Floyd's Cabana

PWT Top 100 Matches of the Decade (2000 - 2009)

2010-09-06T14:05:00.000-07:00

First off, a big thanks to the 16 people who voted and helped make this list!

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Ayako195, Blipjelly, Cc_friend, Club, Cocuzzo, Dasennaytis, Fahadmenon, Floyd, groundge, Lukin01, Maximillionp, MrKFC, Ms_maximillionp, Ray, Smkelly, Xhitmanx

... If you didn't vote and bitch about a pick it's your own fault!

This poll ran for 9 months with lots of matches being put up on the tracker. BIG HUGE MEGA THANKS to the voters for persevering and taking all their time. it is very appreciated and I'm certain the results will show all your hard work.

I'm super busy this week but hopefully I won't move this countdown tooooooo slowly. As always please feel free to add any comments!

Here we go!:

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#100. Akiro Hokuto Vs. Meiko Satomura
(106pts / 3 votes)
GAEA 6th Anniversary Show (4/29/01)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #2 (ayako195)
Point Average: 35.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Akiro Hokuto is on her way out to retirement but before she goes she has one last great match against GAEA's up and coming superstar Satomura. With rib breaking kicks and teeth loosing slaps, this is not your typical Divas match.

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#99. Jeff Hardy Vs. C.M. Punk
(106pts / 4 votes)
WWE Summerslam (TLC Match - 8/23/09)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #21 (MrKFC)
Point Average: 26.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

Hardy defends his World Heavyweight Championship in a dangerous Tables, Ladders and Chairs match. This is Jeff Hardy's turf so he has the advantage. CM Punk has vowed to fix Hardy's non-straight edge ways by any means necessary, including a massive beating and taking the title from him.

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#98. Yuji Nagata Vs. Akira Taue
(108pts / 3 votes)
NOAH Di Colosseo (6/6/03)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #3 (club)
Point Average: 36.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

With the New Japan Vs. NOAH promotional wars raging, the big guys get involved. No 5 minute headlocks here, both guys go at it full force for the win to a hot crowd. Whose promotion's cuisine will reign supreme?

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#97. Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong
(108pts / 4 votes)
ROH Supercard of Honor (3/31/06)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #18 (Dasennaytis)
Point Average: 27.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

After winning the World title, Bryan Danielson took the title of "Best in the World" literally and has gotten arrogant. He can back it up though, no one's been a huge threat to his reign except for Roderick Strong. This is the 3rd of their series. Danielson's won both with moves out of nowhere but Strong definitely had his number and could have won the title at any moment. Could this be the night?

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#96. Samoa Joe Vs. Necro Butcher
(108pts / 5 votes)
IWA-MS Something to Prove (6/11/05)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #18 (club)
Point Average: 21.6
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

2005 was the year of Joe. After establishing ROH with his 18-month World title reign, Joe starting moonlighting with an unbeatable streak in TNA . He had lots of dream matches including this insane brawl against indy superstar Necro Butcher. Necro gets beat worse than anyone you'll ever see in MMA but refuses to lose and keeps on swinging! Also features one of my favorite commentary calls of the decade with CM Punk and Eddie Kingston marking out and DVDVR's Rob Naylor getting immortalized in the PWT Top 100 of the 00's.

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#95. Chris Benoit Vs. William Regal
(110pts / 3 votes)
WWE No Mercy (10/8/06)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #33 (maximillionp)
Point Average: 36.7
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ***3/4

After constant besmirchment throughout the show, Regal's day is finally topped when general manager Teddy Long assigns him to a impromptu match against a mystery opponent. His old buddy Chris Benoit!

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#94. Steve Austin Vs. Kurt Angle
(110pts / 4 votes)
WWE Summerslam (8/19/01)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #34 (Dasennaytis)
Point Average: 27.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Not only did Steve Austin turn heel but the World champ also left WWE and joined the WCW/ECW Alliance. Kurt Angle has had Austin's number and now finally at Summerslam he gets the chance one-on-one to win the World title back for the company. Austin however, is obsessed with keeping the belt and will go to any length to retain.

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#93. Blue Panther Vs. Villano V
(112pts / 3 votes)
CMLL 75th Anniversary show (2/3 Falls Mask Vs. Mask - 9/19/08)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #6 (club)
Point Average: 37.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Both guys have 30 year wrestling careers under the hood. But tonight one of them loses his sacred mask forever! In most Mask Vs. Mask matches there's usually one side that most figure will win (Mistico, Santo Jr, etc..) But for this one both legends are so evenly matched it makes every nearfall or submission that much more dramatic.

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#92. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels
(112pts / 3 votes)
WWE RAW (4/23/07)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #3 (MrKFC)
Point Average: 37.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

At Wrestlemania 23 HBK came close to winning the World title from Cena. Here on RAW they have their rematch. It was set as Edge Vs. Randy Orton as the main event, but Orton got suspended. All this free time to fill resulted in this 57 minute classic.

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#91. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama Vs. Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama
(118pts / 4 votes)
NOAH Winter Navigation (12/2/07)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #5 (Ray)
Point Average: 29.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

After over a year out fighting cancer, Kobashi makes his triumphant return to the NOAH ring. Former tag team partners Misawa & Akiyama, the true friends that they are, make sure he's in fighting shape and don't go easy on him.

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#90. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Tamon Honda
(120pts / 3 votes)
NOAH Di Colosseo (4/13/03)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #6 (club)
Point Average: 37.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

Although he's had a great career, former 3-time Olympian Honda was never at the top challenging for the title. In 2003 he really upped his game and all his hard work paid off with this a shot at the GHC World title. Kobashi's one of the best in the world but Honda's at his peak and has a good shot at completing the Cinderella story.

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#89. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Kenta Kobashi
(120pts / 5 votes)
All Japan Champions Carnival (4/11/00)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #30 (ms_maximillionp)
Point Average: 24.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

From that year's Champions Carnival tournament. Misawa & Kobashi had one of the greatest series of matches in the 90's and it continues into the new decade. Will Kobashi finally get that elusive win to get to the finals?

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#88. America's Most Wanted Vs. Team Canada
(122pts / 4 votes)
TNA Final Resolution (1/16/05)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #23 (Floyd)
Point Average: 30.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Both teams try to recreate a modern version of the Midnight Express/Rock N' Roll Express series including brawling, great tag team wrestling and a shady manager cheating for the heels. Team Canada (Eric Young & Robert Roode) are defending the TNA Tag title against the former champs.

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#87. Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akyima & Yuji Nagata
(122pts / 4 votes)
NOAH Navigate For Evolution (2/7/02)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #9 (Ray)
Point Average: 30.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Kobashi returns from career-ending injuries and teams up with old tag team partner Misawa to try and derail the NOAH/NJ Express of Akiyamam & Nagata.

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#86. Averno Vs. Mistico
(126pts / 4 votes)
CMLL Arena Mexico (2/3 Falls - 1/5/07)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #14 (ayako195)
Point Average: 31.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

While their 2005 feud is more famous, they had another great matchup in 2007. Mistico is the big chief now but Averno doesn't care, tossing him around like garbage and ripping at the mask. A most excellente match indeed.

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#85. Shelton Benjamin Vs. Shawn Michaels
(126pts / 5 votes)
WWE RAW (5/2/05)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #26 (Fahadmenon)
Point Average: 25.2
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

The 1st round of the Gold Rush tournament produced the best match. Veteran HBK takes on up and coming supahstar Benjamin in a match to determine the #1 contender.

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#84. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima
(128pts / 4 votes)
ROH Final Battle (Fight Without Honor - 12/27/08)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #6 (Dasennaytis)
Point Average: 32.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Their series over the ROH World title in 2007 was tremendous. in 2008 they finally finish their feud once and for all in an anything goes No-DQ match. Danielson still remembers the eye he almost lost (as does Morishima).

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#83. Averno Vs. Mistico
(130pts / 3 votes)
CMLL Guadalajara (2/3 Falls - 1/30/05)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #6 (cc_friend)
Point Average: 43.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

They're back, Mano a Mano! Averno defends the NWA Middleweight title against Mistico. This is the series that really catapulted Mistico to the top of the promotion with his crazy moves and career ending bumps. And Averno is as good a lucha heel as you can get.

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#82. AJ Styles Vs. Samoa Joe Vs. Christopher Daniels
(130pts / 4 votes)
TNA Turning Point (11/15/09)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #29 (Floyd)
Point Average: 32.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

5 years after their classic match they do it again, but this time the World title is on the line. Samoa Joe has been trying to divide friends Daniels and AJ to give him the edge. A last gasp from the TNA X-Division alumni before the Bishoff/Hogan reign begins.

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#81. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita
(130pts / 4 votes)
NOAH Differ Cup Finals (5/8/05)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #11 (Blipjelly)
Point Average: 32.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Interpromotional Differ Cup finals. It's NOAH Vs. Zero1-MAX and both teams are it's Jr. tag Champions. Long match with favorites KENTA/Marufuji subtly turning heel but finding it hard to put Hidaka & Fujita away.

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#80. AJ Styles Vs. Paul London
(134pts / 4 votes)
ROH Night of the Grudges (6/14/03)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #20 (Floyd)
Point Average: 33.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

This is for the #1 Contenders trophy, winner gets a title shot. They've met before but take it up a notch in a great forgotten match.

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#79. Samoa Joe Vs. CM Punk
(136pts / 4 votes)
All-Star Extravaganza II (12/4/04)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #18 (Cocuzzo)
Point Average: 34.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

The final chapter of their 2004 trilogy. Joe's still the champ but had to go to hour draws in the previous matches. This time there is NO time limit so there will be a winner once and for all. Can CM Punk pull it off?

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#78. Tatsumi Fujinami Vs. Osamu Nishimura
(138pts / 4 votes)
(MUGA - 9/25/06)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #13 (Cocuzzo)
Point Average: 34.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Osamu Nishimura takes on his former dojo trainer in a great scientific bout. Both guys are technical masters and even at 53 Fujinami shows he still has it. An old school 2/3 falls match much like the 1970's classics.

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#77. Perro Aguayo Jr. Vs. Mistico
(140pts / 4 votes)
CMLL Arena Mexico (2/3 Falls - 5/13/05)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #16 (Floyd)
Point Average: 35.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

At long last the two hottest wrestlers in the company met mano a mano in a great match.

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#76. Bryan Danielson Vs. Low Ki
(140pts / 6 votes)
ROH Round Robin Challenge (3/30/02)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #32 (Smkelly)
Point Average: 23.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Great match in the Round Robin Challenge. Both guys are the biggest names in ROH and finally have their singles matchup.

