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

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Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
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we dyin'

Aew dynamite 1/3:

HM takeshita vs darby allin
HM danny garcia vs swerve

# ¿ Jan 4, 2024 14:23

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 14:54

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

HM: 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.

i'm here, note the vote change

# ¿ Jan 7, 2024 04:41

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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

# ¿ Jan 14, 2024 04:23

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

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

short but willie sold like a champ

what a great saturday night!

Nth, for the format this was a fantastic match

# ¿ Jan 14, 2024 06:13

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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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

# ¿ Jan 18, 2024 04:06

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

yep yep nth

# ¿ Jan 20, 2024 05:55

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

AEW Collision - 1/20

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

With my modification

# ¿ Jan 21, 2024 20:53

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

yeah. yeah!

# ¿ Jan 25, 2024 04:25

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

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

nth

# ¿ Jan 27, 2024 06:04

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

AEW Collision 1/27

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.

Came here to post this. Basically the perfect cage match

# ¿ Jan 28, 2024 04:02

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

You know what?

AEW Dynamite 1/31

HM:�'Hangman' Adam Page vs. Toa Liona
HM: Deonna Purazzo vs. Taya Valkerie
HM:�Chris Jericho vs. Kyle Fletcher
HM:�Swerve Strickland vs.�Rob Van Dam

Send it

# ¿ Feb 1, 2024 05:38

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

quoting pylons

# ¿ Feb 4, 2024 04:16

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

AEW Dynamite 2/7

MOTY: Swerve Strickland vs. 'Hangman' Adam Page

yea

# ¿ Feb 8, 2024 03:44

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

AEW Dynamite 2/7

HM: Team CMLL (Hechicero, Volador Jr, & Mascara Dorada) vs. The BCC (Jon Moxley, Claudio Castagnoli, & Bryan Danielson)

MOTYC: Ricky Starks & Big Bill vs. Darby Allin & Sting

These.

# ¿ Feb 8, 2024 04:15

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

AEW Dynamite 2/14

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood
HM: Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia
HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven

These

# ¿ Feb 15, 2024 06:00

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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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 18, 2024 03:10

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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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

nth. ugly, and not just the finish

# ¿ Feb 22, 2024 04:57

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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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: Kris Statlander vs. Skye Blue

This

# ¿ Feb 29, 2024 06:07

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

MOTYC: Sting & Darby Allin (C) vs. Matthew & Nicholas Jackson for the AEW Tag Titles - AEW Revolution 3/3
There will NEVER be another Sting. What an incredible retirement match.

I�ll vote for others later but�. Yeah

# ¿ Mar 4, 2024 06:18

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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thanks hat for the template

AEW Revolution 3/3/24

HM: Christian Cage vs Daniel Garcia
MOTYC: Eddie Kingston vs Bryan Danielson
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~~ i already voted for this

# ¿ Mar 5, 2024 01:54

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

Quoting pylons

# ¿ Mar 7, 2024 04:20

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

quotin' pylons

# ¿ Mar 10, 2024 04:14

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

HM: The Elite (Matthew, Nicholas & Okada) vs. Eddie Kingston, PAC & Penta El Zero M - AEW Dynamite 3/13
I love Matthew & Nicholas' as EVPs/Corporate dickheads, but Okada is magnificent as a heel, holy gently caress. That motion to the ref to count the pinfall was amazingly timed and executed perfectly to make him look like a arrogant piece of poo poo.

HM: Willow Nightingale vs. Riho - AEW Dynamite 3/13
Few things make me happy like how Riho ALWAYS manages to get the crowd so fired up for her big matches.

Quoting J-Ru

# ¿ Mar 14, 2024 14:19

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

AEW Dynamite Big Bu$iness 3/13

MOTYC: Jay White vs Darby Allin

I'm going to guess the Darby match wasn't as crazy on TV but it was nuts live especially with two people who had never been to an AEW show before and were horrified by that final bump.

and mrt

E: the bump was pretty gnarly on tv too

# ¿ Mar 14, 2024 14:20

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

Yeah

# ¿ Mar 16, 2024 04:19

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

nth, I said as much in the thread but it's been delightful watching Komander develop into a dependable singles guy (and Soup Boy is of course fantastic)

watching Komander has become such a better wrestler in front of our eyes has been so much fun

# ¿ Mar 16, 2024 17:24

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

AEW Collision 3/16

MOTY: Bryan Danielson vs. Katsuyori Shibata

JESUS CHRIST THIS loving RULED

What a great match

# ¿ Mar 17, 2024 01:49

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

nth and

HM: Kyle O'Reilly vs. Bryan Keith

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

yeah, welcome back kyle :unsmith:

# ¿ Mar 17, 2024 03:14

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

AEW Dynamite 3/20
HM: Kazuchika Okada vs Eddie Kingston

AEW Dynamite & AEW Rampage 3/20
HM: Adam Copeland vs Christian Cage

AEW Rampage 3/20
HM: Orange Cassidy and Trent? vs Kyle Fletcher and Will Hobbs
HM: Konosuke Takeshita vs Rocky Romero
MOTYC: Julia Hart and Skye Blue vs Willow Nightingale and Kris Statlander

