2014 MOTY List

[Defrost]

New Year new lists

[Defrost]

Negro Casas vs Titan

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x198j4m_titan-vs-negro-casas-2013-leyenda-de-plata-final_sport

Negro Casas wrestles Volador Jr tonight

[Defrost]

My early club house leader for MOTY

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1al5dx_masato-yoshino-c-vs-masaaki-mochizuki-dragon-gate_sport

[Defrost]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAivV34ltOM

This is really good

[DDT]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ajj3l_masaaki-mochizuki-vs-t-hawk-dragon-gate_sport

I wish Motivated Mochizuki showed up more, because he is legit one of the best wrestlers on the planet. Alas, being stuck in Dragon Gate tends to make him lethargic and go through the motions, but that's okay because we get this match. T-Hawk kind of just shows up and holds his own, so the weight of this "Young Lion proves himself to grizzled veteran" match is carried entirely by Mochizuki; how he targets T-Hawk's arm because the fucker won't stop chopping, how he gives him disdainful kicks, as if to ask the bookers, "Why am I even here?" and the way he sells T-Hawk's comebacks. It is a masterpiece of a veteran getting a young guy more over than he is. Out of Dragon Gate no less.

Simply wonderful.

[DDT]

I'll keep an updated list right here. I'm not too fond of the snowflake system, so instead I'll divide them into self-explanatory sections. I'll also keep them listed in order of dates.


***MUST-SEE***

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) (New Japan, IWGP Intercontinental Title) 2/9





***HIGHLY-RECOMMEND***

Titan vs. Negro Casas (CMLL) 1/3

Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata (New Japan) 1/4

Masaaki Mochizuki vs. T-Hawk (Dragon Gate) 1/12

Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii (New Japan) 2/4


Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito(c) (New Japan, NEVER Openweight Title) 2/14


***RECOMMEND***

Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada@ (New Japan, IWGP Heavyweight Title) 1/4

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura(c) (New Japan, IWGP Intercontinental Title) 1/4

Maasaki Mochizuki vs. Masato Yoshino(c) (Dragon Gate, Open the Dream Gate Title) 1/16

Hajime Ohara vs. Taiji Ishimori(c) (NOAH, Jr. Heavyweight Title) 1/19

Virus vs. Titan(c) (CMLL, National Welterweight Title) 1/28

Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada(c) (New Japan, IWGP Heavyweight Title) 2/14

[Defrost]

Haven't watched Osaka yet?

[DDT]

Nope.

[Defrost]

Whenever you have free time you need to check out Ishii vs Naito. Not gonna build it up past that because over hyping can ruin things, but you need to check it out.

[DDT]

List updated; will probably go through match by match and give reasons for placement.

[Ringo]

Saw Ishii/Naito. Enjoyed it plenty but I've seen it both overpraised and overly criticised already. The botches in the first half weren't a big deal for me. Loved the last couple of minutes. That final headbutt from Naito was just revolting.

Will get together a New Japan list which I'll update over the course of the year.

[DDT]

Promised descriptions. If available, I'll post links to youtube/dailymotion videos of the matches in question, save the ones that Defrost has already uploaded.


MUST SEE

Nakamura vs. Tanahash(c). Their most recent encounter, and easily one of their best. It is almost redundant to state why these two work so well together. Since they didn't have to really tone things down because they were sharing the spotlight with Okada and Naito, they were really able to go out, with a lot of good exchanges (both in-ring and in character). What really sets this apart was that, for the first time since their series started, the two were dead even in singles victories over each other, and the eventual winner of the match would for the first time take the lead against his opponent. Infinitely more satisfying then their Wrestle Kingdom bout.


HIGHLY-RECOMMENDED

Titan vs. Negro Casas. Casas is perhaps the sole reason I keep up with as much lucha as I do (which is very little). Even nearing 50 the man retains so much of his athleticism, and is so good at what he does, that he remains a treat to watch. Having said that, the first fall seems to be going somewhere but then suddenly ends, and the second fall is damn close to "blink and miss it" territory. It's all about the sweet, sweet third fall. Also, even though it makes sense, its still a little jarring how even small offense can lead to a pinfall victory in lucha.


Hirooki Goto vs. Shibata.



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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QloFFF6nDMo


I really can't say anything about this match that Cewsh said in his review (available at you know where). Goto beats (and gets beaten) the fuck out of his more talented best friend all to show that he truly belonged in the main event based on his own abilities, and not as a last minute replacement.


Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii


http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1b0csy_chaos-kazuchika-okada-shinsuke-nakamura-tomohiro-ishii-vs-hirooki-goto-hiroshi-tanahashi-tetsuya-nai_sport?search_algo=1


This match sets up the three big title feuds heading into the New Beginning weekend, and it is about as perfect a build-up tag as one could have; no down time, lots of interactions between wrestlers, and it left you wanting more while still leaving you satisfied. I wish WWE could do build-up tags this well.


Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito(c)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt3o8JDKQ9U

So new yet so much hype. We have people praising this as the MOTY, and others saying it is overrated garbage. Myself? The ending run was jaw-dropping amazing, they had the crowd eating out of their hands from the middle onwards, and it just felt special. The problem comes into the Godawful beginning, where we are supposed to believe that Naito's shitty strikes are in league with Ishii's. Someone who's nickname is, "Stone Pitbull" should not be losing a punching contest against a pretty boy who's forte is high-flying and lucha tricks. Every time they got a good thing going where Naito would take advantage with his athleticism but then get cocky, get caught, and die, they went back to a punching contest that frankly shouldn't have been a contest. Ugh.

Still the good far outweighed the bad, given where I placed it. I can see others placing this lower, or even significantly lower, so this won't break my heart if you disagree.



RECOMMENDED

Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada(c):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJTsnTG4vH8A case of too-much-talent to-be-denied; there was no way these two would have a bad match. They worked their asses off to show that they, not their elders, belonged in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom. However, the problem here was once again Naito, though this had less to do with the quaility of his work and more to do with no one thinking Naito had a chance in hell. This felt like a padded title defense rather than a serious challenge from the G-1 winner at the Dome show. Still a very good match.


Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura(c)

See above/Cewsh's review for my thoughts; a pairing that can never go wrong that nonetheless held back so as not to steal their juniors' thunder. It was painfully clear that these two had a better match in them for their first singles encounter in two years. Thankfully, we would get just that later in the year.


Maasaki Mochizuki vs. Masato Yoshino(c)


Some history with this one; to my knowledge, Yoshino has never defeated Mochizuki one-on-one. Add to the fact that Mochizuki was the one who ended Yoshino's last Dream Gate reign, we are celebrating 20 years of Mochizuki, and he has just come off a great match against T-Hawk, you have some actual doubt as to the finish of the match.

The beginning of this match was fantastic, with both guys but especially Mochizuki doing some intense armwork, with the added intrigue of Yoshino doing tricked-out lucha submissions while Mochizuki attacked with straight-forward armbars. Given how the T-Hawk match went, I thought all this limb-work would go somewhere. Unfortunately, this is Dragon Gate, and more importantly a Yoshino match. So it essentially went like this:

Mochizuki: "Sell my offense, damnit!"

Yoshino: "Don't Wanna!!" (Petulantly doesn't sell the arm)

Mochizuki: "Well then I won't sell your armwork then; take that."

Yoshino: "Pffft, think I care bitch? Time for hot runz and MOOOOOOOOOOOVEEEEEZZZZZZZ!!!"

Mochizuki: "....You know what? Fuck you." (Dumps Yoshino right on his smug prick skull before kicking him upside the head).

If you can just get past the armwork and ignore that anything was done with it, the rest of the match is really good with a very hot crowd, even if it delves into ridiculous overkill.


Hajime Ohara vs. Taiji Ishimori(c)



http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1abo8i_taiji-ishimori-c-vs-hajime-ohara-noah_sport?search_algo=1

Both of these guys are Ultimo Dragon/Skyda trainees, who also belong to that rare and distinct class of great heroes called, "Fuckers who paid attention during the parts of class where they did NOT teach you how to do flippies" (Looking at you, 90% of Dragon Gate roster; looking right at you.) Ishimori is especially an underrated technician in the ring, though he often uses up most of his charisma during his dance to the ring. I wish it was Ohara who broke out rather than bland KUSHIDA when SMASH went under, but win some, lose some...

Anyway, this match has the opposite problem of the above; not a lot of overkill (if any), everything made sense, was hit crisp and clean; I just wish NOAH crowds were as easy to rile-up as Dragon Gate crowds, or even New Japan ones. They were not completely silent; just subdued. Ishimori's quiet yet quality reign as junior heavyweight champion has been overshadowed by rival promotion's bombastically loud but soulless, paint-by-the numbers junior matches *COUGHPRINCEDEVITTCOUGH* Give it a whirl; a lot to like here.



Virus vs. Titan(c)


Good for the same reasons that the Titan vs Negro Casas were good, with the same flaws; difference is that Virus < Casas. Pretty much all there is to that.

[DDT]

Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada(c)





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fklNFqDhTt4


Accidental coinicidences often make for the best stories, and having Goto's seventh IWGP Heavyweight challenge coincide with Okada's seventh title defense was just one of those little things that made this match better for me. Also, Okada came out with a buster sword and a dinosaur he presumably conquered and brought back from the Jurassic period.

Anyway, this was some good stuff, but no better than what they've done in the past. It helped that the finish was somewhat in doubt, but ultimately more of the same from these two. Admittedly, more of the same is good, but only so much.

[Defrost]

1. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - The New Beginning Night 2
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - The New Beginning Night 1
3. Masato Yoshino vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 1/16
4. Mascara Dorada vs Volador Jr - Fantasticamania Day 5
5. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - Wrestle Kingdom 8
6. Titán vs Virus - CMLL 1/28
7. Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto - Wrestle Kingdom 8
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 2/2
9. Daniel Bryan vs Bray Wyatt - Royal Rumble
10. Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto - The New Beginning Night 2
11. Negro Casas vs Titán - CMLL 1/31
12. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito/Captain New Japan vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii/Yoshi-Hashi - New Year's Dash!!
13. Hirooki Goto/Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi - The New Beginning Night 1
14. Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger vs Takeshi Morishima/Kenou - NOAH 1/19
15. Kazuchika Okada/Ultimo Guerrero/Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi/Tetsuya Naito/La Sombra - Fantasticamania Day 4
16. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Wrestle Kingdom 8
17. Kota Ibushi vs Prince Devitt - Wrestle Kingdom 8

[DDT]

My curiosity was piqued; what made you place the Virus match above the Negro Casas?

[Defrost]

The Virus match just seemed crazier and more out of control whereas the Casas match felt more like an exhibition. I like Casas when he wrestles Rush because he hates Rush, and I like my Titan matches to be in the more batshit territory. I want hate and crazy when I watch lucha and that will trump a solid wrestling contest with me.

[Tainted Eclipse]

1. Titan vs. Virus, CMLL 01/28
2. Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt, Royal Rumble
3. Sheamus & Christian vs. Real Americans, RAW 02/10
4. Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW New Beginning 2
5. Titan vs. Negro Casas, CMLL 01/03
6. Flyer/Pegasso/Star Jr. vs. Canelo Casas/Disturbio/Hechicero, CMLL 1/28
7. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, NJPW Wrestlekingdom 8

[Defrost]

I give this one a recommendation. KENTA and Sugiura vs Marufuji and Kotoge

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1cd9d6_brave-atsushi-kotoge-naomichi-marufuji-vs-no-mercy-kenta-takashi-sugiura-noah_sport

[Tainted Eclipse]

1. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Elimination Chamber
2. Titan vs. Virus, CMLL 01/28
3. John Cena vs. Cesaro, RAW 02/17
4. Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt, Royal Rumble
5. Elimination Chamber Match
6. Sheamus & Christian vs. Real Americans, RAW 02/10
7. Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW New Beginning 2
8. Titan vs. Negro Casas, CMLL 01/03
9. Flyer/Pegasso/Star Jr. vs. Canelo Casas/Disturbio/Hechicero, CMLL 1/28
10. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, NJPW Wrestlekingdom 8

WWE is killing it this year.

[Ringo]

I haven't seen the CMLL matches and I didn't like Okada/Naito as much as you but otherwise that is exactly my list with added Nakamura/Tanahashi 2/9 in there somewhere. That's a great WWE top 5 given we're not even at the end of February yet.

[MikeHunt]

We have a winner. Just close the thread. Shield vs Wyatt's was immense absolutely immense.

[Andy]

The Shield vs The Wyatt Family
Bray Wyatt vs Daniel Bryan
John Cena vs Antonio Cesaro
Elimination Chamber
Christian and Sheamus vs The Real Americans

[thesamuelcooke]

1. Tomohiro Ishii v Tetsuya Naito - New Beginning in Osaka
2. Wyatt Family v The Shield - Elimination Chamber
3. Hiroshi Tanahashi v Shinsuke Nakamura - New Beginning in Hiroshima
4. Kazuchika Okada v Tetsuya Naito - Wrestle Kingdom 8
5. Elimination Chamber Match - Elimination Chamber
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi v Shinsuke Nakamura - Wrestle Kingdom
7. Bray Wyatt v Daniel Bryan - Royal Rumble
8. Hirooki Goto v Katsuyori Shibata - Wrestle Kingdom 8
9. Cesaro v John Cena - Raw 17/2/14
10. Kota Ibushi v Prince Devitt - Wrestle Kingdom 8

[Defrost]

1. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - The New Beginning Night 2
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - The New Beginning Night 1
3. Masato Yoshino vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 1/16
4. Mascara Dorada vs Volador Jr - Fantasticamania Day 5
5. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - Wrestle Kingdom 8
6. Titán vs Virus - CMLL 1/28
7. Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto - Wrestle Kingdom 8
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 2/2
9. Daniel Bryan vs Bray Wyatt - Royal Rumble
10. KENTA vs Yuji Nagata - NOAH 2/22
11. KENTA/Takashi Sugiura vs Naomichi Marufuji/Atsushi Kotoge - NOAH 2/8
12. Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto - The New Beginning Night 2
13. Negro Casas vs Titán - CMLL 1/31
14. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito/Captain New Japan vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii/Yoshi-Hashi - New Year's Dash!!
15. Kensuke Sasaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - Diamond Ring 2/11
16. Antonio Cesaro vs Sami Zayn - NXT Arrival
17. Naomichi Marufuji/Taiji Ishimori vs Fujita Jr Hayato/Satoshi Kajiwara - Diamond Ring 2/11
18. Hirooki Goto/Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi - The New Beginning Night 1
19. Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger vs Takeshi Morishima/Kenou - NOAH 1/19
20. Kazuchika Okada/Ultimo Guerrero/Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi/Tetsuya Naito/La Sombra - Fantasticamania Day 4
21. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Wrestle Kingdom 8
22. Kota Ibushi vs Prince Devitt - Wrestle Kingdom 8

[Andy]

No Shield/Wyatts?

