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apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Captain Foo posted:

Aew dynamite 1/4

HM
Swerve strickland vs ar fox
Tnt title: samoa joe(c) vs darby allin

Nthing these and also adding an HM for Starks vs. Jericho from the same event

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apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Rarity posted:

HM: The Main Event, NJPW New Year's Dash, 05/01

It's a mystery card so no one knows who's involved in the matches until the music hits, not even the announcers and not even the participants. poo poo gets wild.

Nth for this.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
AEW Dynamite 01/11/23

MOTYC
Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita
Superb action from one of the best to ever do it and a sure nuff rising star phenom. Trust me, you'll want to watch it.

Triangulo de la Muerte (c) vs. The Elite (Escalera de la Muerte)
Just wall to wall insane spots that kept me on the edge of my seat. The whole series between these two teams was great, but I think this might be the standout.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

graph posted:

AEW Rampage 1/13

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

Nthing these and also

HM: Darby Allin (c) vs. Juice Robinson for the TNT Championship

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Dango Bango posted:

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

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


Pylons posted:

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

Nthing these. drat Jamie and Emi really laid into each other. Great stuff.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: MJF vs. Konosuke Takeshita, AEW Dynamite, 08/02
HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Rush, AEW Dynamite, 08/02
MOTYC: The Elite (c) vs. Top Flight/AR Fox, AEW Dynamite, 08/02


Nth. Had to rewatch the Danielson and Rush match. Good stuff, just thought the other matches worked a bit better.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Stu Grayson, Dynamite 3/22

Punch McLightning posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Hijo del Vikingo

I do not fear the police at all.

Put em on the board

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
DDT Goes Hollywood - 03/30/2023
HM: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuki Ueno

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
Ring of Honor Supercard of Honor, March 31st, 2023
HM Konosuke Takeshita v. Willie Mack
MOTYC AAA Mega Championship Title Match - El Hijo del Vikingo (c) v. Komander
HM ROH Six-Man Tag Team Championship Match - The Embassy (c) v. Blake Christian, AR Fox, and Metallik
HM ROH Women's World Championship Match - Athena (c) v. Yuka Sakazaki
HM ROH TV Championship Match - Samoa Joe (c) v. Mark Briscoe
MOTYC Reach for the Sky Ladder Match - Lucha Bros v. Top Flight v. The Kingdom v. Aussie Open v. La Faccion Ingobernable
MOTYC ROH Pure Championship Match - Wheeler Yuta (c) v. Katsuyori Shibata
HM ROH World Championship Match - Claudio Castagnoli (c) v. Eddie Kingston

Wrestlemania 39 Night 2, April 2nd, 2023
WMOTYC Hell in a Cell Match - Edge v. "The Demon" Finn Balor

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
Cosigning the following:

Pylons posted:

AEW Collision 6/17


HM: Toni Storm & Ruby Soho vs. Willow Nightingale & Skye Blue
MOTYC: CMFTR (CM Punk & FTR) vs. Bullet Club Gold (Jay White & Juice Robinson) & Samoa Joe

Cash Wheeler power slammed Juice Robinson out of the air. Samoa Joe almost made CM Punk poo poo his drawers. It was a perfect trios match except the wrong team won.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 6/21

HM: Daniel Garcia & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Orange Cassidy & Katsuyori Shibata

Just this one for me :)

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door 2023
HM:
CM Punk vs. Satoshi Kojima, Owen Hart Tournament Quarterfinal Match
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW International Championship Four Way Match
The Elite, Eddie Kingston, and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Blackpool Combat Club, Shota Umino, and Konosuke Takeshita, Ten Person Tag Match
Toni Storm (c) vs. Willow Nightingale, AEW Women's World Championship Match

MotYC
Kenny Omega (c) vs. Will Ospreay, IWGP U.S. Championship Match

Forbidden Door did not disappoint! Still have to watch the last two matches.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
AEW Dynamite 6/28

