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Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
MOTYC: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi
HM: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
HM: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makabe
HM: Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Minoru Suzuki


I'm allergic to giving more than one MOTYC to a single card, is all.

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Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

Testekill posted:

MOTYC: Lesnar vs Cena vs Rollins


gently caress that owned so loving hard. I was expecting Heyman to turn on Lesnar and side with Rollins.

I CAN'T FEEL MY FACE

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
Yeha I will also Nth the HM for the Catsarosebuds vs. New Day

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

Charles Gnarwin posted:

Second. I was hoping for a MOTYC but it's understandable that they could only go so long and didn't want to blow off the possibility of a future, more high-profile match. And I didn't think it was possible, but the dropkick (THE dropkick) may have my vote for move of the year based on one use.

Third. That was a Really Good Match that was just not long enough to be a MOTYC

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
I have a rule that I will not nominate more than one match from a PPV for MOTYC. I also... I don't know. I don't ask that a match feel better than the last thing I nominated for MOTYC now, but I do ask that I take a look at it and say, "I'll have to think twice about whether this or that was better at the end of the year." Right now? I loved the #1 contender match, it was great at what it did, but a little short. The women's match? It might be the best women's match I've ever seen, and booked beautifully with no weak links. The championship? Something I've never seen before, and something I'm going to be considering for a while. But are any of those close enough to Nakamura's masterclass at WK9 that I can even see my self pausing to consider voting them over it in 10 months? Probably not. So:

HM: Adrian Neville vs Finn Balor, NXT Takeover Rival
HM: Charlotte Flair vs Sasha Banks vs Bayley vs Becky Lynch, NXT Takeover Rival
HM: Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens, NXT Takeover Rival


Really, though, if in ten months this and WK9 are the two best PPVs I see all year, it's going to have been a banner loving year. Excellent card, and this is why wrestling is fun.

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

DarkstarIV posted:

Probably going to get denied for this, but:

HM: Sasha Banks vs Charlotte for the NXT Women's Title, 3/4/15.

Third. Neeeeat.

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
MOTYC: Reigns vs. Lesnar vs. Rollins, Wrestlemania 31
HM: Orton vs. Rollins, Wrestlemania 31
HM: 7-Way Ladder Match for the IC Championship, Wrestlemania 31

easily the 3rd best card I've seen in 2015 to WK9 and NXT Rival, and holy poo poo it was good

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

Nerokerubina posted:

this was a lot better than NXT Rival but that's just my opinion y'all

that is fair I am pretty leery of recency bias, since I was there live I wanna rewatch it all with commentary and that may affect things


You know what, what the hell, I'll toss in this:

HM: HHH vs. Sting, Wrestlemania 31

Not the best technical match, but the Attitude Era rode again, and it was great fun.

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
HM: Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler, IC Title Match, WWE Raw 3/30

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
I'll say it.

HM: Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns vs. Randy Orton vs. Seth Rollins, Payback


e: already second guessing myself. Originally had MOTYC, decided on HM

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
Not that it needs it, but I'll nth

MOTYC: Sasha Banks vs Becky Lynch (NXT Takeover 5/20/15)

That is legit in my top 3 for the year so far, with Tanahashi at WK9 and the Royal Rumble triple threat. Holy poo poo.

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

Great White Hope posted:

MOTY: Destination America vs. TNA, 5/27/2015

The perfect blowoff to an amazingly stupid (in a good way) feud, the bad guy got embarrassed, and for maybe the first time in TNA history we got a swerve and run-in that left everyone happy. For now.

nth

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

quote:

HM: Money In The Bank Ladder match, MITB 6/14/15
MOTYC: Kevin Owens vs John Cena, MITB 6/14/15
WMOTYC: Ryback vs. The Big Show, MITB 6/14/15

Nth

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Kevin Owens vs Finn Balor, WWE Beast in the East (7/4/15)
HM: Neville Vs Chris Jericho, WWE Beast in the East (7/4/15)

quite concur

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

MotU posted:

I don't really think anything on Battleground was deserving of an HM really. The women's triple threat match was eh compared to anything they did in NXT and like you said, that was the weakest Owens/Cena match, mainly because it is just a rehash of the other matches pretty much

Yeah, I'm pretty much here, but it did make me realize that I forgot this:


HM: Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks, NXT Takeover 7/15

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
I am hyped as gently caress and making unwise decisions and inflating match ratings:


HM: Tyler Breeze vs. Jushin Liger, NXT Takeover 8/22
HM: The Vaudevillains and Blue Pants vs. Blake, Murphy, and Alexa Factor, NXT Takeover 8/22

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
I have to. It may be overenthusiastic, but I have to.

