2022's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

HM: Desperado vs Hiromu, Dangerous Tekkers vs Goto/Yoshi Hashi
MOTYC: Shibata vs Ren Narita, Okada vs Shingo - Wrestle Kingdom Night one Jan 4th

Okada/Shingo so good the crowd actually made audible noise through out the match making this the closest we've had to normal crowd noise in awhile

# ¿ Jan 5, 2022 07:57

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 00:47

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page vs Bryan Danielson - AEW dynamite 1/5

MOTYC: Okada vs Ospreay, Kenta vs Tanahashi Wrestle Kingdom Night 2 - 1/5

# ¿ Jan 6, 2022 07:50

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Dustin Rhodes vs. Sammy Guevara, AEW Battle for the Belts, 1/8

This match slapped

yeah agreed

what a great week for matches

# ¿ Jan 9, 2022 02:25

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Lamuella posted:

HM: Eddie Kingston vs Gabriel Kidd, New Japan Strong, January 8. A King's Road vs Strong Style epic, as performed by an angry kid from Nottingham and a dirtbag from Yonkers. Eddie has the emotion of the wild veteran, Kidd has the fire of a young Shibata protégé. The strikes and throws here are great, and a version of this match that had a story going into it would be in MOTYC territory.

Yeah agreed

# ¿ Jan 10, 2022 07:13

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTY: Taichi vs. DOUKI - JTO TakaTaichiMania 3 (1/10)

Yeah agreed. Douki winning the Never 6 man or Jr Tag titles at Korakuen is gonna be totally amazing and it's gonna happen this year

# ¿ Jan 13, 2022 07:30

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 1/14

HM: Trent? Beretta vs. Adam Cole
HM: Kris Statlander, Leyla Hirsch & Red Velvet vs. Nyla Rose, The Bunny & Penelope Ford
HM: Luchasaurus & Jungle Boy vs. Alex Reynolds & John Silver

Yeah agreed

# ¿ Jan 15, 2022 19:15

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC for Archer/Hangman. So amazing the late career Resurgence Archer got because he helped sell tickets for the G1 in Dallas and DBS Jr. hosed off.

I legit wonder if DBSjr just dragged him down cause once he was gone Lance just really took off

Also yeah MOTYC for Archer/Hangman and PUnk/?? vs FTR

# ¿ Feb 10, 2022 19:24

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Young Bucks vs Roppongi Vice AEW Rampage 11.02

A complete dumb spotfest clusterfuck going at about a million miles an hour. It loving owned.

Yes agreed

# ¿ Feb 12, 2022 04:26

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Seams posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Lee Moriarty
HM: Pround and Powerful vs Jericho and Hager
HM: Mercedes Martinez vs Thunder Rosa
HM: Sammy Guevara vs Darby Allin

Yeah agreed

# ¿ Feb 17, 2022 04:36

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Trent Beretta vs The Detested Knife Pervert AEW Rampage 18.02

FUUUCK YOUUUU SWITCHBLADE

I almost want to knock it down to hm cause Jay's Tanahashi taunts were Picture in picture but nth

# ¿ Feb 19, 2022 02:10

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Dante Martin vs Will Hobbs AEW Rampage 18.02

I hear that Dante Martin was legally required to register himself as an aircraft before this match.

Yeah nth

# ¿ Feb 19, 2022 02:17

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Golden Series 2/20

The ONLY thing this was missing was the crowd being able to lose their poo poo, and they still lost their poo poo at points anyway because HOLY gently caress WHAT A MATCH!

Yeah agreed

# ¿ Feb 20, 2022 23:27

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs. El Desperado - New Japan Cup (3/6)

loving incredible stuff. I don't think Okada has been on a run this good since 2017/18

Agreed. Amazing match and you can make a case that Okada and Despy are right now in the top 5 Wrestlers in the World

# ¿ Mar 3, 2022 06:55

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

flatluigi posted:

MOTYC Andrade/Sammy/Darby for the TNT Title, March 4 AEW Rampage

best showing andrade's had in aew and sammy and darby were also extremely on point

Yeah agreed great three way

# ¿ Mar 5, 2022 04:16

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs Eddie Kingston AEW Revolution 06.03

Match started with a shoot murder and only got more violent from there.

