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

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 04.01

Big Match Kazu is back and its glorious.

Nth it was really good

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 12:02

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 10:46

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

Wk night 1 (already nominated Okada v Ospreay)

Hm: dangerous tekkers v g.o.d (dangerous t win and it's probably a motyc)
Hm : Kenta v kojima

Motyc: Naito v Ibushi

# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 13:28

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

WK 5/1

HM: hiromu v ishimori

motyc: Shingo v Cobb
motyc : Ibushi v White

It was a very good wrestle kingdom. There are 4 matches across the 2 nights that id not argue if someone said it was their favourite match.

# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 13:05

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

Actually I'm feeling generous and I liked it so why not

hm: evil v SANADA

# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 13:06

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Hiromu Takahashi & BUSHI vs SHO & Master Wato NJPW Road to the New Beginning 17.01

This was MOTYC level whenever Hiromu and SHO were in the ring together and very solid otherwise, so I'll split it down the middle and give a HM.

It even made me excited for Wato v BUSHI so for that alone its obviously at least an HM

Nth

# ¿ Jan 17, 2021 11:48

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi, Hiroshi Tanahashi & SHO vs SANADA, Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi

A great match on its own merits and also the perfect hype match for three different championship bouts.

Nth it was really good.

# ¿ Jan 25, 2021 11:49

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

New beginning in Nagoya

HM: tenzan v gok
Motyc: Ospreay v kojima
Motyc : Tana v Shingo

# ¿ Jan 30, 2021 11:49

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

Benne posted:

HM: SHO vs. Hiromu Takahashi, NJPW New Beginning Hiroshima 2/10

Really good, but didn't quite hit the highs I was hoping for and dragged at points. Felt like one of those NJPW main events that just goes long for long's sake, and could've been improved cutting 10-15 minutes. This HM means I both loved the match and wished it could've been even better.

I'm going with a nth here. It was very good verging on a motyc but not quite there.

A bit flabby. The BOSJ match was better

# ¿ Feb 10, 2021 12:49

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

Haha I actually liked it. Was a good match imo. Not an HM but certainly not a wmotyc

# ¿ Feb 11, 2021 08:20

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

Road to castle attack 25/2

HM : ELP/taiji ishimori v el desperado/yoshinobu kanemura

# ¿ Feb 25, 2021 11:47

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

Njpw strong 27/2

HM : Ren v Dickinson
HM : mox v kenta

# ¿ Feb 27, 2021 04:56

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

Rarity posted:

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

I mean, obviously

Nth

That finish sequence was crazy

# ¿ Feb 27, 2021 09:52

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

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...could have even hit a motyc with less antics. Good match but it was hurt by badly done interference

# ¿ Feb 27, 2021 10:29

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

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

GEORGE W BUSHI posted:

MOTYC

Agreed it ruled.

Njpw anniversary show 4/3
Motyc: great okhan v naito

# ¿ Mar 4, 2021 10:46

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs El Desperado NJPW Anniversary Show 03.03

Our God is not a merciful God.

Nth

# ¿ Mar 4, 2021 11:15

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Hirooki Goto vs Taichi New Japan Cup 05.03

Fighting Spirit: The match.

Nth

Fantastic match

# ¿ Mar 5, 2021 11:43

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

Njpw strong 6/3 (my time)

HM Alex Coughlin/Karl Frederick vs Clark Connors/Kevin Knight

Maybe I was just happy to see Alex and Karl back but I thought it was great

# ¿ Mar 6, 2021 04:45

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kazuchika Okada vs Shingo Takagi New Japan Cup 06.03

HOLY loving SHIITTTTT

Nth

# ¿ Mar 6, 2021 11:02

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

Njpw strong 13.3

Hm: Fred Rosser vs JR Kratos

Njpw new japan cup 13.3

HM: Kenta v Suzuki

Motyc: Shingo v goto

# ¿ Mar 13, 2021 20:53

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: ZSJ vs Will Ospreay New Japan Cup 14.03

This was one of the slickest matches I've ever seen. These guys have perfect chemistry and just racked up the most incredible reversals on reversals and the sickest moves I ever saw.

Nth they have incredible chemistry

# ¿ Mar 14, 2021 10:28

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

Njpw nj cup 15/3

HM: yoshihashi v finlay

HM: tana v Jay

Both very different matches I liked

# ¿ Mar 15, 2021 11:47

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Shingo Takagi vs KENTA New Japan Cup 16.03

The easy recipe for a MOTYC: Take two of the best strikers in the promotion and just have them beat the poo poo out of each other.

Nth

# ¿ Mar 16, 2021 11:40

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Jay White vs David Finlay New Japan Cup 18.03

A very good match with an extremely good finish. Starmaking performance on Finlay's part.

