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elliott
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MOTY by Year Feb 8, 2021 22:45:02 GMT -5 via mobile

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Post by elliott on Feb 8, 2021 22:45:02 GMT -5

I really like Austin vs Rock but I've always been a Rock fan. I never saw Austin vs Angle as an all timer but included it bc it's always gotten love.

My top tier for 2001 is
Infierno en el Ring
Tijuana 6 Man
La Parka vs Santo Monterrey
Hokuto vs Satomura
Low Ki vs Bryan with guest ref Steamboat

Cap
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Posts: 2,283

MOTY by Year Feb 10, 2021 7:28:14 GMT -5

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Post by Cap on Feb 10, 2021 7:28:14 GMT -5

For 2001 (None WWE)

If you haven't and have any love for early 2000s indies, check out the early Danielson/Ki matches:

Danielson vs Low Ki (ECWA - 2/24)
Danielson vs Low Ki (ECWA - 7/21)
Danielson vs Low Ki (APW - 10/27) *my favorite*

A few others that I consider in the mix:

Santo vs Park (CMLL - 1/23)
Hokuto vs Satamura (GAEA - 4/29)
Satamura vs Aja (GAEA - 12/15)

Blog (very sporadically updated): markoutmountain.wordpress.com/

Running Top 25 MOTY: tiny.cc/cfkquz

cactus
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Posts: 112

MOTY by Year Nov 13, 2021 5:25:03 GMT -5

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Post by cactus on Nov 13, 2021 5:25:03 GMT -5

Aug 3, 2020 6:04:49 GMT -5 cactus said:

Bold is MOTD.

1980: Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera (Texas Death Match) (WWF 5/19/1980)
1981: Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk (No DQ) (CWA 3/23/1981)
1982: Stan Hansen vs. Terry Funk (AJPW 9/11/1982)
1983: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. The Funks (AJPW 8/31/1983)
1984: Iron Sheik vs. Sgt. Slaughter (Boot Camp Match) (WWF 6/16/1984)
1985: Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dump Matsumoto (Hair vs Hair) (AJW 8/28/1985)
1986: Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki (Elimination Match) (NJPW 3/26/1986)
1987: Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage (WWF Wrestlemania 3)
1988: Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Lex Luger & Billy Windham (NWA Clash Of The Champions I)
1989: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu (AJPW 6/5/1989)
1990: Jumbo Tsurata vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW 6/8/1990)
1991: Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, and Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue, and Masanobu Fuchi (AJPW 4/20/1991)
1992: Sting & Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham & Nikita Koloff vs. Rick Rude & Steve Austin & Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton & Larry Zbyszko (War Games - WCW - 5/17/1992)
1993: Terry Funk vs. Atsushi Onita (Barbed Wire Exploding Death Match) (FMW Origin)
1994: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW - 6/3/1994)
1995: Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 6/9/1995)
1996: Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind (WWF In Your House: Mind Games)
1997: Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (Submission Match) (WWF Wrestlemania 13)
1998: Mankind vs. Undertaker (Hell In A Cell Match) (WWF King Of The Ring 1998)
1999: The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian (Ladder Match) (WWF No Mercy 1999)
2000: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akiyama (AJPW 2/27/2000)
2001: The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz (TLC Match) (WWF Wrestlemania X-7)
2002: The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar (Hell In A Cell Match) (WWE No Mercy 2002)
2003: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (NOAH 3/1/2003)
2004: Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama (NOAH 7/10/2004)
2005: Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi (ROH Joe Vs Kobashi)
2006: Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness (ROH Unified)
2007: Shawn Michaels vs. John Cena (WWE Raw 4/23/2007)
2008: Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair (Career Threatening Match) (WWE Wrestlemania 24)
2009: Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Hero (PWG Guerre Sans Frontieres)
2010: Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (WWE Wrestlemania 26)
2011: CM Punk vs. John Cena (WWE Money In The Back 2011)
2012: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar (Extreme Rules Match) (WWE Extreme Rules 2012)
2013: John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan (WWE Summerslam 2013)
2014: Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H (WWE Wrestlemania 30)
2015: Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns (WWE Wrestlemania 31)
2016: Black Terry vs. Wotan (Chilanga Mask 8/21/2016)
2017: Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW Sakura Genesis 17)
2018: Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade Almas (NXT: Takeover Philadelphia)
2019: Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes (AEW Double Or Nothing 2019)

Here's my 2021 update. New additions are in red.