HM:
Jon Moxley vs. Tomohiro Ishii Singles Match

Sting & Darby Allin vs. Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara Tornado Tag Match

*does the Sting holler*

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Pylons posted:

ROH Honor Club 6/29


HM: El Desperado vs. Willie Mack


Nth. I really like Willie Mack and these two were a lot of fun together. Also fun to see the map of scars on Despy's back continue to grow. I'm sure he'll have some more after next week.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Catch 2/2 (C) vs. Bullet Club (Connors & Moloney) for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles - NJPW Strong Independence Day Night 1


MOTYC: El Desperado & Jun Kasai vs. Jon Moxley & Homicide in a Doomsday No DQ Match - NJPW Strong Independence Day Night 1

Crowd really made this show. The whole top half of the card was good but the semi and main really stood out. The semi is just some beautiful junior tag stuff. Starts with a sick brawl up in the stairs at Korakuen. Crowd was super hot for Catch 2/2 and hell, same. Akira lives up to his fireball nickname. There was a conversation recently about New Japan's young guys and I think a lot of their foreign talent is already doing sick matches like this one in their 20s. Beautiful finishing stretch. I could see these guys running it back with plenty more to show.

The main event, god drat. Jun Kasai tells a story with his death matches more than anyone I've seen. I've seen guys come in, bleed all over the place, use up a thousand dollars worth of light tubes, but barely sell anything and then someone hits their finisher and the match is over. Violent spectacle for sure, but Kasai builds his matches different. All the guys were really into it but the relationship between Desperado and Kasai is what elevated it to MotYC. If you're all right with blood but never vibed with death matches, give this one a shot.

And Mox and Despy gotta do this again tomorrow, what the hell.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Bonk posted:

Dragongate Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival 2023 - 7/2/23

HM:

Mask vs Mask Survival Cage Match:
Ultimo Dragon vs Dragon Kid vs Shun Skywalker vs Diamante vs Strong Machine J
watch here

-DG cage matches almost never miss, and this had multiple dovetailing storytelling through wrestling. Everyone had great moments and spots, with some excellent turns and a really emotional aftermath. Not as much insanity with the rules and wacky interference as past years, but the build had a more serious tone anyway.

Giving this one an HM. Probably would be a MotYC if I knew the first thing about Dragon Gate. But it's still an awesome match well worth the view.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Pylons posted:

NJPW STRONG Independence Day 7/5

HM: Willow Nightingale (c) vs. Giulia New Japan Strong Women's Championship Match
HM: Eddie Kingston (c) vs. KENTA New Japan Strong Openweight Championship Match
HM: Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado Final Death Match

Rarity posted:

HM: Swerve In Our Glory vs. Orange Cassidy/Darby Allin, AEW Dynamite, 05/07


Boosting these.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: FTR vs. Bullet Club Gold (White & Robinson) - AEW Collision 7/8
HM: CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe - AEW Collision 7/8

+1 to these

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
NJPW G1 Climax 33 Night 1 July 15th
MOTYC
Ren Narita vs Shota Umino
These boys are going to main event Wrestle Kingdom one day and it's gonna be rad

HM

Kaito Kiyomiya vs Yota Tsuji
I still haven't finished watching Dominion I should get on that cause Tsuji is loving great.

Will Ospreay vs Taichi

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: FTR (C) vs. Bullet Club Gold (White & Robinson) in a 2-out-of-3 Falls match for the AEW Tag Titles - AEW Collision 7/15

An unnecessary +1 but god drat this match was good.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW G1 Climax 33 Night 2 July 16th
HM
Zack Sabre Jr vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
Tetsuya Naito vs Jeff Cobb

+1 to these. I'll never not mark out for Cobb doing strong man poo poo.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW G1 Climax 33 Night 3 July 19th
HM

Ren Narita vs Yota Tsuji
Will Ospreay vs YOSHI-HASHI
SANADA vs Shota Umino
Kazuchika Okada vs El Phantasmo

+1 to these, especially liked the main event with Okada and El Phantasmo. Lots of great near falls at the end.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Blackpool Combat Club (Mox, Claudio, Yuta, Takeshita & PAC) vs. The Golden Elite (Kenny, Hangman, The Bucks & Ibushi) in a Blood and Guts match - AEW Dynamite 7/19


+1, though I thought Ibushi looked pretty good. In fact, I wasn't feeling the match much at all til he showed up. Everything past that was super fun.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi - NJPW G1 Climax Night 5 7/21

Okada has been fantastic all tournament and just continues to shine, plus Taichi is always great when he decides to bring it in G1.

