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The 2013 MOTYC Thread

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Of course I have to give a plug to Danielson vs Cesaro here. That was better than every match I've seen from nearly every promotion this year. Certainly TNA, ROH, CZW, & most of PWG. Probably scratch most, b/c even the Guerilla Warfare match may fall a hair short of this. Those two have to take a year off of wrestling. The level that they're working now is making every single other worker in North American (and arguably the world) look second rate. Life's not fair, but c'mon. I mean it. They're not slowing down; only going faster and faster towards immortality. Unbelievable.

Whole Gauntlet match was good as a matter of fact.
 
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Cesaro/bryan was probably the best match in the wwe outside of ziggler/del rio payback this year, extraordinary match and I have not enjoying watching a wwe match LIVE (didnt see the ziggler match live) that much in a very long time, maybe since hhh/taker wm 28
 
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Tanaka vs. Naito from Kizuna Road tour ender: ****

Low-tier MOTYC, very exciting and fast paced match.
 
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I hear great things about Shinsuke/Sombra. Combining two of my loves, Shinsuke and lucha, need...to...watch.
Very good match. They were stiffing each other around, cool stuff. La Sombra freakin' rocks, and he's only 23. :avit:

Not MOTYC, but still very good match. ***3/4
 
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Daisuke Sekimoto, Yuji Okabayashi, Shinobu & Kazuki Hashimoto vs. Yoshihito Sasaki, Shinya Ishikawa, Ryuichi Kawakami & Madoka(BJW 5/27/13):****
I’m getting on a Strong BJ kick and hot damn was this good. Only really two guys in this match that I wasn’t too keen of in Madoka (not too familiar with him) and Shinobu(never a big fan of his offense) which left 6 guys I enjoy. I’ll take that. This match had some straight up stupid forearm exchanges. There was a lot of those but I ate up all of them like a bastard. Loved the early shoulder block war with Yuji and Sasaki with both guys looking like they were not happy about not taking out the other since that meant it was their turn to be ran into like a freight train. Sasaki is never a guy who plays it lightly in the ring but it seemed like he wanted to get his head scrambled more than usual. Hashimoto looked sorta defined as a guy possibly not on a Sasaki level but a notch above Madoka. Up until the ending at least. K-Hash did real well. When he gets knocked silly by Sasaki from a forearm war he gets back on his feet, groggy as hell, to go at war with another. The ending of this match really made me go “Well FUCK that was awesome”. That’s deep right? Okay probably not but it was awesome. So sum this match up, STRONG BJ RASSLERS SMASH and cool stuff.
 
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From Dragon Gate's Dead Or Alive (5/5)....

Masato Yoshino vs. Dragon Kid: I might be underrating this, but I couldn't get past the first 15 minutes feeling more like a hi-tech exhibition than a scrap. That said, once the near falls kicked in & the crowd came to life, it was incredibly exciting stuff ***3/4

BxB Hulk & Uhaa Nation vs. Shingo & Yamato: The Mad Blankey boys completely dominated this with their combination of lightning strikes & raw power, while Shingo & Yamato had to fight like crazy to stay in the running. Top notch tag team storytelling ***3/4
 
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Daniel Bryan vs Swagger/Cesaro/Ryback Gauntlet match - **** 1/2

I havn't been that entertained by a TV wrestling match in forever, maybe ever, actually. Lots of people are just rating the Cesaro match-up but I'm rating the whole thing as one, cause it all felt like one thing to me.

Bryan is undeniable. Despite WWE's creative, the talent on their roster is starting to shine through in a major way. Someone needs to dig up threads from 2006/07 when Punk first got called up to WWE and ROH was still decent. All the talk then about the potential future ceiling for Punk and any ROH guys who would eventually move on was so hilarious....so many people doubting..lol.

Seeing Bryan, Ambrose, Rollins, Cesaro, Neville, Zayne make impressions big and small this year has been great.
 
