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2023 is over, 2024 has begun, and the seemingly endless flow of incredible wrestling continues! 2023 was yet another year for extraordinarily great matches. New Japan had a resurgence, even topping AEW for the most MOTYCs for several weeks at one point during the year. While AEW didn't hit the highs of 2022 where it managed over 100 MOTYCs, it still managed a pretty incredible 84, while New Japan finished up with 55. 13 different promotions got representation in 2023, and as we've seen over the last few years, there is SO MUCH good wrestling nowadays that almost nobody votes for WMOTYCs anymore because who has time to watch those when there is so much great stuff to see! This did, however, result in the rather amusing statistical oddity that according to Punch Sport Pagoda, the promotion with the most terrible matches all year long was... the promotion that according to Punch Sport Pagoda has the most incredible matches all year, AEW! With 2023 over, this thread is now the place to put in your nominations for the absolute best AND worst real-life pro-wrestling matches of 2024, as well as your recommendations for Honorable Mentions or just matches you think are worth people going out of their way to see. To make the list:
This thread also serves as a catch-all recommendation thread - if there is something from this year or earlier that you want people to be aware of and see, please post about it! Obviously pre-2024 stuff won't go into the list for nominations for this year, but take the chance to expand people's horizons and let them know a bit more about wrestling from different times and places. RULES:
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Matches of the Year: 01/03 | Konosuke Takeshita vs. Darby Allin - AEW Dynamite 01/04 | Hiromu Takahashi (C) vs. El Desperado for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 01/04 | Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 01/13 | FTR & Daniel Garcia vs. House of Black - AEW Collision 01/13 | Jon Moxley vs. Shingo Takagi in a Street Fight - NJPW Battle in the Valley 01/13 | Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW Battle in the Valley 01/13 | Big Bill & Ricky Starks (C) vs. Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara in a Street Fight for the AEW Tag Titles - AEW Battle of the Belts 01/17 | Samoa Joe (C) vs. HOOK for the AEW World Title - AEW Dynamite 01/18 | Josh Alexander vs. Will Ospreay - TNA Impact 01/27 | Bryan Danielson vs. Yuji Nagata - AEW Collision 01/27 | House of Black vs. FTR & Daniel Garcia - AEW Collision 02/03 | Bryan Danielson vs. Hechicero - AEW Collision 02/04 | Gabe Kidd vs. Henare - NJPW Road to New Beginning 02/07 | Swerve Strickland vs. Hangman Adam Page - AEW Dynamite 02/07 | Ricky Starks & Big Bill (C) vs. Sting & Darby Allin for the AEW Tag Title - AEW Dynamite 02/11 | Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - NJPW New Beginning in Osaka 02/11 | United Empire (Akira, Cobb, Henare, Ospreay & TJP) vs. Bullet Club War Dogs (Connors, Coughlin, Kidd, Maloney & Finlay) in a War Games match - NJPW New Beginning in Osaka 02/14 | Orange Cassidy vs. Matt Taven in Texas Death - AEW Dynamite 02/18 | Templario vs. Soberano Jr. - NJPW/CMLL Fantasticamania 02/18 | Michael Oku (C) vs. Will Ospreay for the Undisputed British Heavyweight Title - Revolution Pro High Stakes 02/24 | Hiromu Takahashi vs. DOUKI - NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo 02/24 | Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Sammy Guevara - AEW Collision 03/03 | Eddie Kingston (C) vs. Bryan Danielson for the AEW Continental Crown - AEW Revolution 