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Puro:
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10) || YES = 25 ||
Shinsuke Nakamura vs AJ Styles (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10) || YES = 35 ||
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10) || YES = 22 ||
The Young Bucks vs ReDRagon vs Aerial Dogfight vs Roppongi Vice (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10) || YES = 1 ||
Kenny Omega vs KUSHIDA (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10) || YES = 1 ||
Kamaitachi vs Dragon Lee (NJPW Fantastica Mania Night 6) || YES = 14 ||
Ryoto Hama vs Yuji Okabayashi (BJW 24/01) || YES = 4 ||
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW: New Beginning In Osaka) || YES = 11 ||
Kenny Omega vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW: New Beginning In OxiOxiOxiOxita) || YES = 5 ||
Hideyoshi Kamitani & Yasufumi Nakanoue vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Yuji Okabayashi (BJW 18/01) || YES = 1 ||
Minoru Suzuki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH 24/02) || YES = 3 ||
Kazuchika Okada & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Katsuyori Shibata & KUSHIDA (NJPW New Japan Cup Night 1) || YES = 1 ||
Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW New Japan Cup Night 2) || YES = 1 ||
VERSERK vs Dia.HEARTS vs MONSTER EXPRESS (Dragon Gate 04/02) || YES = 1 ||
Tomohiro Ishii vs EVIL (NJPW Cup Day 1) || YES = 1 ||
Tomohiro Ishii vs Tetsuya Naito (NJPW Cup Day 2) || YES = 1 ||
Katsuyori Shibata vs Satoshi Kojima (NJPW Road To Invasion Attack) || YES = 1 ||
Kenny Omega vs Jay White (NJPW Road To Invasion Attack) || YES = 1 ||


US/Europe Indy:
Will Ospreay vs Marty Scurll (Rev Pro High Stakes 2016) || YES = 13 ||
AJ Styles vs Zack Sabre Jr (Rev Pro High Stakes 2016) || YES = 1 ||
Kenny Omega vs Mark Haskins (4FW New Year's Wrestleution) || YES = 2 ||
Chris Hero vs Sami Callihan (AAW The Chaos Theory) || YES = 1 ||
Chris Hero & Tommy End vs Zack Sabre Jr. & Sami Callihan (Evolve 53) || YES = 1 ||
Will Ospreay vs Marty Scurll (PROGRESS Chat Shit Get Banged) || YES = 1 ||
Roderick Strong vs Tomohiro Ishii (RoH/NJPW Honor Rising Night 1) || YES = 2 ||
Fenix vs King Cuerno (Lucha Underground 02/03) || YES = 1 ||
Mil Muertes vs Prince Puma vs. Pentagon Jr. (Lucha Underground 09/03) || YES = 15 ||
Matt Riddle vs Tracy Williams (Evolve 55) || YES = 1 ||
Adam Cole vs Mike Bailey (PWG Lemmy) || YES = 1 ||
Trevor Lee vs Rory Wilkins (CWF Mid-Atlantic 09/03) || YES = 1 ||
Mil Muertes vs Fenix (Lucha Underground 16/03) || YES = 11 ||
Timothy Thatcher vs Drew Gulak (PWG Lemmy) || YES = 1 ||
Aztec Warfare 2 (Lucha Underground 23/03) || YES = 11 ||
Big Daddy Walter vs Zach Sabre Jr (WXW 16 Carat Gold Day 1) || YES = 1 ||
Zach Sabre Jr vs Will Ospreay (Evolve 58) || YES = 2 ||
Adam Cole vs KUSHIDA (RoH 06/04) || YES = 1 ||
Ricochet vs Will Ospreay (Evolve 59) || YES = 1 ||
Chris Hero vs Zach Sabre Jr (WWN Mercury Rising) || YES = 1 ||