[Defrost]

Haven't seen it

[Tainted Eclipse]

watch it

njpw needs to get in gear to catch up with wwe. better run nakamura/ishii or something pretty soon.

[Defrost]

I saw the Shield/Wyatts match from last night. It was great.

[Psycho666Soldier]

You ought to check out the EC match. It's in most people's opinion better. I could totally understand if someone did like the RAW match more for what they did with it.

[Andy]

They're actually two very different matches I feel, both awesome but I prefer the first.

[OD50]

First one was definitely better for pure in-ring action. Second was great, but just as much about story/character progression.

Shield/Wyatts I is my MOTY so far, and I do watch NJPW, WWE, ROH and TNA regularly . :yes:

[Defrost]

You ought to check out the EC match. It's in most people's opinion better. I could totally understand if someone did like the RAW match more for what they did with it.

I just watched it and honestly didn't seem all that special to me. The Raw match was way better in my opinion.

[Andy]

Do you regularly get better matches in Japan? Not on the the wind up here, genuinely curious. Because that's probably the best tag match I've ever seen.

[Ringo]

Not imo. Wyatts/Shield was pretty special and it'll take something great (whether that be in the US, Japan or elsewhere) to top it for me. It's not the kind of match I'd expect Frosty to be too into though.

[MikeHunt]

I just watched it and honestly didn't seem all that special to me. The Raw match was way better in my opinion.

for real? what is it you like about wrestling mate?

[Defrost]

for real? what is it you like about wrestling mate?

Well I really liked the rematch they had on Raw. That felt more wild and made a lot more sense to me. Watching their PPV match it was just like a standard 6 man tag played to the soundtrack of especially dreadful commentary. The match on Raw felt bigger to me. That their was more emotion and hate involved and the work was up to the level of how the teams were supposed to feel about each other.

Maybe seeing the Raw match first ruined it. :dunno:

[MikeHunt]

Fair enough. It's subjective like, I was just wondering.

[Andy]

I loved the initial confrontation from the first match, Ambrose being the lunatic and conveying his hatred for Wyatt, who was just going around being creepy as fuck. Rollins and Reigns were seemingly concentrating on the task at hand. No one standing down. On first viewing I thought a fairly slow paced build up then happened but on further watches there's actually very little that doesn't play out at a hundred miles an hour.

Also I think your appreciation of the match is again hampered by not viewing the product regularly Defrost. The Wyatts aren't meant to hate The Shield necessarily. They cost The Shield a match inadvertently but accepted the challenge of the match. The Wyatts are meant to be controlled by Bray who was up for causing chaos basically. There was always far more hatred from The Shield and they were always the ones who were up for fighting at any time which I think was conveyed well. Bray being the leader was played on very well. Demanding tags, directing operations, ordering the table spot, Harper sacrificing himself for him. Plus the tensions in The Shield were played on, every tag seemed to be via Rollins, Reigns and Ambrose didn't tag each other much (if at all) and the little expressions at every tag got that over.

Not to mention some of the spots and sequences in the match. Fucking hell I loved it.

[MikeHunt]

The spot that ended with Rollins suicide diving onto Harper was amazing

[Tainted Eclipse]

update

1. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Elimination Chamber
2. Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn, NXT Arrival
3. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, RAW 03/02
4. Titan vs. Virus, CMLL 01/28
5. John Cena vs. Cesaro, RAW 02/17
6. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi, 42nd Anniversary
7. Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt, Royal Rumble
8. Elimination Chamber Match
9. Sheamus & Christian vs. Real Americans, RAW 02/10
10. Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW New Beginning 2
11. Titan vs. Negro Casas, CMLL 01/03
12. Flyer/Pegasso/Star Jr. vs. Canelo Casas/Disturbio/Hechicero, CMLL 1/28
13. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, NJPW Wrestlekingdom 8

[Tainted Eclipse]

1. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Elimination Chamber
2. Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn, NXT Arrival
3. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, RAW 03/02
4. Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H, Wrestlemania
5. Titan vs. Virus, CMLL 01/28
6. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Main Event 04/08
7. John Cena vs. Cesaro, RAW 02/17
8. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi, 42nd Anniversary
9. Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt, Royal Rumble
10. Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton vs. Batista, Wrestlemania
11. Rush vs. Shocker, CMLL 03/21
12. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Invasion Attack
13. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito, Invasion Attack
14. Elimination Chamber Match
15. Sheamus & Christian vs. Real Americans, RAW 02/10
16. Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW New Beginning 2
17. Titan vs. Negro Casas, CMLL 01/03
18. Flyer/Pegasso/Star Jr. vs. Canelo Casas/Disturbio/Hechicero, CMLL 1/28
19. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, NJPW Wrestlekingdom 8

the rest of the world needs to step their game up

[Ringo]

Oi Tainted go vote on those matches in the WWE thread!

Still got to get around to Invasion Attack. I'll watch the top three matches and the endings to the rest of the matches I reckon. Haven't got around to any Lucha yet either, but I'll put together a list for the whole world soon.

[DDT]

I'll be updating my list after watching Invasion Attack. For those curious, I'm purposely not including any WWE matches here, so don't die of shock when you don't see the Shield/Wyatt tag or Bryan/HHH here.

[Ringo]

Watched Tanahashi/Shinskay. Better than their WrestleKingdom match, I enjoyed it a lot. I'm sure I've seen the New Beginning match but I can't remember anything about it right now so I might need to watch again.

Tanahashi is a DICK. I think the finish works: Nakamura's knee is fucked but when Tanahashi is recovering with his back turned he just has to take the opportunity and capitalise. Then despite the pain he powers through like two more Boma-Yes to finish him off.

Still got Ishii/Naito & the tag titles to watch. Then I'm going to watch Supercard Of Honor and after that I'll probably need a break after a week of far too much wrestling.

[Defrost]

1. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Invasion Attack
2. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - The New Beginning Night 2
3. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - The New Beginning Night 1
4. Masato Yoshino vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 1/16
5. Triple H vs Daniel Bryan - Wrestlemania XXX
6. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - Invasion Attack
7. Mascara Dorada vs Volador Jr - Fantasticamania Day 5
8. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - Wrestle Kingdom 8
9. Titán vs Virus - CMLL 1/28
10. Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto - Wrestle Kingdom 8
11. Prince Devitt vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Invasion Attack
12. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 2/2
13. Daniel Bryan vs Bray Wyatt - Royal Rumble
14. KENTA vs Yuji Nagata - NOAH 2/22
15. The Shield vs The Wyatt Family - Raw 3/3
16. Ricochet vs Uhaa Nation - Dragon Gate 3/6
17. Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi - NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
18. Young Bucks vs Kota Ibushi/El Desperado - Invasion Attack
19. KENTA/Takashi Sugiura vs Naomichi Marufuji/Atsushi Kotoge - NOAH 2/8
20. Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto - The New Beginning Night 2
21. Yuj Nagata vs Takashi Sugiura - NOAH 3/8
22. Negro Casas vs Titán - CMLL 1/31
23. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito/Captain New Japan vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii/Yoshi-Hashi - New Year's Dash!!
24. Kensuke Sasaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - Diamond Ring 2/11
25. Antonio Cesaro vs Sami Zayn - NXT Arrival
26. Naomichi Marufuji/Taiji Ishimori vs Fujita Jr Hayato/Satoshi Kajiwara - Diamond Ring 2/11
27. Hirooki Goto/Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi - The New Beginning Night 1
28. Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger vs Takeshi Morishima/Kenou - NOAH 1/19
29. Kazuchika Okada/Ultimo Guerrero/Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi/Tetsuya Naito/La Sombra - Fantasticamania Day 4
30. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Wrestle Kingdom 8
31. Kota Ibushi vs Prince Devitt - Wrestle Kingdom 8

[Ringo]

1. Shield/Wyatts I, EC
2. Trips/Bryan, Mania XXX
3. Cesaro/Zayn, NXT Arrival
4. Wyatt/Bryan, Rumble
5. Shield/Wyatts II, Raw
6. Cena/Cesaro, Raw
7. Orton/Batista/Bryan, Mania XXX
8. Tanahashi/Nakamura, Invasion Attack
9. Ishii/Naito, Invasion Attack
10. Ishii/Naito, New Beginning
11. Shield/Wyatts III, Main Event
12. Okada/Ibushi, Anniversary Show
13. Okada/Naito, WrestleKingdom 8
14. Cena/Wyatt, Mania XXX
15. Chamber, EC
16. Shibata/Goto, WrestleKingdom 8
17. Real Americans/Sheamus & Christian, Raw
18. Real Americans/Shield, Raw
19. Andre The Giant Battle Royal, Mania XXX
20. Fale/Nakamura, New Japan Cup

[Tainted Eclipse]

1. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Elimination Chamber
2. Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn, NXT Arrival
3. The Shield vs. Evolution, Extreme Rules
4. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, RAW 03/02
5. Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H, Wrestlemania
6. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tamoaki Honma, Wrestling Dontaku
7. Titan vs. Virus, CMLL 01/28
8. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Main Event 04/08
9. John Cena vs. Cesaro, RAW 02/17
10. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi, 42nd Anniversary
11. Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt, Royal Rumble
12. Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton vs. Batista, Wrestlemania
13. Rush vs. Shocker, CMLL 03/21
14. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Invasion Attack
15. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito, Invasion Attack
16. Tomohiro Ishii vs. KUSHIDA, NJPW in Taiwan
17. Elimination Chamber Match
18. Sheamus & Christian vs. Real Americans, RAW 02/10
19. Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW New Beginning 2
20. Titan vs. Negro Casas, CMLL 01/03
21. Flyer/Pegasso/Star Jr. vs. Canelo Casas/Disturbio/Hechicero, CMLL 1/28
22. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, NJPW Wrestlekingdom 8

[DDT]

Must-See

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tanahashi(c) vs. Nakamura 4/6 New Japan

Seeing Nakamura in an underdog role against Tanahashi is so weird, and yet makes sense; for the first time in their personal feud, Tanahashi is coming in with the winning record against Nakamura, and with three wins in a row to boot. Tanahashi plays the role he was born to play; smug prick heel who mocks his opponents for not being nearly as pretty as himself. I wish Nakamura did a better job of selling the leg here, but I can get passed it as Nakamura reaching deep within and pulling out super-human powers to overcome his foe. Absolutely fantastic.


KO-D Openweight Championship: HARASHIMA(c) vs. Shigehiro Irie 1/26 DDT

I slept on this and I'm a bad person for it. Shigehiro won the Openweight championship in an emotional moment of an underdog overcoming the invincible *shudder* Kenny Omega. In the sixth month of his reign, however, he was met with the unsung hero of DDT, HARASHIMA. Poor Irie was ill-equipped to deal with the most dominate K-OD champ of all time, and he went down lack a fat green sack. While HARASHIMA went on to represent DDT across the indies for the rest of 2013, Irie built himself back up, and now we get a huge re-match that feels big, is wrestled big, and the consequences feel big.



Highly Recommended


GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Taiji Ishimori(c) vs. Daisuke Harada NOAH 3/8

It's Daisuke's second time trying to take the belt off of Taiji, who has single-handedly restored one of the most lackluster divisions in all of pro wrestling; the NOAH Jr. division. If you liked the Ohara title defense, you'll love this one.


New Japan Cup Round 1: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tatsuya Naito New Japan 3/15


Naito seeks to avenge his loss against Ishii. Lots of clobbering and hate and so-forth. Simple but effective.


IWGP NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii(c) vs Tatsuya Naito New Japan 4/6

Did you like their first match? Did you like their New Japan Cup bout? Okay then; you'll like this.


All Asia Tag Team Championship: Burning (Akiyama Jun & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)(c) vs. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie DDT 4/29


The All-Asia tag team titles are the oldest active wrestling championship in Japan; since 1955. The current champions are legit big name stars who could march into New Japan tomorrow and credibly main event the rest of the year to the complaint of no one. Their challengers are DDT mainstays, and, comparatively speaking, are scrubs. Oh sure, Ishii is the rising hope of DDT, Irie was the former K-OD champion, but make no mistake; the streak stains on Akiyama's tights have more mainstream cred then these two goofs. So what do we get here? The classic All Japan tag formula, and it rocks. Ishii and Irie try their little hearts out, and even as the champions plug away, in the back of your mind your thinking that maybe, just maybe, they could pull this off, even as the sheer impossibility of it slaps you in the face.



Recommended

Kotaro Suzuki vs. Atsushi Aoki All Japan 2/5

I'm legit shocked at myself; for watching an All Japan match in 2014 and liking it. This is part of the Excite Series, and I believe the winner gets to wrestle Ultimo Dragon, so its kind of a big deal. The former All Asia tag champs lost their belts to their former Burning compatriots, but now these regular tag partners must face each other due to luck of the draw. Suzuki is a fantastic base as a wrestler, and Aoki has never gotten the credit he deserves; he's easily one of the top five Jr. heavyweight wrestlers in Japan. There is a brief lull towards the middle, but this is just really good action and focused limb work that has actual consequence. Definitely check this one out.

IWGP NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii(c) vs KUSHIDA New Japan 4/12

One of the guys I have never been as high on as others is KUSHIDA; he always came across as a low-rent Taijri to me, or a slightly improved Chris Sabin. However, he is in there with Ishii, who is a man incapable of doing wrong. Watch it; love it; embrace the love of Ishii.


IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. AJ Styles New Japan 5/3

The finish to this match is just plain quizzical, and that's the only way I can describe it. It seems left-field and doing it for the sake of doing it. I'm not sure how Memphis-style interference will go over in Japan, either. Still, this match deserves praise for AJ's performance, which went from getting no reaction to the crowd becoming invested in his heel persona.

[DDT]

Highly Recommend


IWGP NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii(c) vs Tomoaki Honma New Japan 5/3


How did I forget about this bad boy? Literally the best match on the show. Honma is literally the only man who can play the underdog better than Ishii, and has babyface charisma out the ass. This match just ruled from start to finish; Honma is fucking crazy, and Ishii is the best big-match wrestler in the world. It is not even a debatable point.

[Andy]

I keep changing my mind on my top 10 so instead of trying again I'll just suggest these matches for anyone who isn't a regular WWE watcher.

Wyatts/Shield I, Wyatts/Shield II, Bryan/Bray, Bryan/Trips, Cesaro/Zayn, Cesaro/Cena, Bryan/Orton/Batista, Evolution/Shield, Usos/Rybaxel/Matadores/Americans, WeeLC.

