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

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closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

MOTYC: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Kenny Omega, NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, 04/01

Nothing will beat this

# ¿ Jan 4, 2023 12:16

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 15:05

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Wazzu posted:

HM: Rampage 6 Jan (I think that's the American date)

Top flight vs BCC hot drat what an opener

Nth - first time I've believed in top flight, great match

# ¿ Jan 7, 2023 04:17

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC

Kazuchika Okada vs Kaito Kiyomiya

NOAH Keiji Muto Final Pro Wrestling “Last” Love ~Hold Out~ (2/21)

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Keiji Muto vs Masahiro Chono

Just because it happened

Really really beautiful stuff.

# ¿ Feb 21, 2023 12:50

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Penguin Patrol posted:

AEW Revolution 3/05

MOTYC: The Elite (Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks) (c) vs House of Black (Malakai Black, Brody King & Buddy Matthews) - AEW Trios Championships
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs Hangman Adam Page - Texas Death

MOTYC: MJF (c) vs Bryan Danielson - AEW World Championship Iron Man Match

You know it, you love it

# ¿ Mar 6, 2023 05:50

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Gotta nth omega / mox

AEW Dynamite, 10/05
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega, AEW Dynamite, 10/05

# ¿ May 12, 2023 03:43

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay, AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door, 6/25

Holy loving poo poo

Nth. Almost too brutal

# ¿ Jun 26, 2023 04:02

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

HMs:
Punk vs Kojima
Bucks Kingston Ishii vs BCC Shooter Takeshita
OC vs Shibata Vs ZSJ vs Garcia

Edited to add the four way

closet statist fucked around with this message at 05:26 on Jun 26, 2023

# ¿ Jun 26, 2023 05:12

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

NJPW STRONG Independence Day 2023 7/4

HM: Catch 2/2 (C) vs. Bullet Club (Connors & Moloney) for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Tag Titles

MOTYC: Homicide & Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado & Jun Kasai

Just everything you'd expect it to be in the best possible way. No holding back at all and a perfect NJPW debut for Jun Kasai.

# ¿ Jul 4, 2023 13:12

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

NJPW STRONG Independence Day 7/5

HM: Eddie Kingston vs. KENTA
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. El Desperado

# ¿ Jul 5, 2023 13:30

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: FTR vs. Bullet Club Gold (White & Robinson) - AEW Collision 7/8

Holy poo poo this was so loving good, they went loving hard out in a match so good that Kevin Kelly and Nigel McGuinness actually finally found some chemistry on commentary! It was like a mid-00s ROH Tag match in the best ways.

nth

# ¿ Jul 9, 2023 02:17

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Rarity posted:

HM: Yota Tsuji vs. Kaito Kiyomiya, NJPW G1 Climax 33 Night 1, 15/07

Welcome to the big leagues kid

nth. this was awesome, yota is a star

# ¿ Jul 15, 2023 14:13

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

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

Last week they had a MOTYC to set up this match. This week they elevated so far beyond that match it's unbelievable. The crowd was white-hot, both teams were incredible in the ring, the nearfalls were works of art, the pacing was perfect, and the time just sailed by and the match NEVER felt like it was spinning its wheels or making up time. Also the Riccaboni/McGuinness commentary pairing was excellent and Nigel losing his loving mind at how good the match was ruled.

nth - wonderful

# ¿ Jul 16, 2023 02:43

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

HM: 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

I loved this but it was a bit too wonky for a motyc and some poor camera work/tv direction at the end killed the finish (which in itself is a really good idea for a finish) for me. Still had a great time!

# ¿ Jul 20, 2023 03:10

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW G1 Climax 33 Night 19 August 13th
MOTYC
Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada - G1 Finals
- The most popular wrestler in the country and the best wrestler in the world add yet another chapter to their decade long rivalry. Maybe a step behind Naito's match yesterday but's that's not to say this wasn't a loving incredible end to the tournament

HM
Strong Style (Minoru Suzuki, El Desperado and Ren Narita) and Yuto Nakashima vs Yuji Nagata, Master Wato, Shota Umino and Tomoaki Honma

nth to both

# ¿ Aug 13, 2023 11:22

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

graph posted:

MOTYC: Rey Fenix vs. Komander - Fight for the Fallen: AEW Rampage - 8/18

lol. lmao

Nth. Wtf lol

# ¿ Aug 21, 2023 04:19

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

All In noms:

HM: Young Bucks vs FTR
HM: The Golden Elite vs Takeshita, White and Juice
HM: Chris Jericho vs Will Ospreay
MOTYC: Stadium Stampede 3
MOTYC: Cole vs MJF

Pro wrestling rules. Personal MOTN for Stampede - I love big crowd deathmatch so much