Nth a great match

# ¿ Mar 20, 2021 06:39

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs David Finlay New Japan Cup 20.03

David Finlay is great now and I'm not sure how to handle it.

Nth that was fantastic

# ¿ Mar 20, 2021 11:13

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Shingo Takagi vs EVIL New Japan Cup 20.03

A good Beef battle. The obligatory BC interference actually made Shingo look stronger for once and didn't detract too much.

Nth plus it featured a ref being knocked out by a kick out

# ¿ Mar 20, 2021 11:43

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

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi in the New Japan Cup Final - NJPW New Japan Cup 3/21

This match was absolutely loving insane. poo poo got done that I'm almost entirely certain defy and surpass the limitations of the human body.

Nth

# ¿ Mar 21, 2021 08:30

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

This is an interesting discussion really

Personally I'll count stuff in my match rating for a post match that's directly tied to the match itself. Okada in defeat raising his fist to Naito in salute at the dome for example I consider a part of the match but Kenta attacking naito I consider a separate angle. We are all just inventing our own arbitrary rules obviously but thats my logic

Robbie Eagles v SHO from the bosj is a match off the top of my head that I probably bumped from an HM to a motyc for the post match but it was still tied to the match

# ¿ Mar 21, 2021 13:14

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Suzuki-gun (El Desperado and Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. Roppongi 3k NJPW Sakura Genesis 04.04

Great match and a great return for R3k. YOH did a sell job for the record books.

Im gonna go the MOTYC on this one. Maybe its because I really like YOH but his selling got me completely engaged in the match.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2021 11:13

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Kota Ibushi vs. Will Ospreay NJPW Sakura Genesis 04.04

An absolute goddamn war between two of the best wrestlers in the world.

nth one of my matches of the year. The crowd was going absolutely crazy (well relatively speaking)

# ¿ Apr 4, 2021 11:56

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

SatoshiMiwa posted:

HM: Ren Narita vs Tom Lawlor New Japan Strong April 09

Fun grappling mixed in with some good strikes. Narita gonna be great when he returns

Nth really good match

# ¿ Apr 10, 2021 12:10

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

Lamuella posted:

HM: Great O-Khan and Aaron Henare vs Sanada and Tetsuya Naito, NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 18/4/2021

Solid, fun tag match. Ultimately not much in the way of consequence but everyone looked great.

nth i liked it

# ¿ Apr 18, 2021 13:11

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

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Filthy Tom Lawlor vs. Brody King in the New Japan Cup USA Final - New Japan Strong 4/23

This was a really, really good match, strong ending to a really good if a little too short tournament. It's the most impressive I've ever seen Lawlor be, and Brody King as a big scary monster is great.

Nth

Just short of a motyc probably missing the little boost from a crowd. Maybe the best match on strong ever ? Either way great match

# ¿ Apr 24, 2021 04:12

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

forkboy84 posted:

HM
26th April
NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku
LIJ (BUSHI & Shingo Takagi) vs United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Will Ospreay)

Nth excellent match

# ¿ Apr 26, 2021 11:51

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

Rarity posted:

MOTYC: SANADA vs. Aaron Henare, NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku, 26/04

Classic beastly heel vs brave babyface action

Nth both guys brought it

# ¿ Apr 26, 2021 12:22

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

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Tetsuya Naito vs. The Great O-Khan - NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 4/26

Laidback jerk vs. intense jerk. Guy who doesn't give a poo poo vs. a guy who gives WAAAAY too much of a poo poo. These two are perfect combating energies and GoK has really stepped up to the plate over the last few weeks/months and doesn't look at all out of place in the main event.

Nth

# ¿ Apr 26, 2021 12:59

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

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Karl Fredericks vs. Clark Connors - NJPW Strong: LA Dojo Showcase 4/30

Really, really good match showcasing the two top ~~Young Lions~~wrestlers in the LA Dojo. Well worth watching.

Nth it was very good

# ¿ May 1, 2021 10:45

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Jay White NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 03.05

Ol' man Tana is still one of the best wrestlers in the world. I will begrudgingly admit that the detested Switchblade is also pretty drat good.

Nth absolute show case in physical storytelling

# ¿ May 3, 2021 12:59

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Will Ospreay vs Shingo Takagi NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 04.05

Two guys incapable of having a bad match against each other have another absolute goddamn banger.

Nth

# ¿ May 4, 2021 09:31

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# ¿ Apr 26, 2024 10:46

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

Cerebral Bore posted:

MOTYC: Golden☆Ace vs United Empire (Jeff Cobb & Great O-Khan) NJPW Road to Wrestle Grand Slam 25.05

These guys are all so drat good, holy gently caress. This delivered big time and I'm somehow even more hype for Ibushi vs Cobb than before.

It's one of those matches that's right on the borderline but it made me laugh with pure joy at the kamigoye stand off so why not

Nth

# ¿ May 25, 2021 12:19

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