Saturday, April 30, 2016

Best Matches of 2016 So Far

With it being the end of April, now is a good time to post every match so far in 2016 that I've given at least four stars to. I'll be trying to do this at the end of every month before making a giant "Best of 2016" list at the end of the year, similar to the one I did last year.

WWE
Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura - NXT TakeOver: Dallas - ****¾
Number One Contender's Match: AJ Styles vs. Cesaro vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Owens - WWE Raw 4/4/16 - ****¼
AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn - Raw 4/11/16 - ****¼
Number One Contender's 2 Out of 3 Falls Match: Sami Zayn vs. Samoa Joe - NXT 3/9/16 - ****¼
WWE Intercontinental Championship Last Man Standing Match: Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Kevin Owens - WWE Royal Rumble - ****
AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho - WWE Smackdown 2/11/16 - ****
Sami Zayn vs. Samoa Joe - NXT 2/18/16 - ****
WWE Tag Team Championship: The New Day (c) vs. AJ Styles and Chris Jericho - WWE Raw 3/7/16 - ****
WWE Championship: Triple H (c) vs. Dean Ambrose - WWE Roadblock - ****
NXT Tag Team Championship: The Revival (c) vs. American Alpha - NXT TakeOver: Dallas - ****
WWE IC Championship Ladder Match: Kevin Owens (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miz vs. Sami Zayn vs. Sin Cara vs. Stardust vs. Zack Ryder - WrestleMania - ****
WWE Women's Championship: Charlotte (c) vs. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks - WrestleMania - ****

NJPW
NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 - ****¾
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KUSHIDA (c) vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW Invasion Attack - ****½
IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Shinsuke Nakamura (c) vs. AJ Styles - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 - ****½
CMLL World Lightweight Championship: Dragon Lee (c) vs. Kamaitachi - Fantasticamania - ****½
NEVER Openweight Championship: Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW The New Beginning in Osaka - ****½
New Japan Cup Quarterfinals: Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW New Japan Cup - ****¼
Hirooki Goto, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW Road to the New Beginning - ****
IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega - NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata - ****
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KUSHIDA (c) vs. BUSHI - NJPW The New Beginning in Niigata - ****
ROH World Television Championship: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. EVIL - NJPW Road to Invasion Attack 3/20/16 - ****
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Tetsuya Naito - NJPW Invasion Attack - ****
IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Kenny Omega (c) vs. Michael Elgin - NJPW Road to Wrestling Dontaku 4/27/16 - ****

Lucha Underground
Lucha Underground Championship: Mil Muertes (c) vs. Fenix - Lucha Underground 3/16/16 - ****¾
Lucha Underground Championship:Aztec Warfare II - Lucha Underground 3/23/16 - ****½
Lucha Underground Championship: Mil Muertes (c) vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. Prince Puma - Lucha Underground 3/9/16 - ****¼
Gift of the Gods Championship Ladder Match: King Cuerno (c) vs. Fenix - Lucha Underground 3/2/16 - ****
Gift of the God's Championship: Fenix (c) vs. King Cuerno - Lucha Underground 1/27/16 - ****
Trios Tournament:Cage, Johnny Mundo and Taya vs. Dragon Azteca Jr., Prince Puma and Rey Mysterio - Lucha Underground 4/12/16 - ****
Trios Championship: Ivelisse & Son of Havoc (c) vs. The Crew & Joey Ryan vs. Fenix, Jack Evans & PJ Black vs. Dragon Azteca Jr., Prince Puma & Rey Mysterio - Lucha Underground 4/27/16 - ****

ROH
ROH World Championship: Jay Lethal (c) vs. Lio Rush - ROH Supercard of Honor X Night One - ****¼
No Holds Barred: Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly - ROH Supercard of Honor X Night Two - ****¼
ROH World Television Championship: Roderick Strong (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii - ROH/NJPW Honor Rising Night One - ****
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KUSHIDA (c) vs. ACH - ROH Conquest Tour 3/12/16 - ****

Evolve
Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - Evolve 58 - ****½
Johnny Gargano, Kota Ibushi and TJP vs. Marty Scurll, Tommy End and Will Ospreay - Mercury Rising - ****¼
Chris Hero vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - Mercury Rising - ****¼
Chris Hero and Tommy End vs. Sami Callihan and Zack Sabre Jr. - Evolve 53 - ****¼
Ricochet vs. TJ Perkins - Evolve 58 - ****
Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay - Evolve 59 - ****
Style Battle Round Robin Challenge: Fred Yehi vs. Tracy Williams - Evolve 53 - ****

PROGRESS
PROGRESS Championship No Disqualifications: Will Ospreay (c) vs. Marty Scurll - PROGRESS Chapter 25 - ****½
PROGRESS Championship: Marty Scurll (c) vs. Will Ospreay - WrestleCon Supershow - ****

CWF Mid-Atlantic
CWF Mid-Atlantic Heavyweight Championship: Roy Wilkins (c) vs. Trevor Lee - CWF Worldwide 3/9/16 -****¾

RPW
Marty Scurll vs. Will Ospreay - RPW High Stakes - ****¼

Dragon Gate
Dia.HEARTS vs. Monster Express vs. VerserK - Dragon Gate Open the Truth Gate - ****¼

Stardom
NEO High Speed Championship: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. Evie - Stardom vs. The World 2/21/16 - ****¼
Wonder of Stardom Championship: Santana Garrett (c) vs. Kairi Hojo - Stardom vs. the World 2/21/16 - ****