New top match.

1. Eddie vs Ishii Capital Collision
2. FTR vs Dem Boyz at Supercard of Honor
3. Britt vs Rosa in the Cage

My list is going to get completely redone after this weekend. And there'll finally be some Honorable Mentions~!

Matches that are definitely making it:
-Jon Moxley vs Biff Busick
-FTR vs Briscoes
-Becky Lynch vs Bianca Belair
-Seth Rollins vs Cody Rhodes
-Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Kevin Owens

Matches that I will consider:
-Swerve Strickland vs Alex Zayne
-Wheeler Yuta vs Josh Woods
-Jonathan Gresham vs Bandido

Shows/matches I haven't watched yet that I want to:
-Young Bucks vs. Top Flight
-NXT Stand & Deliver
-Tom Lawlor vs Clark Connors
-Tomohiro Ishii vs Timothy Thatcher
-"Speedball" Mike Bailey vs Jay White

And there's still Night 2 of Wrestlemania, a stacked Dynamite on Wednesday, and two big NJPW shows coming up in the next couple weeks (Hyper Battle and Windy City Riot)

WHAT A TIME TO BE A WRESTLING FAN

1. "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Bryan Danielson - AEW World Championship - AEW Dynamite Jan 5th
2. Will Ospreay vs. Michael Oku - RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship - RevPro High Stakes
3. Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 2
4. Shingo Takagi vs. Kazuchika Okada - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 1
5. Sammy Guevara vs. Cody Rhodes - TNT Championship Ladder Match - AEW Dynamite Jan 26th
6. Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. vs. Thunder Rosa - AEW Dynamite Mar 16th
7. CM Punk vs. MJF - AEW Revolution 2022
8. Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Tetsuya Naito - New Japan Cup Finals
9. FTR vs. The Briscoes - ROH Tag Team Championship - Supercard of Honor
10. FTR vs. The Young Bucks - ROH & AAA Tag Team Championship - AEW Dynamite Apr 6th
11. Jon Moxley vs. Wheeler Yuta - AEW Rampage Apr 8
12. Bryan Danielson vs. Christopher Daniels - AEW Dynamite March 2nd
13. Tetsuya Naito vs. Jeff Cobb - Wrestle Kingdom Day 2
14. CM Punk vs. MJF - AEW Dynamite Feb 2nd
15. Alex Shelley vs. Jay White - IMPACT Sacrifice 2022
16. Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair - Wrestlemania Night 1
17. Adam Cole & ReDragon vs. Adam Page & Jurassic Express - AEW Dynamite Mar 16th
18. El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi - IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 1
19. Seth Rollins vs. Cody Rhodes - Wrestlemania Night 1
20. Edge vs. The Miz - WWE Day 1
21. CM Punk vs. Wardlow w/MJF - AEW Dynamite Jan 12th
22. Jurassic Express vs. ReDragon vs. The Young Bucks - AEW Revolution 2022
23. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins - Universal Championship - WWE Royal Rumble
24. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Ren Narita - Wrestle Kingdom Day 1
25. Creed Brothers w/Malcolm Bivens vs. MSK - Dusty Classic Finals - NXT Feb 15th


Honourable Mentions
Bumped from the Top 25
Jon Moxley vs. Bryan Danielson - AEW Revolution 2022
Eddie Kingston vs. Chris Jericho - AEW Revolution 2022
Jon Moxley vs. Anthony Bowens w/Max Caster - AEW Rampage Jan 28th
Lucha Bros vs. Jurassic Express w/Christian Cage - AEW Tag Team Championship - AEW Dynamite Jan 5th
Darby Allin, Sting & Sammy Guevara vs. The AHFO (Andrade El Idolo, Matt Hardy & Isiah Kassidy) - AEW Revolution 2022
Never made the Top 25 but worth a look
Jon Moxley vs. Biff Busick - GCW Bloodsport 8
Josh "The Goods" Woods vs. Wheeler Yuta - ROH Pure Championship - Supercard of Honor
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Kevin Owens - Wrestlemania Night 1
Carmelo Hayes vs. Cameron Grimes vs. Grayson Waller vs. Santos Escobar vs. Solo Sikoa - NXT North American Championship - NXT Stand & Deliver
"Filthy" Tom Lawlor vs. Clark Connors - STRONG Openweight Championship - NJPW Strong Style Evolved
Sami Zayn vs. Johnny Knoxville - Wrestlemania Night 2
RK-Bro vs. Alpha Academy vs. Street Profits - WWE Raw Tag Team Championship - Wrestlemania Night 2
CM Punk vs. Penta Oscuro - AEW Dynamite Apr 13th

Just going to edit my post rather than post again. FTR vs. Young Bucks II fucking slapped. I knew I should have waited until after Dynamite to update my list.