MOTYC: Sasha Banks vs. Bayley, NXT Takeover 8/22

I cannot feel feelings. Everything is beautiful, and nothign hurts.

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
HM: Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens, NXT Takeover 8/22


Excellent match, ending was a little awkward. Just not quite as good as the women's match, and I don't give two MOTYCs in one card.

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

I Before E posted:

WMOTY: Roman Reigns vs Bray Wyatt, Hell In A Cell

Completely baffling and moronic.

try harder

edit to clarify: this isn't seconding or anything, this is a Real Dumb nomination

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
HM: The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar -- 10/25 WWE Hell in a Cell


anything that probably brings vince mcmahon a month closer to his stress-related aneurysm at least gets a HM, a bit botchy for me to motyc. Fun though

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
Nakamura-Ibushi is narrowly ahead of Bayley-Banks at Brooklyn, and after that there's a pretty big gap, and then a set of maybes for third place like the Fenix-Muertas Grave Consequences match, the triple threat at the Royal Rumble, Banks-Lynch at the May Takeover, and the first Owens-Cena at MITB.

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

DarkstarIV posted:

HM: Roman Reigns vs Cesaro, 11/16/15 RAW

I'll second this, it was very fun and I like pissing off goons that are angry about roman reigns

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
why not

HM: Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens, WWE Championship Semifinal Match, Survivor Series, 11/22

it was a fun match that I liked a lot

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
I'm tipsy enough to like this enough to nominate it, not drunk enough to MOTYC it:


HM: New Day vs. Lucha Dragons vs. The Usos, Tag Team Ladder Match, WWE TLC

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

NienNunb posted:

WMOTY: ECW Originals VS The Wyatts, TLC

well, it's the worst match i've seen this year, so sure

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
HM: Sheamus vs. Roman Reigns, WWE World Heavyweight Title Match, WWE Raw 12/14/2015

fight me

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

sportsgenius86 posted:

HM: Asuka vs. Emma, NXT Takeover London

Opening loving match and it's that good?

Nth.

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
Even if I'd have preferred the other result, I see what they'r ebooking to so I am not so mad, and the in ring work was top tier. 2 for 2? 2 for 2.

HM: Dash and Dawson vs. Enzo and Cass, NXT Takeover: London

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

Testekill posted:

HM: Bayley vs Nia Jax, NXT Takeover: London

I didn't expect that match to own as much as it did.

Three out of four matches are HMs.


Second

Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."

abraham linksys posted:

HM: Samoa Joe vs Finn Balor, NXT TakeOver: London

Nth.

Literally nominated 80% of the card for an HM. None of the matches were MOTYC caliber, but outside of The Corbin Incident every single one was a GREAT MATCH.

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Mukaikubo
Mar 14, 2006

"You treat her like a lady... and she'll always bring you home."
Matches with >20 MOTYC nominations, since that is exactly ten for a good top ten


pre:
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi – 01/04 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9		37
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins – 01/25 WWE Royal Rumble		33
Sasha Banks vs. Bayley – 08/22 WWE NXT Takeover: Brooklyn			31
Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch – 05/20 WWE NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable		27
Mil Muertes vs. Fenix – 03/18 Lucha Underground					26
Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins – 03/29 WrestleMania XXXI	26
John Cena vs. Kevin Owens – 05/31 WWE Elimination Chamber			25
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada – 01/04 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9		25
Kevin Owens vs. Finn Balor – 07/04 WWE Beast in the East			24
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makabe – 01/04 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9			21
It's honestly pretty hard to argue with this. I might have the Wrestlemania and the Sasha-Becky match a bit lower, the Grave Consequences a bit higher, and I wasn't THAT impressed with Ishii-Makabe, but this is a pretty dang solid list for a North America-focused board.

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