WWE:
Kalisto vs Alberto Del Rio (Smackdown 14/01) || YES = 3 ||
Royal Rumble Match (Royal Rumble) || YES = 3 ||
Dean Ambrose vs Kevin Owens (Royal Rumble) || YES = 3 ||
Sami Zayn vs Samoa Joe (NXT 17/02) || YES = 1 ||
Dean Ambrose vs Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns (Fastlane) || YES = 2 ||
Kalisto vs Alberto Del Rio (Fastlane) || YES = 1 ||
Neville vs Finn Balor (NXT 02/03) || YES = 1 ||
Y2AJ vs The New Day (Raw 07/03) || YES = 6 ||
Sami Zayn vs Samoa Joe (NXT 09/03) || YES = 4 ||
Dean Ambrose vs HHH (Roadblock) || YES = 5 ||
Sami Zayn vs Shinsuke Nakamura (NXT Takeover: Dallas) || YES = 33 ||
Samoa Joe vs Finn Balor (NXT Takeover: Dallas) || YES = 3 ||
American Alpha vs The Revival (NXT Takeover: Dallas) || YES = 2 ||
Bayley vs Asuka (NXT Takeover: Dallas) || YES = 1 ||
IC Ladder Match (Wrestlemania) || YES = 3 ||
Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks (Wrestlemania) || YES = 8 ||
AJ Styles vs Chris Jericho (Wrestlemania) || YES = 2 ||
Shane McMahon vs The Undertaker (Wrestlemania) || YES = 1 ||
Dean Ambrose vs Brock Lesnar (Wrestlemania) || YES = 1 ||


TNA:
Ethan Carter vs Matt Hardy (19/01) || YES = 1 ||


Lucha Libre:
Maximo vs Kamaitachi (CMLL 01/01) || YES = 3 ||
Mascara Dorada vs Mephisto (CMLL 19/02) || YES = 1 ||
Volador Jr. , Stuka Jr, Dragon Lee vs ***** Casas, Kamaitachi, Gran Guerrero (CMLL 19/02) || YES = 1 ||
Kamaitachi vs Dragon Lee (CMLL 04/03) || YES = 5 ||
Hijo del Fantasma vs Fenix vs Octagon Jr vs Pentagon Jr (AAA 04/03) || YES = 1 ||
Atlantis vs Caifan (Chairo Kingdom) || YES = 1 ||
Dragon Lee vs Ray Horuz (Chairo Kingdom) || YES = 1 ||
Caristico vs Ultimo Guerrero (CMLL Elite 21/03) || YES = 1 ||


Legend:
Red = 10 YES votes
BOLD Red = 20 YES votes
 
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#47 · (Edited)
NO to Kazuchika Okada -vs- Hiroshi Tanahashi New Japan Pro Wrestling; 01/04