1980: Johnny Saint vs. Steve Grey (JP 1/28/1980)
1981: Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk (No DQ) (CWA 3/23/1981)
1982: Stan Hansen vs. Terry Funk (AJPW 9/11/1982)
1983: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. The Funks (AJPW 8/31/1983)
1984: Iron Sheik vs. Sgt. Slaughter (Boot Camp Match) (WWF 6/16/1984)
1985: Chigusa Nagayo vs. Dump Matsumoto (Hair vs Hair) (AJW 8/28/1985)
1986: Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki (Elimination Match) (NJPW 3/26/1986)
1987: Stan Hansen vs. Carlos Colon (Bullrope Match) (WWC - 1/6/1987)
1988: Arn Anderson & Tully Blanchard vs. Lex Luger & Billy Windham (NWA Clash Of The Champions I)
1989: Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu (AJPW 6/5/1989)
1990: Jumbo Tsurata vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW 6/8/1990)
1991: Bret Hart vs. Mr Perfect (WWF Summerslam 1991)
1992: Sting & Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham & Nikita Koloff vs. Rick Rude & Steve Austin & Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton & Larry Zbyszko (War Games) (WCW WrestleWar 1992)
1993: Terry Funk vs. Atsushi Onita (Barbed Wire Exploding Death Match) (FMW Origin)
1994: Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue (AJPW 5/21/1994)
1995: Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW 6/9/1995)
1996: Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind (WWF In Your House: Mind Games)
1997: Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (Submission Match) (WWF Wrestlemania 13)
1998: Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (RINGS 6/27/1998)
1999: Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto (RINGS 6/24/1999)
2000: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akiyama (AJPW 2/27/2000)
2001: The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian vs. The Dudley Boyz (TLC Match) (WWF Wrestlemania X-7)
2002: The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar (Hell In A Cell Match) (WWE No Mercy 2002)
2003: Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (NOAH 3/1/2003)
2004: Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama (NOAH 7/10/2004)
2005: Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi (ROH Joe Vs Kobashi)
2006: Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness (ROH Unified)
2007: Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Mitsuhara Misawa & Jun Akiyama (NOAH - 12/2/2007)
2008: Yuki Ishikawa vs. Carl Greco (Battlarts 6/1/2008)
2009: Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Hero (PWG Guerre Sans Frontieres)
2010: Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (WWE Wrestlemania 26)
2011: CM Punk vs. John Cena (WWE Money In The Back 2011)
2012: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar (Extreme Rules Match) (WWE Extreme Rules 2012)
2013: John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan (WWE Summerslam 2013)
2014: Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H (WWE Wrestlemania 30)
2015: Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns (WWE Wrestlemania 31)
2016: Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW G1 Climax - Day 18)
2017: Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW Sakura Genesis 17)
2018: Daniel Bryan vs. Brock Lesnar (WWE Survivor Series 2018)
2019: Cody vs. Dustin Rhodes (AEW Double Or Nothing 2019)
2020: Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak (WWE Elimination Chamber 2020)

Last Edit: Nov 13, 2021 5:28:26 GMT -5 by cactus

nintendologic GME Posts: 582	MOTY by Year Nov 21, 2021 16:56:24 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nintendologic on Nov 21, 2021 16:56:24 GMT -5 Reflecting my 2021 ballot, new picks for 1982, 1985, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2012, and 2021.

microstatistics Moderator Posts: 1,242	MOTY by Year Dec 28, 2021 21:48:36 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by microstatistics on Dec 28, 2021 21:48:36 GMT -5 gweproject.freeforums.net/post/6681/thread Added selections for 1965-1968. Also confirmed Banks vs. Belair as my 2021 MOTY. Barnett vs. Moxley was a really close second.

Cap GME Posts: 2,283	MOTY by Year Jan 18, 2022 15:53:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cap on Jan 18, 2022 15:53:55 GMT -5 gweproject.freeforums.net/post/6679/thread Updated my list while I was putting off work I should be doing.
	Blog (very sporadically updated): markoutmountain.wordpress.com/ Running Top 25 MOTY: tiny.cc/cfkquz

nintendologic GME Posts: 582	MOTY by Year Jan 18, 2022 17:56:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nintendologic on Jan 18, 2022 17:56:07 GMT -5 Thanks for the bump. It reminded me that I needed to update my own list to reflect my 2022 selection, one I doubt will be supplanted.

enviousstupid
MOTY

Abnormally high on 1980s All Japan and Maki Itoh.