[DDT]

Must-See

Cabellera vs. Cabellera Rush vs. Shocker, CMLL 3/21

You’ll notice a lack of lucha matches that I nominate. That’s because I don’t watch a lot of lucha. Most of it is athletic yet boring dudes doing the same spots over and over. Unless it’s a pair of maestros tearing it up on the mat, or a hate-filled feud, I’m usually just not interested. This is definitely the latter, and we start out with a bang. I’m not sure why these two hate each other, but judging from their reactions, I’d guess that Rush slept with Shocker’s daughter, who fed Rush’s dog to the wood-chipper in retaliation. Rush, the technico that just can’t be cheered, and Shocker, the rudo that just can’t be booed, start out strong and fast, wildly swinging at and diving on each other in an effort to injure and maim. Suddenly, one of them remembers that if they don’t win the match, they’ll be shaved bald, and tricks the other into a lucha pin to take the first fall, afterwards kicking the man while he’s down. So you’d think the second fall they’d slow it down, right? Fuck that, they start swinging at each other once again, and that pretty much sets the tone for the rest of the match. Just a fun, wild ride. I was floored by how much I liked this.

This is me saying a lucha match is must-see. Get on it.



Highly Recommended

Open the Dream Gate Championship: Ricochet(c) vs. YAMATO, Dragon Gate 5/4

I hate Ricochet. You'd think I'd be proud of a fellow Kentuckian becoming the first non-Japanese wrestler to hold the top belt in Dragon Gate, but I can't stand him. He is the epitome of everything I despise in Junior Heavyweight style wrestling; lots of flips, lots of dives, bare-minimum understanding of the basics of pro wrestling (enough to get by on the standard 'roll around the mat and pretend we know how to grapple' stages of independent matches), zero personality, one of the dumbest finishers I have ever seen (throws opponent from his shoulders to THEIR feet, and then spin kicks them in the head. It's as terrible as it sounds) and everyone and their mother singing his praises just because he can do a double-rotation moonsault. Oh and he has a really stupid pec tattoo.

To top it off, they went with a "Work the Leg" style of match that is so common in Jr. style matches. You can imagine how such matches work out when the wrestlers involved are almost entirely dependent on flippies for their offense. This had all the makings of a recipe to drive me up a wall.

And yet, some how, some way, YAMATO makes this shit work. This is hand-holding at its finest, as YAMATO does some blatant cheating to get the crowd behind Ricochet, but doesn't go overboard to the point of being silly. He even has the sense to make sure the referee is looking the other way (not that a Dragon Gate ref would ever disqualify someone, but hey thought that counts). He trash-talks the champion to further establish him being a dick. Because he got his start in Minoru Suzuki's Pancrase, he knows how to grapple on the mat, and can guide Ricochet there too. His strikes are on point, and he turns the pace of the match up and down when appropriate. On top of which, Ricochet actually does a surprisingly decent job of selling the leg; it hampers him, it prevents him from climbing the ropes quickly, when he hits his finish he can't go for the cover. This was just a highly enjoyable Dream Gate title match. Hats off to YAMATO.

and Ricochet too, I guess.

Recommended


2 Count-5 Rope Break Match: CIMA vs Super Shisa, Dragon Gate 2/20


December of last year, these two met in a 5-rope break match, which basically means if you use rope-breaks to get out of a submission or pinning predicament 5 times, you are declared the loser by forfeit. As such it lead to a match with a lot of swank lucha-style grappling; CIMA has long been the Ace of Dragon Gate despite his numerous attempts to pass that mantel to someone else, but Shisa is the undisputed technician of the roster, so the 5-rope break rule was all the handicap the innovator of the Yoshi-Tonic/Canadian Destroyer needed to level the playing field. Indeed, it ended up being one of the biggest wins of the veteran's depressingly achievement-lite career (he prefers to stay in the background and train the up-and-comers) as Shisa upset CIMA. This is their anticipated re-match, with the added stipulation that now you only needed to pin your opponent for a two-count as opposed to the standard three.

Slower-paced match then you might anticipate for a Dragon Gate show, but it had more of the same swank-lucha grappling, and was only 10 minutes long to boot. Check it out.



KO-D Openweight Championship: HARASHIMA(c) vs. Masa Takanashi, DDT 2/23

HARASHIMA, Mochizuki, and Masato Tanaka need to get together and form a "40+ And Still the Best" club, because they are just awesome. Anyway, this match came about when HARASHIMA, who at the time held all three of DDT's singles titles, was just chillaxin' and being a Goddamn boss, when all of the sudden Takanashi runs out of nowhere and pins him for DDT's 24/7 title, the Ironman championship. Takanashi demanded the president of DDT name him the number one contender...only for Masa himself to get rolled-up and lose the belt, while a bemused HARASHIMA looked on. Undaunted, Takanashi continued to annoy and harass the boss until he finally snapped; he would be booked in an Ironman Heavymetalweight championship match against the man who beat him; the winner would be declared both the Ironman champion AND the number one contender for the Openweight title.

Masa Takanashi....lost. That's right, he lost the number one contender's match. So why did he still get the shot? Because he tricked the president you see; he had Emi Sakura switch the official contract with one that guaranteed Masa an Openweight title shot regardless of the result of the Ironman title match. The moral to the story kids? Always read before you sign, especially the fine print.

I fucking love DDT.

Oh yeah the match. So it was essentially Masa's Johnny Saint-inspired tricks and grappling abilities trying to get a quick win while preventing HARASHIMA from gaining any momentum, because Masa is a scrawny, scrawny dude, and will not be able to withstand more than one or two strikes from the machine known as HARASHIMA. This was an actively different KO-D title match then the one in January, and I dig it.


Two Towers (Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato) vs. Wild Network (Manabu Soya & Ryuichi Kawakami), Big Japan 5/5


In the last two years or so, Kohei Sato has morphed from the most boring man in Zero-1 to a marvelous dick head who loves invading other companies. Weird. Anyway, the story here is Kawakami looking to prove that he belongs in there with relative big names like Sato, Ishikawa, and partner Soya. I personally feel that Kawakami is a bit too polished a talent to be in these situations, but we get a good match out of it so who am I to argue with what works. Big Japan announcers are the best; laughing hysterically in disbelief at the violence parties they are privy to.

[Tainted Eclipse]

Update. New additions in bold.

1. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Elimination Chamber
2. Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn, NXT Arrival
3. Virus, Cachorro & Hechicero vs. Negro Casas, Cavernario & Dragon Lee, CMLL 05/23
4. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, RAW 03/02
5. Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H, Wrestlemania
6. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tamoaki Honma, Wrestling Dontaku
7. Titan vs. Virus, CMLL 01/28
8. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kota Ibushi, Back to Yokohama Arena
9. The Shield vs. Evolution, Extreme Rules
10. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Main Event 04/08
11. John Cena vs. Cesaro, RAW 02/17
12. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi, 42nd Anniversary
13. Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt, Royal Rumble
14. Dean Ambrose vs. Sheamus, Smackdown 05/06
15. Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton vs. Batista, Wrestlemania
16. Rush vs. Shocker, CMLL 03/21
17. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Invasion Attack
18. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito, Invasion Attack
19. Tomohiro Ishii vs. KUSHIDA, NJPW in Taiwan
20. Elimination Chamber Match
21. Sheamus & Christian vs. Real Americans, RAW 02/10
22. Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW New Beginning 2
23. Titan vs. Negro Casas, CMLL 01/03
24. Flyer/Pegasso/Star Jr. vs. Canelo Casas/Disturbio/Hechicero, CMLL 1/28
25. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, NJPW Wrestlekingdom 8

[Defrost]

I am super far behind and trying to catch up on this three day weekend but I think of everything I have watched I have Ishii vs Ibushi from today as my MOTY so far

[Tainted Eclipse]

Watch the trios I have as #3. It's a very action packed match, like a lucha version of 90s MPro. That goes for everyone, it seems like something that should be universally enjoyable.

[Defrost]

I did watch it. Remember in this thread people got mad at me because I said the match they had on Raw was much better.

[Tainted Eclipse]

no defrost, the lucha match i have as #3 on my recent post

[DDT]

Pretty sure he meant his new number three; the lucha tag. Hence why he said the "lucha version" of a 90's MPro match. Which is pretty lucha already.

[Defrost]

I got no sleep. Sorry for my lack of reading comprehension today. I will check out that match.

[Judas Iscariot]

Why don't you check out not hating WWE while you're at it. OHHHHHHHH

[Judas Iscariot]

PG back me up on this.

[DDT]

Someone else watch the Muhammed Yone vs. Yuji Nagata match from this month. Tell me I'm not crazy for thinking it is fantastic.

[DDT]

My UPDATED list, slightly more organized and formatted, with a few new additions along with reasons for placement. Enjoy.

MUST-SEE

JANURARY

KO-D Openweight Championship: HARASHIMA(c) vs. Shigehiro Irie — DDT 1/26

FEBRURARY

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura — New Japan 4/6

MARCH

Cabellera vs. Cabellera: Rush vs. Shocker — CMLL 3/21

APRIL

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – New Japan 4/6

MAY

NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs Kota Ibushi — New Japan, 5/25
Ishii is the best wrestler in the world; I fail to see how this is even a contest or even debatable fact. Through the strength of his smash-mouth style and fantastic matches alone, he has become one of the most beloved wrestlers on the roster. Now, Ibushi can be hit or miss, but as a punching bag that can get surly and strike back when necessary, he is firmly in his most enjoyable element. Everything is snug, everything makes sense, HARDWAY BLOOD; what’s not to love?


CHIKARA Grand Championship: Eddie Kingston (c) vs Icarus— CHIKARA, 5/25
This is the culmination of nearly a year of risks, hard work, and reward for both CHIKARA and especially Icarus. Icarus had spent the vast majority of his CHIKARA career as an evil rudo, but through his desire to bring CHIKARA back from the ashes, he has emerged as the most beloved. Conversely, Eddie Kingston, the ace of the company, the first and only Grand Champion, had started out his title reign as the most beloved man in the company, and through paranoia, selfishness, and looking out for himself, he has become an evil bastard who would have gladly let CHIKARA stay dead if it meant he no longer had to defend HIS title, allowing him to keep it forever. Now, on CHIKARA’s most important show ever, in front of one of the largest crowds ever, Icarus must take the title back for CHIAKRA from a champion too selfish to act like one...or die trying. That last one is increasingly likely, as poor Icarus really doesn’t have the firepower to stand toe-to-toe with Kingston, and all he can rely on are lucha tricks, quick roll-ups, and the ever dependable CHIKARA Special…

There are better executed matches this year; hell there are better executed matches on this list. But I challenge anyone to name a match where story and ring-work meshed together so well into one roller-coaster of a ride. Thus far, my match of the year.

HIGHLY-RECOMMENDED

JANURARY

Titan vs. Negro Casas – CMLL 1/3
Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata — New Japan 1/4
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. T-Hawk — Dragon Gate 1/12

FEBRURARY

Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii — New Japan 2/4
NEVER Openweight Championship: Tetsuya Naito(c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii — New Japan 2/14

MARCH

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Taiji Ishimori(c) vs. Daisuke Harada — NOAH 3/8
New Japan Cup Round 1: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tatsuya Naito — New Japan 3/15

APRIL

NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii(c) vs Tatsuya Naito — New Japan 4/6
All Asia Tag Team Championship: Burning (Akiyama Jun & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)(c) vs. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie — DDT 4/29

MAY

NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii(c) vs Tomoaki Honma — New Japan, 5/3
Open the Dream Gate Championship: Ricochet(c) vs. YAMATO — Dragon Gate, 5/4

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Yuji Nagata (c) vs Mohammed Yone— NOAH, 5/17
I don’t believe it. How in the hell did Yone have this in him? Maybe it was because KENTA was leaving, so the crowd was rowdy. Maybe it was because after Nagata flippantly remarked he’d take on anybody, Yone came in to represent the original NOAH crew and tell this New Japan fuck to go stuff himself. Maybe he and Nagata just mesh well because of similar styles. Whatever it was, Yone will most likely never have a match this good again, but if this is his swan-song, career performance, than hot damn is it one to be proud of. The lack of leg-selling is a little annoying, but given the story I’m willing to buy Yone having temporary superpowers.



RECOMMENDED


JANURARY

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada(c) vs. Tetsuya Naito — New Japan, 1/4
IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura(c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — New Japan, 1/4
Open the Dream Gate Championship: Masato Yoshino(c) vs. Maasaki Mochizuki — Dragon Gate 1/16
GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Taiji Ishimori(c) vs. Hajime Ohara— NOAH 1/19
National Welterweight Championship: Titan(c) vs. Virus — CMLL 1/28
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada(c) Hirooki Goto — New Japan 2/14

FEBRURARY

Kotaro Suzuki vs. Atsushi Aoki — All Japan 2/5
2 Count-5 Rope Break Match: CIMA vs Super Shisa — Dragon Gate 2/20
KO-D Openweight Championship: HARASHIMA(c) vs. Masa Takanashi — DDT 2/23

MARCH

APRIL

NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii(c) vs KUSHIDA New Japan 4/12

MAY

IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. AJ Styles New Japan 5/3
Two Towers (Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato) vs. Wild Network (Manabu Soya & Ryuichi Kawakami) — Big Japan 5/5

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles (c) vs Kazuchika Okada — New Japan, 5/25
A slightly more enjoyable rematch, AJ has really gotten back into being a cheating douche-bag heel. Yokohama reacted significantly better to the Memphis-style shenanigans, but I’m still not sure if this will work.

[DDT]

I'm a little mixed on the Rush vs. Volador Jr. match. On the one hand, I thought the match itself was brilliant, and Rush may very well be the best "don't call me" rudo to ever lace up a pair of boots. On the other hand, using Chris Benoit's theme song was so uncomfortable and tasteless that even the dancing girls, who if before they ever made an expression that wasn't a smile I missed it, faltered and looked like they wanted to be anywhere else in the world right there. It's left me feeling very down about the whole thing.

What do you guys think?

[Tainted Eclipse]

CMLL's En Busca de un Idolo tournament is killing it right now. Ten minute time limit one-fall matches featuring the younger guys:
http://www.dailymotion.com/user/thecubsfan/1

Anything involving Hechicero, Cavernario, Cachorro or Dragon Lee is probably worth watching; anything with any of those guys against each other is definitely worth watching. Dragon Lee is 18 years old and made his debut this year, and he is a crazy high flier with surprising mat skills to boot.

Specifically recommended:
Dragon Lee/Hechicero
Cavernario/Hechicero
Star Jr/Dragon lee
Cachorro/Cavernario
Cachorro/Sobernaro Jr
Cachorro/Star Jr

And probably a bunch more I haven't watched yet.

