2020's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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Dango Bango: Jul 26, 2007

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho, AEW Fyter Fest, 7/8

This match was just incredible. Edge of my seat the whole time. OC looked like a huge star throughout.

# ? Jul 9, 2020 03:02

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 23:23

Crapple!: Nov 1, 2019

From Dynamite 7/8 (Fyter Fest night 2)

MOTYC: Bucks/FTR vs Butcher and Blade/Lucha Bros
MOTYC: Jericho vs Orange Cassidy
HM: Kenny/Hangman vs Private Party
HM: Joey vs Archer

# ? Jul 9, 2020 03:04

SHVPS4DETH: Mar 19, 2009; seen so much i'm going blind and i'm brain-dead virtually; Ramrod XTreme

Dango Bango posted:

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho, AEW Fyter Fest, 7/8

This match was just incredible. Edge of my seat the whole time. OC looked like a huge star throughout.

4th or whatever

# ? Jul 9, 2020 03:07

John Dudebro: Dec 3, 2013

MOTYC: Girl Puppy Battle Royale, AEW Puppy Battle Royale, 7/8

MOTYC: Boy Puppy Battle Royale, AEW Puppy Battle Royale, 7/8

# ? Jul 9, 2020 03:11

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

Dango Bango posted:

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho, AEW Fyter Fest, 7/8

This match was just incredible. Edge of my seat the whole time. OC looked like a huge star throughout.

Nth

# ? Jul 9, 2020 03:11

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

John Dudebro posted:

MOTYC: Girl Puppy Battle Royale, AEW Puppy Battle Royale, 7/8

MOTYC: Boy Puppy Battle Royale, AEW Puppy Battle Royale, 7/8

# ? Jul 9, 2020 03:12

Trying: Sep 26, 2019

NienNunb posted:

Motyc Orange Cassidy/Jericho fyter fest

Only a HM because I'm a jabronie mark upset my guy didn't win

# ? Jul 9, 2020 03:14

Ivypls: Aug 24, 2019

Crapple! posted:

From Dynamite 7/8 (Fyter Fest night 2)

MOTYC: Bucks/FTR vs Butcher and Blade/Lucha Bros
MOTYC: Jericho vs Orange Cassidy
HM: Kenny/Hangman vs Private Party
HM: Joey vs Archer

Nth for all of these.

# ? Jul 9, 2020 03:21

TTBF: Sep 14, 2005

Chinston Wurchill posted:

MOTYC Fyter Fest 8-man. Holy poo poo.

Unnecessary nth

# ? Jul 9, 2020 03:26

Punch McLightning: Sep 19, 2005; you know what that means; Grimey Drawer

Dango Bango posted:

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho, AEW Fyter Fest, 7/8

This match was just incredible. Edge of my seat the whole time. OC looked like a huge star throughout.

I�d like to nth this. I was more emotionally invested in this match than any in quite awhile.

# ? Jul 9, 2020 04:45

I Before E: Jul 2, 2012

NienNunb posted:

Motyc Orange Cassidy/Jericho fyter fest

Yeah, seconded. Really put OC over as an equal.

# ? Jul 9, 2020 05:28

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

Crapple! posted:

From Dynamite 7/8 (Fyter Fest night 2)

MOTYC: Bucks/FTR vs Butcher and Blade/Lucha Bros
MOTYC: Jericho vs Orange Cassidy
HM: Joey vs Archer

Nth these. 8-man was match of the night, so good.

# ? Jul 9, 2020 05:59

Kirios: Jan 26, 2010

Crapple! posted:

From Dynamite 7/8 (Fyter Fest night 2)

MOTYC: Bucks/FTR vs Butcher and Blade/Lucha Bros
MOTYC: Jericho vs Orange Cassidy
HM: Kenny/Hangman vs Private Party
HM: Joey vs Archer

Nth all of these

# ? Jul 9, 2020 07:28

Lamuella: Jun 26, 2003; It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Private Party vs. Cowboy Bebop, Fyter Fest Night 2, July 8

Nth

sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Bucks and FTR vs. Lucha Bros and Butcher/Blade, AEW Dynamite 7/8

Nth

Dango Bango posted:

MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho, AEW Fyter Fest, 7/8

This match was just incredible. Edge of my seat the whole time. OC looked like a huge star throughout.

Going for HM with this one. Good but didn't quite get me.

# ? Jul 9, 2020 08:19

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

AEW Dynamite 8th July
MOTYC: FTR/Bucks vs Lucha Bros/BB
HM: Orange Cassidy vs Chris Jericho

# ? Jul 9, 2020 09:39

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

Crapple! posted:

From Dynamite 7/8 (Fyter Fest night 2)

MOTYC: Bucks/FTR vs Butcher and Blade/Lucha Bros
MOTYC: Jericho vs Orange Cassidy
HM: Kenny/Hangman vs Private Party
HM: Joey vs Archer

Only blemish of the night was that the wrong man won the main event.