Posts: 33

MOTY by Year Jan 24, 2022 3:13:30 GMT -5

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Post by enviousstupid on Jan 24, 2022 3:13:30 GMT -5

My picks for the last 46 years:

1976: Jumbo Tsuruta vs Terry Funk (11/6)
1977: Harley Race vs Terry Funk (1/7)
1978: Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Giant Baba & Jumbo Tsuruta (15/12)
1979: Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik vs. Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk (15/7)
1980: Bill Robinson vs Nick Bockwinkel (11/12)
1981: Pat Patterson vs Sgt. Slaughter (4/5)
1982: Jumbo Tsuruta vs Ric Flair (8/6)
1983: Bill Dundee vs Jerry Lawler (6/6)
1984: Sgt. Slaughter vs The Iron Sheik (16/6)
1985: Chigusa Nagayo vs Devil Masami (22/8)
1986: Genichiro Tenryu & Jumbo Tsuruta vs Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu (28/1)
1987: Akira Maeda, Kengo Kimura, Riki Choshu, Super Strong Machine & Tatsumi Fujinami defeat Antonio Inoki, Kantaro Hoshino, Keiji Muto, Seiji Sakaguchi & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (19/8)
1988: Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs Bobby Fulton & Tommy Rogers (14/5)
1989: Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (7/5)
1990: Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs Ricky Morton & Robert Gibson (25/2)
1991: El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas (20/4)
1992: Sting vs Big Van Vader (12/7)
1993: Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori (2/4)
1994: Atsushi Onita vs Genichiro Tenryu (5/5)
1995: Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (9/6)
1996: Mankind vs Shawn Michaels (22/9)
1997: Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (23/3)
1998: El Hijo del Santo vs Felino (3/8)
1999: Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (23/10)
2000: Atlantis vs Villano III (17/3)
2001: Akira Hokuto vs Meiko Satomura (17/3)
2002: Mitsuharu Misawa vs Yoshihiro Takayama (23/9)
2003: Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs Jun Akiyama (17/8)
2004: Eddie Guerrero vs John Bradshaw Layfield (16/5)
2005: Jun Akiyama vs Katsuyori Shibata (4/8)
2006: CZW vs ROH Cage of Death (15/7)
2007: John Cena vs Umaga (28/1)
2008: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs SUWAMA (9/4)
2009: Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker (5/4)
2010: Colt Cabana & El Generico vs Kevin Steen & Steve Corino (24/4)
2011: CM Punk vs John Cena (17/7)
2012: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Minoru Suzuki (8/10)
2013: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada (7/4)
2014: Adrian Neville vs Sami Zayn (11/12)
2015: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura (16/8)
2016: Io Shirai vs Mayu Iwatani (22/12)
2017: Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada (9/4)
2018: Andrade Almas vs Johnny Gargano (27/1)
2019: HARASHIMA vs Konosuke Takeshita (3/11)
2020: Adam Page & Kenny Omega vs Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson (29/2)
2021: A-Kid vs Jordan Devlin (5/8)

Last Edit: Jan 24, 2022 3:45:40 GMT -5 by enviousstupid

microstatistics Moderator Posts: 1,242	MOTY by Year Feb 17, 2022 22:34:08 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by microstatistics on Feb 17, 2022 22:34:08 GMT -5 gweproject.freeforums.net/post/6681/thread New pick for 1978 and current pick for 2022.

silverwidow
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Posts: 82

MOTY by Year Feb 17, 2022 23:17:00 GMT -5

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Post by silverwidow on Feb 17, 2022 23:17:00 GMT -5

1990: Dandy vs. Satanico (12/14)
1991: Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi vs. Tsuruta/Taue/Fuchi (4/20)
1992: Kobashi/Kikuchi vs. Kroffat/Furnas (5/25)
1993: Hokuto vs. Kandori (4/2)
1994: Misawa vs. Kawada (6/3)
1995: Misawa/Kobashi vs. Kawada/Taue (6/9)
1996: Misawa/Akiyama vs. Kawada/Taue (12/6)
1997: Kobashi vs. Misawa (1/20)
1998: Tamura vs. Kohsaka (6/27)
1999: Yoshida vs. Yagi (2/18)

Last Edit: Apr 26, 2022 20:11:53 GMT -5 by silverwidow

bossrock Moderator Posts: 1,036	MOTY by Year Feb 18, 2022 13:37:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by bossrock on Feb 18, 2022 13:37:40 GMT -5 Updated mine for 2021. Haven't done 2022 yet, even though I highly doubt anything will beat Bryan-Page for me.
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microstatistics Moderator Posts: 1,242	MOTY by Year Mar 11, 2022 20:33:11 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by microstatistics on Mar 11, 2022 20:33:11 GMT -5 New pick for 2022. gweproject.freeforums.net/post/6681/thread.