[Ringo]

This looks great. Have been wanting to properly get into current Lucha for a while and this could be an easy entry point.

Dragon Lee is the younger brother of Rush and the current Mistico - good genes.

[Andy]

Anyone who doesn't watch WWE or NXT go check out Tyler Breeze vs Sami Zayn from last night right now :yes:

[DDT]

MUST-SEE

Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship: Battle Royale - DDT, 4/29

Okay class, story time!


Sanshiro Takagi, the founder of the DDT promotion is the 999th Ironman Heavymetalweight champion. The Ironman title, for those who don't know, is contested exactly the same as the old WWE Hardcore Championship during its 24/7 days, except they go the extra mile in Japan; wrestlers, fans, ladders, blowup dolls and even invisible men have held the title. But now, Takagi has declared that he will retire the belt. Poison Sawada JULIE, retired DDT alumni and the founder and first holder of the Ironman title, came and claimed that the only way to retire the belt was burn it with a special lighter that he had found in an ancient Aztecan temple while he travesed the globe, and the only way he would hand the lighter over is if Takagi defended the belt one last time, in a special battle royale, where to win you had to eliminate everyone else by pinfall, submission, or over the top rope, both feet in the floor Royal Rumble style.

Takagi agreed, but what he didn't count on was Sawada using his knowledge of drugs and hypnotism to temporarily grant his powers to every single other participant in the match! What we get are hijinks, funnies, and the best comedy match of the year.

Takagi ends up overcoming these odds, only to reveal that he knew Sawada was fucking with him about the lighter; he just wanted to fuck with Sawada in turn. He brought out his TRUE plans for the belt; a cardboard box he would use to seal the great silliness once and for all. Sawada snaps, and viciously attacks Takagi with the belt, throwing it on top of him and starting cutting the angriest of promos....only for the ref to count to three and award the 1000th reign of Ironman Heaymetalweight Championship to...the Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship belt. The belt is its own champion. I. Love. DDT.

[DDT]

MUST-SEE

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomoaki Honma vs. Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows — New Japan 6/6

So this kind of came out of nowhere. Build-up to the tag title match with Makabe in Honma's place, but this will be so much better than that match simply because it has STRUCTURE! You have mouthy heels in Bullet Club who have to cheat to gain the advantage (and not their typical OBNOXIOUS CHEATING that has become the staple of terrible Bullet Club matches) you have an ace-caliber wrestler on the other side who does not put up with their shit, and for a partner you give him a capable yet out-of-his-depth underdog to take the beating and get the heat. In short, they played their rolls without over playing them, and we get a tag match that is infinitely better than anything the Usos have done this year. Get on this one.

BOSJ: KUSHIDA vs. Jushin Thunder Lyger — New Japan 6/6

The best junior heavyweight/crusierweight/light heavyweight/X-Division/whatever-you-want-to-call-it match I have seen in years. It's the last night of the round robin portion of the tournament before we move onto the semi-finals, and KUSHIDA qualifies with either a win or a draw (hell I think he might have even qualified with a loss) so he can afford to take it easy tonight. Lyger, however, needs a win to even get into contention, and thus he brings out OMEGA-LEVEL DICK LYGER! Dick-Lyger is a prick who will shake your hand one minute...and then spend the next locking you in illegal holds in-between taking you to the outside and risking disqualification while destroying your leg with a chair and table. Don't take anything away from KUSHIDA either, as unlike some other workers (coughRicochetcough) he can effectively sell the leg without looking like a fish out of water (and when I say sell, I don't mean, "grabs leg, makes face, runs on it like it was nothing immediately after"). He also, when in an illegal hold, doesn't engage in contrived flippies to get out of it (coughRicochetcough) but instead looks at the ref, goes, "What the hell, Tiger?" and gets him to release the hold. The finishing stretch really feels like a desperate struggle, as now KUSHIDA fights for his life, not to qualify for the semi-finals, but to make sure he reaches them with anything close to 100%.

Just a really great, simple match, where again they didn't try to over-reach into things they couldn't do, and just build it around what they can. A fantastic masterpiece.

Highly-Recommended

BOSJ Finals: Ricochet vs. KUSHIDA — New Japan 6/8

See my post in the BOSJ thread to get my thoughts on the match; whatever my complaints, this is definitely worth your while and, much like the Dragon Gate Dead or Alive show, a staggeringly good Ricochet match. KUSHIDA really makes this.

Recommended

BOSJ: Taniguchi vs. El Desperado — New Japan 6/6

I've been disappointed in Desperado after getting hyped from his brilliant run in CMLL, and Taniguchi has been the drizzling shits for years. Yet somehow, someway, they make this match work. This is a really fun bout where again, there was a potential spot open for both contestants due to Alex Shelley dropping out, and they went at it in a fun, fast-paced bout. Nothing too deep here; just two guys I normally don't have high hopes for having a good match.


And now, the updated list.


MUST-SEE

JANURARY

KO-D Openweight Championship: HARASHIMA(c) vs. Shigehiro Irie — DDT 1/26

FEBRURARY

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura — New Japan 4/6

MARCH

Cabellera vs. Cabellera: Rush vs. Shocker — CMLL 3/21

APRIL

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi(c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura – New Japan 4/6
Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship: Battle Royale - DDT, 4/29


MAY

NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs Kota Ibushi — New Japan, 5/25


CHIKARA Grand Championship: Eddie Kingston (c) vs Icarus— CHIKARA, 5/25

JUNE

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tomoaki Honma vs. Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows — New Japan 6/6
BOSJ: KUSHIDA vs. Jushin Thunder Lyger — New Japan 6/6


HIGHLY-RECOMMENDED

JANURARY

Titan vs. Negro Casas – CMLL 1/3

Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata — New Japan 1/4

Masaaki Mochizuki vs. T-Hawk — Dragon Gate 1/12

FEBRURARY

Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi & Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura, Tomohiro Ishii — New Japan 2/4

NEVER Openweight Championship: Tetsuya Naito(c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii — New Japan 2/14

MARCH

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Taiji Ishimori(c) vs. Daisuke Harada — NOAH 3/8

New Japan Cup Round 1: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tatsuya Naito — New Japan 3/15

APRIL

NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii(c) vs Tatsuya Naito — New Japan 4/6

All Asia Tag Team Championship: Burning (Akiyama Jun & Yoshinobu Kanemaru)(c) vs. Keisuke Ishii & Shigehiro Irie — DDT 4/29

MAY

NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii(c) vs Tomoaki Honma — New Japan, 5/3

Open the Dream Gate Championship: Ricochet(c) vs. YAMATO — Dragon Gate, 5/4

GHC Heavyweight Championship: Yuji Nagata (c) vs Mohammed Yone— NOAH, 5/17

JUNE

BOSJ Finals: Ricochet vs. KUSHIDA — New Japan 6/8



RECOMMENDED


JANURARY

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada(c) vs. Tetsuya Naito — New Japan, 1/4

IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura(c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi — New Japan, 1/4

Open the Dream Gate Championship: Masato Yoshino(c) vs. Maasaki Mochizuki — Dragon Gate 1/16

GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship: Taiji Ishimori(c) vs. Hajime Ohara— NOAH 1/19

National Welterweight Championship: Titan(c) vs. Virus — CMLL 1/28

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada(c) Hirooki Goto — New Japan 2/14

FEBRURARY

Kotaro Suzuki vs. Atsushi Aoki — All Japan 2/5

Count-5 Rope Break Match: CIMA vs Super Shisa — Dragon Gate 2/20

KO-D Openweight Championship: HARASHIMA(c) vs. Masa Takanashi — DDT 2/23

MARCH

APRIL

NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii(c) vs KUSHIDA New Japan 4/12

MAY

IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. AJ Styles New Japan 5/3

Two Towers (Shuji Ishikawa & Kohei Sato) vs. Wild Network (Manabu Soya & Ryuichi Kawakami) — Big Japan 5/5

IWGP Heavyweight Championship: AJ Styles (c) vs Kazuchika Okada — New Japan, 5/25

JUNE

BOSJ: Taniguchi vs. El Desperado — New Japan 6/6

[Gibby]

Here's 20 I liked of the year so far. Caveats: i. In no particular order. ii. my viewing this year has a lot of catching up to do (your lists will help) iii. I can't always remember dates and cba looking up Cagematch every 5 mins.

Ishii v Naito - NJPW New Beginning
Ishii v Honma - NJPW Wrestling Dontaku
Ishii v Ibushi - NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
Ishii v Okabayashi - LEGEND The Pro Wrestling
Ricochet v KUSHIDA - NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Final
Nakamura v Tanahashi - NJPW Invasion Attack
Goto v Shibata - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
Okada v Ibushi - NJPW 42nd Anniversary
Okada v Styles - NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
reDRagon v Young Bucks - ROH War of the Worlds
KENTA & Masato Tanaka v Naomichi Marafuji & Tetsuya Naito - NOAH Great Voyage in Tokyo
Daniel Bryan v Bray Wyatt - WWE Royal Rumble
The Shield v The Wyatt Family - WWE Raw (March)
Daniel Bryan v HHH - WWE Wrestlemania XXX
John Cena v Cesaro - WWE Raw (February)
Sami Zayn v Cesaro - NXT Arrival
Charlotte v Natalya - NXT Takeover
3.0 v 17 & deviANT v The Pieces of Hate v The Throwbacks - CHIKARA You Only Live Twice
Flamita v Jimmy Susumu - Dragon Gate Dead or Alive
Kris Travis v Mark Andrews - PCW Supershow Day 1

[Tainted Eclipse]

new in bold

1. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Elimination Chamber
2. Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn, NXT Arrival
3. Virus, Cachorro & Hechicero vs. Negro Casas, Cavernario & Dragon Lee, CMLL 05/23
4. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, RAW 03/02
5. Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H, Wrestlemania
6. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tamoaki Honma, Wrestling Dontaku
7. Titan vs. Virus, CMLL 01/28
8. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kota Ibushi, Back to Yokohama Arena
9. Drew Gulak vs. Timothy Thatcher, AWO
10. The Shield vs. Evolution, Extreme Rules
11. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Main Event 04/08
12. John Cena vs. Cesaro, RAW 02/17
13. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi, 42nd Anniversary
14. Chris Hero vs. Masato Tanaka, DGUSA
15. Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt, Royal Rumble
16. Jushin Liger vs. KUSHIDA, BOSJ
17. Ricochet vs. KUSHIDA, BOSJ
18. The Briscoes vs The Hardys, OMEGA 04/26
19. Chris Hero vs. AJ Styles, ROH
20. Dean Ambrose vs. Sheamus, Smackdown 05/06
21. Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton vs. Batista, Wrestlemania
22. Rush vs. Shocker, CMLL 03/21
23. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Invasion Attack
24. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito, Invasion Attack
25. Tomohiro Ishii vs. KUSHIDA, NJPW in Taiwan
26. Elimination Chamber Match
27. Sheamus & Christian vs. Real Americans, RAW 02/10
28. Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW New Beginning 2
29. Titan vs. Negro Casas, CMLL 01/03
30. Flyer/Pegasso/Star Jr. vs. Canelo Casas/Disturbio/Hechicero, CMLL 1/28
31. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, NJPW Wrestlekingdom 8

[DDT]

I've been going back and forth on the Tanaka/Hero match. Convince me, tainted!

Also, if I were to watch the Wrestling Odyssey show for Gulak/Thatcher, should I avoid the rest of the card like the unholy plague that awaits me?

[Tainted Eclipse]

Also, if I were to watch the Wrestling Odyssey show for Gulak/Thatcher, should I avoid the rest of the card like the unholy plague that awaits me?

I sure wasn't inclined to find out.

As for Hero/Tanaka, I really liked it as a sort of big bomb throwing match, but with good strikes instead of big moves, which isn't something you can see very often. And I buy Tanaka doing extended fighting spirit strike exchanges more than almost anyone else in the world because he comes across as a legitimate mad man doing them. Plus the awesome bomb tease was a nice touch.

[Gibby]

Enjoyed the shit out of Rush v Shocker. I'll add it to my second half of the year list (currently: 1 match long) and consider it at the end of the year.

[Ringo]

Nice lists guys. Have to catch up on some stuff. Particularly Ishii/Ibushi and the BOSJ.

Didn't know there'd even been an Ishii/Okabayashi match. Sounds delicious.

Definitely didn't expect to see a Tanaka/Hero match on Tainted's list. I better watch that too.

[Defrost]

Finally finished catching up

1, Kota Ibushi vs Tomohiro Ishii - Back to the Yokohama Arena
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Invasion Attack
3. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - The New Beginning Night 2
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - The New Beginning Night 1
5. Masato Yoshino vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 1/16
6. Triple H vs Daniel Bryan - Wrestlemania XXX
7. Ricochet vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 6/8
8. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - Invasion Attack
9. Ricochet vs YAMATO - Dead or Alive
10. Mascara Dorada vs Volador Jr - Fantasticamania Day 5
11. Monster Express vs Millenials vs Jimmys - Dragon Gate 3/6
12. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - Wrestling Dontaku
13. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - Wrestle Kingdom 8
14. Titán vs Virus - CMLL 1/28
15. Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto - Wrestle Kingdom 8
16. Prince Devitt vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Invasion Attack
17. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 2/2
18. Daniel Bryan vs Bray Wyatt - Royal Rumble
19. Masaaki Mochizuki/Don Fujii vs Akira Tozawa/Shingo Takagi - Dead or Alive
20. KENTA vs Yuji Nagata - NOAH 2/22
21. The Shield vs The Wyatt Family - Raw 3/3
22. Ricochet vs Uhaa Nation - Dragon Gate 3/6
23. AJ Styles vs Kazuchika Okada - Back to the Yokohama Arena
24. Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi - NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
25. Kevin Steen vs Shinsuke Nakamura - War of the Worlds
26. Negro Casas/Dragon Lee/Cavernario vs Virus/Hechicero/Cachorro - CMLL 5/23
27. Young Bucks vs Kota Ibushi/El Desperado - Invasion Attack
28. KENTA/Takashi Sugiura vs Naomichi Marufuji/Atsushi Kotoge - NOAH 2/8
29. Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto - The New Beginning Night 2
30. Yuj Nagata vs Takashi Sugiura - NOAH 3/8
31. Negro Casas vs Titán - CMLL 1/31
32. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito/Captain New Japan vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii/Yoshi-Hashi - New Year's Dash!!
33. Masaaki Mochizuki/Dragon Kid vs Eita/T-Hawk - Dragon Gate 6/5
34. Young Bucks vs Time Splitters vs Forever Hooligans - Global Wars
35. Jimmy Susumu vs Flamita - Dead or Alive
36. Jushin Liger vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 6/6
37. Kensuke Sasaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - Diamond Ring 2/11
38. Tomohiro Ishii vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 4/12
39. Evolution vs The Shield - Extreme Rules
40. Johnny Gargano vs Ricochet - Open the Ultimate Gate
41. Antonio Cesaro vs Sami Zayn - NXT Arrival
42. Naomichi Marufuji/Taiji Ishimori vs Fujita Jr Hayato/Satoshi Kajiwara - Diamond Ring 2/11
43. Jushin Liger/Tiger Mask IV/BUSHI vs Ryusuke Taguchi/El Desperado/Mascara Dorada - NJPW 4/19
44. Hirooki Goto/Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi - The New Beginning Night 1
45. Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger vs Takeshi Morishima/Kenou - NOAH 1/19
46. Kazuchika Okada/Ultimo Guerrero/Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi/Tetsuya Naito/La Sombra - Fantasticamania Day 4
47. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Wrestle Kingdom 8
48. Jushin Liger vs Ricochet - NJPW 6/3
49. Kota Ibushi vs Prince Devitt - Wrestle Kingdom 8

[Gibby]

Here's 20 I liked of the year so far. Caveats: i. In no particular order. ii. my viewing this year has a lot of catching up to do (your lists will help) iii. I can't always remember dates and cba looking up Cagematch every 5 mins.

