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

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Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Night 1 January 4th
MOTYC
Katsuyori Shibata vs X
Shingo Takagi (c) vs Kazuchika Okada - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

HM
Dangerous Tekkers (Taichi and Zach Sabre Jr) (c) vs CHAOS (Yoshi-Hashi and Hirooki Goto) - IWGP Tag Team Championships
El Desperado (c) vs Hiromu Takahashi - IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship

nth

# ¿ Jan 4, 2022 17:35

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 21:16

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

SG Bamboo posted:

Wrestle Kingdom 16 Night 2 January 5th
MOTYC
Kenta (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - IWGP US Heavyweight Championship
Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Will Ospreay - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship

HM
Flying Tigers (Robbie Eagles and Tiger Mask) (c) vs Mega Coaches (Ryusuke Taguchi and Rocky Romero) vs Bullet Club's Cutest Tag Team (Taiji Ishimori and El Phantasmo) - IWGP Jr Tag Team Championships
Tam Nakano and Saya Kamitani vs Mayu Iwatani and Starlight Kid
Toru Yano vs CIMA vs Minoru Suzuki vs Chase Owens
Tetsuya Naito vs Jeff Cobb

Great show

nth

# ¿ Jan 5, 2022 18:15

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

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.

Nth

# ¿ Jan 6, 2022 02:36

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

sportsgenius86 posted:

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

This match slapped

Seconded. Incredible match.

# ¿ Jan 9, 2022 02:22

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

HM: Adam Cole vs. Trent Baretta, AEW Rampage, 14/01
MOTYC: Jurassic Express vs. Alex Reynolds/John Silver, AEW Rampage, 14/01

nth

# ¿ Jan 15, 2022 20:45

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

MassRafTer posted:

HM: Nick Jackson vs Trent?
HM: Jade Cargill vs Anna Jay

Both from Rampage. The Jade match is exactly what she should be doing. 9-10 minutes where she is dominant but her opponent gets more than basic hope spots.

NTH. I was really concerned with them putting Jade vs Anna (and Hook) on live TV but it worked out well.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2022 16:43

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Thanlis posted:

MOTYC: 1/23 GCW WRLD - Team Bandido (Bandido, ASF, & Laredo Kid) vs. Team Gringo (Gringo Loco, Arez, & Demonic Flamita)

Luchamazing, as they say. Total clusterfuck but also awesome.

nth

# ¿ Jan 24, 2022 03:35

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Cody Rhodes vs. Sammy Guevara, AEW Beach Break, 26/01
HM: Chris Jericho/Santana/Ortiz vs. 2.0/Daniel Garcia, AEW Beach Break, 26/01
HM: Adam Cole vs. Orange Cassidy, AEW Beach Break, 26/01

nth

# ¿ Jan 27, 2022 11:37

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

A Fancy Hat posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Wheeler Yuta, AEW Dynamite, 02/02
HM: Penta el Zero Miedo/PAC vs. Kings of the Black Throne, AEW Dynamite, 02/02
HM: Nyla Rose vs Ruby Soho, AEW Dynamite 02/02
MOTYC: CM Punk vs. MJF, AEW Dynamite, 02/02

Main event was amazing, no two ways around it. Great character work, a freaking Pepsi Plunge, and Wardlow's relationship with MJF managed to become even more interesting.

I also really appreciated how much offense Yuta got in for his match, considering it was a last minute substitution. He's kind of been the designated fall guy for Best Friends, so it was nice to see him be competitive with one of the top guys in AEW.

nth. This show was really good.

# ¿ Feb 3, 2022 17:40

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 2/4

HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Isiah Kassidy
HM: Mercedes Martinez vs. Thunder Rosa
HM: Jay Lethal vs. Ricky Starks

nth

# ¿ Feb 5, 2022 21:09

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Isiah Kassidy vs ~Mystery Opponent~
MOTYC: FTR vs CM Punk & ~Mystery Opponent~
HM: Jade Cargill vs AQA
MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page vs Lance Archer