Jesus Christ. Now, I really wouldn't consider myself someone who bindily hates on New Japan and goes into every Okada/Tanahashi match with a pre-empted opinion of why it sucks (although the idea of there being some sort of sub section of fans buried deep in the internet wrestling world who do this is hilarious.) In fact, I've enjoyed quite a few matches from both guys. Hell, I haven't gone back to rewatch it but I remember enjoying their match last year. But this right here was flat out bad. Let's begin with the first 10-15 minutes, which featured perhaps some of the most pedestrian, un-thoughtful, boring ass control segments I've ever seen. Seriously. This was some shit you'd expect out of two guys in wresting school when you hand them a Dory Funk Jr. tape to study and then throw them in the ring to attempt to work a match for the very first time. Except Dory Funk's offense, while painfully methodical more often than not and devoid of any emotion, wasn't laughably light and as basic as this was. Then we move onto some pretty not-shitty leg work by Tanahashi, which immediately becomes a waste of time as Okada does nothing but dropkicks for his transitions and big moves before they go into finiser spamming mode. I wanna hear an argument defending this shit. I've heard some be like "oh, he's brushing it off to prove it doesn't work!" I'm sorry, but when there's a 5-10 minute control segment worked around your leg, and you're grimacing in pain and making me sit thru this shit only for you to start jumping around and doing Van Terminators, there may as well be a disclaimer on the screen saying "pssp, hey, fast forward thru this shit. You won't miss anything." I guarantee you I wouldn't have even known that Okada's leg was touched. Anyway, they start trading these laughably light forearms and I'm really starting to think to myself why am I doing this at 3 AM on a Friday Night. No, it wasn't "25 minutes into the match, they were selling exhaustion" bull-fucking-shit. I will sync up with anyone who makes that or any argument defending this croc of shit and debunk every single defense you make up in your head regarding the atrocious work in this match. They then start trading each others finishers and spamming near falls, this section of the match of course has absolutely no connection with the 30 minutes of torture that I put myself thru earlier. No callbacks, no selling of anything that was worked on, nothing. Everyone seems to be getting a hard on for the spot where Okada refuses to let go of Tanahashi's wrist after attempting a Rainmaker and getting slapped. Yes, a nice little touch indeed but you mean to tell me that I sat thru 36 minutes of fucking bullshit and the only thing I'm going to remember when I wake up tomorrow is a FUCKING GIF?!? A GIF. Yeah, okay, what an all time classic. I could've went on Twitter and checked out that gif and called it a night. That's the only thing worth mentioning about this match. Awful. Shitty, boring control segments, nonexistent selling, sub John Morrison looking offense, and a gif is supposed to make up for all that. Pff. I need to dive into a Terry Rudge compilation to cleanse my soul after watching this bullshit.

BAD.

Other snowflakes from WK10:

AJ Styles -vs- Shinsuke Nakamura; GREAT (YES)
Katsuyori Shibata -vs- Tomohiro Ishii; GREAT (borderline YES)

EDIT: Fuck Star Ratings. I'll be using a modified version of the Segunda Caida rating system (BAD-FUN-GREAT-EPIC)
 
#126 ·
The problem with WWE is that they're too reliant on the Chekhov's Gun principle (what is introduced into a narrative must be used later on). If a table is set up, and the spot is countered, you know full well it will play into a bigger spot later on. It makes matches too predictable and they lose that aire of chaos. WWE aren't the only promotion to use that principle in their wrestling style, but they're the most common culprits.
 
#336 ·
YES to Shinsuke Nakamura vs Sami Zayn - NXT Takeover Dallas

Here is this simply put. If you are a wrestling fan of any capacity, young or old, veteran or newbie, maybe you're even falling out of love with it, please do me a huge favor and go watch this match immediately.

Sami Zayn and Shinsuke Nakamura put on simple wrestling clinic. It was two guys, each with their own agendas, proving their worth to one another. Sami Zayn wanted to prove that NXT is his house and his home, and nobody just walks in and takes that away from him. Shinsuke Nakamura wanted to enter the WWE universe and show in one night why many call him arguably the greatest current wrestler in the world today.

They traded their spots, working in tandem with one another like they've been doing this forever. And that was one of the many chants that occurred during this match was a two word phrase... fight forever. I got chills when I heard this, especially following the long segment of dueling punches, which usually is cheesy, but they somehow made it work brilliantly here. The crowd was eating out of the palm of their hands.

All the spots were timed well, the emotions were there, and the crowd was as lively as I have ever seen, everything just clicked here. And in the end, Sami lost not only the match, but he also realized it was the end of a stage in his career, that being NXT. He'll move onto the main roster right as Nakamura begins to carve out his own niche in NXT, perhaps taking the title of being NXT's favorite superstar that Sami once held. It did seemingly feel like a passing of the torch there though.

I forgot the last time a match tugged on my heartstrings like that, and I truly felt like a little kid watching it, filled with joy at what I was seeing. This match deserves this rating.