Ishii v Naito - NJPW New Beginning
Ishii v Honma - NJPW Wrestling Dontaku
Ishii v Ibushi - NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
Ishii v Okabayashi - LEGEND The Pro Wrestling
Ricochet v KUSHIDA - NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Final
Nakamura v Tanahashi - NJPW Invasion Attack
Goto v Shibata - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8
Okada v Ibushi - NJPW 42nd Anniversary
Okada v Styles - NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena
reDRagon v Young Bucks - ROH War of the Worlds
KENTA & Masato Tanaka v Naomichi Marafuji & Tetsuya Naito - NOAH Great Voyage in Tokyo
Daniel Bryan v Bray Wyatt - WWE Royal Rumble
The Shield v The Wyatt Family - WWE Raw (March)
Daniel Bryan v HHH - WWE Wrestlemania XXX
John Cena v Cesaro - WWE Raw (February)
Sami Zayn v Cesaro - NXT Arrival
Charlotte v Natalya - NXT Takeover
3.0 v 17 & deviANT v The Pieces of Hate v The Throwbacks - CHIKARA You Only Live Twice
Flamita v Jimmy Susumu - Dragon Gate Dead or Alive
Kris Travis v Mark Andrews - PCW Supershow Day 1

Just using this thread as a placeholder for my own lists, if there's no objections.

Second half contenders

Rush v Shocker, CMLL
Kohei Sato & Yuji Hino v Kento Miyahara & Daisuke Sekimoto, FORTUNE DREAM
Seiya Sanada v Davy Richards v Eddie Edwards, v Crazzy Steve v Tigre Uno v Manik, TNA Slammiversary 12
Shinsuke Nakamura v Zak Sabre Jr, Rev Pro Summer Sizzler
Kota Ibushi, Kenny Omega & Daisuke Sasaki v Danshoku Dino, Makoto Oishi & YOSHIHIKO, DDT 29/4

[DDT]

So here we are at the half-way point. Who have you guys got for MVP of the year, and if your list doesn't make it readily apparent, what's your top MOTYC?

I'm torn between Rush and Tomohiro Ishii for MVP; both make very strong cases for why they are an invaluable part of their respective rosters. My MOTY as it stands right now is a three-way tie between Ishii vs. Kota, Rush vs. Shocker, and Kingston vs. Icarus (though that last one is guilty of a HUGE amount of personal bias.)

Also, what's a match that you think no one checked out yet that you think they should?

HARASHIMA vs. Shigehiro Irie for me. Get on this and love it, you bastards!

[Gibby]

MVP of both the last 6 months and the rolling 12 months from July 1st 2013: Tomohiro Ishii. Runner-up: Kota Ibushi.
Match of the year so far: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito
Match I Love That No One Checked Out (MILTNOCO): Akira Tozawa and Shingo Takagi vs. Don Fujii and Masaaki Mochizuki.

[Tainted Eclipse]

My distinct top 3 are Ambrose, Ishii and Rey Hechicero.

[Andy]

I only watch WWE but my MVP would be either Bryan or Rollins and the MOTY so far would be Shield/Wyatts.

A match that kind of got lost in the Wrestlemania/Daniel Bryan Show hype is the four way tag from the pre-show which is absolutely excellent.

[Andy]

Update.

1. The Shield vs The Wyatt Family (Elimination Chamber)
2. Cesaro vs Sami Zayn (NXT Arrival)
3. The Shield vs Evolution (Extreme Rules)
4. Daniel Bryan vs Bray Wyatt (Royal Rumble)
5. Daniel Bryan vs Triple H (Wrestlemania)
6. Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton vs Batista (Wrestlemania)
7. The Shield vs The Wyatt Family (Raw)
8. Sami Zayn vs Tyler Breeze (NXT Takeover)
9. The Usos vs The Real Americans vs Rybaxel vs Los Matadores (Wrestlemania)
10. Cesaro vs John Cena (Raw)
11. The Usos vs The Wyatt Family (Battleground)
12. The Shield vs Evolution (Payback)
13. Randy Orton vs Daniel Bryan (Raw)
14. Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal (Wrestlemania)
15. The Usos vs The Wyatt Family (Payback)
16. MITB Ladder Match (MITB)
17. The Shield vs The Wyatt Family (Main Event)
18. Randy Orton vs Cesaro (Smackdown)
19. Elimination Chamber Match (Elimination Chamber)
20. Daniel Bryan vs Kane (Extreme Rules)
21. Dolph Ziggler vs Alberto Del Rio vs Sheamus (Main Event)
22. John Cena vs Bray Wyatt (Wrestlemania)
23. Bad News Barrett vs Dolph Ziggler (Raw)
24. The Usos vs The Wyatt Family (Raw)
25. El Torito vs Hornswoggle (MITB)

[Defrost]

Tentative list. Gonna wanna rewatch a bunch of G1 stuff and am not fully caught up on it either.

1. Kota Ibushi vs Tomohiro Ishii - Back to the Yokohama Arena
2. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - NJPW 7/26
3. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Invasion Attack
4. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - The New Beginning Night 2
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/26
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - The New Beginning Night 1
7. Masato Yoshino vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 1/16
8. Triple H vs Daniel Bryan - Wrestlemania XXX
9. AJ Styles vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/1
10. Ricochet vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 6/8
11. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/21
12. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - Invasion Attack
13. Ricochet vs YAMATO - Dead or Alive
14. Tomoaki Honma vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 8/3
15. Mascara Dorada vs Volador Jr - Fantasticamania Day 5
16. Monster Express vs Millenials vs Jimmys - Dragon Gate 3/6
17. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - Wrestling Dontaku
18. Kazuchika Okada vs AJ Styles - NJPW 7/21
19. Kota Ibushi vs Ricochet - Dominion
20. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - Wrestle Kingdom 8
21. Titán vs Virus - CMLL 1/28
22. Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto - Wrestle Kingdom 8
23. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - NJPW 8/3
24. Prince Devitt vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Invasion Attack
25. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 2/2
26. Daniel Bryan vs Bray Wyatt - Royal Rumble
27. Yuji Nagata vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 8/1
28. Masaaki Mochizuki/Don Fujii vs Akira Tozawa/Shingo Takagi - Dead or Alive
29. Time Splitters vs Young Bucks - Dominion
30. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Yuji Nagata - NJPW 7/26
31. Tetsuya Naito vs AJ Styles - NJPW 7/26
32. KENTA vs Yuji Nagata - NOAH 2/22
33. The Shield vs The Wyatt Family - Raw 3/3
34. Ricochet vs Uhaa Nation - Dragon Gate 3/6
35. AJ Styles vs Kazuchika Okada - Back to the Yokohama Arena
36. Katsuyori Shibata vs Shelton X Benjamin - NJPW 7/28
37. Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi - NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
38. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 8/1
39. Kevin Steen vs Shinsuke Nakamura - War of the Worlds
40. Togi Makabe vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 7/21
41. Negro Casas/Dragon Lee/Cavernario vs Virus/Hechicero/Cachorro - CMLL 5/23
42. Young Bucks vs Kota Ibushi/El Desperado - Invasion Attack
43. KENTA/Takashi Sugiura vs Naomichi Marufuji/Atsushi Kotoge - NOAH 2/8
44. Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto - The New Beginning Night 2
45. Yuj Nagata vs Takashi Sugiura - NOAH 3/8
46. Negro Casas vs Titán - CMLL 1/31
47. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito/Captain New Japan vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii/Yoshi-Hashi - New Year's Dash!!
48. Tetsuya Naito vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 8/3
49. Masaaki Mochizuki/Dragon Kid vs Eita/T-Hawk - Dragon Gate 6/5
50. Young Bucks vs Time Splitters vs Forever Hooligans - Global Wars
51. Jimmy Susumu vs Flamita - Dead or Alive
52. Jushin Liger vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 6/6
53. Kensuke Sasaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - Diamond Ring 2/11
54. Tomohiro Ishii vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 4/12
55. Tomohiro Ishii vs Satoshi Kojima - NJPW 7/23
56. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 7/31
57. AJ Styles vs Karl Anderson - NJPW 8/4
58. Fujita Jr Hayato vs Shu Brahman - Michinoku Pro 6/8
59. Evolution vs The Shield - Extreme Rules
60. Johnny Gargano vs Ricochet - Open the Ultimate Gate
61. Antonio Cesaro vs Sami Zayn - NXT Arrival
62. Hirooki Goto vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan - NJPW 8/1
63. Naomichi Marufuji/Taiji Ishimori vs Fujita Jr Hayato/Satoshi Kajiwara - Diamond Ring 2/11
64. Jushin Liger/Tiger Mask IV/BUSHI vs Ryusuke Taguchi/El Desperado/Mascara Dorada - NJPW 4/19
65. Naomichi Marufuji/Ricky Marvin vs Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger - NOAH 1/25
66. Hirooki Goto/Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi - The New Beginning Night 1
67. Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger vs Takeshi Morishima/Kenou - NOAH 1/19
68. Kazuchika Okada/Ultimo Guerrero/Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi/Tetsuya Naito/La Sombra - Fantasticamania Day 4
69. Satoshi Kojima vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/31
70. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Wrestle Kingdom 8
71. Jushin Liger vs Ricochet - NJPW 6/3
71. Kota Ibushi vs Prince Devitt - Wrestle Kingdom 8

[Gibby]

These have been added in no order since my last list update of June 19

Young Bucks v Time Splitters, NJPW Dominion 6.21
Dangan Yankees v Daisuke Sekimoto & Kazuki Hashimoto, ZERO1 True Lies
Monster Express (Takagi & Tozawa) v Team Veteran (Mochizuki & Fujii), Dragon Gate Dead or Alive
TMDK v Ishimori & Kotoge, NOAH Navigation With Breeze
KENTA & Marufuji vs Sugiura & Nakajima, NOAH Navigation With Breeze
Yuji Nagata v Naomichi Marufuji, NOAH Great Voyage Vol. 2
Dangan Yankees v TMDK, NOAH Great Voyage Vol. 2
Katsuyori Shibata v Shinsuke Nakamura, NJPW G1 Climax Day 1
AJ Styles v Kazuchicka Okada, NJPW G1 Climax Day 1
Tomoaki Honma v Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW G1 Climax Day 4
Hiroshi Tanahashi v Katsuyori Shibata, NJPW G1 Climax Day 4
Kazuchika Okada v Tetsuya Naito, NJPW G1 Climax Day 5
AJ Styles v Minoru Suzuki, NJPW G1 Climax Day 7
Shinsuke Nakamura v Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW G1 Climax Day 7
Katsuyori Shibata v Tomoaki Honma, NJPW G1 Climax Day 8

[Tainted Eclipse]

updated with some g1

1. Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata, G1 Day 8
2. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Elimination Chamber
3. AJ Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki, G1 Day 7
4. Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn, NXT Arrival
5. Virus, Cachorro & Hechicero vs. Negro Casas, Cavernario & Dragon Lee, CMLL 05/23
6. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, RAW 03/02
7. Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H, Wrestlemania
8. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma, G1 Day 4
9. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma, Wrestling Dontaku
10. Titan vs. Virus, CMLL 01/28
11. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, G1 Day 7
12. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kota Ibushi, Back to Yokohama Arena
13. Drew Gulak vs. Timothy Thatcher, AWO
14. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata, G1 Day 4
15. AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito, G1 Day 4
16. The Shield vs. Evolution, Extreme Rules
17. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Main Event 04/08
18. John Cena vs. Cesaro, RAW 02/17
19. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi, 42nd Anniversary
20. Chris Hero vs. Masato Tanaka, DGUSA
21. Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt, Royal Rumble
22. Jushin Liger vs. KUSHIDA, BOSJ
23. Ricochet vs. KUSHIDA, BOSJ
24. The Briscoes vs The Hardys, OMEGA 04/26
25. Chris Hero vs. AJ Styles, ROH
26. Dean Ambrose vs. Sheamus, Smackdown 05/06
27. Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton vs. Batista, Wrestlemania
28. Rush vs. Shocker, CMLL 03/21
29. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Invasion Attack
30. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito, Invasion Attack
31. Tomohiro Ishii vs. KUSHIDA, NJPW in Taiwan
32. Elimination Chamber Match
33. Sheamus & Christian vs. Real Americans, RAW 02/10
34. Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW New Beginning 2
35. Titan vs. Negro Casas, CMLL 01/03
36. Flyer/Pegasso/Star Jr. vs. Canelo Casas/Disturbio/Hechicero, CMLL 1/28
37. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, NJPW Wrestlekingdom 8

[Ringo]

Looks like Defrost, Tainted and I all agree on the top four matches from the G1 so far. Honma vs. Shibata & Ishii, Tanahashi/Shibata and AJ/Suzuki. Interesting to see you both went for different AJ matches (and quite different ones at that) for fifth spot. Personally I'd probably pick Nakamura/Ishii or Shibata/Nagata.

Will have to get around to watching Ishii/Ibushi now.

[OD50]

Watching G1 day 7 right now. Styles/Suzuki was badass. Would definitely make my list.

