Sunday, August 14, 2016

Match of the Year List

*I'm listing all of the matches that I give at least four stars to and breaking it down by promotion. I plan on ranking them with a big list at the end of the year. For now, they're sorted by rating and date.

WWE
Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura - NXT TakeOver: Dallas - ****¾
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn - WWE Battleground - ****¾
Cedric Alexander vs. Kota Ibushi - WWE Cruiserweight Classic - ****½
Number One Contender's 2 Out of 3 Falls Match: Sami Zayn vs. Samoa Joe - NXT 3/9/16 - ****¼
Number One Contender's Match: AJ Styles vs. Cesaro vs. Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Owens - WWE Raw 4/4/16 - ****¼
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn - WWE Payback - ****¼
WWE Intercontinental Championship: The Miz (c) vs. Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn - WWE Extreme Rules - ****¼
NXT Tag Team Championship: American Alpha (c) vs. The Revival - NXT TakeOver: The End - ****¼
AJ Styles vs. John Cena - WWE Money in the Bank - ****¼
Money in the Bank: Alberto Del Rio vs. Cesaro vs. Chris Jericho vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn - WWE Money in the Bank - ****¼
WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Battleground - ****¼
WWE Intercontinental Championship Last Man Standing Match: Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Kevin Owens - WWE Royal Rumble - ****
WWE Tag Team Championship: The New Day (c) vs. AJ Styles and Chris Jericho - WWE Raw 3/7/16 - ****
WWE World Heavyweight Championship: Triple H (c) vs. Dean Ambrose - WWE Roadblock - ****
NXT Tag Team Championship: The Revival (c) vs. American Alpha - NXT TakeOver: Dallas - ****
WWE Women's Championship: Charlotte (c) vs. Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks - WrestleMania - ****
AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn - Raw 4/11/16 - ****
NXT Tag Team Championship 2 Out of 3 Falls Match: The Revival (c) vs. American Alpha - NXT 7/6/17 - ****
Cesaro vs. Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens vs. Rusev - Raw 7/25/16 - ****
WWE Women's Championship: Charlotte (c) vs. Sasha Banks - Raw 7/25/16 - ****
Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa - WWE Cruiseweight Classic 8/3/16 - ****

NJPW
NEVER Openweight Championship: Tomohiro Ishii (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 - ****¾
Kyle O'Reilly vs. KUSHIDA - NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 5/21/16 - ****¾
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
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship: KUSHIDA (c) vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW Invasion Attack - ****½
IWGP Heavyweight Championship:Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW Wrestling Dontaku - ****½
Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii - ****½ - NJPW G1 Climax 8/6/16
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada - ****½ - NJPW G1 Climax 8/12/16
New Japan Cup Quarterfinals: Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW New Japan Cup - ****¼
Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 5/27/16 - ****¼
NEVER Openweight Championship: Yuji Nagata (c) vs. Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW Dominion - ****¼
Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Climax 7/18/16 - ****¼
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW G1 Climax 7/24/16 - ****¼
Michael Elgin vs. Tetsuya Naito - NJPW G1 Climax 7/24/16 - ****¼
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tetsuya Naito - NJPW G1 Climax 7/30/16 - ****¼
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Climax 8/3/16 - ****¼
Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito - NJPW G1 Climax 8/13/16 - ****¼
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 - ****
Best of the Super Juniors Finals: Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 6/7/16 - ****
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. Kazuchika Okada - NJPW Dominion - ****
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA - NJPW G1 Climax 7/18/16 - ****
Kenny Omega vs. YOSHI-HASHI - NJPW G1 Climax 7/22/16 - ****
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Climax 7/28/16 - ****
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Yuji Nagata - NJPW G1 Climax 7/30/16 - ****
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kenny Omega - NJPW G1 Climax 8/4/16 - ****
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Tetsuya Naito - NJPW G1 Climax 8/4/16 - ****
Tetsuya Naito vs. YOSHI-HASHI - NJPW G1 Climax 8/10/16 - ****
Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Katsuyori Shibata, Manabu Nakanishi & Yuji Nagata vs. Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima, Masa Kitamiya & Maybach Taniguchi - NJPW G1 Climax 8/14/16 - ****

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
Gift of the God's Championship: Fenix (c) vs. King Cuerno - Lucha Underground 1/27/16 - ****
Lucha Underground Championship: Mil Muertes (c) vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. Prince Puma - Lucha Underground 3/9/16 - ****¼
Six to Survive: Fenix vs. Ivelisse vs. Johnny Mundo vs. King Cuerno vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. Taya - Lucha Underground 6/15/16 - ****¼
Prince Puma vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. - Ultima Lucha Dos 7/20/16 - ****¼
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 - ****
No Mas Match: Mariposa vs. Sexy Star - Lucha Underground 5/4/16 - ****
Lucha Underground Championship: Matanza Cueto (c) vs. Cage - Lucha Underground 6/1/16 - ****

Evolve
Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - Evolve 58 - ****½
Chris Hero vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - Evolve 60 - ****½
Chris Hero and Tommy End vs. Sami Callihan and Zack Sabre Jr. - Evolve 53 - ****¼
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
WWE Cruiserweight Classic Qualifying Match: Drew Gulak vs. Tracy Williams - Evolve 61 - ****¼
Style Battle Round Robin Challenge: Fred Yehi vs. Tracy Williams - Evolve 53 - ****
Ricochet vs. TJ Perkins - Evolve 58 - ****
Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay - Evolve 59 - ****
WWE Cruiserweight Classic Qualifying Match: Fred Yehi vs. TJP - Evolve 61 - ****
Evolve Championship: Timothy Thatcher (c) vs. Chris Hero - Evolve 62 - ****
Matt Riddle vs. Roderick Strong - Evolve 64 - ****

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 - ****
ROH World Tag Team Championship: War Machine (c) vs. The Briacoes - ROH Global Wars - ****

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

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
Open The Dream Gate Championship: Shingo Takagi (c) vs. YAMATO - ****¼
Dia.HEARTS vs. Monster Express vs. VerserK - Dragon Gate Open the Truth Gate - ****

Stardom
High Speed Championship: Mayu Iwatani (c) vs. Evie - Stardom vs. The World 2/21/16 - ****¼
World of Stardom Championship: Io Shirai (c) vs. Mayu Iwatani - Stardom Gold 5/15/16 - ****¼

PWG
PWG Championship: Roderick Strong (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - PWG All-Star Weekend 12 Night Two - ****¼
Kyle O'Reilly vs. Marty Scurll - PWG All-Star Weekend 12 Night One - ****¼
Trevor Lee vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - PWG Bowie - ****
Adam Cole vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - PWG All-Star Weekend Night One - ****