Doi/Hulk/Madoka vs. SHINGO/Kidou/Saito - ****1/4
Gamma/Kanda/Genki vs. Saito/Susumu/Kidou vs. Hulk/Tanisaki/m.c.KZ (Unit Split) - ****/****1/4
SHINGO vs. Doi - ****/****1/4
GHC Jr. Title - Bryan Danielson (c) vs. KENTA - ****1/2
What. A. Match. I was waiting for this one to hit the net, and it didn't disappoint. I may be the only one to see this, but it felt a lot like the 04 Kobashi vs. Akiyama match to me. Danielson fought hard when he should have fought smart. When he took his time and focused he could dodge KENTA's assault, and he took apart his leg nicely when he got a shot at it. But instead of sticking to that, he went for the bombs and KENTA gutted it out until he could put Danielson away.
I actually think KENTA outworked Danielson here. He took apart his abdomen nicely, beating the hell out of him with a TON of hate. Danielson may have sold it like a champ and delivered a hot closing sequence, but the way he abandoned a major opening in the hurt leg to go to his usual sequence of bombs irked me. A figure four or the Regal Stretch could have worked with it better. Hell, using the Regalplex would at least take advantage of the injury. It just seems like he threw out a perfectly good target for the sake of hitting his stuff, which is the mark of a lesser wrestler. Still one of the best matches I've seen in ages though.
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Brad Payne
2006 Last Resort Winner
EPW Deathmatch Champion: October 20, 2005 - January 26, 2006
EPW Tag Team Champions (w/ Jake Steel): June 26, 2006 - October 24, 2006
EPW Primetime Champion: December 20, 2006 - April 8, 2007 *stripped*
EPW Champion: January 13, 2007 - October 28, 2007
Brendan Black
EPW TV Champion December 10, 2006 - January 21, 2007
2009 Last Resort Winner
EPW Champion: April 14, 2009 - Present
So, barring my viewing of Hero/Danielson from WXW which I still got sitting there, I think my MOTY for 2008 is Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho Ladder Match at ****3/4 or *****.
Oh, and a shocker MOTYC to me- Kingston vs Jericho from Night Of Champions. I bet most will disagree, but I got it at around ****1/4+. Fantastic work from Jericho, and of course Kingston. Completely old school with great timing and execution on everything.
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Yuko Miyamoto vs Shadow WX (c)
Exploding Barbed Wire Trap Deathmatch
***-***1/2
Bigger spread because of the year and a half build up of Miyamoto finally winning a title.
1. WWE No Mercy - Chris Jericho vs Shawn Michaels - Ladder Match - World Title
2. TNA Lockdown - Samoa Joe vs Kurt Angle - Six Sides of Steel - World Title
3. WWE Summerslam - Undertaker vs Edge - Hell in a Cell
4. TNA Hard Justice - AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle - Last Man Standing
5. RoH Driven - Kevin Steen & El Generico vs Age of the Fall - Tag Titles
6. WWE Wrestlemania - Shawn Michaels vs Ric Flair
7. RoH Ring of Homicide II - Briscoes vs LAX
8. RoH Bound By Hate - Austin Aries vs Jimmy Jacobs - Dog Collar Match
9. RoH Death Before Dishonor VI - Kevin Steen & El Generico vs Murder City Machineguns
10. TNA Bound for Glory - Beer Money Inc vs Team 3D vs Abyss & Morgan vs LAX - Monster's Ball - Tag Titles
Potential Top 10 Matches I still am waiting on:
RoH Rising Above - Nigel McGuiness vs Bryan Danielson
RoH Rising Above - Austin Aries vs Jimmy Jacobs - I Quit
RoH Final Battle - Bryan Danielson vs Taskeski Morishima - Fight Without Honor
RoH Final Battle - Briscoes vs Kensuke Office
WWE and TNA are within the calendar year, whereas all other companies went November to September. For 2009, WWE and TNA will be the same, but the other companies will be October to September.