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#75. Kumiko Maekawa, Mima Shimoda & Etsuko Mita Vs. Momoe Nakanishi, Nane Takahashi & Kaoru Ito
(142pts / 4 votes)
AJW Women's Wrestling Festival (Cage Match - 11/23/00)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #2 (ms_maximillionp)
Point Average: 34.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Crazy woman's cage match. Pinfalls/submissions mean nothing, only escaping the cage counts. Should be noted that ALL 3 members of your team must have escaped the cage to win which leads to some interesting moments.

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#74. Eddie Guerrero Vs. John Bradshaw Layfield
(144pts / 5 votes)
WWE Judgment Day (5/16/04)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #20 (ms_maximillionp)
Point Average: 28.8
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ***3/4

After JBL's bullying led to Guerrero's mom having a heart attack, World champ Eddie vows revenge. Undersized and overpowered, Guerrero refuses to lose in one of the bloodiest matches ever.

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#73. The Age of the Fall Vs. The Motor City Machine Guns
(150pts / 3 votes)
ROH Tag Wars (4/18/08)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #12 (ms_maximillionp)
Point Average: 50.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Dream matchup as TNA's Motor City machine Guns (Alex Shelly & Chris Sabin) take on the ROH World champs Jimmy Jacobs and Tyler Black.

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#72. Super Dragon Vs. Necro Butcher
(150pts / 4 votes)
PWG Battle of Los Angeles: Night 2 (No-DQ Falls Count Anywhere - 9/2/06)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #11 (Smkelly)
Point Average: 37.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Two of the biggest indy stars beat the crap out of each other. The fans are divided and both guys go through hellish punishment to get the win.

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#71. Mistico Vs. Ultimo Guerrero
(150pts / 4 votes)
CMLL Arena Mexico (2/3 Falls - 2/25/05)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #10 (Cocuzzo)
Point Average: 37.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Ultimo Guerrero beats the crap out of Mistico and also unveils a devastating finishing move. Mistico takes 2 or 3 bumps that end most careers.

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#70. Steve Austin Vs. Chris Benoit
(154pts / 5 votes)
WWE Smackdown (5/31/01)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #3 (Dasennaytis)
Point Average: 30.8
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

After getting screwed in the 1st match, Benoit with his busted-up ribs gets another chance at the World title on Smackdown. This time he has his hometown cheering him on too. But Austin has an ace in the hole, special outside referee Vince McMahon! Austin's surgical repaired neck get put to the test.

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#69. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuinness
(156pts / 4 votes)
ROH 6th Anniversary Show (2/23/08)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #15 (Ayako195)
Point Average: 39.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Their classic series of matches continues. This time out however, Nigel's the World champ and it's the American Dragon who has to beat him. Best series of the decade? McGuiness has had some legit concussions problems so Danielson has promised to stay away from his head. Will he kept the promise?

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#68. Katsuhiko Nakajima Vs. KENTA
(158pts / 5 votes)
NOAH The Second Navigation (3/1/09)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #19 (Floyd)
Point Average: 31.6
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

KENTA lost the GHC Jr. title to Nakajima the previous month. Now Kensuke Office has bragging rights! Here he gets a shot at returning the belt back to NOAH.

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#67. El Hijo del Santo, Mistico & Negro Casas Vs. Atlantis, Black Warrior & Ultimo Guerrero
(160pts / 4 votes)
CMLL Arena Mexico (2/3 Falls - 8/4/06)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #6 (Cocuzzo)
Point Average: 40.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Santo Jr. and Casas, sometimes foes sometimes friends, join up with Mistico to beat up some rudos causing trouble in CMLL. The true matchup though was Mistico and Black Warrior, who were about to have their Mask Vs. Mask match. Great non-stop action with 6 of the greatest. Best trios match of the decade?

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#66. James Gibson Vs. Roderick Strong
(162pts / 6 votes)
ROH Unforgettable (10/2/05)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #27 (Ayako195)
Point Average: 27.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

James Gibson's last night in ROH before moving back to WWE. Kobashi was in the main but here he and Roderick Strong have an underrated fantastic matchup.

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#65. Yuji Nagata Vs. Togi Makabe
(166pts / 4 votes)
New Japan Tokyo Korakuen Hall (7/6/07)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #12 (Club)
Point Average: 41.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Nagata's defending the IWGP World title against wacky Makabe. This quickly turns into a bloodbath but Nagata proves he can match Togi in the craziness department.

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#64. The Dudleyz Vs. Edge & Christian Vs. The Hardyz
(178pts / 6 votes)
WWF Wrestlemania 16 (Ladder Match - 4/2/00)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #36 (ms_maximillionp)
Point Average: 29.7
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

After having the first ever tag team ladder match in 1999, Edge/Christian and the Hardyz up the ante with this 3-way ladder match, adding the World champ Dudleyz. People forget this one but it has super insane spots for the time and incredibly they would actually somehow top it later on in the year.

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#63. Kurt Angle Vs. Brock Lesnar
(180pts / 5 votes)
WWF Wrestlemania 19 (3/30/03)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #9 (MrKFC)
Point Average: 36.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

Crazy Kurt Angle went against doctors orders and risked paralysis (or death!) to defend the World title at Wrestlemania against the monster Brock.

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#62. Chris Benoit Vs. Kurt Angle
(180pts / 6 votes)
WWE RAW (Cage Match - 6/11/01)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #12 (Fahadmenon)
Point Average: 30.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

Usually known for their technical prowess, here Benoit & Angle just beat the ever loving crap out of each other inside the steel cage. Some big time bumps, you could make a case that 2 broken necks came out of this match.

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#61. Samoa Joe Vs. A.J. Styles
(180pts / 6 votes)
TNA Turning Point (12/11/05)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #13 (Ayako195)
Point Average: 30.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

AJ Styles won the famous 3-way match but Samoa Joe wasn't pinned. In fact he's still got a 6 month unbeaten streak going (including a win over Styles). This time Styles is defend the X-Division title against the behemoth. It's Title Vs. Streak, there must be a winner. Rumor has it Vince Russo was "accidentally" locked in his office during the match to prevent any run-ins or ref bumps.

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#60. Averno & Mephisto Vs. Mistico & Negro Casas
(186pts / 4 votes)
CMLL Arena Mexico (2/3 Falls - 4/14/06)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #3 (Cocuzzo)
Point Average: 46.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

The lucha invasion of the Top 100 continues. Averno & Mephisto are the rudo tag team champs defending here. Mistico & Casas teaming together is like the Super Megapowers of CMLL.

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#59. Samoa Joe Vs. CM Punk
(188pts / 8 votes)
ROH World Title Classic (6/12/04)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #16 (Fahadmenon, Xhitmanx)
Point Average: 23.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

Samoa Joe defends the World title against CM Punk. But CM Punk has a game plan: Rope-a-dope and tire the monster out. Part 1 of the epic 2004 trilogy.

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#58. Toshiaki Kawada Vs. Kensuke Sasaki
(194pts / 5 votes)
All Japan Do Judge!! (10/9/00)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #3 (Ray)
Point Average: 38.8
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

In the 90's New Japan and All Japan were the big two promotions in Japan. Now with NOAH breaking away both promotions worked together and put on a megashow. New Japan's World champ Sasaki takes on All Japan's Toshiaki Kawada in a match fans have been dreaming about all decade. 64,000 fans packed the Tokyo Dome to see this slugfest.

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#57. BJ Whitmer Vs. Jimmy Jacobs
(194pts / 6 votes)
ROH Supercard of Honor II (Cage match - 3/31/07)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #30 (Ayako195)
Point Average: 32.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Once best friends now enemies (Thanks to Lacey), their year long feud finally end tonight inside the confines of the steel cage. A violent and bloody match.

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#56. KENTA Vs. SUWA
(194pts / 7 votes)
NOAH Second Great Voyage (9/18/05)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #11 (Club)
Point Average: 28.1
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

SUWA goes all Memphis heel in this great matchup. I'd like to write more but I want everyone to watch it and see the disrespectful un-puro crap he pulls. KENTA defends the GHC Jr. title and gets in trouble quick but keeps fighting.

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#55. Chris Jericho Vs. Shawn Micheals
(196pts / 5 votes)
WWE Wrestlemania 19 (3/30/03)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #7 (Fahadmenon)
Point Average: 39.2
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

After idolizing HBK throughout his career, Jericho feels he's surpassed him and now at Wrestlemania will finally prove it to the world.

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#54. Edge Vs. Mic Foley
(200pts / 7 votes)
WWE Wrestlemania 22 (Falls Count Anywhere - 4/2/06)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #25 (ms_maximillionp)
Point Average: 28.6
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

Foley goes crazy and challenges Edge to a anything goes Falls count anywhere streetfight. Blood, socks, barbed wire, fire, just about everything get involved in this one.

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#53. Steve Austin & HHH Vs. Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho
(200pts / 7 votes)
WWE RAW (5/21/01)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #6 (Smkelly)
Point Average: 28.6
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Austin and HHH defend the tag team title against Benoit & Jericho on Smackdown. Is the new blood going to lead WWE into the decade or is it business as usual?

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#52. Ric Flair Vs. Shawn Micheals
(202pts / 6 votes)
WWE Wrestlemania 24 (3/30/08)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #4 (MrKFC)
Point Average: 33.7
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ***1/2

If Flair loses he must retire from wrestling forever! HBK is Mr. Wrestlemania and promises not to make it easy on Flair.

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#51. Eddie Guerrero Vs. Edge
(202pts / 7 votes)
WWE Smackdown (No-DQ - 9/24/02)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #5 (Fahadmenon)
Point Average: 28.9
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Their feud gets serious in a No-DQ match on Smackdown. Crazy bumps and memorable moments make this one of the best TV matches of the decade.

OK all the matches so far have been awesome. But now were in the Top 50 territory. Time to kick it up a notch!

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#50. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Yoshihiro Takayama
(204pts / 7 votes)
NOAH Encountering Navigation (4/25/04)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #14 (Clubs)
Point Average: 29.1
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Maybe Kobashi's toughest defense during his 2 year reign was against this free agent bruiser. Takayama has skills but his real bread and butter is shrugging off lots of punishment and thumping it right back.

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#49. Bryan Danielson Vs. Paul London
(210pts / 5 votes)
ROH The Epic Encounter (2/3 Falls - 4/12/03)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #6 (Lukin01)
Point Average: 42.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Finally the two fastest up and coming stars meet in a tremendous 40+ 2/3 Falls match. A true epic encounter indeed.

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#48. Brock Lesnar Vs. The Undertaker
(210pts / 6 votes)
WWE No Mercy (Hell in the Cell match - 10/20/02)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #19 (MrKFC)
Point Average: 35.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

Their first match was such a let down, so they really went all out in this one. This is Hell in the Cell, Undertaker territory. World champ Lesnar isn't intimated though as Taker has a messed up arm and Paul Heyman's always lurking around doing no good. Blood blood and blood!

