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Post by microstatistics on Dec 10, 2020 21:04:49 GMT -5
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Post by bossrock on Jan 1, 2021 15:57:57 GMT -5
Updated to include my pick for 2020.
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Post by icecute on Jan 2, 2021 8:12:26 GMT -5
Updated to include my pick for 2020. Glad to see I'm not the only one who liked Okada/Naito more than Okada/Ibushi
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Post by bossrock on Jan 2, 2021 10:23:27 GMT -5
They're both really close but I think the callbacks and narrative of Okada/Naito edges out Okada/Ibushi.
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Post by icecute on Jan 3, 2021 6:56:18 GMT -5
Agreed, both were great, but the story of Naito understanding how to finally achieve his goal(and succeeding) after all these years was beautiful.
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Post by nintendologic on Jan 17, 2021 8:33:44 GMT -5
Made my first #1 pick for 2021.
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Post by tetsujin on Jan 17, 2021 13:12:43 GMT -5
I'm not a as high un terms of MOTYCs in 2020 as some, because no crowds/quiet crowds/thunderwhatever crowds are... Just not fun. At all. Crowd is not definitely the most important aspect of a match,but it still is very important at the overall experience for me. So, with only three or two and a half months in 2020 without pandemic, my MOTY list this last year is pretty small. I think only Nakajima/Hideki from NOAH and Bryan/Gulak at Elimination Chamber are MOTY-worthy, and both, while great matches, are not at the level of most of the MOTYCs in any other year. Not even close (for me at least).
Some exceptions could be the cinematic matches we've seen throughout this year, because they don't need crowd to work at all, they're different experiences. Damn, the original cinematic match is my current #11 at GME and a 5*. This year, I enjoyed Wyatt/Cena A LOT for what it was, Taker/AJ was good too, but then the formula became unfunny pretty quickly to me, so yeah, nothing MOTY-worthy for me there.
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Post by Cap on Jan 17, 2021 13:29:27 GMT -5
Made my first #1 pick for 2021. I like the Darby/Cage shout for 2021 so far. It is a little behind some other match for me just because of the run ins. It is still a great match with more than one holy shit moment.
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Post by Cap on Jan 23, 2021 10:44:03 GMT -5
Updated my list with a few new ones and flipped it to go from oldest to newest like everyone else does it haha
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Post by witlon on Feb 8, 2021 14:31:50 GMT -5
I need to do write ups for a lot of these, because for some reason, my master rating list survives computer moves, but old write ups don't. *sighs*
1980: Johnny Saint vs. Steve Grey (1/28/80) 1981: Andre The Giant vs. Stan Hansen (9/23/81) 1982: Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich (8/15/82) 1983: Sangre Chicana vs. MS-1 (9/23) 1984: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kerry Von Erich (5/22/84) 1985: Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard (11/28) 1986: Curt Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel (11/15) 1987: Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham (1/20) 1988: Hansen & Gordy vs. Tenryu & Kawada (12/16) 1989: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsurta (6/5) 1990: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (9/1) 1991: Misawa, Kawada, Kobashi vs. Jumbo, Taue & Fuchi (4/20) 1992: Kobashi & Kikuchi vs. Furnas & Kroffat (5/25) 1993: Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi (7/29) 1994: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (6/3) 1995: Taue & Kawada vs. Misawa & Kobashi (6/9) 1996: Misawa & Akiyama vs. Kawada & Taue (12/6) 1997: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (1/20) 1998: Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kohasaka (6/27) 1999: Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yoshihisa Yammamoto (6/24) 2000: Kenta Kobashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (5/26) 2001: Genichiro Tenryu vs. Keiji Mutoh (6/8) (Might be my lowest ranked MOTY? Open to suggestions?) 2002: Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker (10/20) 2003: Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (3/1) 2004: Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama (7/10) 2005: Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe (10/1) 2006: Akira Taue vs. Jun Akiyama (1/22) 2007: John Cena vs. Umaga (1/28) 2008: Ishikawa, Otsuka & Sawa vs. Ikeda, Usada & Super Tiger II (7/26) 2009: Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Hero (9/4) 2010: LA Park vs. El Mesias (12/5) (Also on the low end, ranking wise.) 2011: John Cena vs. CM Punk (7/17) 2012: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar (4/29) 2013: John Cena vs. Bryan Danielson (8/18) 2014: Ultimo Guerrero vs. Atlantis (9/19) 2015: Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns (3/29) 2016: <Haven't seen enough.> 2017: <Haven't seen enough.> 2018: <Haven't seen enough.> 2019: <Haven't seen enough.> 2020: WALTER vs. Ilja Dragonov (10/29)
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Post by tetsujin on Feb 8, 2021 14:39:47 GMT -5
Wow I'm not alone on the Flair/KVE 82 MOTY club!! Great choice. One of the most underrated Flair title matches, idkw.