03/03 | Will Ospreay vs. Konosuke Takeshita - AEW Revolution 03/03 | Samoa Joe (C) vs. Hangman Adam Page & Swerve Strickland for the AEW Title - AEW Revolution 03/03 | Sting & Darby Allin (C) vs. Matthew & Nicholas Jackson for the AEW Tag Titles - AEW Revolution 03/06 | Kyle Fletcher vs. Will Ospreay - AEW Dynamite 03/10 | Jeff Cobb vs. Yota Tsuji - New Japan Cup 03/13 | Willow Nightingale vs. Riho - AEW Dynamite 03/16 | Bryan Danielson vs. Katsuyori Shibata - AEW Collision 03/20 | Christian Cage (C) vs. Adam Copeland in an I Quit Match for the TNT Title - AEW Dynamite 03/20 | Julia Hart & Skye Blue vs. Willow Nightingale & Kris Statlander - AEW Rampage 03/27 | Will Ospreay vs. Katsuyori Shibata - AEW Dynamite 03/27 | Swerve Strickland vs. Konosuke Takeshita - AEW Dynamite 03/29 | Soberano Jr. & Atlantis Jr. vs Rocky Romero & Mascara Dorada - CMLL Dos Leyendas 03/29 | Blackpool Combat Club (Danielson, Castagnoli & Moxley) & Matt Sydal vs. Blue Panther, Místico, Último Guerrero & Volador Jr. - CMLL Dos Leyendas 04/07 | Gunther (C) vs. Sami Zayn for the Intercontinental Title - WWE Wrestlemania 40 Night 1 04/12 | Shota Umino vs. Scapegoat Jack Perry - NJPW Windy City Riot 04/17 | Will Ospreay vs. Claudio Castagnoli - AEW Dynamite 04/21 | Kazuchika Okada (C) vs. PAC for the AEW Continental Title - AEW Dynasty 04/21 | Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay - AEW Dynasty 04/21 | Matthew & Nicholas Jackson vs. FTR in a Ladder Match for the AEW Tag Titles - AEW Dynasty 05/04 | Shingo Takagi (C) vs. Gabe Kidd for the NEVER Openweight Title - NJPW Dontaku Night 2 MOTY by Promotion: AEW: 26 | New Japan: 11.5 | CMLL: 2.5 | Revolution Pro: 1 | TNA: 1 | WWE: 1 ____________________________ Worst Matches of the Year: 01/02 | Naomichi Marufuji vs. Kota Ibushi - NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" 02/05 | Akira Tozawa & Maxine Dupree vs. Ivar & Valhalla - WWE Raw 02/21 | Deonna Purrazzo vs. Madison Rayne - AEW Dynamite 04/03 | Billy Gunn vs. Switchblade Jay White - AEW Dynamite 04/05 | Dalton Castle vs. Johnny TV in a Fight Without Honor - ROH Supercard of Honor 04/06 | Jey Uso vs. Jimmy Uso - WWE Wrestlemania 40 Night 1 WMOTY by Promotion: AEW: 2 | WWE: 2 | NOAH: 1 | ROH: 1 | Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 08:51 on May 6, 2024 |
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Matches that ALMOST but didn't quite make the threshold for Best (and Worst!) of the Year. I'll add matches to these lists at the appropriate threshold (4 for MOTY, 3 for WMOTY), to keep the lists from getting too long: (ALMOST) Matches of the Year: 01/02 | Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya - NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" (4 votes) 01/04 | Miyu Yamashita (C) vs. Masha Slamovich for the Princess of Princess Title - TJPW Ittenyon (5 votes) 01/04 | Will Ospreay (C) vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay for the IWGP Global Championship - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 (5 votes) 01/04 | SANADA (C) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 (5 votes) 01/06 | FTR vs. House of Black (Malakai & Buddy) - AEW Collision (6 votes) 01/10 | Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Shingo Takagi - Dragongate Masaaki Mochizuki 30th Anniversary (4 votes) 01/13 | Chris Sabin (C) vs. KUSHIDA vs. El Hijo del Vikingo for the X-Division Title - TNA Hard to Kill (4 votes) 01/16 | Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Sareee - Sareeeism 3 (6 votes) 01/24 | Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi (C) vs. TMDK (Fujita, Haste & Nicholls) for the NEVER Openweight 6 Man Titles - NJPW Road to