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

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Buncha AEW

Dynamite 5/1
MOTYC: Adam Page vs Bryan Danielson
HM: Jurassic Express vs Lucha Bros - RIP Rey

Rampage 7/1
HM: Adam Cole vs Jake Atlas - RIP Jake
HM: Eddie Kingston & PnP vs 2.0 & Daniel Garcia

Battle of the Belts 8/1
MOTYC: Sammy Guevara vs Dustin Rhodes
HM: Britt Baker vs Riho

# ¿ Jan 9, 2022 23:44

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 10:52

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AEW Rampage 14/1

HM: Adam Cole vs Trent Beretta
HM: Jurassic Express vs John Silver & Alex Reynolds

# ¿ Jan 15, 2022 22:53

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AEW Rampage 21/1

HM: Trent Beretta vs Nick Jackson
HM: Jade Cargill vs Anna Jay - This was Jade's best match by an absolute country mile

# ¿ Jan 22, 2022 23:18

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/26

MOTY: Sammy Guevara vs. Cody Rhodes (C) For the TNT Championship
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Adam Cole, Lights Out

nth

# ¿ Jan 27, 2022 23:46

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Punch McLightning posted:

HMs from Rampage on January 28

Anthony Bowens vs. Jon Moxley
Brock Anderson & Lee Johnson vs. FTR
Private Party vs. Jurassic Express

nth

# ¿ Jan 29, 2022 23:40

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Ricky Starks (C) vs. Jay Lethal for the FTW Championship - AEW Rampage 2/4

Really fun match with a spectacular ending. Commentary was on fire all the way through too.

Nthd

# ¿ Feb 5, 2022 21:33

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AEW Dynamite 2/9

MOTYC: FTR vs CM Punk & ???
MOTYC: Adam Page vs Lance Archer

# ¿ Feb 10, 2022 22:56

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AEW Rampage 2/11

HM: Young Bucks vs Roppongi Vice

# ¿ Feb 14, 2022 23:20

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AEW Dynamite 16/2

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Lee Moriarty
HM: Sammy Guevara vs Darby Allin

AEW Rampage 18/2

HM: Adam Cole vs 10
HM: Jay White vs Trent Beretta

# ¿ Feb 20, 2022 14:24

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Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia, Dynamite 2/23

nth

# ¿ Feb 24, 2022 23:34

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Kevino07 posted:

HM: Andrade El Idolo vs. Sammy Guevara (c) for the TNT Championship, AEW Rampage - 2/25/22
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Anthony Bowens to qualify for the Face of the Revolution ladder match, AEW Rampage - 2/25/22

Nthing these

# ¿ Mar 2, 2022 22:38

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AEW Dynamite 2/3

HM: Bryan Danielson vs Christopher Daniels
HM: Adam Page & Dark Order vs Undisputed Era

AEW Rampage 4/3

MOTYC: Sammy Guevara vs Darby Allin vs Andrade

# ¿ Mar 6, 2022 23:27

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AEW Revolution

HM: House of Black vs Death Triangle & Erick Redbeard
MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs Chris Jericho
MOTYC: Jurassic Express vs Young Bucks vs ReDRagon
MOTYC: Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
MOTYC: CM Punk vs MJF
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs Bryan Danielson
HM: Sammy Guevara, Darby Allin & Sting vs The AHFO
MOTYC: Adam Page vs Adam Cole

In this hellscape of an earth god bless AEW for consistently putting on utterly amazing PPVs

# ¿ Mar 8, 2022 23:25

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Swerve Strickland vs. Tony Nese - AEW Rampage 3/11

Very fun main event, great showcase for Swerve obviously but Nese looked really good too.

Nth

# ¿ Mar 13, 2022 21:34

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AEW Dynamite 16/3

HM: Undisputed Era vs Adam Page & Jurassic Express
HM: Thunder Rosa vs Britt Baker

# ¿ Mar 18, 2022 22:51

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graph posted:

HM: Darby Allin v. The Butcher - AEW Rampage - 03/18/22

Nth

# ¿ Mar 19, 2022 19:55

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AEW Dynamite 23/3

HM: CM Punk vs Dax Harwood
HM: Darby Allin, Sting & The Hardys vs The AFO
HM: Adam Cole vs Jay Lethal

AEW Rampage 25/3

HM: Ricky Starks vs Swerve Strickland

# ¿ Mar 28, 2022 21:48

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AEW Dynamite 30/3

HM: Jon Moxley vs Jay Lethal
HM: Bryan Danielson vs Wheeler Yuta
HM: Andrade el Idolo vs Darby Allin

# ¿ Mar 31, 2022 21:57

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Shaman Tank Spec posted:

AEW Rampage 1.4.2022

HM: Young Bucks vs. Top Flight
HM: Keith Lee vs Powerhouse Hobbs

Holy gently caress that meat slappin' match was FUN as hell.

Nth

# ¿ Apr 3, 2022 21:27

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Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Christian Cage vs BUDGE
MOTYC: Young Bucks vs FTR

All from AEW Dynamite 06.04

Nth

# ¿ Apr 8, 2022 22:16

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Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Wheeler Yuta vs. Jon Moxley, AEW Rampage, 08/04

What the gently caress was this match?

