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

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Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Daniel Bryan posted:

MOTYC - Konosuke Takeshita vs Darby Allin - AEW Dynamite 01/03

Hell yeah

# ¿ Jan 4, 2024 03:27

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 23:58

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 1/4
Two of the best to ever do it, doing it at the highest level. An absolutely incredible experience.

Nth. Absolutely incredible match. I can't believe how tense I was during the Forbidden Door submission

e:
Holy poo poo I have to Nth

Jerusalem posted:

HM: SANADA (C) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 1/4
It suffered from having to follow Danielson/Okada, and I know that some people were feeling less than enthusiastic about this as a main event, but I dig both guys and I like the storyline of former stablemates who had a mostly amicable parting but now are competing for the top spot in the company. Match built really well and had a fantastic finish, helped by a very, very, very hot crowd.

as well. I really don't like either of these guys but they still got me with that match. Great final 5-10 minutes.

Dango Bango fucked around with this message at 03:07 on Jan 5, 2024

# ¿ Jan 5, 2024 02:58

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW New Year's Dash January 5th
HM
TMDK (Zack Sabre Jr, Kosei Fujita, Shane Haste and Mikey Nicholls) vs Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson, Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii
- Got to love a mystery card

Also the UE vs War Dogs match was loving wild, check that one out

Nth-ing this almost-party match. What a fun showcase.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2024 13:04

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

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

HM for me as it didn't hold my attention early on.

MOTYC: Eddie Kingston (c) vs. Trent Beretta - AEW Collision 1/6

Fortuitous juice.

# ¿ Jan 7, 2024 04:03

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Samoa Joe (C) vs. HOOK for the AEW World Title - AEW Dynamite 1/17

God what a beautiful sprint. Joe rules, HOOK rules, Taz on commentary rules, and the match was paced perfectly with a great ending.

Nth. One of my favorite babyface comebacks in a long time.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2024 04:15

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 1/17

HM: Christian Cage vs. Dustin Rhodes

Ah I've got to Nth this one too. They had me wanting Dustin to win the TNT belt.

# ¿ Jan 18, 2024 10:47

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

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.

Hell yeah brother. Rampage was a lot of fun!

# ¿ Jan 20, 2024 06:05

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Pylons posted:

AEW Collision 1/27

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

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

Hell yeah what a great Collision

# ¿ Jan 28, 2024 04:14

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

AEW Collision - 2/3
MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs. Bryan Keith
MOTYC: Hechicero vs. Bryan Danielson
HM: Serena Deeb vs. Queen Aminata
MOTYC: FTGarcia vs. The Patriarchy

Holy poo poo what a show

# ¿ Feb 4, 2024 04:01

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

MassRafTer posted:

This is incredible.

https://twitter.com/GIFSkullX/status/1754694967379832845

WWE Raw 2/5
WMOTYC: Akira Tozawa and Maxxine Dupri vs. Ivar and Valhalla

Thank you to the nice person who requested I watch this.

Nth lmao

Has Maxxine ever been trained? And what a waste of time that match was.

# ¿ Feb 6, 2024 19:01

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/7

MOTYC: Swerve Strickland vs. 'Hangman' Adam Page
HM: Team CMLL (Hechicero, Volador Jr, & Mascara Dorada) vs. The BCC (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Bryan Danielson)
HM: Chris Jericho vs. Konosuke Takeshita
MOTYC: Ricky Starks & Big Bill (c) vs. Darby Allin & Sting

Nth-ing all of these. drat what a fun show that was. I can't believe I got to see a Sting match live.

# ¿ Feb 8, 2024 06:16

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

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

Nth. Not good.

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/21

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

Also nth. A lot of fun!

# ¿ Feb 22, 2024 04:18

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

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

# ¿ Feb 22, 2024 16:43

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

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.

