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

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Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Cerebral Bore posted:

WMOTYC: Tomohiro Ishii vs EVIL NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 04.01

EVIL did the impossible, he dragged Ishii to a legit bad singles match.

yeah nth

# ¿ Jan 4, 2022 11:00

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 14:59

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Shingo Takagi (C) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Night 1 1/4

Shingo has been fantastic over the last year but Okada suffered during COVID. His slow return to form as his worshipers returned to fill seats culminated here with him seemingly back at close to full power and all the old magic of New Japan's great main events of the past seemed to be back too. Incredible match, it defied time just like Okada and Shingo defy the constraints of mortal man and moments like The Dragonmaker Pose made the crowd defy noise restrictions and gasp and bellow and cheer at what they were seeing. This was insanely great, holy gently caress.

nth

# ¿ Jan 4, 2022 12:40

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Senerio posted:

I don't think you'll need to worry about anyone but me nominating it tbh.

i'll nth it

vv: you haven't seen it yet get outta here!!!!!

# ¿ Jan 6, 2022 22:25

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Penta El Zero M vs. Wheeler Yuta - AEW Dark 1/25

This could have easily been a nothing match, but instead both guys went hard and it absolutely ruled.

nth

# ¿ Jan 26, 2022 01:47

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Testekill posted:

MOTYC: Cody Rhodes vs Sammy Guevara, AEW Dynamite: Beach Break, 1/26

nth

# ¿ Jan 27, 2022 02:32

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Adam Cole in a Lights Out Match - AEW Dynamite Beach Break 1/26

Really, really fun match though the structure got a little weird at points. Loved the ending though.

nth

# ¿ Jan 27, 2022 04:01

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Teddybear posted:

WMOTYC: Seth Rollins v. Roman Reigns, WWE Royal Rumble 1/29
WMOTYC: Women's Royal Rumble, WWE Royal Rumble 1/29
WMOTYC: Becky Lynch v. Doudrop, WWE Royal Rumble 1/29
WMOTYC: Edge and Beth Phoenix v. The Miz and Maryse, WWE Royal Rumble 1/29
WMOTYC: Brock Lesnar v. Bobby Lashley, WWE Royal Rumble 1/29
WMOTYC: Men's Royal Rumble, WWE Royal Rumble 1/29

Maybe the worst premium live event I've seen.

nth

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 06:07

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

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

# ¿ Feb 3, 2022 04:00

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Isiah Kassidy vs. Mystery Opponent, AEW Dynamite, 09/02

That's a loving debut

nth

# ¿ Feb 10, 2022 02:57

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: CM Punk/Mystery Partner vs. FTR, AEW Dynamite, 09/02

nth

# ¿ Feb 10, 2022 03:23

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

sal can you not read the room

# ¿ Feb 10, 2022 03:29

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

karmicknight posted:

HM: Jade Cargill vs. AQA 2/9 Dynamite.

nth

# ¿ Feb 10, 2022 03:40

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Hangman Page vs. Lance Archer, AEW Dynamite, 09/02

nth

# ¿ Feb 10, 2022 04:00

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

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

nth

# ¿ Mar 5, 2022 04:16

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

flatluigi posted:

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

nth

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 01:57

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

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, beauty

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 02:20

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

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 02:46

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Dr. Britt Baker DMD (C) vs. Thunder Rosa in a Steel Cage match for the AEW Women's Championship - AEW Dynamite St. Patrick's Day Stampede - 3/16

"No man's land, no woman's land..."
"NOBODY'S LAND!"

These two women were trying to kill each other, and largely succeeding!

nth

tony was right

# ¿ Mar 17, 2022 03:02

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Briscoes vs. FTR, ROH Supercard of Honor, 4/1

Holy loving poo poo this slapped

nth

# ¿ Apr 2, 2022 02:36

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Dango Bango posted:

WMOTYC: Ridge Holland & Sheamus vs. The New Day - WM Night 2, 4/3

gently caress WWE.

nth lmao

# ¿ Apr 4, 2022 03:40

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

KungFu Grip posted:

that was better than their other matches by miles and the crowd was actually into this one lmao

what would you say were the highlights of the match

# ¿ Apr 4, 2022 05:10

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

KungFu Grip posted:

WMOTYC: Edge vs AJ Styles Wrestlemania 38 Night 2 4/2/22

I'm shocked no one nominated this match because it was boring as gently caress and the crowd was dead the whole match

i would have but i felt like i couldn't by the rules of the thread because i spent most of the match playing Metropolis Street Racing lol

