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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > The Hammer House: Stinger Splash Zone > 2021's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)
 
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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Kenny Omega - AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam 9/22

THE AMERICAN DRAGON IS BACK AND HE'S STILL THE BEST AND SO IS KENNY OMEGA AND HOLY gently caress THE CROWD AND THAT ENDING :derp:

nth, the best free tv match ever?

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

Testekill posted:

HM: Bobby Fish vs Lee Moriarty, AEW Rampage Buy-In 10/15


Good striking, good grappling.

nth, I enjoyed it too.

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Minoru Suzuki - AEW Rampage Buy In 10/15

Holy poo poo this was INSANE, and they gave it away from free on a Youtube pre-show! It was everything I hoped it would be, just glorious. Thank God for Bryan Danielson, big ups to Satan for Minoru Suzuki.

nth, left me wanting more.

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Dustin Rhodes - AEW Dynamite 10/23
HM:: Cody Rhodes vs. Malakai Black - AEW Dynamite 10/23

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

flatluigi posted:

MOTYC: Dark Order v Super Elite, Oct 27 AEW Dynamite

nth, Amazing comedy wrestling mixed with the hottest angle of the year - Pure Pro Wrestling

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Eddie Kingston - AEW Rampage 10/29

They got a standing ovation before the match was even over :stare:

Came in to nth this.

That chest man...

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 HM: Dante Martin vs Matt Sydal - AEW Rampage 10/29

A lovely, spectacular palette cleanser after the absolute war before it.

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

Rarity posted:

HM: Kenny Omega vs. Alan Angels, AEW Dynamite, 03/11
HM: FTR vs. Samuray Del Sol/Aerostar, AEW Dynamite, 03/11
HM: Cody Rhodes vs. Andrade El Idolo, AEW Dynamite, 03/11
HM: Miro vs. Orange Cassidy, AEW Dynamite, 03/11

nthing these as well

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

I Before E posted:

HM: Danielson/Romero
MOTYC: Harwood/PAC
MOTYC: Lio & Dante/Moriarty and Sydal

All from 11/10

nth

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

Cerebral Bore posted:


HM: Jungle Boy vs Anthony Bowens


All from AEW Dynamite 10.11

Forgot to nth this from last night. A real treat. Wouldn't be surprised to see this as a main event match in 2023.

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Ariya Daivari vs. Dante Martin, Rampage, 11/12

nth

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

achillesforever6 posted:

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

nth. Saved this as an entrée for tonight's PPV. Wasn't disappointed.

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 Let's nominate the PPV all at once. Probably redundant at this point but gently caress it:

HM: Nyla Rose & Jamie Hayter vs Hikaru Shida & Thunder Rosa, AEW Full Gear Buy In 13/10
MOTYC: MJF vs Darby Allin, AEW Full Gear 13/10
HM: Lucha Brothers vs FTR for the AEW World Tag Team Titles, AEW Full Gear 13/10
MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs Miro, Eliminator tournament final, AEW Full Gear 13/10
MOTYC: The Young Bucks & Adam Cole vs Jurassic Express & Christian Cage, AEW Full Gear 13/10
HM: Malakai Black & Andrade El Idolo vs Cody Rhodes and PAC, AEW Full Gear 13/10
HM: Britt Baker DMD vs Tay Conti for the AEW Women's Title, AEW Full Gear 13/10
MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs CM Punk, AEW Full Gear 13/10
MOTYC: The Inner Circle vs Men of the Year & American Top Team, AEW Full Gear 13/10
MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs Hangman Adam Page for the AEW World Title, AEW Full Gear 13/10

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

a cyborg mug posted:

What are the top 3 matches from Full Gear? MJF/Darby, Eddie/Punk, main? Want to catch some of it while it’s fresh but I also have company and although she’s wrestling curious, I don’t think her idea of a perfect morning is watching 4+ hours of pro wrestling. I could catch a bit while she’s still sleeping

I can't split the top 4 personally so pick your 3 from the brief descriptions:

MJF vs Derby Allin was exceptional as an opener and probably exceeded my expectations more than any match on the card,
Danielson vs Miro was a brutal fight between a monster and technical underdog
Eddie Kingston vs CM Punk was a fight is a different manner. Felt like there was real venom.
and Page vs Hangman was an exceptional culmination of 2 years of build.

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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

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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

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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.

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 HM: Billy Gunn vs. Darby Allin, AEW Rampage 11/19
HM: Jurassic Express vs. Adam Cole & Bobby Fish, AEW Rampage, 11/19

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Colt Cabana, Dynamite 11/24
HM: Jamie Hayter vs. Thunder Rosa, Dynamite, 11/24
MOTYC: Triangulo de la Muerta & Cody Rhodes vs. Malakai Black, Andrade El Idolo & FTR - AEW Dynamite 11/24

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 WOTYC: Black Friday Battle Royal, WWE Smackdown, 11/27

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Orange Cassidy & Wheeler Yuta vs Adam Cole & Bobby Fish AEW Rampage 26.11

This match was about 50% comedy, 50% great wrestling and 100% awesome.

nth

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

Rarity posted:

HM: Britt Baker vs. Riho, AEW Rampage Black Friday, 26/11
MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Rampage Black Friday, 26/11
nth

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

MassRafTer posted:

HM: Ruby Soho vs Kris Statlander, AEW Dynamite 12/1.

