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The 2011 MOTYC Thread

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#255 · (Edited)
ROH 9th Anniversary:

Davey Richards vs. Colt Cabana ***1/2
Four Corner Survival **3/4ish
Michael Elgin vs. El Generico ***ish
Ring of Honor World Championship: Street Fight: Roderick Strong (c) vs. Homicide **1/2

Sara Del Rey vs. MsChif *
Ring of Honor Tag Team Championships: Kings of Wrestling (c) vs. All Night Express ***3/4 (Breakout match for Titus + King. Flubbed finish doesn't bring the quality of the match down for me).
Ring of Honor TV Champinship: 2 out of 3 falls: Eddie Edwards (c) vs. Christopher Daniels ****
Briscoes vs. Charlie Haas + Shelton Benjamin ***3/4+.

All things considered, a good show. A disappointing iPPV but a solid one when compared with other companies.
 
#256 ·
ROH 9th Anniversary Show - Eddie Edwards vs Christopher Daniels ****1/2

This was awesome! Both men looked great and they both showed real aggresion when they where on offense which was great as it made the match seem even more important. Eddie looked awesome in this and no, not just because he was in there with Daniels. He improves every time i see him. This is the MOTY easy for me.

Davey/Cabanna was a great opener and it was cool seeing Davey in a lesser profile match as it showed he does'nt always have to go all out - ***1/2

KOW/ANX was a really good tag title match, the finish was awkward, but that did'nt really hurt it for me and the ANX looked awesome - ***3/4

Briscoes/WGTT was another really good tag match but not as good as the title match. i'd go ***1/2

The other matches where decent apart from the womens match and Generico/Elgin was good.

A very good show overall
 
#257 ·
Yoshihiro Takayama vs KENTA - NOAH 1/15/11

These guys bring it.

MOTY LIST
1. John Morrison vs King Sheamus vs Randy Orton vs R-Truth vs CM Punk vs John Cena - Elimination Chamber Match - WWE 2/20/11
2. Jerry Lawler vs The Miz - WWE Championship Match - WWE 2/20/11
3. Yoshihiro Takayama vs KENTA - NOAH 1/15/11
4. Ángel Azteca Jr. / Ángel de Oro / Ángel de Plata vs Cancerbero / Raziel / Virus - CMLL 02/04/11
5. Edge vs Rey Mysterio vs Drew McIntyre vs Wade Barrett vs The Big Show vs Kane - World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match - WWE 2/20/11
6. Ángel de Oro / Diamante / Rush vs Metal Blanco / Palacio ***** / Sagrado - CMLL 1/2/11
7. Eddie Edwards vs Kotaro Suzuki - GHC Jr. Heavyweight Championship Match - NOAH 1/29/11
 
#259 · (Edited)
The Miz vs John Morrison - WWE Championship Falls Count Anywhere Match - WWE 1/3/11
The Big Show vs Cody Rhodes vs Dolph Ziggler vs Drew McIntyre - Fatal Four Way Match - WWE 1/7/11
Alberto Del Rio vs Rey Mysterio - Two Out of Three Falls Match - WWE 1/7/11
John Cena vs CM Punk - WWE 2/14/11
The Miz vs Daniel Bryan - WWE 2/14/11

Great stuff here, especially for being on free tv.

MOTYC List
Ángel de Oro / Diamante / Rush vs Metal Blanco / Palacio ***** / Sagrado - CMLL 1/2/11
The Miz vs John Morrison - WWE Championship Falls Count Anywhere Match - WWE 1/3/11
The Big Show vs Cody Rhodes vs Dolph Ziggler vs Drew McIntyre - Fatal Four Way Match - WWE 1/7/11
Alberto Del Rio vs Rey Mysterio - Two Out of Three Falls Match - WWE 1/7/11
Yoshihiro Takayama vs KENTA - NOAH 1/15/11
Ángel Azteca Jr. / Ángel de Oro / Ángel de Plata vs Cancerbero / Raziel / Virus - CMLL 02/04/11
John Cena vs CM Punk - WWE 2/14/11
The Miz vs Daniel Bryan - WWE 2/14/11
Edge vs Rey Mysterio vs Drew McIntyre vs Wade Barrett vs The Big Show vs Kane - World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match - WWE 2/20/11
Jerry Lawler vs The Miz - WWE Championship Match - WWE 2/20/11
John Morrison vs King Sheamus vs Randy Orton vs R-Truth vs CM Punk vs John Cena - Elimination Chamber Match - WWE 2/20/11
 
