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

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flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Kirios posted:

WMOTYC - Brock Lesnar vs. Big E vs. Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens vs. Bobby Lashley - WWE Day 1

Dumb idiotic booking decisions and a boring Lesnar circle jerk match all designed to make Big E look at lame as possible. WWE reminding us all that they're the absolute worst on Day 1!

nth, down to lesnar reportedly ending the match early b/c he felt like it

# ¿ Jan 4, 2022 00:53

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 23:07

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page (C) vs. Bryan Danielson for the AEW World Title - AEW Dynamite 1/5

Picked right back up from their hour-long draw and kept up the same quality, with wonderful callbacks to that first match and notable matches of the past (including to one of the judge's own career), both these guys are insanely good. Crazy match, hot crowd, great finish. Hell yeah.

beginning to think these two dudes are good at wrestling (nth'd)

# ¿ Jan 6, 2022 02:36

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Benne posted:

MOTYC: MJF vs. Shawn Dean, AEW Dynamite 1/5

You know I'm right

nth

# ¿ Jan 6, 2022 03:29

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

yeah i'm not giving it even a HM but it was in no way a bad match, just an okay one. excited to see some different matchups happen in the future

# ¿ Jan 6, 2022 03:32

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

HM: Jade vs Anna, jan 21 rampage

jade shittalking constantly works great and I loved the finish (especially with that fuckin' kiss)

# ¿ Jan 22, 2022 04:59

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Anthony Bowens - AEW Rampage 1/28

Another example of Bowens' incredible growth, and of course Mox being loving incredible as always.

nth

i want bowens to get the tnt title for a bit eventually

# ¿ Jan 29, 2022 04:19

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Macksy posted:

WMOTY Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns royal rumble 2022 - Roman is a bad actor and wrestler and his matches where he dunks on his geek opponent because he's just so strong is so loving boring and drags on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on

Benne posted:

WMOTYC: Women's Royal Rumble, 1/30

Strong contender for the worst Rumble match of all time

nth

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 04:00

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

WMOTYC: Becky vs Doudrop, Royal Rumble

boring as poo poo, ending was a nothingburger, and even the wrestlemania sign literally catching on fire mid match couldn't make it interesting

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 04:04

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

WMOTYC: Bobby Lashley vs Brock Lesnar

a bunch of suplexes and then a terrible finish

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 04:29

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

wmotyc: edge/beth v miz/maryse, royal rumble

beth deserves better than having to fight maryse. this would've been just mediocre if it wasn't for corey graves spending the entire match talking about relationships and wives and romance. i never want to hear 'the grit couple' again.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 04:54

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

WMOTYC: Men's Royal Rumble

hope kofi's okay. even bad bunny coming back and reminding us of the best celebrity guest they've ever had wrestle a match couldn't really salvage an awful awful awful show. lmao at 30. wwe is the loving worst

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 05:56

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

SG Bamboo posted:

It Couple vs Grit Couple was the best match on the card but that may have been because I went to make food for 10 minutes during it. No excuse for it to still be going when I came back though

i don't know if corey graves constantly going off about the importance of marriage and having a loving relationship the entire loving time was meant to be a rib on him but it certainly made everything real loving grating, especially with constantly referring to the women as The Wives as if that was the only important thing

Seams posted:

Can�t believe enough people are still watching the fed for it to qualify for WMOTY�s

it's the only thing i've watched since last rumble/wrestlemanias which i also didn't like, but somehow i thought there'd be some bright point somewhere in either rumble enough to groupwatch it with friends over discord

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 06:27

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: CM Punk vs. MJF - AEW Dynamite 2/2

Holy poo poo this was NOT the match I expected these two to have and I'm so glad they did. Incredible stuff.

nth, fantastic in every way

Jerusalem posted:

HM: PAC & Penta El Zero M vs. The Kings of the Black Throne - AEW Dynamite 2/2

Two loving metal tag teams having a hell of a great match. Wonderful stuff, so exciting!

agreed as well

# ¿ Feb 3, 2022 04:02

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Isiah Kassidy, AEW Rampage 2/4

nth, kassidy impressed me

have you heard aew has a lot of real good young wrestlers

# ¿ Feb 5, 2022 04:30

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

MOTYC: CM Punk + JEOOONNN MOXLEY vs FTR, Feb 9 Dynamite

# ¿ Feb 10, 2022 03:22

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/9

MOTYC: ??? vs. Isiah Kassidy
MOTYC: ??? & CM Punk vs. FTR
HM: Jade Cargill vs. A.Q.A
MOTYC: "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Lance Archer

100%

# ¿ Feb 10, 2022 04:08

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Athena vs. Thunder Rosa, Warrior Wrestling 19, 12/02

Athena's back, baby!