*****
 
#961 ·
YES to Dean Ambrose (c) v. AJ Styles, Smackdown's Backlash - **** 3/4

First off let me start by saying, this is WWE's match of the year thus far. My goodness was this amazing, the best match in Dean Ambrose's career and the best since AJ has come to WWE. Everything in this match was stellar, going in I saw this match as a dream match and it absolutely delivered. The psychology was on-point, AJ's bumping was on-point, Ambrose's selling was on point. This was the sign of a truly great match where these guys went 30 + minutes and I still wanted to see more. Hats off to both men, those doubting Ambrose can silence themselves a little now and AJ is the best inring performer in the world today. :clap​
 
#963 ·
This was the sign of a truly great match where these guys went 30 + minutes and I still wanted to see more.
This is probably the best description of the match for me. Even though I was ECSTATIC for the actual finish, I still wanted more from these two. I didn't expect them to have this kind of chemistry and storytelling in them for their first encounter. If they book something like a 2 out of 3 falls match at No Mercy, they're certainly capable of going 40+ minutes and I'd be ok with it (which is something I can say with very few people in WWE).

RAW has their work cut out for Clash of Champions. Let's see if Rollins & Owens can top that.
 
#1,164 ·
Borderline YES to Lesnar VS Goldberg. Really solid work by Lesnar on the midsection in the beginning, no fancy moves being thrown around in favour of some really good psychology. A bit on the long side, but managed to remain some really engaging action nonetheless. Lesnar was a BEAST at selling those ribs, too. That finishing stretch though, hoo boy. Really fitting ending (or is it?) to what was a very well-handled feud. ****+
 
#713 ·
I give a motherfuckin' YES to Mil Muertes VS King Cuerno from Ultima Lucha Dos.

God I fuckin' love Muertes, such a believable beast of a guy in everything he does, and things like him powerbombing Cuerno through like three or four tables in a row because he dared to touch Catrina and shrugging off having his head put through a window really help corroborate that statement, I believe. Cuerno was really fucking good too, clearly trying to outsmart Mil for most of the match yet making him look like an even bigger unsurmountable obstacle with the way he sold some of this stuff.

****+ to this, maybe even ****1/4. Loved it.
 
#840 ·
YES to Ibushi Vs Alexander **** 1/4 absolutely NOT a spotfest.....the spots made sense, the selling was good, the ring psyc was solid and everything built to another in a way that made sense.....

Whenever people see more than one dive are we just calling that spotfest now??? In this match, Ibushi went for his corner moonsault to the outside to early, missed and gave Alexander an opening, which he took immediate advantage off and hit his diving move, which was timed PERFECTLY with Ibushi getting up off the ground, no standing around to catch someone BS. Then later when Ibushi went to take a chance again after Alexander was exposed on the outside (which made sense cause Ibushi was starting to get worried that Alexander was gaining momentum) and he changed up his moonsault to hit it this time....this is just one example of the "spots" int his match making sense.

Also, the crowd didnt hurt at all.
 
#990 · (Edited)
Still, a recommandation thread completely lose its purpose if you recommand everything. If every match with some reversals and big impact moves automatically gets a yes vote it's gonna transform into a nonsense flood of matches. Sure, as kimino said, I guess some people are easily impressed because they mainly watch WWE but there's match like this every week on the wrestling planet.
 
#997 ·
It comes down to that age old discussion of what people use this thread for. I have Sami/Owens from Battleground as my only ****3/4 rating this year, leaving it quite clearly as a strong candidate for my MOTY. Am I going to stop posting other recommendations until something betters it? Hell no. What one person might think only scrapes 4 stars could be a bonafide classic in someone else's eyes. I'd miss out on so much good puro and indy stuff if it weren't for this thread. Keep any and all recommendations coming, I say.
 
#90 ·
Everyone needs to check out High Stakes, what a fucking show. And please if you can, pay for it. This company isn't big and they need the support. And the show is incredible, I enjoyed every single match. I've been following this promotion since day 1 and this is arguably the best show they have ever produced.
 
