1. Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole - NXT Takeover: New York
2. Pete Dunne vs. WALTER - NXT Takeover: New York
3. Jay White vs. Kazuchika Okada - G1 Supercard
4. Tommaso Ciampa vs Aleister Black - NXT Takeover: Phoenix
5. Chris Jericho vs Tetsuya Naito - Wrestle Kingdom 13
6. Matt Riddle vs. Roderick Strong - NXT Takeover XXV
7. Ricochet vs Johnny Gargano - NXT Takeover: Phoenix
8. Kenny Omega vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - Wrestle Kingdom 13
9. Jay White vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW 47th Anniversary Show
10. Matt Riddle vs. Drew Gulak - EVOLVE 10th Anniversary Show
11. Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole - NXT Takeover XXV
12. Kazuchika Okada vs. KENTA - NJPW G1 Climax Day 9
13. Jeff Cobb vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Climax Day 2
14. The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros - AEW All Out
15. The Young Bucks vs. The Lucha Bros - AEW Double Or Nothing
16. Velveteen Dream vs. Matt Riddle - NXT Takeover: New York
17. Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston - Wrestlemania 35
18. Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Will Ospreay - G1 Climax Day 11
19. Kenny Omega vs. PAC - AEW All Out
20. WALTER vs. Tyler Bate - NXTUK Takeover: Cardiff
21. Andrade vs Rey Mysterio - Smackdown 1/15
22. Ronda Rousey vs. Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch - Wrestlemania 35
23. Daniel Bryan vs AJ Styles - Royal Rumble
24. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii - New Japan Cup Semi-Finals
25. KENTA vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW G1 Climax Day 3



Updating my list finally after an insane few weeks.

The cuts to make room for the matches I added:

Jon Moxley vs. Tetsuya Naito - NJPW G1 Climax Day 10
Finn Balor vs Jordan Devlin - NXT Takeover: Blackpool
Pete Dunne vs Joe Coffey - NXT Takeover: Blackpool

Absolutely insane some of the matches I might cut before the year is over. I know we've been saying this for 3 or 4 years now, but god damn is wrestling amazing right now.

*****
Kenny Omega (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom 13
Daniel Bryan (c) vs Kofi Kingston - WWE Championship - Wrestlemania 35

****3/4
Jay White vs Will Ospreay - NJPW Anniversary Show
Jay White (c) vs Kazuchika Okada - IWGP Heavyweight Championship - G1 Supercard
Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay - NJPW G1 Climax Day 7
Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki - IWGP Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Royal Quest

****1/2
Ricochet (c) vs Johnny Gargano - NXT US Championship - NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
Brock Lesnar (c) vs Finn Balor - WWE Universal Championship - Royal Rumble
Tomohiro Ishii vs Taichi - New Japan Cup 2nd Round
Tomohiro Ishii vs Kazuchika Okada - New Japan Cup Semifinal
War Raiders (c) vs Alesteir Black and Ricochet - NXT Tag Team Championship - NXT TakeOver: New York
Kota Ibushi (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr. - IWGP Intercontinental Championship - Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
Tomohiro Ishii vs EVIL - Wrestling Dontaku Night 2
Jay White vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW Best of Super Juniors Final
Juice Robinson (c) vs Jon Moxley - IWGP United States Championship - NJPW Best of Super Juniors Final
Will Ospreay vs Shingo Takagi - NJPW Best of Super Juniors Final
Zack Sabre Jr. vs SANADA - NJPW G1 Climax Day 1
Tetsuya Naito vs Shingo Takagi - NJPW G1 Climax Day 13
Tomohiro Ishii vs Taichi - NJPW G1 Climax Day 18
Tetsuya Naito vs Jay White - NJPW G1 Climax Day 18
Kenny Omega vs PAC - AEW All Out
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr. - British Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Destruction in Beppu

****1/4
Tomasso Ciampa (c) vs Alesteir Black - NXT US Championship - NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs SANADA - New Japan Cup Semifinal
Kota Ibushi (c) vs Tetsuya Naito - IWGP Intercontinental Championship - NJPW Dominion
Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson - NJPW G1 Climax Day 13
KENTA vs Will Ospreay - NJPW G1 Climax Day 15
Tomohiro Ishii vs Shingo Takagi - NJPW G1 Climax Day 16
El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori (c) vs Will Ospreay and Robbie Eagles - Tokyo Dome Contract - NJPW Destruction in Kagoshima
Kota Ibushi (c) vs KENTA - Tokyo Dome Contract - NJPW Destruction in Kagoshima
Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Jay White - IWGP Intercontinental Championship - NJPW Destruction in Kobe

The Destruction shows had some excellent matches. Tanahashi and ZSJ had maybe their best match yet. Certainly their best of 2019. Jay White vs Naito didn't quite match their G1 battle in my opinion, but it was still excellent.

