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The time has come for another "best of" tournament. After wracking my brain over the past few months, I figured out the parameters: the greatest wrestling match since January 1st, 2019, when All Elite Wrestling was formed. This tournament will not be AEW-exclusive; any match in the time frame is eligible. AUTOMATIC ENTRANTS (matches given 5 or more stars by Dave Meltzer) Cody Rhodes vs. Dustin Rhodes - May 25, 2019 (AEW Double or Nothing) Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi - June 5, 2019 (NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Final) Dragon Lee vs. Will Ospreay - June 9, 2019 (NJPW Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall) Kota Ibushi vs. Will Ospreay - July 18, 2019 (NJPW G1 Climax 29, Night 5) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jon Moxley - July 19, 2019 (NJPW G1 Climax 29, Night 6) Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay - July 20, 2019 (NJPW G1 Climax 29, Night 7) Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA - August 3, 2019 (NJPW G1 Climax 29, Night 13) Tetsuya Naito vs. Shingo Takagi - August 4, 2019 (NJPW G1 Climax 29, Night 14) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shingo Takagi - August 8, 2019 (NJPW G1 Climax 29, Night 16) Kota Ibushi vs. Kazuchika Okada - August 10, 2019 (NJPW G1 Climax 29, Night 17) Bandido vs. Dragon Lee - September 22, 2019 (PWG Battle of Los Angeles, Night 3) Kota Ibushi vs. Kazuchika Okada - January 4, 2020 (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night 1) Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada - January 5, 2020 (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night 2) Kenny Omega & "Hangman" Adam Page vs. the Young Bucks - February 29, 2020 (AEW Revolution) Best Friends vs. Santana & Ortiz - September 16, 2020 (AEW Dynamite) Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi - September 27, 2020 (NJPW G1 Climax 30, Night 5) Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki - October 10, 2020 (NJPW G1 Climax 30, Night 13) Ilja Dragunov vs. Walter - October 29, 2020 (WWE NXT UK) Go Shiozaki vs. Takashi Sugiura - December 6, 2020 (Pro Wrestling Noah The BEST ~Final Chronicle 2020~) Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito - January 4, 2021 (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15, Night 1) Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White - January 5, 2021 (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15, Night 2) Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - January 30, 2021 (NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya) Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. - March 14, 2021 (NJPW New Japan Cup, Night 8) Death Triangle vs. the Young Bucks - April 14, 2021 (AEW Dynamite) Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi - May 4, 2021 (NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021, Night 2) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shingo Takagi - September 18, 2021 (NJPW G1 Climax 31, Night 1) Bryan Danielson vs. Kenny Omega - September 22, 2021 (AEW Dynamite) Kenny Omega vs. "Hangman" Adam Page - November 13, 2021 (AEW Full Gear) Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay - January 5, 2022 (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16, Night 2) Michael Oku vs. Will Ospreay - January 29, 2022 (RevPro High Stakes) Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Shingo Takagi - March 26, 2022 (NJPW New Japan Cup, Night 14) The Briscoe Brothers vs. FTR - April 1, 2022 (ROH Supercard of Honor XV) The Lucha Brothers vs. the Young Bucks - June 3, 2022 (AEW Rampage) Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi - August 6, 2022 (NJPW G1 Climax 32, Night 12) Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay - August 18, 2022 (NJPW G1 Climax 32, Night 20) Aussie Open vs. FTR - October 2, 2022 (NJPW Royal Quest II, Day 1) El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Laredo Kid - October 23, 2022 (AAA Showcenter Championship Final Round) Tetsuya Naito vs. Will Ospreay - November 5, 2022 (NJPW Battle Autumn '22) The Briscoe Brothers vs. FTR - December 10, 2022 (ROH Final Battle) Taichi vs. Shingo Takagi - December 19, 2022 (JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together) Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay - January 4, 2023 (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, Night 1) Jon Moxley vs. "Hangman" Adam Page - March 5, 2023 (AEW Revolution) Bryan Danielson vs. MJF - March 5, 2023 (AEW Revolution) El Hijo del Vikingo vs. Kenny Omega - March 22, 2023 (AEW