New Beginning (4 votes) 01/24 | Ren Narita vs. Shota Umino - NJPW Road to New Beginning (4 votes) 02/03 | Eddie Kingston vs. Bryan Keith for the Continental Crown - AEW Collision (5 votes) 02/24 | Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi - NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo (5 votes) 03/09 | Saori Anou & Natsupoi vs. Sareee & Chiriro Hashimoto - Stardom Cinderella Tournament Night 1 (4 votes) 03/13 | The Elite (Matthew, Nicholas & Okada) vs. Eddie Kingston, PAC & Penta El Zero M - AEW Dynamite (4 votes) 03/13 | Darby Allin vs. Switchblade Jay White - AEW Dynamite (4 votes) 03/17 | MAO (c) vs Takeshi Masada for the DDT Universal Title - DDT Judgement (4 votes) 03/17 | Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuma Aoyagi - DDT Judgement (4 votes) 03/17 | Yuki Ueno (C) vs. HARASHIMA for the KO-D Openweight Title - DDT Judgement (5 votes) 03/20 | Hirooki Goto vs. Yota Tsuji in the New Japan Cup Final - New Japan Cup (5 votes) 03/29 | Barbaro Cavernario vs. Averno - CMLL Dos Leyendas (6 votes) 04/05 | Blue Panther vs. Bryan Danielson - CMLL (4 votes) 04/05 | Athena (C) vs. Hikaru Shida for the ROH Women's Title - ROH Supercard of Honor (4 votes) 04/05 | Eddie Kingston (C) vs. Mark Briscoe for the ROH World Title - ROH Supercard of Honor (5 votes) 04/11 | Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Kenoh - NOAH Star Navigation (4 votes) 04/21 | Yuma Anzai vs. Ryuki Honda - AJPW Champion Carnival Night 3 (4 votes) 04/27 | Mayu Iwatani vs. Sareee - Stardom All Star Grand Queendom (4 votes) 04/27 | Rey Fénix vs. The Beast Mortos - AEW Collision (4 votes) 05/01 | Chris Jericho (C) vs. Katsuyori Shibata for the FTW Title - AEW Dynamite (5 votes) 05/01 | Willow (C) vs. Skye Blue for the TBS Title - AEW Rampage (4 votes) ____________________________ (ALMOST) Worst Matches of the Year: 01/20 | Tama Tonga (C) vs. EVIL for the Never Openweight Title - NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya (3 votes) 01/27 | Men's Royal Rumble Match - WWE Royal Rumble (3 votes) 02/23 | El Desperado (C) vs. SHO for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title - NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo (3 votes) 04/06 | Roman Reigns & The Rock vs. Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins - WWE Wrestlemania 40 Night 1 (4 votes) 04/07 | The Pride (Lashley, Ford & Dawkins) vs. Last Testament (Kross, Akham & Rezar) in a Philly Street Fight - WWE Wrestlemania 40 Night 2 (3 votes) Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 08:53 on May 6, 2024 |
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Honorable Mentions - At least 4 MOTYC votes OR 7+ HM votes: 01/02 | Tomohiro Ishii vs. Masa Kitamiya - NOAH "THE NEW YEAR" (4 MOTY votes) 01/03 | Swerve Strickland vs. Daniel Garcia - AEW Dynamite 01/04 | Miyu Yamashita (C) vs. Masha Slamovich for the Princess of Princess Title - TJPW Ittenyon (4+ MOTY votes) 01/04 | Zack Sabre Jr.(c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi for the New Japan Television Title - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 01/04 | Shingo Takagi (C) vs. Tama Tonga for the Never Openweight Title - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 01/04 | Will Ospreay (C) vs. Jon Moxley vs. David Finlay for the IWGP Global Championship - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 01/04 | SANADA (C) vs. Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 01/05 | TMDK (ZSJ, Fujita, Haste & Nicholls) vs. Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson - NJPW New Year Dash 01/06 | Eddie Kingston (C) vs. Trent? For the Continental Crown - AEW Collision 01/06 | FTR vs. House of Black (Malakai & Buddy) - AEW Collision (4+ MOTY votes) 01/10 | Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Shingo Takagi - Dragongate Masaaki Mochizuki 30th Anniversary (4 MOTY votes) 01/13 | Hangman Adam Page vs. JD Drake - AEW Collision 01/13 | Chris Sabin (C) vs. KUSHIDA vs. El Hijo del Vikingo for the X-Division Title - TNA Hard to Kill (4 MOTY votes) 01/16 | Chihiro Hashimoto vs. Sareee - Sareeeism 3 (4+ MOTY votes) 01/17 | Christian (C) vs. Dustin Rhodes for the TNT Title - AEW Dynamite 01/19 | Darby Allin vs. Jeff Hardy - AEW Rampage 01/20 | Thunder Rosa vs. Queen Aminata - AEW Collision 01/24 | Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Hiroshi Tanahashi (C) vs. TMDK (Fujita, Haste & Nicholls) for the NEVER Openweight 6 Man Titles - NJPW Road to New Beginning (4 MOTY votes) 01/24 | Ren Narita vs. Shota Umino - NJPW Road to New Beginning (4 MOTY votes) 01/27 | Blackpool Combat Club (Mox & Claudio) vs. Shane Taylor & Lee Moriarty - AEW Collision 01/27 | Orange Cassidy (C) vs. Komander for the AEW International Title - AEW Collision 01/27 | Mariah May vs. Lady Frost - AEW Collision 01/31 | Hangman Adam Page vs. Toa Liona - AEW Dynamite 01/31 | Chris Jericho vs. Kyle Fletcher - AEW Dynamite 01/31 | Swerve Strickland vs. RVD - AEW Dynamite 02/03 | Eddie Kingston vs. Bryan Keith for the Continental Crown - AEW Collision 02/03 | Serena Deeb vs. Queen Aminate - AEW Collision 02/03 | FTR & Daniel Garcia vs. The Patriarchy - AEW Collision 02/07 | Team CMLL (Hechicero, Mascara Dorada, Mistico & Volador Jr.) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Moxley, Danielson & Claudio) - AEW Dynamite 02/07 | Chris Jericho vs. Konosuke Takeshita - AEW Dynamite 02/11 | Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW New Beginning in Osaka 02/14 | Jon Moxley vs. Dax Harwood - AEW Dynamite 02/14 | Adam Copeland vs. Daniel Garcia - AEW Dynamite 02/18 | Brillante Jr. vs. Titán - NJPW/CMLL Fantasticamania 02/18 | Volador Jr. vs. Rocky Romero - NJPW/CMLL Fantasticamania 02/19 | Atlantis Jr. vs. Hechicero - NJPW/CMLL Fantasticamania 02/19 | Mistico vs. Último Guerrero - NJPW/CMLL Fantasticamania 02/19 | Máscara Dorada vs. Stuka Jr. - NJPW/CMLL Fantasticamania 02/23 | Mayu Iwatani (C) vs. Mina Shirakawa for the IWGP Women's Title - NJPW The New Beginning in Sapporo 02/24 | Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi - NJPW New Beginning in Sapporo (4+ MOTY votes) 03/24 | Bryan Danielson vs. Jun Akiyama - AEW Collision 02/28 | Blackpool Combat Club (Mox, Claudio & Danielson) vs. FTR & Eddie Kingston - AEW Dynamite 03/03 | Kris Statlander & Willow Nightingale vs. Julia Hart & Skye Blue - AEW Revolution Zero Hour 03/03 | Christian Cage (C) vs. Daniel Garcia for the TNT Title - AEW Revolution 03/03 | FTR vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Mox & Claudio) - AEW Revolution 03/03 | Orange Cassidy (C) vs. Roderick Strong for the AEW International Title - AEW Revolution 03/06 | HOOK (C) vs. Brian Cage for the FTW Championship - AEW Dynamite 03/06 | Riho vs. Kris Statlander - AEW Dynamite 03/09 | Saori Anou & Natsupoi vs. Sareee & Chiriro Hashimoto - Stardom Cinderella Tournament Night 1 (4 MOTY votes) 03/09 | Bryan Danielson vs. Shane Taylor - AEW Collision 03/13 | The Elite (Matthew, Nicholas & Okada) vs. Eddie Kingston, PAC & Penta El Zero M - AEW Dynamite 03/13 | Darby Allin vs. Switchblade Jay White - AEW Dynamite 03/15 | Komander vs. Konosuke Takeshita - AEW Rampage 03/17 | MAO (c) vs Takeshi Masada for the DDT Universal Title - DDT Judgement (4 MOTY votes) 03/17 | Konosuke Takeshita vs. Yuma Aoyagi - DDT Judgement (4 MOTY votes) 03/17 | Yuki Ueno (C) vs. HARASHIMA for the KO-D Openweight Title - DDT Judgement (4+ MOTY votes) 03/20 | Hirooki Goto vs. Yota Tsuji in the New Japan Cup Final - New Japan Cup (4+ MOTY votes) 03/20 | Eddie Kingston (C) vs. Kazuchika Okada for the Continental Title - AEW Dynamite 03/20 | Orange Cassidy & Trent? 