2013 Match of the Year Thread: What A Year

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The list:

1.) Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi; NJPW 10/14
2.) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata; NJPW 8/4
3.) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi; NJPW 8/2
4.) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada; NJPW 4/7
5.) Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto; NJPW 6/22
6.) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada; NJPW 8/10
7.) Takashi Suguira vs. KENTA; NOAH 5/12
8.) Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi; NJPW 8/4
9.) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata; NJPW 10/14
10.) Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Shinsuke Nakamura; NJPW 1/4
11.) Hiroshi Tanahashi and Tetsuya Naito vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Kazuchika Okada; NJPW 12/23
12.) Antonio Cesaro vs. William Regal; NXT 11/21
13.) CM Punk vs. Brock Lesnar, No Disqualification Match; WWE 8/18
14.) Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena; WWE 8/18
15.) Taryn Terrell vs. Gail Kim, Last Knockout Standing; TNA 6/2
16.) Kazuchika Okada vs. Togi Makabe; NJPW 6/22
17.) Jun Akiyama and Go Shiozaki vs. Takao Omori and Manabu Soya; AJPW 3/17
18.) Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yuji Nagata; NJPW 10/14
19.) John Cena vs. CM Punk; WWE 2/25
20.) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito; NJPW 8/11
21.) Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn, 2 out of 3 Falls Match; NXT 7/11
22.) Naomichi Marufuji and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. KENTA and Takashi Sugiura; NOAH 8/27
23.) Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi; NJPW 8/11
24.) Taryn Terrell vs. Gail Kim, Ladder Match; TNA 6/28
25.) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki, NJPW 7/20
26.) Yuji Nagata and Daisuke Sekimoto vs. KENTA and Takashi Sugiura; NOAH 11/27
27.) Naomichi Marufuji vs. Shinsuke Nakamura; NJPW 10/14
28.) Emma vs. Paige; NXT 6/5
29.) Katsuyori Shibata and Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Masayuki Kono and Masakatsu Funaki; Wrestle-1 9/8
30.) Antonio Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn; NXT 5/23
31.) Katsuyori Shibata and Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi; NJPW 3/17
32.) Davey Richards vs. Kyle O'Reilly; ROH 4/6
33.) Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii vs. Yujiro Takahashi and Masato Tanaka; NJPW 12/5
34.) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hirooki Goto; NJPW 3/17
35.) Shuji Kondo and Kaz Hayashi vs. Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi; Wrestle-1 9/8
36.) Masaaki Mochizuki and Fujita Jr. Hayato vs. Minoru Tanaka and Koji Kanemoto; Wrestle-1 9/8
37.) Davey Richards vs. Kyle O'Reilly; ROH 1/19
38.) Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. Bobby Fish and Kyle O'Reilly; ROH 3/2
39.) Katsuyori Shibata vs. Satoshi Kojima; NJPW 8/2
40.) Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards vs. Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish; ROH 8/17

