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

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Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dynamite 1/3

HM: Mariah May vs. Queen Aminata
MOTYC: Darby Allin vs. Konosuke Takeshita
HM: El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Trent Beretta vs. Brian Cage vs. Bryan Keith
HM: Daniel Garcia vs. Swerve Strickland

# ¿ Jan 4, 2024 04:04

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 21:11

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Zack Sabre Jr.(c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the New Japan Television Title - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 1/4
Best match that Tanahashi has had in ages, and not just because human socialist octopus Zack Sabre Jr. is incredible (which he is) - the 15 minute time limit really works to both their advantage in terms of pacing.

HM: Shingo Takagi (C) vs. Tama Tonga for the Never Openweight Title - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 1/4
I knew the match would be good but also felt like I'd already seen all they had to offer in a match against each other. But the setting made all the difference, crowd was hot and both guys were giving it their all. Right on the edge of MOTYC for me.

MOTYC: Hiromu Takahashi (C) vs. El Desperado for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 1/4
It's two of the best Junior Heavyweight wrestlers in the world fighting for the title at Wrestle Kingdom, and it absolutely lives up to the hype.

HM: Will Ospreay (C) vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay for the IWGP Global Championship - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 1/4
This was kind of incredible in the sense that they did absolutely everything they could to ruin this match on multiple occasions and somehow it kept being fantastic regardless until the end result was the least interesting person in the match and in his own faction winning the title.

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.

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.

Yeah, this is about where I land. Nth.

# ¿ Jan 4, 2024 12:49

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

ROH Honor Club 1/4

HM: Willie Mack vs. Kyle Fletcher
HM: El Hijo del Vikingo, Komander, & Lee Johnson vs. The Workhorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry) & Gringo Loco

# ¿ Jan 5, 2024 02:34

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

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. Fun show, but this was absolutely the standout.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2024 13:01

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

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.

Nth this

Also:

HM: Trent Beretta vs. Eddie Kingston
HM: Bryan Keith & Komander vs. The Undisputed Kingdom (Matt Taven & Mike Bennett)

# ¿ Jan 7, 2024 04:00

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

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

# ¿ Jan 11, 2024 04:01

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

ROH Honor Club 1/11

HM: Kyle Fletcher vs. Angelico
HM: Gravity vs. Jack Cartwheel vs. Slim J vs. Blake Christian

# ¿ Jan 12, 2024 02:57

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Rampage 1/12

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

# ¿ Jan 13, 2024 05:00

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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.

Nth this

As well as:

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

# ¿ Jan 14, 2024 03:59

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Battle in the Valley January 13th
MOTYC
Shingo Takagi vs Jon Moxley - No DQ
Kazuchika Okada vs WIll Ospreay

HM
Giulia (c) vs Trish Adora
Eddie Kingston (c) vs Gabe Kidd - NJPW STRONG Openweight Title

Eddie/Gabe would have hit MOTYC if the ending weren't poo poo, such fire between the two

Nth these.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2024 21:50

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

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

Nth. Love these big nonsense brawls AEW does sometimes and this didn't disappoint.

# ¿ Jan 14, 2024 22:14

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dynamite 1/17

HM: Christian Cage vs. Dustin Rhodes
MOTYC: Samoa Joe vs. HOOK

# ¿ Jan 18, 2024 04:02

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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.

Nth both of these. Great hour of wrasslin.

# ¿ Jan 20, 2024 05:01

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

apophenium posted:

AEW Collision - 1/20

HM: Queen Aminata v. Thunder Rosa
MOTYC: Daniel Garcia v. Buddy Matthews
HM: Ortiz & Eddie Kingston v. Daniel Bryan & Claudio Castagnoli

What a hot show!

Nth these

# ¿ Jan 21, 2024 04:02

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dynamite 1/24

HM: 'Hangman' Adam Page vs. Penta El Cero Miedo
HM: Jeff Hardy vs. Swerve Strickland
MOTYC: Adam Copeland vs. Minoru Suzuki

# ¿ Jan 25, 2024 04:03

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

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.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2024 04:00

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dynamite 1/31

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Jeff Hardy
MOTYC: 'Hangman' Adam Page vs. Toa Liona
HM: Chris Jericho vs. Kyle Fletcher
MOTYC: Swerve Strickland vs. Rob Van Dam

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 04:04

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Rampage 2/2

HM: Team CMLL (Hechicero, Volador Jr, Mascara Dorada, & Mistico) vs. Team AEW (Daddy Magic & 'Cool Hand' Angelo Parker, Christopher Daniels, and Matt Sydal)

# ¿ Feb 3, 2024 05:02

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

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)