All from AEW Dynamite 09.02

nth

# ¿ Feb 10, 2022 11:54

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: The Young Bucks vs. Roppongi Vice, AEW Rampage, 11/02
HM: Jungle Boy/Luchasaurus vs. rear end Boys, AEW Rampage, 11/02

nth

# ¿ Feb 12, 2022 12:51

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs Lee Moriarty
HM: Chris Jericho & Jake Hager vs Santana & Ortiz
HM: Thunder Rosa vs Mercedes Martinez
MOTYC: Sammy Guevara vs Darby Allin

All from AEW Dynamite 16.02

nth

# ¿ Feb 17, 2022 12:04

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 2/18

HM: 10 vs. Adam Cole
HM: Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Dante Martin
MOTYC: Trent Beretta vs. Jay White

Nth

# ¿ Feb 19, 2022 03:05

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

HM: Tag Team Battle Royale, AEW Dynamite, 23/02
HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Dynamite, 23/02

TBS shoulda given them an overrun

nth

# ¿ Feb 24, 2022 12:02

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Sammy Guevara vs Andrade el Idolo
HM: Wardlow vs Nick Comoroto
HM: Orange Cassidy vs Anthony Bowens

All from AEW Rampage 25.02

nth

# ¿ Feb 26, 2022 13:11

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Christopher Daniels, AEW Dynamite, 02/03
HM: Casino Tag Team Battle Royale, AEW Dynamite, 02/03
HM: Hangman Page/Alex Reynolds/John Silver vs. Adam Cole/reDRagon, AEW Dynamite, 02/03

nth

# ¿ Mar 3, 2022 14:45

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin vs. Andrade el Idolo, AEW Rampage, 04/03
HM: Keith Lee vs. JD Drake, AEW Rampage, 04/03

edogawa rando posted:

HM: Christian Cage vs Ethan Page, AEW Rampage

Good match, but would like to see Ethan Page win once in a while.

nth

# ¿ Mar 5, 2022 12:45

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Punch McLightning posted:

MOTYC: Swerve the Realest vs. Nick Wayne, DEFY 50, 2/26 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbuLJT_AknQ

The hype is real.

nth

# ¿ Mar 6, 2022 03:11

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Pylons posted:

AEW Revolution 2022

HM: "Legit" Leyla Hirsch vs. Kris Statlander
HM: HOOK vs. QT Marshall
MOTYC: House of Black vs. Penta, PAC, and Erick Redbeard
MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Eddie Kingston
MOTYC: ReDRagon vs. Young Bucks vs. Jungle Boy & Luchasaurus
HM: Wardlow, Keith Lee, Ricky Starks, Orange Cassidy, Christian Cage & Powerhouse Hobbs, Face of the Revolution Ladder Match
MOTYC: CM Punk vs. MJF, Dog Collar match
HM: Tay Conti vs. Jade Cargill
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson
MOTYC: Matt Hardy, Andrade & Isiah Kassidy vs. Darby Allin, Sting & Sammy Guevara
MOTYC: "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Adam Cole

NTH.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2022 11:59

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

HM: Hangman Page vs. Dante Martin, AEW Dynamite, 09/03
HM: Jungle Boy/Luchasaurus vs. The Acclaimed, AEW Dynamite, 09/03
HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky, AEW Dynamite, 09/03

nth

# ¿ Mar 10, 2022 12:31

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 3/11

HM: Darby Allin vs. Marq Quen
HM: Jamie Hayter vs. Mercedes Martinez
HM: Swerve Strickland vs. Tony Nese

nth

# ¿ Mar 12, 2022 20:20

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

HM: Adam Cole/reDRagon vs. Hangman Page/Jungle Boy/Luchasaurus, AEW St. Patrick's Day Slam, 16/03
HM: Jon Moxley/Bryan Danielson vs. Chuck Taylor/Wheeler Yuta, AEW St. Patrick's Day Slam, 16/03
HM: The Hardys vs. Private Party, AEW St. Patrick's Day Slam, 16/03
MOTYC: Britt Baker vs. Thunder Rosa, AEW St. Patrick's Day Slam, 16/03

nth

# ¿ Mar 17, 2022 11:19

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Penguin Patrol posted:

TJPW Grand Princess '22, 3/19
HM: Arisu Endo & Suzume vs Juria Nagano & Moka Miyamoto
HM: HARUKAZE, Moeka Haruhi, Yuna Manase & YuuRI vs Haruna Neko, Kaya Toribami, Mahiro Kiryu & Nao Kakuta
MOTYC: Hyper Misao vs Sanshiro Takagi
HM: ASUKA vs Yuki Kamifuku
HM: Nodoka Tenma vs Yuki Aino
MOTYC: NEO Biishiki-gun (Martha, Mei Saint-Michel, Sakisama & Yukio Saint Laurent) vs Marika Kobashi, Pom Harajuku, Raku & Ram Kaichow
HM: Hikari Noa vs Hikaru Shida
MOTYC: Maki Itoh(c) vs Yuki Arai - International Princess Championship
MOTYC: Magical Sugar Rabbits (Mizuki & Yuka Sakazaki)(c) vs Miu Watanabe & Rika Tatsumi - Princess Tag Team Championships
MOTYC: Miyu Yamashita(c) vs Shoko Nakajima - Princess of Princess Championship

NTH. This show was insanely good.

# ¿ Mar 20, 2022 17:00

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 3/23

HM: CM Punk vs. Dax Harwood
MOTYC: Sting, Darby Allin & The Hardys vs. Private Party & The Butcher & The Blade

Testekill posted:

HM: Jay Lethal vs Adam Cole, AEW Dynamite 3/23

Good stuff here, this has been a great show so far.

nth

# ¿ Mar 24, 2022 11:01

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 3/30

HM: Max Caster vs. CM Punk
HM: Jon Moxley vs. Jay Lethal
MOTYC: Wheeler Yuta vs. Bryan Danielson
HM: Toni Storm vs. The Bunny
HM: Darby Allin vs. Andrade el Idolo

nth

# ¿ Mar 31, 2022 10:59

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Nominations from this weekend. I honestly feel like I've watched enough wrestling to satisfy me for months. WRLD on Lucha was the best show I saw in person and as good as Supercard of Honor was, I have no regrets about my choice.

Mark Hitchcock Memorial Super Show, 3/31
HM: Biff Busick vs. Minoru Suzuki
HM: Ace Austin, Black Taurus & Josh Alexander vs. Laredo Kid, Michael Oku & Rey Horus
MOTYC: Bandido vs. Speedball Mike Bailey
HM: Athena vs. Mia Yim
HM: Timothy Thatcher vs. Tomohiro Ishii

Bloodsport 8, 3/31
HM: Ninja Mack vs Yoya
HM: Yuya Uemura vs Speedball Mike Bailey
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs Biff Busick

ROH Supercard of Honor 4/01
HM: Colt Cabana vs Blake Christian (Pre-Show)
HM: Swerve vs Alex Zayne
HM: Brian Cage vs Ninja Mack
HM: Jay Lethal vs Lee Moriarty
HM: Willow Nightingale vs Mercedes Martinez - Interim ROH Women's Championship
MOTYC: FTR vs The Briscoes - ROH Tag Team Championships
HM: Josh Woods (c) vs Wheeler Yuta - ROH Pure Championship
MOTYC: Jonathan Gresham vs Bandido - ROH World Championship

GCW Spring Break Night 1, 3/31
HM: Joey Janela vs X-Pac
HM: Gringo Loco vs Nick Wayne vs Jordan Oliver vs Ninja Mack vs Jack Cartwheel vs Alec Price vs. Jimmy Lloyd
HM: AR Fox vs. Blake Christian
HM: AJ Gray vs. Jon Moxley

GCW Spring Break Night 2, 4/02
HM: Tony Deppen vs Biff Busick
HM: Minoru Suzuki vs EFFY
HM: Mike Bailey vs Jordan Oliver

Mission Pro Wrestling: Bangerz Only 4/02
HM: Holidead (c) vs Lufisto

GCW Gringo Loko's WRLD on Lucha 4/1
HM: Johnny Cartwheel vs Jack Cartwheel
HM: Scramble - Golden Dragon vs. Octagon Jr. vs. Drago Kid vs. Aero Boy vs. Chris Carter vs. Shane Mercer
HM: Pagano vs Sadika
MOTYC: Team Gringo (Gringo Loco, Demonic Flamita, and Abismo Negro Jr.) vs. Team Laredo (Laredo Kid, Rey Horus, and ASF)
MOTYC: Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. Psycho Clown

# ¿ Apr 4, 2022 15:06

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

HM: Adam Cole vs. Christian Cage, AEW Dynamite, 06/04
HM: Samoa Joe vs. Max Caster, AEW Dynamite, 06/04
WMOTYC: The Hardys vs. The Butcher and the Blade, AEW Dynamite, 06/04
MOTYC: FTR vs. The Young Bucks, AEW Dynamite, 06/04

nth

# ¿ Apr 7, 2022 13:39

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Trent? - AEW Rampage 4/8

Great match, just what I'd expect from Danielson, with Trent? doing a great job being Mean Greg.