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#47. Naomichi Marufuji & Kota Ibushi Vs. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori
(212pts / 7 votes)
ROH Summer Navigation (7/15/07)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #10 (maximillionp)
Point Average: 35.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

The Nippon Cup Jr. Tag League finals. What really makes this interesting is KENTA & Marufuji find themselves on opposite sides of a tag team match. All four guys looked awesome and the crowd was red hot at the end.

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#46. Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiosaki Vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima
(218pts / 6 votes)
NOAH 3rd Great Voyage (11/5/05)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #17 (ms_maximillionp)
Point Average: 36.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

NOAH Vs. Kensuke Office! Kobashi and Sasaki continue their series but also add in their young (and smaller) proteges in the mix. Shiosaki & Nakajima refuse to let their mentors down so they also go all out.

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#45. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Hirooki Goto (NJ - 11/11/07)
(218pts / 6 votes)
New Japan Destruction (11/11/07)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #14 (Ray)
Point Average: 36.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Tanahashi defends the IWGP World title against #1 contender Goto. Long hard fought match with the young Goto proving he has the goods to beat the champ.

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#44. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Jun Akiyama
(222pts / 5 votes)
All Japan Excite Series (2/27/00)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #10 (Ray)
Point Average: 44.4
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Former tag team partner Akiyama may be the future of All Japan for the new decade. But first he has to prove it by defeating the 90's legend of Misawa.

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#43. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Makoto Hashi
(230pts / 7 votes)
NOAH Navigation over the Date Line (9/12/03)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #13 (Floyd)
Point Average: 32.9
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji defend the NOAH Jr. tag titles in an awesome match. Goes 30 min but hardly any downtime just action left and right to a ever increasing rabid crowd.

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#42. Naomichi Marufuji & KENTA Vs. Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama
(240pts / 8 votes)
Accomplish Our 3rd Navigation (7/16/03)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #8 (Floyd)
Point Average: 30.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

This is the GHC Jr. tag team tournament finals, the winner will be the first champs. Liger and Murahama are from Osaka Pro invaders so it's up to KENTA & Marufuji to keep the titles in the family.

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#41. Chris Jericho Vs. Shawn Michaels
(244pts / 6 votes)
WWE No Mercy (Ladder Match - 10/5/08)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #4 (Dasennaytis)
Point Average: 40.7
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Wrestling Observers 2008 Match of the year. Their feud continues and although the World title is on the line, it's still very personal after Jericho accidentally/on-purpose slapped HBK's wife smack in the mouth. Two of the best ladder match wrestler tear the house down.

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#40. Low Ki Vs. Christopher Daniels Vs. Bryan Danielson
(244pts / 7 votes)
ROH The Era Begins (2/23/02)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #13 (Fahadmenon)
Point Average: 34.9
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

The Era begins! The 3 biggest names in the fledgling promotion go at it to see who's the best. Will Daniels follow the code of honor?

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#39. Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio Vs. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji
(246pts / 7 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
NOAH Summer Navigation (7/16/06)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #1 (Maximillionp)
Point Average: 35.1
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Dream matchup. World champ Morishima and Rikio are literally twice the size of KENTA & Marufuji. And while Vince McMahon would automatically dismiss this as a poor 2 minute squash match, the little guys show they can compete in a very long and competitive tag.

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#38. Chris Jericho Vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.
(246pts / 8 votes)
WWE The Bash (Title Vs. Mask - 6/28/09)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #5 (Dasennaytis)
Point Average: 30.8
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Chris Jericho defends the Intercontinental title against Rey. The twist is, if Rey loses he also loses his mask!! Jericho's got a history of taking people mask too.

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#37. Kurt Angle Vs. Shane McMahon
(256pts / 7 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWE King of the Ring (6/24/01)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #1 (Ms_maximillionp)
Point Average: 36.6
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

Kurt Angle has already wrestled twice this night, the last time Shane McMahon screwed him out of his KOTR title. Now Angle turns from the lovable goof to a crazed madman who will do anything to destroy the boss's son. (Not HHH, the other one)

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#36. The Briscoes Vs. El Generico & Kevin Steen
(264pts / 7 votes)
ROH Man Up (Ladder Match - 9/15/07)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #12 (Smkelly)
Point Average: 37.7
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: Watched, refused to rate

Generico/Steen get another crack at the tag team champions. But this time around it in an ultra-dangerous tag team ladder war. This match was so violent ROH BANNED all ladder matches forever and ever.

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#35. KENTA Vs. Low Ki
(264pts / 7 votes)
ROH Final Battle (12/17/05)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #5 (Groundge)
Point Average: 37.7
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Dream match up set at ROH's Yearly big show. KENTA defends the GHC Jr. title against Low Ki. This is in ROH so Low Ki's got the home team advantage.

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#34. Genichiro Tenryu Vs. Keiji Muto
(270pts / 7 votes)
All Japan Tokyo Nippon Budokan (6/8/01)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #7 (Ayako195)
Point Average: 38.6
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Wrestling Observers 2001 match of the Year. A huge New Japan star, Muto travels to All Japan to take on fellow legend and big grouch Genichiro Tenryu. Tenryu's defending his shiny new All-Japan Triple Crown.

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#33. Kurt Angle Vs. Shawn Michaels
(273pts / 9 votes)
WWE Wrestlemania 21 (4/3/05)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #5 (MrKFC)
Point Average: 30.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Smackdown Vs. RAW! Dream matchup at Wrestlemania, who's the best wrestler in the company?

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#32. Kurt Angle Vs. The Undertaker
(276pts / 8 votes)
WWE No Way Out (2/19/06)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #2 (Blipjelly)
Point Average: 34.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

Kurt Angle defends his new Smackdown World title against the Undertaker and his deadman MMA skills.

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#31. The Rock Vs. Steve Austin
(290pts / 8 votes)
WWE Wrestlemania 17 (No-DQ - 4/1/01)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #2 (Lukin01)
Point Average: 36.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

After finally coming back from career ending neck surgery, Steve Austin gets a chance to win back the World title he never
lost in his hometown of Texas. For some reason its changed to a No-DQ match.

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#30. HHH Vs. Steve Austin
(294pts / 7 votes)
WWE No Way Out (3-Stages of hell - 2/25/01)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #2 (Xhitmanx)
Point Average: 42.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

When HHH hired the hit out on Austin he made one mistake, Stone Cold survived. They settle their feud once and for all in a 2/3 Falls Stages of hell match. One more thing, if Austin loses he also loses his Wrestlemania 17 title shot!

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#29. Nigel McGuiness Vs. Austin Aries
(296pts / 9 votes)
ROH Rising Above (12/29/07)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #12 (Dasennaytis)
Point Average: 32.9
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

McGuiness defends the ROH World title again former champ Aries. Nigel gets a concussion early legit and it super messed up.
Yet somehow they end up having an awesome awesome match.

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#28. Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi Vs. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka
(300pts / 7 votes)
New Japan The 2nd Judgement (12/14/00)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #3 (Ayako195)
Point Average: 42.9
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

With NOAH breaking away and screwing everything up, New Japan and All Japan decided to work together. Kawada got the big win over NJ's World champ Sasaki earlier so this time New Japan refuses to be defeated once again and lose face.

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#27. America’s Most Wanted Vs. XXX
(306pts / 9 votes)
TNA Turning Point (Cage Match - 12/5/04)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #17 (Lukin01)
Point Average: 34.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

In order to end their feud once and for all, both teams agree that whoever loses this match, must disband and never team up again! Great Cage match that helped TNA get on it's feet during it's early monthly PPV era. In all the alternate universes that this match took place in, Elix Skipper probably died in 50% of them.

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#26. Atlantis Vs. Villano III
(330pts / 8 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
EMLL Arena Mexico (Mask Vs. Mask - 3/17/00)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #1 (Club)
Point Average: 41.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Wrestling Observer's 2000 match of the year. Their series of matches concluded in the only way it could, Mask Vs. Mask! A dramatic match taking place at EMLL's 1st PPV. Only 1 fall!

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#25. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit Vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio Jr.
(332pts / 8 votes)
WWE No Mercy (10/20/02)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #2 (Dasennaytis)
Point Average: 41.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Wrestling Observer's 2002 match of the year. It's the finals of the Smackdown tag team championship. Angle & Benoit seem to be the better team, but they refuse to get along.

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#24. Kurt Angle Vs. Chris Benoit
(332pts / 9 votes)
WWE Royal Rumble (1/19/03)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #4 (Smkelly)
Point Average: 36.9
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Their series continues but this time Angle's defending the Smackdown World title. No more running. No more Team Angle. Tonight it's one-on-one, may the better wrestler win.

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#23. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuiness
(338pts / 7 votes)
ROH Driven (6/23/07)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #3 (Lukin01)
Point Average: 48.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

The rematch from their classic in 2006, the winner gets a World title shot at the monster Morishima. Both are evenly matched and obsessed with getting the win.

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#22. Genichiro Tenryu Vs. Satoshi Kojima
(342pts / 8 votes)
All Japan Summer Action Series (7/17/02)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #4 (Ayako195)
Point Average: 42.8
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Tenyru defneds the Triple Crown against youngster Kojima. Kojima been on a tear as a singles wrestler but Tenryu is a bonafid legend that seems to get tougher as he ages.

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#21. Shawn Michaels Vs. HHH
(342pts / 9 votes)
WWE Summerslam (8/25/02)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #10 (Xhitmanx)
Point Average: 38.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

HBK finally found out who jumped him from behind and beat the crap out of him, his best-est buddy HHH! Micheals has been out for over 3 years due to a career ending back injury but he sucks it up and agrees to settle the score with HHH in a anything goes streetfight. WWE is so scared they refuse to sanction this bout.

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#20. ROH Vs. CZW Cage of Death
(348pts / 9 votes)
ROH Death Before Dishonor IV (7/15/06)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #4 (Cc_friend, Floyd)
Point Average: 48.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

The ROH Vs. CZW feud ends in the Cage of Death. Basically it's Wargames rules but with lots of crazy crap thrown in. It's ROH home turf but the CZW guys are in their element. A tremendous story unfolds throughout the match..

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#19. Naomichi Marufuji Vs. KENTA
(362pts / 8 votes)
NOAH Autumn Navigation (10/29/06)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #4 (Groundge)
Point Average: 45.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Long time tag team partners have gone their separate ways. Marufuji is the World champ and defends it in an awesome Jr. match.

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#18. Bryan Danielson Vs. KENTA
(362pts / 9 votes)
ROH Glory By Honor V Night 2 (9/16/06)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #6 (maximillionp)
Point Average: 40.2
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Bryan Danielson defends his ROH World title against NOAH's KENTA. Danielson has a legit bad shoulder and KENTA knows this so he tries to tear it out in little pieces. But despite the pain Danielson refuses to lose his title!

