2021's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Jay White vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW Castle Attack, 27/02

I mean, obviously

Agreed and....

Rarity posted:

HM: Kazuchika Okada vs. EVIL, NJPW Castle Attack, 27/02

With the Dick Togo bullshit confined to just a short window EVIL reminds us that he's a very good pro wrestler

Agreed

# ? Feb 27, 2021 13:50

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 03:49

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

WMOTYC
27th February
New Japan Castle Attack Night 1
Provisional KOPW 2021
Tory Yano vs Chase Owens

Pretty sure I am higher on Chase (the worker, not the person) than most, but this was such a waste of time. Cagematch tells me it went under 13 minutes but it felt 3 times that length. Just a brutal chore to sit through.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 00:55

jesus WEP: Oct 17, 2004

there's a small number of people yano should be going 13 minutes with and chase isn't among them, nth

# ? Feb 28, 2021 01:01

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

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Jay White vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW Castle Attack, 27/02

I mean, obviously

Nth this. Not on the level of their G1 match but still great. Though watching this match I had the thought that one day Ishii will start to decline as a performer and I am sad now.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 01:16

Seams: Feb 3, 2005; ROCK HARD

That Yano match was like 90% Yano selling which is not what I want to see in a Yano match.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 03:39

Benne: Sep 2, 2011; STOP DOING HEROIN

forkboy84 posted:

WMOTYC
27th February
New Japan Castle Attack Night 1
Provisional KOPW 2021
Tory Yano vs Chase Owens

Pretty sure I am higher on Chase (the worker, not the person) than most, but this was such a waste of time. Cagematch tells me it went under 13 minutes but it felt 3 times that length. Just a brutal chore to sit through.

Gonna nth this, complete trash

# ? Feb 28, 2021 03:50

Neodoomium: Jun 20, 2001; You are now hearing this
noise in your head.

HM: Yuna Mizumori/Chie Koishikawa vs Emi Sakura/Aja Kong, ChocoPro #92, 2/27

I thought this match was very good, but good on an HM level.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 04:25

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

MOTYC: Shunma Katsumata (c) vs. MAO in a Kids' Room Deathmatch for the DDT Extreme Championship - DDT Into the Fight (2/28)

This was fantastic. I love these two idiots. All the spots where they had to argue with the referee over whether something counted as something that could be found in a kids' room owned.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 05:50

J-Ro: Jul 26, 2005; Child Of The Revolution

Neodoomium posted:

HM: Yuna Mizumori/Chie Koishikawa vs Emi Sakura/Aja Kong, ChocoPro #92, 2/27

I thought this match was very good, but good on an HM level.

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Shunma Katsumata (c) vs. MAO in a Kids' Room Deathmatch for the DDT Extreme Championship - DDT Into the Fight (2/28)

This was fantastic. I love these two idiots. All the spots where they had to argue with the referee over whether something counted as something that could be found in a kids' room owned.

2nd to both.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 06:16

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Neodoomium posted:

HM: Yuna Mizumori/Chie Koishikawa vs Emi Sakura/Aja Kong, ChocoPro #92, 2/27

I thought this match was very good, but good on an HM level.

+1

Also +1 to the ddt match. On mobile so multiquoting is a pain.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 06:17

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

HM: Hirooki Goto/YOSHI-HASHI vs. Guerrilas of Destiny, NJPW Castle Attack, 28/02

Way better than I was expecting

# ? Feb 28, 2021 06:56

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

HM: Great O'Khan vs Tanahashi Castle Attack 28/02

O'Khan's best match post excursion

# ? Feb 28, 2021 07:34

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

HM: The Great Okhan vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, NJPW Castle Attack, 28/02

The first GoK match I've really been into

# ? Feb 28, 2021 07:34

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

HM: Hiroshi Tanahashi (C) vs. The Great O-Khan for the Never Openweight Title - NJPW Castle Attack Night 2 2/28

Probably the best O-Khan match since his return, and of course Tanahashi just rules all the time. Plus a fun little side-story with Tsuji at ringside, just an all around quality match.