#123 ·
In response to the Scurll/Ospreay talk, I wanna say I can COMPLETELY understand why someone wouldn't like it, but I have to say that it's far from a mindless spotfest or a match with a bunch of moves just for the sake of them. There may not be much of a story on the surface, but there's multiple layers to it.

First you need to take into account what was at stake. A number one contender's match may not seem all that big to most, but when AJ Styles & Zack Sabre Jr. are fighting for that gold belt in the main event, it's pretty damn big. Not only that but they had announced that whoever won the match would have their own action figure made, which would make the winner essentially the ONLY wrestler in modern times who was not signed under any contract to have their own figure (a true indy wrestler, in the UK to boot). That's huge as well.

Take those two big factors into account and then you have to add in the fact that these two guys hate each other and have faced off before a handful of times in the past. They knew each other so well that they had counters for counters and reversals for even the most complex combinations. I thought it was both visually impressive and just as much mentally for them to be able to string those sequences together. Now it did strike into overkill territory just a hair with the chicken wing stuff, but 98% of the match was such a joy to watch and made me feel like there was literally NO limit to what human athletes are capable of doing inside the ring. Loved it.
 
#773 ·
YES to Yuji Okabayashi vs Hideyoshi Kamitani - BJW "RYOGOKUTAN", 24.07.2016

Loved the first 12 minutes with both doing really simple stuff but in a compelling way, it didn't feel like your normal "do shit to fill time until we get to the last 7-10". Kamitani had to fucking WORK to land anything meaningful on Okabayashi - who looked like a beast and an Ace, it warms my heart watching him evolve from puffy rookie in 2009 to this - and after the first lariat he knew he had to outsmart Yuji, who was hell bent on showing the younger punk he was going to beat the fuck out of him. Shit worked for Kamitani until Yuji just said fuck the bullshit and began to obliterate the challenger. From then on we get to the finishing stretch that would've been LIT in Korakuen with a hotter crowd but it's still a worthy MOTYC.
 
#782 ·
YES to this match with a legitimately great ending. MOTYC candidate for sure. Okabayashi had an almost perfect match and Kamitani played his role extremely well too.
 
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#1,008 ·
Guys, people have different tastes and ways to rate a match...don't be assholes, please, just don't

YES to:
Dolph Ziggler vs The Miz (WWE Backlash 2016) ****
AJ Styles vs Dean Ambrose (WWE Backlash 2016) ****1/2
Weapons of Mass Destruction Match (Lucha Underground S03E02) ****
Kota Ibushi vs TJ Perkins (WWE Cruiserweight Classic Finals) ****1/4
WWE Cruiserweight Classic Final ****

RECOMMENDED
6 Pack Challenge (WWE Backlash 2016) ***1/2
Kevin Owens vs Roman Reigns (WWE Raw September 12th, 2016) ***3/4
Gran Metalik vs Zack Sabre Jr (WWE Cruiserweight Classic Finals) ***3/4

FUN
DELETE or DECAY INFINITE STARS

2016 has been a great year for Professional Wrestling
 
#1,095 ·
Am I like the only one who see 'reality' as not a bad thing, when things go wrong it can add to/subtract from the match when the real world comes knocking. The concept of the 'botch' is a bane on wrestling and leads to a very shitty and unappreciative attitude from fans. Some of the greatest matches are loaded with 'botches' if you take the time to notice, it's horseshit, there's literally no such thing as a 'perfect' match, it's all about the story that's being told and that aspect seems to get lost in the process of picking out imperfections.
 
