Submitted 2021 GME Ballot

I only learned about this project a few months ago and unfortunately, it's not nearly enough time as I'd have liked to commit to this. As a result I had to rely on Preference Revealer to come up with a ranked list, as well as include only matches that were on the Index of Nominees. I'm posting my list here so that hopefully when I participate in next year's project, I can look back on this as a rough draft and compare to matches I've seen since then that I hold in high regard. I tend to not share ratings for matches anymore (I often bump matches up or down depending on how they sit with me days after watching them), but all the matches listed I would have at ****1/2 or higher. 


1. Eddie Guerrero vs John Bradshaw Layfield (WWE - 5/16/2004)
2. Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW - 1/4/2016)
3. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (WCW - 5/7/1989)
4. Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu (AJPW – 1/28/1986)
5. Andrade Cien Almas vs. Johnny Gargano (NXT - 1/27/2018)
6. Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada (NJPW - 4/9/2017)
7. Holy Demon Army vs Jun Akiyama and Mitsuharu Misawa (Tag League Finals - AJPW - 12/6/1996)
8. Team ROH (Ace Steel, Adam Pearce, BJ Whitmer, Bryan Danielson, Homicide, & Samoa Joe) vs Team CZW (Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Eddie Kingston, Nate Webb, & Necro Butcher) (Cage of Death - ROH - 7/15/2006)
9. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu (AJPW - 6/5/1989)
10. Chigusa Nagayo vs Devil Masami (AJW - 8/22/1985)
11. Antonio Inoki, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Seiji Sakaguchi, Kantaro Hoshino & Keiji Muto vs Tatsumi Fujinami, Riki Choshu, Akira Maeda, Kengo Kimura & Super Strong Machine (Elimination Match - NJPW - 8/19/1987)
12. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Minoru Suzuki (NJPW - 10/8/2012)
13. Terry Funk vs Harley Race (NWA - 7/1/1977)
14. Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee (Loser Leaves Town - CWA - 6/6/1983)
15. Kazuchika Okada vs Kenny Omega (NJPW - 8/12/2017)
16. CM Punk vs John Cena (WWE - 7/17/2011)
17. Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness (ROH - 2/23/2008)
18. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori (AJW – 4/2/1993)
19. Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW - 4/7/2013)
20. El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas (WWA – 5/17/1991)
21. Ric Flair vs Terry Funk (I Quit Match - WCW - 11/15/1989)
22. Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama (NOAH - 7/10/2004)
23. Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (Submission Match - WWF - 3/23/1997)
24. The Rock N Roll Express vs The Midnight Express (Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane) w/ Jim Cornette (WCW - 2/25/1990)
25. John Cena vs Umaga (Last Man Standing - WWE - 1/28/2007)
26. AJ Styles vs Christopher Daniels vs Samoa Joe (TNA - 9/11/2005)
27. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, & Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Masa Fuchi, & Akira Taue (AJPW - 4/20/1991)
28. Sangre Chicana vs MS-1 (Hair vs Hair – EMLL – 9/23/1983)
29. Shawn Michaels vs Mankind (WWF - 9/22/1996)
30. Terry Funk and Dory Funk Jr vs Abdullah the Butcher and The Sheik (2/3 Falls – AJPW – 7/15/1979)
31. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW - 8/16/2015)
32. Akira Hokuto vs Meiko Satomura (GAEA - 4/29/2001)
33. Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (2/3 Falls - WCW - 4/2/1989)
34. Vader vs Sting (WCW - 7/12/1992)
35. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Jun Akiyama (WRESTLE-1 - 8/4/2005)
36. The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels (WWE - 4/5/2009)
37. The Fantastics vs. The Midnight Express (WCW - 3/27/1988)
38. Ric Flair vs Ricky Morton (Cage Match - JCP - 7/5/1986)
39. Brock Lesnar vs John Cena (Extreme Rules - WWE - 4/29/2012)
40. Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness (ROH - 8/12/2006)
41. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Suwama (AJPW - 4/9/2008)
42. Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuhara Misawa (AJPW - 9/1/1990)
43. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas (AJPW - 5/25/1992)
44. Necro Butcher vs Samoa Joe (IWA Mid-South - 6/11/2005)
45. Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen (AJPW - 9/4/1991)
46. Terry Funk vs Jumbo Tsuruta (AJPW - 6/11/1976)
47. Atlantis vs Villano III (Mask vs Mask – CMLL – 3/17/2000)
48. Manami Toyota vs Aja Kong (AJW - 11/20/1994)
49. Samoa Joe vs CM Punk (ROH - 12/4/2004)
50. Nick Bockwinkel vs Curt Hennig (AWA - 11/21/1986)
51. Brock Lesnar vs Undertaker (Hell in a Cell - WWE - 10/20/2002)
52. Antonio Inoki vs Tatsumi Fujinami (NJPW - 8/8/1988)
53. Terry Funk vs Stan Hansen (AJPW – 4/14/1983)
54. Io Shirai vs Mayu Iwatani (Stardom - 12/22/2016)
55. Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (NOAH - 3/1/2003)
56. Tetsuya Naito vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW - 6/11/2017)
57. Pat Patterson vs Sgt Slaughter (Ally Fight - WWF - 5/4/1981)
58. Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn (NXT - 12/11/2014)
59. Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW - 8/13/2016)
60. KDX (Taka Michinoku, Mens Teoh, Dick Togo, Shiryu & Shoichi Funaki) vs Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa, Super Delphin, Tiger Mask & Masato Yakushiji (Michinoku Pro - 10/10/1996)
61. Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori (AJW - 12/6/1993)
62. Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (CWA - 12/21/1985)
63. 4 Horsemen (Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Sid & Larry Zbyszko) vs Sting, Brian Pillman, Rick & Scott Steiner (WarGames - WCW - 2/24/1991)
64. Eddy Guerrero vs Rey Misterio Jr (Title vs Mask - WCW - 10/26/1997)
65. Cactus Jack vs Triple H (WWF - 1/23/2000)
66. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi (NJPW - 8/12/2018)
67. Ric Flair vs Barry Windham (NWA - 1/20/1987)
68. Bryan Danielson vs. Homicide (ROH - 12/23/2006)
69. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW - 10/19/1990)
70. Bayley vs. Sasha Banks (Iron Woman - NXT - 10/7/2015)
71. Shinya Hashimoto vs Victor Zangiev (NJPW - 4/24/1989)
72. Aja Kong vs KAORU (GAEA - 2/13/2000)
73. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (Champion's Carnival Final - AJPW - 4/15/1995)
74. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW - 8/2/2013)
75. Bryan Danielson vs KENTA (ROH - 9/16/2006)
76. El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas vs El Dandy (CMLL - 12/6/1996)
77. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kota Ibushi (NJPW - 1/4/2015)
78. Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (WWF - 3/20/1994)
79. Holy Demon Army vs Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa (AJPW - 6/9/1995)
80. Mick Foley vs Randy Orton (Hardcore Match WWF Backlash - 4/18/2004)
81. Billy Robinson vs. Verne Gagne (IWE - 11/20/1974)
82. Tomohiro Ishii vs Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW - 8/4/2013)
83. Steve Austin vs The Rock (No DQ - WWF - 4/1/2001)
84. Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker (Hell in a Cell - WWF - 10/5/1997)
85. Samoa Joe vs. Austin Aries (ROH - 12/26/2004)
86. Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr vs Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (AJPW - 8/31/1983)
87. Ric Flair vs Vader (WCW - 12/27/1993)
88. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Nick Bockwinkel (Hawaii - 2/14/1979)
89. The Shield vs The Wyatt Family (WWE - 2/23/2014)
90. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW - 6/3/1994)
91. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Atsushi Onita (No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Cage Death Match - FMW - 5/5/1994)
92. Sgt Slaughter vs Iron Sheik (Boot Camp Match - WWF - 6/16/1984)
93. AJ Styles vs Christopher Daniels (TNA - 12/20/09)
94. Shawn Michaels vs Razor Ramon (Ladder Match - WWF - 3/20/1994)
95. Terry Funk vs Atsushi Onita (Exploding Barbed Wire - FMW - 5/5/1993)
96. Stan Hansen vs Carlos Colon (Bullrope Match - CWP - 1/6/1987)
97. Bryan Danielson vs Low-Ki (ROH - 3/30/2002)
98. Fenix vs. Mil Muertes (Grave Consequences - LU - 1/25/2015)
99. Wild Pegasus vs. Great Sasuke (NJPW - 4/16/1994)
100. Terry Funk vs Jerry Lawler (Empty Arena Match - CWA - 4/6/1981)