Added Moxley vs Yuta from last night's Rampage. What a battle that was.

So I finally got around, to watching all the WrestleMania weekend shows, I wanted to watch, anyways I added the following matches to my list. I still need to watch FTR/Bucks II but if it's anything like the first match between them, it'll most likely make the list as well.

ROH Tag Team Championships - Tag Team Match
Briscoe Brothers(c) vs. FTR (Supercard of Honor XV - April 1st)

Raw Women’s Championship - Singles Match
Becky Lynch(c) vs. Bianca Belair (WrestleMania 38 Night 1 - April 2nd)

Singles Match
Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins (WrestleMania 38 Night 1 - April 2nd)

No Holds Barred Match
Kevin Owens vs. Steve Austin (WrestleMania 38 Night 1 - April 2nd)

NXT North American Championship - Five-Way Ladder Match
Carmelo Hayes(c) vs. Cameron Grimes vs. Grayson Waller vs. Santos Escobar vs. Solo Sikoa (NXT Stand & Deliver - April 2nd)

NXT Tag Team Championships - Triple Threat Tag Team Match
Imperium(c) vs. Creed Brothers vs. MSK (NXT Stand & Deliver - April 2nd)

Royal Rumble
WWE Championship
Bobby Lashley VS (C) Brock Lesnar


Wrestlemania Night 1
Cody Rhodes VS Seth Rollins

NWA Powerrr S8E4
NWA World Championship
(C) Matt Cardona VS The Pope

1. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr. - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Hyper Battle
2. Becky Lynch vs Bianca Belair - WWE RAW Women's Championship - Wrestlemania Day 1
3. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Will Ospreay - New Japan Cup Quarter Finals
4. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Will Ospreay - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 2
5. Roman Reigns (c) vs Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship - Royal Rumble
6. Shingo Takagi (c) vs Kazuchika Okada - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 1
7. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - New Japan Cup Semi Finals
8. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Tetsuya Naito - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - New Years Golden Series
9. Chris Jericho vs Eddie Kingston - Revolution
10. Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi - New Japan Cup Third Round
11. Jon Moxley vs Wheeler Yuta - AEW Rampage #36
12. Tomohiro Ishii vs Minoru Suzuki - Windy City Riot
13. Jungle Express (c) vs reDRagon vs The Young Bucks - AEW World Tag Team Championship - Revolution
14. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Shingo Takagi - New Japan Cup Semi Finals
15. Will Ospreay (c) vs Michael Oku - Revolution Pro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship - High Stakes
16. Will Ospreay vs BUSHI - New Japan Cup First Round
17. Sammy Guevara (c) vs Cody Rhodes (c) - AEW TNT Championship - Dynamite #122 Beach Break
18. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Tetsuya Naito - New Japan Cup Final
19. CM Punk vs MJF - Dog Collar Match - Revolution
20. Will Ospreay vs Jon Moxley - Windy City Riot
21. Adam "Hangman" Page (c) vs Brian Danielson - AEW World Heavyweight Championship - Dynamite #118
22. Brian Danielson vs Jon Moxley - Revolution
23. Brian Danielson vs Daniel Garcia - AEW Dynamite #125
24. Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI vs Jeff Cobb and Great O'Khan - IWGP Tag Team Championship - Hyper Battle

1. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr. - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Hyper Battle
2. Becky Lynch vs Bianca Belair - WWE RAW Women's Championship - Wrestlemania Day 1
3. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Will Ospreay - New Japan Cup Quarter Finals
4. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Will Ospreay - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 2
5. Roman Reigns (c) vs Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship - Royal Rumble
6. Shingo Takagi (c) vs Kazuchika Okada - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 1
7. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - New Japan Cup Semi Finals
8. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii - IWGP United States Championship - Wrestling Dontaku
9. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Tetsuya Naito - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - New Years Golden Series
10. Chris Jericho vs Eddie Kingston - Revolution
11. Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi - New Japan Cup Third Round
12. Jon Moxley vs Wheeler Yuta - AEW Rampage #36
13. Tomohiro Ishii vs Minoru Suzuki - Windy City Riot
14. Taichi (c) vs Shingo Takagi - First to 30 count match - King of Pro Wrestling Trophy - Golden Fight
15. Jungle Express (c) vs reDRagon vs The Young Bucks - AEW World Tag Team Championship - Revolution
16. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Shingo Takagi - New Japan Cup Semi Finals
17. Will Ospreay (c) vs Michael Oku - Revolution Pro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship - High Stakes
18. Will Ospreay vs BUSHI - New Japan Cup First Round
19. Sammy Guevara (c) vs Cody Rhodes (c) - AEW TNT Championship - Dynamite #122 Beach Break
20. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Tetsuya Naito - New Japan Cup Final
21. CM Punk vs MJF - Dog Collar Match - Revolution
22. Will Ospreay vs Jon Moxley - Windy City Riot
23. Adam "Hangman" Page (c) vs Brian Danielson - AEW World Heavyweight Championship - Dynamite #118
24. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Juice Robinson vs Will Ospreay vs Jon Moxley - IWGP United States Championship - Capital Collision
25. Brian Danielson vs Jon Moxley - Revolution