#261 ·
So with the first two months of the year up I decided to rewatch a lot of stuff to really get my list in order, and it's shrinkened quite a bit. I bumped Edge/Ziggler down to ***3/4, still a great match but not quite on the motyc level. Also bumped Briscoes/WGTT down as well. Seemed much slower on the 2nd viewing and like Seabs has said, they really didn't do anything that special or out of the ordinary. Very good match, but again, just not there. So here's my short, official list thus far:

1. Two out of Three Falls: Christoper Daniels vs. Eddie Edwards (ROH 9th Anniversary Show) - ****1/2
2. Elimination Chamber: Edge vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Kane vs. Big Show vs. Wade Barrett (WWE Elimination Chamber) - ****
 
#264 · (Edited)
Black Terry / Dr. Cerebro / Cerebro ***** vs Yack / El Hijo del Diablo / Avisman - IWRG 1/6/11

The first fall starts out with some matwork, considering this is IWRG I thought it could have been a little better for the first couple minutes, but it picked up when Black Terry got in there. The second fall is where it really picks up, more specifically the time period right before it ends and then we have a wild brawl on our hands, a really fun wild brawl.

Black Terry / ***** Navarro vs El Apache / Angel Imortal - IWRG 1/9/11

Current MOTY. Seamless transition from matwork to frustrated matwork to brawl. I really loved ***** Navarro's kidney punch. Even the heel miscommunication spot worked well to add to the finish.

John Cena vs CM Punk - WWE 1/17/11

Punk and Cena know how to work each other.

Christopher Daniels vs Eddie Edwards - ROH TV Championship Two Out of Three Falls Match - ROH 2/26/11
Not as good as it is being advertised on this forum, but still an enjoyable match.

EDIT: Black Terry / ***** Navarro vs El Apache / Angel Imortal - IWRG 1/16/11

New MOTY. Better than their match a week earlier. This could be my MOTY for a long, long time. A Black Terry vs Jerry Lawler blood fued would be awesome.

What to Watch in 2011
Ángel de Oro / Diamante / Rush vs Metal Blanco / Palacio ***** / Sagrado - CMLL 1/2/11
The Miz vs John Morrison - WWE Championship Falls Count Anywhere Match - WWE 1/3/11
Black Terry / Dr. Cerebro / Cerebro ***** vs Yack / El Hijo del Diablo / Avisman - IWRG 1/6/11
The Big Show vs Cody Rhodes vs Dolph Ziggler vs Drew McIntyre - Fatal Four Way Match - WWE 1/7/11
Alberto Del Rio vs Rey Mysterio - Two Out of Three Falls Match - WWE 1/7/11
Black Terry / ***** Navarro vs El Apache / Angel Imortal - IWRG 1/9/11
Yoshihiro Takayama vs KENTA - NOAH 1/15/11
Black Terry / ***** Navarro vs El Apache / Angel Imortal - IWRG 1/16/11
John Cena vs CM Punk - WWE 1/17/11
Ángel Azteca Jr. / Ángel de Oro / Ángel de Plata vs Cancerbero / Raziel / Virus - CMLL 02/04/11
John Cena vs CM Punk - WWE 2/14/11
The Miz vs Daniel Bryan - WWE 2/14/11
Edge vs Rey Mysterio vs Drew McIntyre vs Wade Barrett vs The Big Show vs Kane - World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match - WWE 2/20/11
Jerry Lawler vs The Miz - WWE Championship Match - WWE 2/20/11
John Morrison vs King Sheamus vs Randy Orton vs R-Truth vs CM Punk vs John Cena - Elimination Chamber Match - WWE 2/20/11
Christopher Daniels vs Eddie Edwards - ROH TV Championship Two Out of Three Falls Match - ROH 2/26/11
 
#266 ·
Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee [SAW 1/29]
Who knew a matchup that's been running since the late 70s could still be great? For those who don't know, Lawler has been doing indie dates on the side of WWE since he first got employed by them. These guys go out to a really good size indie crowd in Nashville and tear the house down in a nice short brawl. Both guys can still throw some nasty looking punches and yes, Lawler does put down the strap and hits a great piledriver.
 
#267 · (Edited)
Oh man, where that be found?


Jerry Lawler vs John Cena vs John Morrison vs King Sheamus vs CM Punk vs R-Truth vs Randy Orton - RAW Rumble Match - WWE 1/31/11

Might be my favorite battle royal type match in a long time. It might be because I always find myself rooting for Jerry Lawler.