# ? Jul 9, 2020 09:49

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

HM: Private Party vs. Kenny Omega/Hangman Page, AEW Dynamite, 08/07
HM: Lance Archer vs. Joey Janela, AEW Dynamite, 08/07
MOTYC: The Young Bucks/FTR vs. The Butcher and the Blade/Lucha Bros, AEW Dynamite, 08/07
MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho, AEW Dynamite, 08/07

The main event was the most invested I've been in a match since Okada/SANADA at the G1, just amazing storytelling

# ? Jul 9, 2020 10:55

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

Well my nominations aren't needed but I just wanna add my own agreement to:

Rarity posted:

HM: Private Party vs. Kenny Omega/Hangman Page, AEW Dynamite, 08/07
HM: Lance Archer vs. Joey Janela, AEW Dynamite, 08/07
MOTYC: The Young Bucks/FTR vs. The Butcher and the Blade/Lucha Bros, AEW Dynamite, 08/07
MOTYC: Orange Cassidy vs. Chris Jericho, AEW Dynamite, 08/07

That main event was absolutely sensational.

# ? Jul 9, 2020 11:19

Taffy Torpedo: Feb 2, 2008; ...Can we have the radio?

Fyter Fest Nyght 2 8/7/20

HM: Omega/Page vs. Private Party
HM: Young Bucks/FTR vs. Lucha Bros/Butcher and Blade
MOTYC: Chris Jerico vs. Orange Cassidy

# ? Jul 9, 2020 16:47

Punch McLightning: Sep 19, 2005; you know what that means; Grimey Drawer

HM: Kunay vs. Latigo, April 25, The Crash - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eQOwQBJbsU

This is a fun lucha match you should watch!

# ? Jul 9, 2020 19:55

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Konosuke Takeshita vs Yoshihiko in a ~~Boneyard~~ TOKYO 2020 LAST MAN STANDING MATCH - DDT Peter Pan (6/6)

The greatest cinematic match of all time. DDT taking its WWE parody but also an infinitely better wrestling promotion gimmick to the next level.

I don't know what Big Konnie had planned for his Kenny Omega match but it wouldn't have been one tenth as good as this.

2nd this. This is so brilliantly stupid. The setting, the camera work, even the fact it started before dawn and gradually got light as Takeshita was approaching the light at the end of All Out's tunnel, the blood, the eye. So many tremendous special effects. And the ending was majestic.

No cinematic wrestling will top this, a fitting end to one of the best storylines in wrestling in 2020.

# ? Jul 9, 2020 23:38

a cyborg mug: Mar 8, 2010

I�m gonna do it

gently caress you all

HM: MASTER WATO vs DOUKI, New Japan Cup Finals (7/11)

I expected nothing due to catastrophic debut and a DOA gimmick but Wato was actually good and DOUKI was also good, people clapped for DOUKI and Wato did good kung fu stuff and his dumb pose. What more do you want

# ? Jul 11, 2020 09:51

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

extradite THIS! posted:

I�m gonna do it

gently caress you all

HM: MASTER WATO vs DOUKI, NJPW 7/11

I expected nothing due to catastrophic debut and a DOA gimmick but Wato was actually good and DOUKI was also good, people clapped for DOUKI and Wato did good kung fu stuff and his dumb pose. What more do you want

We should have believed.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 09:52

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

I wouldn't go so far as an HM, but it was certainly far better than I expected from his disaster of a return promo, and given his youth and clear talent I think this match showed us a lot of promise.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 09:52

Lamuella: Jun 26, 2003; It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.

extradite THIS! posted:

I’m gonna do it

gently caress you all

HM: MASTER WATO vs DOUKI, New Japan Cup Finals (7/11)

I expected nothing due to catastrophic debut and a DOA gimmick but Wato was actually good and DOUKI was also good, people clapped for DOUKI and Wato did good kung fu stuff and his dumb pose. What more do you want

Know what? Nth. This could have been a train wreck and was a fine first performance.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 11:43

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

HM: EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW New Japan Cup Final 7/11

Some weirdness towards the end took away from it somewhat, but this was yet another Okada match where 10 minutes into the match you realize it has been going for 25 minutes, and that is great.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 11:53

forkboy84: Jun 13, 2012; Corgis love bread. And Puro

Jerusalem posted:

HM: EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW New Japan Cup Final 7/11

Some weirdness towards the end took away from it somewhat, but this was yet another Okada match where 10 minutes into the match you realize it has been going for 25 minutes, and that is great.

I'd agree with that.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 11:53

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

Jerusalem posted:

HM: EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW New Japan Cup Final 7/11

Some weirdness towards the end took away from it somewhat, but this was yet another Okada match where 10 minutes into the match you realize it has been going for 25 minutes, and that is great.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 11:54

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

Jerusalem posted:

HM: EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW New Japan Cup Final 7/11

Some weirdness towards the end took away from it somewhat, but this was yet another Okada match where 10 minutes into the match you realize it has been going for 25 minutes, and that is great.

