this

I’m about to vote for it based entirely off of photos of Necro on Twitter. He looks terrible.

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SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


 HM: ELP/Ishimori vs Roppongi 3k

Fun match with lots of heeling but the heels getting their just desserts in the end!

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Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

 HM: Roppongi 3K vs. Phantasmo & Ishimori, NJPW WrestleKingdom 14 Night 2, 1/5

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forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro

SatoshiMiwa posted:

HM: ELP/Ishimori vs Roppongi 3k

Fun match with lots of heeling but the heels getting their just desserts in the end!

2nd

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Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

 HM: Zack Sabre Jr vs. SANADA, NJPW WrestleKingdom 14 Night 2, 1/5

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SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Zack Sabre Jr vs. SANADA, NJPW WrestleKingdom 14 Night 2, 1/5

Yeah agreed very fun match

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forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Zack Sabre Jr vs. SANADA, NJPW WrestleKingdom 14 Night 2, 1/5

3rd

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Dias
Feb 20, 2011

by sebmojo

forkboy84 posted:

3rd

4th

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jesus WEP
Oct 17, 2004

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Zack Sabre Jr vs. SANADA, NJPW WrestleKingdom 14 Night 2, 1/5

nth

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karmicknight
Aug 21, 2011

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Zack Sabre Jr vs. SANADA, NJPW WrestleKingdom 14 Night 2, 1/5

nth

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SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


 HM: Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson Wrestlekingdom 14 Night 2

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STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

 HM: Zack Sabre Jr vs Sanada - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Jan 5, 2020
HM: Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Jan 5, 2020

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Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

SatoshiMiwa posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson Wrestlekingdom 14 Night 2

Thirding this

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karmicknight
Aug 21, 2011

SatoshiMiwa posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson Wrestlekingdom 14 Night 2

nth. also

MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Minoru Suzuki WrestleKingdom 14 01/05.

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I Before E
Jul 2, 2012

SatoshiMiwa posted:

Yeah agreed very fun match

Seconded, and MOTYC for Moxley/Juice

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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

SatoshiMiwa posted:

HM: ELP/Ishimori vs Roppongi 3k

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Zack Sabre Jr vs. SANADA, NJPW WrestleKingdom 14 Night 2, 1/5

SatoshiMiwa posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson Wrestlekingdom 14 Night 2

Agreed with all of these.

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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

 HM: KENTA (C) vs. Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight Title - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2

They brought the hate and it was good!

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SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007


 HM: KENTA vs Goto, Wrestle Kingdom 14 night 2

Started a bit slow but the final 5 minutes of strikes just made this match

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Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

Jerusalem posted:

HM: KENTA (C) vs. Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight Title - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2

They brought the hate and it was good!

Seconding

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STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

 im not gonna give KENTA/Goto an HM because i dont think it was as good as the other two HMs but i feel it should be acknowledged as A Pretty Great Little Scrap

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STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

 e: wrong thread

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forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro

Jerusalem posted:

HM: KENTA (C) vs. Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight Title - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2

They brought the hate and it was good!


Actually gently caress, never mind

5th January
MOTYC: KENTA (c) vs Hirooki Goto NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14

forkboy84 fucked around with this message at 09:16 on Jan 5, 2020

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I Before E
Jul 2, 2012

forkboy84 posted:

Actually gently caress, never mind

5th January
MOTYC: KENTA (c) vs Hirooki Goto NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14
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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

 HM: Kota Ibushi vs. Switchblade Jay White - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2

A complete clusterfuck and a mess of a match but extremely entertaining and terrifying.

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Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Kota Ibushi vs. Switchblade Jay White - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2

A complete clusterfuck and a mess of a match but extremely entertaining and terrifying.

Seconding

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forkboy84
Jun 13, 2012

Corgis love bread. And Puro

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Kota Ibushi vs. Switchblade Jay White - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2

A complete clusterfuck and a mess of a match but extremely entertaining and terrifying.

I loved it until the ending but there was too much fuckery. I know Gedo likes old territory stuff but sometimes less is more.

But yeah, I'll nth it

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Rarity
Oct 21, 2010

~*4 LIFE*~
HM: SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, 05/01
HM: Juice Robinson vs. Jon Moxley, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, 05/01
HM: Hirooki Goto vs. KENTA, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, 05/01
MOTYC: Jay White vs. Kota Ibushi, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, 05/01

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Aesculus
Mar 22, 2013

 WK14 night 2 tokyo dome 1/5

MOTYC Kenta vs Goto
HM ZSJ vs Sanada
HM BC vs Roppongi 3k
MOTYC Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson

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Low Desert Punk
Jul 4, 2012

i have absolutely no fucking money

Rarity posted:

HM: SANADA vs. Zack Sabre Jr, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, 05/01
HM: Juice Robinson vs. Jon Moxley, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, 05/01
HM: Hirooki Goto vs. KENTA, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, 05/01
MOTYC: Jay White vs. Kota Ibushi, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, 05/01

nth all of this

White/Ibushi loving owned

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karmicknight
Aug 21, 2011

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Kota Ibushi vs. Switchblade Jay White - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2

A complete clusterfuck and a mess of a match but extremely entertaining and terrifying.

nth

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SatoshiMiwa
May 6, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Kota Ibushi vs. Switchblade Jay White - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2

A complete clusterfuck and a mess of a match but extremely entertaining and terrifying.

Yeah agreed

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a cyborg mug
Mar 8, 2010



 WMOTYC: NJPW vs Music Rights, Wrestle Kingdom 14

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I Before E
Jul 2, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Kota Ibushi vs. Switchblade Jay White - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2

A complete clusterfuck and a mess of a match but extremely entertaining and terrifying.

Yeah, it would have been match of the night if it didn't completely poo poo the bed in the finishing stretch

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STING 64
Oct 20, 2006

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Kota Ibushi vs. Switchblade Jay White - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2

agree

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Jerusalem
May 20, 2004

Would you be my new best friends?

 HM: Chris Jericho vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2

I believed.

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Truther Vandross
Jun 17, 2008

 MOTYC: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Jericho, NJPW WrestleKingdom 14 Night 2, 1/5

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