Honorable Mentions:
- AJ Styles vs. Magnus; TNA 9/12
- Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki; NJPW 8/1
- Adam Cole vs. Michael Elgin; ROH 9/21
- Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards vs. Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish; ROH 4/5
- Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Minoru Suzuki; NJPW 8/2
- Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto; NJPW 5/3
- Michael Elgin vs. Karl Anderson; ROH 8/17
- Kyle O'Reilly, Bobby Fish and Roderick Strong vs. Davey Richards, Eddie Edwards and Michael Elgin; ROH 2/2
- Michael Elgin vs. Jay Lethal; ROH 4/5
- Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Yuji Nagata; NJPW 7/20
- Koji Kanemoto and Minoru Tanaka vs. Atsushi Aoki and Kotaro Suzuki; AJPW 3/17
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Prince Devitt; NJPW 7/20
- Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton, Street Fight; WWE 6/24
- Jay Briscoe vs. Kevin Steen; ROH 4/5
- Katsuyori Shibata vs. Togi Makabe; NJPW 1/4
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada; NJPW 1/4
- Antonio Cesaro vs. Adrian Neville; NXT 3/21
- Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto; NJPW 7/20
- AJ Styles vs. Austin Aries; TNA 8/1
- CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho; WWE 6/16
- Daniel Bryan vs. Ryback; WWE 4/30
- Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards vs. Tadarius Thomas and ACH; ROH 6/22
- Prince Devitt vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi; NJPW 6/22
- Kenta Kobashi, Keiji Muto, Kensuke Sasaki and Jun Akiyama vs. KENTA, MAYBACH Taniguchi, Go Shiozaki and Yoshinobu Kanemaru; NOAH 5/11
- Seth Rollins vs. Daniel Bryan; WWE 6/10
- Cibernetico vs. Perro Aguayo Jr, Hair vs. Hair Match; AAA 6/16
- Matt Taven vs. Adam Cole; ROH 3/2
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki; NJPW 5/3
- Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns vs. Kane, Daniel Bryan and Kofi Kingston; WWE 5/20
- Brock Lesnar vs. Triple H, Steel Cage Match; WWE 5/19
- Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Davey Boy Smith Jr.; NJPW 4/7
- Kassius Ohno vs. William Regal; NXT 3/21
- Kazushi Sakuraba and Katsuyori Shibata vs. Yuji Nagata and Hirooki Goto; NJPW 4/7
- Daniel Bryan vs. Ryback; WWE 6/3
- Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto; NJPW 3/23
- The Undertaker vs. CM Punk; WWE 4/7
- Davey Richards vs. Paul London; ROH 5/4
- Ryback vs. John Cena, Last Man Standing Match; WWE 5/19
- ACH and Tadarius Thomas vs. Caprice Coleman and Cedric Alexander; ROH 5/4
- Tomoaki Honma and Togi Makabe vs. Yujiro Takahashi and Masato Tanaka; NJPW 4/7
- The Rock vs. CM Punk; WWE 1/27
- Taiji Ishimori vs. Eddie Edwards; ROH 5/4
- Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki; NJPW 1/4
- Sting, Samoa Joe, James Storm, Magnus and Eric Young vs. Devon, D.O.C, Mike Knox, Mr. Anderson and Garret Bischoff, Lethal Lockdown; TNA 3/10
- Low Ki vs. Prince Devitt vs. Kota Ibushi; NJPW 1/4
- Christopher Daniels and Kazarian vs. Bobby Roode and Austin Aries vs. Chavo Guerrero and Hernandez; TNA 3/10
- The Rock vs. John Cena; WWE 4/7

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Man this has been a slow year.

[jasonjaconetti]

Some possible entrants coming up at the NJPW show

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There's a lot of stuff on that show that could end up added to the list, for sure.

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We got 18 matches! Almost halfway to being able to do a list!

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Updated the list with one of the matches from All Japan's 3/17 show. Probably not gonna be the only one.

[maddog1981]

Regal/Ohno from NXT last month has been getting some buzz. I have yet to see it.

It's kind of felt like a weak year outside of New Japan.

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May 8, 2013 18:56:01 GMT -4 maddog1981 said:

Regal/Ohno from NXT last month has been getting some buzz. I have yet to see it.

I haven't seen it yet either, I'll get around to it eventually.

May 8, 2013 18:56:01 GMT -4 maddog1981 said:

It's kind of felt like a weak year outside of New Japan.

It pretty much has been. All Japan has been solid but nothing really mind blowing outside of the two tag title matches from 3/17 but the Champion Carnival stuff is all getting rave reviews, so I've got some hope.

WWE has been putrid this year, TNA has been alright but nothing particularly good. ROH has been great as long as they've had Elgin, reDRagon or the American Wolves in the ring.

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Still not at 40.

[maddog1981]

This has been one of the worst years inring that I can remember in awhile. Maybe 2004 was worse?

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2004 was awesome as far as ROH, TNA, NOAH, New Japan and even WWE, especially compared to now. This year has like nothing really redeeming outside of ROH and New Japan.

[maddog1981]

The WWE is just in a weird place this year. I really felt like they were doing some good stuff coming into this year but Wrestlemania really derailed what they were doing and they haven't regained that focus yet.

[maddog1981]

Maybe Ii'm thinking of 2007 that was a shitfest then. One of those years in the mid 2000s was bad.

1998 was probably all time worst year wrestling wise.

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May 21, 2013 18:40:18 GMT -4 maddog1981 said:

Maybe Ii'm thinking of 2007 that was a shitfest then. One of those years in the mid 2000s was bad.

1998 was probably all time worst year wrestling wise.

ROH was awesome in 2007, and despite Benoitgate, WWE had a ton of good shit that year. The rest of wrestling though? Yeah it fucking sucked.

[MT]

May 21, 2013 18:40:18 GMT -4 maddog1981 said:

1998 was probably all time worst year wrestling wise.

And yet look at how well the wrestling business was doing in '98. Go figure. Several of the WCW PPVs that year had some especially brutal stuff.