Brian Danielson vs Daniel Garcia - AEW Dynamite #125
Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI vs Jeff Cobb and Great O'Khan - IWGP Tag Team Championship - Hyper Battle
Will Hobbs and Ricky Starks vs Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland - AEW Dynamite #132

1. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr. - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Hyper Battle
2. Becky Lynch vs Bianca Belair - WWE RAW Women's Championship - Wrestlemania Day 1
3. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Will Ospreay - New Japan Cup Quarter Finals
4. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Will Ospreay - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 2
5. Roman Reigns (c) vs Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship - Royal Rumble
6. Shingo Takagi (c) vs Kazuchika Okada - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 1
7. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Jay White - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Dominion
8. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - New Japan Cup Semi Finals
9. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii - IWGP United States Championship - Wrestling Dontaku
10. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Tetsuya Naito - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - New Years Golden Series
11. Chris Jericho vs Eddie Kingston - Revolution
12. Will Ospreay (c) vs Orange Cassidy - IWGP United States Championship - Forbidden Door
13. Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi - New Japan Cup Third Round
14. Jon Moxley vs Wheeler Yuta - AEW Rampage #36
15. Tomohiro Ishii vs Minoru Suzuki - Windy City Riot
16. Taichi (c) vs Shingo Takagi - First to 30 count match - King of Pro Wrestling Trophy - Golden Fight
17. Jungle Express (c) vs reDRagon vs The Young Bucks - AEW World Tag Team Championship - Revolution
18. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Shingo Takagi - New Japan Cup Semi Finals
19. Will Ospreay (c) vs Michael Oku - Revolution Pro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship - High Stakes
20. Will Ospreay vs BUSHI - New Japan Cup First Round
21. Sammy Guevara (c) vs Cody Rhodes (c) - AEW TNT Championship - Dynamite #122 Beach Break
22. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Tetsuya Naito - New Japan Cup Final
23. CM Punk vs MJF - Dog Collar Match - Revolution
24. Will Ospreay vs Jon Moxley - Windy City Riot
25. Adam "Hangman" Page (c) vs Brian Danielson - AEW World Heavyweight Championship - Dynamite #118

Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Juice Robinson vs Will Ospreay vs Jon Moxley - IWGP United States Championship - Capital Collision
Brian Danielson vs Jon Moxley - Revolution
Brian Danielson vs Daniel Garcia - AEW Dynamite #125
Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI vs Jeff Cobb and Great O'Khan - IWGP Tag Team Championship - Hyper Battle
Will Hobbs and Ricky Starks vs Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland - AEW Dynamite #132
Ace Austin vs Alex Zayne - Best of the Super Juniors Day 8
Wheeler Yuta vs TJP - Best of the Super Juniors Day 12

Blood and Guts II - Twelve Man Tag Team Match
Jericho Appreciation Society vs. The BCC/Kingston/Santana/Ortiz (AEW Dynamite - June 29th)

For your consideration

Raw Women’s Championship - Singles Match
Bianca Belair(c) vs. Becky Lynch (WWE SummerSlam - July 30th)

Four-Way Match
Bandido vs. Black Taurus vs. Laredo Kid vs. Rey Fenix (Ric Flair's Last Match - July 31st)

I still need to get around to watching Death Before Dishonor.

The Top 25

1. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr. - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Hyper Battle
2. Becky Lynch vs Bianca Belair - WWE RAW Women's Championship - Wrestlemania Day 1
3. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Will Ospreay - New Japan Cup Quarter Finals
4. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Will Ospreay - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 2
5. Jay White vs Great O-Khan - G1 Climax 32 Day 12
6. Roman Reigns (c) vs Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship - Royal Rumble
7. Shingo Takagi (c) vs Kazuchika Okada - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 1
8. Will Ospreay vs Tetsuya Naito - G1 Climax Semi Finals
9. Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay - G1 Climax Final
10. Brian Danielson vs Daniel Garcia - 2 Out Of 3 Falls - AEW Dynamite #150
12. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Jay White - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Dominion
12. Will Ospreay vs El Phantasmo - G1 Climax 32 Day 1
13. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - New Japan Cup Semi Finals
14. Kazuchika Okada vs Jeff Cobb - G1 Climax 32 Day 1
15. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii - IWGP United States Championship - Wrestling Dontaku
16. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Tetsuya Naito - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - New Years Golden Series
17. Chris Jericho vs Eddie Kingston - Revolution
18. Will Ospreay (c) vs Orange Cassidy - IWGP United States Championship - Forbidden Door
19. Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi - New Japan Cup Third Round
20. Jon Moxley vs Wheeler Yuta - AEW Rampage #36
21. Tomohiro Ishii vs Minoru Suzuki - Windy City Riot
22. Taichi (c) vs Shingo Takagi - First to 30 count match - King of Pro Wrestling Trophy - Golden Fight
23. Jungle Express (c) vs reDRagon vs The Young Bucks - AEW World Tag Team Championship - Revolution
24. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Shingo Takagi - New Japan Cup Semi Finals
25. Will Ospreay (c) vs Michael Oku - Revolution Pro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship - High Stakes