# ¿ Feb 4, 2024 04:02

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

NOAH Cross Over 2024 in Sendai 2/4

HM: Dragon Bane & Alpha Wolf vs. Good Looking Guys (Jack Morris & Anthony Greene)
HM: El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. vs. KENOH

# ¿ Feb 4, 2024 10:09

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

STARDOM Supreme Fight 2024 2/4

HM: Mayu Iwatani, AZM, Utama Hayashishita & Nana Takahashi vs. Suzu Suzuki, MIRAI, Giulia, and SYURI
HM: Maika vs. Saya Kamitani

Need to go back and catch the rest, especially the high speed title match, but these were both really good.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2024 11:43

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW Road to the New Beginning February 4th
MOTYC
HENARE vs Gabe Kidd
- If Gedo doesn't have big plans cooking for Gabe then I don't know what the gently caress, what a war

Nth this

# ¿ Feb 4, 2024 19:41

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dynamite 2/7

MOTY: Swerve Strickland vs. 'Hangman' Adam Page

# ¿ Feb 8, 2024 02:35

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dynamite 2/7

HM: Toni Storm vs. Red Velvet
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 vs. Darby Allin & Sting

# ¿ Feb 8, 2024 04:05

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Collision 2/10

HM: Daniel Garcia vs. Shane Taylor
HM: Mark Briscoe vs. Brody King
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Tomohiro Ishii

# ¿ Feb 11, 2024 04:00

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

SG Bamboo posted:

NJPW The New Beginning February 11th
MOTYC
Zack Sabre Jr vs Bryan Danielson
- It's crazy, you watch Danielson and he's a master grappler but put him against ZSJ and you realise that Zack is on a complete other level, just ungody smooth transitions from the long mover

United Empire (Jeff Cobb, Francesco Akira, TJP, HENARE and Will Ospreay) vs War Dogs (Gabe Kidd, Drilla Moloney, David Finlay, Alex Coughlin and Clark Connors) - Steel Cage
- An fuckin insane spectacle, if you only tuned in for Zack and Bryan watch this poo poo as well. Drags quite a bit in the last ten minutes but the stuff before that was fantastic

HM
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi
- Far from their best match but no less emotional, it really hit me after the bell that a rivalry that has been going my entire time watching New Japan is over

Nth. Good show, but these are the three to watch.

# ¿ Feb 11, 2024 13:26

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

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
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

# ¿ Feb 15, 2024 04:06

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Rampage 2/16

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

# ¿ Feb 17, 2024 01:56

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dynamite 2/21

HM: Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli) vs. FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler)
HM: Swerve Strickland, Brian Cage, & Samoa Joe vs. 'Hangman' Adam Page, HOOK, & Rob Van Dam

# ¿ Feb 22, 2024 04:09

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

ROH Honor Club 2/22

HM: Sandra Moone vs. Red Velvet
HM: Billie Starkz vs. Robyn Renegade
HM: Komander vs. AR Fox vs. Matt Sydal vs. Exodus Prime
HM: Athena(c) vs. Nyla Rose, ROH Women's Championship, 2/3 falls tables match

Last match is a borderline MOTYC. Athena is the loving best.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2024 02:46

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

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

# ¿ Feb 24, 2024 05:04

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Jerusalem posted:

HM: 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.

Nth both of these.

# ¿ Feb 25, 2024 04:07

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

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

# ¿ Feb 29, 2024 04:07

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Revolution Zero Hour 3/3

HM: Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs. Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale

AEW Revolution 3/3

HM: Daniel Garcia vs. Christian Cage[/b]
MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs. Bryan Danielson
HM: Deonna Purazzo vs. Toni Storm
HM: FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. BCC (Jon Moxley & Claudio Castagnoli)
MOTY: Konosuke Takeshita vs. Will Ospreay
MOTYC: 'Hangman' Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland vs. Samoa Joe
MOTYC: Sting & Darby Allin vs. Nicholas & Matthew Jackson

This was the greatest retirement match of all time.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2024 05:54

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

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.

# ¿ Mar 7, 2024 04:06

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

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.

# ¿ Mar 10, 2024 04:01

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Dynamite 3/13

HM: Samoa Joe vs. Wardlow
MOTYC: 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

# ¿ Mar 14, 2024 03:01

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

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.

# ¿ Mar 16, 2024 03:59

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

AEW Collision 3/16

MOTY: Bryan Danielson vs. Katsuyori Shibata

JESUS CHRIST THIS loving RULED

# ¿ Mar 17, 2024 01:21

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# ¿ May 9, 2024 21:11

Pylons: Mar 16, 2009

Deathlove posted:

HM: Cecil Nyx v London Lightning, Mystery Wrestling 7, Extremely Ruled Match

Wrestling - it's good, actually

Nth this. I was dying.

# ¿ Mar 17, 2024 22:48

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