ROH:
Austin Aries vs. Bryan Danielson [Glory By Honor VI Night 1 - 11/2/2007] ****
Takeshi Morishima vs. Bryan Danielson [Glory By Honor VI Night 2 - 11/3/2007] ****¾
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. KENTA [Glory By Honor VI Night 2 - 11/3/2007] ****
Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries [Rising Above 2007 - - 12/29/2007] ****¾
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Davey Richards [Final Battle 2007 - 12/30/2007] ****¼
Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens [Final Battle 2007 - 12/30/2007] ****
Takeshi Morishima vs. Austin Aries vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Hero [Final Battle 2007 - 12/30/2007] ****
Erick Stevens vs. Austin Aries [Proving Ground 2008 - 1/11] ****
Tyler Black vs. Bryan Danielson [Breakout - 1/25] ****¼
Claudio Castagnoli vs. El Generico [Without Remorse - 1/26] ****
Nigel McGuinness vs. Roderick Strong [Without Remorse - 1/26] ****
Austin Aries vs. Go Shiozaki [Sixth Anniversary Show - 2/23] ****¼
Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens vs. Necro Butcher [Sixth Anniversary Show - 2/23] ****¼
Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson [Sixth Anniversary Show - 2/23] *****
Austin Aries vs. Bryan Danielson [Take No Prisoners 2008 - 3/16] ****½
Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black [Take No Prisoners 2008 - 3/16] ****¾
Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino [Dragon Gate Challenge II - 3/28] ****½
Shingo & BxB Hulk vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black [Dragon Gate Challenge II - 3/28] ****
Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens [Supercard of Honor III - 3/29] ****
Shingo & BxB Hulk vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico [Supercard of Honor III - 3/29] ****¼
Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries [Supercard of Honor III - 3/29] ****¾
CIMA, Dragon Kid, & Ryo Saito vs. Naruki Doi, Masato Yoshino, & Genki Horiguchi [Supercard of Honor III - 3/29] ****
Davey Richards vs. Kota Ibushi [Bedlam in Beantown - 4/11] ****
Briscoe Bros. vs. Kota Ibushi & Austin Aries [Tag Wars 2008 - 4/18] ****
Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley vs. Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black [Tag Wars 2008 - 4/18] ****
Briscoe Bros. vs. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley [Return Engagement - 4/19] ****
Kota Ibushi vs. El Generico [Return Engagement - 4/19] ****
Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black [Southern Navigation - 5/9] ****¼
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Bryan Danielson [A New Level - 5/10] ****
Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens [Respect is Earned II - 6/7] ****
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black vs. Austin Aries & Bryan Danielson [Respect is Earned II - 6/7] ****
Necro Butcher vs. Jay Briscoe [Respect is Earned II - 6/7] ****
Jimmy Jacobs vs. Austin Aries [Vendetta II - 6/28] ****½
Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli [Northern Navigation - 7/25] ****¼
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Roderick Strong [Northern Navigation - 7/25] ****¼
Nigel McGuinness vs. Kevin Steen [Northern Navigation - 7/25] ****¼
Tyler Black vs. Bryan Danielson [New Horizons - 7/26] ****½
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Go Shiozaki [Fueling the Fire - 8/1] ****¼
Adam Pearce vs. Brent Albright [Death Before Dishonor VI - 8/2] ****¾
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Go Shiozaki [Death Before Dishonor VI - 8/2] ****¼
Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Chris Sabin & Alex Shelley [Death Before Dishonor VI - 8/2] ****
Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli [Death Before Dishonor VI - 8/2] ****½
Nigel McGuinness vs. El Generico [Age of Insanity - 8/15] ****¼
Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Bryan Danielson [The Tokyo Summit - 9/14] ****¼
KENTA & Kota Ibushi vs. Naomichi Marufuji & Katsuhiko Nakajima [The Tokyo Summit - 9/14] ****½
Nigel McGuinness vs. Roderick Strong [Driven 2008 - 9/19] ****
Jimmy Jacobs & Tyler Black vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico [Driven 2008 - 9/19] ****¾
Bryan Danielson vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima [Glory By Honor VII - 9/20] ****¼
FIP:
Erick Stevens vs. Roderick Strong [Redefined - 2/16] ****¾
Roderick Strong vs. Erick Stevens [Dangerous Intentions 2008 - 4/26] ****
Erick Stevens vs. Go Shiozaki [Heatstroke 2008 - 8/23] ****¼
NOAH:
Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama [Great Voyage 2007 - 12/2/2007] ****¼
Naomichi Marufuji & Takashi Sugiura vs. Briscoe Bros. [Navigate For Evolution 2008 - 3/2] ****
Kenta Kobashi & KENTA vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima [Great Voyage 2008 in Yokohama - 6/14] ****½
KENTA & Taiji Ishimori vs. Bryan Danielson & Eddie Edwards [European Navigation 2008 - 6/21] ****
KENTA & Taiji Ishimori vs. Ricky Marvin & Naomichi Marufuji [9/27] ****
Kensuke Office:
KENTA vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima [Dash the Volcano Road Vol. 2: Take the Dream Vol. 5 - 6/13] ****
Dragon Gate:
Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino vs. Shingo & BxB Hulk [Infinity 77 - 1/15] ****½
Shingo & BxB Hulk vs. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori [Gate of Generation - 3/20] ****¼
KENTA vs. Naruki Doi [Dead or Alive - 5/5] ****
PWG:
Bryan Danielson vs. Low Ki [All Star Weekend VI Night 1 - 1/5] ****½
CIMA vs. Bryan Danielson [All Star Weekend VI Night 2 - 1/6] ****¼
wXw:
Bryan Danielson vs. Mike Quackenbush [16 Carat Gold 2008 Night 1 - 3/7] ****½
Bryan Danielson vs. Naomichi Marufuji [16 Carat Gold 2008 Night 2 - 3/8] ****¼
Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Hero [16 Carat Gold 2008 Night 3 - 3/9] ****½
Bryan Danielson vs. Bad Bones [16 Carat Gold 2008 Night 3 - 3/9] ****
IWA-MS
BJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Jacobs [500th Show - 3/1] ****¼
BJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Jacobs [April Bloodshowers 2008 - 4/12] ****½
TNA:
Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles [Hard Justice - 8/10] ****
WWE:
Royal Rumble match [Royal Rumble - 1/27] ****
Jeff Hardy vs. Shawn Michaels [Raw - 2/11] ****
Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels [WrestleMania 24 - 3/30] ****
Edge vs. Undertaker [WrestleMania 24 - 3/30] ****
Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels [Judgment Day - 5/18] ****¼
Triple H vs. John Cena [Night of Champions - 6/29] ****½
Edge vs. Undertaker [SummerSlam - 8/17] ****¼
Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho [Unforgiven - 9/7] ****
Triple H vs. Jeff Hardy [No Mercy - 10/5] ****½
Chris Jericho vs. Shawn Michaels [No Mercy - 10/5] ****¾
Undertaker vs. Big Show [Cyber Sunday - 10/26] ****
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