What to Watch in 2011
Ángel de Oro / Diamante / Rush vs Metal Blanco / Palacio ***** / Sagrado - CMLL 1/2/11
The Miz vs John Morrison - WWE Championship Falls Count Anywhere Match - WWE 1/3/11
Black Terry / Dr. Cerebro / Cerebro ***** vs Yack / El Hijo del Diablo / Avisman - IWRG 1/6/11
The Big Show vs Cody Rhodes vs Dolph Ziggler vs Drew McIntyre - Fatal Four Way Match - WWE 1/7/11
Alberto Del Rio vs Rey Mysterio - Two Out of Three Falls Match - WWE 1/7/11
Black Terry / ***** Navarro vs El Apache / Angel Imortal - IWRG 1/9/11
Yoshihiro Takayama vs KENTA - NOAH 1/15/11
Black Terry / ***** Navarro vs El Apache / Angel Imortal - IWRG 1/16/11
John Cena vs CM Punk - WWE 1/17/11
Jerry Lawler vs John Cena vs John Morrison vs King Sheamus vs CM Punk vs R-Truth vs Randy Orton - RAW Rumble Match - WWE 1/31/11
Ángel Azteca Jr. / Ángel de Oro / Ángel de Plata vs Cancerbero / Raziel / Virus - CMLL 02/04/11
John Cena vs CM Punk - WWE 2/14/11
The Miz vs Daniel Bryan - WWE 2/14/11
Edge vs Rey Mysterio vs Drew McIntyre vs Wade Barrett vs The Big Show vs Kane - World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match - WWE 2/20/11
Jerry Lawler vs The Miz - WWE Championship Match - WWE 2/20/11
John Morrison vs King Sheamus vs Randy Orton vs R-Truth vs CM Punk vs John Cena - Elimination Chamber Match - WWE 2/20/11
Christopher Daniels vs Eddie Edwards - ROH TV Championship Two Out of Three Falls Match - ROH 2/26/11
 
#269 · (Edited)
Making my way through the first two RoH shows.

Christopher Daniels vs. Claudio Castagnoli (Only the Strong Survive) ****
The sleeper match of the weekend. I didn't care for the Mike Bennett interference nor do I think the semi-botched BME took away from the action beforehand. Just crisp, great wrestling.

Davey/Hero next.
 
#273 ·
Forgot to talk about this when I was going through the shows in the DVD thread. It was good, very good actually but I didn't think it was MOTYC great. I'd take Strong/Briscoe and King/O'Reilly over it personally. The botched BME looked like it really hurt Claudio which was such bad luck considering how safe a worker Daniels is to work with.
 
#271 ·
Someone please upload Daniels vs. Claudio.
 
#274 · (Edited)
Dr. Cerebro vs Comando ***** - IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship Match - IWRG 1/30/11

Great matwork.

Dr. Cerebro / ***** Navarro / Multifacetico vs MAZADA / El Apache / Comando ***** - IWRG 1/23/11

Fuego / Stuka / Ángel De Plata / Rey Cometa / Dragón Lee / Hombre Bala, Jr. vs Virus / Doctor X / Puma King / Demus 3:16 / Hijo Del Signo / Durango Kid - Torneo Cibernetico Match - CMLL 2/8/11
Even people who dislike lucha should check this out. Great stuff.

What to Watch in 2011
Ángel de Oro / Diamante / Rush vs Metal Blanco / Palacio ***** / Sagrado - CMLL 1/2/11
The Miz vs John Morrison - WWE Championship Falls Count Anywhere Match - WWE 1/3/11
Black Terry / Dr. Cerebro / Cerebro ***** vs Yack / El Hijo del Diablo / Avisman - IWRG 1/6/11
The Big Show vs Cody Rhodes vs Dolph Ziggler vs Drew McIntyre - Fatal Four Way Match - WWE 1/7/11
Alberto Del Rio vs Rey Mysterio - Two Out of Three Falls Match - WWE 1/7/11
Black Terry / ***** Navarro vs El Apache / Angel Imortal - IWRG 1/9/11
Yoshihiro Takayama vs KENTA - NOAH 1/15/11
Black Terry / ***** Navarro vs El Apache / Angel Imortal - IWRG 1/16/11
John Cena vs CM Punk - WWE 1/17/11
Dr. Cerebro / ***** Navarro / Multifacetico vs MAZADA / El Apache / Comando ***** - IWRG 1/23/11
Dr. Cerebro vs Comando ***** - IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship Match - IWRG 1/30/11
Jerry Lawler vs John Cena vs John Morrison vs King Sheamus vs CM Punk vs R-Truth vs Randy Orton - RAW Rumble Match - WWE 1/31/11
Ángel Azteca Jr. / Ángel de Oro / Ángel de Plata vs Cancerbero / Raziel / Virus - CMLL 02/04/11
Fuego / Stuka / Ángel De Plata / Rey Cometa / Dragón Lee / Hombre Plata, Jr. vs Virus / Doctor X / Puma King / Demus 3:16 / Hijo Del Signo / Durango Kid - Torneo Ciberbnetico Match - CMLL 2/8/11
John Cena vs CM Punk - WWE 2/14/11
The Miz vs Daniel Bryan - WWE 2/14/11
Edge vs Rey Mysterio vs Drew McIntyre vs Wade Barrett vs The Big Show vs Kane - World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match - WWE 2/20/11
Jerry Lawler vs The Miz - WWE Championship Match - WWE 2/20/11
John Morrison vs King Sheamus vs Randy Orton vs R-Truth vs CM Punk vs John Cena - Elimination Chamber Match - WWE 2/20/11
Christopher Daniels vs Eddie Edwards - ROH TV Championship Two Out of Three Falls Match - ROH 2/26/11
 