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#17. John Cena Vs. Umaga
(364pts / 9 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWE Royal Rumble (Last Man Standing - 1/27/07)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #1 (Smkelly)
Point Average: 40.4
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

John Cena defends the RAW World title against the animal Umaga. Days before this match Umaga destroyed Cena and busted up his ribs. After losing a fall, if that wrestler can't make it up to their feet by a 10 count they lose!

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#16. Chris Jericho Vs. Chris Benoit
(364pts / 10 votes)
WWE Royal Rumble (Ladder Match - 1/21/01)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #7 (ms_maximillionp)
Point Average: 36.4
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Jericho's defending the Intercontinental title. Their feud went on and off all of 2000, now they compete in an ultra dangerous Ladder match at the Rumble!

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#15. Takeshi Morishima Vs. Bryan Danielson
(366pts / 9 votes)
ROH Manhattan Mayhem II (8/25/07)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #2 (Smkelly)
Point Average: 40.7
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Wrestling Observer's 2007 match of the year. Finally Danielson get another shot at the ROH World title. Unfortunately the champ is the NOAH's unstoppable monster Morishima. Is there something in Danielson's eye?

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#14. Do Fixer Vs. Blood Generation
(382pts / 9 votes)
ROH Supercard of Honor (3/31/06)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #5 (ayako195)
Point Average: 42.4
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Wrestling Observer's 2006 match of the year. Special guests Dragon gate bring their match into ROH and get 5 stars for their effort.

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#13. TLC I
(384pts / 11 votes)
WWE Summerslam (8/27/00)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #14 (smkelly)
Point Average: 34.9
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

They up the ante from their Wrestlemania ladder match to a 3-way anything goes career-ending TLC match.

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#12. Randy Orton Vs. Cactus Jack
(390pts / 8 votes)
WWE Backlash (Streetfight - 4/18/04)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #8 (MrKFC)
Point Average: 43.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

After month of taunting legend killer Randy Orton has to put up or shut up. Cause Cactus Jack is back!

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#11. Samoa Joe Vs. CM Punk
(394pts / 12 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
ROH Joe Vs. Punk II (10/6/04)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #1 (Lukin01)
Point Average: 32.8
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

After their June hour draw, CM Punk get another chance to dethrone Samoa Joe for his ROH World title.

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#10. TLC II
(416pts / 11 votes)
WWE Wrestlemania 17 (4/1/01)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #3 (Fahadmenon)
Point Average: 37.8
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

68,000 fans were in attendance to see the rematch from the first death defying spotfest known as TLC. Once again Edge & Christian are the champs are always seem to squeak out a victory in these types of matches.

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#9. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuiness
(444pts / 10 votes)
ROH Unified (8/12/06)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #9 (cc_friend, Dasennaytis, ms_maximillionp)
Point Average: 44.4
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

This is a unification match, McGuiness's Pure title and Danielson's World title will be merged in the #1 belt in ROH. Both guys have had long great reigns and now this is it. In their last unification match they went to a double countout but in this match there is a guaranteed winner. McGuiness is in his hometown with the crowd of the U.K cheering him on!

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#8. Christopher Daniels Vs. Samoa Joe Vs. Vs. AJ Styles
(446pts / 11 votes)
TNA Unbreakable (9/11/05)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #6 (Blipjelly, Floyd)
Point Average: 40.5
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Christopher Daniels has held the X-Division title for nearly half-a-year and was as obsesed with keeping it. Samoa Joe was on an incredible rampage and was undefeated since joining TNA. A.J. Styles is Mr. TNA, but has suffered a loss to Samoa Joe previously. For nearly 30 incredible minutes, all 3 men showcased what they and the TNA X-Division was all about. Stiff kicks, jaw dropping aerial tactics and moves that you wouldn't expect to ever see from these guys.

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#7. Shawn Micheals Vs. The Undertaker
(460pts / 10 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWE Wrestlemania 25 (4/5/09)

Top 5 Votes: 5
Top 10 Votes: 5
Highest Vote: #1 (MrKFC)
Point Average: 46.0
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Wrestling Observer's 2009 Match of the Year. On the grandest stage of them all, the two biggest Wrestlemania performers go at it to see who's the best.

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#6. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Jun Akiyama
(482pts / 11 votes)
NOAH Departure (7/10/04)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 5
Highest Vote: #2 (Ray)
Point Average: 43.8
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Wrestling Observer's 2004 Match of the Year. Kobashi defends the GHC World title against Akiyama in front of 52,000 fans in the Tokyo Dome.

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#5. Samoa Joe Vs. Kenta Kobashi
(486pts / 10 votes - TWO #1 VOTES)
ROH Joe Vs. Kobashi (10/1/05)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 7
Highest Vote: #1 (cc_friend, xhitmanx)
Point Average: 48.6
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Wrestling Observer's 2005 Match of the Year. Another Awesome Samoa Joe dream match in 2005. Japanese superstar Kobashi travels to ROH to find out who the best wrestler in the world is.

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#4. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Kensuke Sasaki
(524pts / 11 votes - ONE #1 VOTES)
NOAH Destiny (7/18/05)

Top 5 Votes: 4
Top 10 Votes: 7
Highest Vote: #1 (Blipjelly)
Point Average: 47.6
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

62,000 fan fans packed the Tokyo Dome to see this 90's dream matchup from All Japan Kobashi Vs. New Japan's Sasaki. Machismo!

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#3. HHH Vs. Chris Benoit Vs. Shawn Michaels
(544pts / 12 votes - TWO #1 VOTES)
WWE Wrestlemania 20 (3/14/04)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #1 (cocuzzo, Fahadmenon)
Point Average: 45.3
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

HHH defends his World title against Royal Rumble winner Benoit and long time nemesis HBK.
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#2. HHH Vs. Cactus Jack
(586pts / 13 votes)
WWE Royal Rumble (1/23/00)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 5
Highest Vote: #2 (Floyd)
Point Average: 48.8
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****12

HHH and Stephanie McMahon have terrorized the WWF since taking over, even firing Mankind just for fun. Finally all of the WWF roster (lead by The Rock) said they will all walk out on their candy asses and quit unless HHH/Stephanie reinstate Mankind. They agree, and not only that but they also give Mankind a shot at HHH's title at The Royal Rumble! HHH kicks his ass on TV before then. Mankind goes back on TV and says that beating he gave him was so bad that he doesn't think he's in shape physically or mentally to face HHH at the Rumble. But he knows someone who is...... CACTUS JACK!!!!! The crazed madman who fought in the all those deathmatches in Japan is back with a vengeance! Cactus Jack feels no pain! The dude’s freaking bananas. And now he’s pissed off too!

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#1. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Kenta Kobashi
(792pts / 15 votes - FIVE #1 VOTES)
NOAH Navigate For Evolution (3/1/03)

Top 5 Votes: 12
Top 10 Votes: 12
Highest Vote: #1 (Ayako195, Dasennaytis, Groundge, Ray, Floyd)
Point Average: 52.8
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Wrestling Observer's 2003 match of the Year. At long last Kobashi gets his title shot, but the man he has to beat is the man who's always gotten the better of him in title matches. Can Kobashi finally get the win over Misawa and usher Japanese wrestling into a new era?

My ballot

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1. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Kenta Kobashi (NOAH - 3/1/03)
2. HHH Vs. Cactus Jack (WWF Streetfight - 1/23/00)
3. HHH Vs. Shawn Michaels Vs. Chris Benoit (WWE Wrestlemania - 3/14/04)
4. CZW Vs. ROH (ROH/CZW Cage of Death - 7/15/06)
5. Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki (NOAH - 7/18/05)
6. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles (TNA - 9/11/05)
7. KENTA Vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH - 10/29/06)
8. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama (NOAH - 7/16/03)
9. Do Fixer Vs. Blood Generation (ROH - 3/31/06)
10. Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle Vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio Jr. (WWE - 10/20/02)

11. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Jun Akiyama (All Japan - 2/27/00)
12. Genichiro Tenryu Vs. Satoshi Kojima (AJ - 7/17/02)
13. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Yoshinobu Kanemuru & Makoto Hashi (NOAH - 9/12/03)
14. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Jun Akiyama (NOAH - 7/10/04)
15. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Hirooki Goto (NJ - 11/11/07)
16. Mistico Vs. Perro Aguayo Jr. (CMLL - 2/3 Falls - 5/13/05)
17. Nigel McGuinness Vs. Austin Aries (ROH - 12/29/07)
18. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuiness (ROH - 8/12/06)
19. Katsuhiko Nakajima Vs. KENTA (NOAH - 3/1/09)
20. AJ Styles Vs. Paul London (ROH - 6/14/03)

21. Edge & Christian Vs. The Dudleys Vs. The Hardyz (WWF TLC - 8/27/00)
22. Nigel McGuinness Vs. Bryan Danielson (ROH 6th Ann. - 2/23/08)
23. Team Canada Vs. Chris Harris & James Storm (TNA - 1/16/05)
24. Randy Orton Vs. Mick Foley (WWE Backlash - 4/18/04)
25. El Hijo Del Santo Vs. Nicho El Millonario (CMLL - 2/3 Falls Mask Vs. Hair- 4/6/01)
26. KENTA Vs. Low Ki (ROH - 12/17/05)
27. Bryan Danielson Vs. KENTA (ROH - 9/16/06)
28. Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio Vs. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH - 7/6/06)
29. AJ Styles Vs. Samoa Joe Vs. Christopher Daniels (TNA - 11/5/09)
30. Homicide Vs. Steve Corino (ROH Better Friends, Stiffer Enemies - Fight Without Honor - 8/16/03)

31. Yuji Nagata Vs. Togi Makabe (NJ - 7/6/07)
32. Eddie Guerrero Vs. JBL (WWE - 5/16/04)
33. John Cena Vs. Umaga (WWE Last man Standing - 1/28/07)
34. BJ Whitmer Vs. Jimmy Jacobs (WWE - 3/31/07)
35. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (8/25/07)
36. Briscoes Vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico (ROH Ladder match - 9/15/07)
37. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Samoa Joe (ROH - 10/1/05)
38. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka Vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi (NJ - 12/14/00)
39. Briscoes Vs. Claudio Castragnoli & Matt Sydal (ROH - 5/12/07)
40. Aja Kong Vs. Meiko Satamura (GAEA - 12/15/01)

41. Spanky Vs. Low Ki Vs. Christopher Daniels Vs. Doug Williams (ROH 60 Min Iron man match - 7/27/02)
42. Mistico & Negro Casas Vs. Mephisto & Averno (CMLL 2/3 Falls - 4/15/06)
43. Eddie Guerrero Vs. RVD (WWF Ladder - 5/27/02)
44. Brock Lesnar Vs. The Undertaker (WWF Hell in the Cell - 10/20/02)
45. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima Vs. Mike Barton & Jim Steele (AJ - 12/11/01)
46. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita (NOAH Differ Cup Finals - 5/8/05)
47. The Rock Vs. Steve Austin (WWF - 4/1/01)
48. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama Vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata (NOAH - 3/2/01)
49. Edge & Christian Vs. The Dudleys Vs. The Hardyz (WWF TLC II - 4/1/01)
50. Kurt Angle Vs. Shane McMahon (WWF Streetfight - 6/24/01)

51. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (NOAH - 4/25/04)
52. Batista Vs. HHH (WWE Hell in the Cell - 6/26/05)
53. Samoa Joe Vs. C.M. Punk (ROH - 10/16/04)
54. Toshiaki Kawada Vs. Genricho Tenryu (AJ - 10/28/00)
55. El Hijo del Santo, Mistico & Negro Casas Vs. Atlantis, Black Warrior & Ultimo Guerrero (CMLL - 8/4/06)
56. Kurt Angle Vs. The Undertaker (WWE - 2/19/06)
57. The Undertaker Vs. Edge (WWE Hell in the Cell - 8/17/08)
58. Samoa Joe vs. Necro Butcher (IWA-MS - 6/11/05)
59. Chris Jerchio Vs. Shawn Michaels (WWF Wrestlemania - 3/30/03)
60. Satoshi Kojima Vs. Toshiaki Kawada (AJ - 2/16/05)

61. Chris Harris & James Storm Vs. Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper (TNA Cage match - 12/5/04)
62. Minoru Suzuki & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Jun Akiyama & Makoto Hashi (NOAH - 7/18/05)
63. Chris Benoit Vs. Chris Jericho (WWF Ladder match - 1/21/01)
64. James Gibson Vs. Roderick Strong (10/2/05)
65. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (ROH No-DQ - 12/27/08)
66. Satoshi Kojima Vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJ - 2/20/05)
67. Osamu Nishimura Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (MUGA - 2/3 falls - 9/25/06)
68. Mistico Vs. Ultimo Guerrero (CMLL - 2/3 Falls - 2/15/05)
69. AJ Styles Vs. Petey Williams Vs. Chris Sabin (TNA Ultimate X - 1/16/05)
70. El Hijo Del Santo Vs. Dr. Cerebro (IWRG - 2/3 Falls - 12/21/00)

71. Keiji Muto Vs. Genichiro Tenryu (AJ - 6/8/01)
72. Briscoes Vs. Roderick Strong & Austin Aries (ROH - 8/12/06)
73. Bryan Danielson Vs. Roderick Strong (ROH - 3/31/06)
74. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (NOAH - 4/25/04)
75. KENTA Vs. Davey Richards (ROH - 4/4/09)
76. The Rock Vs. Triple H (WWF Ironman - 5/21/00)
77. Eddie Guerrero Vs. Edge (WWF No-DQ - 9/24/02)
78. Bryan Danielson Vs. Paul London (ROH Epic Encounter - 2/3 Falls - 4/12/03)
79. Akira Hokuto Vs. Meiko Satamura (GAEA - 4/29/01)
80. HHH Vs. Shawn Michaels (WWF Stretfight - 8/25/02)

81. Kaoru Ito, Momoe Nakanishi & Nanae Takahashi Vs. Etsuko Mita, Mima Shimoda & Kumiko Maekawa (AJW Cage Match - 11/23/00)
82. Chris Jericho Vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (WWF Bash - Title Vs. Mask - 6/28/09)
83. The Dudleyz Vs. Edge & Christian Vs. The Hardy Boyz (WWF Ladder Match - 4/2/00)
84. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Kenta Kobashi (AJ - 4/11/00)
85. El Hijo Del Santo Vs. Blue Panther (Monterrey - 2/3 Falls - 4/9/00)
86. Bryan Danielson Vs. Low Ki (ROH - 3/30/02)
87. Mistico Vs. El Averno (CMLL 2/3 Falls - 1/5/07)
88. Briscoes Vs. Ricky Marvin & Kotaro Suzuki (NOAH - 1/21/07)
89. Samoa Joe Vs. AJ Styles (TNA - 12/11/05)
90. Yuki Ishikawa, Alexander Otsuka & Munenori Sawa Vs. Daisuke Ikeda, Katsumi Usuda & Super Tiger II (BattlArts - 7/26/08)

91. Kensuke Sasaki Vs. Yoshihiro Takyama (NJ - 8/8/04)
92. AJ Styles Vs. Christopher Daniels (TNA 30 Min Iron Man - 2/13/05)
93. DX & The Radicalz Vs. The Rock, Cactus Jack & 2 Cool (WWF - 2/7/00)
94. Kevin Steen & El Generico Vs. Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi (ROH - 3/28/08 )
95. Tyler Black & Jimmy Jacobs Vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico (ROH - 9/19/08 )
96. Davey Richards Vs. Shingo Takagi (DG USA - Taped 9/6/09, Aired: 11/6/09)
97. Necro Butcher Vs. Toby Klein (IWA-MS - 6/25/04)
98. KENTA & Marufuji Vs. SUWA & Ricky Marvin (NOAH - 10/24/04)
99. Takashi Sasaki & Yuko Miyamoto Vs. Daisuke Sekimoto & Yoshihito Sasaki (Big Japan - 1/2/08)
100. Yoshihiro Takayama Vs. Osamu Nishimura (NJ - 8/10/02)

WON MOTYC (1980 - 1989)

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Thanks to xhitmanx for posting the full listing for the Observer MOTYC's for the 80's!

1980
1.) Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera (5/19 - MSG)
2.) Bruno Sammartino vs. Larry Zbyszko (9/8 - Shea Stadium)

1981
1.) Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter (4/21 - MSG)
2.) Dusty Rhodes vs. Ric Flair (9/17 - Kansas City)

1982
1.) Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid (8/5 - Tokyo)
2.) Ric Flair vs. Bob Backlund (4/7 - Atlanta)
3.) Bob Backlund vs. Jimmy Snuka (MSG)
4.) Bob Backlund vs Adrian Adonis (1-30 MSG)
5.) Buddy Rose vs David Schultz (Chain match Portland)
6.) Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (2-7 Greensboro)
7.) Ric Flair vs Stan Hansen (10-3 Atlanta)

1983
1.) Harley Race vs. Ric Flair (11/24 - Greensboro)
2.) Rick Steamboat & Jay Youngblood vs. Sgt. Slaughter & Don Kernodle (3/12 - Greensboro)
3.) Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid (4/23 - Tokyo)
4.) Antonio Inoki vs. Hulk Hogan (6/2 - Tokyo)
5.) Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr. vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (8/31 - Tokyo)
6.) Von Erichs vs Freebirds 7-4 Ft. Worth
7.) Ric Flair vs Kerry Von Erich (12-25-82 Dallas)
8.) Don Muraco vs Jimmy Snuka (7-23 Landover)
9.) Kerry Von Erich vs Michael Hayes cage match (11-24 Dallas)
10.) Roddy Piper vs Greg Valentine dog collar match (11-24 Greensboro)

1984
1.) Freebirds vs. Von Erichs (7/4/84)
2.) Sgt. Slaughter vs. Iron Sheik (6/16/84)
3.) Ric Flair vs Kerry Von Erich (5/6 Texas Stadium)
4.) Dynamite Kid vs The Cobra (7/5 Tokyo)
5.) Yoshiaki Yatsu vs Nobuhiko Takada (4/19 Tokyo)
6.) Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (5/29 Meadowlands)
7.) Nobuhiko Takada vs Kazuo Yamazaki (12/5 Tokyo)
8.) Hulk Hogan vs Iron Shiek (1/23)
9.) Davey Boy Smith-Dynamite Kid-David Schultz vs Antonio Inoki-Fujinami-Cobra (7/13 Japan)
10.) Bruiser Brody vs Jerry Blackwell (10/21 St. Paul)
11.) Dynamite Kid vs Davey Boy Smith (7/20 Osaka)
12.) Super Tiger vs Akira Maeda (9/11 Tokyo)
13.) Ricky Steamboat vs Dick Slater (early June Greenville)
14.) Ric Flair vs Kerry Von Erich (5/24 Yokosuka, Japan)
15.) The Cobra vs Kuniaki Kobayashi (8/2 Tokyo)

1985
1.) Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Tiger Mask (Misawa) (06/21/85)
2.) Jaguar Yokota vs. Lioness Asuka (08/22/85)
3.) Ted Dibiase vs Jim Duggan cage match (3/22 Houston)
4.) Ric Flair vs Kerry Von Erich (1/25 St Louis)
5.) Freebirds vs Road Warriors (9/28 Chicago)
6.) Ric Flair vs Harley Race (2/24 Meadowlands)
7.) Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff vs Mr T & Hulk Hogan (3/31 New York)
8.) Rick Martel vs Jumbo Tsuruta (9/29 St Paul)
9.) Hulk Hogan vs Roddy Piper (2/18 New York)
10.) Fabulous Ones vs Sheepherders (8/12 Memphis)
11.) Antonio Inoki vs Bruiser Brody (8/1 Tokyo)
12.) Riki Choshu vs Genichiro Tenryu (6/21 Tokyo)

1985
1.) Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Tiger Mask (Misawa) (06/21/85)
2.) Jaguar Yokota vs. Lioness Asuka (08/22/85)
3.) Ted Dibiase vs Jim Duggan cage match (3/22 Houston)
4.) Ric Flair vs Kerry Von Erich (1/25 St Louis)
5.) Freebirds vs Road Warriors (9/28 Chicago)
6.) Ric Flair vs Harley Race (2/24 Meadowlands)
7.) Roddy Piper & Paul Orndorff vs Mr T & Hulk Hogan (3/31 New York)
8.) Rick Martel vs Jumbo Tsuruta (9/29 St Paul)
9.) Hulk Hogan vs Roddy Piper (2/18 New York)
10.) Fabulous Ones vs Sheepherders (8/12 Memphis)
11.) Antonio Inoki vs Bruiser Brody (8/1 Tokyo)
12.) Riki Choshu vs Genichiro Tenryu (6/21 Tokyo)

1986
1.) Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham (2/14 - Orlando)
2.) Yoshiaki Yatsu & Riki Choshu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu (1/28 - Tokyo)
3.) Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Akira Maeda (6/12 - Osaka)
4.) Midnight Express vs. Rock 'n Roll Express (8/16 - Philadelphia)
5.) Shiro Koshinaka vs. Nobuhiko Takada (9/19 - Fukuoka)
6.) Fantastics vs Sheepherders (4/19 New Orleans)
7.) Midnight Rockers vs Buddy Rose & Doug Somers (8/7 Las Vegas)
8.) The Cobra vs Nobuhiko Takada (6/27 Nagoya)
9.) Ric Flair vs Ricky Morton (7/5 Charlotte)
10.) British Bulldogs vs Greg Valentine & Brutus Beefcake (4/7 Chicago)