My honourable mentions list is getting excessive but here it is anyway

Will Ospreay vs BUSHI - New Japan Cup First Round
Sammy Guevara (c) vs Cody Rhodes (c) - AEW TNT Championship - Dynamite #122 Beach Break
Zack Sabre Jr. vs Tetsuya Naito - New Japan Cup Final
CM Punk vs MJF - Dog Collar Match - Revolution
Will Ospreay vs Jon Moxley - Windy City Riot
Adam "Hangman" Page (c) vs Brian Danielson - AEW World Heavyweight Championship - Dynamite #118
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Juice Robinson vs Will Ospreay vs Jon Moxley - IWGP United States Championship - Capital Collision
Brian Danielson vs Jon Moxley - Revolution
Brian Danielson vs Daniel Garcia - AEW Dynamite #125
Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI vs Jeff Cobb and Great O'Khan - IWGP Tag Team Championship - Hyper Battle
Will Hobbs and Ricky Starks vs Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland - AEW Dynamite #132
Ace Austin vs Alex Zayne - Best of the Super Juniors Day 8
Wheeler Yuta vs TJP - Best of the Super Juniors Day 12
Jay White vs SANADA - G1 Climax 32 Day 1
Taichi vs Tomohiro Ishii - G1 Climax 32 Day 2
David Finlay vs Juice Robinson - G1 Climax 32 Day 6

The Top 25

1. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr. - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Hyper Battle
2. Becky Lynch vs Bianca Belair - WWE RAW Women's Championship - Wrestlemania Day 1
3. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Will Ospreay - New Japan Cup Quarter Finals
4. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Will Ospreay - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 2
5. El Desperado and Master Wato vs Taiji Ishimori and Hiromu Takahashi - NJPW Autumn Battle
6. Jay White vs Great O-Khan - G1 Climax 32 Day 12
7. Swerve In Our Glory (c) vs The Acclaimed - AEW World Tag Team Championship - All Out
8. Roman Reigns (c) vs Seth Rollins - WWE Universal Championship - Royal Rumble
9. Shingo Takagi (c) vs Kazuchika Okada - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Wrestle Kingdom Day 1
10. Will Ospreay vs Tetsuya Naito - G1 Climax Semi Finals
11. Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay - G1 Climax Final
12. Brian Danielson vs Daniel Garcia - 2 Out Of 3 Falls - AEW Dynamite #150
13. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Jay White - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - Dominion
14. Will Ospreay vs El Phantasmo - G1 Climax 32 Day 1
15. Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito - New Japan Cup Semi Finals
16. Gunther (c) vs Sheamus - WWE Intercontinental Championship - Clash At The Castle
17. Kazuchika Okada vs Jeff Cobb - G1 Climax 32 Day 1
18. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii - IWGP United States Championship - Wrestling Dontaku
19. Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Tetsuya Naito - IWGP World Heavyweight Championship - New Years Golden Series
20. Chris Jericho vs Eddie Kingston - Revolution
21. Will Ospreay (c) vs Orange Cassidy - IWGP United States Championship - Forbidden Door
22. Kazuchika Okada vs Taichi - New Japan Cup Third Round
23. Jon Moxley vs Brian Danielson - AEW World Championship (Grand Slam Tournament Of Champions Final) - Dynamite #155
24. Jon Moxley vs Wheeler Yuta - AEW Rampage #36
25. Tomohiro Ishii vs Minoru Suzuki - Windy City Riot


