[New Blood]

I guess no one saw Blue Panther vs. Negro Casas or Guerrero Maya Jr. vs. Virus since those were as much legit MOTYCs as anything else from 2011.

[WOOLCOCK]

Guerrero Maya Jr v Virus was my #2, a truly great match which was a throwback to the height of CMLL at its best. Virus may be the best in the world when he's at his peak, its just ahead of Finlay/Calihan and Cena/Mysterio and just behind Cena/Punk MITB.

[GOD of CUNT]

My top 10 would probably be:

1. John Cena v CM Punk, WWE Money in the Bank (7/17/11)
2. Finlay v Sami Callihan, EVOLVE (7/26/11)
3. Virus v Guerrero Maya Jr., CMLL (6/7/11)
4. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yuji Okabayashi v Ryoto Hama & Manabu Soya, BJW (4/28/11)
5. Dick Togo v Antonio Honda, DDT (1/30/11)
6. Yoshihiro Takayama v KENTA, NOAH (1/15/11)
7. CM Punk v John Cena, WWE Summerslam (8/14/11)
8. Koji Kanemoto v Hayato Jr. Fujita, New Japan (5/26/11)
9. Dick Togo v HARASHIMA, DDT (2/27/11)
10. Jerry Lawler v The Miz, WWE No Way Out (2/21/11)

Yeah...barely seen anything.

[WOOLCOCK]

fuck I forgot about that Togo/Honda match, that would probably be pushing my top 5: there's an Ikeda/Ishikawa match from FUTEN that people are praying comes online soon since it has a chance of being MOTD (ok that's too far, but it'll be really fucking good at the absolute worst).

Ishikawa has actually been building a steady case for BITW this year from what I've seen, he's got a great mixed tag opposite Fujiwara and KANA and some other chick which was really bossy, and the match v Ikeda from BattlARTS's final show was really really good for the 14 minutes or so it got: the headbutts in that match were infuckingsane btw: Ikeda just straight up ran through his noggin a couple of times.

Still need to see Togo/Finlay, the fact it goes 16 minutes makes me think it could be really awesome but I'm sure I read somewhere Togo may have been limited due to an injury and they worked a more character driven match (which knowing these two would still kick ass) rather than an all out fight. SEABS could shed some light assuming he's seen the match (he's put it on disc after all).

[GOD of CUNT]

For all the shit I've given wrestling from the last few years, there's a bunch of stuff from last year that I really want to watch at some point. Panther/Casas, Park/Mesias, Ishikawa/Ikeda, anything with Finlay...that's all stuff that I absolutely plan on watching. Not just a half assed "eh, that seems pretty cool, I might watch it" response that's dripping with apathy. It's just that a big part of the enjoyment I get out of watching wrestling is actually talking/writing about it, and I just haven't been motivated to write anything in months.

[WOOLCOCK]

The WCW project burnt me out a bit, I watched a fair bit of stuff afterwards but just wasn't really interested in writing about it, and even some of the matches I planned to watch after the poll was done (Panther/Casas was one of those) just didn't appeal to me and it was easier to watch some TV shows instead or just go the pub and get lashed regularly.

[Yeah1993]

Originally Posted by METTA WORLD PEACE

Yeah...barely seen anything.

My list would be Cena v Punk, Takayama v KENTA and a bunch of WWE TV stuff (some of which is really which is worth checking out btw- Rey v Cena, Masters v McIntyre and the Bryan v Henry trilogy if nothing else). Yeah YOU'VE barely seen anything. Considering I didn't think Cena v Punk was as good as others think....I should probably get on the lucha stuff and the Finlay I put on disc......

[WOOLCOCK]

Oh man, all of the matches Yeah listed are worthy watching, Masters v Mcintyre was so god damn good and a damn shame that Masters' ability to put on matches of this calibre wasn't enough to save his job.

I'd also throw in Show v Henry from Vengeance, don't think it touches Batista v Undertaker from Wrestlemania 23 in terms of a heavyweight bomb throwing match, but its damn great match with some lunatic bumps, good control work and selling and a dynamite finish that makes Henry look like THE MAN.

Also for pure fun, Otunga v Orton Street Fight from Smackdown in late November (might actually be the same night as Bryan/Henry in the cage) is just flat out great for the pure hilarity of some of the spots they come up with, (it was a Christmas themed show for goodness knows why so they incorporated a bunch of Christmas weapons/materials into the match).

[Seabs]

Originally Posted by Segunda Caida

Still need to see Togo/Finlay, the fact it goes 16 minutes makes me think it could be really awesome but I'm sure I read somewhere Togo may have been limited due to an injury and they worked a more character driven match (which knowing these two would still kick ass) rather than an all out fight. SEABS could shed some light assuming he's seen the match (he's put it on disc after all).

Don't be expecting a MOTYC from it even for someone with a short list. It's good but doesn't really get the time to get going and be great. Good just not great sadly.

[WOOLCOCK]

Well dammit, still its TOGO/FINLAY, I'll take whatever I can. Really excited to see when discussion circulates about the Fujiwara/Finlay 6 man tag, that could be really awesome if they book the match accordingly.