1987
1.) Rick Steamboat vs. Randy Savage (3/29 - Pontiac)
2.) Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham (1/20 - Greensboro)
3.) Chigusa Nagayo vs. Lioness Asuka (2/26 - Kawasaki)
4.) Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka (2/5 - Tokyo Sumo Hall)
5.) Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Muto (3/20 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall)
6.) Ric Flair vs Barry Windham (4/11 Baltimore)
7.) El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas (7/27 hair vs hair match Los Angeles)
8.) Jerry Lawler vs Austin Idol hair vs hair match (4/27 Memphis)
9.) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu (10/6 Tokyo)
10.) War Games I (7/4 Atlanta)
11.) Choshu & Maeda & Takada & Fujinami & Strong Machine vs Inoki & Saito & Sakaguchi & Fujiwara & Murdoch (9/17 Osaka)
12.) Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada vs Yoshiaki Fujiwara & Kazuo Yamazaki (9/1 Fukuoka)
13.) Antonio Inoki vs Masa Saito (4/27 Tokyo)
14.) Nick Bockwinkel vs Curt Hennig (5/2 San Francisco)

1988
1.) Ric Flair vs. Sting (3/27 - Greensboro)
2.) Midnight Express vs. Fantastics (3/27 - Greensboro)
3.) Midnight Express vs. Fantastics (4/26 - Chattanooga)
4.) Footloose vs. Shinichi Nakano & Shunji Takano (7/19 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall)
5.) Ted DiBiase vs. Randy Savage (4/25 - Madison Square Garden)
6.) Chigusa Nagayo vs Lioness Asuka (8/25 Kawasaki)
7.) Antonio Inoki vs Tatsumi Fujinami (8/8 Yokohama)
8.) Tatsumi Fujinami vs Riki Choshu (6/24 Osaka)
9.) Genichiro Tenryu & Ashura Hara vs Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu (8/30 Osaka)
10.) Midnight Express vs Tully Blanchard & Arn Anderson (8/26 Greensboro)
11.) Ted Dibiase vs Randy Savage (7/22 MSG Cage match)
12.) Owen Hart vs Hiroshi Hase (5/27 Sendai)
13.) Hiroshi Hase vs Shiro Koshinaka (3/19 Tokyo)
14.) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Tiger Mask (3/9 Yokohama)
15.) Owen Hart vs Keiichi Yamada (6/10 Hiroshima)
16.) Akira Maeda vs Kazuo Yamazaki (5/12 Tokyo)
17.) Owen Hart vs Shiro Koshinaka (6/24 Osaka)
18.) Kazuo Yamazaki vs Nobuhiko Takada (8/13 Tokyo)

1989
1.) Ric Flair vs. Rick Steamboat (4/2 - New Orleans)
2.) Ric Flair vs. Rick Steamboat (5/7 - Nashville)
3.) Ric Flair vs. Rick Steamboat (2/20 - Chicago)
4.) Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk (11/15 - Troy, NY)
5.) Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (9/20 - Osaka)
6.) Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu (6/5 Tokyo)
7.) Ric Flair vs Terry Funk (7/23 Baltimore)
8.) Footloose vs Doug Furnas & Dan Kroffat (6/5 Tokyo)
9.) Jushin Liger vs Naoki Sano (7/13 Tokyo)
10.) Bob Backlund vs Nobuhiko Takada (12/22/88)
11.) Rockers vs Brainbusters (2/17 Hershey)
12.) Akira Maeda vs Nobuhiko Takada (1/10 Tokyo)

Best of Decade (Draft #2)

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#1. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Kenta Kobashi (NOAH - 3/1/03)
#2. HHH Vs. Cactus Jack (WWF Streetfight - 1/23/00)
#3. HHH Vs. Shawn Michaels Vs. Chris Benoit (WWE Wrestlemania - 3/14/04)
#4. Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki (NOAH - 7/18/05) [+1]
#5. CZW Vs. ROH (ROH/CZW Cage of Death - 7/15/06) [-1]
#6. KENTA Vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH - 10/29/06)
#7. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles (TNA - 9/11/05)
#8. Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle Vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio Jr. (WWE - 10/20/02)
#9. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama (NOAH - 7/16/03)
#10. Do Fixer Vs. Blood Generation (ROH - 3/31/06)

#11. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Jun Akiyama (All Japan - 2/27/00)
#12. Genichiro Tenryu Vs. Satoshi Kojima (AJ - 7/17/02)
#13. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Yoshinobu Kanemuru & Makoto Hashi (NOAH - 9/12/03) [+4]
#14. Mistico Vs. Perro Aguayo Jr. (CMLL - 2/3 Falls - 5/13/05) [+1]
#15. Katsuhiko Nakajima Vs. KENTA (NOAH - 3/1/09) [NEW!]
#16. Edge & Christian Vs. The Dudleys Vs. The Hardyz (WWF TLC - 8/27/00)
#17. Nigel McGuinness Vs. Austin Aries (ROH - 12/29/07) [+1]
#18. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Jun Akiyama (NOAH - 7/10/04) [+4]
#19. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Hirooki Goto (NJ - 11/11/07) [+1]
#20. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuiness (ROH - 8/12/06) [+5]

#21. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama Vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata (NOAH - 3/2/02) [+5]
#22. AJ Styles Vs. Samoa Joe Vs. Christopher Daniels (TNA - 11/5/09) [NEW!]
#23. Nigel McGuinness Vs. Bryan Danielson (ROH 6th Ann. - 2/23/08) [-4]
#24. The Rock Vs. Steve Austin (WWF - 4/1/01) [-11]
#25. Aja Kong Vs. Meiko Satamura (GAEA - 12/15/01) [+9]
#26. Bryan Danielson Vs. KENTA (ROH - 9/16/06) [-5]
#27. Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio Vs. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH - 7/6/06) [-13]
#28. Randy Orton Vs. Mick Foley (WWE Backlash - 4/18/04) [+1]
#29. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Samoa Joe (ROH - 10/1/05) [NEW!]
#30. Team Canada Vs. Chris Harris & James Storm (TNA - 1/16/05) [-2]

#31. Samoa Joe Vs. C.M. Punk (ROH - 10/16/04) [+7]
#32. John Cena Vs. Umaga (WWE Last man Standing - 1/28/07) [-8]
#33. AJ Styles Vs. Paul London (ROH - 6/14/03) [-10]
#34. Eddie Guerrero Vs. JBL (WWE - 5/16/04) [+10]
#35. Mistico & Negro Casas Vs. Mephisto & Averno (CMLL 2/3 Falls - 4/15/06) [-3]
#36. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita (NOAH Differ Cup Finals - 5/8/05) [+5]
#37. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka Vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi (NJ - 12/14/00) [+6]
#38. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (8/25/07) [-8]
#39. Briscoes Vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico (ROH Ladder match - 9/15/07) [-12]
#40. BJ Whitmer Vs. Jimmy Jacobs (WWE - 3/31/07) [-5]

#41. El Hijo Del Santo Vs. Nicho El Millonario (CMLL - 2/3 Falls Mask Vs. Hair- 4/6/01) [+1]
#42. Spanky Vs. Low Ki Vs. Christopher Daniels Vs. Doug Williams (ROH 60 Min Iron man match - 7/27/02) [-9]
#43. Kurt Angle Vs. Shane McMahon (WWF Streetfight - 6/24/01) [NEW!]
#44. Chris Harris & James Storm Vs. Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper (TNA Cage match - 12/5/04) [-7]
#45. Batista Vs. HHH (WWE Hell in the Cell - 6/26/05) [+2]
#46. Edge & Christian Vs. The Dudleys Vs. The Hardyz (WWF TLC II - 4/1/01) [-6]
#47. Kurt Angle Vs. The Undertaker (WWE - 2/19/06) [NEW!]
#48. KENTA Vs. Low Ki (ROH - 12/17/05) [-12]
#49. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuiness (ROH - 6/9/07) [-1]
#50. The Undertaker Vs. Edge (WWE Hell in the Cell - 8/17/08) [NEW!]

#51. Briscoes Vs. Claudio Castragnoli & Matt Sydal (ROH - 5/12/07)
#52. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (NOAH - 4/25/04)
#53. Homicide Vs. Steve Corino (ROH Better Friends, Stiffer Enemies - Fight Without Honor - 8/16/03)
#54. El Hijo Del Santo Vs. Blue Panther (Monterrey - 2/3 Falls - 4/9/00)
#55. Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima Vs. Mike Barton & Jim Steele (AJ - 12/11/01)
#56. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (NOAH - 4/25/04)
#57. Samoa Joe Vs. AJ Styles (TNA - 12/11/05)
#58. Briscoes Vs. Roderick Strong & Austin Aries (ROH - 8/12/06)
#59. Bryan Danielson Vs. Roderick Strong (ROH - 3/31/06)
#60. HHH Vs. Cactus Jack (WWE Hell in the Cell - 2/27/00)

#61. Chris Jerchio Vs. Shawn Michaels (WWF Wrestlemania - 3/30/03)
#62. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (ROH No-DQ - 12/27/08)
#63. Eddie Guerrero Vs. RVD (WWF Ladder - 5/27/02)
#64. Brock Lesnar Vs. The Undertaker (WWF Hell in the Cell - 10/20/02)
#65. Kurt Angle Vs. Chris Benoit (WWF Royal Rumble - 1/19/03)
#66. Eddie Guerrero Vs. Edge (WWF No-DQ - 9/24/02)
#67. Minoru Suzuki & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Jun Akiyama & Makoto Hashi (NOAH - 7/18/05)
#68. Yuji Nagata Vs. Togi Makabe (NJ - 7/6/07)
#69. Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiosaki Vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH - 11/5/05)
#70. KENTA Vs. Davey Richards (ROH - 4/4/09)

#71. HHH Vs. Shawn Michaels (WWF Stretfight - 8/25/02)
#72. Satoshi Kojima Vs. Toshiaki Kawada (AJ - 2/16/05)
#73. Satoshi Kojima Vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan (NJ - 2/20/05)
#74. Kevin Steen & El Generico Vs. Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi (ROH - 3/28/08 )
#75. Chris Jericho Vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (WWF Bash - Title Vs. Mask - 6/28/09)
#76. Samoa Joe vs. Necro Butcher (IWA-MS - 6/11/05)
#77. James Gibson Vs. Bryan Danielson (ROH - 9/7/05)
#78. Shawn Michaels Vs. Chris Jericho (WWE Ladder match - 10/5/08)
#79. Toshiaki Kawada Vs. Genricho Tenryu (AJ - 10/28/00)

