2024's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/3

HM: Orange Cassidy vs Dante Martin
MOTYC: Darby Allin vs. Konosuke Takeshita
HM: Daniel Garcia vs. Swerve Strickland

nthing these

here's to a great year of pro wrestling ! :cheers:

# ¿ Jan 4, 2024 04:18

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 21:55

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Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: FTR vs. House of Black (Malakai & Buddy) - AEW Collision 1/6

I thought the angle going into this match was silly, but I should have remembered both teams are really loving good and they had a hell of a match, and the last five minutes in particular were just fantastic.

Pylons posted:

Also:

HM: Trent Beretta vs. Eddie Kingston

# ¿ Jan 7, 2024 04:22

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/10

HM: Claudio Castagnoli vs. 'Hangman' Adam Page
HM: Adam Copeland, Orange Cassidy, Preston Vance, & Dustin Rhodes vs. The Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage, Toa Liona, & Bishop Kaun) & Lance Archer
HM: Thunder Rosa, Willow Nightingale, Kris Statlander, & Anna Jay vs. The Outcasts (Saraya & Ruby Soho), Skye Blue & Julia Hart
HM: Bryan Keith vs. Roderick Strong
HM: Darby Allin & Sting vs. Konosuke Takeshita & Powerhouse Hobbs

yeah why not

# ¿ Jan 11, 2024 06:43

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Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 1/12

HM: Eddie Kingston vs. Wheeler Yuta
HM: Hikaru Shida vs. Queen Aminata

nth and

HM: Swerve Strickland vs. Matt Sydal

a fine rampage!

# ¿ Jan 13, 2024 05:29

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Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: FTR & Daniel Garcia vs. House of Black - AEW Collision 1/13

Holy loving poo poo. What a match. An incredible performance by Garcia in particular but EVERYBODY looked fantastic.

Pylons posted:

HM: Deonna Purazzo vs. Red Velvet
HM: JD Drake vs. 'Hangman' Adam Page

Captain Foo posted:

MOTYC: Big Bill and Ricky Starks (c) vs Chris Jericho and Sammy Guevara, AEW Tag Team Championship Street Fight, Battle of the Belts IX, 1/13

and

HM: Dustin Rhodes vs. Willie Mack - AEW Collision 1/13

short but willie sold like a champ

what a great saturday night!

# ¿ Jan 14, 2024 05:11

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A Fancy Hat posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/17

HM: Christian Cage vs. Dustin Rhodes
HM: Orange Cassidy and Trent Barretta vs Penta and Kommander
MOTYC: Samoa Joe vs. HOOK

agreeing with a fancy hat!

# ¿ Jan 18, 2024 04:23

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Barry Bluejeans posted:

big nth, I almost never watch TNA but I'm glad I went out of my way to see this one

neato they literally just posted it for free an hour ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvEYzSDjUdU

# ¿ Jan 19, 2024 18:23

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Kris Statlander vs. Queen Aminata - AEW Rampage 1/19
The Statlander/Stoke stuff is a delight and Aminata really took the chance to showcase what she can do.

HM: Darby Allin vs. Jeff Hardy - AEW Rampage 1/19
These dudes are insane.

agreeing with jru

# ¿ Jan 20, 2024 05:03

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Maxwell Lord posted:

HM: Thunder Rosa vs Queen Aminata, AEW Collision 1/20/24

These two ladies hit hard

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Daniel Garcia vs. Buddy Matthews - AEW Collision 1/20
Either Buddy is one of the world's greatest sellers or he's a loving insane muscle freak who can power through crippling pain. Regardless of the case, it added a lot of spice to an already fired up match.

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Blackpool Combat Club (Castagnoli & Danielson) vs. Eddie Kingston and Ortiz - AEW Collision 1/20
Bryan Danielson is a bastard man.

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Shane Taylor - AEW Collision 1/20
HM: Adam Copeland vs. Darius Martin - AEW Collision 1/20
HM: Roderick Strong vs. Matt Sydal - AEW Collision 1/20

i thought the whole show was great, everyone's poo poo landed

# ¿ Jan 21, 2024 08:00

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Edward Mass posted:

MOTYC: Josh Alexander vs. Will Ospreay, TNA Impact 1/18

owned nth

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Adam Copeland vs. Minoru Suzuki - AEW Dynamite 1/24

A match I could have never dreamed happening, and it was drat good!

and it was fun, nth

# ¿ Jan 25, 2024 04:20

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HM: Jon Moxley vs. Lee Moriarty - AEW Rampage - 1/26