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Trent Baretta, AEW Rampage, 08/04

Nth

Mox/Yuta best Rampage match ever? Best Rampage match ever

# ¿ Apr 9, 2022 21:46

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AEW Dynamtie 13/4

HM: Jurassic Express vs ReDRagon
HM: Team Taz vs Swere & Keith Lee
HM: Samoa Joe vs Minoru Suzuki

# ¿ Apr 14, 2022 23:22

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AEW Rampage 15/4
MOTYC: Adam Page vs Adam Cole

AEW Battle of the Belts II 16/4
HM: Jonathan Gresham vs Dalton Castle

# ¿ Apr 17, 2022 22:21

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AEW Dynamite 4/5

HM: Rey Fenix vs Dante Martin

AEW Rampage 6/5

HM: Riho vs. Yuka Sakazaki
HM: Jay Lethal vs. Konosuke Takeshita

# ¿ May 8, 2022 09:56

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AEW Dynamite 11/5

MOTYC: Adam Cole vs Dax Harwood
HM: Toni Storm vs Jamie Hayter
MOTYC: Jeff Hardy vs Darby Allin

# ¿ May 13, 2022 22:32

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AEW Dynamite 18/5

MOTYC: Hangman vs Konosuke Takeshita
HM: Kyle O'Reilly vs Rey Fenix

# ¿ May 19, 2022 22:37

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Rarity posted:

HM: Ricky Starks vs. Swerve Strickland vs. Jungle Boy, AEW Dynamite, 25/05
HM: Samoa Joe vs. Kyle O'Reilly, AEW Dynamite, 25/05

Nth

# ¿ May 26, 2022 22:19

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PlatinumJukebox posted:

AEW Rampage (May 27)

HM: Danielson vs Sydal
HM: Soho vs Statlander

Nth

# ¿ May 29, 2022 21:09

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AEW Double or Nothing

HM: The Hardys vs The Young Bucks
MOTYC: House of Black vs Death Triangle
HM: Kyle O'Reilly vs Darby Allin
HM: Thunder Rosa vs Serena Deeb
MOTYC: Jurassic Express vs Team Taz vs Swerve In Our Glory
MOTYC: CM Punk vs Hangman Page

I won't go as far as giving it a worst match nom but I will agree with the people who thought Anarchy in the Arena was bit of a mess and impossible to follow until the action finally got in the ring

# ¿ May 31, 2022 22:18

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AEW Dynamite 1/6

MOTYC: Undisputed Elite & Hikuleo vs Jurassic Express, Matt Hardy, Darby & Christian
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs Daniel Garcia

AEW Rampage: 3/6

MOTYC: The Young Bucks vs Lucha Bros

Edit: i think in the past I called the Bucks vs Lucha Bros the Okada/Omega or Flair/Steamboat of tag team wrestling and I still 100% stand by that statement

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# ¿ Jun 5, 2022 21:30

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AEW Dynamite 8/6

HM: Pac vs Buddy Matthews
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs Kyle O'Reilly

AEW Rampage 10/6

HM: Eddie Kingston vs Jake Hagar
HM: Kris Statlander vs Red Velvet
HM: FTR & Trent? vs United Empire

# ¿ Jun 12, 2022 21:02

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AEW Dynamite 15/6

MOTYC: Dax Harwood vs Will Ospreay
MOTYC: Young Bucks vs Jurassic Express

# ¿ Jun 17, 2022 22:30

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Darby Allin vs. Bobby Fish - AEW Rampage 6/17

Great fun from the pre-match promo all the way to the postmatch segment. Great story told really well in front of a hot crowd and everybody playing their respective roles to perfection.

Nth

# ¿ Jun 19, 2022 21:51

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Rarity posted:

HM: Will Ospreay/Aussie Open vs. Orange Cassidy/Roppongi Vice, AEW Dynamite, 22/06
HM: Malakai Black vs. Penta Oscuro, AEW Dynamite, 22/06

Nth

# ¿ Jun 23, 2022 22:16

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AEW Rampage 24/6

HM: Andrade El Idolo vs Rey Fenix
HM: Jeff Cobb vs Cash Wheeler

# ¿ Jun 25, 2022 16:36

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Forbidden Door

HM; Bishamon vs The Factory
HM: Swerve in Our Glory vs El Desperado & Kanemaru
MOTYC: JAS & Suzuki vs Eddie Kingston, Yuta & Shota
HM: FTR vs United Empire vs Roppongi Vice
HM: Pac vs Miro vs Malakai Black vs Clark Connors
HM: Dudes With Attitudes vs Bullet Club
MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs Orange Cassidy
HM: ??? vs Zack Sabre Jr
HM: Jay White vs Okada vs Hangman vs Adam Cole
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs Tanahashi

# ¿ Jun 28, 2022 22:40

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dark 6/28
HM: Wheeler Yuta(c) vs. Tony Nese, ROH Pure Championship

Also going to nth this

I'm going to go HM on Blood & Guts it was an improvement on last year's but I think they still haven't quite got the formula down and 12 people is just too many

# ¿ Jul 1, 2022 13:52

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Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 7/1

HM: The Young Bucks vs. Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI

Nth

# ¿ Jul 2, 2022 21:20

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Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs. Konsuke Takeshita, AEW Rampage, 08/07
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Tony Nese, AEW Rampage, 08/07

Also nthing these Tony Nese might be one of the most underrated guys on the AEW roster

# ¿ Jul 9, 2022 21:57

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 10:52

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Rarity posted:

HM: Thunder Rosa vs. Miyu Yamashita, TJPW Summer Sun Princess, 09/07
HM: PAC vs. Shooter Umino, RevPro Live in Sheffield, 10/07

Nthing these also
MOTYC: Konosuke Takeshita vs Lee Moriarty - Prestige Wrestling: The New Reality 6/18

# ¿ Jul 13, 2022 22:15

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