Yes i think so

# ¿ Mar 21, 2024 04:22

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

AEW Dynamite 3/27

MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. Katsuyori Shibata
HM: Private Party (Isaiah Kassidy & Marq Quen) vs. The Young Bucks (Nicholas & Matthew Jackson)
HM: Kris Statlander vs. Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue vs. Anna Jay
MOTY: Swerve Strickland vs. Konosuke Takeshita

Nth

# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 04:10

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

HM: Daniel Garcia v. Action Andretti v. Komander v. Bryan Keith - Final Four Elimination Match - AEW Rampage 4/5

nth, this was fun, and highlighted some future big time matchups

# ¿ Apr 7, 2024 03:14

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

HM: Yuka Sakazaki vs. Trish Adora - AEW Collision 4/6
HM: Penta El Zero Miedo vs. Komander - AEW Collision 4/6

I hope people catch these matches (and Collision in general), it aired late on a superpacked weekend but these matches were real highlights, especially the Penta main event.

I'm here

# ¿ Apr 7, 2024 22:12

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

WMOTYC: Jack Perry vs. CM Punk, AEW Dynamite 4/10 (tape delay)

lol

# ¿ Apr 11, 2024 03:43

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

HM: Stephanie Vaquer (C) vs. AZM for the NJPW Strong Openweight Women's Title - NJPW Windy City Riot 4/12
Really great showcase for both ladies, with a great aftermath that has me excited for what comes next.

MOTYC: Shota Umino vs. Scapegoat Jack Perry - NJPW Windy City Riot 4/12
The match was VERY well worked but this was elevated by the absolutely electric atmosphere in the Chicago crowd, and Perry (and Shota!) playing into that so effectively to make this more than the sum of its parts.

HM: Mustafa Ali vs. Hiromu Takahashi - NJPW Windy City Riot 4/12
This was a ton of fun (you HAVE to see Daryl Jr's new look) with things taking a step up in intensity for the last few minutes.

HM: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Nic Nemeth - NJPW Windy City Riot 4/12
The match was good and Nemeth did well, but Ishii is legitimately one of the best wrestlers in the world. Just incredible.

HM: Tetsuya Naito (C) vs. Jon Moxley for the IWGP World Heavyweight Title - NJPW Windy City Riot 4/12
I really, really, really liked this match. Others might not. I did!

Nthing this.

The women�s match introduced me to two new competitors I�ll be excited to see work any time.

Perry/shota was HM quality in the ring but the crowd, and context make this match an all timer. As the booth pointed out, every single person in the building had a very strong opinion about Jack one way or the other.

# ¿ Apr 13, 2024 05:21

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

AEW Dynamite 4/17

HM: The Elite (Nicholas & Matthew Jackson & Kazuchika Okada) vs. Red Death Triangle (Daniel Garcia, Penta El Zero Miedo & PAC)
HM: Will Ospreay vs. Claudio Castagnoli

Nth!

# ¿ Apr 18, 2024 12:44

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

My nominations for AEW Dynasty:

HM: Roderick Strong (C) vs. Kyle O'Reilly for the AEW International Title - AEW Dynasty 4/21
HM: Timeless Toni Storm (C) vs. Thunder Rosa for the AEW Women's Title - AEW Dynasty 4/21
HM: Matthew & Nicholas Jackson vs. FTR in a Ladder Match for the AEW Tag Titles - AEW Dynasty 4/21
HM: Samoa Joe (C) vs. Swerve Strickland for the AEW Title - AEW Dynasty 4/21

And the following ones don't need the numbers, but I'll nominate them anyway!

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. PAC for the AEW Continental Title - AEW Dynasty 4/21
Okada is an absolutely loving amazing hell, holy poo poo. The Rainmaker Pose fakeout was incredible. Also holy poo poo PAC is so good!

MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay - AEW Dynasty 4/21
Holy poo poo.

Dynasty was an amazing PPV!

Nth

Goat match was goated; all three men�s title matches were great and felt different ( pac and okada was just so fuckin smooth), i could just gush

# ¿ Apr 22, 2024 14:12

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
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Aew collision 4/27

Hm: rey fenix vs the beast mortos
Motyc: swerve strickland (c) vs claudio; aew championship

Aew rampage 4/27
Hm: trent beretta vs chuck taylor; parking lot brawl

# ¿ Apr 28, 2024 06:20

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

MOTYC: "The Learning Tree" Chris Jericho vs "The Wrestler" Katsuyori Shibata - FTW Rules Match

That son of a bitch Jericho has done it again.

# ¿ May 2, 2024 03:53

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 14:54

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

AEW Rampage 5/1

HM: Rocky Romero vs. Kyle O'Reilly
MOTYC: Willow Nightingale vs. Skye Blue

Nth

# ¿ May 2, 2024 04:10

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