My honourable mentions list is getting excessive but here it is anyway

Jungle Express (c) vs reDRagon vs The Young Bucks - AEW World Tag Team Championship - Revolution
Zack Sabre Jr. vs Shingo Takagi - New Japan Cup Semi Finals
Will Ospreay (c) vs Michael Oku - Revolution Pro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship - High Stakes
Will Ospreay vs BUSHI - New Japan Cup First Round
Sammy Guevara (c) vs Cody Rhodes (c) - AEW TNT Championship - Dynamite #122 Beach Break
Zack Sabre Jr. vs Tetsuya Naito - New Japan Cup Final
CM Punk vs MJF - Dog Collar Match - Revolution
Will Ospreay vs Jon Moxley - Windy City Riot
Adam "Hangman" Page (c) vs Brian Danielson - AEW World Heavyweight Championship - Dynamite #118
Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs Juice Robinson vs Will Ospreay vs Jon Moxley - IWGP United States Championship - Capital Collision
Brian Danielson vs Jon Moxley - Revolution
Brian Danielson vs Daniel Garcia - AEW Dynamite #125
Hirooki Goto and YOSHI-HASHI vs Jeff Cobb and Great O'Khan - IWGP Tag Team Championship - Hyper Battle
Will Hobbs and Ricky Starks vs Keith Lee and Swerve Strickland - AEW Dynamite #132
Ace Austin vs Alex Zayne - Best of the Super Juniors Day 8
Wheeler Yuta vs TJP - Best of the Super Juniors Day 12
Jay White vs SANADA - G1 Climax 32 Day 1
Taichi vs Tomohiro Ishii - G1 Climax 32 Day 2
David Finlay vs Juice Robinson - G1 Climax 32 Day 6
Darby Allin vs Jay Lethal - AEW Dynamite #157
Taichi (c) vs Shingo Takagi - First to 30 count match - King of Pro Wrestling Trophy - Golden Fight

Looking back at my list, I gotta say, even though I last updated it in April, not a ton of matches blew me away like those ones did as the year went on. AEW and NJPW started the year crazy strong, then got pretty spotty.

The G1 was great and had some bangers, and the final was amazing. Same for the World Tag League or whatever it was called. The finals of that were great. Both matches.

AEW got kinda lacklustre but The Elite vs Death Triangle series saved it. All six matches so far have been amazing and I’m stoked for Match 7.

Funny that Tony Khan put all his eggs in the ROH basket because his best matches this year have happened on ROH PPVs. The double dog collar match probably takes it for me this year, as FTR and The Briscoes continued to out do each other.

My overall MOTY might still be Hangman vs Danielson from Jan 5th but Ospreay vs Okada from the G1 finals might actually be my #1.

Only one addition since my last post, I edited it in:

5. El Desperado and Master Wato vs Taiji Ishimori and Hiromu Takahashi - NJPW Autumn Battle

I covered this in the Match Review thread because I loved it so much.

Glad I stayed consistent with the list throughout the year despite a general growing disinterest in pro-wrestling as a whole. The main reason I make these lists is so I can go back and check out my favourite matches from previous years, but I never actually do that, so it makes me wonder why I bother.

Jan 2, 2023 14:12:31 GMT Emperor said:

Glad I stayed consistent with the list throughout the year despite a general growing disinterest in pro-wrestling as a whole. The main reason I make these lists is so I can go back and check out my favourite matches from previous years, but I never actually do that, so it makes me wonder why I bother.

You wondering why you bother makes me wonder why you are glad you stayed consistent.

