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

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Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

HM - Darby Allin vs Cody - AEW 1/1

HM - Alex Colon vs Jimmy Lloyd - ICWNY No Holds Barred 1/4

# ¿ Jan 5, 2020 02:47

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 07:28

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

MOTYC - Eric Ryan vs John Wayne Murdoch - ICWNY No Holds Barred 1/4

# ¿ Jan 5, 2020 03:05

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

Deathlove posted:

WMOTYC: SHLAK-Necro Butcher - ICW No Holds Barred, 1/4/20

Seconded.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2020 04:10

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

MOTYC - Masashi Takeda vs. Low Ki - ICWNY No Holds Barred 1/4

# ¿ Jan 5, 2020 04:59

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

HM - Jimmy Lloyd vs Effy - GCW I Can�t Feel My Face 1/11

# ¿ Jan 12, 2020 04:10

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

Because my noms were lost in the sea of Wrestle Kingdom I am typing them into this post again to say that if you are looking for something to watch you should check out last weekend's ICW New York No Holds Barred Volume 1 https://independentwrestling.tv/player/2x78XQj7eG

The whole show top to bottom is great but I especially recommend:
Homicide vs Casanova Valentine
Alex Colon vs Jimmy Lloyd
Eric Ryan vs John Wayne Murdoch (MOTYC)
Shlak vs Necro Butcher (WMOTYC)
Masashi Takeda vs Low Ki (MOTYC)

# ¿ Jan 12, 2020 16:03

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

MassRafTer posted:

HM:

Diamond Dallas Page, Dustin Rhodes and QT Marshall vs MJF, The Butcher and the Blade (with and The Bunny) AEW DYNAMITE 1/15

Seconded.

# ¿ Jan 16, 2020 03:41

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

HM: Nate Webb vs Ricky Starks - GCW Take a Picture 1/18
Excellent comedy match. They spend 5 minutes in the ring before any wrestling starts, they go all around the building, and you see a bare rear end. What more could you want?

# ¿ Jan 19, 2020 05:10

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

MOTYC: Nick Gage vs Allie Kat - GCW Take a Picture 1/18
Death Match Allie Kat owns

# ¿ Jan 19, 2020 05:53

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

forkboy84 posted:

HM
3rd January
Stand Alone Wrestling Don't Kross The Boss
Brandon Kirk vs Masashi Takeda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCNLjFPf6XM

So hey. This is a death match with light tubes & chairs & a barbwire covered table & more light tubes & a cheese grater & some large scissors & some really dirty looking panes of glass so consider this fair warning. Now lets talk Takeda. The best death match wrestler in the world and legitimately talented wrestler full stop. For background to this match, consider that Takeda wrestled the 29th December & 30th December for DDT, 30th December for OWE, 1st January for Zero 1, 2nd January for BJW (in a death match), 3rd January for FREEDOMS, then he hops on a plane and lands in the US & then wrestles again, in a death match in Brick, New Jersey, a place I am not sure I believe is even real, for a company I've never heard of against a guy with not much of a profile if you don't follow US death matches. Then he goes to ICW to face Low Ki on the 4th. 8 matches in 7 days in 2 different continents & 2 of them featured light tubes & barbwire boards. Despite the small crowd & having just gotten off a plane across the Pacific, Takeda is really good here. It's short, it elevates Kirk, it's worth a watch.

I'm giving this
MOTYC: Brandon Kirk vs Masashi Takeda - SAW Don't Kross the Boss 1/3

It's really really good.

# ¿ Jan 29, 2020 03:47

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

HM: Miedo Extremo (c) vs. Ciclope (Campeonato Extremo Zona 23) - Zona 23 Torneo King of Backyard 2020 1/19
MOTYC: Impulso vs. Fly Star vs. Dement Xtrem vs. Terremoto (Torneo King of Backyard 2020 Final) - Zona 23 Torneo King of Backyard 2020 1/19

Really good junkyard stuff. Tournament final main event is super nasty with some brutal bumps onto a metal bench made out of a truck tailgate.