[Tainted Eclipse]

update

1. Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata, G1 Day 8
2. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Elimination Chamber
3. AJ Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki, G1 Day 7
4. Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn, NXT Arrival
5. Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins, RAW 08/18
6. Virus, Cachorro & Hechicero vs. Negro Casas, Cavernario & Dragon Lee, CMLL 05/23
7. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, RAW 03/02
8. Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H, Wrestlemania
9. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma, G1 Day 4
10. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma, Wrestling Dontaku
11. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yuji Nagata, G1 Day 11
12. Titan vs. Virus, CMLL 01/28
13. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, G1 Day 7
14. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Kota Ibushi, Back to Yokohama Arena
15. Drew Gulak vs. Timothy Thatcher, AWO
16. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata, G1 Day 4
17. AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito, G1 Day 4
18. The Shield vs. Evolution, Extreme Rules
19. The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Main Event 04/08
20. John Cena vs. Cesaro, RAW 02/17
21. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi, 42nd Anniversary
22. Chris Hero vs. Masato Tanaka, DGUSA
23. Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt, Royal Rumble
24. Jushin Liger vs. KUSHIDA, BOSJ
25. Ricochet vs. KUSHIDA, BOSJ
26. The Briscoes vs The Hardys, OMEGA 04/26
27. Chris Hero vs. AJ Styles, ROH
28. Dean Ambrose vs. Sheamus, Smackdown 05/06
29. Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton vs. Batista, Wrestlemania
30. Rush vs. Shocker, CMLL 03/21
31. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Invasion Attack
32. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tetsuya Naito, Invasion Attack
33. Tomohiro Ishii vs. KUSHIDA, NJPW in Taiwan
34. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazuchika Okada, G1 Climax Final
35. Elimination Chamber Match
36. Sheamus & Christian vs. Real Americans, RAW 02/10
37. Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW New Beginning 2
38. Titan vs. Negro Casas, CMLL 01/03
39. Flyer/Pegasso/Star Jr. vs. Canelo Casas/Disturbio/Hechicero, CMLL 1/28
40. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, NJPW Wrestlekingdom 8

[Defrost]

1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kazuchika Okada - NJPW 8/10
2. Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 8/6
3. Kota Ibushi vs Tomohiro Ishii - Back to the Yokohama Arena
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata - Destruction in Kobe
5. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - NJPW 7/26
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Invasion Attack
7. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - The New Beginning Night 2
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/26
9. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - The New Beginning Night 1
10. Masato Yoshino vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 1/16
11. Triple H vs Daniel Bryan - Wrestlemania XXX
12. AJ Styles vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/1
13. Ricochet vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 6/8
14. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/21
15. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - Invasion Attack
16. Ricochet vs YAMATO - Dead or Alive
17. Tomoaki Honma vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 8/3
18. Mascara Dorada vs Volador Jr - Fantasticamania Day 5
19. Monster Express vs Millenials vs Jimmys - Dragon Gate 3/6
20. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - Wrestling Dontaku
21. Tomohiro Ishii vs Yuji Nagata - NJPW 8/8
22. Kazuchika Okada vs AJ Styles - NJPW 7/21
23. Time Splitters vs Young Bucks - Dominion
24. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 8/1
25. Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/8
26. Atlantis vs Ultimo Guerrero - CMLL 81st Anniversary Show
27. HARASHIMA vs Kenny Omega vs Isami Kodaka - Ryogoku Peter Pan
28. Yuji Nagata vs Naomichi Marufuij - NOAH 7/5
29. Kota Ibushi vs Ricochet - Dominion
30. KUSHIDA vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Destruction in Kobe
31. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - Wrestle Kingdom 8
32. Titán vs Virus - CMLL 1/28
33. Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto - Wrestle Kingdom 8
34. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - NJPW 8/3
35. T-Hawk/Eita vs Masaaki Mochizuki/Dragon Kid - Dangerous Gate
36. HARASHIMA vs Kenny Omega vs Isami Kodaka - Ryogoku Peter Pan
37. Daniel Bryan vs Bray Wyatt - Royal Rumble
38. Prince Devitt vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Invasion Attack
39. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 2/2
40. Young Bucks vs reDragon - All Star Extravaganza 6
41. Yuji Nagata vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 8/1
42. Rush vs Negro Casas - CMLL 8/1
43. Masaaki Mochizuki/Don Fujii vs Akira Tozawa/Shingo Takagi - Dead or Alive
44. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Yuji Nagata - NJPW 7/26
45. Tetsuya Naito vs AJ Styles - NJPW 7/26
46. Rey Cometa vs Cavernario - CMLL 81st Anniversary Show
47. AJ Styles vs Adam Cole - All Star Extravaganza 6
48. Sheamus vs Cesaro - Night of Champions
49. Time Splitters vs reDragon - NJPW 8/10
50. KENTA vs Yuji Nagata - NOAH 2/22
51. The Shield vs The Wyatt Family - Raw 3/3
52. Ricochet vs Uhaa Nation - Dragon Gate 3/6
53. AJ Styles vs Kazuchika Okada - Back to the Yokohama Arena
54. Katsuyori Shibata vs Shelton X Benjamin - NJPW 7/28
55. Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi - NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
56. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - NJPW 7/28
57. Kevin Steen vs Shinsuke Nakamura - War of the Worlds
58. Togi Makabe vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 7/21
59. Negro Casas/Dragon Lee/Cavernario vs Virus/Hechicero/Cachorro - CMLL 5/23
60. Young Bucks vs Kota Ibushi/El Desperado - Invasion Attack
61. KENTA/Takashi Sugiura vs Naomichi Marufuji/Atsushi Kotoge - NOAH 2/8
62. Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto - The New Beginning Night 2
63. Yuj Nagata vs Takashi Sugiura - NOAH 3/8
64. Negro Casas vs Titán - CMLL 1/31
65. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Bad Luck Fale - NJPW 8/8
66. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito/Captain New Japan vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii/Yoshi-Hashi - New Year's Dash!!
67. Time Splitters/BUSHI vs Ryusuke Taguchi/Jushin Liger/Tiger Mask IV - NJPW 9/15
68. Tetsuya Naito vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 8/3
69. Masaaki Mochizuki/Dragon Kid vs Eita/T-Hawk - Dragon Gate 6/5
70. Young Bucks vs Time Splitters vs Forever Hooligans - Global Wars
71. Jimmy Susumu vs Flamita - Dead or Alive
72. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs AJ Styles - NJPW 8/10
73. Hirooki Goto vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan - NJPW 8/1
74. Jushin Liger vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 6/6
75. Kensuke Sasaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - Diamond Ring 2/11
76. Tomohiro Ishii vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 4/12
77. AJ Styles vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 7/28
78. Tomohiro Ishii vs Satoshi Kojima - NJPW 7/23
79. AJ Styles vs Lance Archer - NJPW 8/3
80. Naomichi Marufuji vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - NOAH 7/21
81. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 7/31
82. AJ Styles vs Karl Anderson - NJPW 8/4
83. Flamita vs Mr. Quu Quu Tanizaki Naoki Toyonaka Dolphin - Dangerous Gate
84. Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi vs Karl Anderson/Doc Gallows - Destruction in Kobe
85. Fujita Jr Hayato vs Shu Brahman - Michinoku Pro 6/8
86. Evolution vs The Shield - Extreme Rules
87. Johnny Gargano vs Ricochet - Open the Ultimate Gate
88. Antonio Cesaro vs Sami Zayn - NXT Arrival
89. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Konosuke Takeshita - Ryogoku Peter Pan
90. Naomichi Marufuji/Taiji Ishimori vs Fujita Jr Hayato/Satoshi Kajiwara - Diamond Ring 2/11
91. Jushin Liger/Tiger Mask IV/BUSHI vs Ryusuke Taguchi/El Desperado/Mascara Dorada - NJPW 4/19
92. Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Togi Makabe/Tomoaki Honma - NJPW 9/19
93. Naomichi Marufuji/Ricky Marvin vs Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger - NOAH 1/25
94. Hirooki Goto/Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi - The New Beginning Night 1
95. Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger vs Takeshi Morishima/Kenou - NOAH 1/19
96. Kazuchika Okada/Ultimo Guerrero/Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi/Tetsuya Naito/La Sombra - Fantasticamania Day 4
97. Atsushi Aoki/Ultimo Dragon/Super Delfin vs Hikaru Sato/Billy Ken Kid/Yoshinobu Kanemaru - AJPW 7/12
98. Young Bucks vs Forever Hooligans - Destruction in Okayama
99. Bad Luck Fale vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW 7/28
100. Satoshi Kojima vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/31
101. Karl Anderson vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/6
102. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Wrestle Kingdom 8
103. Aerostar/Jennifer Blake/Mascarita Sagrada/Pimpinela Escarlata vs Mamba/Mini Abismo Negro/Sexy Star/Super Fly - Triplemania XXII
104. Jushin Liger vs Ricochet - NJPW 6/3
105. Kota Ibushi vs Prince Devitt - Wrestle Kingdom 8

[Gibby]

I haven't really designated the minor places but I am sure my top 10 looks like this

Tomohiro Ishii v Tetsuya Naito, NJPW New Beginning
Kazuchika Okada v Shinsuke Nakamura, NJPW G1 Climax Finals
AJ Styles v Minoru Suzuki, NJPW G1 Climax Day 7
Ricochet v KUSHIDA, NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Final
Daniel Bryan v HHH, WWE Wrestlemania XXX
Hiroshi Tanahashi v Katsuyori Shibata, NJPW G1 Climax Day 4
Hiroshi Tanahashi v Katsuyori Shibata, NJPW Destruction in Kobe
reDRagon v Young Bucks, ROH/NJPW War of the Worlds
Tomohiro Ishii v Yuji Nagata, NJPW G1 Climax Day 11
Kohei Sato & Yuji Hino v Kento Miyahara & Daisuke Sekimoto, FORTUNE DREAM

[Defrost]

A couple of recommendations here

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x277f0u_jimmy-susumu-jimmy-kagetora-vs-t-hawk-eita-dragon-gate_sport

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x274o8r_masato-tanaka-takashi-sugiura-c-vs-ikuto-hidaka-fujita-jr-hayato-zero1_sport

[Ringo]

You chaps got updated lists? Need a list of matches to catch up on!

[DDT]

So far behind on my updates I wouldn't know where to start; I've forgotten matches I would have placed on here.

[Ringo]

Here's what I put together so far. There's a few talked about WWE and New Japan matches I haven't seen yet. Beyond those two companies I've barely seen anything so am particularly looking for TOP TIER stuff from elsewhere.

1. The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family, ELIMINATION CHAMBER
2. AJ Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki, G1 CLIMAX DAY 7
3. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma, G1 CLIMAX DAY 4
4. Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan, WRESTLEMANIA XXX
5. Tomoaki Honma vs. Katsuyori Shibata, G1 CLIMAX DAY 8
6. The Shield vs. Evolution, EXTREME RULES
7. Team Cena vs. Team Authority, SURVIVOR SERIES
8. Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn, NXT Arrival
9. The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family, RAW 3/3
10. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazuchika Okada, G1 CLIMAX FINAL
11. Atlantis vs. Ultimo Guerrero, CMLL 9/1
12. Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena, SUMMERSLAM
13. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, INVASION ATTACK
14. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, G1 CLIMAX DAY 4
15. Sheamus vs. Cesaro, NIGHT OF CHAMPIONS
16. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, DESTRUCTION IN KOBE
17. Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt, ROYAL RUMBLE
18. Time Splitters vs. Young Bucks, NJPW DOMINION
19. Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW NEW BEGINNING
20. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, G1 CLIMAX DAY 7
21. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hirooki Goto, NJPW POWER STRUGGLE
22. John Cena vs. Cesaro, RAW
23. Orton vs. Batista vs. Bryan, WRESTLEMANIA XXX
24. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi, 42nd ANNIVERSARY
25. The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family, MAIN EVENT

Have to be honest, I can't remember anything about some of the New Japan matches from earlier in the year. Combined a list I stopped updating months ago with my list of G1 ranked matches and a few other bits and bobs.

[Ringo]

Man, these things are hard. I've already decided Bryan/Wyatt is better than Shibata/Tanahashi II.

[Defrost]

I hear Sugiura vs Tanaka from the Global League was awesome. I have it on my computer, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Have you seen the Dragon Gate PPV with Hulk vs Tozawa from Osaka? That show was really good.

[Ringo]

Nope, don't think I've seen any puro outside of New Japan. Thanks for those :yes:

[Defrost]

