View Full Version : 2019 Match of the Year Tracking Thread
Defrost
January 26th, 2019, 1:37 PM
WWE, NJPW, ROH, AEW, PWG, CMLL, etc. Whatever matches you think are the best of the year from whatever promotion post them here.
I am trying a different format this year. Listing every match I give ****+ divided by region.
Japan
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kenny Omega - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (*****)
Tetsuya Naito vs Chris Jericho - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****3/4)
Zack Sabre Jr vs Tomohiro Ishii - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/2)
Kento Miyahara vs KAI - New Year Wars (****1/2)
Will Ospreay/Tomohiro Ishii/Hirooki Goto vs Yuji Nagata/Jeff Cobb/KUSHIDA - New Year Dash (****1/2)
Daisuke Sekimoto vs Ryota Hama - BJW 1/2 (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Kota Ibushi - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Violent Giants vs Strong BJ - BJW 1/13 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
America
Rey Mysterio vs ANDRADE - Smackdown 1/15 (****)
Lucha
Volador Jr vs Caristico - Fantastica Mania 1/21 (****1/4)
Dragon Lee/Mistico vs Sanson/Cuatero - Fantasica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Dragon Lee - CMLL 1/4 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Soberano Jr - Fantastica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Europe
Ringo
January 26th, 2019, 3:40 PM
mine so far
1. Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, WrestleKingdom 13
2. Chris Jericho vs. Tetsuya Naito, WrestleKingdom 13
3. Violent Giants vs. Strong BJ, BJW 1/13/19
4. Kota Ibushi vs. Will Ospreay, WrestleKingdom 13
5. Andrade Almas vs. Rey Mysterio, Smackdown 1/15/19
6. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr., WrestleKingdom 13
7. Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada, WrestleKingdom 13
8. Moustache Mountain vs. Gibson & Drake, NXT Takeover UK: Blackpool
Defrost
February 3rd, 2019, 4:15 PM
I am so going to be the high man on Naito vs Taichi, but I don't care. I likes what I likes.
Japan
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kenny Omega - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (*****)
Tetsuya Naito vs Chris Jericho - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****3/4)
Zack Sabre Jr vs Tomohiro Ishii - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/2)
Kento Miyahara vs KAI - New Year Wars (****1/2)
Will Ospreay/Tomohiro Ishii/Hirooki Goto vs Yuji Nagata/Jeff Cobb/KUSHIDA - New Year Dash (****1/2)
Tetsuya Naito vs Taichi - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 2 (****1/2)
Daisuke Sekimoto vs Ryota Hama - BJW 1/2 (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Kota Ibushi - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Violent Giants vs Strong BJ - BJW 1/13 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada/Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Jay White/Bad Luck Fale - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 1 (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 1/29 (****)
EVIL/SANADA vs MInoru Suzuki/Zack Sabre Jr - New Beginning in Sapporo NIght 2 (****)
America
Brock Lesnar vs Finn Balor - Royal Rumble (****1/2)
Rey Mysterio vs ANDRADE - Smackdown 1/15 (****)
Lucha
Volador Jr vs Caristico - Fantastica Mania 1/21 (****1/4)
Dragon Lee/Mistico vs Sanson/Cuatero - Fantasica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Dragon Lee - CMLL 1/4 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Soberano Jr - Fantastica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Europe
Defrost
February 12th, 2019, 10:38 AM
Got me a snow day so I am catching up on some stuff.
Go out of your way to check out PAC vs Kzy from the 10th. Strong MOTYC. Awesome match.
Defrost
February 16th, 2019, 2:00 PM
Added two Pac, that reads like a pun, matches to the list. Everyone should check out both.
Japan
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kenny Omega - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (*****)
PAC vs Kzy - Dragon Gate 2/10 (****3/4)
Tetsuya Naito vs Chris Jericho - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****3/4)
Zack Sabre Jr vs Tomohiro Ishii - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/2)
Kento Miyahara vs KAI - New Year Wars (****1/2)
Will Ospreay/Tomohiro Ishii/Hirooki Goto vs Yuji Nagata/Jeff Cobb/KUSHIDA - New Year Dash (****1/2)
Tetsuya Naito vs Taichi - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 2 (****1/2)
Daisuke Sekimoto vs Ryota Hama - BJW 1/2 (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Kota Ibushi - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Violent Giants vs Strong BJ - BJW 1/13 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada/Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Jay White/Bad Luck Fale - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 1 (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 1/29 (****)
EVIL/SANADA vs MInoru Suzuki/Zack Sabre Jr - New Beginning in Sapporo NIght 2 (****)
America
Brock Lesnar vs Finn Balor - Royal Rumble (****1/2)
Rey Mysterio vs ANDRADE - Smackdown 1/15 (****)
Lucha
Volador Jr vs Caristico - Fantastica Mania 1/21 (****1/4)
Dragon Lee/Mistico vs Sanson/Cuatero - Fantasica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Dragon Lee - CMLL 1/4 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Soberano Jr - Fantastica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Europe
PAC vs Will Ospreay - High Stakes (****3/4)
Jordo
February 16th, 2019, 2:06 PM
Where can I watch ospreay vs pac
Jordo
February 16th, 2019, 4:03 PM
Nevermind I found the way.