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Post by witlon on Feb 8, 2021 14:47:16 GMT -5
Wow I'm not alone on the Flair/KVE 82 MOTY club!! Great choice. One of the most underrated Flair title matches, idkw. I went 5* on it when I watched it for GWE, I'm going to have to get around to re-watching it, but I still recall it being tremendous.
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Post by elliott on Feb 8, 2021 16:04:49 GMT -5
I love that match. Always have. It finished 3rd in the DVDVR 80s Texas voting. I suspect if there was a huge Best Ric Flair matches poll, that's a contender for best match not against Steamboat or Terry Funk.
The Flair vs Kerry feud is awesome in general. Their worst matches together are probably the two most famous ones, the Cage and the title change. This one, the St Louis one and the Hawaii one are all timers.
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Post by elliott on Feb 8, 2021 20:46:37 GMT -5
For 2001 suggestions, I do really like that Muto vs Tenryu match, but I'm not sure it would make my top 10 because 2001 was a really great year. Just for starters:
Infierno en el Ring (CMLL - 9/28/01) La Parka, Rey Mysterio Sr & Halloween vs Rey Mysterio Jr, Damian 666 & Vampiro (Tijuana - 10/26/2001) El Hijo del Santo vs LA Park (Tijuana 12/23/01) Low Ki vs American Dragon (ECWA - 7/21/01) Akira Hokuto vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA - 4/29/01) Hashimoto vs Steve Corino vs Dylan Night vs Gary Steele (PWF -12/16/01) Austin vs Rock (WrestleMania X7 - 4/1/01) Rock vs Chris Jericho (No Mercy - 10/20/01) Kaoru Ito vs Momoe Nakanishi (AJW - 9/16/01) Santo & Casas vs Ultimo Guerero & Bucanero 11/2/01 Perrro Aguayo vs Universo 2000 (Hair vs Mask) 03/30/01 CMLL El Hijo del Santo vs Nicho el Millionario (Tijuana 4/6/01) La Parka & Nicho el Millionario vs Rayo de Jalisco Jr & Black Tiger vs Blue Demon Jr & Brazo de Plata (Tijuana 7/27/01) El Dandy vs. Negro Navarro (IWRG 11/8/01) El Hijo del Santo, Negro Casas, Rey Misterio Jr & El Hombre Sin Nombre vs La Familia de Tijuana (Nicho el Milionario, Juventud Guerrera, Halloween & Damian 666) 12/14/01 CMLL Los Infernales (El Satanico, Mephisto & Averno) vs Olimpico, Safari & Mr Niebla 12/14/01 CMLL Hashimoto & Nagata vs Misawa & Akiyama (Zero 1 - 3/2/01) Austin vs Angle (SummerSlam - 8/19/01) Low Ki vs Homicide (JAPW - 7/7/01) Low Ki vs Xavier (Ladder Match - ICW - 6/30/01)
There's a bunch of other WWE matches that you could probably include. Great year.
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Post by witlon on Feb 8, 2021 22:33:38 GMT -5
I didn't have anything from WWE above 4* on the last watchthrough, so I'll probably avoid those. I'll check the other ones out, though. Thanks a ton!
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