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Alberto Del Rio Vs Dolph Ziggler (16/06/2013)
I'm a little dismayed in Del Rio in that they structured his Raw match against Sheamus similar to this. Instead of the concussion, though, it was for Del Rio to work on the massive bruise that was painted, in constrasting colour, to Sheamus' ghost white leg. The narrative was there, yet Del Rio seemingly found himself side-tracked at times. Thankfully, however, that would not be a painful truth here. Instead, we're laid witness to a valiant, and well executed, hero-story in the face of an enterprising villain. The growth in sympathy, too, is quite astounding when you realise both men were portrayed in completely opposing roles when their feud started. For the hero, the champion's advantage (that Cole plugged heavily throughout Ziggler's entrance) was a coward's way out, and a move the newly reformed Dolph would not take. He knew, as Cole mentioned, that the title could not be lost via count-out, disqualification or even doctor stoppage yet he'd rather die in battle than tuck his tale in retreat. And die he almost did, as Ziggler's tremendous selling would have us believe. While prone to over-selling, Dolph would not stray here. Every detail that he portrayed was methodically crafted and layered beyond what you would normally receive. You could feel every ounce of pain, vicariously, through Ziggler's facials and find yourself arrested in compassion to his plight with the high-pitched screams and baby-like cries as tears rolled down his face. Yeah, this went up tremendously on a second watch.
 
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Kazushi Sakuraba vs Yuji Nagata-NJPW 20.7.2013.

Maybe it's the UWF mark in me but I thought this was really good. It had the competitive matwork I wanted out of it and every transition had to be fought for and therefore felt meaningful, Sakuraba kept Nagata's annoying shtick to a minimum and I really liked the finish. Plenty of dramatic submission attempts without it ever going overboard and ending exactly when it should've. I wish
they didn't do the Demon Juji, but at least Sakuraba reacted to it inteligently.
It may sound like a bizarre match up, but I'd really like to see what Sakuraba would do against a guy like Naito. I'd love for them to do something along the lines of the Saku-Ohtani match. But hey, they can book Saku in matches like this untill his contract expires and I'll be perfectly happy.

****
 
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Dragon Gate, Dead or Alive 2013 (5/5)
BxB Hulk & Uhaa Nation vs. Shingo Takagi & YAMATO


Great DG-style tag match. Shingo/YAMATO are so good it hurts me to know they've recently been broken up, but Nation was the star of this match. Best he's looked in D-Gate to date, and I've been a fan of his from go. ****
 
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Masaaki Mochizuki vs. YAMATO Dragon Gate Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2013 - ****
YAMATO looked like a killer here. His work on Mochizuki's left leg looked. He did a good job in attacking that left leg at the right times to shift the momentum in his favor. Mochizuki's selling of his left leg was very good. Mochizuki timed his comebacks really well. I love the striking exchanges between these two. The No DQ stipulation was only used a few times. I wished it was used more.

MAD BLANKEY (Akira Tozawa & BxB Hulk) vs. WORLD-1 International (Naruki Doi & Ricochet) Dragon Gate Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2013 - ****
This was a well constructed spotfest with great highspots, pacing and timing. Ricochet was the star of the match.
 
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Updated for 7/27 (New additions in bold)

Including Dec 2012, Observer style.

WWE:
Money In The Bank Rising Stars (7/14) ****3/4
The Shield vs. Cena/Ryback/Seamus (2/18 ) ****3/4
The Shield vs. Team Hell No (5/27) ****1/2
The Shield vs. Bryan/Kane/Kingston (5/20) ****1/2
The Shield vs. Bryan/Kane/Ryback (TLC) (12/16) ****1/2
John Cena vs. CM Punk (2/25) ****1/2
The Undertaker vs. CM Punk (4/7) ****1/2
Daniel Bryan vs. Antonio Cesaro (7/22) ****1/2
The Shield vs. The Usos (7/14) ****1/4
Money In The Bank All Stars (7/14) ****1/4
CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho (6/16) ****1/4
Daniel Bryan vs. Seth Rollins (6/10) ****1/4
Bryan/Kane/Orton vs. The Shield (6/14) ****1/4

Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler (2/13) ****1/4
Elimination Chamber (2/18 ) ****1/4
Seamus vs. Dolph Ziggler (1/9) ****1/4
The Shield vs. Orton/Bryan/Kane (6/3) ****1/4
The Shield vs. Orton/Seamus/Kingston (5/24) ****1/4
The Shield vs. Cena/Bryan/Kane (4/30) ****1/4
Dolph Ziggler vs. Kofi Kingston (4/30) ****1/4
Kofi Kingston vs. Antonio Cesaro (5/1) ****1/4
Daniel Bryan vs. Ryback (6/3) ****
The Shield vs. Cena/Bryan/Kane (Elimination) (5/13) ****
Daniel Bryan vs. Ryback (5/3) ****
Randy Orton vs. Cody Rhodes (4/30) ****
The Shield vs. The Undertaker/Hell No (4/22) ****
Alberto Del Rio vs. Dolph Ziggler (2/1) ****
The Shield vs. Jericho/Ryback/Seamus (2/19) ****
Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho (7/15) ****
Daniel Bryan vs. Seamus (7/8) ****
Dolph Ziggler vs. Alberto Del Rio (6/16) ****
The Shield vs. Orton/Bryan (6/16) ****


Puro:
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (4/7) (NJPW) *****
Dragon Kid vs. Masato Yoshino (5/5) (DG) ****3/4)
The Jimmys vs. World-1 International (12/23) (DG) ****3/4
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba (1/4) (NJPW) ****3/4
Junior Stars vs. Aoki/Suzuki (3/17) (AJPW) ****3/4
Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Ryuichi Kawakami (6/30) ****3/4
Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata (6/22) (NJPW) ****3/4
Tozawa/Hulk vs. Ricochet/Doi (7/21) (DG) ****3/4
CIMA vs. Shingo Tagaki (7/21) (DG) ****1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs. Togi Makabe (6/22) (NJPW) ****1/2

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr. (4/7) (NJPW) ****1/2
Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii (3/17) (NJPW) ****1/2
Hirooki Goto vs. Kazuchika Okada (3/23) (NJPW) ****1/2
GET WILD vs. Akiyama/Shiozaki (3/17) (AJPW) ****1/2
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson (2/10) (NJPW) ****1/2
Junior Stars vs. Hayashi & Kondo (1/3) (AJPW) ****1/2
Masato Tanaka vs. Tomohiro Ishii (2/3) (NJPW) ****1/2
Prince Devitt vs. Low Ki vs. Kota Ibushi (1/4) (NJPW) ****1/2
El Generico vs. Kenny Omega (12/23) (DDT) ****1/2
The Jimmys vs. World-1 International/CIMA (12/6) (DG) ****1/2
CIMA vs. Shingo Takagi vs. BxB Hulk (12/23) (DG) ****1/2
Akira Tozawa vs. YAMATO (12/23) (DG) ****1/2
Aoki/Suzuki vs. Junior Stars (5/18) (AJPW) ****1/2
Kenny Omega vs. KUSHIDA (6/6) (NJPW) ****1/2
Masaaki Mochizuki vs. YAMATO (5/10) (DG) ****1/2
KENTA vs. Takashi Sugiura (5/12) (NOAH) ****1/2
Jun Akiyama vs. KAI (4/29) (AJPW) ****1/2
Go Shiozaki vs. KAI (4/29) (AJPW) ****1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki (5/3) (NJPW) ****1/2
BxB Nation vs. Takagi/YAMATO (5/5) (DG) ****1/2
BxB Nation vs. RyoSuka (4/19) (DG) ****1/2
Shingo Takagi vs. Ricochet (5/25) (DG) ****1/4
Kobashi/Akiyama/Sasaki/Muto vs. Shiozaki/KENTA/Taniguchi/Kanemaru (5/11) (NOAH) ****1/4
CIMA vs. Akira Tozawa (5/5) (DG) ****1/4
Team High Tension vs. Team Veteran Returns (5/5) (DG) ****1/4
Ricochet vs. Jimmy Susumu (5/5) (DG) ****1/4
The Jimmys vs. World-1 International (5/10) (DG) ****1/4
Dragon Kid vs. Jimmy Susumu (5/17) (DG) ****1/4
CIMA vs. K-ness (4/4) (DG) ****1/4
Prince Devitt vs. Alex Shelley (4/5) (NJPW) ****1/4
Killer Elite Squad vs. Nakamura/Ishii (4/5) (NJPW) ****1/4
The Jimmys vs. Veteran Army (12/28) (DG) ****1/4
Minoru Suzuki vs. Yuji Nagata (1/4) (NJPW) ****1/4
Shuji Kondo vs. Taiji Ishimori (1/27) (NOAH) ****1/4
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (1/4) (NJPW) ****1/4
Hayato “Jr” Fujita vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima (12/12) (M-Pro) ****1/4
Dragon Kid vs. KAGETORA (12/23) (DG) ****1/4
The Jimmys vs. Team Veteran Returns/Nagata (Elimination) (12/2) (DG) ****1/4
Shuji Kondo vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru (2/23) (AJPW) ****1/4
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Prince Devitt (3/3) (NJPW) ****1/4
Mr. Quu Quu Toyanaka Dolphin vs. Naoki Tanisaki (1/27) (DG) ****1/4
Kazuchika Okada vs. Prince Devitt (7/20) (NJPW) ****1/4
Prince Devitt vs. Gedo (7/5) (NJPW) ****1/4
CIMA/Mochizuki/Fujii/Uhaa/Saito vs. YAMATO/Hulk/Yoshino/Doi/Susumu (7/4) (DG) ****1/4
Suwama vs. Jun Akiyama (6/30) (AJPW) ****1/4
Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Minoru Tanaka (6/30) (AJPW) ****1/4
Aoki/Suzuki vs. Kondo/Hayashi (6/30) (AJPW) ****1/4
Akiyama/Shiozaki vs. Suwama/Doering (6/2) (AJPW) ****1/4
Shinjiro Ohtani vs. Masato Tanaka (4/5) (Z1) ****1/4
Prince Devitt vs. Alex Shelley (6/9) (NJPW) ****1/4
YAMATO vs. Masaaki Mochizuki (No DQ) (7/21) (DG) ****1/4
Masato Yoshino vs. K-Ness (7/21) (DG) ****1/4
La Sombra vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (7/20) (NJPW) ****1/4
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki (7/20) (NJPW) ****1/4
Masato Tanaka vs. Tetsuya Naito (7/20) (NJPW) ****
Hayato Jr. Fujita vs. Koji Kanemoto (6/9) (M-Pro) ****
Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Hiroshi Yamato (6/2) (AJPW) ****
Takagi/YAMATO vs. Fujii/Mochizuki (6/2) (DG) ****
Ishii/Nakamura vs. Suzuki/Benjamin (6/22) (NJPW) ****
Prince Devitt vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (6/22) (NJPW) ****
Forever Hooligans vs. Timesplitters (6/22) (NJPW) ****
Liger/Titan/Tiger/KUSHIDA/BUSHI vs. Ricochet/Koslov/Romero/Kendrick/Barretta (6/9) (NJPW) ****