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KungFu Grip posted:assuming everyone has to renominate their first couple 2024 matches they were nominating in the last thread so i was holding off on posting this in the last thread I kept track of those in a new 2024 spreadsheet so they don't need to be renominated if they were in the 2023 thread already!
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Daniel Bryan posted:MOTYC - Konosuke Takeshita vs Darby Allin - AEW Dynamite 01/03 3rd. Holy poo poo this was crazy.
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HM: Swerve Strickland vs. Daniel Garcia - AEW Dynamite 1/3 Great way to start the year for both these guys, hell of a main event.
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Missed the first half of the show because of Dynamite, but from what I saw: HM: Aja Kong vs. Wakana Uehara - TJPW Ittenyon 1/4 Aja Kong gave a lot here, but Wakana more than held up her end of the deal. HM: Maki Itoh vs. Rina Yamashita - TJPW Ittenyon 1/4 This was hilarious (and bloody!) and the ref was a great addition to the nonsense. HM: Miyu Yamashita (C) vs. Masha Slamovich for the Princess of Princess Title - TJPW Ittenyon 1/4 What can I say, 2024 is much the same as 2023 in that nobody is cooler than Miyu Yamashita.
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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.
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Pillowpants posted:Nthing ths If you're quoting somebody else's quote of a bunch of matches you also want to nominate, please copy and paste what those matches are. Thanks.
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HM: TMDK (ZSJ, Fujita, Haste & Nicholls) vs. Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Jon Moxley & Bryan Danielson - NJPW New Year Dash 1/5 What a delightful and pleasant surprise this match was.
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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.
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Pylons posted:AEW Dynamite 1/10 Seconding both of these, what a wonderfully entertaining show with a great crowd and a fantastic main event.
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apophenium posted:This show happened Christmas day last year but wasn't broadcast until the 6th of this month. So I'm not sure how that goes as far as eligibility for the 2024 thread. I'll format my post as if it were eligible just in case it is. Either way, y'all should check it out if you like deathmatches. If it aired for the time in 2024 then it's eligible for this thread, yeah  Pillowpants posted:I just wanted to say I appreciate this thread because I am really expanding my horizons - having just watched Wrestle Kingdom for the first time. It’s especially great when you link the matches Wrestle Kingdom is always such a great way to start the year, glad the thread has helped you to get into it
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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.
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MOTYC: Jon Moxley vs. Shingo Takagi in a Street Fight - NJPW Battle in the Valley 1/13 Holy poo poo, these two loving killed each other. Wish the audio quality for commentary wasn't so badly mixed so the hot crowd came through better, but that's like... that's my ONLY complaint about the match!