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

Absolutely loving fantastic, star-making performance. Yuta absolutely overdelivered beyond all expectations, and the expectations were sky-high! Moxley was the perfect opponent for this, but this was the Wheeler Yuta show and seeing the crowd go BANANA for him was perfection.

NTH. and Mox vs Yuta, holy poo poo.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2022 21:06

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

AEW Dynamite 4/13

HM: Punk vs Penta
MOTYC: Jurassic Express vs reDRagon
WMOTYC: Marina Shafir vs. Skye Blue, AEW Dynamite, 13/04
MOTYC: Will Hobbs and Ricky Starks vs Keith Lee and Swerve
HM: Joe vs Suzuki

# ¿ Apr 14, 2022 10:53

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Blackpool Combat Club vs. The Gunn Club - AEW Rampage 4/15

Good match, great commentary, Yuta is a star.

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page (C) vs. Adam Cole for the AEW World Title in a Texas Death Match - AEW Rampage 4/15

Incredible match, amazing storyline, fantastic wrestling, superb ending

Nth

# ¿ Apr 16, 2022 04:27

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Pylons posted:

AEW Battle of the Belts II, 4/16

HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky
HM: Dalton Castle vs. Jonathan Gresham
HM: Thunder Rosa vs. Nyla Rose

nth

# ¿ Apr 17, 2022 02:19

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 4/20

HM: CM Punk vs. Dustin Rhodes
HM: Jungle Boy vs. Kyle O'Reilly
HM: Darby Allin vs. Andrade el Idolo

nth

# ¿ Apr 21, 2022 10:46

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Adam Cole vs. Tomohiro Ishii, AEW Rampage, 22/04
HM: Eddie Kingston vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Rampage, 22/04
HM: Jade Cargill vs. Marina Shafir, AEW Rampage, 22/04

nth

# ¿ Apr 23, 2022 12:03

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 4/27

MOTYC: Cash Wheeler vs. Dax Harwood[/b]
HM: BCC (Wheeler Yuta, Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson) vs. The Factory (QT Marshall, Aaron Solo & Nick Comoroto)
HM: Wardlow vs. Lance Archer
MOTYC: Shida vs. Serena Deeb, Philadelphia Street Fight
MOTYC: Sammy Guevara vs. Scorpio Sky, TNT Ladder Match

nth

# ¿ Apr 28, 2022 11:02

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

A Fancy Hat posted:

All of these from the 5/4 Dynamite:

HM: Jericho vs. Santana
HM: Mercedes vs. Deonna
MOTYC: Fenix vs. Dante

nth

# ¿ May 5, 2022 16:44

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Rarity posted:

HM: Toni Storm/Ruby Soho vs. Britt Baker/Jamie Hayter, AEW Rampage, 06/05
MOTYC: Riho vs. Yuka Sakazaki, AEW Rampage, 06/05
HM: Jay Lethal vs. Konosuke Takeshita, AEW Rampage, 06/05

NTH

# ¿ May 7, 2022 23:06

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 5/18

HM: Samoa Joe vs. JOHNNY ELITE
MOTYC: "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Konosuke Takeshita
MOTYC: Rey Fenix vs. Kyle O'Reilly

nth

# ¿ May 19, 2022 10:56

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

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

nth

# ¿ May 30, 2022 14:29

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 21:16

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Punch McLightning posted:

6/1 Dynamite

HM: Christian, Matt Hardy, Darby and Jurassic Express vs The Undisputed Elite and Hikuleo
HM: Britt & Jamie vs. Soho & Storm
MOTYC: Mox vs. Garcia

nth

# ¿ Jun 2, 2022 20:09

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