Jerusalem fucked around with this message at 08:08 on Feb 28, 2021

# ? Feb 28, 2021 07:35

Draxion: Jun 9, 2013

HM: Great O-Khan vs Tanahashi, Castle Attack 2/28

I've liked all of O-Khan's matches quite a lot and this was another very good one

# ? Feb 28, 2021 07:36

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

MOTYC: BUSHI vs. El Desperado vs. El Phantasmo, NJPW Castle Attack, 28/02

Hell of a match, hell of a finish

# ? Feb 28, 2021 08:06

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

HM: El Desperado vs ELP vs Bushi Castle Attack 28/02

Desperado is the coolest wrestler

# ? Feb 28, 2021 08:06

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

SatoshiMiwa posted:

HM: El Desperado vs ELP vs Bushi Castle Attack 28/02

Desperado is the coolest wrestler

Absolute 2nd, what a cool match, though I hope Triple Threats remain a rare thing in New Japan.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 08:07

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: BUSHI vs. El Desperado vs. El Phantasmo, NJPW Castle Attack, 28/02

Hell of a match, hell of a finish

2nd

# ? Feb 28, 2021 08:08

SatoshiMiwa: May 6, 2007

MOTYC Kota Ibushi vs Tetsuya Naito - Castle Attack 28/02

May have been better than the Dome match God drat

# ? Feb 28, 2021 08:44

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

SatoshiMiwa posted:

MOTYC Kota Ibushi vs Tetsuya Naito - Castle Attack 28/02

May have been better than the Dome match God drat

HM from me, very very good match that just didn't quite cross the threshold even though the last few minutes were incredible.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 08:46

Burn Down Canberra: Oct 27, 2005; GAME PLANS? We don't need no stinking game plans.

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: BUSHI vs. El Desperado vs. El Phantasmo, NJPW Castle Attack, 28/02

Hell of a match, hell of a finish

Nth

I'll also go from the same show

HM: tanahashi v great okhan
Motyc: naito v ibushi

# ? Feb 28, 2021 08:49

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

MOTYC: Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi, NJPW Castle Attack, 28/02

Half an hour passed like lightning

# ? Feb 28, 2021 08:58

GEORGE W BUSHI: Jul 1, 2012

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi, NJPW Castle Attack, 28/02

Half an hour passed like lightning

Yes

# ? Feb 28, 2021 08:59

SG Bamboo: Aug 21, 2013; Smile. Win. Yay!

NJPW Castle Attack
February 27th

HM
Jay White vs Tomohiro Ishii
Kazuchika Okada vs Evil

February 28th
MOTYC
Tetsuya Naito vs Kota Ibushi

HM
El Desperado vs BUSHI vs El Phantasmo

# ? Feb 28, 2021 09:25

Cerebral Bore: Apr 21, 2010; Fun Shoe

Haven't been in any shape to watch rasslin' this week until today, so this is what I've caught up on so far.

MOTYC: Nyla Rose vs Tay Conti
MOTYC: Emi Sakura vs Yuka Sakazaki
MOTYC: Ryo Mizunami vs Aja Kong

All from AEW Women's Championship Eliminator Tournament 23.02

HM: Hangman Page vs Isiah Kassidy
HM: Britt Baker vs Nyla Rose
MOTYC: Rey Fenix vs Lance Archer

All from AEW Dynamite 25.02

Gotta say I'm pleasantly surprised that Trillionaire Tony's decided that the women's division is gonna be the workrate division from now on.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 14:06

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Shunma Katsumata (c) vs. MAO in a Kids' Room Deathmatch for the DDT Extreme Championship - DDT Into the Fight (2/28)

This was fantastic. I love these two idiots. All the spots where they had to argue with the referee over whether something counted as something that could be found in a kids' room owned.

Nth. Holy poo poo.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 20:25

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

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Shunma Katsumata (c) vs. MAO in a Kids' Room Deathmatch for the DDT Extreme Championship - DDT Into the Fight (2/28)

This was fantastic. I love these two idiots. All the spots where they had to argue with the referee over whether something counted as something that could be found in a kids' room owned.

Easy Nth. This was unbelievably dumb and I loved every second of it.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 21:41

ItohRespectArmy: Sep 11, 2019; Cutest In The World, Six Time DDT Ironheavymetalweight champion, Two Time International Princess champion, winner of two tournaments, a Princess Tag Team champion, And a pretty good singer too!
"When I was an idol, I felt nothing every day but now that I'm a pro wrestler I'm in pain constantly!"

