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

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super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

AEW Dynamite 1/3

MOTYC: Darby Allin vs. Konosuke Takeshita
HM: Daniel Garcia vs. Swerve Strickland

# ¿ Jan 4, 2024 14:24

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# ¿ May 13, 2024 20:38

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

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, it was a fun match setting stuff up for the future. And holy hell that UE/War Dogs was a crazy mess, I loved it.

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.

Nth to all these. Just finished watching it and maybe I'm coming off the high of watching a Wrestle Kingdom, but this year was great even if it did feel smaller than previous years.

# ¿ Jan 6, 2024 05:46

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

forkboy84 posted:

Basically just Takeshita yeeting Allin around. Very entertaining & left me wishing Allin hadn't missed his true calling, being an enhancement talent on WCW Saturday Night, getting murdered by Scott Steiner.

Darby Mulkey :vince:

# ¿ Jan 7, 2024 00:54

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

MOTY: Claudio vs Hangman (AEW Dynamite 1/10/24)

# ¿ Jan 11, 2024 21:40

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

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)

Nth

Trust in Pylons

# ¿ Jan 28, 2024 21:15

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Eddie Kingston vs. Bryan Keith for the Continental Crown - AEW Collision 2/3

MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Hechicero - AEW Collision 2/3

Nth.

Extremely happy for Bryan Keith to finally get a chance to show how good he is to the rest of the wrestling watching public on a weekly basis.

And holy poo poo Hechicero :doit:

# ¿ Feb 4, 2024 19:51

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

IWRG/RGR Tercer Aniversario, 2/4/24

MOTYC
Los Terribles Cerebros (Cerebro Negro & Cerebro Negro Jr.) vs. Mexa Boy's (Noisy Boy & Spider Fly)
(IWRG Intercontinental Tag Team Title Match)

HM
Tonalli vs Black Destiny
(RGR Middleweight Title Match)

HM
DMT Azul vs Blue Demon Jr.
(IWRG Intercontinental Heavyweight Title Match)

Watch the entire card here

# ¿ Feb 9, 2024 03:36

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

Count Thrashula posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/14

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

YES

# ¿ Feb 16, 2024 03:19

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

HM
Skye Blue & Julia Hart vs Willow & Statlander
(3/3 AEW Revolution Zero Hour)

This turned ugly but in the best way.

# ¿ Mar 4, 2024 03:23

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

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.

Just preaching to the choir at this point, but holy hell what a goddamn PPV

# ¿ Mar 5, 2024 21:36

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 3/6

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

Nth'ing that Pylons post.

Just finished watching Fletcher vs Billy GOAT. Absolute loving madmen.

# ¿ Mar 8, 2024 04:23

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

HM
NXT Tag Title Match
Baron Corbin & Bron Breakker(c) vs Axiom & Nathan Frazer (NXT Stand & Deliver, 4/6/24)

A bit of a sloppy train wreck, but in a good way.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2024 22:47

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

Edward Mass posted:

From Josh Barnett's Bloodsport X, 4/4

MOTYC: Shayna Baszler vs. Masha Slamovich
HM: Marina Shaffir vs. Lindsay Snow

Almost forgot to nominate these.

Nth

Shayna finally looked like a beast and Marina is getting way better

# ¿ Apr 6, 2024 23:59

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

Dango Bango posted:

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

I'll 2nd that. Complete boring throwaway nonsense

# ¿ Apr 8, 2024 03:55

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# ¿ May 13, 2024 20:38

super macho dude: Aug 9, 2014

graph posted:

HM: Orange Cassidy and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Shane Taylor and Lee Moriarty - AEW Dynasty Zero Hour - 4/21

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. PAC - AEW Continental Championship - AEW Dynasty 4/21
HM: Adam Copeland, Eddie Kingston, and Mark Briscoe vs. The House of Black - AEW Dynasty 4/21
HM: Roderick Strong (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly - AEW International Championship - AEW Dynasty 4/21
HM: Toni Storm (c) vs. Thunder Rosa - AEW Women's Championship - AEW Dynasty 4/21
MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay - AEW Dynasty 4/21
MOTYC: Matthew and Nicholas Jackson vs. FTR - AEW Tag Team Championship - AEW Dynasty 4/21
HM: Samoa Joe (c) vs. Swerve Strickland - AEW Championship - AEW Dynasty 4/21

what a loving show, gadzooks

Nth all these.

Still buzzing about Ospreay/Danielson & The Bucks/FTR jfc what a ppv

# ¿ Apr 23, 2024 02:45

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