Show's on IWTV: https://independentwrestling.tv/player/Jdv1B2o4bN
HM title match is at 56:06
Tournament final is at 1:24:02

# ¿ Jan 30, 2020 03:57

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

HM: Psycho Clown, Pentagon Jr., Rey Fenix vs. Rush, Bestia del Ring, LA Park - AAA 1/25
https://www.twitch.tv/videos/541905769?t=2h34m36s

Extremely raw match, though it drags a little in the middle section. AAA looks like it will continue to be very good in 2020.

# ¿ Feb 1, 2020 15:49

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

HM: Chris Dickinson vs. Yuji Okabayashi - GCW Live Fast Die Young 2/3
MOTYC: Orin Veidt vs. Masashi Takeda - GCW Live Fast Die Young 2/3

# ¿ Feb 6, 2020 13:40

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MOTYC: Los Psycho Circus vs. Poder del Norte - AAA Gira Nacemos Para Luchar TV 2/8

# ¿ Feb 9, 2020 05:07

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HM: Matt Tremont vs. Ryuji Ito - GCW Ready to Die 2/4

# ¿ Feb 11, 2020 03:59

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HM: Casanova Valentine vs. Masada - CZW 21st Anniversary 2/8
https://independentwrestling.tv/player/dZvMOKkLla (Timestamp 2:39:25)

Real gnarly deathmatch brawl.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2020 13:53

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

HM: Alex Colon vs. Takashi Sasaki - GCW Run Rickey Run 2/15
MOTYC: Matthew Justice vs. Matt Tremont - GCW Run Rickey Run 2/15
MOTYC: Nick Gage vs. Rickey Shane Page - GCW Run Rickey Run 2/15

# ¿ Feb 20, 2020 14:08

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

HM: Pagano, Monster Clown, Murder Clown vs. Rush, Bestia del Ring, LA Park - AAA Gira Nacemos Para Luchar TV 2/22

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/556387277?t=2h31m34s Timestamp is 2:31:34 for this one but the link has the whole show from tonight

Boco_T fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Feb 23, 2020

# ¿ Feb 23, 2020 05:55

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

MOTYC: Joe Black vs. William Huckaby (Dog Collar Match) - Southern Honor Wrestling Southern Honor 16 1/10
Hype Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc8m76RA0Vk
Match: https://independentwrestling.tv/player/Gr4mVG6L6z/6876 Timestamp 1:53:09

I had not heard of either of these guys or this promotion before receiving a recommendation for this match. I went in blind by going to the show on IWTV and watching the 3 minute build-up video that plays before the match at the timestamp I have marked there, which I ended up ripping to add to this post. I PROMISE you, if you watch that video you will be hyped enough to watch this. And what you get is one of the most ambitious indie matches I have ever seen. They go so far above and beyond what you would expect from a show with 400 people there. They tell a big story. The match rules.

HM: Toru Sugiura vs. Yuko Miyamoto - FREEDOMS Go Beyond the Limit 2020 2/26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1LF3DhKxh4

# ¿ Feb 28, 2020 02:49

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

HM: 2 Cold Scorpio vs. AR Fox - GCW For the Culture 10/10/20

Scorpio can still loving go and he's about to turn 55 years old

# ¿ Oct 10, 2020 07:32

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

Triplemania 28
HM: Kenny Omega vs Laredo Kid
MOTYC: Pagano vs Chessman

# ¿ Dec 13, 2020 05:39

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# ¿ Apr 19, 2024 07:28

Boco_T: Mar 12, 2003; la calaca tilica y flaca

HM: Epydemius vs. Ricky Marvin - Lucha Time Episodio 14, 11/10
A 10-minute match that is extremely good. Ricky Marvin is the best always and forever.

Match Link
Segunda Caida write-up page

# ¿ Dec 25, 2020 16:08

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