HM: SANADA vs. Yota Tsuji - NJPW G1 Climax Night 5 7/21

The chemistry these two have together makes me think we're going to see a lot more of the two of them, and I'm happy about that!

+1 to these. Really trying not to get too far behind on the G1. Tsuji is gonna get a win over SANADA at some point and it's gonna be fuckin rad.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Rarity posted:

HM: Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW G1 Climax 33 Night 6, 23/07

I'm behind on the G1. Loved this match.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: AR Fox vs. Orange Cassidy, Dynamite 7/26

+1

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
NJPW G1 Climax Night 7, 07/25
HM:
Will Ospreay vs. Great-O-Khan
Kazuchika Okada vs. YOSHI-HASHI
SANADA vs. Kaito Kiyomiya

NJPW G1 Climax Night 8, 07/26
MotYC:
Jeff Cobb vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

HM:
Eddie Kingston vs. Tomohiro Ishii
Tama Tonga vs. David Finlay

AEW Collision in Hartford CT, 07/29
HM:
Buddy Matthews vs. Andrade El Idolo Ladder Match

apophenium fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Jul 31, 2023

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
+1 to these:

Jerusalem posted:

HM: FTR (C) vs. Big Bill & Brian Cage for the AEW Tag Titles - AEW Collision 8/5
HM: Kris Statlander (C) vs. Mercedes Martinez for the TBS Title - AEW Collision 8/5

Also from AEW Collision 8/5

HM: House of Black (c) vs. Action Andretti, Darius Martin, and Lee Johnson - AEW World Trios Title Match

From WWE SummerSlam 8/5

WMOTYC: Cody Rhodes vs. Brock Lesnar
WMOTYC: Roman Reigns (c) vs. Jey Uso WWE Title Tribal Combat Match

The Rhodes/Lesnar match went 17 minutes and I swear at least 10 minutes of it was Brock hitting one move on Cody, Cody bumping to ringside, and then Cody beating the count while Lesnar redly shouts at Cody to stay out. I think this happened with at least four suplexes, one F5 at ringside, and one F5 to the announce table. I thought my feed had hosed up and kept replaying bits.

The main event was another weirdly paced match with the wrestlers doing maybe one move every two minutes or so. And the ending is yet another twist in the Bloodline story which I guess sets it up to run at least another year or so.

That's what I get for tuning into WWE out of morbid curiosity.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
Marvelous at Korakuen Hall 08/07

HM: Mio Momono (c) vs Mayumi Ozaki AAAW Title Match

Watched this show on a whim after wanting to check out some more Joshi promotions. I remember liking a match between Momono and Chihiro Hashimoto so I was rooting for the champ here. I wasn't familiar with Ozaki, but she held the AAAW title during its initial run back in 2000. So this is a bit like the hardened vet returning to rain on the young champ's parade.

It's a hell of a match, mostly brawling outside with Ozaki making liberal use of chains and chairs. Momono gets in some desperate offense that looks really good, like a series of maybe two dozen headbutts. Doing whatever she can to fend off Ozaki. My only complaint was that some of Ozaki's strikes without weapons looked kind of weak. This is a problem I've had with a lot of Joshi and might just be something I have to get used to. But her powerbombs and suplexes looked great. Everything Momono did was really impressive, especially her German suplexes and she took a lot of wild bumps and chair shots. By the end the crowd is going nuts, too, which elevated the match quite a bit.