# ¿ Jan 27, 2024 05:11

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Lamuella posted:

Nth. Match rocked.

it was super good, lee's emoting was fantastic

# ¿ Jan 27, 2024 08:54

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Pylons posted:

AEW Collision 1/27

HM: Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty
HM: Komander vs. Orange Cassidy - AEW International Championship
HM: Mariah May vs. Lady Frost
HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Yuji Nagata
MOTYC: House of Black ( Malakai Black, Brody King, & Buddy Matthews) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) & Daniel Garcia) - Escape the Cage Match

That last match is one of the most impeccably laid out matches I've ever watched. Absolutely incredible.

nth with one change, what a loving show

# ¿ Jan 28, 2024 04:12

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A Fancy Hat posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/31

HM: 'Hangman' Adam Page vs. Toa Liona
HM: Chris Jericho vs. Kyle Fletcher
HM: Swerve Strickland vs. Rob Van Dam

these for me!

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 04:24

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HM: Private Party vs. Top Flight - AEW Rampage 2/2

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Pylons posted:

AEW Collision 2/3

HM: Bryan Keith vs. Eddie Kingston
MOTYC: Hechicero vs. Bryan Danielson
HM: Queen Aminata vs. Serena Deeb
HM: FT-Garcia (Dax Harwood, Cash Wheeler, & Daniel Garcia) vs. The Patriarchy (Christian Cage, Nick Wayne, & Killswitch)

agreeing with pylons yet again

# ¿ Feb 4, 2024 04:30

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Jerusalem posted:

Where has Hechicero been all my life?

that motherfucker came out to doom eternal boss music and his loving hands were on fire then had that match. lol

# ¿ Feb 4, 2024 04:31

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HM: Brent Banks vs. Psycho Mike - Mystery Wrestling 6 - 2/4

that real dumb goofy poo poo that hits the spot, lol

e: i heard the blindfold match was real good too but i tuned in too late

graph fucked around with this message at 02:43 on Feb 5, 2024

# ¿ Feb 5, 2024 02:39

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also iirc she inherited la knights gimmick after he debuted as max dupri on the main roster and failed terribly (with mace and mansoor)

# ¿ Feb 6, 2024 19:10

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Pillowpants posted:

I give you

https://youtu.be/yH9TypUC_A0

that was last year, op

# ¿ Feb 6, 2024 22:40

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/7

MOTYC: Swerve Strickland vs. 'Hangman' Adam Page - #1 Contender Match
HM: Toni Storm vs. Red Velvet
HM: Team CMLL (Hechicero, Volador Jr, & Mascara Dorada) vs. The BCC (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Bryan Danielson)
MOTYC: Ricky Starks & Big Bill (c) vs. Darby Allin & Sting - AEW Tag Team Championship Match

these ones

# ¿ Feb 8, 2024 04:27

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Endless Mike posted:

Remember when WWE fired Swerve then as soon as it was clear AEW was interested in him, they hired back the rest of Hit Row, but Swerve went to AEW anyway?

it is unreal that swerve was ever in hit row to begin with, let alone his nxt run (remember when he was a face?)

# ¿ Feb 8, 2024 23:45

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Pylons posted:

AEW Collision 2/10

HM: Mark Briscoe vs. Brody King
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Tomohiro Ishii

these and

HM: Toni Storm vs. Queen Aminata

# ¿ Feb 12, 2024 08:20

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AEW Dynamite 2/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood
HM: Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia
HM: Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) vs. Nicholas & Matthew Jackson
HM: Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue
MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

agreeing with kvantum !

# ¿ Feb 15, 2024 04:15

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Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 2/16

HM: Jeff Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara
HM: Anna Jay vs. Queen Aminata

agreeing with pylons

# ¿ Feb 17, 2024 05:17

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The Taxman posted:

WMOTYC - Deonna Purazzo v Madison Rayne - AEW Dynamite 2/21

This match was atrocious, slow, cold, and unenjoyable. Also likely contained an injury. The worst in AEW/RoH in as long as I can remember

this was not good. at all

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/21

HM: Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, & Samoa Joe vs. 'Hangman' Adam Page, HOOK, & Rob Van Dam

this was !

