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

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AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

Punch McLightning posted:

Wrestling Kingdom Night 1

HM: Katsuyori Shibata vs. Ren Narita
HM: Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Dangerous Tekkers
HM: Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado
MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi

Nthing all of these.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2022 05:40

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 18:59

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 05.01

Bad Billy may be a bellend, but he sure can wrestle. And incedentally so can Okada. Legit instant classic.

Nth

I was texting a buddy who rarely watches NJPW around the halfway mark about how this is almost as good as last night's main event and then they went to that magical place and I'm pretty sure my texts became just nonsense enthusiasm from then on. This was unreal.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2022 03:56

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

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.

Nthing this, not as good as their last G1 match but goddamn I could watch the two of them all day and never get bored.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 23:13

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

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!!!!

Watched them both because of Big Dave gushing over them, was not disappointed, nthing.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2022 04:05

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

Teddybear posted:

MOTYC: Yuta / Moxley, AEW Rampage 4/8
MOTYC: Young Bucks / FTR, AEW Dynamite 4/6

Two insanely good matches in one night.

Unnecessary nthing. Goddamn.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2022 05:03

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Hyper Battle 4/9

Absolutely loving incredible. Zack Sabre Jr. is astonishing. Okada is a God. The finishing sequence was one of the most incredible things I've seen. Amazing match.

Nthing this. Loved it, although I did miss Okada busting out the wacky lucha submissions from their match a few years ago.

# ¿ Apr 10, 2022 05:24

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

Stall_19 posted:

Hm for Suzuki/Joe. Can't go MOTYC for it when I've already seen that exact match recently and the Hiromu/Suzuki match was just better.

Nthing the HM, love a good mean guy match

# ¿ Apr 14, 2022 04:19

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

sportsgenius86 posted:

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

Dax is so loving good

Nthing this.

So good live. Dax looked like a world beater out there, even in defeat. What an incredible talent he is.

# ¿ May 12, 2022 07:02

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

flatluigi posted:

MOTYC: Wardlow vs Shawn Spears, May 25 AEW Dynamite

Everything i wanted it to be and more.

Nthing this, it was absolutely perfect pro wrestling television. I don't think there was a second of this that wasn't exactly what it needed to be.

# ¿ May 26, 2022 05:15

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Jericho Appreciation Society vs. Blackpool Combat Club in a Blood & Guts Match - AEW Dynamite 6/29

Incredible, brutal, bloody and the PERFECT ending. Goddamn.

Nthing, perfect ending!

# ¿ Jun 30, 2022 04:20

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

Playing catch up and Nthing these these:

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Shingo Takagi vs. YOSHI-HASHI, NJPW G1 Climax 32 Night 4, 23/07

They did the unthinkabkle. They got me cheering YOSHI-HASHI

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Switchblade Jay White vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Climax 32 Night 4 7/23

Goddamn these two have phenomenal chemistry.

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr vs. KENTA, NJPW G1 Climax 32 Night 2, 17/07

Two former NOAH lads get mad about who has seniority

Rarity posted:

HM: KENTA vs. EVIL, NJPW G1 Climax Night 6, 26/07

KENTA will not promote his new book but he will smack you over the head with it

G1 season best season

# ¿ Jul 28, 2022 04:21

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, NJPW G1 Climax Night 8, 30/07

Grapplefucking of the absolute highest calibre

Nthing, I could watch these two have a million matches and they'd all be excellent at worst.

# ¿ Jul 31, 2022 04:43

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW G1 Climax Night 20 August 18th
MOTYC
Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay
- loving nothing touches main event New Japan, the last 10 minutes were absolutely insane

Nthing, I went in with stupid high expectations and it blew those out of the water.

# ¿ Aug 19, 2022 04:26

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

AEW All Out 9/4/2022
MOTYC: Kingston vs Ishii
MOTYC: The Elite vs Hangman and Dark Order

# ¿ Sep 5, 2022 05:57

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Battle Autumn October 26th
MOTYC
Tomohiro Ishii vs Ren Narita
- Big Tom doesn't miss. Match ruled, shades of his breakout 2013 match against Narita's father. Ren brought the intensity as well, made the most of his first singles main event on home soil by fighting his heart out

I think this is the first NJPW match I've watched since they allowed cheering and it made a great match even better. Absolutely fantastic. Nthing it.

# ¿ Oct 27, 2022 22:38

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 18:59

AlmightyPants: Mar 14, 2001; King of Scheduling; Pillbug

DarkstarIV posted:

MOTYC: Giulia vs Syuri, STARDOM Dream Queendom, 12/29/22

Great match where both ladies beat the devil out of each other. Wheels started falling off at the finish though, but not enough to detract from the match imo.

nthing, absolutely incredible, even though I loving hated the clonking headbutts.

# ¿ Dec 31, 2022 23:08

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