2021's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Korakuen 2021 - January 4th

MOTYC
Miyu Yamashita vs Maki Itoh
Fuuuuuck

HM
Hyper Misao vs Shoko Nakajima
100 Gatcha Rope Deathmatch. Absolute Insanity

Saki-sama & Mei Saint Michel vs Sena Shiori & Hikari Noa
Mei-san and Saki-sama rule hard

Seconding these and adding

HM
Rika Tatsumi vs Yuka Sakazaki (C)
Princess of Princess Championship, Tokyo Joshi 1/4

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 06:34

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 17:54

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Matches of the Year:

TJPW (1)
Everyone Else (0)

Close the polling!

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 07:25

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a cyborg mug posted:

WMOTYC: NJPW Ranbo, Wrestle Kingdom 15 Day 1 01/04

loving awful

Seconded, somehow managed to challenge the Royal Rumble for "worst one of these"

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 08:42

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Artelier posted:

MoneyclipOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom Night 1 - 1/4

Excellent match, loved it

C'mon dude don't spoil finishes

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 12:16

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MOTYC: Mei Suruga vs Shinno Hagane - Gatoh Move/ChocoPro LIVE #80, 1/11 (local)

# ¿ Jan 11, 2021 04:59

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I wonder if every WWE Raw match by default should just go into the WMOTY column unless something happens to make it not monumentally terrible

# ¿ Jan 26, 2021 05:09

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MOTYC: Yunamon & Chris Brookes vs Baliyan Akki & Mei Suruga - Gatoh Move ChocoPro #85 (1/29)

Unsurprisingly, all of the cool poo poo these four come up with in Ichigaya translates out to a full ring, and they had a ballin' rear end tag title match on the Mitsuru Graduation Show

# ¿ Jan 30, 2021 02:18

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HM: Mei Suruga vs SAKI, Gatoh Move/ChocoPro Live #87, 2/5

# ¿ Feb 6, 2021 04:12

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Senerio posted:

MOTYC: Pop Team Epic vs NEO Biishiki-gun, TJPW Positive chain 2/11
MOTYC: Kamiyu(c) vs Mirai Maiumi, TJPW positive Chain 2/11
MOTYC: Bakuretsu Sisters(c) vs Hyper Misao and Shin-Ultra Shoko HYPER ULTRA JUDGEMENT match TJPW Positive Chain 2/11
MOTYC: Rika Tatsumi(c) vs Miu TJPW Positive Chain 2/11

Definitely nth and a HM for Magical Sugar Rabbits vs Suzume/Arisu Endo for good measure

# ¿ Feb 11, 2021 06:31

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Best Bros vs Emi/Veny is absolutely a MOTYC vote from me. Holy poo poo.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2021 03:17

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MOTYC: Yunamon/Ryo Mizunami vs Emi Sakura/Mei Suruga, ChocoPro #90 2/13

Aniki rules

# ¿ Feb 14, 2021 03:18

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yeah I want to HM that Akki/Shinno match as well.

# ¿ Feb 14, 2021 04:51

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SG Bamboo posted:

AEW Women's Tournament - Japanese Side February 15th
HM

Yuka Sakazaki vs Mei Suruga
Veny vs Emi Sakura
Maki Itoh vs Ryo Mizunami
Rin Kadokura vs Aja Kong

Nothing groundbreaking from any of them but a nice way to introduce the new faces to a wider audience. Four good to great matches

Yep, totally seconded

# ¿ Feb 16, 2021 02:12

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MOTYC:

Emi Sakura vs Yuka Sakazaki
Ryo Mizunami vs Aja Kong

AEW Women's World Championship Tournament, 2/22

Turns out Shida knows how to book a tournament and the people she picked are really loving good at wrestling

# ¿ Feb 23, 2021 01:56

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Alaois posted:

nth and i'll even toss in an HM

HM - Tay Conti vs Nyla Rose

I agree and will nth that HM

# ¿ Feb 23, 2021 02:09

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fez_machine posted:

MOTYC
26th February
Chocopro #91
Best Bros Vs. Egg Tart

BRUTALE

Chie showed herself very well in her first title match ever carried by excellent work from Akki, Hagane, and Mei

had a little of everything that makes Chocopro so great

NTH. MVCHIE

# ¿ Feb 27, 2021 03:30

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HM: Yuna Mizumori/Chie Koishikawa vs Emi Sakura/Aja Kong, ChocoPro #92, 2/27

I thought this match was very good, but good on an HM level.