# ¿ Aug 28, 2023 13:22

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

All out 2023

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs Jon Moxley
MOTYC: Ricky Starks vs Bryan Danielson
HM: Young Bucks & FTR vs. The Bang Bang Gang

I was a bit soft on omega / takeshita somehow (???) so Ill hold off the nom until a rewatch I think. Whole show was great though. tony has done it again

# ¿ Sep 4, 2023 13:36

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

The Taxman posted:

MOTY: Mystery Wrestling 3, 9/8
Street Fight -Referee v Referee w special guest referee Colt Cabana

This was absolutely incredible, Mystery Wrestling is a joy

Does anyone have a link for this? I'm intrigued

# ¿ Sep 9, 2023 08:38

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Kevino07 posted:

HM: Darby Allin vs. Roderick Strong - AEW Collision 9/9

Nth. Really sealing Roddy's current spot

# ¿ Sep 10, 2023 03:15

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

NickRoweFillea posted:

MOTYC: Claudio Castagnoli v. Eddie Kingston, AEW Grand Slam

Nth. I only wish I didn't spoil it for myself first - despite this I was still biting - great stuff

# ¿ Sep 21, 2023 05:04

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

maruhkati posted:

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland, AEW Wrestledream, 10/1

I think this is the best thing Ive watched all year. nth

# ¿ Oct 2, 2023 02:36

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - AEW WrestleDream 10/1

My WrestleDream came WrestleTrue

nth

# ¿ Oct 2, 2023 03:18

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Christian Cage (C) vs. Darby Allin in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match for the TNT Title - AEW WrestleDream 10/1

Absolute sicko poo poo holy gently caress, Christian's career renaissance has been incredible to watch, and Darby is a loving lunatic.

NTH

# ¿ Oct 2, 2023 04:50

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

MOTYC: Eddie Kingston Vs Shibata, AEW Wrestledream, 10/1

Getting this in before I forget that it was on the card. Goddamn great show. Very rare for me to have FOUR motyc on a pape, really great stuff

# ¿ Oct 2, 2023 05:04

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 10/25

HM: MJF vs. Juice Robinson
MOTYC: Orange Cassidy & Kazuchika Okada vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Bryan Danielson)

nth. the tags was the absolute ideal of what TV wrestling (if TV wrestling is any different to PPV wrestling) should be. I cant imagine watching that wild OC / Claudio sequence and not wanting to tune in next week.

# ¿ Oct 26, 2023 09:07

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: MJF (C) vs. Kenny Omega for the AEW World Title - AEW Collision 10/28

Yeah.

Yeah.

Nth

# ¿ Oct 29, 2023 03:07

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW STRONG Independence Day July 5th
MOTYC
El Desperado vs Jon Moxley
- https://vk.com/video-4499945_456251155?t=2h55m29s
- Deathmatch Despy is always a good time, especially when he starts the match already beat to poo poo from his match the previous day

nthed this when it happened, but anyone who hasnt seen it NEEDS to watch it.

# ¿ Nov 9, 2023 02:25

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

MOTYC: Penta vs. Swerve, Dynamite 11/8
HM: Samoa joe vs. Keith Lee, Dynamite 11/8

# ¿ Nov 9, 2023 03:36

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Komander & Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Bucks
HM: Brian Cage & The Family vs. Jeri-Show & Golden Lovers

Mine. Adjusted clusterfuck to HM - I love me some bullshit but it just wasnt quite landing the way I hoped it would. I still had a great time though. Komander Penta vs Bucks went harder than I thought it would!

# ¿ Nov 16, 2023 11:03

closet statist: Mar 9, 2010

Jerusalem posted:

Hangman Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland in Texas Death - AEW Full Gear 11/18
Bloody, monstrous, disgusting, revolting. Just sickening.

I nominate it for Match of the Year.

nthing

# ¿ Nov 19, 2023 04:49

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 15:05

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Mark Briscoe, Claudio Castagnoli, Bryan Danielson & Daniel Garcia vs. Brody King, Jay Lethal, Rush & Switchblade Jay White - AEW World's End 12/30
Started slow, got better, turned great, finished extremely well.

MOTYC: Christian Cage (C) vs. Adam Copeland in a No Disqualification Match for the TNT Title - AEW World's End 12/30
From just before the opening bell to just after the bell rang at the end of the match, this was an incredible (and violent!) experience.

MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs. Jon Moxley in the Continental Classic Final - AEW World's End 12/30
"YOU WANT 100% MOTHERFUCKER!?!"

One of the weaker PPVs that AEW has done, but still managed to have two MOTYCs on it!

nth these, and Ill add:

HM: Samoa Joe vs MJF for the AEW Championship - AEW World's End 12/30

# ¿ Dec 31, 2023 05:56

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