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

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Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Will Ospreay (C) vs. Kenny Omega for the IWGP US Heavyweight Title - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 1/4

Human beings should not be capable of what these two do in the ring.

I somehow thought the Giulia/Syuri bump off the stage would be the craziest one this week but they've barely 3rd right now. Holy gently caress

# ¿ Jan 4, 2023 12:23

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 11:42

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Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Zack Sabre Jr (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo, 05/02

Ishii did a Yoshi Tonic what the gently caress man

Nth. Love that they introduced the Stardom High Speed belt in NJPW.

# ¿ Feb 5, 2023 08:54

Stall_19: Jan 2, 2013; Prodigy of Victor von Doom

The downside of Kenny/Vikingo was that it was less a match and more a showcase for Vikingo. I'm sure the match they have in Mexico will be much better.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2023 03:06

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MassRafTer posted:

3/22 AEW DYNAMITE

HM: Sting, Orange Cassidy and Darby Allin vs The Butcher, The Blade and Kip Sabian
MOTYC: Kenny Omega vs El Hijo Del Vikingo

I know everyone loved the main event but are people forgetting that opener???

It was forgettable.

# ¿ Mar 23, 2023 03:17

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forkboy84 posted:

MOTYC
23rd April
Stardom Allstar Grand Queendom
Highspeed Tag Match
AZM & Mei Suruga vs Mei Seria & Starlight Kid
Watch this here

OK, you have the link to the first match of the preshow. Now watch the whole if you haven't. Because it's great. Of the 9 main event cards I'm about to nominate 6 MOTYCs, have nominated 1 HM & the worst match was still *** for the Goddess of Stardom match. So just carve out 4 hours of time. It's the show of the year as far as I'm concerned, absolutely stacked with great wrestlers wrestling greatly. Flew by

That match was actually apart of the main card. Was the official opening match.

# ¿ May 9, 2023 22:18

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SatoshiMiwa posted:

The last two matched made the AEW show real good but don't top Wato/Titan for me....and it's odd to say that

Strangely the NJPW show had a hotter crowd

# ¿ May 29, 2023 04:55

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Burn Down Canberra posted:

Motyc : stardom sunshine 25/6

Loser leave unit cagematch: oedi tai v queens quest

Big nth. I cannot believe how well this came off. The action, the story, the ending, the aftermath...perfect.

# ¿ Jun 25, 2023 14:09

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Wonder how different the reaction for Danielson/Okada would have been if they had swapped the card position with the Omega/Ospreay

# ¿ Jun 26, 2023 05:21

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 11:42

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Divorced from the angle, the MJF/Jay White match was decent, but that angle to get there was late stages WCW tier stupid.

# ¿ Nov 19, 2023 17:55

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