# ¿ Feb 28, 2021 04:25

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SG Bamboo posted:

TJPW Change the Wind Direction March 6th
MOTYC
121000000 vs NEO Biishiki-gun - Don't want to spoil who made the finals, but pure entertainment from start to finish

HM
NEO Biishiki-gun (Sakisama and Mei Saint-Michel) vs Deathmatch Rangers (Sena Shiori and Hikari Noa)
121000000 (Miyu Yamashita and Miki Itoh) vs Kyoraku Komei (Hyper Misao and Shoko Nakajima)
Kamiyu vs Mizuki vs Haruna Neko
Yuka Sakazaki and Bakuretsu Sisters (Yuki Aino and Nodoka Tenma) vs Pom Harajuku and Daydream (Rika Tatsumi and Miu Watanabe)

Another real good show from TJPW

Nth. Yeah, agreed.

# ¿ Mar 6, 2021 07:08

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fez_machine posted:

ChocoPro #100 Day 1
Asia Dream Tag Titles: Best Bros (Baliyan Akki & Mei Suruga)(c) vs Emi Sakura & Minoru Fujita

MOTYC

Big Match Chocopro is really something else!

Fast, stiff, and earnest!

HM
Chie Koishikawa & Hagane Shinno (EGG TART) vs CHANGO & PSYCHO

Nth

Senerio posted:

MOTYC Mei Suruga vs Mizuki ChocoPro 100 Day 2

Dang.

Nth

fez_machine posted:

+ MOTYC Baliyan Akki Vs Fujita for the Super Asia Championship

Nth

# ¿ Mar 28, 2021 17:17

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The bloc of us voting up ChocoPro and TJPW matches are doing so because they are loving rad and you should watch ChocoPro and TJPW

# ¿ Apr 12, 2021 06:02

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Pylons posted:

TJPW Still Incomplete 4/17

HM: Miyu Yamashita vs. Hikari Noa
HM: NEO Biishiki-gun vs. The Bakuretsu Sisters
HM: Rika Tatsumi vs. Maki Itoh

Nth to all three, with the triple threat tag being very fun and worth watching if you already are watching the show. Which you should, because TJPW is great.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2021 00:12

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MOTYC: Best Bros (C) vs Chango and Psycho for the Asia Dream Tag Titles, GatohMove/ChocoPro 108, 4/17

Holy goddamn

# ¿ Apr 18, 2021 03:30

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fez_machine posted:

MOTYC
ChocoPro #110: PENCIL ARMY VS. ACES OF CHOCOPRO

Everything good about Chocopro in one match. A spot fest that told multiple great stories in one 45 minute match. Chris Brookes accepting the Pencil Army. Lulu getting close to her first pin ever. Akki vs. Fujita.

If you only watch one Chocopro match make it this one. If you don't like it, then ChocoPro just isn't for you and never will be.

aw yeah nth

For the list, this match is Mei Suruga/Baliyan Akki/Chie Koishikawa/Hagane Shinno vs. Lulupencil/Emi Sakura/Minoru Fujita/Chris Brookes

# ¿ May 1, 2021 04:34

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Senerio posted:

MOTYC: Mei Suruga vs Minoru Fujita Chocopro 125 June 11 2021 for the Super Asia Championship

Champ of the Month and also Match of the Night.

Nth. Mei is great. Fujita is great.

# ¿ Jun 13, 2021 00:51

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 17:54

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Senerio posted:

MOTYC: Lulupencil vs Chris Brookes 30 Minutes Ironmen Match ChocoPro 137 7/22(JST)

PENCIL
ARMY
PENCIL
ARMY

This has more than enough to make it but I'm adding my nth anyway

# ¿ Jul 22, 2021 03:31

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