2023's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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SG Bamboo posted:

AEW Dynamite January 4th
HM
Chris Jericho vs Ricky Starks
AR Fox vs Swerve Strickland

nth

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Samoa Joe (C) vs. Darby Allin for the TNT Title - AEW Dynamite 1/4

Holy poo poo this was even better than their first match, aided by an absolutely electric crowd.

and nth

# ¿ Jan 5, 2023 04:16

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 17:14

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Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 1/6

HM: Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson)
HM: The Killer and the Pillar (Jamie Hayter & Dr. Britt Baker) vs. The Renegades (Charlette & Robyn Renegade)
HM: Darby Allin (c) vs. Mike Bennett

AEW Battle of the Belts 1/6

MOTYC: The Acclaimed (Max Caster & Anthony Bowens) (c) vs. Team Slapnuts (Jeff Jarett & Jay Lethal)
HM: Jade Cargill (c) vs. Skye Blue
HM: Kip Sabian vs. Orange Cassidy (c)

a loving fantastic night of live pro wrestling and i added the cs lol

# ¿ Jan 7, 2023 06:18

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HM: Schaff v. Brian Cage - AEW Dark Elevation 1/9
HM: The Wingmen & Ari Daivari v. House of Black - AEW Dark Elevation 1/9
HM: The Kingdom (Mike Bennett & Matt Taven) v. Bollywood Boyz (Gurv Sihra & Harv Sihra) - AEW Dark Elevation 1/9
HM: Claudio Castagnoli v. Josh Woods - AEW Dark Elevation 1/9

# ¿ Jan 10, 2023 08:03

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MassRafTer posted:

AEW Dark 1/10

HM: Athena vs Marina Shafir

That kicked rear end and I love Athena doing all sorts of corny heel stuff on top of being an rear end kicking heel.

this is a drat fine match nth

# ¿ Jan 11, 2023 07:40

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/11

HM: "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley
MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita
MOTYC: The Elite (Kenny Omega, Nick & Matt Jackson) vs. Death Triangle (c) (PAC & Fenix & Penta el Cero Miedo)

these nth

remember to tag the cs

# ¿ Jan 12, 2023 05:02

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AEW Rampage 1/13

HM: Eddie Kingston & Ortiz vs. Kings of the Black Throne
MOTYC: Tay Melo & Anna Jay vs. Willow Nightingale & Ruby Soho

# ¿ Jan 14, 2023 05:06

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dark Elevation 1/16

HM: Brian Cage vs. Willie Mack

nth

# ¿ Jan 17, 2023 08:41

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dark 1/17

HM: Blackpool Combat Club (Wheeler Yuta & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. The Butcher & The Blade

nth

# ¿ Jan 18, 2023 07:01

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/18

HM: Jay Lethal vs. Orange Cassidy (c)
MOTYC: Top Flight vs. Young Bucks
MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Bandido
HM: Darby Allin (c) vs. KUSHIDA

yo what the gently caress was bryd/bandido. that is a loving pape headliner match

oc/lethal was full of silly crap that really helped break the ice

# ¿ Jan 19, 2023 04:09

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SG Bamboo posted:

NOAH Great Muta Final "Bye-Bye" January 22nd
MOTYC
Timothy Thatcher vs Masaaki Mochizuki
https://vk.com/video-4499945_456250227?t=1h05m45s
- So goddamn good, the best sub-10 minute match i've seen in a while

nth, i managed to catch this, am a huge thatcher mark

# ¿ Jan 23, 2023 03:08

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Penguin Patrol posted:

AEW Dark 1/24
HM: Britt Baker vs Billie Starkz
HM: Serpentico vs Tony Deppen

nth these two are worth watching

# ¿ Jan 25, 2023 06:34

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/25

HM: Action Andretti & Ricky Starks vs. Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara
HM: Darby Allin (c) vs. Buddy Matthews
HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Brian Cage
MOTYC: Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal

nth

(added c)

# ¿ Jan 26, 2023 04:12

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Dango Bango posted:

MOTYC: Emi Sakura vs. Jamie Hayter (c) - AEW Rampage 1/27

This match made me yell "motherfucker" at my TV.

they beat the drat heck out of each other

Pylons posted:

HM: Hangman Adam Page vs. Wheeler Yuta, AEW Rampage 1/27

v good match too

# ¿ Jan 28, 2023 05:07

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AEW Dark Elevation 1/30

HM: RUSH vs. Brian Pillman Jr.
HM: Diamant� & Athena vs. Yuka Sakazaki & Skye Blue
HM: Tony Nese & Ari Daivari vs. Top Flight
HM: Claudio Castagnoli (c) vs. Blake Christian, ROH World Championship

happy 100th elevation

# ¿ Jan 31, 2023 06:58

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HM: AR Fox & Top Flight vs. The Wingmen - AEW Dark - 01/31

# ¿ Feb 1, 2023 07:22

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MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Adam Page - AEW Dynamite 2/1
HM: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Brian Cage - AEW Dynamite 2/1
HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Timothy Thatcher - AEW Dynamite 2/1
MOTYC: Darby Allin (C) vs. Samoa Joe for the TNT Title - AEW Dynamite 2/1

how about that wrestling show. lol

just two main event pape matches on free tv

# ¿ Feb 2, 2023 04:07

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HM: The Elite (c) vs. Ethan Page, Matt Hardy, and Isiah Kassidy - AEW Trios Championship - AEW Rampage - 2/3

# ¿ Feb 4, 2023 05:06

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RoH Jay Briscoe Tribute and Celebration of Life, 1/18

HM: Wheeler Yuta (c) v. Hagane Shinno - RoH Pure Championship
HM: Eddie Kingston v. QT Marshall
HM: Claudio Castagnoli (c) v. Christopher Daniels - RoH World Championship

# ¿ Feb 4, 2023 12:28

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Rarity posted:

HM: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. YOH, NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo, 05/02

Too long at 30 minutes but the back half was really good

nth caught this, it was pretty good !