The best Ruby has looked and the crowd was really into this. Really great execution in this one.

Agreed - hopefully we get a rematch down the road

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 HM: Andrade el Idolo vs Cody Rhodes Altlanta Street Fight, Dynamite 12/1/21

Excellent match, ruined by a terrible finish

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Tony Nese, AEW Rampage, 03/12
MOTYC: PAC/Penta El Zero Miedo vs. FTR, AEW Rampage, 03/12

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
HM: Dynamite Dozen Battle Royale, AEW Dynamite, 08/12
HM: The Acclaimed/2point0 vs. Jurassic Express/Varisty Blonds, AEW Dynamite, 08/12
MOYTC: The Young Bucks vs. Chuck Taylor/Rocky Romero, AEW Dynamite, 08/12
HM: Jamie Hayter vs. Riho, AEW Dynamite, 08/12
HM: Bryan Danielson vs. John Silver, AEW Dynamite, 08/12

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 MOTYC: FTR vs The Lucha Brothers (c), AEW Tag Team Championship, AEW Rampage, 10/12 - Probably my favourite of the series. Fenix especially was awesome
HM: Adam Cole vs. Wheeler Yuta, AEW Rampage, 10/12 - I always love a NJPW style star vs. young lion match

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 Don't think I nominated this as a WMOTYC, but if not it definitely needs to be on the list:

WMOTYC - 09/26 | Roman Reigns (C) vs. The Demon Finn Balor for the WWE Universal Championship - WWE Extreme Rules

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

Testekill posted:

MOTY: Bryan Danielson vs Adam Page, AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming 12/15



AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

drat, beat me to it.

I nearly howled in anguish at 2:05am

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 HM: Hikaru Shida vs. Serena Deeb III, AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming 12/15
HM: MJF vs Dante Martin for the Dynamite Diamond Ring, AEW Dynamite: Winter is Coming 12/15

PPV quality show on free TV

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 WMOTYC: 12/05 | Cora Jade, Io Shirai, Raquel Gonzalez & Kay Lee Ray vs. Dakota Kai & Toxic Attraction - NXT War Games
HM: 12/05 | Imperium vs. Kyle O'Reilly & Von Wagner - NXT War Games
HM: 12/05 | Team 2.0 (Bron Breakker, Carmelo Hayes, Grayson Waller, and Tony D'Angelo) vs. Team Black & Gold (Johnny Gargano, LA Knight, Pete Dunne, and Tommaso Ciampa) - NXT War Games

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 HM: Adam Cole vs. Orange Cassidy, AEW Holiday Bash, 22/12
HM: The Pinnacle vs. CM Punk/Darby Allin/Sting, AEW Holiday Bash, 22/12

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

flatluigi posted:

from 12/25 rampage

HM: Jungle Boy vs Isiah Kassidy: kassidy looked fuckin great and i wanna see a lot more from him and quen in the new year
HM: HOOK vs Bear Bronson: hook showed he can deal with larger opponents real well + i was stunned by how good his everything looks already. how long has he been training behind the scenes, jesus
HM: Kris Statlander vs Leyla Hirsch: love these two, loved the submissions including the finish, loved leyla's offense. wanna see so much more from these two in the new year
HM: Cody Rhodes vs Sammy Guevara: what a smug fucker cody rhodes has become. i bit hard on every near fall and i bit even harder on the pedigree tease. gonna blow the roof off when that finally happens.

nothing made me go "holy poo poo what a fantastic match" but all of it was real enjoyable. merry crimmis all

nth all of these

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 HM - Sonny Kiss vs Joey Janela, No DQ match, AEW Dark 12/29

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

Rarity posted:

HM: Lucha Bros/Jurassic Express/Christian Cage vs. FTR/Matt Hardy/Private Party, AEW New Year's Smash, 29/12

Fun clusterfuck

2nd. I can get behind that

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 AEW New Year's Smash, 12/29


HM: Daniel Garcia & 2point0 vs. Eddie Kingston & Proud n Powerful
HM: Adam Cole & ReDRagon vs. Chuck Taylor, Orange Cassidy, & Trent

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008
 I've mulled it over for a few hours and judging by others giving it HM votes I may be harsh:

WMOTYC: Thunder Rosa vs. Jade Cargill, AEW New Year's Smash, 12/29

This match completely exposed Jade. The story of the match was logical, but by the end of it I was significantly less enthused to see Jade wrestle again and that is a major problem seeing as this is a semi final of a tournament and all 4 competitors at this stage will be given extensive spotlight in 2022.

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Kevino07
Oct 16, 2008

Rarity posted:

HM: Darby Allin vs. Anthony Bowens, AEW Rampage, 31/12
MOTYC: TayJay vs. The Bunny/Penelope Ford, AEW Rampage, 31/12
HM: Cody Rhodes vs. Ethan Page, AEW Rampage, 31/12

Fantastic way to close out the wrestling year

Agreed on all 3 of these

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