#80. Momoe Nakanishi, Nanae Takahashi, Kaoru Ito, & Tomoko Watanbe Vs. Mima Shimoda, Etsuko Mita, Kumiko Maekawa, & Manami Toyota (AJW - Elimination match - 2/28/01)
#81. Atlantis Vs. Villano III (EMLL Mask Vs. Mask - 3/17/00)
#82. Bryan Danielson Vs. Paul London (ROH Epic Encounter - 2/3 Falls - 4/12/03)
#83. Keiji Muto Vs. Genichiro Tenryu (AJ - 6/8/01)
#84. Chris Benoit Vs. Chris Jericho (WWF Ladder match - 1/21/01)
#85. Toshiaki Kawada Vs. Kensuke Sasaki (NJ - 1/4/01)
#86. James Gibson Vs. Roderick Strong (10/2/05)
#87. Akira Hokuto Vs. Meiko Satamura (GAEA - 4/29/01)
#88. Yoshihiro Takayama Vs. Osamu Nishimura (NJ - 8/10/02)
#89. Tyler Black & Jimmy Jacobs Vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico (ROH - 9/19/08 )
#90. Kensuke Sasaki Vs. Yoshihiro Takyama (NJ - 8/8/04)

#91. Kaoru Ito, Momoe Nakanishi & Nanae Takahashi Vs. Etsuko Mita, Mima Shimoda & Kumiko Maekawa (AJW Cage Match - 11/23/00)
#92. Blood Generation Vs. Do Fixer (Dragon Gate - 7/3/05)
#93. Chris Benoit Vs. Kurt Angle (WWF Unforgiven - 9/22/02)
#94. CM Punk Vs. Jeff Hardy (WWE TLC match - 8/25/09)
#95. Davey Richards Vs. Shingo Takagi (DG USA - Taped 9/6/09, Aired: 11/6/09)
#96. Osamu Nishimura Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (MUGA - 2/3 falls - 9/25/06)
#97. El Hijo Del Santo Vs. Dr. Cerebro (IWRG - 2/3 Falls - 12/21/00)
#98. DX & The Radicalz Vs. The Rock, Cactus Jack & 2 Cool (WWF - 2/7/00)
#99. Toshiaki Kawada & Nobutaka Araya Vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Masanobu Fuchi (AJ - 6/30/01)
#100. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Kenta Kobashi (AJ - 4/11/00)

Best of Decade (Draft #1)

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* NOTE: No 2009 matches here yet:

1. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Kenta Kobashi (NOAH - 3/1/03)
2. HHH Vs. Cactus Jack (WWF Streetfight - 1/23/00)
3. HHH Vs. Shawn Michaels Vs. Chris Benoit (WWE Wrestlemania - 3/14/04)
4. CZW Vs. ROH (ROH/CZW Cage of Death - 7/15/06)
5. Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki (NOAH - 7/18/05)
6. KENTA Vs. Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH - 10/29/06)
7. Samoa Joe Vs. Christopher Daniels Vs. AJ Styles (TNA - 9/11/05)
8. Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle Vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio Jr. (WWE - 10/20/02)
9. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama (NOAH - 7/16/03)
10. Do Fixer Vs. Blood Generation (ROH - 3/31/06)

11. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Jun Akiyama (All Japan - 2/27/00)
12. Genichiro Tenryu Vs. Satoshi Kojima (AJ - 7/17/02)
13. The Rock Vs. Steve Austin (WWF - 4/1/01)
14. Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio Vs. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (NOAH - 7/6/06)
15. Mistico Vs. Perro Aguayo Jr. (CMLL - 2/3 Falls - 5/13/05)
16. Edge & Christian Vs. The Dudleys Vs. The Hardyz (WWF TLC - 8/27/00)
17. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Yoshinobu Kanemuru & Makoto Hashi (NOAH – 9/12/03)
18. Nigel McGuinness Vs. Austin Aries (ROH - 12/29/07)
19. Nigel McGuinness Vs. Bryan Danielson (ROH 6th Ann. - 2/23/08)
20. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Hirooki Goto (NJ - 11/11/07)

21. Bryan Danielson Vs. KENTA (ROH - 9/16/06)
22. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Jun Akiyama (NOAH - 7/10/04)
23. AJ Styles Vs. Paul London (ROH - 6/14/03)
24. John Cena Vs. Umaga (WWE Last man Standing - 1/28/07)
25. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuiness (ROH - 8/12/06)
26. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama Vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata (NOAH - 3/2/02)
27. Briscoes Vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico (ROH Ladder match - 9/15/07)
28. Team Canada Vs. Chris Harris & James Storm (TNA - 1/16/05)
29. Randy Orton Vs. Mick Foley (WWE Backlash - 4/18/04)
30. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (ROH - 8/25/07)

31. Spanky Vs. Low Ki Vs. Christopher Daniels Vs. Doug Williams (ROH 60 Min Iron man match - 7/27/02)
32. Mistico & Negro Casas Vs. Mephisto & Averno (CMLL 2/3 Falls - 4/15/06)
33. Eddie Guerrero Vs. RVD (WWF Ladder - 5/27/02)
34. Aja Kong Vs. Meiko Satamura (GAEA - 12/15/01)
35. BJ Whitmer Vs. Jimmy Jacobs (ROH Cage Match - 3/31/07)
36. KENTA Vs. Low Ki (ROH - 12/17/05)
37. Chris Harris & James Storm Vs. Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper (TNA Cage match - 12/5/04)
38. Samoa Joe Vs. C.M. Punk (ROH - 10/16/04)
39. El Hijo Del Santo Vs. Blue Panther (Monterrey - 2/3 Falls - 4/9/00)
40. Edge & Christian Vs. The Dudleys Vs. The Hardyz (WWF TLC II - 4/1/01)

41. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita (NOAH Differ Cup Finals - 5/8/05)
42. El Hijo Del Santo Vs. Nicho El Millonario (CMLL - 2/3 Falls Mask Vs. Hair- 4/6/01)
43. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka Vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi (NJ - 12/14/00)
44. Eddie Guerrero Vs. JBL (WWE - 5/16/04)
45. Briscoes Vs. Austin Aries & Roderick Strong (ROH - 8/12/06)
46. Homicide Vs. Steve Corino (ROH Fight Without Honor - 8/16/03)
47. Batista Vs. HHH (WWE Hell in the Cell - 6/26/05)
48. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuiness (ROH - 6/9/07)
49. Atlantis Vs. Villano III (EMLL Mask Vs. Mask - 3/17/00)
50. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji Vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (NOAH - 4/25/04)

WON MOTYC (1990 - 1999)

2010-03-06T21:27:00.000-08:00

And just to keep them together here's the top Wrestling Observer MOTY voting for the 90's:

1990:

1. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (1-31) Osaka
2. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (6-8) Tokyo
3. Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong (7-8) Baltimore
4. Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior (4-1) Toronto
5. Steiners vs. Nasty Boys (10-27) Chicago
6. Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs Dragon Master & Masanobu Kurisu (4-1) Tokyo
7. Keiji Muto vs. Hiroshi Hase (9-14) Hiroshima
8. Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger (2-25) Greensboro
9. Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton vs. Joe Malenko & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
10. Yoshihiro Asai vs. Negro Casas (6-7) Tokyo
11. Jushin Liger vs. Chris Benoit (8-19) Tokyo

1991:

1. Steiners vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (3-21) Tokyo
2. Bull Nakano vs Akira Hokuto (1-4) Tokyo
3. Ric Flair & Larry Zbyszko & Sid Vicious & Barry Windham vs. Steiners & Sting & Brian Pillman War Games (2-24) Phoenix
4. Cactus Jack vs. Eddie Gilbert (8-3) Philadelphia
5. Steiners vs. Sting & Lex Luger (5-19) St. Petersburg
6. Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko vs. Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes (11-18) Savannah
7. Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior (3-34) Los Angeles
8. Curt Hennig vs. Bret Hart (8-27) New York
9. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (4-20) Tokyo
10. Jushin Liger vs. Hiroshi Hase (5-6) Tokyo
11. Keiji Muto vs. Masahiro Chono (8-11) Tokyo
12. Jushin Liger vs. Chris Benoit (10-18) Hiroshima
13. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kenta Kobashi (5-24) Osaka
14. Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair (10-25) Oakland
15. Jushin Liger vs. Owen Hart (4-27) Okinawa
16. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Toshiaki Kawada (10-24) Yokohama
17. Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs. Esther Moreno & Manami Toyota (4-29) Tokyo
18. Ric Flair vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (3-21) Tokyo

1992:

1. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (5-25) Miyagi
2. Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (2-29) Milwaukee
3. Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue (4-25) Yokohama
4. Jushin Liger vs. El Samurai (4-30) Tokyo
5. Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada (8-15) Tokyo
6. El Hijo del Santo & Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Negro Casas & Tim Patterson & Horace Boulder (5-16) Los Angeles
7. Sting & Nikita Koloff & Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat & Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson & Bobby Eaton & Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko & Rick Rude War Games (5-17) Jacksonville
8. Bret Hart vs. British Bulldog (8-29) London
9. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Yumiko Hotta & Suzuka Minami (3-17) Tokyo
10. Eddie Gilbert vs. Terry Funk (11-14) Wayne, NJ
11. Royal Rumble (1-19) Albany, NY
12. Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (12-27) East Rutherford, NJ
13. Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage (4-5) Indianapolis
14. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (11-27) Richfield, OH
15. Sting vs. Cactus Jack (6-20) Mobile
16. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Masa Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa (7-5) Tokyo
17. Sting vs. Big Van Vader (7-18) Albany
18. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue (4-20) Tokyo
19. Rick Rude vs. Masahiro Chono (8-12) Tokyo

1993:

1. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki (4-11) Osaka
2. Steve Williams vs. Kenta Kobashi (8-31) Toyohashi
3. Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori (4-2) Yokohama
4. Cactus Jack vs. Vader (10-24) New Orleans
5. Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi (7-29) Tokyo
6. Hikari Fukuoka & Cuty Suzuki & Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue & Sakie Hasgewa (7-31) Yokohama
7. Sting vs. Vader (2-21) Asheville
8. Lightning Kid (X-Pac) vs. Sabu 4-17 Minneapolis
9. Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty (7-10) New York
10. Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawasda (2-28) Tokyo
11. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi (4-14) Nagoya
12. El Hijo del Santo vs. Heavy Metal (1-29) Mexico City
13. Winners (Abismo Negro) & Rey Misterio Jr. & Super Calo vs. Jerry Estrada & Heavy Metal & Psicosis (1-29) Mexico City
14. Bret Hart vs. Curt Hennig (6-11) Dayton
15. Mitsuhau Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (3-27) Kyoto
16. Atsushi Onita vs. Terry Funk (5-5) Kawasaki
17. Devil Masami vs. Bull Nakano (4-18) Tokyo
18. Steiners vs. Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey (8-30) Auburn Hills, MI
19. Heavy Metal & Psicosis & Picudo vs. Winners & Serup Calo & Rey Misterio Jr. (2-14) Mexico City