Shigehiro Irie vs. Kota Ibushi (5/3) (DDT) ****
Urano/HARASHIMA vs. Ibushi/Omega (1/20) (DDT) ****
KENTA/Takayama vs. Sasaki/Nakajima (4/28) (NOAH) ****
Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Manabu Soya (3/1) (BJW) ****
Go Shiozaki vs. Masayuki Kono (4/21) (AJPW) ****
Go Shiozaki vs. Ryota Hama (4/27) (AJPW) ****
Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata (5/3) (NJPW) ****
Kenny Omega vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (5/30) (NJPW) ****
Prince Devitt vs. Ricochet (5/30) (NJPW) ****
Shingo Takagi vs. YAMATO (5/25) (DG) ****
Kota Ibushi vs. Daichi Hashimoto (4/15) (Z1) ****
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Satoshi Kojima (3/11) (NJPW) ****
Kaz Hayashi vs. Kotaro Suzuki (2/23) (AJPW) ****
Baka Hentai vs. Junior Stars (1/27) (AJPW) ****
Baka Hentai vs. Junior Stars (2/10) (AJPW) ****
World-1 International vs. Team Veteran Returns (2/7) (DG) ****
Mochizuki/Fujii vs. Kanda/Horiguchi (1/27) (DG) ****
Takeshi Morishima vs. Satoshi Kojima (12/9) (NOAH) ****
Suwama vs. Go Shiozaki (4/18) (AJPW) ****
YAMATO vs. Kenchiro Arai (4/4) (DG) ****
Seiya Sanada vs. Masayuki Kono (3/10) (AJPW) ****
CIMA vs. Masato Yoshino (3/3) (DG) ****