THE TOP 171

001. Will Ospreay Vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW G1 Final
002. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. Will Ospreay - New Japan Cup Day 13
003. Will Ospreay (c) Vs. Shota Umino (US HW Championship) - NJPW x STARDOM: Historic X-over
004. Will Ospreay (c) Vs. Tetsuya Naito (US HW Championship) - NJPW Battle Nov 5th
005. Will Ospreay Vs. Tetsuya Naito - NJPW G1 Day 19
006. Shingo Takagi Vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW G1 Day 12
007. Jay White Vs. Kazuchika Okada (c) (IWGP World HW Championship) - NJPW Dominion
008. El Phantasmo Vs. Shingo Takagi - NJPW G1 Day 18
009. KENTA Vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW G1 Day 17
010. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. Tetsuya Naito - New Japan Cup Day 15
011. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. Shingo Takagi - New Japan Cup Day 14
012. Aussie Open Vs. FTR (c) (IWGP Tag Team Championship) - NJPW Royal Quest
013. El Desperado Vs. Jun Kasai - JTO TAKATaichiDespeMania
014. Tetsuya Naito Vs. Kazuchika Okada (c) (IWGP World HW Championship) - NJPW Wrestling Dontaku
015. Shingo Takagi (c) Vs. Kazuchika Okada (IWGP World HW Championship) - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
016. Tetsuya Naito Vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW G1 Day 5
017. KENTA Vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - NJPW G1 Day 2
018. El Phantasmo Vs. Shingo Takagi - NJPW Rumble On 44th Street
019. El Phantasmo Vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW G1 Day 1
020. El Phantasmo Vs. Robbie Eagles - NJPW BOSJ Day 9
021. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. Tetsuya Naito - NJPW Royal Quest
022. TAICHI Vs. Jay White - NJPW G1 Day 16
023. Will Ospreay Vs. Jon Moxley - NJPW Windy City Riot
024. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. Taiji Ishimori (c) (IWGP Jr. HW Championship) - New Japan Road Day 5
025. Ren Narita Vs. SANADA - NJPW Battle Nov 5th
026. Tomohiro Ishii Vs. SANADA - NJPW G1 Day 18
027. El Phantasmo Vs. Juice Robinson - NJPW G1 Day 13
028. El Phantasmo Vs. Shingo Takagi (c) (King Of Pro Wrestling) - NJPW Declaration Of Power
029. Ren Narita Vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW Battle Oct 26th
030. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. EVIL - NJPW Battle Nov 5th
031. Jay White (c) Vs. Tama Tonga (IWGP World HW Championship) - NJPW Declaration Of Power
032. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. EVIL - NJPW G1 Day 15
033. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. El Desperado - NJPW BOSJ Day 13
034. KENTA Vs. Hiroki Goto - NJPW Battle Oct 16th
035. El Desperado & Master Wato Vs. Taiji Ishimori & Hiromu Takahashi - NJPW Battle Nov 5th
036. Tomohiro Ishii Vs. Chase Owens - NJPW G1 Day 13
037. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. Aaron Henare - NJPW G1 Day 4
038. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. YOH - NJPW BOSJ Day 8
039. Jay White Vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Day 4
040. Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler (c) Vs. Jeff Cobb & Great-O-Khan (IWGP Tag Team Championship) - NJPW Battle Nov 5th
041. TAICHI Vs. SANADA - NJPW Battle Oct 16th
042. Tomohiro Ishii Vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru - New Japan Road Day 4
043. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. Hiroki Goto - NJPW G1 Day 12
044. Ace Austin Vs. Taiji Ishimori - NJPW BOSJ Day 9
045. Great-O-Khan Vs. Jay White - NJPW G1 Day 12
046. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. Alex Zayne - NJPW Battle Oct 14th
047. Will Ospreay Vs. David Finlay - NJPW Burning Spirit Day 14
048. Tetsuya Naito Vs. EVIL - NJPW G1 Day 9
049. Will Ospreay Vs. Kazuchika Okada (c) (IWGP World HW Championship) - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
050. Shingo Takagi Vs. Juice Robinson - NJPW G1 Day 2
051. TAICHI Vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Day 2
052. Will Ospreay Vs. Juice Robinson - NJPW G1 Day 18
053. KENTA Vs. Tetsuya Naito - NJPW G1 Day 14
054. Ace Austin & Chris Bey Vs. Francesco Akira & TJP - NJPW Super Jr. Tag League Dec 10th
055. Kazuchika Okada Vs. Tom Lawlor - NJPW G1 Day 15
056. Kazuchika Okada Vs. Tama Tonga - NJPW G1 Day 19
057. Kazuchika Okada Vs. Jeff Cobb - NJPW G1 Day 1
058. Jay White Vs. SANADA - NJPW G1 Day 1
059. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. Kazuchika Okada (c) (IWGP World HW Championship) - NJPW Hyper Battle
060. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. EVIL - New Japan Cup Day 11
061. TAICHI (c) Vs. Shingo Takagi (King Of Pro Wrestling) - NJPW Golden Fight Series Day 7
062. Tomohiro Ishii Vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (US HW Championship) - NJPW Wrestling Dontaku
063. El Phantasmo Vs. David Finlay - NJPW G1 Day 15
064. Will Ospreay Vs. David Finlay - NJPW G1 Day 10
065. KENTA Vs. Hiroki Goto - NJPW G1 Day 10
066. TAICHI Vs. Kazuchika Okada - New Japan Cup Day 8
067. Shingo Takagi Vs. Tomohiro Ishii - New Japan Cup Day 3
068. Chris Jericho (c) Vs. Tomohiro Ishii (ROH World Championship) - AEW Dynamite Nov 23rd
069. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. El Desperado Vs. Blake Christian - NJPW Strong 8/20
070. TAICHI Vs. SANADA - NJPW G1 Day 5
071. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. Taiji Ishimori - NJPW BOSJ Day 12
072. Master Wato Vs. Taiji Ishimori - NJPW Declaration Of Power
073. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Hiroki Goto - NJPW G1 Day 15
074. Tom Lawlor Vs. Jeff Cobb - NJPW G1 Day 17
075. El Desperado Vs. Robbie Eagles - NJPW BOSJ Day 11
076. TAICHI Vs. Shingo Takagi (c) (King Of Pro Wrestling) - NJPW Dominion
077. El Phantasmo Vs. DOUKI - NJPW BOSJ Day 7
078. El Phantasmo Vs. El Lindaman - NJPW BOSJ Day 8
079. Will Ospreay Vs. Jon Moxley Vs. Juice Robinson Vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) (US HW Championship) - NJPW Capital Collision
080. Tetsuya Naito Vs. Kazuchika Okada - New Japan Cup Day 14
081. Great-O-Khan & Aaron Henare Vs. Aussie Open - NJPW World Tag League Dec 5th
082. BUSHI & Titán Vs. TJP & Francesco Akira (c) (IWGP Jr. HW Tag Team Championship) - NJPW Battle Nov 5th
083. Will Ospreay Vs. Yoshi Hashi - NJPW G1 Day 16
084. TAICHI Vs. Chase Owens - NJPW G1 Day 11
085. KENTA Vs. Aaron Henare - NJPW G1 Day 16
086. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. Shingo Takagi - New Japan Cup Day 13
087. Yota Tsuji Vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW Royal Quest