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HM: Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW Battle in the Valley 1/13 I loved this, match was excellent, but it did have to follow that Mox/Shingo match which I can't help but compare it to. I thought the final quarter in particular was very strong and Okada's character work in particular was superb as always.
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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.
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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.
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HM: Kenoh (C) vs. Go Shiozaki for the GHC Title - NOAH Star Navigation Night 1 1/13 Good to know who is NOAH 
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forkboy84 posted:WMOTYC I'll second this but specify it as the Lumberjack match that followed the initial thrown out match which I assume is what you're also nominating? Just awful poo poo. At least Tama's speech at the end was nice. Edit: On a more positive note: HM: Taiji Ishimori (C) vs. Great O-Khan in a Ring Fit Match for the KOPW Provisional Title - NJPW New Beginning in Nagoya 1/20 This was very silly, and while Great O-Khan got the bulk of the comedy, Ishimori played his role very, very well. I lost it when they made GoK redo his last fitness segment. Maxwell Lord posted:HM: Thunder Rosa vs Queen Aminata, AEW Collision 1/20/24 Second, really getting into Queen Aminata this last week or so. Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 03:08 on Jan 21, 2024 |
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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.
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HM: Blackpool Combat Club (Castagnoli & Danielson) vs. Eddie Kingston and Ortiz - AEW Collision 1/20 Bryan Danielson is a bastard man.
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Lamuella posted:HM: Bryan Keith vs MAO, DDT Sweet Dream Tour Night 4, January 21st. I'll second this, was a good watch.
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HM: El Desperado (C) vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title - NJPW Road to the New Beginning 1/23 Desperado rules, even the House of Torture stuff didn't pull the match down too much, and there is so much history between Despy and Uncle Nobu to really add to the intensity of the match.
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HM: Adam Copeland vs. Minoru Suzuki - AEW Dynamite 1/24 A match I could have never dreamed happening, and it was drat good!
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SG Bamboo posted:TJPW Max Heart Tag Tournament Night 3 January 27th 3rding these two, very good matches. Endo particularly was great in her match. SG Bamboo posted:TJPW is good Nthing this forever!
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Maxwell Lord posted:MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs Yuji Nagata, AEW Collision 1/27 Nth. Absolutely astounding stuff even knowing how good both of them are. The crowd being absolutely on fire for the match helped too.
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Pylons posted:AEW Collision 1/27 Hell yeah, 2nd, that was glorious.
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SG Bamboo posted:HM: Yuki Ueno (C) vs. Yukio Naya for the KO-D Openweight Title - DDT Sweet Dreams 1/28 HMs for both of them, will need to jump back and catch up on the Takeshita match. Kojima's part was a delight.
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iPodschun posted:Also MOTYC for these to try to get them over the hump: And over the hump they have gotten!
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Pillowpants posted:HM: Serena Deebs squash Who was her opponent? It was one of the Renegade sisters I think?
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A Fancy Hat posted:HM: Hangman Adam Page vs. Toa Liona - AEW Dynamite 1/31 Second, this was really good and the best Toa Liona has ever looked.
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HM: Eddie Kingston vs. Bryan Keith for the Continental Crown - AEW Collision 2/3 Great opener to Collision, with a fantastic post-match segment. Don't know how the show can live up to a start like thi- MOTYC: Bryan Danielson vs. Hechicero - AEW Collision 2/3  Where has Hechicero been all my life? 
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Alaois posted:in CMLL! https://i.imgur.com/ieq8Itc.mp4
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HM: FTR & Daniel Garcia vs. The Patriarchy - AEW Collision 2/3 Great main event to a great show in front of a great crowd.
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It doesn't need it but throwing in my own MOTYC nomination for Gabe Kidd vs. Henare at NJPW Road to New Beginning. What an incredible match, and further proof that Gabe Kidd should be the current Bullet Club leader.D.N. Nation posted:HM: Trick Williams vs. Ilja Dragunov This is NXT, right? Crapple! posted:Stardom Supreme Fight 2/4 What are the titles here, please?
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