Gonna go HM but good old fashioned 90's AJPW match

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: House of Black vs. PAC/Penta Oscuro/Erick Redbeard, AEW Revolution, 06/03

A wild clusterfuck

Agreed

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 02:20

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Jurassic Express vs Young Bucks vs reDRagon AEW Revolution 06.03

Absolute insanity from three of the best teams in the business. Great action, great storytelling, great everything.

Yeah Agreed

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 02:46

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: CM Punk vs MJF AEW Revolution 06.03

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

Yeah agreed

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 04:07

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Rarity posted:

HM: Britt Baker vs. Thunder Rosa, AEW Revolution, 06/03

Not their best work but still lots to like here just not the finish

Finish was almost House of Torture level so it doesn't hit HM for mw

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 04:32

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson, AEW Revolution, 06/03

I like violence

Yeah agreed

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 05:20

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin & Sting vs Matt Hardy, Andrade El Idolo & Isiah Kassidy AEW Revolution 06.03

A complete goddamn clusterfuck on every level going at about a million miles an hour with plunder and insanely dumb spots galore. It loving owned.

I'm gonna go HM especially since some of the stuff with Sting scared me

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 05:24

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Hm for Page/Cole. Run ins and too many kick outs pulled it down from MOTYC for me

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 05:55

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW New Japan Cup 3/7

EXACTLY the match you would expect from these two, and God bless both of them for it.

Yes agreed

# ¿ Mar 8, 2022 06:14

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Kevino07 posted:

Solid Dynamite:

HM: Hangman Adam Page vs. Dante Martin for AEW World Championship, 3/9 Dynamite
HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky for the TNT Championship Match - AEW Dynamite 3/9/22 - More because of some strong selling during the Picture in picture segment

Yeah agreed

# ¿ Mar 10, 2022 04:54

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Minoru Suzuki vs. Hiromu Takahashi - NJPW New Japan Cup 3/13

This match was fantastic, and wildly different from a normal Hiromu match.... well, as normal as anything involving Hiromu can get. The time calls kept blowing my mind, and their poor chests

Nth - This reminded me of the last Dragon Lee/Hiromu match which also ended up with a huge chopf est

# ¿ Mar 14, 2022 05:58

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Taichi vs Kazuchika Okada - NJPW New Japan Cup (3/14)

Okada is the runaway wrestler of the year right now. Incredible match.

HM: CIMA vs Hirooki Goto

Really great work with a super sick finishing sequence.

Agreed

# ¿ Mar 15, 2022 16:16

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Punch McLightning posted:

Dynamite 3/16:

HM: Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, & Kyle O'Reilly vs. Adam Page, Jungle Boy, & Luchasaurus
HM: Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley vs. Chuck Taylor & Wheeler Yuta
MOTYC: Dr. Britt Baker vs. Thunder Rosa

Yeah agreed

# ¿ Mar 17, 2022 03:15

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Hiromu Takahashi vs. EVIL - NJPW New Japan Cup 3/18

Too much of the normal House of Torture nonsense to put it over the top, but the hot crowd and the finish of this match and Hiromu's post-match promo made this one to watch.

Yeah agreed this was actually fun and the finish was pretty great

# ¿ Mar 19, 2022 06:53

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Hiromu Takahashi vs. Shingo Takagi - NJPW New Japan Cup 3/21
Great match but not the result I ultimately wanted (even though I predicted it!)

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW New Japan Cup 3/21
Great match and not the result I expected but YESSSSS!!!!

A bit late but yes nth agreed

# ¿ Mar 23, 2022 06:11

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Okada/Naito, ZSJ/Shingo

Yeah agreed

# ¿ Mar 26, 2022 22:46

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

HM: Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Satoshi Kojima & Tiger Mask IV vs. Tatsumi Fujinami & #STRONGHEARTS - New Japan Cup Final (3/27)

What an incredibly fun match. Everyone looked great. Fujinami still rules at 69 years old.

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tetsuya Naito in the New Japan Cup Final - NJPW New Japan Cup 3/27

Magnificent ending to an incredible tournament.