nth, what a good match. sign her up tony and put her on tv

# ¿ Feb 13, 2022 11:08

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

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

# ¿ Mar 5, 2022 04:15

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

MOTYC House of Black vs Penta/PAC/Redbeard, AEW Revolution 2022 Preshow

hell of a match, hell of a showcase for everyone involved, i wanna see these dudes fight forever

turns out preshow matches are supposed to sell you on the PPV and boy did this do that

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 01:54

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

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.

nth nth nth

eddie loving kingston

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 02:20

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

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.

nth

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 02:47

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Face of the Revolution Ladder Match AEW Revolution 06.03

Just general murder, with and without ladders.

nth

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 03:19

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Rarity posted:

HM: Jade Cargill vs. Tay Conti, AEW Revolution, 06/03

They're both still inexperienced so it was a little rough around the edges but there was so much raw talent on display here

nth

jade gets better every single match and tonight was Great

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 03:30

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: CM Punk vs MJF AEW Revolution 06.03

BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD

100%

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 04:04

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Stall_19 posted:

I imagine they're doing the rematch in San Antonio in a couple of weeks. Not good but I wouldn't call it terrible or anything.

i didn't dislike it enough to give it a wmotyc but i do think they probably should've had this match a few weeks ago and done whatever no-interference stip they're planning for in a couple weeks here instead

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 04:37

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

MOTYC: Tony Nese v Swerve Strickland, Mar 11 AEW Rampage

a real fun match and a great showcase for both of these dudes. wanna see a ton more of swerve already and i want nese to find something to do to get him on tv more

definitely on the border of HM-MOTYC for me but there were just a whole bunch of great small spots and character beats that made me really dig it + i really wanna see them have a rematch in the future with how much chemistry they both have

# ¿ Mar 12, 2022 04:59

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Sticky Nate posted:

MOTY: Wheeler Yuta vs Bryan Danielson. Dynamite, 30/3

yeah nth

# ¿ Mar 31, 2022 02:24

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Swerve Strickland vs. Alex Zayne, ROH Supercard of Honor, 4/1

Great start to the main card with some insane spots.

agreed. tempted to give it a motyc honestly

# ¿ Apr 2, 2022 01:16

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: The Briscoes (C) vs. FTR for the ROH Tag Titles - ROH Supercard of Honor 4/1

Tag. Team. Wrestling.

nth nth nth

ftr owns, hell of a loving match

# ¿ Apr 2, 2022 02:37

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Bandido vs. Jonathan Gresham, ROH Supercard of Honor, 4/1

loving incredible.

nth

holy poo poo

# ¿ Apr 2, 2022 03:49

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

yeah, Shanna had the goku outfit and was around aew briefly, got found out that she had Opinions about immigrants and Muslims, and was one of the handful of people whose contracts ended because of pandemic travel issues

# ¿ Apr 6, 2022 09:58

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

MOTYC: April 6 Dynamite, FTR vs The Young Bucks

five loving stars

# ¿ Apr 7, 2022 02:59

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

sportsgenius86 posted:

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

WATCH THIS loving MATCH

# ¿ Apr 9, 2022 03:59

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs Daniel Garcia AEW Rampage 22.04

It's almost like two dudes trying their best to murder each other makes for a hella good match

these two have great chemistry and i would've watched them go another twenty minutes

also god i forgot garcia is only 23

# ¿ Apr 23, 2022 03:39

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

SalTheBard posted:

Holy loving poo poo:

HM - Dax Harwood vs. Cash Wheeler - AEW Dynamite - 4/27

This match loving owns. What the gently caress FTR is awesome.

i'll give it a hm and if we ever see ftr vs ftr 2 it'll be five stars

# ¿ Apr 28, 2022 01:21

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

MOTYC: Dax vs Cole, May 11 AEW Dynamite

what a loving match

# ¿ May 12, 2022 01:20

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

AEW Dynamite May 18

HM: Samoa Joe v Mystery Challenger Johnny Elite
MOTY: Hangman v Takeshita

# ¿ May 19, 2022 01:32

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

MOTYC: KOR v Rey Fenix, AEW Dynamite May 18

holy loving poo poo KOR

# ¿ May 19, 2022 02:15

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

Maxwell Lord posted:

HM: Kris Statlander vs Red Velvet, AEW Rampage 5/20

Just a really fun kickass battle between a great hoss and a wily heel.

nth, i think this was a great showcase for both of their new characters

edit:

graph posted:

HM: Dante Martin & Matt Sydal vs. The Blackpool Combat Club

nth

i forgot how good a wrestler matt sydal is

flatluigi fucked around with this message at 05:32 on May 21, 2022

# ¿ May 21, 2022 05:13

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 23:07

flatluigi: Apr 23, 2008; here come the planes

MOTYC: Wardlow vs Shawn Spears, May 25 AEW Dynamite

Everything i wanted it to be and more.

# ¿ May 26, 2022 01:21

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