Lol, Punk vs. Drew, a storytelling masterclass and one of the most impressive Hell in a Cell matches that the WWE has produced is 9th. Shit list.

 

203 voters? Did they poll a crowd at a ROH taping? 😒

 

Again, what is the fucking deal with this match? If you love Danielsons style of wrestling, it's Danielsons worst match, and if you love Ospreay's style of quote "wrestling", then it's Ospreay's worst match because it's the least video gamey, high spotty match he's capable of having. It doesn't resemble a Danielson match in any way whatsoever and it only kind of resembles an Ospreay match.

In order to think this is the greatest match ever and so many Internet marks do, you literally have to have just made up your mind before the ball rang, and I think that's what it is. People decided it was the greatest match ever before they saw it and they've dug in too deep.

The best matches on the list are Punk/Mcintyre, Bryan/Sabre and Bryan/Swerve.

 

That's the thing. It was a clash of different styles by two people who are best at those styles. The match was t an average Bryan or average Ospreay match. It was a mix of two.

It was driven by the fact both men wanted to prove themselves against each other. New rising star trying to prove he's the best against a legend on the tail end of his career trying to prove he still holds that title.

Ospreay going an extra length to win was a good storytelling that turned into him regretting his decision and turning complete Babyface with an added element of sympathy to his character.

The match itself was done well. It was high paced when it needed to, technical when it needed to be, exciting throughout and had some amazing highlight reel worthy sequences. Kept you on the edge of your seat because I literally had no idea who was going to win. Could have gone either way.

There was this chemistry between the two. Similar to Bryan/Omega. Where when the bell rang and you see both it just felt important and special.

I know you like 15 minutes of chinlocks because it "protects the bizzizz" but that boring shit has no place at the #1 of the list. Sorry. 😂

 

A young bucks match at number 2 well above drew mcintyre vs cm punk .. says all you need to know about the list 🥱

 

I see you guys are taking this well.

 

Great posts, @Kratosx23 . Awful match.

 

Punk/Drew HITC is #1 for me. It was violent and brought back what Hell In a Cell should be and that is a blowoff of a blood feud and not just a random match because its that time of year.

Danielson has had numerous matches in AEW better than the Ospreay one IMO.

The Swerve/Hangman stuff was just stupid: drinking blood, and needles it was just shock value and not in a good way.

 

Its fun reading some of the reasons why these are the best matches.

 

HELL YEA!!!!

Will Ospreay vs Bryan Danielson was an incredible wrestling match, and it was my absolute top MOTY for 2024!

It's currently my Match of the Decade so far too.

7 of those matches in that Top 10 list are ALL in my Top 30 MOTY List for 2024 btw

Spoiler: My Top 30 MOTY List for 2024

My Final UPDATED Top 30 MOTY List for 2024:

1. Bryan Danielson vs Will Ospreay (AEW Dynasty)
2. Drew McIntyre vs CM Punk Hell in a Cell match (Bad Blood)
3. Swerve Strickland vs Bryan Danielson for the AEW World title (All In)
4. Mercedes Mone vs Hazuki for the NJPW Strong Women's title (NJPW Strong Style Evolved 2024)
5. Will Ospreay vs MJF for the International title (Dynamite 7/17/24)
6. The Elite vs FTR/Bryan Danielson/Darby Allin Anarchy in the Arena match (Double or Nothing)
7. Konosuke Takeshita vs Will Ospreay (AEW Revolution)
8. Bryan Danielson vs Katsuyori Shibata (Collision 3/16/24)
9. Will Ospreay vs Konosuke Takeshita vs Ricochet for the International title (WrestleDream)
10. Orange Cassidy vs Kazuchika Okada vs Nigel McGuiness vs Kyle O’Reilly vs Zack Sabre Jr. vs Roderick Strong vs Mark Briscoe vs Adam Page vs Jeff Jarrett vs Ricochet vs Christian Cage vs Luchasaurus Casino Gauntlet match (All In)
11. Jon Moxley vs Shingo Takagi No DQ match (NJPW Battle in the Valley)
12. Bryan Danielson vs Jon Moxley for the AEW World title (WrestleDream)
13. Adam Page vs Swerve Strickland (Dynamite 2/7/24)
14. Bryan Danielson vs Adam Page (Dynamite 7/10/24)
15. Zack Sabre Jr. vs Bryan Danielson (NJPW The New Beginning)
16. Adam Page vs Swerve Strickland Lights Out Steel Cage match (All Out)
17. Kazuchika Okada vs Bryan Danielson (Wrestle Kingdom 18)
18. Eddie Kingston vs Mark Briscoe for the ROH World title (ROH Supercard of Honor)
19. Adam Page vs Tomohiro Ishii (Dynamite 8/28/24)
20. BCC vs Don Callis Family (Collision 4/13/24)
21. Roderick Strong vs Kyle O'Reilly for the International title (AEW Dynasty)
22. Patriarchy vs Daniel Garcia/FTR (Collision 2/3/24)
23. Gabriel Kidd vs Aaron Henare (NJPW Road to the New Beginning 2024 - Day 6)
24. BCC vs FTR (AEW Revolution)
25. Kazuchika Okada vs Will Ospreay (NJPW Battle in the Valley)
26. House of Black vs Daniel Garcia/FTR (Collision 1/13/24)
27. Brian Cage vs Komander vs Willie Mack vs Mark Davis vs Blake Christian vs AR Fox Survival of the Fittest match for the ROH World Television title (ROH Final Battle)
28. Bianca Belair vs Raquel Rodriguez vs Tiffany Stratton vs Liv Morgan vs Naomi vs Becky Lynch Elimination Chamber match (Elimination Chamber)
29. BCC/Pac vs The Elite (Collision 9/6/24)
30. Will Ospreay/Don Callis Family vs The Elite (Dynamite 9/18/24)

 

Received over 134 votes out of "203 voters across 23 countries [who] voted for 348 matches across 76 promotions"

A 134 people voted huh...

 

No AEW match deserves any other award outside of worst match of the year.

 

Don’t like both their styles , in my opinion Daniel’s style is idiotic and Ospreay ‘s an indie flipper who performs to manny finishers mid match for nothing ,…

 

VOW is more smarky than your average site but they atleast back up their arguments

 

Their presentation format is really great.

 

Matches of the Year = do a bunch of moves,
No-Sell to do a transition spot, and kick out a lot with your “fighting spirit!”

 

Match wasn't memorable at all, but all of the 15 people who vote for these stupid awards eat this crap up

 

Match wasn't memorable at all, but all of the 15 people who vote for these stupid awards eat this crap up

It says how many people voted in the OP. If you are going to call people stupid, get the number correct. Thank you.

 

Phenomenal year for Ospreay, considering that Ospreay’s best match vs Michael Oku wasn’t on the list due to not being in a major promotion.

The Bucks/Darby/Sting I originally wouldn’t have had listed that high, but given the impact of Sting’s win in his final match, and Darby’s insane back dive thru glass I think it’s fitting. The Darby spot would win spot of the year if I was picking.

Swerve/Danielson ehh I think is a little overrated. I think the Swerve/Hangman series of matches were way better.

Punk/Drew id have had higher than the Okada matches. Rough year overall for WWE. Very little quality to even pick from.

 

Great list. How did #9 sneak in there? 😬

 

Received over 134 votes out of 203 voters

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Good list. No idea who they are though.

 

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I'm a mark for Swerve but that cage match was not good.

 

It was a good match, Punk vs McIntyre was the best match of the year though.

 

CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre

 

And QT Marshall

 

Naw what you posted is bullshit. Cornette knows nothing about modern day wrestling. Its the best match ever. And that's final.

 

Jim Cornette wants wrestling to be 25 minute headlocks

Ospreay has great matches and this was one of them - I hated the injury angle at the end but it was a classic imo