#50 ·
YES Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - Wrestle Kingdom 10 *****

This match was transcendental. People can harp on Okada not limping enough, or him doing his signature dropkick after having his leg worked on, etc. etc.. But the measure of truly a LEGENDARY match extends far beyond what only happens in the ring. This match was the pay off of a rivalry four years in the making, and it was an amazing pay off. And lets talk about what did happen in the ring: (a) this is their seventh match and the opening saw them countering each and every one of their respective signature moves - perfect psychology in my mind; (b) Tanahashi pre-wk10 made use of the clover leaf quite often, even winning matches with it, add to this the fact that Tanahashi's leg work is what was Okada's ultimate downfall at WK9, and all this played out perfectly in the match; (c) I don't know about you guys but when Tanahashi hit those high-fly flows my heart sank, as for a split second I thought he might actually win the match, amazing moment in my mind; (d) And of course the symbolism in that wrist holding moment - he wasn't just holding on to Tanahashi, he was holding on to the title of ACE, and that title was arguably more important than the IWGP it self. Like I said, transcendental.

YES AJ Styles vs. Shinsuske Nakamura (c) - Wrestle Kingdom 10 ****3/4

YES Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii (c) - Wrestle Kingdom 10 ****
 
#55 ·
Kalisto (c) -vs- Alberto Del Rio; WWE Smackdown (aired) 01/14 - EPIC

Hoooly shit this was fantastic. You might have to go back to WWE's in-ring glory days of 2013/2014 to find a TV match better than this. I'd really have to think about it. Everything about this was top notch. Del Rio really turned in an A+ performance for this. Some of the most aggressive, creative offensive work I've ever seen from him, which is a surprise since he has a knack for turning in some awfully dull control segments. But his arm work was William Regal good, and Kalisto sold the hell out of it. Some really great hope spots and cut offs. The near falls all made sense and were nicely transitioned into. What put this match over the top for me was the absolutely insane bump Kalisto took towards the end. That's when I thought to myself, okay, this is something special. The only complaint I could possibly make for this is at one point Kalisto was in the cross armbreaker for a tad bit too long, but even then there was a sense of struggle with him desperately trying to reach the ropes so it wasn't like it was treated like a rest hold. Amazing match. MOTY, blows away anything that took place on WK.



YES Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - Wrestle Kingdom 10 *****

This match was transcendental. People can harp on Okada not limping enough, or him doing his signature dropkick after having his leg worked on, etc. etc.. But the measure of truly a LEGENDARY match extends far beyond what only happens in the ring.
Do you rate Hogan-Andre *****? Just curious.
 
#109 ·
I'm not sure why WWE brawls get talked up as great. It's a last man standing match, where two guys hate each other, and they're waiting for a bell to fight? They moved from awful spot to awful spot, and took ages in setting each one up on the way. Dean Ambrose has also gone from one of the hottest prospects to looking like a schmuck who doesn't know the first thing in setting up a control segment. The Rebound Lariat is one of the worst moves in wrestling, today.

No thanks.
 
#119 · (Edited)
Yeah, I really didn't like it. I thought I was being cynical when I saw everybody praising it on the board I was watching it at. I didn't like it, at all. I thought the ending was absolute shit as well (seriously? pushed off the turnbuckle? lame as fuck.). I think people that only watch WWE/TNA are setting standards too low as that probably was good compared to the standard drivel presented.

Kevin Owens set the tables with a purpose, because he lifted Ambrose up the turnbuckle to suplex him onto the tables right after the set-up.
Nobody bought that that would actually be done. It's way too dangerous. It was quite obvious what the tables were for.
 
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#337 · (Edited)
So, it's nearly 7AM here and the sun's starting to rise. I rewatched the match (don't think I ever rewatched a match so soon after it originally happened) and the only fault I could find with it originally was that I wished it had gone on a bit longer.

Now I realize it's not a fault of the match itself. The match was perfect, the timing, the pacing, the crowd, the performances of both men, the STIFFNESS~, nothing deserves any corrections whatsoever. I just didn't want it to end. I marked out just as much on a rewatch as I marked out and I really wish they did fight forever.

This match is fucking ridiculous :lmao

Bumped up to *****.
 
#414 ·
Wow, Wrestlemania was the drizzling shits, eh?