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Shunma Katsumata (c) vs. MAO in a Kids' Room Deathmatch for the DDT Extreme Championship - DDT Into the Fight (2/28)

This was fantastic. I love these two idiots. All the spots where they had to argue with the referee over whether something counted as something that could be found in a kids' room owned.

forgot to nth this but i am doing it now, shunma is always a joy and mao owns.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 22:10

Draxion: Jun 9, 2013

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi, NJPW Castle Attack, 28/02

Half an hour passed like lightning

2nd, I cannot believe people say Naito doesn't have it any more

# ? Feb 28, 2021 23:44

Netsky: Jun 24, 2004; I AM THE STREET

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC: Shunma Katsumata (c) vs. MAO in a Kids' Room Deathmatch for the DDT Extreme Championship - DDT Into the Fight (2/28)

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi, NJPW Castle Attack, 28/02

Half an hour passed like lightning

Nth to these.

# ? Feb 28, 2021 23:48

xbilkis: Apr 11, 2005; god qb
me
jay hova

MOTYC: Hikaru Shida, Mei Suruga and Rin Kadokura vs. Emi Sakura, Veny and Maki Itoh, AEW Women's Eliminator Tournament, 2/28

# ? Mar 1, 2021 01:32

wicka: Jun 28, 2007

xbilkis posted:

MOTYC: Hikaru Shida, Mei Suruga and Rin Kadokura vs. Emi Sakura, Veny and Maki Itoh, AEW Women's Eliminator Tournament, 2/28

Nth, gently caress yeah

# ? Mar 1, 2021 01:34

karmicknight: Aug 21, 2011

xbilkis posted:

MOTYC: Hikaru Shida, Mei Suruga and Rin Kadokura vs. Emi Sakura, Veny and Maki Itoh, AEW Women's Eliminator Tournament, 2/28

nth

# ? Mar 1, 2021 01:34

I Before E: Jul 2, 2012

xbilkis posted:

MOTYC: Hikaru Shida, Mei Suruga and Rin Kadokura vs. Emi Sakura, Veny and Maki Itoh, AEW Women's Eliminator Tournament, 2/28

Seconded

# ? Mar 1, 2021 01:36

Pinwiz11: Jan 26, 2009; I'm becom-, I'm becom-,
I'm becoming
Tana in, Tana in my mind.

xbilkis posted:

MOTYC: Hikaru Shida, Mei Suruga and Rin Kadokura vs. Emi Sakura, Veny and Maki Itoh, AEW Women's Eliminator Tournament, 2/28

Nth

# ? Mar 1, 2021 01:36

Insertnamehere31: Jan 23, 2012; This could be the most one-sided fight since 1973 when Ali faced an eighty-foot tall mechanical Joe Frazier. My memory isn't what it used to be, but I think the entire Earth was destroyed.

xbilkis posted:

MOTYC: Hikaru Shida, Mei Suruga and Rin Kadokura vs. Emi Sakura, Veny and Maki Itoh, AEW Women's Eliminator Tournament, 2/28

HM for me, awesome showcase for all involved

# ? Mar 1, 2021 01:39

Jordan7hm: Feb 17, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

MOTYC: Hikaru Shida, Mei Suruga and Rin Kadokura vs. Emi Sakura, Veny and Maki Itoh, AEW Women's Eliminator Tournament, 2/28

Same show:

HM for Yuka v Ryo (but this was reeeeal close for me)
HM for Rosa v Riho

# ? Mar 1, 2021 02:07

Oil!: Nov 5, 2008; Der's e'rl in dem der hills!; Ham Wrangler

xbilkis posted:

MOTYC: Hikaru Shida, Mei Suruga and Rin Kadokura vs. Emi Sakura, Veny and Maki Itoh, AEW Women's Eliminator Tournament, 2/28

nth

# ? Mar 1, 2021 02:07

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# ? Apr 26, 2024 03:49

Senerio: Oct 19, 2009; Roëmænce is ælive!

Jordan7hm posted:

MOTYC: Hikaru Shida, Mei Suruga and Rin Kadokura vs. Emi Sakura, Veny and Maki Itoh, AEW Women's Eliminator Tournament, 2/28

Same show:

HM for Yuka v Ryo (but this was reeeeal close for me)
HM for Rosa v Riho

# ? Mar 1, 2021 02:08

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