# ¿ Feb 22, 2024 04:21

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Dango Bango posted:

Is this the first AEW match to qualify for WMOTYC in the last two years? Ever?

nah there's a couple each year

# ¿ Feb 22, 2024 16:43

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Dango Bango posted:

Ah my bad. Now that I had a chance to pull up the 2023 thread, there's a lot that I forgot about getting enough votes because it was more booking-related than just a terrible match.

yeah like 75% is booking prefs/weird stips, 25% actual slogs. the links to all the previous moty threads are in the op of the 2024 thread!

like that butch and blade vs, the hardys table eliminator match in which no one really knew how the stip was supposed to work

# ¿ Feb 22, 2024 16:58

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Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 2/23

HM: Bryan Keith & Komander & Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Private Party (Mark Quen & Isaiah Kassidy) & Matt Sydal vs. Top Flight (Darius & Dante Martin) & Action Andretti

agreeing with pylons

anna/mariah would have been too if the finish held up imo

# ¿ Feb 24, 2024 05:06

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Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Sammy Guevara - AEW Collision 2/24
For what could have easily been a no-dq spotfest, this was timed and paced fantastically. Plus they almost killed a small child!

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Jun Akiyama - AEW Collision 2/24
It was Bryan Danielson vs. Jun Akiyama, for God's sake.

upping samuel/hobbs as well

# ¿ Feb 25, 2024 04:46

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Ziggy Tzardust posted:

MOTYC Revolution Pro High Stakes (18/02): Michael Oku (c) vs Will Ospreay for the Undisputed British Heavyweight Title

If you remember how much people gushed about their match two years ago, this match surpassed it in every way. Oku is a lot more mature as a performer. Amira is legit a top 5 manager/valet. Ospreay is one of the best wrestlers of the 21st century. RevPro's technical production still isn't the best but they really made this feel like a Big Fight with how both wrestlers were presented. Combine that with a white-hot crowd that refused to calm down for even a second. I thought it might be "seeing it live" bias so I watched the VOD and it was just as good.

holy loving nth, good lord

# ¿ Feb 25, 2024 08:15

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Quantum of Phallus posted:

How do I watch the rev pro match please and thank you

https://vk.com/video-54361599_456280941?t=2h57m41s

# ¿ Feb 25, 2024 23:43

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/28

HM: Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Bryan Danielson) vs. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) & Eddie Kingston
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Nick Wayne
HM: Kris Statlander vs. Skye Blue

agreeing with pylons

# ¿ Feb 29, 2024 04:22

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A Fancy Hat posted:

AEW Revolution 3/3/24

HM: Willow and Statlander vs Hart and Blue
HM: Christian Cage vs Daniel Garcia
MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs Bryan Danielson
HM: Blackpool Combat Club vs FTR
HM: Roderick Strong vs Orange Cassidy
MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs Konosuke Takeshita
MOTYC: Samoa Joe vs Hangman Page vs Swerve Strickland
MOTYC: Sting and Darby Allin vs The Young Bucks

Those last 3 matches were insane, 3 entirely different types of wrestling but all 3 were so drat good.

nth for revolution

# ¿ Mar 7, 2024 04:39

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 3/6

HM: HOOK vs. Brian Cage
HM: Riho vs. Kris Statlander
MOTYC: Kyle Fletcher vs. Will Ospreay

Riho vs. Statlander is a borderline MOTYC.

it's wednesday night and we're quoting pylons

# ¿ Mar 7, 2024 04:39

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Pylons posted:

AEW Collision 3/9

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Shane Taylor
HM: House of Black (Brody King, Buddy Matthews, & Malakai Black) vs. Mark Briscoe & Team TNA (Jeff Jarrett & Jay Lethal)

Last match was absolute chaos and very fun but barely misses the MOTYC mark.

a day late, but quoting pylons

# ¿ Mar 11, 2024 03:12

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 3/13

HM: Samoa Joe vs. Wardlow
HM: The Elite (Nicholas & Matthew Jackson & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Eddie Kingston, PAC, & Penta El Cero Miedo
HM: Darby Allin vs. Jay White
MOTYC: Willow Nightingale vs. Riho

a small change

# ¿ Mar 14, 2024 15:58

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Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 3/15

HM: Komander vs. Takeshita

Crowd was totally indifferent to Komander when he made his entrance but he totally turns them around over the course of the match. Well worth watching, especially the back half.

and HM: Dark Order (John Silver & Evil Uno) vs. Best Friends (Orange Cassidy & Trent Berretta)

goofy silly indy poo poo, lots of fun

# ¿ Mar 16, 2024 04:04

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 21:55

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Pylons posted:

AEW Collision 3/16

MOTY: Bryan Danielson vs. Katsuyori Shibata

JESUS CHRIST THIS loving RULED

nth and

HM: Kyle O'Reilly vs. Bryan Keith

just a wonderful return match, kyle looks great for being out two years

# ¿ Mar 17, 2024 03:07

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