# ¿ Apr 4, 2022 05:26

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

is Billie Starkz the first wrestler to have two different WMOTYC nominations in 2 days

# ¿ Apr 6, 2022 03:35

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

flatluigi posted:

MOTYC: April 6 Dynamite, FTR vs The Young Bucks

five loving stars

nth

"Ten Stars" FTR

# ¿ Apr 7, 2022 03:00

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

sportsgenius86 posted:

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

WATCH THIS loving MATCH

nth

# ¿ Apr 9, 2022 03:59

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

MassRafTer posted:

MOTYC: SCORPIO SKY VS SAMMY GUEVARA
HM: HIKARU SHIDA VS SERENA DEEB
HM: CA$H VS DAX

AEW DYNAMITE 4/27!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

nth all three

# ¿ Apr 28, 2022 03:04

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Jordan7hm posted:

AEW dynamite may 4

MOTYC Dante v Fenix

Goddamn I could watch them wrestle for hours

nth

is there a level beyond moty

# ¿ May 5, 2022 02:41

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Adam Cole vs. Dax Harwood, AEW Dynamite, 5/11

Dax is so loving good

nth

# ¿ May 12, 2022 01:28

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Dango Bango posted:

HM: Jamie Hayter vs. Toni Storm, AEW Dynamite 5/11

Awesome match and totally realistic finishing sequence.

nth

# ¿ May 12, 2022 02:43

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page vs. Konosuke Takeshita - AEW Dynamite 5/18

Love that a wider audience got to see how loving good Soup Boy is, and he and Page had an absolute banger in front of a hot crowd. Beautiful stuff.

nth

# ¿ May 19, 2022 01:33

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

flatluigi posted:

MOTYC: KOR v Rey Fenix, AEW Dynamite May 18

holy loving poo poo KOR

nth

# ¿ May 19, 2022 02:17

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Nyla Rose & Emi Sakura vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Skye Blue - AEW Dark Elevation 5/23

What the gently caress this was WAAAAAY better than it had any right to be. Don't sleep on this, it's a wonderful match with an incredible finish.

nth

# ¿ May 24, 2022 04:20

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

MassRafTer posted:

WMOTYC: The Miz vs Cody Rhodes, 5/24 Raw.

This is art.

https://twitter.com/WrassIinMark/status/1528924443208204288

i cant actually vote for this because this gif is all i've seen of the match but boy i want to

# ¿ May 24, 2022 05:08

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

flatluigi posted:

MOTYC: Wardlow vs Shawn Spears, May 25 AEW Dynamite

Everything i wanted it to be and more.

nth

# ¿ May 26, 2022 01:22

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Maxwell Lord posted:

I love that we had all three nominations for that match in rapid succession.

wrestling inspires strong emotion in people

# ¿ May 30, 2022 03:35

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Pylons posted:

AEW Double or Nothing 5/29

HM: MJF vs. Wardlow
MOTYC: Death Triangle vs. House of Black
HM: Kyle O'Reilly vs. Darby Allin
MOTYC: Thunder Rosa vs. Serena Deeb
MOTY: Anarchy in the Arena
MOTYC: Jurassic Express vs. Team Taz vs. Swerve in Our Glory
MOTYC: CM Punk vs. Hangman Adam Page

this lines up pretty well for me, nth all of these

# ¿ May 30, 2022 06:29

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros - AEW Rampage 6/3

I don't think they're physically capable of having a less than great match, and this was no exception. Phenomenal, and that ending was

every single time, nth

# ¿ Jun 4, 2022 03:17

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

flatluigi posted:

darkstar watches aew??

of course, there are women he can complain about

# ¿ Jun 9, 2022 02:47

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

flatluigi posted:

MOTYC: KOR v MOX, Jun 08 AEW Dynamite

nth

Alaois fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Jun 9, 2022

# ¿ Jun 9, 2022 03:01

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 14:59

Alaois: Feb 7, 2012

MassRafTer posted:

Great Rampage.

HM: Hager vs Kingston
HM: Statlander vs Velvet
HM: United Empire vs FTR and Trent?

Basically the perfect Rampage a bunch of really good matches some of which made me want to see other matches and a main event where I'm not sure it could get time on Dynamite but fit as a perfect Rampage main event.

nth

# ¿ Jun 11, 2022 04:02

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