# ¿ Feb 5, 2023 09:32

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HM: Best Friends vs. Chaos Project & Zack Clayton - AEW Dark Elevation - 2/6

SO DUMB

# ¿ Feb 7, 2023 07:05

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dark 2/7

HM: Slim J vs. Mascara Dorada

nth

# ¿ Feb 8, 2023 06:32

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AEW Dynamite 2/8

MOTYC: MJF vs. Konosuke Takeshita
MOTYC: RUSH vs. Bryan Danielson
MOTYC: The Elite vs. AR Fox & Top Flight

just another banger rear end loving dynamite

# ¿ Feb 9, 2023 04:10

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forkboy84 posted:

MOTYC
5th February
New Japan New Beginning in Sapporo Night 2
NJPW World TV Title
Zack Sabre Jr (c) vs Tomohiro Ishii
Watch this here

super fun grapplefuckery sprint, nth

# ¿ Feb 10, 2023 05:51

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Orange Cassidy (C) vs. Lee Moriarty for the AEW All Atlantic Championship - AEW Rampage 2/10

This was a really good match! Moriarty played his part well, Danhausen and Stokely at ringside added fun at the right points, and Orange Cassidy absolutely rules and his title defenses do too.

nth

# ¿ Feb 11, 2023 06:12

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Sticky Nate posted:

WMOTY: EC3 vs Kevin Kiley - NWA Nuff Said

Don't read a recap and don't look at gifs. You have to see it for yourself.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2023 03:23

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Punch McLightning posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/15

HM: Josh Woods vs. Mark Briscoe

nth

# ¿ Feb 16, 2023 04:13

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MassRafTer posted:

AEW Rampage 2/17

HM: The Elite vs AR Fox, Dante and Darius Martin
HM: Swerve Strickland vs Dustin Rhodes

Two totally different matches, loved all the basketball spots in one of the matches and the bloody brutality in the other one. You can guess which.

these were both really good nth

# ¿ Feb 18, 2023 05:05

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Switchblade Jay White vs. Eddie Kingston in a Loser Can't Wrestle for New Japan Match - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18

It's the end of HIS new era, and he went out doing everything he could to survive and putting over two different wrestlers in the process. Great stuff.

this was great, nth

# ¿ Feb 19, 2023 06:35

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KungFu Grip posted:

HM: US Championship Elimination Chamber Match - WWE Elimination Chamber 2/18

it was really awesome until it wasn't. nth

# ¿ Feb 19, 2023 06:36

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: KAIRI (C) vs. Mercedes Mon� for the IWGP Women's Championship - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18

This is what the Wrestle Kingdom match should have been. drat good, with Mercedes getting to remind people why she was so popular for so long in WWE, and KAIRI of course just loving rules. Was legit surprised by the ending, did not expect KAIRI to lose!

nth, same!

# ¿ Feb 19, 2023 07:54

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xbilkis posted:

HM: Zack Sabre Jr. (C) vs. Clark Connors for the NJPW World Television Championship - NJPW Battle in the Valley 2/18

also nth

# ¿ Feb 19, 2023 08:04

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dark 2/21

HM: Emi Sakura vs. Billie Starkz
HM: Trent Beretta vs. Tony Nese

nth

that sakura/starkz match in front of a hot crowd though, mannnnn. this match ripped

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKhQSWgMTIc&t=3011s

# ¿ Feb 22, 2023 07:31

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Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy (C) vs. Wheeler Yuta for the AEW All Atlantic Championship - AEW Dynamite 2/22

They didn't have to go this hard. They did that for us.

this loving ripped nth

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Evil Uno vs. Jon Moxley

justbleed.gif

great job uno!!

# ¿ Feb 23, 2023 04:06

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Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 2/24

MOTYC: The Young Bucks vs. Aussie Open
HM: Toni Storm vs. Willow Nightingale
HM: Action Andretti vs. Sammy Guevara

banger rampage

# ¿ Feb 25, 2023 05:13

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DarkstarIV posted:

I don't expect this to get enough votes to warrant it going through but:

WMOTYC: Becky Lynch/Lita vs Dakota Kai/Iyo Sky, WWE RAW 2/27/23

it was really very not good nth

# ¿ Feb 28, 2023 05:55

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dark Elevation 2/27
HM: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Lee Johnson

nth

# ¿ Feb 28, 2023 07:21

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dark 2/28

HM: The Workhorsemen (Anthony Henry & JD Drake) vs. Orangehausen (Orange Cassidy & Danhausen)

nth

# ¿ Mar 1, 2023 08:31

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Punch McLightning posted:

MOTYC: Face of the Revolution Ladder Match, Dynamite 3/1

nth just madman poo poo

# ¿ Mar 2, 2023 04:11

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Kosmo Gallion posted:

Thanks for replying JRU. I understand the stress this would place on the OP. It was a suggestion based on my own thoughts scrolling the the thread and feeling like some people might be missing out on some great matches. Thanks for all your hard work in this thread.

forkboy made a non-american almost list last year with links to some of the matches which i thought was cool

# ¿ Mar 4, 2023 04:39

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 17:14

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Riho vs. Emi Sakura - AEW Rampage 3/3
HM: Dustin Rhodes & Keith Lee vs. Parker Boudreaux & Swerve Strickland - AEW Rampage 3/3

I think it's a testament to how loving great Swerve and Lee are and how good Dustin is that this match was so good despite Boudreaux being green as grass and looking awful in there alongside them.

Emi vs. Riho was just great fun.

nth. two fantastic matches

# ¿ Mar 4, 2023 05:04

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