2nd

I would also like to nominate
HM: Shingo, Naito, and Hiromu vs SHO, Ishii, and Yano
From the same card, which I thought was another excellent outing for Ishii vs Hiromu and Shingo vs SHO

Somebody fucked around with this message at 11:59 on Jul 11, 2020

# ? Jul 11, 2020 11:54

Lamuella: Jun 26, 2003; It's like goldy or bronzy, but made of iron.

Jerusalem posted:

HM: EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW New Japan Cup Final 7/11

Some weirdness towards the end took away from it somewhat, but this was yet another Okada match where 10 minutes into the match you realize it has been going for 25 minutes, and that is great.

A couple of details about the ending kept it from being a MOTYC for me but HM is entirely fair. Big Nth.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 11:56

Aesculus: Mar 22, 2013

Jerusalem posted:

HM: EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW New Japan Cup Final 7/11

Some weirdness towards the end took away from it somewhat, but this was yet another Okada match where 10 minutes into the match you realize it has been going for 25 minutes, and that is great.

extradite THIS! posted:

I’m gonna do it

gently caress you all

HM: MASTER WATO vs DOUKI, New Japan Cup Finals (7/11)

I expected nothing due to catastrophic debut and a DOA gimmick but Wato was actually good and DOUKI was also good, people clapped for DOUKI and Wato did good kung fu stuff and his dumb pose. What more do you want

nthing both of these

# ? Jul 11, 2020 12:00

Jerusalem: May 20, 2004; Would you be my new best friends?

jesus WEP posted:

HM: Shingo, Naito, and Hiromu vs SHO, Ishii, and Yano
From the same card, which I thought was another excellent outing for Ishii vs Hiromu and Shingo vs SHO

Yeah I agree with that.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 12:01

Taffy Torpedo: Feb 2, 2008; ...Can we have the radio?

Jerusalem posted:

HM: EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW New Japan Cup Final 7/11

Some weirdness towards the end took away from it somewhat, but this was yet another Okada match where 10 minutes into the match you realize it has been going for 25 minutes, and that is great.

jesus WEP posted:

I would also like to nominate
HM: Shingo, Naito, and Hiromu vs SHO, Ishii, and Yano
From the same card, which I thought was another excellent outing for Ishii vs Hiromu and Shingo vs SHO

both of these. I'm gonna go back and watch Master Wato a bit later.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 12:07

Rarity: Oct 21, 2010; ~*4 LIFE*~

HM: Master Wato vs. DOUKI, NJPW New Japan Cup Final, 11/07

# ? Jul 11, 2020 12:16

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

HM: Master Wato vs. DOUKI
HM: Okada vs. EVIL

# ? Jul 11, 2020 12:44

Akileese: Feb 6, 2005

extradite THIS! posted:

I�m gonna do it

gently caress you all

HM: MASTER WATO vs DOUKI, New Japan Cup Finals (7/11)

I expected nothing due to catastrophic debut and a DOA gimmick but Wato was actually good and DOUKI was also good, people clapped for DOUKI and Wato did good kung fu stuff and his dumb pose. What more do you want

Jerusalem posted:

HM: EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW New Japan Cup Final 7/11

Some weirdness towards the end took away from it somewhat, but this was yet another Okada match where 10 minutes into the match you realize it has been going for 25 minutes, and that is great.

NTH

# ? Jul 11, 2020 15:08

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

jesus WEP posted:

I would also like to nominate
HM: Shingo, Naito, and Hiromu vs SHO, Ishii, and Yano
From the same card, which I thought was another excellent outing for Ishii vs Hiromu and Shingo vs SHO

Nth to this during breakfast. (Final still to come.) The Suzuki-gun tag was close but needed more Suzuki.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 16:49

Gaz-L: Jan 28, 2009

Thanlis posted:

Nth to this during breakfast. (Final still to come.) The Suzuki-gun tag was close but needed more Suzuki.

Suzuki found a stronger foe to battle and is currently putting the 'rona in a rear naked choke.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 18:27

MassRafTer: May 26, 2001; BAEST MODE!!!

jesus WEP posted:

2nd

I would also like to nominate
HM: Shingo, Naito, and Hiromu vs SHO, Ishii, and Yano
From the same card, which I thought was another excellent outing for Ishii vs Hiromu and Shingo vs SHO

I will 2nd this. Thought the finals and the Wato match were a touch below whatever an Honorable Mention of the Year Candidate is.

Fun show though.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 19:08

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# ? Apr 25, 2024 23:23

Thanlis: Mar 17, 2011

Jerusalem posted:

HM: EVIL vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW New Japan Cup Final 7/11

Some weirdness towards the end took away from it somewhat, but this was yet another Okada match where 10 minutes into the match you realize it has been going for 25 minutes, and that is great.

Nth.

# ? Jul 11, 2020 19:19

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