Puro:
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10) || YES = 25 ||
Shinsuke Nakamura vs AJ Styles (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10) || YES = 35 ||
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10) || YES = 22 ||
The Young Bucks vs ReDRagon vs Aerial Dogfight vs Roppongi Vice (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10) || YES = 1 ||
Kenny Omega vs KUSHIDA (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10) || YES = 1 ||
Kamaitachi vs Dragon Lee (NJPW Fantastica Mania Night 6) || YES = 14 ||
Ryoto Hama vs Yuji Okabayashi (BJW 24/01) || YES = 4 ||
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW: New Beginning In Osaka) || YES = 11 ||
Kenny Omega vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW: New Beginning In OxiOxiOxiOxita) || YES = 5 ||
Hideyoshi Kamitani & Yasufumi Nakanoue vs Tatsuhiko Yoshino & Yuji Okabayashi (BJW 18/01) || YES = 1 ||
Minoru Suzuki vs Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH 24/02) || YES = 3 ||
Kazuchika Okada & Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Katsuyori Shibata & KUSHIDA (NJPW New Japan Cup Night 1) || YES = 1 ||
Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW New Japan Cup Night 2) || YES = 1 ||
VERSERK vs Dia.HEARTS vs MONSTER EXPRESS (Dragon Gate 04/02) || YES = 1 ||
Tomohiro Ishii vs EVIL (NJPW Cup Day 1) || YES = 1 ||
Tomohiro Ishii vs Tetsuya Naito (NJPW Cup Day 2) || YES = 1 ||
Katsuyori Shibata vs Satoshi Kojima (NJPW Road To Invasion Attack) || YES = 1 ||
Kenny Omega vs Jay White (NJPW Road To Invasion Attack) || YES = 1 ||


US/Europe Indy:
Will Ospreay vs Marty Scurll (Rev Pro High Stakes 2016) || YES = 13 ||
AJ Styles vs Zack Sabre Jr (Rev Pro High Stakes 2016) || YES = 1 ||
Kenny Omega vs Mark Haskins (4FW New Year's Wrestleution) || YES = 2 ||
Chris Hero vs Sami Callihan (AAW The Chaos Theory) || YES = 1 ||
Chris Hero & Tommy End vs Zack Sabre Jr. & Sami Callihan (Evolve 53) || YES = 1 ||
Will Ospreay vs Marty Scurll (PROGRESS Chat Shit Get Banged) || YES = 1 ||
Roderick Strong vs Tomohiro Ishii (RoH/NJPW Honor Rising Night 1) || YES = 2 ||
Fenix vs King Cuerno (Lucha Underground 02/03) || YES = 1 ||
Mil Muertes vs Prince Puma vs. Pentagon Jr. (Lucha Underground 09/03) || YES = 15 ||
Matt Riddle vs Tracy Williams (Evolve 55) || YES = 1 ||
Adam Cole vs Mike Bailey (PWG Lemmy) || YES = 1 ||
Trevor Lee vs Rory Wilkins (CWF Mid-Atlantic 09/03) || YES = 1 ||
Mil Muertes vs Fenix (Lucha Underground 16/03) || YES = 11 ||
Timothy Thatcher vs Drew Gulak (PWG Lemmy) || YES = 1 ||
Aztec Warfare 2 (Lucha Underground 23/03) || YES = 11 ||
Big Daddy Walter vs Zach Sabre Jr (WXW 16 Carat Gold Day 1) || YES = 1 ||
Zach Sabre Jr vs Will Ospreay (Evolve 58) || YES = 2 ||
Adam Cole vs KUSHIDA (RoH 06/04) || YES = 1 ||
Ricochet vs Will Ospreay (Evolve 59) || YES = 1 ||
Chris Hero vs Zach Sabre Jr (WWN Mercury Rising) || YES = 1 ||


