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

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Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Aew dynamite 1/4

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

Captain Foo fucked around with this message at 04:48 on Jan 5, 2023

# ¿ Jan 5, 2023 04:45

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 18:55

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Blackpool Combat Club (Mox & Danielson) vs. Top Flight - AEW Rampage 1/6

Elevated by a white-hot crowd, high action from BEFORE the bell rang till the end, absolutely incredible chemistry between all 4 men.

nth

Dango Bango posted:

MOTYC: The Acclaimed(c) vs. Lethal/Jarrett - AEW Battle of the Belts V 1/6

nth

Captain Foo fucked around with this message at 06:52 on Jan 7, 2023

# ¿ Jan 7, 2023 06:17

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Pylons posted:

AEW Battle of the Belts 1/6

HM: Kip Sabian vs. Orange Cassidy(c)

nth

Captain Foo fucked around with this message at 06:53 on Jan 7, 2023

# ¿ Jan 7, 2023 06:18

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Dango Bango posted:

Crap! I forgot to do this. I went back and edited mine.

same

# ¿ Jan 7, 2023 06:53

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Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley - AEW Dynamite 1/11

It's January 11th and "just" a Dynamite, there was no reason to go THIS hard.... but they sure as gently caress did!

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC - Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita, AEW Dynamite, 1/11

Holy gently caress this match

Nth

# ¿ Jan 12, 2023 04:20

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Bandido - AEW Dynamite 1/18

Holy gently caress this was good. Just a random Dynamite, Danielson out there having PPV Main Event Quality matches. Bandido just hurking him around with his surprising strength. Hot crowd. Amazing match.

nth, so fuckin good

# ¿ Jan 19, 2023 04:18

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/25

HM: Action Andretti & Ricky Starks vs.
MOTYC: Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal

Jerusalem posted:

Seconding both. The first was just pure wrestling fun, the second was sad but beautiful and cathartic.

Nth

# ¿ Jan 26, 2023 04:17

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Dango Bango posted:

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

nth

# ¿ Jan 28, 2023 06:55

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Oil! posted:

a stalling vertical suplex that leaves the building through one exit, enters through another, and ends on a couch.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2023 15:50

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graph posted:

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

nthhhhhhhhhhhhhh

# ¿ Feb 2, 2023 04:07

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graph posted:

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

yea

# ¿ Feb 4, 2023 23:20

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graph posted:

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

Nth

# ¿ Feb 9, 2023 04:13

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Punch McLightning posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/15

HM: Josh Woods vs. Mark Briscoe

Yeah

# ¿ Feb 16, 2023 04:23

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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.

Nth

# ¿ Feb 23, 2023 02:24

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Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Evil Uno vs. Jon Moxley

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# ¿ Feb 23, 2023 04:17

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A Fancy Hat posted:

HM: Evil Uno vs. Jon Moxley - AEW Dynamite 2/22

Nth!!

(Already voted for yuta/oc)

# ¿ Feb 23, 2023 12:37

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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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

yeah Rampage whupped rear end

# ¿ Feb 25, 2023 17:26

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Punch McLightning posted:

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

Yeah this was insane (good)

# ¿ Mar 2, 2023 03:54

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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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.

yea!

# ¿ Mar 4, 2023 05:10

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Penguin Patrol posted:

AEW Revolution 3/05
MOTYC: Jungle Boy vs Christian Cage - Casket Match
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
HM: The Gunns (c) vs The Acclaimed vs Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal vs Orange Cassidy & Danhausen - AEW Tag Team Championships
MOTYC: MJF (c) vs Bryan Danielson - AEW World Championship Iron Man Match

yeah these and out of all of them, Texas Death was my favorite

# ¿ Mar 6, 2023 05:55

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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graph posted:

MOTYC: Adam Page, Evil Uno, and Stu Grayson vs. Blackpool Combat Club, AEW Dynamite, 3/15
HM: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Jeff Jarrett, AEW International Championship, AEW Dynamite, 3/15
MOTYC: House of Black (c) vs. The Elite vs. Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, and Daniel Garcia, AEW Trios Championship, AEW Dynamite, 3/15

nth these were great and the whole show ruled

# ¿ Mar 16, 2023 03:20

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 3/17

HM: Daniel Garcia vs. Brody King

Yeah!

# ¿ Mar 19, 2023 07:08

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LionYeti posted:

Moty 3/22 AEW Dynamite

Motyc Kenny Omega vs El Hijo de Vikingo

The best match I've seen on free television in a very long time

Holy poo poo @ this match

Nth

# ¿ Mar 23, 2023 03:13

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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jesus WEP posted:

sting living his absolute best life brings me much joy and i will nth the HM for sting/darby/orange vs b&b&kip

Yeah I�ll nth

# ¿ Mar 23, 2023 12:18

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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AEW Dynamite 4/5

hm: Jamie Hayter vs. Riho

# ¿ Apr 6, 2023 04:56

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 4/7

HM: HOOK vs. Ethan Page
HM: Darby Allin vs. Lee Moriarty

AEW Battle of the Belts 4/7

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Dralistico
HM: Billie Starkz vs. Jade Cargill
HM: QTV Crew (Powerhouse Hobbs & QT Marshall) vs. The Lucha Bros (Fenix & Penta El Zero Miedo)

