What are your top 10 matches in the Cruiserweight style?

So ignoring lucha matches and keeping it strictly with Japanese juniors and US cruiserweights. Also, I'm not going to count 10 man tags so this isn't just a list of Michinoku Pro 10 mans. But I'll give a top 10.

1. Jushin Liger vs Naoki Sano 1/31/90 NJPW - For me the pinnacle of the style. Blow off match of a legendary feud filled with blood & hatred.

2. Jushin Liger vs Naoki Sano 8/10/89 NJPW - Another match from the greatest juniors feud ever. This is match with Liger's famous performance selling the arm.

3. Dick Togo vs Antonio Honda 1/30/11 DDT - Less of a junior style match and more of a classic old school title match sort of style with great build, pacing and psychology. Almost didn't rank it because it isn't really what we thin of when we think of a "cruiserweight" match, but thats kind of what sets it apart.

4. Rey Mysterio Jr vs Low Ki 11/14/15 JAPW - In another world, this could have been the great juniors rivalry of the 00s and 2010s. I don't usually enjoy indy commentary as it is usually really smarky, but I love how Rey is treated like a legit legend in this setting and so stuff like "I'm just gonna sit back and mark out" doesn't bother me as much here. I get it. Ki is sharp as ever here and brings a ton of really interesting spots avoiding the 619. Love the build. Two guys working at the top of their game. I think this is the best Rey Jr match I've ever seen.

5. Shinjiro Ohtani vs El Samurai 1/21/96 NJPW - I've never liked El Samurai. I know a lot of people talk about him as an underrated guy and I get it, but he's never connected with me on any level to the point where I've always found him hard to watch. This is undeniable though. Awesome mat work that actually matters, great psychology, great selling. Peak Ohtani is one of the best, most interesting, compelling, dynamic and talented wrestlers ever and this is peak Ohtani.

6. Jushin Liger vs Shinjiro Ohtani 2/9/97 NJPW - Since the day this happened it has been compared to Misawa/Kobashi 1/97, but it is the 6/3/94 of 90s NJ Juniors. Their best in ring feud climaxing in this classic match where arguably the wrong guy won, but the Ace winning actually makes it all the richer. The challenger survives what beat him before forcing the Ace to dig deeper than ever before. Ohtani is always compared to Kobashi because the crying and flare. But this is the Misawa vs Kawada of NJ 90s Juniors. The best they did when they were at their best.

7. Eddy Guerrero vs Rey Mysterio Jr 10/26/97 WCW - A match I can never figure out how to talk about because it has been a universally beloved match from the day it aired. Literally perfect. Every spot is hit perfectly and they are some of the most impressive spots in the history of wrestling 21 years after the fact. Great character work to with Eddy being an unrelenting asshole and Rey Jr as sympathetic as ever.

8. Low Ki vs Bryan Danielson with special guest ref Ricky Steamboat 7/21/01 ECWA - Always my favorite match between these two. I think this counts for cruiserweights since they're definitely that size, but they weren't working the typical US Crusierweight style. There were elements of it sure but they were pushing the boundaries of the style into a more BattlArts inspired direction with intense grisly mat work and insanely stiff striking. Ricky Steamboat is an awesome ref bringing all of this up a level and giving it real credibility at the time.

9. Tatsumi Fujinami vs Dynamite Kid 2/5/80 NJPW - Awesome match I've always been a big fan of. Dynamite is a terrific heel and he is vicious here kicking the shit out of Fujinami. Fujinami in the late 70s and all of the 80s is one of the all time great workers (that stretch is as good as anyone ever) and this stands out as one of his best matches. Not as high spot heavy as your typical junior match, but more character and violence driven.

10. Nobuhiko Takada vs Shiro Koshinaka 2/5/87 NJPW - Always a favorite of man for almost 2 decades. I know these two have fallen out of favor for many, but I will always be a fan of Koshinaka. This is the match where he goes after Takada's fingers adding more grit than the typical Juniors match. This is also during the NJ vs UWF feud so the heat and atmosphere are better than average.

A few honorable mentions
Liger & Co vs Kikuchi & Co Tags NOAH & NJPW - Just all of them. Southern style juniors tags with molten heat.

Liger vs Dick Togo 6/17/96 NJPW - Just a step or two below the classic matches, but always a personal favorite. Great chemistry between these two makes you really wish there had been a long feud between them.

Rey Jr vs Eddy Guerrero 6/23/05 WWE - Forgotten classic between two legends. I could see an argument for it over their Havoc match. This is built more on selling and build than holy shit spots.

1. Jushin Liger vs. El Samurai (NJPW - 4/30/1992)
2. Blood Generation vs. DO FIXXER (ROH/Dragon Gate - 3/31/2006)
3. El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto (NJPW - 6/5/1997)
4. Jushin Liger vs. Great Sasuke (NJPW - 4/16/1994)
5. Rey Mysterio vs. Juventud Guerrera (ECW - 3/9/1996)
6. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (NJPW - 1/31/1990)
7. Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Shingo Takagi (Dragon Gate - 11/1/2015)
7. Rey Mysterio vs. Psicosis (WAR - 12/13/1995)
8. Dick Togo vs. Antonio Honda (DDT - 1/30/2011)
9. Kota Ibushi and Naomichi Marufuji vs. KENTA and Taiji Ishimori (NOAH - 7/15/2007)
10. Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero (WCW - 10/26/1997)

Honorable Mentions:

Koji Kanemoto vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. (NJPW - 6/3/1998)
Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani (NJPW - 2/9/1997)
DO FIXXER vs. Crazy MAX vs. Italian Connection vs. M2K (Toryumon - 8/30/2003)
Jushin Liger and Wataru Inoue vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (NOAH - 2/17/2002)
Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori (NJPW - 6/4/2018)
Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi (NJPW - 6/5/2019)
Big R Shimizu and Eita vs. Naruki Doi and Kaito Ishida vs. KAI and YAMATO (Dragon Gate - 7/21/2019)
SHO vs. Shingo Takagi (NJPW - 5/13/2019)
SHO vs. Dragon Lee (NJPW - 5/15/2019)
Rocky Romero vs. El Phantasmo (NJPW - 5/24/2019)
KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW - 6/11/2017)
Jushin Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto (NJPW - 7/15/1998)
Kaientai DX vs. Masato Yakushiji, Great Sasuke, Gran Hamada, Super Delfin, and Gran Naniwa (Michinoku Pro - 12/16/1996)

As of right now...

1. Jushin Thunder Liger vs El Samurai (Super Juniors Final – 4/30/1992)
2. Shinjiro Otani vs El Samurai (NJPW – 1/21/1996)
3. Bryan Danielson vs Low Ki (ROH - 3/30/2002)
4. Koji Kanemoto vs El Samurai (NJPW – 6/5/1997)
5. Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Misterio Jr (WCW – 10/26/1997)
6. Jushin Liger vs Naoki Sano (NJPW - 1/31/1990)
7. Jushin Thunder Liger vs Shinjiro Otani (2/9/1997)
8. Tatsumi Fujinami vs Dynamite Kid (NJPW - 2/5/1980)
9. Jushin Liger vs Naoki Sano (NJPW - 8/10/1989)
10. Bryan Danielson vs Low Ki (ECWA - 7/21/2001)

Even though those Low Ki vs Danielson matches aren't actually categorized as cruiser or lightweight matches, I'd count their early 2000s work in that category just based on how much of it was worked and how they are both probably under the general weight range that separates the divisions at the time.

I haven't watched it in long long time. I'm going to try to get to that today. Their rivalry is one of my favorites of all time.