#275 ·
ROH Champions vs. All Stars:

-Kenny King vs. Kyle O'Reilly ***3/4
-Champions vs. All Stars ***3/4

Only the Strong Survive:

-Daniels/Castagnoli ****
-Richards/Hero ***3/4
-Briscoe/Strong ****

A good weekend for RoH.
 
#277 ·
ROH - Only The Strong Survive

ROH Television Championship
Christopher Daniels(c) vs. Claudio Castagnoli - ****
I've been watching Daniels wrestle for years now and I've just never been a big fan of his, always thought he was average. In the sense that he never did anything special, just kinda played it safe. But watching his matches from this year have made me become a huge fan. He's stepped his game up tremendously since his return to the company and I applaud him for that. He's got my early vote for wrestler of the year right now. Oh and this was a great match by the way. Don't think the botched BME hurt it, but I hated the Bennett interference. I'd completely forgotten he was even at ringside until he came up on the apron, then I was like fuck you. Check this match out though, real good stuff.

ROH World Championship
Roderick Strong(c) vs. Jay Briscoe - ****
"Man up, motherfucker!" Brutally stiff match as you'd expect from the two. Briscoe's nearfalls were incredibly believable, which is definitely something you like to see
 
#278 ·
My Current MOTY Candidates(**** or higher)

1. ROH Only The Strong Survive : 01/15/2011 : Davey Richards vs. Chris Hero : ****¼

2. ROH Only The Strong Survive : 01/15/2011 : Jay Briscoe vs. Roderick Strong : ****¼

3. ROH 9th Anniversary Show : 02/26/11 : Eddie Edwards vs. Christopher Daniels : ****¼

4. WWE Elimination Chamber :0 2/20/11 : Edge vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Wade Barrett vs. The Big Show vs. Kane : ****¼

5. WWE Raw : 01/03/11 : The Miz vs. John Morrison : ****

6. ROH 9th Anniversary Show : 02/26/11 : The Briscoes vs. The World’s Greatest Tag Team : ****

7. ROH Champions vs. All Stars : 01/15/2011 : The Kings of Wrestling, Roderick Strong and Christopher Daniels vs. Davey Richards, The Briscoes and El Generico: ****

8. ROH Only The Strong Survive : 01/15/2011 : Christopher Daniels vs. Claudio Castagnoli: ****

9. WWE Elimination Chamber : 02/20/11 : John Morrison vs. King Sheamus vs. Randy Orton vs. R-Truth vs. CM Punk vs. John Cena : ****
 
#281 ·
ROH Only The Strong Survive - Davey Richards vs Chris Hero ****

Okay, this is a hard one. The first 25 minutes are awesome, the last 5 are fucking ridiculous. This is the only time i have actualy been bothered by Davey's selling. He gets rolling elbowed 4 or 5 times, booted in the face about 8 times, rolling elbowed WITHOUT AN ELBOW PAD!!!! and then proceeds to fuck it all off and spring right back up to hit a series of high riskish moves and win the match! He is supposed to have suffered a serious concussion at Final Battle, Hero should have won, if not, a suprise win for Davey like a sneaky roll up or something of the sort. It fucks me off when people make Hero's strikes mean nothing, in the PWG match last year it was fine, but this time was just complete overkill, how are we supposed to believe he can win with an elbow when it takes 245 to knock a man with a freakin consussion out. I love Davey but comon mate, that was silly.

Apart from the last part, the match was going along pretty awesome. Hero sold the arm well by hardly using it at all, and when he went to he changed up the moves like the elbows and the stretch plumb. The guy is awesome.
 
#283 · (Edited)
Black Terry vs Ángel Mortal - Hair vs Hair Match - IWRG 1/23/11

Black Terry, Jr. is my hero. He films all these IWRG shows that we wouldn't get to see, but because he does I get see four star stuff every weekend.

Togi Makabe vs Masato Tanaka - NJPW 1/4/11

I felt like this match might have already given us the two of the top three table spots of the entire year.

Yuji Nagata vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 1/4/11

I hate the Nagata face, but everything else was pretty solid.


What to Watch in 2011
- Ángel de Oro / Diamante / Rush vs Metal Blanco / Palacio ***** / Sagrado - CMLL 1/2/11
- The Miz vs John Morrison - WWE Championship Falls Count Anywhere Match - WWE 1/3/11
- Togi Makabe vs Masato Tanaka - NJPW 1/4/11
- Yuji Nagata vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW 1/4/11
- Black Terry / Dr. Cerebro / Cerebro ***** vs Yack / El Hijo del Diablo / Avisman - IWRG 1/6/11
- The Big Show vs Cody Rhodes vs Dolph Ziggler vs Drew McIntyre - Fatal Four Way Match - WWE 1/7/11
- Alberto Del Rio vs Rey Mysterio - Two Out of Three Falls Match - WWE 1/7/11
- Black Terry / ***** Navarro vs El Apache / Angel Mortal - IWRG 1/9/11
- Yoshihiro Takayama vs KENTA - NOAH 1/15/11
- Black Terry / ***** Navarro vs El Apache / Angel Mortal - IWRG 1/16/11
- John Cena vs CM Punk - WWE 1/17/11
- Dr. Cerebro / ***** Navarro / Multifacetico vs MAZADA / El Apache / Comando ***** - IWRG 1/23/11
- Black Terry vs Ángel Mortal - Hair vs Hair Match - IWRG 1/23/11
- Dr. Cerebro vs Comando ***** - IWRG Intercontinental Lightweight Championship Match - IWRG 1/30/11
-Jerry Lawler vs John Cena vs John Morrison vs King Sheamus vs CM Punk vs R-Truth vs Randy Orton - RAW Rumble Match - WWE 1/31/11
- Ángel Azteca Jr. / Ángel de Oro / Ángel de Plata vs Cancerbero / Raziel / Virus - CMLL 02/04/11
- Fuego / Stuka / Ángel De Plata / Rey Cometa / Dragón Lee / Hombre Plata, Jr. vs Virus / Doctor X / Puma King / Demus 3:16 / Hijo Del Signo / Durango Kid - Torneo Ciberbnetico Match - CMLL 2/8/11
- John Cena vs CM Punk - WWE 2/14/11
- The Miz vs Daniel Bryan - WWE 2/14/11
- Edge vs Rey Mysterio vs Drew McIntyre vs Wade Barrett vs The Big Show vs Kane - World Heavyweight Championship Elimination Chamber Match - WWE 2/20/11
- Jerry Lawler vs The Miz - WWE Championship Match - WWE 2/20/11
- John Morrison vs King Sheamus vs Randy Orton vs R-Truth vs CM Punk vs John Cena - Elimination Chamber Match - WWE 2/20/11
- Christopher Daniels vs Eddie Edwards - ROH TV Championship Two Out of Three Falls Match - ROH 2/26/11
 
#285 ·
I'm pretty much caught up with January for wrestling.

***** Navarro/Black Terry vs. El Apache/Angel Mortal [IWRG 1/16]
Yoshihiro Takayama vs. KENTA [NOAH 1/15]
***** Navarro/Black Terry vs. El Apache/Angel Mortal [IWRG 1/9]
Alberto Del Rio vs. Rey Mysterio [SmackDown! 1/7]
Daniel Bryan vs. Ted DiBiase [NXT 1/25]
Dr. Cerebro vs. Comando ***** [IWRG 1/30]
Black Terry vs. Angel Mortal [IWRG 1/23]
CM Punk vs. John Cena [Raw 1/17]
Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee [SAW 1/29]
 
#286 ·
ROH OTSS - Roderick Strong vs Jay Briscoe ROH world title match ****

Jay Briscoe is awesome, he always gets one of the first title shots against the champion, and he always delivers a good title match, but this was really really good. very dramatic with Jay bleeding like crazy and it definately added to the match alot. The crowd was pretty poo until the last few minutes and then they only got into it because Jay literaly shouted "C'MON PEOPLE, SHIT!" at them to get them going and it worked. Can't help but think that i would have rated this higher if the croed was better.
 
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