Yeah, nth

# ¿ Apr 8, 2023 05:06

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Moty: aew intl championship, orange cassidy (c) vs buddy matthews, dynamite 4/12

# ¿ Apr 13, 2023 02:05

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Punch McLightning posted:

Dynamite 4/12

HM: Brandon Cutler & Michael Nakazawa vs. Claudio Castagnoli & Jon Moxley

also nth

# ¿ Apr 13, 2023 03:26

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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graph posted:

AEW Rampage 4/14

HM: Taya Valkyrie vs. Emi Sakura
HM: Best Friends vs. Aussie Open

Nth

# ¿ Apr 15, 2023 03:53

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Jerusalem posted:

HM: El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Dralistico - AEW Rampage 4/22

Nobody told these guys this was a "B Show" on the wrong night, and they just went hard in front of a fired up crowd doing some unbelievably cool poo poo.

nth

# ¿ Apr 23, 2023 04:50

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Dango Bango posted:

HM: Sammy Guevara & MJF vs. Jungle Boy & Darby Allin - AEW Dynamite 5/3

Great match, great booking, great timing and execution. Loved this.

Nth

# ¿ May 4, 2023 05:28

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 5/5

HM: Vikingo & The Lucha Brothers (PENTA El Cero Miedo & Rey Fenix) vs. QTV Crew (QT Marshall, Powerhouse Hobbs, & Aaron Solo
MOTYC: Matt Hardy, Jeff Hardy, Isaiah Kassidy, HOOK vs. The Firm (Ethan Page, Big Bill, Stokely Hathaway, & Lee Moriarty)

nth

# ¿ May 6, 2023 00:35

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Rarity posted:

HM: Claudio Castagnoli vs. Rey Fenix, AEW Dynamite, 10/05
MOTYC: Orange Cassidy (c) vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Dynamite, 10/05
HM: Julia Hart vs. Anna Jay, AEW Dynamite, 10/05
MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Kenny Omega, AEW Dynamite, 10/05

Nth

# ¿ May 12, 2023 05:07

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Chris Jericho vs. Roderick Strong in a Falls Count Anywhere Match - AEW Dynamite 5/17

This was loving incredible, so much fun, incredible crowd and visuals (and sound!), a perfect ending, fantastic crowd interaction, dumb spots galore, just pure pro-wrestling fun.

Nth

# ¿ May 18, 2023 02:31

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 5/24

HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Kyle Fletcher
HM: The Lucha Brothers (PENTA El Cero Miedo & Rey Fenix) vs. The Blackpool Combat Club (Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta)

nth these

# ¿ May 25, 2023 03:18

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Pinwiz11 posted:

Summary noms:

AEW Double or Nothing 5/28

MOTYC:
Blackjack Battle Royal
MJF (C) vs. Darby Allin vs. Jungle Boy vs. Sammy Guevara
Blackpool Combat Club (Mox, Danielson, Claudio & Yuta) vs. The Elite (Kenny, Hangman & The Young Bucks) in Anarchy in the Arena

HM:
FTR (C) vs. Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett

I�ll nth these

# ¿ May 29, 2023 16:27

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Rarity posted:

HM: Lucha Bros/Bandido vs. Blackpool Combat Club, AEW Dynamite, 31/05
HM: Swerve Strickland vs. Big Bill vs. Trent Baretta, AEW Dynamite, 31/05

Yes i think so nth

# ¿ Jun 1, 2023 17:10

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Jerusalem posted:

HM: El Hijo del Vikingo (C) vs. Dralistico vs. Komander for the AAA Mega Championship - AEW Rampage 6/2
HM: Zack Sabre Jr. (C) vs. Action Andretti for the NJPW Television Title - AEW Rampage 6/2
HM: Willow Nightinggale (C) vs. Emi Sakura for the NJPW Strong Women's Title - AEW Rampage 6/2
HM: Katsuyori Shibata (C) vs. Lee Moriarty for the ROH Pure Title - AEW Rampage 6/2

A night of Champions for Rampage and every single match delivered or over-delivered. Just a fantastic show start to finish, a pure hour of drat good wrestling. That AAA Mega Championship match was PPV quality stuff. drat, what a night.

Yessir

# ¿ Jun 3, 2023 04:47

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 6/7

HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Swerve Strickland
HM: Jungle Boy & HOOK vs. LFI (Dralistico & Preston Vance)

nthing these

xbilkis posted:

What a nutso throwaway match

seriously

# ¿ Jun 8, 2023 03:13

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 18:55

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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MOTYC: Adam Cole v. MJF (c) - AEW Championship Eliminator Match - AEW Dynamite 6/14
HM: Darby Allin, Orange Cassidy, Sting, & Keith Lee v. Mogul Affiliates (Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, Toa Liona, & KAUN) - AEW Dynamite 6/14
HM: Toni Storm (c) v. Skye Blue - AEW Women's Championship - AEW Dynamite 6/14
HM: The Elite (Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson & "Hangman" Adam Page) vs. The Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Wheeler Yuta) - AEW Dynamite 6/14

These. Thanks graph

What a fuckin show

# ¿ Jun 15, 2023 03:23

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