Agreed

Cup was way better than I thought it would be!

# ¿ Mar 28, 2022 00:58

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

MOTYC: Young Bucks vs FTR
HM: Christian vs Adam Cole
Dynamite 4/6

# ¿ Apr 7, 2022 03:48

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Dango Bango posted:

MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Wheeler Yuta - AEW Rampage 4/8

Yes agreed

# ¿ Apr 9, 2022 04:00

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Hyper Battle April 9th
MOTYC
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
- The best technical wrestler in the world faces down God. Big match New Japan, there's nothing else quite like it, by the end the crowd got loud as hell considering the circumstances

HM
United Empire (Aaron Henare and Will Ospreay) vs LIJ (Tetsuya Naito and Shingo Takagi)
- These guys have great chemistry, and Henare really laid his shots in

Bishamon (YOSHI-HASHI and Hirooki Goto) (c) vs United Empire (Jeff Cobb and Great-O-Khan) - IWGP Tag Team Championships
- Crowd forgot they weren't supposed to cheer, started off slow but was awesome by the end

El Desperado (c) vs SHO - IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship
- This was really good, hovered around MOTYC level until SHO started resorting to low blows near the end but still had some fantastic moments

Yeah agreed

# ¿ Apr 10, 2022 07:38

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Minoru Suzuki (C) vs. Samoa Joe for the ROH Television Championship - AEW Dynamite 4/13

As awesome as I'd hoped. Brutal violence from two kick rear end dudes.

Yeah agreed

HM for Punk/Penta, Redragon/Jurassic Express and Starks/Hobbs vs Keith Lee/Strickland from Dynamite

# ¿ Apr 14, 2022 03:03

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

graph posted:

MOTYC: Tomohiro Ishii v. Minoru Suzuki - NJPW Windy City Riot 4-26-21

Yeah agreed somehow better than Joe/Suzuki

# ¿ Apr 17, 2022 03:58

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Will Ospreay vs. Jon Moxley - NJPW Windy City Riot 4/16

This would have been a MOTYC even in spite of the technical gently caress-ups if the ending hadn't been so dumb. It's clear what angle they were going for, but the match was SOOOOO good and the ending just sucked the air out of the room.

Yes agreed

# ¿ Apr 17, 2022 04:32

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Golden Fight Series April 25th
MOTYC
Taichi (c) vs Shingo Takagi - King of Pro Wrestling Trophy

HM
House of Torture (EVIL, SHO and Yujiro Takahashi) (c) vs Hontai (Hiroshi Tanahashi and GoD (Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa)) - NEVER Openweight 6 Man Championships

Yeah agreed

Tama is so over as a babyface and I'm ready for Never open Champion Tama (and Jr Tag Champion Douki)

# ¿ Apr 26, 2022 06:26

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

Punch McLightning posted:

HMs from Dynamite last nights

Bald vs. Hair
Wardlow vs Lance Archer
Hikaru Shida vs Serena Deeb
Sammy Guevara vs Scorpio Sky

Yeah agreed

# ¿ Apr 28, 2022 21:46

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Wrestling Dontaku May 1st
MOTYC
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii - IWGP US Heavyweight Championship
- Watch the match, it was incredible

Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Tetsuya Naito - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship
- You know when you watch a match and it's incredible and you think it won't be topped. Then a match like this comes along and just shits all over it. Yeah it's their third match this year, but gently caress me this was amazing

HM
EVIL (c) vs Tama Tonga - NEVER Openweight Championship
- Jado the Hero got the crowd popping huge for this match, it certainly helps that Tama and Evil work really well together

El Desperado (c) vs Taiji Ishimori - IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship
- Great action, hot crowd, interesting lead in to Best of Super Juniors next week

Yeah agreed. not the best top to bottom New Japan in the clap era but probably the most fun

# ¿ May 2, 2022 02:35

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 00:47

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

MassRafTer posted:

HM: Jericho vs Santana
MOTYC: Dante Martin vs Rey Fenix
5/4 Dynamite

Yeah agreed

# ¿ May 5, 2022 04:10

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