*****
Kenny Omega (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - IWGP Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom 13
Daniel Bryan (c) vs Kofi Kingston - WWE Championship - Wrestlemania 35

****3/4
Jay White vs Will Ospreay - NJPW Anniversary Show
Jay White (c) vs Kazuchika Okada - IWGP Heavyweight Championship - G1 Supercard
Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay - NJPW G1 Climax Day 7
Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki - IWGP Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Royal Quest
Hangman Page vs PAC - AEW Full Gear

****1/2
Ricochet (c) vs Johnny Gargano - NXT US Championship - NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
Brock Lesnar (c) vs Finn Balor - WWE Universal Championship - Royal Rumble
Tomohiro Ishii vs Taichi - New Japan Cup 2nd Round
Tomohiro Ishii vs Kazuchika Okada - New Japan Cup Semifinal
War Raiders (c) vs Alesteir Black and Ricochet - NXT Tag Team Championship - NXT TakeOver: New York
Kota Ibushi (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr. - IWGP Intercontinental Championship - Sengoku Lord in Nagoya
Tomohiro Ishii vs EVIL - Wrestling Dontaku Night 2
Jay White vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW Best of Super Juniors Final
Juice Robinson (c) vs Jon Moxley - IWGP United States Championship - NJPW Best of Super Juniors Final
Will Ospreay vs Shingo Takagi - NJPW Best of Super Juniors Final
Zack Sabre Jr. vs SANADA - NJPW G1 Climax Day 1
Tetsuya Naito vs Shingo Takagi - NJPW G1 Climax Day 13
Tomohiro Ishii vs Taichi - NJPW G1 Climax Day 18
Tetsuya Naito vs Jay White - NJPW G1 Climax Day 18
Kenny Omega vs PAC - AEW All Out
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr. - British Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Destruction in Beppu
Will Ospreay vs BUSHI - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship - NJPW Power Struggle

****1/4
Tomasso Ciampa (c) vs Alesteir Black - NXT US Championship - NXT TakeOver: Phoenix
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs SANADA - New Japan Cup Semifinal
Kota Ibushi (c) vs Tetsuya Naito - IWGP Intercontinental Championship - NJPW Dominion
Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson - NJPW G1 Climax Day 13
KENTA vs Will Ospreay - NJPW G1 Climax Day 15
Tomohiro Ishii vs Shingo Takagi - NJPW G1 Climax Day 16
El Phantasmo and Taiji Ishimori (c) vs Will Ospreay and Robbie Eagles - Tokyo Dome Contract - NJPW Destruction in Kagoshima
Kota Ibushi (c) vs KENTA - Tokyo Dome Contract - NJPW Destruction in Kagoshima
Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Jay White - IWGP Intercontinental Championship - NJPW Destruction in Kobe
The Young Bucks vs Proud and Powerful

Yep, that's right. BUSHI made my MOTY year list. Not a carry job either. BUSHI pulled his weight. This match is well worth checking out because some crazy shit happens, spots I've never seen before. Brilliant.

Emperor I’m stealing your rating system for next year. I’m going to add Nick Jackson vs Fenix to my list but it’s going to knock off KENTA vs Tanahashi.

And I want to add Omega/Moxley and Page/PAC from Full Gear.

And next week we have Omega/PAC II.

And NXT keeps tearing it up.

AND TAKEOVER IS THIS WEEKEND. AND NAKAMURA/STYLES/STRONG IS A THING THAT IS HAPPENING ON SUNDAY.

I THOUGHT A TOP 25 WOULD BE ENOUGH.

Extremely limited viewing list. 

1. Nick Aldis vs. Marty Scurll- NWA Crockett Cup- Watched this last night. A very pleasant surprise. Thought it was legit great. Can't imagine either guy having a better match. It was one of those nights where everything just clicked. Will elaborate more in the Match Review thread before I go to sleep.

2. Brock Lesnar vs. Finn Balor- Royal Rumble- Smart match that didn't wear out its welcome highlighted by some great Brock stomach selling.

3. Men's Money In The Bank- Fun actionfest with the little guys taking sick bumps, the big guys doing cool moves to cause said bumps, and an entertaining bullshit finish.

4. Seth Rollins vs. AJ Styles- Money In The Bank- Good modern style workrate match with AJ looking like he's still a strong Best In The World contender.

*Can't really think of a worthy #5. 
EDIT because my self-diagnosed OCD refuses to let me end this on a weird number.

5. Nick Aldis vs. Tim Storm- NWA Powerrr Episode #1 was definitely flawed but I'll go with that because it felt like a big deal and set the stage for the best wrestling show since at least 2005 OVW. 

*2 & 3 could switch depending on what kind of mood I'm in.