088. Kazuchika Okada Vs. Jonah - NJPW G1 Day 13
089. Tom Lawlor Vs. Lance Archer - NJPW G1 Day 6
090. Minoru Suzuki Vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW Windy City Riot
091. Great-O-Khan Vs. Chase Owens - NJPW G1 Day 6
092. Ace Austin Vs. Alex Zayne - NJPW BOSJ Day 8
093. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru - NJPW BOSJ Day 7
094. KENTA (c) Vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (US HW Championship) - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
095. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. Minoru Suzuki - New Japan Cup Day 7
096. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. Great-O-Khan - New Japan Cup Day 10
097. El Desperado (c) Vs. Taiji Ishimori (IWGP Jr. HW Championship) - NJPW Wrestling Dontaku
098. Kazuchika Okada Vs. El Desperado - New Japan Cup Day 1
099. Master Wato Vs. El Desperado - NJPW BOSJ Day 8
100. El Phantasmo Vs. Titan - NJPW BOSJ Day 6
101. Tomohiro Ishii Vs. Eddie Kingston - NJPW Capital Collision
102. Will Ospreay Vs. SANADA (US HW Championship) - NJPW Dominion
103. Will Ospreay Vs. SANADA - New Japan Cup Day 10
104. Tetsuya Naito Vs. Kazuchika Okada (c) (IWGP World HW Championship) - NJPW Golden Series Day 15
105. Los Ingobernables de Japon Vs. KONGO - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
106. Pac Vs. Clark Connors Vs. Malakai Black Vs. Miro (AEW All-Atlantic Championship) - AEW+NJPW Forbidden Door
107. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. EVIL - NJPW G1 Day 11
108. Will Ospreay Vs. Orange Cassidy (US HW Championship) - AEW+NJPW Forbidden Door
109. Taiji Ishimori Vs. Yoh - NJPW BOSJ Day 1
110. El Desperado Vs. Wheeler Yuta - NJPW BOSJ Day 6
111. Jay White Vs. Mike Bailey - NJPW Lonestar Shootout
112. El Desperado Vs. Titan - NJPW BOSJ Day 2
113. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. EVIL (c) (NEVER Openweight Championship) - NJPW Hyper Battle
114. TAICHI Vs. Toru Yano (c) (King Of Pro Wrestling) - NJPW Hyper Battle
115. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. Ace Austin - NJPW BOSJ Day 5
116. El Desperado (c) Vs. Sho (IWGP Jr. HW Championship) - NJPW Hyper Battle
117. Tom Lawlor (c) Vs. Yuji Nagata (NJPW Strong Openweight Championship) - NJPW Windy City Riot
118. Taiji Ishimori Vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru - NJPW BOSJ Day 8
119. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & El Desperado Vs. Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee - AEW+NJPW Forbidden Door
120. Juice Robinson, David Finlay & Brody King Vs. Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste & Bad Dude Tito - NJPW Windy City Riot
121. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. El Desperado (c) (IWGP Jr. HW Championship) - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
122. Tetsuya Naito Vs. Jeff Cobb - New Japan Cup Day 12
123. CIMA Vs. Hiroki Goto - New Japan Cup Day 8
124. El Phantasmo Vs. Will Ospreay - New Japan Cup Day 6
125. Great-O-Khan Vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Day 10
126. Yoshinobu Kanemaru Vs. David Finlay - NJPW Battle Oct 14th
127. Jay White Vs. Chase Owens - NJPW G1 Day 9
128. Tetsuya Naito Vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - New Japan Cup Day 9
129. TAICHI & Jake Lee Vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kento Miyahara - NJPW/AJPW 60th Anniversary Festival
130. Will Ospreay Vs. Shota Umino - NJPW Royal Quest
131. El Desperado Vs. TJP - NJPW BOSJ Day 4
132. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. Yoh - NJPW Wrestling Dontaku
133. Great-O-Khan Vs. Chase Owens - NJPW Capital Collision
134. Taiji Ishimori Vs. Alex Zayne - NJPW BOSJ Day 5
135. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. Francesco Akira - NJPW BOSJ Day 3
136. Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi (c) Vs. Francesco Akira & TJP (IWGP Jr. HW Tag Team Championship) - New Japan Road Day 4
137. DOUKI Vs. BUSHI - NJPW BOSJ Day 8
138. BUSHI Vs. Robbie Eagles - NJPW BOSJ Day 4
139. Tomohiro Ishii Vs. Chris Dickinson - NJPW Lonestar Shootout
140. Minoru Suzuki Vs. Killer Kross - NJPW Lonestar Shootout
141. Ace Austin Vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru - NJPW BOSJ Day 3
142. Rocky Romero Vs. Ren Narita - NJPW Lonestar Shootout
143. Kazuchika Okada Vs. CIMA - New Japan Cup Day 12
144. Shingo Takagi Vs. Chase Owens - New Japan Cup Day 11
145. Hiromu Takahashi Vs. Sho - New Japan Cup Day 3
146. Tomohiro Ishii Vs. Tama Tonga - NJPW G1 Day 7
147. CIMA Vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru - New Japan Cup Day 4
148. TAKA Michinoku Vs. CIMA - New Japan Cup Day 1
149. Tomohiro Ishii Vs. EVIL (c) (NEVER Openweight Championship) - NJPW Golden Series Day 10
150. Tama Tonga Vs. EVIL - New Japan Cup Day 7
151. Zack Sabre Jr. & Yoshinobu Kanemaru Vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Yoshinari Ogawa - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
152. Toru Yano Vs. Bad Luck Fale - NJPW G1 Day 7
153. Tetsuya Naito Vs. Hiroki Goto - NJPW G1 Day 3
154. Master Wato Vs. El Desperado (c) (IWGP Jr. HW Championship) - NJPW Golden Series Day 9
155. SANADA Vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) (US HW Championship) - NJPW Golden Series Day 14
156. SANADA Vs. Aaron Henare - New Japan Cup Day 6
157. Tetsuya Naito Vs. Jeff Cobb - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
158. Zack Sabre Jr. Vs. DOUKI - New Japan Cup Day 6
159. Great-O-Khan Vs. Taiji Ishimori - New Japan Cup Day 6
160. Katsuyori Shibata Vs. Ren Narita - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
161. Tetsuya Naito & SANADA Vs. Kazuchika Okada & Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW Golden Series Day 10
162. Master Wato & Ryusuke Taguchi Vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru - NJPW Golden Series Day 6
163. Yoh Vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - New Japan Cup Day 1
164. SANADA Vs. Great-O-Khan - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
165. Will Ospreay Vs. BUSHI - New Japan Cup Day 2
166. Yasutaka Yano Vs. Kosei Fujita - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
167. Tetsuya Naito, Shingo Takagi, SANADA & Hiromu Takahashi Vs. Kazuchika Okada, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Togi Makabe & Satoshi Kokima - NJPW Golden Series Day 13
168. Yoh Vs. Sho - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom
169. Master Wato Vs. Kazuchika Okada - New Japan Cup Day 4
170. Tetsuya Naito Vs. Yujiro Takahashi - New Japan Cup Day 1
171. Tetsuya Naito Vs. Gedo - New Japan Cup Day 5

I just realized Ospreay is in all of the top 6 matches on my list. Legend.

Last year, Emperor and I had the same #1 match (Ospreay Vs. Takagi). This year, his #1 (Okada Vs. ZSJ) is my #59 and my #1 (Ospreay Vs. Okada) is his #11. Quite the difference.

Strangely, he put the other Ospreay Vs. Okada at #4 which was far inferior and one that I put waaaaay down at #49. However, RT put this very same match at #3. Am I the crazy one here? Was it really better than the G1 final matchup between them? Did RT even watch the G1 final? If not, will he now watch it and definitively decide which one is the best? So many questions.

No way you actually typed that up. HAD to have been a copy paste job from somewhere. I REFUUUUUUUUUSE to believe anyone would log onto pw.com and type that out by hand or memory. How do you remember? Do you do wiki deep dives "research" to make the list. Straight memory? Like how do you distinguish okada ospreay III from XII? Or is that the ESSENCE of New Japan. That's where the REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAL story is. That melodrama they do for Mania openings like showcase of the immortals. That's the physical embodiement of these matches.

Still can you really distinguish between classic in the g1 to classic at Dontaku?

I am not sure if that was an intentional oversight for the sake of the joke, but I keep a notepad file and add to it over the year every time I see a worthy match by ranking it in the proper location. Either way, your post made me laugh considerably. Well done.

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