PWG:
Inner City Machine Guns vs. Del Sol/Fox (3/22) ****3/4
The Young Buck$ vs. Taylor/Gargano (3/22) ****1/2
The Young Buck$ vs. The Dojo Bros (3/23) ****1/2
The Dojo Bros vs. The Young Buck$ (12/1) ****1/2
The Dojo Bros vs. The Super Smash Bros (12/1) ****1/2
The Young Buck$ vs. The Inner City Machine Guns (1/12) ****1/4
Cage vs. Mack vs. Perkins vs. B-Boy (12/1) ****1/4
Kevin Steen vs. Adam Cole (Guerrilla Warfare) (12/1) ****1/4
The Unbreakable Fucking Steen Machines vs. Fox/Swann/Ricochet (3/23) ****1/4
Samuray Del Sol vs. TJ Perkins (3/23) ****
Drake Younger vs. Sami Callihan (Guerrilla Warfare) (3/22) ****
Paul London vs. Kevin Steen (3/22) ****
Sami Callihan vs. Drake Younger (12/1) ****

DGUSA/EVOLVE:
Johnny Gargano vs. Shingo Takagi (4/6) ****3/4
Ricochet vs. Akira Tozawa (4/6) ****1/2
The Young Buck$ vs. CIMA & AR Fox (4/6) ****1/2
The Super Smash Brothers vs. Eita & Tomahawk T.T. (4/6) ****1/4
The Young Buck$ vs. Eita & Tomahawk T.T. (6/2) ****1/4
Johnny Gargano vs. Samuray Del Sol (6/2) ****1/4
Bravados/Everett vs. Dos Ben Dejos/Strickland (6/2) ****

AR Fox vs. Nick Jackson (5/30) ****
Chuck Taylor vs. Anthony Nese vs. Jigsaw vs. Fire Ant vs. Arik Cannon vs. Shane Strikland (4/6) ****


ROH:
Kevin Steen vs. El Generico (Ladder War) (12/16) ****3/4
Kevin Steen vs. Jay Briscoe (4/5) ****1/4
Michael Elgin vs. Jay Lethal (4/5) ****1/4
American Wolves vs. redDRagon (12/16) ****1/4
Adam Cole vs. Jimmy Jacobs (1/18) ****1/4
Eddie Edwards vs. Taiji Ishimori (5/4) ****1/4
Davey Richards vs. Kyle O’Reilly (4/6) ****1/4
American Wolves vs. redDRagon (4/5) ****

wXw:
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tommy End (3/3) ****3/4
Super Crazy/ Marvin vs. Taylor/Ricochet (3/3) ****1/2
Johnny Moss vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (3/1) ****1/2
Ricky Marvin vs. Jonathan Gresham (3/1) ****1/4
AUTsiders vs. RockSkillet (3/3) ****
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Robert Dreissker (3/2) ****
Tommy End vs. Jonathan Gresham (3/2) ****
Bad Bones vs. Yuji Okabayashi (3/3) ****
Taylor/Ricochet vs. Hot & Spicy (3/2) ****
Tommy End vs. Ricochet (3/1) ****

Other:
Elgin/ACH vs. Richards/O’Reilly (5/17) (AAW) ****1/2
Kitsune vs. AR Fox (3/16) (ISW) ****1/2
Ricochet vs. Samuray Del Sol (3/24) (King Of Flight) ****1/2
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Fujita Jr. Hayato (3/9) (4FW) ****1/2
Quackenbush/Liger vs. Jigsaw/The Shard (4/6) (Chikara) ****1/4
Samuray Del Sol vs. AR Fox (3/24) (King Of Flight) ****1/4
Nick Jackson vs. AR Fox (3/24) (King Of Flight) ****1/4
Jon Davis vs. Samuray Del Sol (3/15) (FIP) ****1/4
Namajague vs. Rey Cometa (4/26) (CMLL) ****1/4
Shane Hollister vs. Jimmy Jacobs (3/23) (AAW) ****1/4
L.A. Park vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. (5/11) (TxT) ****1/4
The Colony vs Devastation Corporation (6/2) (Chikara) ****1/4
Michael Elgin vs. TJ Perkins (4/19) (QPW) ****1/4

Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Kenny Omega (3/8) (4FW) ****
ACH vs. Mat Fitchett (2/10) (AAW) ****
Namajague/Okumura vs. Stuka Jr./Rey Cometa (3/23) (CMLL) ****
 
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