WWE:
Kalisto vs Alberto Del Rio (Smackdown 14/01) || YES = 3 ||
Royal Rumble Match (Royal Rumble) || YES = 3 ||
Dean Ambrose vs Kevin Owens (Royal Rumble) || YES = 3 ||
Sami Zayn vs Samoa Joe (NXT 17/02) || YES = 1 ||
Dean Ambrose vs Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns (Fastlane) || YES = 2 ||
Kalisto vs Alberto Del Rio (Fastlane) || YES = 1 ||
Neville vs Finn Balor (NXT 02/03) || YES = 1 ||
Y2AJ vs The New Day (Raw 07/03) || YES = 6 ||
Sami Zayn vs Samoa Joe (NXT 09/03) || YES = 4 ||
Dean Ambrose vs HHH (Roadblock) || YES = 5 ||
Sami Zayn vs Shinsuke Nakamura (NXT Takeover: Dallas) || YES = 33 ||
Samoa Joe vs Finn Balor (NXT Takeover: Dallas) || YES = 3 ||
American Alpha vs The Revival (NXT Takeover: Dallas) || YES = 2 ||
Bayley vs Asuka (NXT Takeover: Dallas) || YES = 1 ||
IC Ladder Match (Wrestlemania) || YES = 3 ||
Charlotte vs Becky Lynch vs Sasha Banks (Wrestlemania) || YES = 8 ||
AJ Styles vs Chris Jericho (Wrestlemania) || YES = 2 ||
Shane McMahon vs The Undertaker (Wrestlemania) || YES = 1 ||
Dean Ambrose vs Brock Lesnar (Wrestlemania) || YES = 1 ||


TNA:
Ethan Carter vs Matt Hardy (19/01) || YES = 1 ||


Lucha Libre:
Maximo vs Kamaitachi (CMLL 01/01) || YES = 3 ||
Mascara Dorada vs Mephisto (CMLL 19/02) || YES = 1 ||
Volador Jr. , Stuka Jr, Dragon Lee vs ***** Casas, Kamaitachi, Gran Guerrero (CMLL 19/02) || YES = 1 ||
Kamaitachi vs Dragon Lee (CMLL 04/03) || YES = 5 ||
Hijo del Fantasma vs Fenix vs Octagon Jr vs Pentagon Jr (AAA 04/03) || YES = 1 ||
Atlantis vs Caifan (Chairo Kingdom) || YES = 1 ||
Dragon Lee vs Ray Horuz (Chairo Kingdom) || YES = 1 ||
Caristico vs Ultimo Guerrero (CMLL Elite 21/03) || YES = 1 ||


Legend:
Red = 10 YES votes
BOLD Red = 20 YES votes
 
#423 · (Edited)
YES to Adam Cole v. Kyle O'Reilly: No Holds Barred. Supercard of Honor X Night 2 - **** 1/2

This was an all-out war between two men fueled by hatred. Cole didn't let Kyle get through his full entrance before attacking him with a steel chain. These guys had some really good brawling including Mandy Leon eating a superkick from Cole and a elevated barricade suplex from Kyle. These two beat the life outta each other in what thus far is ROH's MOTY. The finish saw Kyle making Cole pass out via a triangle choke with the steel chain.

Another YES to Adam Cole v. ACH, Supercard of Honor X Night 1 - **** 1/4

Probably the two most over guys of the night in a classic matchup. Crowd seemed pretty pro Cole at the start but boy when ACH got hot he never let off. This is probably the best Cole/ACH match to date and ACH's best performance in awhile, he was clean as a whistle and everything was crisp. Cole was Cole in the sense that he's rarely off his game and is having a great in-ring year. Some great spots from the match was ACH hitting a nasty lariat on Cole and doing almost a reverse kipup flip (it was awesome). Cole busted ACH's mouth open with a superkick off of the "get over here", ACH hit a beautiful flash kick it was just action packed in this match. The finish saw Cole grabbing Todd Sinclair and lowblowing ACH and then hitting the brainbuster on the knee.​
 
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