Honestly... Wasn't that impressed
Defrost
February 16th, 2019, 4:04 PM
I subscribe to Rev Pro's streaming deal that's how I watched it.
I'm sure if you google it you'll be able to find it.
Tainted Eclipse
February 16th, 2019, 4:10 PM
white/tanahashi not make the four-star cut, defrost? i havent watched it yet.
Defrost
February 16th, 2019, 4:17 PM
Not for me no. White and Tana don't seem to have great chemistry.
Jordo
February 16th, 2019, 4:55 PM
I subscribe to Rev Pro's streaming deal that's how I watched it.
I'm sure if you google it you'll be able to find it.
I ended up subscribing... Didn't love the match but I get to watch Rev pro now so.
Ishii it is.
Defrost
February 28th, 2019, 12:24 AM
Updates in bold
Japan
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kenny Omega - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (*****)
PAC vs Kzy - Dragon Gate 2/10 (****3/4)
Tetsuya Naito vs Chris Jericho - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****3/4)
Zack Sabre Jr vs Tomohiro Ishii - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/2)
Kento Miyahara vs KAI - New Year Wars (****1/2)
Will Ospreay/Tomohiro Ishii/Hirooki Goto vs Yuji Nagata/Jeff Cobb/KUSHIDA - New Year Dash (****1/2)
Tetsuya Naito vs Taichi - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 2 (****1/2)
Daisuke Sekimoto vs Ryota Hama - BJW 1/2 (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Kota Ibushi - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Violent Giants vs Strong BJ - BJW 1/13 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada/Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Jay White/Bad Luck Fale - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 1 (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi/Yoshitatsu vs Kento Miyahara/Daisuke Sekimoto - Giant Baba Death 20th Anniversary Memorial Show ~ King's Soul & Abdullah the Butcher Retirement Memorial ~ Farewell Shaman (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 1/29 (****)
EVIL/SANADA vs MInoru Suzuki/Zack Sabre Jr - New Beginning in Sapporo NIght 2 (****)
America
Daniel Bryanson vs Kofi Kingston vs Samoa Joe vs Randy Orton vs AJ Styles vs Jeff Hardy - Elimination Chamber (****1/2)
Brock Lesnar vs Finn Balor - Royal Rumble (****1/2)
Shota Umino vs Zack Sabre Jr - Honor Rising Night 1 (****1/4)
Rey Mysterio vs ANDRADE - Smackdown 1/15 (****)
Lucha
Titan vs Barbaro Cavernario - CMLL 2/22 (****1/2)
Volador Jr vs Caristico - Fantastica Mania 1/21 (****1/4)
Dragon Lee/Mistico vs Sanson/Cuatero - Fantasica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Dragon Lee - CMLL 1/4 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Soberano Jr - Fantastica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Europe
PAC vs Will Ospreay - High Stakes (****3/4)
Defrost
March 31st, 2019, 2:06 PM
Where I am at prior to the avalanche coming this week. I quite enjoyed the New Japan Cup. Updates in bold.
Japan
Kazuchika Okada vs Tomohiro Ishii - New Japan Cup Semi Finals (*****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kenny Omega - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (*****)
PAC vs Kzy - Dragon Gate 2/10 (****3/4)
Tetsuya Naito vs Chris Jericho - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****3/4)
Jay White vs Will Ospreay - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show (****3/4)
SANADA vs Minoru Suzuki - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/2)
Zack Sabre Jr vs Kota Ibushi - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/2)
Zack Sabre Jr vs Tomohiro Ishii - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/2)
Tomohiro Ishii vs Taichi - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/2)
Kento Miyahara vs KAI - New Year Wars (****1/2)
Will Ospreay/Tomohiro Ishii/Hirooki Goto vs Yuji Nagata/Jeff Cobb/KUSHIDA - New Year Dash (****1/2)
Tetsuya Naito vs Taichi - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 2 (****1/2)
Kazuchika Okada vs Michael Elgin - New Japan Cup Round 1 (****1/2)
Tetsuya Naito vs Kota Ibushi - New Japan Cup Round 1 (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Lance Archer - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/4)
Daisuke Sekimoto vs Ryota Hama - BJW 1/2 (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Kota Ibushi - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Violent Giants vs Strong BJ - BJW 1/13 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Shingo Takagi/BUSHI vs Roppongi 3K - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada/Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Jay White/Bad Luck Fale - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 1 (****)
Taiji Ishimori vs Jushin Liger - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs SANADA - New Japan Cup Semi Finals (****)
Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay - New Japan Cup Quarter Final (****)
Yuji Nagata vs Tomohiro Ishii - New Japan Cup Round 1 (****)
Momo Watanabe vs Jungle Kyona - Stardom World in Nagoya (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi/Yoshitatsu vs Kento Miyahara/Daisuke Sekimoto - Giant Baba Death 20th Anniversary Memorial Show ~ King's Soul & Abdullah the Butcher Retirement Memorial ~ Farewell Shaman (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 1/29 (****)
EVIL/SANADA vs MInoru Suzuki/Zack Sabre Jr - New Beginning in Sapporo NIght 2 (****)
America
Daniel Bryanson vs Kofi Kingston vs Samoa Joe vs Randy Orton vs AJ Styles vs Jeff Hardy - Elimination Chamber (****1/2)
Brock Lesnar vs Finn Balor - Royal Rumble (****1/2)
Shota Umino vs Zack Sabre Jr - Honor Rising Night 1 (****1/4)
Rey Mysterio vs ANDRADE - Smackdown 1/15 (****)
Lucha
Titan vs Barbaro Cavernario - CMLL 2/22 (****1/2)
Volador Jr vs Caristico - Fantastica Mania 1/21 (****1/4)
Dragon Lee/Mistico vs Sanson/Cuatero - Fantasica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Dragon Lee - CMLL 1/4 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Soberano Jr - Fantastica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Europe
PAC vs Will Ospreay - High Stakes (****3/4)
Jordan Devlin vs WALTER - Scrappermania 5 (****)
Defrost
April 8th, 2019, 5:10 PM
Mania Weekend additions. Probably some in attendance inflation, but I don't care.
Japan
Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White - G1 Supercard (*****)
Kazuchika Okada vs Tomohiro Ishii - New Japan Cup Semi Finals (*****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kenny Omega - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (*****)
Tetsuya Naito vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Supercard (****3/4)
PAC vs Kzy - Dragon Gate 2/10 (****3/4)
Tetsuya Naito vs Chris Jericho - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Jeff Cobb - G1 Supercard (****3/4)
Jay White vs Will Ospreay - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show (****3/4)
Daisuke Sasaki vs Konosuke Takeshita - DDT is Coming to America (****3/4)
SANADA vs Minoru Suzuki - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/2)
Zack Sabre Jr vs Kota Ibushi - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/2)
Taiji Ishimori vs Dragon Lee vs Bandido - G1 Supercard (****1/2)
Zack Sabre Jr vs Tomohiro Ishii - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/2)
Tomohiro Ishii vs Taichi - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/2)
Kento Miyahara vs KAI - New Year Wars (****1/2)
Will Ospreay/Tomohiro Ishii/Hirooki Goto vs Yuji Nagata/Jeff Cobb/KUSHIDA - New Year Dash (****1/2)
Tetsuya Naito vs Taichi - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 2 (****1/2)
Kazuchika Okada vs Michael Elgin - New Japan Cup Round 1 (****1/2)
Tetsuya Naito vs Kota Ibushi - New Japan Cup Round 1 (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Lance Archer - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/4)
Daisuke Sekimoto vs Ryota Hama - BJW 1/2 (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Kota Ibushi - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Violent Giants vs Strong BJ - BJW 1/13 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Shingo Takagi/BUSHI vs Roppongi 3K - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada/Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Jay White/Bad Luck Fale - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 1 (****)
Taiji Ishimori vs Jushin Liger - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs SANADA - New Japan Cup Semi Finals (****)
Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay - New Japan Cup Quarter Final (****)
Yuji Nagata vs Tomohiro Ishii - New Japan Cup Round 1 (****)
Momo Watanabe vs Jungle Kyona - Stardom World in Nagoya (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi/Yoshitatsu vs Kento Miyahara/Daisuke Sekimoto - Giant Baba Death 20th Anniversary Memorial Show ~ King's Soul & Abdullah the Butcher Retirement Memorial ~ Farewell Shaman (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 1/29 (****)
EVIL/SANADA vs MInoru Suzuki/Zack Sabre Jr - New Beginning in Sapporo NIght 2 (****)
America
Daniel Bryan vs Kofi Kingston - Wrestlemania (****1/2)
Daniel Bryanson vs Kofi Kingston vs Samoa Joe vs Randy Orton vs AJ Styles vs Jeff Hardy - Elimination Chamber (****1/2)
Brock Lesnar vs Finn Balor - Royal Rumble (****1/2)
Shota Umino vs Zack Sabre Jr - Honor Rising Night 1 (****1/4)
Jungle Boy vs A-Kid vs Australian Suicide vs Shane Mercer vs Slim J vs Jake Atlas - Joey Janela's Spring Break Part 1 (****)
Rey Mysterio vs ANDRADE - Smackdown 1/15 (****)
Lucha
Titan vs Barbaro Cavernario - CMLL 2/22 (****1/2)
Volador Jr vs Caristico - Fantastica Mania 1/21 (****1/4)
Dragon Lee/Mistico vs Sanson/Cuatero - Fantasica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Dragon Lee - CMLL 1/4 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Soberano Jr - Fantastica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Europe
PAC vs Will Ospreay - High Stakes (****3/4)
Jordan Devlin vs WALTER - Scrappermania 5 (****)
Tainted Eclipse
April 10th, 2019, 5:52 PM
1. bryan/kofi
2. ishii/okada
3. lesnar/balor
4. gargano/cole
5. omega/tanahashi
Defrost
May 26th, 2019, 9:47 PM
I highly recommend Mistico vs Cavernario from Friday. Best Lucha match I've seen this year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-PaL2HSIdc
Morrison
June 6th, 2019, 12:33 PM
can we get this thread moved over to the non-wwe wrestling forum?
Tainted Eclipse
June 6th, 2019, 9:13 PM
1. dustin/cody
2. virus/metalico
3. kofi/bryan
4. brock/balor
5. ospreay/shingo
Horatio
July 19th, 2019, 12:44 PM
Kento Miyahara vs Jake Lee AJPW Champions Carnival 4/29
Kento Miyahara vs Yoshi-tatsu AJPW 6/30
Kento Miyahara vs Zeus AJPW 7/28
Miyahara, Marufuji, and Aoyagi vs Suwama, Ishikawa, and Taniguchi AJPW 8/11
KENTA vs Okada NJPW 7/27
Go Shiozaki vs Hideki Suzuki NOAH 7/27
Brock Lesnar vs Seth Rollins WWE 8/11
Tozawa, Gallagher, Carrillo, Lorcan, and Scott vs Gulak, Garza, Daivari, Nese, and Mike WWE 8/20
Dang me, i dont know how to post youtube vids
Horatio
September 8th, 2019, 2:13 PM
Finally got around to the Munoz vs Briscoes match from ROH. Gotta say that was good :yes:
I liked that Mistico/Barbaro match too
Horatio
October 9th, 2019, 12:40 AM
Slim J vs B Boy - Scenic City Invitational
Defrost
October 14th, 2019, 5:15 PM
Haven't posted in here in forever
Japan
Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White - G1 Supercard (*****)
Shingo Takagi vs Will Ospreay - Best of the Super Jrs Final (*****)
Kazuchika Okada vs Tomohiro Ishii - New Japan Cup Semi Finals (*****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kenny Omega - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (*****)
Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay - G1 Climax Block A (*****)
Kota Ibushi vs Jay White - G1 Climax Finals (*****)
Shingo Takagi vs Dragon Lee - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (*****)
Tetsuya Naito vs Shingo Takagi - G1 Climax Block B (****3/4)
Kazuchika Okada vs SANADA - G1 Climax Block A (****3/4)
Tetsuya Naito vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Supercard (****3/4)
PAC vs Kzy - Dragon Gate 2/10 (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Climax Block A (****3/4)
Jon Moxley vs Tomohiro Ishii - G1 Climax Block B (****3/4)
Kota Ibushi vs Zack Sabre Jr - Sengoku Lord (****3/4)
Tetsuya Naito vs Chris Jericho - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - G1 Climax Block A (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Bandido - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****3/4)
Kazuchika Okada/SHO vs SANADA/Shingo Takagi - NJPW 4/24 (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Jeff Cobb - G1 Supercard (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Lance Archer - G1 Climax Block A (****3/4)
Jay White vs Will Ospreay - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Robbie Eagles - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****3/4)
Shingo Takagi vs SHO - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (****3/4)
Daisuke Sasaki vs Konosuke Takeshita - DDT is Coming to America (****3/4)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada - G1 Climax Block A (****1/2)
Rocky Romero vs El Phantasmo - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****1/2)
Tomohiro Ishii vs EVIL - Wrestling Dontaku (****1/2)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KENTA - G1 Climax Block A (****1/2)
Dragon Lee vs Titan - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (****1/2)
Tomohiro Ishii vs Juice Robinson - G1 Climax Block B (****1/2)
SANADA vs Minoru Suzuki - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/2)
Zack Sabre Jr vs Kota Ibushi - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/2)
Taiji Ishimori vs Dragon Lee vs Bandido - G1 Supercard (****1/2)
Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki - Royal Quest (****1/2)
Zack Sabre Jr vs Tomohiro Ishii - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/2)
SHO vs Marty Scurll - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (****1/2)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Climax Block A (****1/2)
KENTA vs Zack Sabre Jr - G1 Climax Block A (****1/2)
Daisuke Sekimoto vs Michael Elgin - BJW 8/24 (****1/2)
Will Ospreay vs El Phantasmo - King of Pro Wrestling (****1/2)
Tomohiro Ishii vs Taichi - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/2)
Kento Miyahara vs KAI - New Year Wars (****1/2)
Will Ospreay/Tomohiro Ishii/Hirooki Goto vs Yuji Nagata/Jeff Cobb/KUSHIDA - New Year Dash (****1/2)
Tetsuya Naito vs Taichi - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 2 (****1/2)
Kazuchika Okada vs Michael Elgin - New Japan Cup Round 1 (****1/2)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Zack Sabre Jr - G1 Climax Block A (****1/2)
Shingo Takagi vs Tomohiro Ishii - G1 Climax Block B (****1/4)
Dragon Lee vs Taiji Ishimori - Wrestling Dontaku (****1/4)
Tetsuya Naito vs Kota Ibushi - New Japan Cup Round 1 (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Lance Archer - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/4)
Daisuke Sekimoto vs Ryota Hama - BJW 1/2 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Climax Block A (****1/4)
EVIL vs KENTA - G1 Climax Block A (****1/4)
EVIL vs SANADA - G1 Climax Block A (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Dragon Lee - Dominion (****1/4)
Shingo Takagi vs Taiji Ishimori - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (****1/4)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Lance Archer - G1 Climax Block A (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Rocky Romero - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****1/4)
Shingo Takagi/BUSHI vs Roppongi 3K - Aki No Kuni Sengoku Emaki (****1/4)
Jeff Cobb vs Tomohiro Ishii - G1 Climax Block B (****1/4)
WIll Ospreay vs El Phantasmo - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Kota Ibushi - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Violent Giants vs Strong BJ - BJW 1/13 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Shingo Takagi/BUSHI vs Roppongi 3K - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show (****1/4)
Lance Archer vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Climax Block A (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Ren Narita - Best of the Super Jr Block B (****1/4)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs EVIL - G1 Climax Block A (****1/4)
Hiroshi Tanahashi/Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki/Zack Sabre Jr - G1 Climax Final (****)
Tetsuya Naito vs Jon Moxley - G1 Climax Block B (****)
Juice Robinson vs Shingo Takagi - G1 Climax Block B (****)
Kazuchika Okada/Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Jay White/Bad Luck Fale - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 1 (****)
Taiji Ishimori vs Jushin Liger - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show (****)
Dragon Lee vs SHO - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (****)
Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson - Best of the Super Jrs Final (****)
KENTA vs Lance Archer - G1 Climax Block A (****)
PAC vs Ben-K - Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival (****)
EVIL vs Lance Archer - G1 Climax Block A (****)
Kazuchika Okada vs Zack Sabre Jr - G1 Climax Block A (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Zack Sabre Jr - Royal Quest (****)
EVIL vs Will Ospreay - G1 Climax Block A (****)
Meiko Satomura vs Sareee - Sendai Girls 4/16 (****)
Will Ospreay vs YOH - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs SANADA - New Japan Cup Semi Finals (****)
Zack Sabre Jr vs SANADA - G1 Climax Block A (****)
Tetsuya Naito vs Kota Ibushi - Dominion (****)
EVIL vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Climax Block A (****)
Jushin Liger/Great Sasuke vs Shinjiro Otani/Tatsuhito Takaiwa - Zero1 7/28 (****)
Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay - New Japan Cup Quarter Final (****)
Yuji Nagata vs Tomohiro Ishii - New Japan Cup Round 1 (****)
Robbie Eagles vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****)
Momo Watanabe vs Jungle Kyona - Stardom World in Nagoya (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi/Yoshitatsu vs Kento Miyahara/Daisuke Sekimoto - Giant Baba Death 20th Anniversary Memorial Show ~ King's Soul & Abdullah the Butcher Retirement Memorial ~ Farewell Shaman (****)
Dragon Lee vs Tiger Mask IV - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (****)
KENTA vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Climax Block A (****)
Kzy vs Shun Skywalker - Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival (****)
Taichi vs Shingo Takagi - G1 Climax Block B (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 1/29 (****)
EVIL/SANADA vs MInoru Suzuki/Zack Sabre Jr - New Beginning in Sapporo NIght 2 (****)
Ren Narita vs Bandido - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****)
America
Daniel Bryan vs Kofi Kingston - Wrestlemania (****1/2)
Daniel Bryanson vs Kofi Kingston vs Samoa Joe vs Randy Orton vs AJ Styles vs Jeff Hardy - Elimination Chamber (****1/2)
Brock Lesnar vs Finn Balor - Royal Rumble (****1/2)
Cody vs Dustin Rhodes - Double or Nothing (****1/2)
CIMA vs Kenny Omega - Fight for the Fallen (****1/4)
Shota Umino vs Zack Sabre Jr - Honor Rising Night 1 (****1/4)
Lucha Bros vs Young Bucks - Double or Nothing (****1/4)
Jungle Boy vs A-Kid vs Australian Suicide vs Shane Mercer vs Slim J vs Jake Atlas - Joey Janela's Spring Break Part 1 (****)
Rey Mysterio vs ANDRADE - Smackdown 1/15 (****)
Aja Kong/Emi Sakura/Yuka Sakazaki vs Hikaru Shida/Riho Abe/Ryo Mizunami - Double or Nothing (****)
Lucha
Mistico vs Barbaro Cavernario - CMLL 5/24 (****3/4)
Titan vs Barbaro Cavernario - CMLL 2/22 (****1/2)
Laredo Kid vs Hijo Del Vikingo - AAA on Twitch 6/9 (****1/2)
Volador Jr vs Caristico - Fantastica Mania 1/21 (****1/4)
Dragon Lee/Mistico vs Sanson/Cuatero - Fantasica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Dragon Lee - CMLL 1/4 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Soberano Jr - Fantastica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Europe
PAC vs Will Ospreay - High Stakes (****3/4)
A-Kid vs Will Ospreay - Total Rumble 9 (****1/2)
Jordan Devlin vs WALTER - Scrappermania 5 (****)
Peter Griffin
October 14th, 2019, 5:19 PM
Can't comment on most of these but Cody/Dustin is my fave match this year so far I think.
Defrost
October 19th, 2019, 9:54 AM
Since it is utterly hopeless that I have an chance of catching up I've decided to just cherry pick random stuff to watch.
Kenoh vs Mochizuki from NOAH's 8/29 show is phenomenal. If it weren't for PAC vs Kzy it'd probably be my non NJPW MOTY.
Tainted Eclipse
October 19th, 2019, 10:13 AM
Not many matches this year have jumped out at me really. Cody/Dustin is top of 10 match of the decade though.
Horatio
October 21st, 2019, 12:18 PM
Daniel Makabe vs Timothy Thatcher - 321 Battle - 7/12
Spudz Mackenzie
October 24th, 2019, 6:00 AM
I don't post in these threads a lot, but can I nominate the MLW War Games match from earlier this summer?
Hot crowd, blood, Von Erichs, Texas, and the right guys won. It was fan-fucking-tastic as far as an old-school, bloody, cage brawl goes.
Defrost
November 10th, 2019, 10:57 PM
So Starr vs Devlin lived up to the hype. Best match and best presentation I have seen this year.
Tainted Eclipse
November 10th, 2019, 11:03 PM
first i've heard of it. will try to watch.
Defrost
November 10th, 2019, 11:07 PM
first i've heard of it. will try to watch.
This is a great fucking video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAFJctK0qYw
Tainted Eclipse
November 11th, 2019, 12:35 PM
i thought most of the work was great but really got out of the match for the last 5 minutes or so of the overwrought drama, but it certainly worked for the building.
Defrost
November 11th, 2019, 2:56 PM
That's kinda just part of Western wrestling style these days though
Defrost
November 18th, 2019, 1:24 AM
Usually hand wave the World Tag League but the Suzuki-gun vs Suzuki-gun match was awesome
Horatio
November 18th, 2019, 11:46 AM
Filthy Tom Lawlor vs Davey Boy Smith, jr. from MLW (ep. 84) was tons of fun; probably my favorite match this year
Sinner
December 28th, 2019, 4:29 PM
2019 MATCH OF THE YEAR NOMINATIONS:
WILL OSPREAY vs SHINGO TAKAGI - BOSJ Finals
JON MOXLEY vs SHINGO TAKAGI - G1
TOMOHIRO ISHII vs SHINGO TAKAGI - G1
JON MOXLEY vs TOMOHIRO ISHII - G1
KOTA IBUSHI vs JAY WHITE - G1 Finals
WALTER vs TYLER BATE - TakeOver Cardiff
WALTER vs PETE DUNNE - TakeOver New York
KENNY OMEGA vs HIROSHI TANAHASHI - WK 13
LIO RUSH vs ANGEL GARZA - NXT (the most recent match)
CODY vs DUSTIN RHODES - Double or Nothing
HONORABLE MENTION/GUILTY PLEASURE: HIROOKI GOTO vs JAY WHITE - G1
Defrost
January 25th, 2020, 7:48 PM
If I haven't watched it by now it ain't getting watched. Final list
Japan
Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White - G1 Supercard (*****)
Shingo Takagi vs Will Ospreay - Best of the Super Jrs Final (*****)
Kazuchika Okada vs Tomohiro Ishii - New Japan Cup Semi Finals (*****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kenny Omega - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (*****)
Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay - G1 Climax Block A (*****)
Kota Ibushi vs Jay White - G1 Climax Finals (*****)
Shingo Takagi vs Dragon Lee - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (*****)
Tetsuya Naito vs Shingo Takagi - G1 Climax Block B (****3/4)
Kazuchika Okada vs SANADA - G1 Climax Block A (****3/4)
Tetsuya Naito vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Supercard (****3/4)
PAC vs Kzy - Dragon Gate 2/10 (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Climax Block A (****3/4)
Jon Moxley vs Tomohiro Ishii - G1 Climax Block B (****3/4)
Kota Ibushi vs Zack Sabre Jr - Sengoku Lord (****3/4)
Tetsuya Naito vs Chris Jericho - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - G1 Climax Block A (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Bandido - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****3/4)
Kazuchika Okada/SHO vs SANADA/Shingo Takagi - NJPW 4/24 (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Jeff Cobb - G1 Supercard (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Lance Archer - G1 Climax Block A (****3/4)
Kenoh vs Masaaki Mochizuki - NOAH 8/29 (****3/4)
Jay White vs Will Ospreay - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show (****3/4)
Will Ospreay vs Robbie Eagles - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****3/4)
Shingo Takagi vs SHO - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (****3/4)
Daisuke Sasaki vs Konosuke Takeshita - DDT is Coming to America (****3/4)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada - G1 Climax Block A (****1/2)
Rocky Romero vs El Phantasmo - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****1/2)
Tomohiro Ishii vs EVIL - Wrestling Dontaku (****1/2)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KENTA - G1 Climax Block A (****1/2)
Dragon Lee vs Titan - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (****1/2)
Tomohiro Ishii vs Juice Robinson - G1 Climax Block B (****1/2)
SANADA vs Minoru Suzuki - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/2)
Zack Sabre Jr vs Kota Ibushi - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/2)
Taiji Ishimori vs Dragon Lee vs Bandido - G1 Supercard (****1/2)
Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki - Royal Quest (****1/2)
Zack Sabre Jr vs Tomohiro Ishii - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/2)
SHO vs Marty Scurll - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (****1/2)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Climax Block A (****1/2)
KENTA vs Zack Sabre Jr - G1 Climax Block A (****1/2)
HARASHIMA vs Konosuke Takashita - Ultimate Part (****1/2)
KENTA vs Tomohiro Ishii - Power Struggle (****1/2)
Daisuke Sekimoto vs Michael Elgin - BJW 8/24 (****1/2)
Will Ospreay vs El Phantasmo - King of Pro Wrestling (****1/2)
Tomohiro Ishii vs Taichi - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/2)
Kento Miyahara vs KAI - New Year Wars (****1/2)
Will Ospreay/Tomohiro Ishii/Hirooki Goto vs Yuji Nagata/Jeff Cobb/KUSHIDA - New Year Dash (****1/2)
Tetsuya Naito vs Taichi - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 2 (****1/2)
Kazuchika Okada vs Michael Elgin - New Japan Cup Round 1 (****1/2)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Zack Sabre Jr - G1 Climax Block A (****1/2)
Will Ospreay vs BUSHI - Power Struggle (****1/2)
Shingo Takagi vs Tomohiro Ishii - G1 Climax Block B (****1/4)
Dragon Lee vs Taiji Ishimori - Wrestling Dontaku (****1/4)
Tetsuya Naito vs Kota Ibushi - New Japan Cup Round 1 (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Lance Archer - New Japan Cup Round 2 (****1/4)
Daisuke Sekimoto vs Ryota Hama - BJW 1/2 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Climax Block A (****1/4)
EVIL vs KENTA - G1 Climax Block A (****1/4)
EVIL vs SANADA - G1 Climax Block A (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Dragon Lee - Dominion (****1/4)
Shingo Takagi vs Taiji Ishimori - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (****1/4)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Lance Archer - G1 Climax Block A (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Rocky Romero - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****1/4)
Shingo Takagi/BUSHI vs Roppongi 3K - Aki No Kuni Sengoku Emaki (****1/4)
Birds of Prey vs BUSHI/Hiromu Takahashi - Road to Tokyo Dome (****1/4)
Jeff Cobb vs Tomohiro Ishii - G1 Climax Block B (****1/4)
WIll Ospreay vs El Phantasmo - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Kota Ibushi - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Violent Giants vs Strong BJ - BJW 1/13 (****1/4)
Kazuchika Okada vs Jay White - Wrestle Kingdom 13 (****1/4)
Shingo Takagi/BUSHI vs Roppongi 3K - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show (****1/4)
Lance Archer vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Climax Block A (****1/4)
Will Ospreay vs Ren Narita - Best of the Super Jr Block B (****1/4)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs EVIL - G1 Climax Block A (****1/4)
Hiroshi Tanahashi/Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki/Zack Sabre Jr - G1 Climax Final (****)
Tetsuya Naito vs Jon Moxley - G1 Climax Block B (****)
Juice Robinson vs Shingo Takagi - G1 Climax Block B (****)
Kazuchika Okada/Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Jay White/Bad Luck Fale - New Beginning in Sapporo Night 1 (****)
Taiji Ishimori vs Jushin Liger - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show (****)
Dragon Lee vs SHO - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (****)
Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson - Best of the Super Jrs Final (****)
KENTA vs Lance Archer - G1 Climax Block A (****)
PAC vs Ben-K - Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival (****)
EVIL vs Lance Archer - G1 Climax Block A (****)
Kazuchika Okada vs Zack Sabre Jr - G1 Climax Block A (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Zack Sabre Jr - Royal Quest (****)
EVIL vs Will Ospreay - G1 Climax Block A (****)
Meiko Satomura vs Sareee - Sendai Girls 4/16 (****)
Will Ospreay vs YOH - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs SANADA - New Japan Cup Semi Finals (****)
Zack Sabre Jr vs SANADA - G1 Climax Block A (****)
Tetsuya Naito vs Kota Ibushi - Dominion (****)
EVIL vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Climax Block A (****)
Jushin Liger/Great Sasuke vs Shinjiro Otani/Tatsuhito Takaiwa - Zero1 7/28 (****)
Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay - New Japan Cup Quarter Final (****)
Yuji Nagata vs Tomohiro Ishii - New Japan Cup Round 1 (****)
Robbie Eagles vs Ryusuke Taguchi - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****)
Momo Watanabe vs Jungle Kyona - Stardom World in Nagoya (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi/Yoshitatsu vs Kento Miyahara/Daisuke Sekimoto - Giant Baba Death 20th Anniversary Memorial Show ~ King's Soul & Abdullah the Butcher Retirement Memorial ~ Farewell Shaman (****)
Dragon Lee vs Tiger Mask IV - Best of the Super Jrs Block A (****)
KENTA vs Kota Ibushi - G1 Climax Block A (****)
Kzy vs Shun Skywalker - Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival (****)
Taichi vs Shingo Takagi - G1 Climax Block B (****)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs KUSHIDA - NJPW 1/29 (****)
EVIL/SANADA vs MInoru Suzuki/Zack Sabre Jr - New Beginning in Sapporo NIght 2 (****)
Ren Narita vs Bandido - Best of the Super Jrs Block B (****)
America
Daniel Bryan vs Kofi Kingston - Wrestlemania (****1/2)
Daniel Bryanson vs Kofi Kingston vs Samoa Joe vs Randy Orton vs AJ Styles vs Jeff Hardy - Elimination Chamber (****1/2)
Brock Lesnar vs Finn Balor - Royal Rumble (****1/2)
Cody vs Dustin Rhodes - Double or Nothing (****1/2)
CIMA vs Kenny Omega - Fight for the Fallen (****1/4)
Shota Umino vs Zack Sabre Jr - Honor Rising Night 1 (****1/4)
Chris Jericho vs Cody Rhodes - Full Gear (****1/4)
Lucha Bros vs Young Bucks - Double or Nothing (****1/4)
Jungle Boy vs A-Kid vs Australian Suicide vs Shane Mercer vs Slim J vs Jake Atlas - Joey Janela's Spring Break Part 1 (****)
Chris Jericho vs Darby Allin - AEW Dynamite 10/16 (****)
Rey Mysterio vs ANDRADE - Smackdown 1/15 (****)
Aja Kong/Emi Sakura/Yuka Sakazaki vs Hikaru Shida/Riho Abe/Ryo Mizunami - Double or Nothing (****)
Lucha
Mistico vs Barbaro Cavernario - CMLL 5/24 (****3/4)
Titan vs Barbaro Cavernario - CMLL 2/22 (****1/2)
Laredo Kid vs Hijo Del Vikingo - AAA on Twitch 6/9 (****1/2)
Kenny Omega vs Fenix - Héroes inmortales Xlll (****1/4)
Volador Jr vs Caristico - Fantastica Mania 1/21 (****1/4)
Dragon Lee/Mistico vs Sanson/Cuatero - Fantasica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Dragon Lee - CMLL 1/4 (****1/4)
Barbaro Cavernario vs Soberano Jr - Fantastica Mania 1/18 (****1/4)
Europe
Jordan Devlin vs David Starr - OTT Fifth Anniversary (*****)
PAC vs Will Ospreay - High Stakes (****3/4)
A-Kid vs Will Ospreay - Total Rumble 9 (****1/2)
Jordan Devlin vs WALTER - Scrappermania 5 (****)
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