Dynamite) Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs. the Usos - April 1, 2023 (WWE WrestleMania 39, Night 1) Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay - June 25, 2023 (AEW/NJPW Forbidden Door) Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kento Miyahara - July 15, 2023 (Pro Wrestling Noah One Night Dream) Bullet Club Gold vs. FTR - July 15, 2023 (AEW Collision) Tetsuya Naito vs. Will Ospreay - August 12, 2023 (NJPW G1 Climax 33, Night 18) Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada - August 13, 2023 (NJPW G1 Climax 33, Night 19) Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi - August 26, 2023 (RevPro 11th Anniversary) Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Starks - September 3, 2023 (AEW All Out) Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita - September 3, 2023 (AEW All Out) Will Ospreay vs. Yota Tsuji - September 24, 2023 (NJPW Destruction in Kobe) Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. - October 1, 2023 (AEW WrestleDream) Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. - October 14, 2023 (NJPW Royal Quest III) Yuma Aoyagi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima - November 5, 2023 (AJPW Giant Series 2023: Hokkaido Edition - Day 6, Evening Show) "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland - November 18, 2023 (AEW Full Gear) Kento Miyahara vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima - December 31, 2023 (AJPW ManiaX) Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada - January 4, 2024 (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18) Josh Alexander vs. Will Ospreay - January 18, 2024 (TNA Impact) Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. - February 11, 2024 (NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka) NOMINATED ENTRANTS The Invisible Man vs. Invisible Stan - March 19, 2019 (GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break 3, Part 1) Akito vs. ASUKA - July 15, 2019 (DDT Wrestle Peter Pan) Takumi Iroha vs. Mayu Iwatani - February 8, 2020 (Stardom The Way to Major League) Kazuyuki Fujita vs. Go Shiozaki - March 29, 2020 (Pro Wrestling Noah 20th Anniversary ~ NOAH The Chronicle Vol. 2) The Elite & Matt Hardy vs. the Inner Circle - May 23, 2020 (AEW Double or Nothing) Chris Brookes vs. Lulu Pencil - July 22, 2021 (Gatoh Move ChocoPro) Matt Cardona vs. Nick Gage - July 24, 2021 (GCW Homecoming Weekend, Night 1) Bryan Danielson vs. Minoru Suzuki - October 15, 2021 (AEW Rampage) Kenoh vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima - November 28, 2021 (Pro Wrestling Noah The Best) Jon Moxley vs. Wheeler Yuta - April 6, 2022 (AEW Rampage) Astronauts vs. Strong BJ - July 9, 2022 (BJW Bloody Musou Tournament Opening Round) Atlantis, Jr., Mistico, Soberano, Jr., Stuka, Jr., Templario, Titan, Ultimo Guerrero, & Volador Jr. vs. El Mesias, Kenny King, Lince Dorado, Matt Taven, Oraculo, Robbie Eagles, Rocky Romero, & Tiger Mask IV - August 19, 2022 (CMLL Grand Prix Internacional) El Desperado vs. Jun Kasai - December 9, 2022 (JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary ~ TAKATaichiDespeMania) Jamie Hayter vs. Hikaru Shida - December 21, 2022 (AEW Dynamite) "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland - October 1, 2023 (AEW WrestleDream) Fuminori Abe vs. Takuya Nomura - October 12, 2023 (Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura Produce Kakuto Tanteidan ~ Bokura Wa Kakuto Tanteidan) Daisy Monkey, Yuki Arai, Moka Miyamoto, & Miu Watanabe vs. Magical Sugar Rabbits, Shoko Nakajima, Rika Tatsumi, & Miyu Yamashita - December 1, 2023 (TJPW 10th Anniversary Show "We Are TJPW") Edward Mass fucked around with this message at 05:04 on May 16, 2024 |
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post hole digger posted:FTR vs. Briscoe Brothers ROH Final Battle 2022 is probably my favorite match since I got back into wrestling, and definitely the one I've re-watched the most. That's already an automatic entrant. I only need 12 more matches to start the tournament!
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Two more matches needed!
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C. Everett Koop posted:Nick Gage vs. Matt Cardona, 7/24/21 Please give me more information - promotion, show name?
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Jan 30, 2024 01:17
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Glass Punkbull 141 posted:PWG Mystery Vortex 20 You edited in the second match, which means only the first match made it in because I only needed one more match. THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS when I’m at my computer.
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Jan 30, 2024 02:21
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THE TOURNAMENT BEGINS WITH... Tetsuya Naito vs. Will Ospreay from NJPW Battle Autumn '22 against the Blackpool Combat Club & Shota Umino vs. Chaos & Hiroshi Tanahashi from NJPW Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall
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fez_machine, thank you for your write-ups. If you want, I can determine the next few match-ups in advance.
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Jan 30, 2024 23:57
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We're both to blame - I got the year wrong, while you got Day/Month confused for Month/Day. Europeans 
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Jan 31, 2024 03:38
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With 52.94% of the vote, Naito/Ospreay advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. from RevPro High Stakes against Best Friends vs. Santana & Ortiz from AEW Dynamite
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Feb 1, 2024 04:43
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With 75% of the vote, Best Friends vs. Santana & Ortiz advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Aereo vs. Villano III, Jr. from AAA Lucha Juarez against Will Ospreay vs. Yota Tsuji from NJPW Destruction in Kobe
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Feb 3, 2024 05:00
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With 58.33% of the vote, Ospreay/Tsuji advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST is the same two wrestlers, twice. This may happen again. Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay from NJPW G1 Climax 29, Night 7 against Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay from NJPW Battle in the Valley
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Feb 5, 2024 05:09
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With 91.67% of the vote, the match from NJPW G1 Climax 29, Night 7 advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki from NJPW G1 Climax 30, Night 13 against Rey Fenix vs. Kenny Omega from AEW Dynamite
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Feb 7, 2024 05:00
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With 57.14% of the vote, Ibushi/Suzuki advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Akito vs. ASUKA from DDT Wrestle Peter Pan against the Lucha Brothers vs. the Young Bucks from AEW All Out
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Feb 9, 2024 06:33
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Nea posted:how do you vote in this? Click on the link in my most recent post!
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Feb 10, 2024 22:19
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With 64.71% of the vote, Akito vs. ASUKA advacnes. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA from NJPW New Japan Cup Final against Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita from AEW All Out
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Feb 11, 2024 06:00
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With 72.22% of the vote, Omega/Takeshita advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano from WWE NXT TakeOver: New York against Kenny Omega vs. "Hangman" Adam Page from AEW Full Gear
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Feb 13, 2024 06:04
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With 95.24% of the vote, Omega/Page advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Will Ospreay vs. Hiromu Takahashi from NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night 1 against Fuminori Abe vs. Takuya Nomura from Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura Produce Kakuto Tanteidan ~ Bokura Wa Kakuto Tanteidan
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Feb 15, 2024 06:00
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Dang it, we've got a tie. You know what this means - four matches enter, two matches leave. Will Ospreay vs. Hiromu Takahashi from NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night 1 against Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada from NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14, Night 2 against Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay from NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15, Night 1 against Fuminori Abe vs. Takuya Nomura from Fuminori Abe & Takuya Nomura Produce Kakuto Tanteidan ~ Bokura Wa Kakuto Tanteidan
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Feb 17, 2024 06:37
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I'll apologize for the lack of name-inputting on this match-up; I nearly forgot I was doing this tournament, which explains why fez_machine's write-ups only came out just now (I never had a chance to send the new matches, as I pulled them on the fly).
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Feb 18, 2024 19:49
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With 29.63% each, Naito/Okada and Abe/Nomura advance. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Chris Brookes vs. Lulu Pencil from Gatoh Move ChocoPro against Rey Fenix vs. El Hijo del Vikingo from AAA Triplemanía XXX
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Feb 19, 2024 05:01
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With 85.71% of the vote, Brookes/Pencil advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Gunther vs. Sheamus from WWE Clash at the Castle against the Briscoe Brothers vs. FTR from ROH Final Battle
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Feb 21, 2024 05:13
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With 90.91% of the vote, Briscoe Brothers/FTR advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri from Stardom Tokyo Dream Cinderella against Brian Danielson vs. MJF From AEW Revolution
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Feb 23, 2024 05:05
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With 72.22% of the vote, Danielson/MJF advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. from NJPW New Japan Cup 2021, Night 8 against Templario vs. Máscara Dorada 2.0 from CMLL Super Viernes
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Feb 25, 2024 06:46
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With 75% of the vote, Ospreay/Sabre advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... HARASHIMA vs. Yuji Okabayashi from DDT D-Oh Grand Prix 2021 II, Night 7 against Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay from NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17, Night 1
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Feb 27, 2024 06:25
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With 56.25% of the vote, Omega/Ospreay advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Takumi Iroha vs. Mayu Iwatani from Stardom The Way to Major League against Ilja Dragonov vs. Walter from WWE NXT TakeOver 36
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Feb 29, 2024 06:02
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Looking back, it's pretty jaw-dropping on how well Walter/Gunther has been booked on the main WWE roster, and how they were THIS CLOSE to ruining him with the name change.
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Feb 29, 2024 06:32
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With 66.67% of the vote, Iroha/Iwatani advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Kazuchika Okada vs. SANADA from NJPW G1 Climax 29, Night 13 against Tyler Bate vs. Walter from WWE NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff
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Mar 2, 2024 06:03
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With 64.29% of the vote, Okada/SANADA advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Shingo Takagi from NJPW New Japan Cup, Night 14 against Jon Moxley vs. Shingo Takagi from NJPW Battle in the Valley
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Mar 4, 2024 20:37
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With 81.82% of the vote, Sabre/Takagi advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Jinetes del Aire vs. the Lucha Brothers from AAA Héroes Inmortales XIV against Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita from AEW All Out
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Mar 7, 2024 04:17
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With 60% of the vote, Omega/Takeshita advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi from NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya against Matt Cardona vs. Nick Gage from GCW Homecoming Weekend, Night 1
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Mar 9, 2024 07:06
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Dang it, another tie. "Hangman" Adam Page & the Dark Order vs. MJF, Santana, & Ortiz from AEW Dynamite against Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi from NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya against Matt Cardona vs. Nick Gage from GCW Homecoming Weekend, Night 1 against Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi from NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome
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Mar 11, 2024 05:49
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With 42.11% of the vote, Cardona/Gage advances. HOWEVER, we have to do a tie-breaker. "Hangman" Adam Page & the Dark Order vs. the Inner Circle from AEW Dynamite against Shingo Takagi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi from NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya
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Mar 13, 2024 05:04
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With 51.85% of the vote, Takagi/Tanahashi advances. Thank you Jesus. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shingo Takagi from NJPW G1 Climax 29, Night 16 against "Speedball" Mike Bailey vs. Will Ospreay from Impact Wrestling Bound for Glory
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Mar 15, 2024 05:43
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With 75% of the vote, Ishii/Takagi advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi from NJPW New Japan Cup 2021, Night 13 against Bryan Danielson vs. Minoru Suzuki from AEW Rampage
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Mar 17, 2024 05:24
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With 58.33% of the vote, Danielson/Suzuki advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Sammy Guevara vs. Cody Rhodes from AEW Dynamite against Taichi vs. Shingo Takagi from JTO 50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together
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Mar 19, 2024 05:33
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With 81.82% of the vote, Taichi/Takagi advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Jeff Cobb vs. Shingo Takagi from NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15, Night 2 against Josh Alexander vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey from Impact on AXS
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Mar 21, 2024 05:04
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Well, we got another tie. Jeff Cobb vs. Shingo Takagi from NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15, Night 2 against Astronauts vs. Strong BJ from BJW Bloody Musou Tournament Opening Round against Josh Alexander vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey from Impact on AXS against El Desperado vs. Jun Kasai from JTO TAKA Michinoku Debut 30th Anniversary ~ TAKATaichiDespeMania
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Mar 23, 2024 05:20
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With 61.54% and 23.08% of the respective vote, Desperado/Kasai and Astronauts/Strong BJ advance. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Christian Cage & Jurassic Express vs. Superkliq from AEW Full Gear against "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland from AEW WrestleDream
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Mar 25, 2024 05:27
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With 93.33% of the vote, Hangman/Strickland advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White from NJPW G1 Climax 29 Final against Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Starks from AEW All Out
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With 72.73% of the vote, Danielson/Starks advances. OUR NEXT CONTEST... Koba Ibushi vs. Kazuchika Okada from NJPW G1 Climax 29, Night 17 against the Blackpool Combat Club, Eddie Kingston, Santana, & Ortiz vs. the Jericho Appreciation Society from AEW Double or Nothing
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