I won't spoil the finish, but it hooked me and I'll be very interested to see how these two get booked in the future. Worth checking out.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 8/9

HM: Jack Perry (c) vs. Rob Van Dam FTW Rules match for the FTW Title

+1

RVD was pretty gassed by the end but he still looked good and fuckin crushed Jack with that spinning leg drop to Jack hanging on the barricade. Loved that spot.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Chinston Wurchill posted:

HM: Natsupoi vs. Chihiro Hashimoto, Sendai Girls July 16. Love that David vs. Goliath poo poo!

+1

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito in the G1 Climax Final - NJPW G1 Climax Final 8/13

"I'm gonna kill this son of a bitch, Tetsuya Naito," growled Tetsuya Naito before heading to the ring.

Amazing crowd, both guys exceptional, New Japan time dilation, me screaming in terror at home, this match had it all.

Great match, +1

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
HM: Rey Fenix vs. Komander - AEW Rampage 8/18

Very good match! Komander is a lot better now that he's not spamming rope walks all the time

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Christian Cage vs. Darby Allin - AEW Collision 8/19
Darby you've got a PPV in like a week! :stare:

Yeah! Christian's long heat segment in the middle dragged the match out of MOTYC territory for me, but it was still a lot of fun. Hope TK will book Darby vs. Hiromu before either one of their spines disintegrates.

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
AEW All In London 2023 Zero Hour

MOTYC:
Jack Perry (c) vs. HOOK FTW Rules match for the FTW Title

AEW All In London 2023

MOTYC:
Blackpool Combat Club, Mike Santana and Ortiz vs. Best Friends, Eddie Kingston and Penta El Zero Miedo in a Stadium Stampede match
Sting and Darby Allin vs. Swerve Strickland and Christian Cage in a Coffin Match
MJF (c) vs. Adam Cole in an AEW World Title Match

HM:
CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe for the "Real World Title"
FTR (c) vs. The Young Bucks AEW World Tag Team Title Match
Hikaru Shida (c) vs. Saraya vs. Toni Storm vs. Britt Baker, DMD Four Way Match for the AEW Women's World Title
Will Ospreay vs. Chris Jericho Singles Match

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 8/30

HM: Eddie Kingston vs. Wheeler Yuta
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Penta

+1. OC and Penta was close to MOTYC

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
All from AEW All Out 2023

HM:
Samoa Joe (c) vs. Shane Taylor, ROH TV Title
Kris Statlander (c) vs. Ruby Soho TBS Title
Katsuyori Shibata and Eddie Kingston vs. Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta
Luchasaurus (c) vs. Darby Allin, TNT Title

MOTYC:
Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Starks, No DQ Strap Match
Young Bucks and FTR vs. Bullet Club Gold
Miro vs. Powerhouse Hobbs
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kenny Omega
Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Jon Moxley, AEW International Title

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Rarity posted:

HM: Le Sex Gods vs. Aussie Open, AEW Dynamite, 06/09


Just this one for me, thanks!

apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.
HM: Josh Alexander vs Steve Maclin, Impact Victory Road 9/8

I don't watch IMPACT but I try to catch Josh Alexander matches cause I just think he's neat. Glad he's back. There were a couple of sloppy spots (Maclin delicately reversing an ankle lock which somehow send Alexander careening into the turnbuckles) but it was mostly a good, hard-hitting match. Lots of beautiful suplexes. Also, kind of an underrated ability, but Josh Alexander is great at kick-outs. I think this was his fist singles match back since recovering from a triceps tear. Of course, coming back from an injury means there were a lot of spots with Maclin working the newly healed arm. That always makes me cringe, but that just means they're working me!

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apophenium
Apr 14, 2009

Cry 'Mayhem!' and let slip the dogs of Wardlow.

Pylons posted:

AEW Collision 9/9

HM: Darby Allin vs. Roderick Strong
HM: Samoa Joe vs. Penta el Zero Miedo

Bumped Darby/Roderick down to HM, but yeah, +1 to these.

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