Here is what my list looks like at the moment

1. Tomohiro Ishii vs Hirooki Goto - Power Struggle
2. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kazuchika Okada - NJPW 8/10
3. Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 8/6
4. Kota Ibushi vs Tomohiro Ishii - Back to the Yokohama Arena
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata - Destruction in Kobe
6. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - NJPW 7/26
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Invasion Attack
8. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - The New Beginning Night 2
9. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/26
10. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - The New Beginning Night 1
11. Masato Yoshino vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 1/16
12. Triple H vs Daniel Bryan - Wrestlemania XXX
13. AJ Styles vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/1
14. Ricochet vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 6/8
15. Time Splitters vs reDragon - Power Struggle
16. Jimmy Susumu/Jimmy Kagetora vs T-Hawk/Eita - Dragon Gate 9/23
17. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/21
18. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - Invasion Attack
19. Ricochet vs YAMATO - Dead or Alive
20. Tomoaki Honma vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 8/3
21. Mascara Dorada vs Volador Jr - Fantasticamania Day 5
22. Monster Express vs Millenials vs Jimmys - Dragon Gate 3/6
23. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - Wrestling Dontaku
24. Tomohiro Ishii vs Yuji Nagata - NJPW 8/8
25. Kazuchika Okada vs AJ Styles - NJPW 7/21
26. Time Splitters vs Young Bucks - Dominion
27. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 8/1
28. Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/8
29. Dolph Ziggler vs Tyson Kidd vs Cesaro - Smackdown 11/14
30. Golden Lovers vs Happy Motel - DDT 9/28
31. Atlantis vs Ultimo Guerrero - CMLL 81st Anniversary Show
32. Zack Sabre Jr vs Kyle O'Reilly - BOLA Night 3
33. HARASHIMA vs Kenny Omega vs Isami Kodaka - Ryogoku Peter Pan
34. Yuji Nagata vs Naomichi Marufuij - NOAH 7/5
35. Kota Ibushi vs Ricochet - Dominion
36. KUSHIDA vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Destruction in Kobe
37. Akira Tozawa vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 10/9
38. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - Wrestle Kingdom 8
39. Titán vs Virus - CMLL 1/28
40. CIMA/Gamma vs T-Hawk/Eita - The Gate of Destiny
41. Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto - Wrestle Kingdom 8
42. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - NJPW 8/3
43. T-Hawk/Eita vs Masaaki Mochizuki/Dragon Kid - Dangerous Gate
44. HARASHIMA vs Kenny Omega vs Isami Kodaka - Ryogoku Peter Pan
45. Daniel Bryan vs Bray Wyatt - Royal Rumble
46. Dangan Yankees vs Fujita Jr Hayato/Ikuto Hidaka - Zero-1 9/19
47. Prince Devitt vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Invasion Attack
48. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 2/2
49. Young Bucks vs reDragon - All Star Extravaganza 6
50. Yuji Nagata vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 8/1
51. Rush vs Negro Casas - CMLL 8/1
52. Masaaki Mochizuki/Don Fujii vs Akira Tozawa/Shingo Takagi - Dead or Alive
53. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Yuji Nagata - NJPW 7/26
54. Tetsuya Naito vs AJ Styles - NJPW 7/26
55. Rey Cometa vs Cavernario - CMLL 81st Anniversary Show
56. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - NJPW 7/28
57. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Katsuyori Shibata/Hirooki Goto vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 10/25
58. AJ Styles vs Adam Cole - All Star Extravaganza 6
59. Bobby Fish vs TJ Perkins - BOLA Night 1
60. Sheamus vs Cesaro - Night of Champions
61. Time Splitters vs reDragon - NJPW 8/10
62. KENTA vs Yuji Nagata - NOAH 2/22
63. The Shield vs The Wyatt Family - Raw 3/3
64. Ricochet vs Uhaa Nation - Dragon Gate 3/6
65. AJ Styles vs Kazuchika Okada - Back to the Yokohama Arena
66. Katsuyori Shibata vs Shelton X Benjamin - NJPW 7/28
67. Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi - NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
68. Jimmy Susumu/H.A.Gee.Mee/Ryo Jimmy Saito vs YAMATO/Naruki Doi/Cyber Kong - The Gate of Destiny
69. Kevin Steen vs Shinsuke Nakamura - War of the Worlds
70. Togi Makabe vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 7/21
71. Negro Casas/Dragon Lee/Cavernario vs Virus/Hechicero/Cachorro - CMLL 5/23
72. Adam Cole vs Zack Sabre Jr - BOLA Night 2
73. Young Bucks vs Time Splitters vs Forever Hooligans - Global Wars
74. Young Bucks vs Kota Ibushi/El Desperado - Invasion Attack
75. KENTA/Takashi Sugiura vs Naomichi Marufuji/Atsushi Kotoge - NOAH 2/8
76. Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto - The New Beginning Night 2
77. Yuj Nagata vs Takashi Sugiura - NOAH 3/8
78. Negro Casas vs Titán - CMLL 1/31
79. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Bad Luck Fale - NJPW 8/8
80. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito/Captain New Japan vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii/Yoshi-Hashi - New Year's Dash!!
81. Time Splitters/BUSHI vs Ryusuke Taguchi/Jushin Liger/Tiger Mask IV - NJPW 9/15
82. Tetsuya Naito vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 8/3
83. Masaaki Mochizuki/Dragon Kid vs Eita/T-Hawk - Dragon Gate 6/5
84. Jun Akiyama vs Kento Miyahara - AJPW 9/15
85. Jimmy Susumu vs Flamita - Dead or Alive
86. reDragon vs Forever Hooligans - NJPW 11/2
87. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs AJ Styles - NJPW 8/10
88. Hirooki Goto vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan - NJPW 8/1
89. Jushin Liger vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 6/6
90. Kensuke Sasaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - Diamond Ring 2/11
91. Tomohiro Ishii vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 4/12
92. AJ Styles vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 7/28
93. Tomohiro Ishii vs Satoshi Kojima - NJPW 7/23
94. AJ Styles vs Lance Archer - NJPW 8/3
95. Naomichi Marufuji vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - NOAH 7/21
96. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 7/31
97. AJ Styles vs Karl Anderson - NJPW 8/4
98. Flamita vs Mr. Quu Quu Tanizaki Naoki Toyonaka Dolphin - Dangerous Gate
99. Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi vs Karl Anderson/Doc Gallows - Destruction in Kobe
100. Dean Ambrose vs Seth Rollins - Hell in a Cell
101. Johnny Gargano vs Ricochet - WWN Live in China
102. Eita/T-Hawk vs Jimmy Susumu/Jimmy Kagetora - Dragon Gate 10/5
103. Fujita Jr Hayato vs Shu Brahman - Michinoku Pro 6/8
104. Evolution vs The Shield - Extreme Rules
105. Johnny Gargano vs Ricochet - Open the Ultimate Gate
106. Antonio Cesaro vs Sami Zayn - NXT Arrival
107. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Konosuke Takeshita - Ryogoku Peter Pan
108. Naomichi Marufuji/Taiji Ishimori vs Fujita Jr Hayato/Satoshi Kajiwara - Diamond Ring 2/11
109. Jushin Liger/Tiger Mask IV/BUSHI vs Ryusuke Taguchi/El Desperado/Mascara Dorada - NJPW 4/19
110. Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Togi Makabe/Tomoaki Honma - NJPW 9/19
111. Naomichi Marufuji/Ricky Marvin vs Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger - NOAH 1/25
112. Hirooki Goto/Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi - The New Beginning Night
113. Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger vs Takeshi Morishima/Kenou - NOAH 1/19
114. Kazuchika Okada/Ultimo Guerrero/Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi/Tetsuya Naito/La Sombra - Fantasticamania Day 4
115. Atsushi Aoki/Ultimo Dragon/Super Delfin vs Hikaru Sato/Billy Ken Kid/Yoshinobu Kanemaru - AJPW 7/12
116. Shuji Kondo vs Kaz Hayashi - Wrestle-1 9/22
117. Young Bucks vs Forever Hooligans - Destruction in Okayama
118. Bad Luck Fale vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW 7/28
119. Satoshi Kojima vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/31
120. Karl Anderson vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/6
121. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Wrestle Kingdom 8
122. Aerostar/Jennifer Blake/Mascarita Sagrada/Pimpinela Escarlata vs Mamba/Mini Abismo Negro/Sexy Star/Super Fly - Triplemania XXII
123. Jushin Liger vs Ricochet - NJPW 6/3
124. Kota Ibushi vs Prince Devitt - Wrestle Kingdom 8

[DDT]

I hear Sugiura vs Tanaka from the Global League was awesome. I have it on my computer, but haven't gotten around to it yet. Have you seen the Dragon Gate PPV with Hulk vs Tozawa from Osaka? That show was really good.


Hulk vs Tozawa was a very good match, especially with the pre-match video package. It was also one of the most blatant carry jobs (from Tozawa) I have seen in YEARS.

[Ringo]

I wonder if we should do an all-encompassing MOTY vote this year instead of just WWE. When we first did it I thought it should be kept purely WWE because there simply weren't enough puro watchers to give it fair representation. Last year I think the WWE poll got about 15 voters. I reckon there's at least half that number who have seen their fair share of 2014 New Japan to knock up a list. Will think on it.

[Tainted Eclipse]

Defrost, did you watch the Survivor Series main event? You should. It would almost definitely make it in my top 10.

[Ringo]

At number 7 hopefully if you want to be 100% correct.

I assume you saw Atlantis/UG Tainted. What did you think?

[Defrost]

Defrost, did you watch the Survivor Series main event? You should. It would almost definitely make it in my top 10.

I watched Sting. Honestly after the Punk stuff I am in no particular mood to watch anything from that company at the moment.

[Gibby]

Hulk vs Tozawa was a very good match, especially with the pre-match video package. It was also one of the most blatant carry jobs (from Tozawa) I have seen in YEARS.

I saw this match today. Yeah, it was all Tozawa wasn't it, genuinely felt like a man versus a mirror at times. I can't point to anything bad that Hulk did, it's just that he didn't seem to figure much in the story until the final stretch. I don't know enough about Dragon Gate though.

I added the Global League final to my overall list and am just waiting to see how the two Dangan Yankees tag matches in a day turned out ahead of the last NOAH show of the year then I'm ready to sort my list out. I rejigged since I last posted, all I can come to any solid assessment of is my #1. Hard year. Lot of quality though.

[Defrost]

My list is very long. And still I have stuff to watch

1. Tomohiro Ishii vs Hirooki Goto - Power Struggle
2. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kazuchika Okada - NJPW 8/10
3. Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 8/6
4. Kota Ibushi vs Tomohiro Ishii - Back to the Yokohama Arena
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata - Destruction in Kobe
6. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - NJPW 7/26
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Invasion Attack
8. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - The New Beginning Night 2
9. Osaka06 vs T-Hawk/Eita - Dragon Gate 12/3
10. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/26
11. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - The New Beginning Night 1
12. Masato Yoshino vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 1/16
13. Triple H vs Daniel Bryan - Wrestlemania XXX
14. AJ Styles vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/1
15. Ricochet vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 6/8
16. Time Splitters vs reDragon - Power Struggle
17. Jimmy Susumu/Jimmy Kagetora vs T-Hawk/Eita - Dragon Gate 9/23
18. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/21
19. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - Invasion Attack
20. Ricochet vs YAMATO - Dead or Alive
21. Tomoaki Honma vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 8/3
22. Mascara Dorada vs Volador Jr - Fantasticamania Day 5
23. Monster Express vs Millenials vs Jimmys - Dragon Gate 3/6
24. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - Wrestling Dontaku
25. Tomohiro Ishii vs Yuji Nagata - NJPW 8/8
26. Kazuchika Okada vs AJ Styles - NJPW 7/21
27. Time Splitters vs Young Bucks - Dominion
28. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 8/1
29. Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/8
30. Tetsuya Naito vs AJ Styles - NJPW 7/26
31. Dolph Ziggler vs Tyson Kidd vs Cesaro - Smackdown 11/14
32. Golden Lovers vs Happy Motel - DDT 9/28
33. Atlantis vs Ultimo Guerrero - CMLL 81st Anniversary Show
34. Zack Sabre Jr vs Kyle O'Reilly - BOLA Night 3
35. HARASHIMA vs Kenny Omega vs Isami Kodaka - Ryogoku Peter Pan
36. Yuji Nagata vs Naomichi Marufuij - NOAH 7/5
37. Kota Ibushi vs Ricochet - Dominion
38. KUSHIDA vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Destruction in Kobe
39. Akira Tozawa vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 10/9
40. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - Wrestle Kingdom 8
41. Titán vs Virus - CMLL 1/28
42. CIMA/Gamma vs T-Hawk/Eita - The Gate of Destiny
43. Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto - Wrestle Kingdom 8
44. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - NJPW 8/3
45. T-Hawk/Eita vs Masaaki Mochizuki/Dragon Kid - Dangerous Gate
46. HARASHIMA vs Kenny Omega vs Isami Kodaka - Ryogoku Peter Pan
47. Daniel Bryan vs Bray Wyatt - Royal Rumble
48. Dangan Yankees vs Fujita Jr Hayato/Ikuto Hidaka - Zero-1 9/19
49. Prince Devitt vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Invasion Attack
50. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 2/2
51. Young Bucks vs reDragon - All Star Extravaganza 6
52. Yuji Nagata vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 8/1
53. Rush vs Negro Casas - CMLL 8/1
54. Masaaki Mochizuki/Don Fujii vs Akira Tozawa/Shingo Takagi - Dead or Alive
55. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Yuji Nagata - NJPW 7/26
56. Rey Cometa vs Cavernario - CMLL 81st Anniversary Show
57. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - NJPW 7/28
58. Miracle Doi Darts 10 Man Tag - Dragon Gate 12/16
59. AJ Styles vs Kyle O'Reilly - ROH 9/13
60. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Katsuyori Shibata/Hirooki Goto vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 10/25
61. AJ Styles vs Adam Cole - All Star Extravaganza 6
62. Bobby Fish vs TJ Perkins - BOLA Night 1
63. Sheamus vs Cesaro - Night of Champions
64. Time Splitters vs reDragon - NJPW 8/10
65. KENTA vs Yuji Nagata - NOAH 2/22
66. The Shield vs The Wyatt Family - Raw 3/3
67. Ricochet vs Uhaa Nation - Dragon Gate 3/6
68. AJ Styles vs Kazuchika Okada - Back to the Yokohama Arena
69. Katsuyori Shibata vs Shelton X Benjamin - NJPW 7/28
70. Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi - NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
71. Time Splitters vs reDragon - Final Battle
72. Jimmy Susumu/H.A.Gee.Mee/Ryo Jimmy Saito vs YAMATO/Naruki Doi/Cyber Kong - The Gate of Destiny
73. Kevin Steen vs Shinsuke Nakamura - War of the Worlds
74. Togi Makabe vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 7/21
75. Negro Casas/Dragon Lee/Cavernario vs Virus/Hechicero/Cachorro - CMLL 5/23
76. Adam Cole vs Zack Sabre Jr - BOLA Night 2
77. Time Splitters vs Young Bucks vs Forever Hooligans - King of Pro Wrestling
78. BxB Hulk vs Shingo Takagi - The Final Gate
79. Young Bucks vs Time Splitters vs Forever Hooligans - Global Wars
80. Naomichi Marufuji vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - NOAH 10/18
81. Young Bucks vs Kota Ibushi/El Desperado - Invasion Attack
82. KENTA/Takashi Sugiura vs Naomichi Marufuji/Atsushi Kotoge - NOAH 2/8
83. Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto - The New Beginning Night 2
84. Yuj Nagata vs Takashi Sugiura - NOAH 3/8
85. Negro Casas vs Titán - CMLL 1/31
86. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Bad Luck Fale - NJPW 8/8
87. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito/Captain New Japan vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii/Yoshi-Hashi - New Year's Dash!!
89. Great Sasuke/Ultraman Robin/Brahman Shu/Brahman Kai vs The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Michinoku Pro Battle in Outer Space ~Battle of the Gods and the Turtle~
90. Time Splitters/BUSHI vs Ryusuke Taguchi/Jushin Liger/Tiger Mask IV - NJPW 9/15
91. Tetsuya Naito vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 8/3
92. Masaaki Mochizuki/Dragon Kid vs Eita/T-Hawk - Dragon Gate 6/5
93. Jun Akiyama vs Kento Miyahara - AJPW 9/15
94. Jimmy Susumu vs Flamita - Dead or Alive
95. reDragon vs Forever Hooligans - NJPW 11/2
96. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs AJ Styles - NJPW 8/10
97. Hirooki Goto vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan - NJPW 8/1
98. Jushin Liger vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 6/6
99. Kensuke Sasaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - Diamond Ring 2/11
100. Tomohiro Ishii vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 4/12
101. AJ Styles vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 7/28
102. Tomohiro Ishii vs Satoshi Kojima - NJPW 7/23
103. AJ Styles vs Lance Archer - NJPW 8/3
104. Tomohiro Ishii vs Yujiro Takahashi - King of Pro Wrestling
105. Jimmy Susumu/HA Gee Mee Genki Horiguchi/Ryo Jimmy Saito/Don Fujii vs Masato Yoshino/K-Ness/Kenichiro Arai/Super Shisa - Dragon Gate 12/3
106. Naomichi Marufuji vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - NOAH 7/21
107. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 7/31
108. AJ Styles vs Karl Anderson - NJPW 8/4
109. Flamita vs Mr. Quu Quu Tanizaki Naoki Toyonaka Dolphin - Dangerous Gate
110. Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi vs Karl Anderson/Doc Gallows - Destruction in Kobe
111. Daisuke Harada vs Zack Sabre Jr - NOAH 11/4
112. Dean Ambrose vs Seth Rollins - Hell in a Cell
113. Johnny Gargano vs Ricochet - WWN Live in China
114. Eita/T-Hawk vs Jimmy Susumu/Jimmy Kagetora - Dragon Gate 10/5
115. Karl Anderson/Doc Gallows vs AJ Styles/Yujiro Takahashi - NJPW 12/2
116. Fujita Jr Hayato vs Shu Brahman - Michinoku Pro 6/8
117. Evolution vs The Shield - Extreme Rules
118. Johnny Gargano vs Ricochet - Open the Ultimate Gate
119. Antonio Cesaro vs Sami Zayn - NXT Arrival
120. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Konosuke Takeshita - Ryogoku Peter Pan
121. Naomichi Marufuji/Taiji Ishimori vs Fujita Jr Hayato/Satoshi Kajiwara - Diamond Ring 2/11
122. Jushin Liger/Tiger Mask IV/BUSHI vs Ryusuke Taguchi/El Desperado/Mascara Dorada - NJPW 4/19
123. Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Togi Makabe/Tomoaki Honma - NJPW 9/19
124. Naomichi Marufuji/Ricky Marvin vs Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger - NOAH 1/25
125. Flamita/Yosuke Santa Maria vs Mr High Tension Kotoka/Yuga Hayashi - Dragon Gate 12/3
125. Hirooki Goto/Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi - The New Beginning Night
126. Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger vs Takeshi Morishima/Kenou - NOAH 1/19
127. Kazuchika Okada/Ultimo Guerrero/Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi/Tetsuya Naito/La Sombra - Fantasticamania Day 4
128. Atsushi Aoki/Ultimo Dragon/Super Delfin vs Hikaru Sato/Billy Ken Kid/Yoshinobu Kanemaru - AJPW 7/12
129. Shuji Kondo vs Kaz Hayashi - Wrestle-1 9/22
130. Young Bucks vs Forever Hooligans - Destruction in Okayama
131. Bad Luck Fale vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW 7/28
132. Satoshi Kojima vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/31
133. Karl Anderson vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/6
134. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Wrestle Kingdom 8
135. Aerostar/Jennifer Blake/Mascarita Sagrada/Pimpinela Escarlata vs Mamba/Mini Abismo Negro/Sexy Star/Super Fly - Triplemania XXII
136. Jushin Liger vs Ricochet - NJPW 6/3
137. Kota Ibushi vs Prince Devitt - Wrestle Kingdom 8