[Darren] GME Posts: 945	MOTY by Year Mar 11, 2022 21:16:17 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by [Darren] on Mar 11, 2022 21:16:17 GMT -5 Mar 11, 2022 20:33:11 GMT -5 microstatistics said: New pick for 2022. gweproject.freeforums.net/post/6681/thread. I loved the match but I don’t have it quite that high. I think I need to be sold on it.

club
MOTD

Posts: 276

MOTY by Year Mar 12, 2022 7:29:06 GMT -5

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Post by club on Mar 12, 2022 7:29:06 GMT -5

I went through my ongoing list to do this. If nothing was on the list I left it blank. Was a little surprised to see how much of the stuff I currently rate highly is from the mid-70s to mid-90s. I watched a TON of wrestling in the 2000s and yet there were plenty of years with nothing. My tastes have changed a lot since then and need to go back and get re-watching.

50 Lou Thesz vs Buddy Rogers – 06/21
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57 Bert Royal vs Tony Oliver - 02/22
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63 Golden Moose Cholak vs Larry Chene – 03/15
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69 Giant Baba vs The Destroyer – 03/05
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72 Jim Breaks vs Adrian Street – 02/12
73 Jim Breaks vs Johnny Saint - 05/05
74 Giant Baba vs Jack Brisco – 12/02
75 Antonio Inoki vs Billy Robinson – 12/11
76 Marty Jones vs Terry Rudge – 12/04
77 The Funks vs Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik – 12/15
78 The Funks vs Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik – 12/09
79 The Funks vs Abdullah The Butcher & The Sheik – 07/15
80 Johnny Saint vs Steve Grey - 02/02
81 Andre the Giant vs Stan Hansen – 09/23
82 Andre the Giant vs Killer Khan – 04/01
83 Sangre Chicana vs MS-1 – 09/23
84 Rick Martel vs Nick Bockwinkel – 09/20
85 Devil Masami vs Chigusa Nagayo – 08/22
86 Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino vs Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Nobuhiko Takada, Kazuo Yamazaki & Osamu Kido – 03/26
87 Antonio Inoki vs Masa Saito – 04/27
88 Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada – 12/16
89 Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat – 02/20
90 El Satanico vs El Dandy – 12/14
91 Randy Savage vs The Ultimate Warrior – 03/24
92 Genichiro Tenryu & Koji Kitahara vs Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura – 10/23
93 Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori – 04/02
94 Akira Hokuto & Shinobu Kandori vs Bull Nakano & Aja Kong – 03/27
95 Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue – 06/09
96 Shinya Hashimoto vs Riki Choshu – 08/02
97 Bret Hart vs Steve Austin – 03/23
98 Genichiro Tenryu vs Nobutaka Araya – 01/14
99 Kiyoshi Tamura vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto – 06/24
00 Atlantis vs Villano III – 03/17
01 Genichiro Tenryu vs Keiji Muto – 06/08
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03 Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi – 01/03
04 Eddie Guerrero vs JBL – 05/16
05 Samoa Joe vs Necro Butcher – 06/11
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07 Yuji Nagata vs Togi Makabe – 07/06
08 Shawn Michaels vs Ric Flair – 03/30
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11 Guerrero Maya Jr vs Virus – 06/07
12 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Minoru Suzuki – 10/08
13 Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kazushi Sakuraba – 01/04
14 AJ Styles vs Minoru Suzuki - 08/01
15 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura – 08/16
16 Tetsuya Naito vs Kenny Omega – 08/13
17 Kazuchika Okada vs Katsuyori Shibata – 04/09
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19 Cody vs Dustin Rhodes – 05/25
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Last Edit: Mar 12, 2022 7:54:05 GMT -5 by club: Added 2014

nintendologic GME Posts: 582	MOTY by Year Mar 12, 2022 18:48:54 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by nintendologic on Mar 12, 2022 18:48:54 GMT -5 Mar 12, 2022 7:29:06 GMT -5 club said: 92 Genichiro Tenryu & Koji Kitahara vs Shiro Koshinaka & Kengo Kimura – 10/23 Hell yeah, dude.

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