# ¿ Feb 22, 2024 16:52

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

My Revolution votes:

A Fancy Hat posted:

AEW Revolution 3/3/24

HM: Blackpool Combat Club vs FTR
MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs Konosuke Takeshita
MOTYC: Samoa Joe vs Hangman Page vs Swerve Strickland
MOTYC: Sting and Darby Allin vs The Young Bucks

Sadly Bryan/Eddie was ruined by my feed only started working right as they were going home. Couldn't really get into the match on rewatch :/

# ¿ Mar 5, 2024 00:08

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 3/6

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

Holy gently caress yes nth.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2024 04:10

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 3/27

HM: Kris Statlander vs. Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue vs. Anna Jay
MOTYC: Swerve Strickland vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Going with these

# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 03:11

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Pylons posted:

[ROH Supercard of Honor 4/5

HM: Kyle Fletcher vs. Lee Johnson
HM: EXV (Maika, Mina Shiraka) & Mei Seira vs. Queen's Quest (AZM & Saya Kamitani) & Tam Nakano
HM: Billie Starkz vs. Queen Aminata
MOTYC: Mark Briscoe vs. Eddie Kingston

Sticking with the HM nom on Starkz/Aminata despite the finish since they had the crowd the whole way.

And after thinking about it - and especially seeing how it killed the crowd for the rest of the show:

WMOTYC: Johnny TV vs. Dalton Castle

# ¿ Apr 6, 2024 04:54

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Long-Time Lurker posted:

Killing the crowd for the rest of the show sounds next level awful. How many matches were left after Dalton vs. Johnny TV?

Women's and men's ROH title matches

# ¿ Apr 6, 2024 05:15

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

WMOTYC: Uso Civil War - WM night 1 4/6

Jesus Christ what was the point of this match. Slow, plodding, literally three spots in the match. gently caress OFF

# ¿ Apr 7, 2024 01:57

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

HM: Sami Zayn vs. GUNTHER - Wrestlemania Night 1 4/6

This'll be the MOTN lol

# ¿ Apr 7, 2024 02:48

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

WMOTYC: Seth & Cody vs. Rock & Roman - WM 40 4/6

Slow, plodding, bad psychology, tedious, dumb, long...

And from the crowd: "boooooooooooo"

# ¿ Apr 7, 2024 04:12

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

WMOTYC: Philly Street Fight (in Philly) - WM 40 Night 2 - 4/7

The match itself sucked so, so bad.

Snoop commentary and the table botch were great though

# ¿ Apr 8, 2024 01:00

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 4/17
MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. Claudio Castagnoli

Missed the first 2/3 of the show so I can only Nth this right now.

# ¿ Apr 18, 2024 03:12

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

MassRafTer posted:

AEW Dynasty 4/21

MOTYC: Pac vs. Kazuchika Okada (c)
HM: Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston, & Mark Briscoe vs. House of Black
MOTYC: Thunder Rosa vs. Toni Storm (c)
MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs Will Ospreay
MOTYC: The Young Bucks vs FTR

Nth-ing these

# ¿ Apr 22, 2024 05:41

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Roderick Strong (C) vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the AEW International Title - AEW Dynasty 4/21

I need to go back and Nth this one because I wanted to not care but they definitely won me over with that match.

# ¿ Apr 22, 2024 13:08

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

WMOTYC: Buddy Matthews vs. Adam Copeland (c) - AEW Dynamite 5/1

https://twitter.com/VincentVerhei/status/1776804048244797900

# ¿ May 2, 2024 01:44

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

Defenestrategy posted:

HM: "The Learning Tree" Chris Jericho vs "The Wrestler" Katsuyori Shibata - FTW Rules Match - AEW Dynamite 5/1

That son of a bitch Jericho has done it again.

HM for me, but yeah absolutely inspired.

# ¿ May 2, 2024 02:21

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# ¿ May 11, 2024 23:58

Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

MOTYC: Willow (c) vs. Skye Blue - AEW Rampage 5/1

They had no time so they just went out there and killed each other. Absolutely bonkers finish too.

# ¿ May 2, 2024 04:08

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