[Andy]

What did you think of R Evolution Defrost?

[Defrost]

Didn't watch it.

[Andy]

Are you going to? The main event was pretty awesome and Meltzer gave it ****3/4. The first to get that rating since Taker/Trips. You like Dave right?

[Defrost]

Dude I am still way behind on 2014 from promotions I care about way more than WWE and 2015 stuff is already starting to pile up. I'm probably never going to have the time to get to it.

[Ringo]

Watch the RWTL final. Was real good.

I hear Mutoh/Sanada from W1's last show of the year was pretty great so should give that a go.

[Defrost]

I have finally caught up with everything I am going to watch

My final 142 best matches of the year list

1. Tomohiro Ishii vs Hirooki Goto - Power Struggle
2. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kazuchika Okada - NJPW 8/10
3. Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 8/6
4. Kota Ibushi vs Tomohiro Ishii - Back to the Yokohama Arena
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata - Destruction in Kobe
6. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - NJPW 7/26
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Invasion Attack
8. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - The New Beginning Night 2
9. Osaka06 vs T-Hawk/Eita - Dragon Gate 12/3
10. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/26
11. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - The New Beginning Night 1
12. Masato Yoshino vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 1/16
13. Triple H vs Daniel Bryan - Wrestlemania XXX
14. AJ Styles vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/1
15. Ricochet vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 6/8
16. Time Splitters vs reDragon - Power Struggle
17. Jimmy Susumu/Jimmy Kagetora vs T-Hawk/Eita - Dragon Gate 9/23
18. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/21
19. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - Invasion Attack
20. Ricochet vs YAMATO - Dead or Alive
21. Tomoaki Honma vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 8/3
22. Mascara Dorada vs Volador Jr - Fantasticamania Day 5
23. Monster Express vs Millenials vs Jimmys - Dragon Gate 3/6
24. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - Wrestling Dontaku
25. Tomohiro Ishii vs Yuji Nagata - NJPW 8/8
26. Kazuchika Okada vs AJ Styles - NJPW 7/21
27. Time Splitters vs Young Bucks - Dominion
28. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 8/1
29. Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/8
30. Tetsuya Naito vs AJ Styles - NJPW 7/26
31. Naomichi Marufuji vs Takashi Sugiura - NOAH 12/6
32. Dolph Ziggler vs Tyson Kidd vs Cesaro - Smackdown 11/14
33. Golden Lovers vs Happy Motel - DDT 9/28
34. Atlantis vs Ultimo Guerrero - CMLL 81st Anniversary Show
35. Zack Sabre Jr vs Kyle O'Reilly - BOLA Night 3
36. HARASHIMA vs Kenny Omega vs Isami Kodaka - Ryogoku Peter Pan
37. Yuji Nagata vs Naomichi Marufuij - NOAH 7/5
38. Kota Ibushi vs Ricochet - Dominion
39. KUSHIDA vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Destruction in Kobe
40. Akira Tozawa vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 10/9
41. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - Wrestle Kingdom 8
42. Titán vs Virus - CMLL 1/28
43. CIMA/Gamma vs T-Hawk/Eita - The Gate of Destiny
44. Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto - Wrestle Kingdom 8
45. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - NJPW 8/3
46. T-Hawk/Eita vs Masaaki Mochizuki/Dragon Kid - Dangerous Gate
47. HARASHIMA vs Shigehiro Irie - DDT 12/23
48. Daniel Bryan vs Bray Wyatt - Royal Rumble
49. Dangan Yankees vs Fujita Jr Hayato/Ikuto Hidaka - Zero-1 9/19
50. Prince Devitt vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Invasion Attack
51. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 2/2
52. Young Bucks vs reDragon - All Star Extravaganza 6
53. Yuji Nagata vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 8/1
54. Rush vs Negro Casas - CMLL 8/1
55. Masaaki Mochizuki/Don Fujii vs Akira Tozawa/Shingo Takagi - Dead or Alive
56. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Yuji Nagata - NJPW 7/26
57. Rey Cometa vs Cavernario - CMLL 81st Anniversary Show
58. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - NJPW 7/28
59. Miracle Doi Darts 10 Man Tag - Dragon Gate 12/16
60. AJ Styles vs Kyle O'Reilly - ROH 9/13
61. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Katsuyori Shibata/Hirooki Goto vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 10/25
62. AJ Styles vs Adam Cole - All Star Extravaganza 6
63. Bobby Fish vs TJ Perkins - BOLA Night 1
64. Sheamus vs Cesaro - Night of Champions
65. Time Splitters vs reDragon - NJPW 8/10
66. KENTA vs Yuji Nagata - NOAH 2/22
67. The Shield vs The Wyatt Family - Raw 3/3
68. Ricochet vs Uhaa Nation - Dragon Gate 3/6
69. AJ Styles vs Kazuchika Okada - Back to the Yokohama Arena
70. Katsuyori Shibata vs Shelton X Benjamin - NJPW 7/28
71. Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi - NJPW 42nd Anniversary Show
72. Time Splitters vs reDragon - Final Battle
73. Jimmy Susumu/H.A.Gee.Mee/Ryo Jimmy Saito vs YAMATO/Naruki Doi/Cyber Kong - The Gate of Destiny
74. Kevin Steen vs Shinsuke Nakamura - War of the Worlds
75. Togi Makabe vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 7/21
76. Negro Casas/Dragon Lee/Cavernario vs Virus/Hechicero/Cachorro - CMLL 5/23
77. Adam Cole vs Zack Sabre Jr - BOLA Night 2
78. Time Splitters vs Young Bucks vs Forever Hooligans - King of Pro Wrestling
79. BxB Hulk vs Shingo Takagi - The Final Gate
80. Young Bucks vs Time Splitters vs Forever Hooligans - Global Wars
81. Naomichi Marufuji vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - NOAH 10/18
82. Koji Kanemoto/Kazuki Hashimoto vs Masaaki Mochizuki/Yoshinobu Kanemaru - Fortune Dream 2
83. Young Bucks vs Kota Ibushi/El Desperado - Invasion Attack
84. KENTA/Takashi Sugiura vs Naomichi Marufuji/Atsushi Kotoge - NOAH 2/8
85. Kazuchika Okada vs Hirooki Goto - The New Beginning Night 2
86. Yuj Nagata vs Takashi Sugiura - NOAH 3/8
87. Negro Casas vs Titán - CMLL 1/31
88. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Bad Luck Fale - NJPW 8/8
89. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito/Captain New Japan vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii/Yoshi-Hashi - New Year's Dash!!
90. Great Sasuke/Ultraman Robin/Brahman Shu/Brahman Kai vs The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Michinoku Pro Battle in Outer Space ~Battle of the Gods and the Turtle~
91. Time Splitters/BUSHI vs Ryusuke Taguchi/Jushin Liger/Tiger Mask IV - NJPW 9/15
92. Tetsuya Naito vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 8/3
93. Masaaki Mochizuki/Dragon Kid vs Eita/T-Hawk - Dragon Gate 6/5
94. Jun Akiyama vs Kento Miyahara - AJPW 9/15
95. Jimmy Susumu vs Flamita - Dead or Alive
96. reDragon vs Forever Hooligans - NJPW 11/2
97. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs AJ Styles - NJPW 8/10
98. Hirooki Goto vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan - NJPW 8/1
99. Jushin Liger vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 6/6
100. Kensuke Sasaki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - Diamond Ring 2/11
101. Tomohiro Ishii vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 4/12
102. AJ Styles vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 7/28
103. Tomohiro Ishii vs Satoshi Kojima - NJPW 7/23
104. AJ Styles vs Lance Archer - NJPW 8/3
105. Tomohiro Ishii vs Yujiro Takahashi - King of Pro Wrestling
106. Jimmy Susumu/HA Gee Mee Genki Horiguchi/Ryo Jimmy Saito/Don Fujii vs Masato Yoshino/K-Ness/Kenichiro Arai/Super Shisa - Dragon Gate 12/3
107. Naomichi Marufuji vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - NOAH 7/21
108. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 7/31
109. AJ Styles vs Karl Anderson - NJPW 8/4
110. Flamita vs Mr. Quu Quu Tanizaki Naoki Toyonaka Dolphin - Dangerous Gate
111. Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi vs Karl Anderson/Doc Gallows - Destruction in Kobe
112. Daisuke Harada vs Zack Sabre Jr - NOAH 11/4
113. Dean Ambrose vs Seth Rollins - Hell in a Cell
114. Mikey Nicholls vs Atsushi Kotoge - NOAH 12/23
115. HARASHIMA vs Soma Takao - DDT 11/30
116. Johnny Gargano vs Ricochet - WWN Live in China
117. Eita/T-Hawk vs Jimmy Susumu/Jimmy Kagetora - Dragon Gate 10/5
118. Karl Anderson/Doc Gallows vs AJ Styles/Yujiro Takahashi - NJPW 12/2
119. Fujita Jr Hayato vs Shu Brahman - Michinoku Pro 6/8
120. Evolution vs The Shield - Extreme Rules
121. Johnny Gargano vs Ricochet - Open the Ultimate Gate
122. Antonio Cesaro vs Sami Zayn - NXT Arrival
123. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Konosuke Takeshita - Ryogoku Peter Pan
124. Naomichi Marufuji/Taiji Ishimori vs Fujita Jr Hayato/Satoshi Kajiwara - Diamond Ring 2/11
125. Jushin Liger/Tiger Mask IV/BUSHI vs Ryusuke Taguchi/El Desperado/Mascara Dorada - NJPW 4/19
126. Hirooki Goto/Tetsuya Naito vs Togi Makabe/Tomoaki Honma - NJPW 9/19
127. Naomichi Marufuji/Ricky Marvin vs Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger - NOAH 1/25
128. Flamita/Yosuke Santa Maria vs Mr High Tension Kotoka/Yuga Hayashi - Dragon Gate 12/3
129. Hirooki Goto/Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada/Yoshi-Hashi - The New Beginning Night
130. Yuji Nagata/Jushin Liger vs Takeshi Morishima/Kenou - NOAH 1/19
131. Kazuchika Okada/Ultimo Guerrero/Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi/Tetsuya Naito/La Sombra - Fantasticamania Day 4
132. Atsushi Aoki/Ultimo Dragon/Super Delfin vs Hikaru Sato/Billy Ken Kid/Yoshinobu Kanemaru - AJPW 7/12
133. Shuji Kondo vs Kaz Hayashi - Wrestle-1 9/22
134. Young Bucks vs Forever Hooligans - Destruction in Okayama
135. Bad Luck Fale vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW 7/28
136. Satoshi Kojima vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/31
137. Karl Anderson vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 8/6
138. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Wrestle Kingdom 8
139. Aerostar/Jennifer Blake/Mascarita Sagrada/Pimpinela Escarlata vs Mamba/Mini Abismo Negro/Sexy Star/Super Fly - Triplemania XXII
140. Jushin Liger vs Ricochet - NJPW 6/3
141. Kota Ibushi vs Prince Devitt - Wrestle Kingdom 8
142. Royal Rumble Match - Royal Rumble

[Ringo]

When are the Observer awards out?

[Defrost]

A couple of weeks. Voting just ended yesterday.

[Ringo]

What do you think will take the MOTY prize? Seems there's a few candidates. G1 Final perhaps.

[Honey_Badger]

@ Defrost. I loved that you ranked Bryan/Hunter at #13. Good looking out. Great match. I watched your #1 ranked match on Daily Motion. Amazing match. I see why you listed it at #1 for the year. I was glued to the screen.

[Ringo]

Voices of Wrestling's 2014 MOTY countdown is in progress. Here's 50-26:
http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2015/01/21/2014-match-of-the-year-50-26/

[Ringo]

http://www.voicesofwrestling.com/2015/01/23/2014-match-of-the-year-10-1/

AJ/MiSu takes this as well. Solid list, really. Need to check out that Hardys/Briscoes tag.

[Andy]

Send Psychosoldier your wwe lists people :yes: