The time of the year has come. And with that time of the year...it culminates with a pretty big change in my life. This fall, I went back to college, and I nailed that semester. The problem before was I fucked around too much and didn't study and do homework like I should have. That led to me dropping classes I should have been over and done with, as well as ultimately halting my degree before it really even got started. I would like to keep from ruining the great start I had, and as such...I honestly will not have the time to run this like I normally do. You all know how important it is to me for each match to have a write-up to explain what made the match so great, so it's more than just, "Here's the next number." But I know attempting to do that will result in A) this list getting hella delayed, B) my school work being thrown in the shitter, or C) both.
So here's the deal. I would like the list to continue in my "absence", but I ultimately need someone else to run it. I can do the formatting, keep the first post for list updates(last year I intended to list each entry as they appeared and link to the post of the reveal), and even contribute some write-ups. But I'm asking for someone else to handle counting the lists and taking the bulk of the write-up responsibility. Ideally, others will be willing to volunteer to make the job easier for everyone.
In general, I just want to see the list to continue, so if it means someone picking it up but not having write-ups, so be it. That's more of a personal request as someone who's done this for the last 6 years. But ultimately, I just want this whole thing to still happen.
It's up to whomever takes over how they want to run this thing, and I'll edit the rules into this post as far as voting. I still have the template if you just want to do it the normal way.
January Aleister Black vs. Adam Cole, NXT Takeover: Philadelphia (1/27) - (10 Yes, 2 No) Andrade Almas vs. Johnny Gargano, NXT Takeover: Philadelphia (1/27) - (13 Yes, 1 No) Men's Royal Rumble Match, Royal Rumble (1/28) - (10 Yes, 0 No)
February Drew Gulak vs. Tony Nese, 205 Live (2/13) - (5 Yes, 0 No) Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Sonya Deville vs. Mandy Rose vs. Mickie James, Elimination Chamber (2/25) - (6 Yes, 0 No)
March Cedric Alexander vs. Roderick Strong, 205 Live (3/13) - (6 Yes, 0 No) Drew Gulak vs. Mustafa Ali, 205 Live (3/20) - (5 Yes, 0 No)
April Kalisto vs. Buddy Murphy, 205 Live (4/3) - (5 Yes, 0 No) Ricochet vs. Adam Cole vs. EC3 vs. Velveteen Dream vs. Killian Dain vs. Lars Sullivan, NXT Takeover: New Orleans (4/7) - (12 Yes, 0 No) Andrade Almas vs. Aleister Black, NXT Takeover: New Orleans (4/7) - (10 Yes, 0 No)
Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa, NXT Takeover: New Orleans (4/7) - (11 Yes, 0 No) The Miz vs. Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins, WrestleMania 34 (4/8) - (8 Yes, 3 No) Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka, WrestleMania 34 (4/8) - (11 Yes, 1 No)
Ronda Rousey & Kurt Angle vs. Stephanie McMahon & Triple H, WrestleMania 34 (4/8) - (11 Yes, 0 No)
May Seth Rollins vs. The Miz, Backlash (5/6) - (8 Yes, 0 No)
June The Undisputed Era vs. Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan, NXT Takeover: Chicago (6/16) - (8 Yes, 1 No) Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream, NXT Takeover: Chicago (6/16) - (13 Yes, 0 No) Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano, NXT Takeover: Chicago (6/16) - (13 Yes, 0 No) Pete Dunne vs. Zack Gibson, United Kingdom Championship Special (6/26) - (5 Yes, 0 No)
July Moustache Mountain vs. The Undisputed Era, NXT (7/18) - (5 Yes, 0 No)
Aleister Black vs. Tommaso Ciampa, NXT (7/25) - (6 Yes, 0 No)
August The Undisputed Era vs. Moustache Mountain, NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 4 (8/18) - (7 Yes, 2 No)
Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane, NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 4 (8/18) - (6 Yes, 2 No) Adam Cole vs. Ricochet, NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 4 (8/18) - (9 Yes, 0 No)
September Pete Dunne vs. Ricochet, NXT (9/19) - (5 Yes, 0 No)
October Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair, Evolution (10/28) - (11 Yes, 0 No) AJ Styles vs. Daniel Bryan, Smackdown Live (10/30) - (7 Yes, 0 No)
November Aleister Black vs. Johnny Gargano, NXT Takeover: WarGames (11/17) - (8 Yes, 0 No) Tommaso Ciampa vs. Velveteen Dream, NXT Takeover: WarGames (11/17) - (10 Yes, 0 No) WarGames II, NXT Takeover: WarGames (11/17) - (7 Yes, 2 No)
Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte, Survivor Series (11/18) - (7 Yes, 0 No)
Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan, Survivor Series (11/18) - (6 Yes, 3 No)
December Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles, TLC (12/16) - (10 Yes, 0 No) Becky Lynch vs. Asuka vs. Charlotte Flair, TLC (12/16) - (10 Yes, 0 No)
The Complete List of Matches:
January
Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe, RAW (1/1) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn, Smackdown Live (1/23) - (3 Yes, 0 No)
Cedric Alexander vs. Mustafa Ali, 205 Live (1/23) - (3 Yes, 0 No)
Velveteen Dream vs. Johnny Gargano, NXT (1/24) - (4 Yes, 0 No)
The Undisputed Era vs. Authors of Pain, NXT Takeover: Philadelphia (1/27) - (4 Yes, 3 No) Aleister Black vs. Adam Cole, NXT Takeover: Philadelphia (1/27) - (10 Yes, 2 No)
Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler, NXT Takeover: Philadelphia (1/27) - (2 Yes, 2 No) Andrade Almas vs. Johnny Gargano, NXT Takeover: Philadelphia (1/27) - (13 Yes, 1 No)
Brock Lesnar vs. Kane vs. Braun Strowman, Royal Rumble (1/28) - (2 Yes, 0 No) Men's Royal Rumble Match, Royal Rumble (1/28) - (10 Yes, 0 No)
Women's Royal Rumble Match, Royal Rumble (1/28) - (5 Yes, 2 No)
Asuka vs. Sasha Banks, RAW (1/29) - (2 Yes, 0 No)
Tyler Bate vs. Roderick Strong, NXT (1/31) - (2 Yes, 0 No)
February
Roderick Strong vs. Hideo Itami, 205 Live (2/6) - (2 Yes, 0 No)
Finn Balor vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Matt Hardy vs. Apollo Crews vs. Seth Rollins, RAW (2/12) - (1 Yes, 0 No) Drew Gulak vs. Tony Nese, 205 Live (2/13) - (5 Yes, 0 No)
Pete Dunne vs. Roderick Strong, NXT (2/14) - (3 Yes, 0 No)
Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns vs. John Cena vs. Elias vs. Finn Balor vs. The Miz vs. Braun Strowman, RAW (2/19) - (5 Yes, 1 No)
Andrade Almas vs. Johnny Gargano, NXT (2/21) - (2 Yes, 0 No) Alexa Bliss vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Sonya Deville vs. Mandy Rose vs. Mickie James, Elimination Chamber (2/25) - (6 Yes, 0 No)
Asuka vs. Nia Jax, Elimination Chamber (2/25) - (2 Yes, 1 No)
Roman Reigns vs. The Miz vs. Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor vs. Elias vs. John Cena vs. Braun Strowman, Elimination Chamber (2/25) - (3 Yes, 1 No)
AJ Styles vs. John Cena, Smackdown Live (2/27) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Cedric Alexander vs. TJP, 205 Live (2/27) - (2 Yes, 1 No)
Kalisto vs. Roderick Strong, 205 Live (2/27) - (3 Yes, 0 No)
Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane, NXT (2/28) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
March
Mustafa Ali vs. Buddy Murphy, 205 Live (3/6) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens vs. Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. John Cena, Fastlane (3/11) - (3 Yes, 1 No) Cedric Alexander vs. Roderick Strong, 205 Live (3/13) - (6 Yes, 0 No) Drew Gulak vs. Mustafa Ali, 205 Live (3/20) - (5 Yes, 0 No)
Akira Tozawa vs. TJP vs. Kalisto vs. Buddy Murphy, 205 Live (3/27) - (3 Yes, 0 No)
April
Lucha House Party vs. Hideo Itami & Akira Tozawa, 205 Live (4/3) - (1 Yes, 1 No) Kalisto vs. Buddy Murphy, 205 Live (4/3) - (5 Yes, 0 No) Ricochet vs. Adam Cole vs. EC3 vs. Velveteen Dream vs. Killian Dain vs. Lars Sullivan, NXT Takeover: New Orleans (4/7) - (12 Yes, 0 No)
Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler, NXT Takeover: New Orleans (4/7) - (4 Yes, 0 No)
The Undisputed Era vs. Authors of Pain vs. Pete Dunne & Roderick Strong, NXT Takeover: New Orleans (4/7) - (4 Yes, 2 No) Andrade Almas vs. Aleister Black, NXT Takeover: New Orleans (4/7) - (10 Yes, 0 No)
Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa, NXT Takeover: New Orleans (4/7) - (11 Yes, 0 No) The Miz vs. Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins, WrestleMania 34 (4/8) - (8 Yes, 3 No) Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka, WrestleMania 34 (4/8) - (11 Yes, 1 No)
Ronda Rousey & Kurt Angle vs. Stephanie McMahon & Triple H, WrestleMania 34 (4/8) - (11 Yes, 0 No)
Daniel Bryan & Shane McMahon vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn, WrestleMania 34 (4/8) - (4 Yes, 4 No)
AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, WrestleMania 34 (4/8) - (1 Yes, 5 No)
The Usos vs. The New Day, Smackdown Live (4/10) - (2 Yes, 0 No)
Lucha House Party vs Hideo Itami & Akira Tozawa, 205 Live (4/17) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Killian Dain vs Lars Sullivan, NXT (4/18) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor, RAW (4/30) - (2 Yes, 0 No)
May Seth Rollins vs. The Miz, Backlash (5/6) - (8 Yes, 0 No) Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens, RAW (5/14) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Lars Sullivan vs. Velveteen Dream & Ricochet, NXT (5/23) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Cedric Alexander vs. Buddy Murphy, 205 Live (5/29) - (3 Yes, 0 No)
June The Undisputed Era vs. Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan, NXT Takeover: Chicago (6/16) - (8 Yes, 1 No) Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream, NXT Takeover: Chicago (6/16) - (13 Yes, 0 No)
Aleister Black vs. Lars Sullivan, NXT Takeover: Chicago (6/16) - (3 Yes, 0 No) Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano, NXT Takeover: Chicago (6/16) - (13 Yes, 0 No)
Women's MITB Ladder Match, Money in the Bank (6/17) - (4 Yes, 0 No)
AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, Money in the Bank (6/17) - (4 Yes, 0 No)
Nia Jax vs. Ronda Rousey, Money in the Bank (6/17) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Men's MITB Ladder Match, Money in the Bank (6/17) - (2 Yes, 0 No)
Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler, RAW (6/18) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Daniel Bryan vs. Big E vs. Samoa Joe vs. The Miz vs. Rusev, Smackdown Live! (6/19) - (3 Yes, 0 No)
Hideo Itami vs. Mustafa Ali vs. Buddy Murphy, 205 Live (6/19) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Zack Gibson vs. Jack Gallagher, United Kingdom Championship Tournament (6/25) - (1 Yes, 1 No)
British Strong Style vs. The Undisputed Era, United Kingdom Championship Tournament (6/25) - (3 Yes, 1 No)
Zack Gibson vs. Travis Banks, United Kingdom Championship Tournament (6/25) - (1 Yes, 1 No)
The Undisputed Era vs. Moustache Mountain, United Kingdom Championship Special (6/26) - (3 Yes, 1 No)
Flash Morgan Webster vs. Travis Banks vs. Mark Andrews vs. Noam Dar, United Kingdom Championship Special (6/26) - (1 Yes, 1 No)
Shayna Baszler vs. Toni Storm, United Kingdom Championship Special (6/26) - (4 Yes, 0 No) Pete Dunne vs. Zack Gibson, United Kingdom Championship Special (6/26) - (5 Yes, 0 No)
Moustache Mountain & Ricochet vs. The Undisputed Era, NXT (6/27) - (2 Yes, 0 No)
July
Mustafa Ali vs. Buddy Murphy, 205 Live (7/3) - (3 Yes, 0 No) Moustache Mountain vs. The Undisputed Era, NXT (7/18) - (5 Yes, 0 No)
Aleister Black vs. Tommaso Ciampa, NXT (7/25) - (6 Yes, 0 No)
August
The New Day vs. The Bar, Smackdown Live! (8/7) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Hideo Itami vs. Mustafa Ali, 205 Live (8/7) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Aleister Black vs. Tommaso Ciampa, NXT (8/8) - (2 Yes, 0 No) The Undisputed Era vs. Moustache Mountain, NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 4 (8/18) - (7 Yes, 2 No)
Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane, NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 4 (8/18) - (6 Yes, 2 No) Adam Cole vs. Ricochet, NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 4 (8/18) - (9 Yes, 0 No)
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano, NXT Takeover: Brooklyn 4 (8/18) - (5 Yes, 2 No)
Dolph Ziggler vs. Seth Rollins, SummerSlam (8/19) - (3 Yes, 3 No)
AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe, SummerSlam (8/19) - (2 Yes, 3 No)
The Miz vs. Daniel Bryan, SummerSlam (8/19) - (4 Yes, 0 No)
The Bludgeon Brothers vs. The New Day, Smackdown Live! (8/21) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens, RAW (8/27) - (3 Yes, 0 No)
September Pete Dunne vs. Ricochet, NXT (9/19) - (5 Yes, 0 No)
Rachel Evers vs. Hiroyo Matsumoto, Mae Young Classic (9/26) - (2 Yes, 0 No)
October
Meiko Satomura vs. Mercedez Martinez, Mae Young Classic (10/3) - (2 Yes, 0 No)
Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair, Super Show-Down (10/6) - (2 Yes, 0 No)
Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair, Smackdown Live! (10/9) - (2 Yes, 0 No)
Ricochet vs. Adam Cole vs. Pete Dunne, NXT (10/10) - (4 Yes, 0 No)
Cedric Alexander vs. Tony Nese, 205 Live (10/10) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Toni Storm vs. Io Shirai, Evolution (10/28) - (1 Yes, 0 No) Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair, Evolution (10/28) - (11 Yes, 0 No) AJ Styles vs. Daniel Bryan, Smackdown Live (10/30) - (7 Yes, 0 No)
November Aleister Black vs. Johnny Gargano, NXT Takeover: WarGames (11/17) - (8 Yes, 0 No)
Shayna Baszler vs. Kairi Sane, NXT Takeover: WarGames (11/17) - (3 Yes, 1 No) Tommaso Ciampa vs. Velveteen Dream, NXT Takeover: WarGames (11/17) - (10 Yes, 0 No) WarGames II, NXT Takeover: WarGames (11/17) - (7 Yes, 2 No)
Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte, Survivor Series (11/18) - (7 Yes, 0 No)
Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan, Survivor Series (11/18) - (6 Yes, 3 No)
December Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles, TLC (12/16) - (10 Yes, 0 No)
Ronda Rousey vs. Nia Jax, TLC (12/16) - (1 Yes, 0 No) Becky Lynch vs. Asuka vs. Charlotte Flair, TLC (12/16) - (10 Yes, 0 No)
Johnny Gargano vs. Aleister Black, NXT (12/19) - (1 Yes, 0 No)
Shinske Nakamura vs. Rusev, Smackdown Live! (12/25) - (2 Yes, 1 No)
I was just thinking about this today. I thought it was going to be cancelled. It will be interesting to see how it turns out just going by the existing list.
I've considered doing it in the past as sort of a comparison to how the list pans out when we vote. It'll probably be like this for the next couple years while I finish school unless someone decides to take the reigns.