Top 25 Matches of the (half) Decade: 2010s

[thesamuelcooke]

Just an idea I had. Interested to see some of you guys opinions. Bit NJPW heavy, but hey, the company has been on one hell of a run so far.

Here is my list:

1. Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi – NJPW King of Pro Wrestling ’13
2. Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi – NJPW Invasion Attack ’13
3. CM Punk vs John Cena – WWE MITB ’11
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Minoru Suzuki – NJPW King of Pro Wrestling ’12
5. Daniel Bryan vs Batista vs Randy Orton – WWE Wrestlemania XXX
6. The Undertaker vs Triple H – WWE Wrestlemania XXVIII
7. Daniel Bryan vs John Cena – WWE Summerslam ’13
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
9. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada - NJPW Dominion ’12
10. Brock Lesnar vs CM Punk – WWE Summerslam ’13
11. Kazuchika Okada vs Shinsuke Nakamura – NJPW G1 Climax ’14
12. Tomohiro Ishii vs Katsuyori Shibata – NJPW G1 Climax ’13
13. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kota Ibushi – NJPW G1 Climax ’13
14. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Karl Anderson – NJPW New Beginning ’13
15. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tetsuya Naito – NJPW New Beginning in Osaka ’14
16. The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels – WWE Wrestlemania 26
17. Tomohiro Ishii vs Kota Ibushi – NJPW Return to Yokohama Arena ’14
18. The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels – WWE Wrestlemania XXV
19. Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki – NJPW G1 Climax ’14
20. The Undertaker vs Triple H – WWE Wrestlemania XXVII
21. Prince Devitt vs Kota Ibushi vs Low Ki – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7
22. Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto – NJPW Dominion ’13
23. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - NJPW 40th Anniversary Event ‘12
24. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tetsuya Naito - NJPW Destruction ’11
25. Brock Lesnar vs John Cena – WWE Extreme Rules ’12

[Tainted Eclipse]

Over this summer I made a list of my top 100 favorite matches of all time. I was planning on doing some sort of series write up on them, maybe I still will eventually. But there's all the 2010s stuff from that list:

The Shield vs. The Wyatts, Elimination Chamber
The Shield vs. The Rhodes, RAW title switch
Tanahashi/Suzuki
Bryan/Cena, Summerslam
Dick Togo vs. Antonio Honda, 2010
Finlay vs. Sami Callihan, 2012
Shibata/Honma, G1
Virus vs. Guerrero Maya Jr, 2011

[Defrost]

Here are my top ten lists for every year this decade. Lists that looking back on I don't entirely agree with anymore.

2010

1. Naomichi Marufuji vs Prince Devitt - NJPW 6/19
2. KENTA vs Kotaro Suzuki - NOAH 8/28
3. Naomichi Marufuji vs Prince Devitt - NJPW 1/30
4. Kensuke Sasaki vs Go Shiozaki - NOAH 7/24
5. Naomichi Marufuji vs Koji Kanemoto - NJPW 3/5
6. Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker - Wrestlemania XXVI
7. L.A. Park vs La Parka - Triplemania XVIII
8. Prince Devitt/Ryusuke Taguchi vs Kota Ibushi/Kenny Omega - NJPW 10/11
9. Naomichi Marufuji vs KENTA - NOAH 6/6
10. Shingo Takagi/YAMATO vs Masaaki Mochizuki/Don Fuji - Dragon Gate 8/5

2011

1. Jun Akiyama vs SUWAMA - AJPW 10/23
2. CM Punk vs John Cena - Money in the Bank
3. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Hirooki Goto - Dominion 2011
4. Triple H vs Undertaker - Wrestlemania XXVII
5. Kota Ibushi vs Ryusuke Taguchi - NJPW 6/10
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - NJPW 9/19
7. KENTA vs Takashi Sugiura - NOAH 10/10
8. KENTA vs Go Shiozaki - NOAH 11/27
9. Masato Tanaka vs Tomoaki Honma - NJPW 12/23
10. CM Punk vs John Cena - Summerslam

2012

1. Hiroshi Tanahahsi vs Minoru Suzuki - King of Pro Wrestling
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada - Dominion 2012
3. Undertaker vs HHH - Wrestlemania XXVIII
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Naomichi Marufuji - NJPW 8/5
5. Kenny Omega vs Shuji Kondo - AJPW 3/20
6. KENTA vs Naomichi Marufuji - Great Voyage in Ryogoku
7. Kota Ibushi vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 9/7
8. Kenny Omega vs Hiroshi Yamato - AJPW 1/3
9. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 4/8
10. Yuji Nagata/Wataru Inoue vs Masayuki Kono/Minoru Tanaka - AJPW 2/3

2013

1. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada - King of Pro Wrestling
2. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada - Invasion Attack
3. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 8/2
4. Hiroshi Tanahashi/Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura - NJPW 12/23
5. Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW 8/4
6. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Naomichi Marufuji - King of Pro Wrestling
7. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kota Ibushi - NJPW 8/4
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada - NJPW 8/10
9. Kenta Kobashi/Keiji Muto/Kensuke Sasaki/Jun Akiyama vs KENTA/Go Shiozaki/Maybach Taniguchi/Yoshinobu Kanemaru - Final Burning in Budokan
10. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kazushi Sakuraba - Wrestle Kingdom 7

2014 so far

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. Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma - NJPW 7/26
5. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - Invasion Attack
6. Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii - The New Beginning Night 2
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 7/26
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - The New Beginning Night 1
9. Masato Yoshino vs Masaaki Mochizuki - Dragon Gate 1/16
10. Triple H vs Daniel Bryan - Wrestlemania XXX