1994:

1. Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) (3-20) New York
2. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (6-3) Tokyo
3. Great Sasuke vs. Chris Benoit (4-16) Tokyo
4. Love Machine & Eddy Guerrero vs. El Hijo del Santo & Octagon (11-6) Los Angeles
5. Terry Funk vs. Shane Douglas vs. Sabu (2-5) Philadelphia
6. Ric Flair vs Vader (12-27-93) Charlotte
7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (5-21) Sapporo
8. Nasty Boys vs. Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne (4-17) Chicago
9. Jushin Luger vs. Great Sasuke (4-16) Tokyo
10. Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs. Nasty Boys (5-22) Philadelphia
11. Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota (11-20) Tokyo
12. Akira Hokuto & Kyoko Inoue vs. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada (12-10-93) Tokyo
13. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Steve Williams (7-28) Tokyo
14. Great Sasuke vs. Jinsei Shinzaki (4-29) Tokyo
15. Chris Benoit & Shinjiro Otani vs. Black Tiger (Eddy Guerrero) & Great Sasuke (10-18) Odawara
16. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (8-29) Chicago
17. Steve Williams vs. Kenta Kobashi (9-3) Tokyo
18. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (3-20) New York

1995:

1. Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue (5-7) Tokyo
2. Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (8-27) Pittsburgh
3. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (10-7) Philadelphia
4. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (1-24) Yamagata
5. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi (1-19) Osaka
6. Eddy Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko (4-15) Philadelphia
7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (6-9) Tokyo
8. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (9-22) Mexico City
9. Ultimo Dragon vs. Chris Jericho (7-7) Tokyo
10. Manami Toyota vs. Akira Hokuto (9-2) Tokyo
11. Oleg Taktarov vs. Tank Abbott (9-8) Casper
12. Cactus Jack & Head Hunters vs. Terry Funk & Shoji Nakamaki & Leatherface (Rick Patterson) (4-2) Tokyo
13. Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa vs. Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (8-30) Osaka
14. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Stan Hansen vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada & Johnny Ace (4-2) Tokyo
15. Shawn Michaels vs. Jeff Jarrett (7-23) Nashville
16. Sabu vs. Devon Storm (10-28) Woodbury, NJ
17. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (7-24) Tokyo
18. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue 4-15 Tokyo
19. Rey Misterio & Rey Misterio Jr. vs Fuerza & Juventud Guerrera (3-2) Xalapa
20. Eddy Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko (5-13) Philadelphia
21. Eddy Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko (8-26) Philadelphia
22. Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong (6-27 Sapporo
23. Pit Bulls vs. Raven & Stevie Richards (9-16) Philadelphia

1996:

1. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (6-7) Tokyo
2. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera (3-9) Philadelphia
3. Dick Togo & Mens Teioh & Shiryu (Kaz Hayashi) & Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki vs. Gran Hamada & Super Delfin & Tiger Mask & Gran Naniwa & Masato Yakushiji (10-10) Tokyo
4. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (5-23) Sapporo
5. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels 3-31 Anaheim
6. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis 7-7 Daytona Beach
7. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin 11-17 New York
8. Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel (Kevin Nash) 4-28 Omaha
9. Ultimo Dragon vs. Shinjiro Otani (8-4) Tokyo
10. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (12-13-95) Tokyo
11. Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind (9-22) Philadelphia
12. Bas Rutten vs. Masakatsu Funaki (9-7) Tokyo
13. Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada (10-18) Tokyo
14. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon (11-24) Norfolk
15. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko (10-27) Las Vegas
16. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (9-5) Tokyo
17. Don Frye vs. Amoury Bitetti (5-17) Detroit
18. Antonio Inoki vs. Vader (1-4) Tokyo
19. Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda vs. Mariko Yoshida & Kaoru Ito (8-6) Hakata
20. Sabu vs Rob Van Dam (4-20) Philadelphia
21. Rey Misterio Jr. & Ultimo Dragon vs. Psicosis & Heavy Metal (6-1) Los Angeles

1997:

1. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (3-23) Chicago
2. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (1-20) Osaka
3. Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels (10-5) St. Louis
4. Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Misterio Jr. (10-26) Las Vegas
5. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (6-6) Tokyo
6. El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto (6-5) Tokyo
7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (12-6-96) Tokyo
8. Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Masato Yakushiji vs. Mens Teioh & Dick Togo & Taka Michinoku (4-13) Philadelphia
9. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (10-21) Tokyo
10. Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani (2-9) Sapporo
11. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (11-9) Montreal
12. Bret & Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith & Jim Neidhart & Brian Pillman vs. Steve Austin & Ken Shamrock & Goldust & Legion of Doom (7-6) Calgary
13. Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko (12-29-96) Nashville
14. Hector Garza & Juventud Guerrera & Lizmark Jr. vs. La Parka & Psicosis & Villano IV (7-13) Daytona Beach

1998:

1. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (10-31) Tokyo
2. Undertaker vs. Mankind (6-28) Pittsburgh
3. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (6-27) Yokohama
4. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (5-1) Tokyo
5. Steve Austin vs. Dude Love (5-31) Milwaukee
6. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (12-5-97) Tokyo
7. Juventud Guerrera vs. Billy Kidman (11-16) Wichita
8. Rock vs. HHH (8-30) New York
9. Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada (6-12) Tokyo
10. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama (7-25) Tokyo
11. Koji Kanemoto vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. (6-3) Osaka
12. Ric Flair vs. Bret Hart (1-25 Dayton
13. Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels (3-29) Boston
14. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Koji Kanemoto & Dr. Wagner Jr. (8-8) Osaka
15. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Jushin Liger & El Samurai (8-2) Tokyo
16. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Shinya Hashimoto (8-1) Tokyo

1999:

1. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (6-11) Tokyo
2. Edge & Christian vs. Hardys (10-17) Cleveland
3. Bret Hart vs. Chris Benoit (10-4) Kansas City
4. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (3-6) Tokyo
5. Steve Austin vs. Rock (4-25) Hartford
6. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (1-22) Osaka
7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (10-23) Nagoya
8. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto (10-11) Tokyo
9. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto (6-24) Tokyo
10. Juventud Guerrera vs. Blitzkrieg (4-11) Tacoma
11. Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn (3-21) Asbury Park
12. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis vs. Blitzkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera (4-19) Gainesville, FL
13. Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn (5-16) Poughkeepsie
14. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Vader (5-2) Tokyo
15. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Vader (10-30) Tokyo
16. Great Sasuke vs. Magnum Tokyo (2-7) Yokohama
17. Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome (11-7) Buffalo
18. Jushin Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto (3-17) Hiroshima
19. Rock vs. Mankind (1-24) Anaheim

WON MOTYC (2000 - 2009)

2010-03-03T13:48:00.001-08:00

I'm running a Best of the 2000's (00-09) poll over on another forum so I'm watching as much 2000s matches as I can. I'm trying to watch all the majorly suggested ones but also following the Wrestling Observer's yearly best match awards and trying to watch them all. For anyone else interested in the results from the last 10 years and maybe something to watch here ya go:

Wrestling Observer Checklist ho:

2000
1.) Atlantis vs. Villano III (3/17 - Arena Mexico)
2.) Triple H vs. Cactus Jack (1/23 - Madison Square Garden)
3.) Dudley Boys vs. Edge & Christian vs. Hardy Boys (8/27 - Raleigh)
4.) Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kensuke Sasaki (10/9 - Tokyo Dome)
5.) Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka (6/25 - Tokyo)
6.) Triple H vs. Cactus Jack (2/27 – Hartford)
7.) Triple H vs. Chris Jericho (7/23 – Dallas)
8.) Triple H vs. Rock (5/21 – Louisville)
9.) Chris Benoit vs. Steven Regal (5/25 – Cincinnati)
10.) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (4/11 – Kanazawa)
11.) Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada (1/17 – Osaka)
12.) Kenta Kobashi vs. Takao Omori (4/15 – Tokyo)
13.) Dudleys vs. Edge & Christian vs. Hardys (4/2 – Anaheim)
14.) FBI vs. Mikey Whipwreck & Yoshihiro Tajiri (8/26 – New York)
15. Rock vs. Chris Benoit (7/23 – Dallas)

2001
1.) Keiji Muto vs. Genichiro Tenryu (6/8 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan)
2.) Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho vs. Steve Austin & Triple H (5/21 - San Jose)
3.) Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka (12/14/00 - Osaka)
4.) Minoru Tanaka vs. Takehiro Murahama (4/20 - Tokyo Korakuen Hall)
5.) Triple H vs. Steve Austin (2/25 - Las Vegas)
6.) Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho (1/21 – New Orleans)
7.) Rock vs. Steve Austin (4/1 – Houston)
8.) Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama (12/23/00 – Tokyo)
9.) Steve Austin vs. Chris Benoit (5/29 – Edmonton)
10.) Akira Hokuto vs. Meiko Satomura (4/29 – Kawasaki)
11.) Rock vs. Chris Jericho (10/21 – St. Louis)
12.) Keiji Muto vs. Yuji Nagata (8/12 – Tokyo)
13.) El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas vs. Rey Bucanero & Ultimo Guerrero (11/2 – Mexico City)
14.) Momoe Nakanishi vs. Kumiko Maekawa (5/4 – Kawasaki)
15.) Edge & Christian vs. Dudleys vs. Hardys TLC (4/1 – Houston)
16.) Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle (8/19 – San Jose)
17.) Momoe Nakanishi vs. Kumiko Maekawa (10/24 – Tokyo)
18.) Keiji Muto vs Toshiaki Kawada (4/14 – Tokyo)
19.) Yuji Nagata vs. Kazuyuki Fujita (6/6 – Tokyo)
20.) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata (3/2 – Tokyo)

2002
1.) Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio (10/20 - Little Rock)
2.) Genichiro Tenryu vs. Satoshi Kojima (7/17 - Osaka)
3.) Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels (8/25 - Madison Square Garden)
4.) Keiji Muto vs. Toshiaki Kawada (2/24 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan)
5.) American Dragon vs. Low Ki (3/30 - Philadelphia)
6.) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama & Yuji Nagata (2/17 - Tokyo Nippon Budokan)
7.) Spanky vs. Low Ki vs. Christopher Daniels vs. Doug Williams (7/27 - Philadelphia)
8.) Naomichi Marufuji vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa (12/9/01 - Tokyo)
9.) Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle (9/22 - Los Angeles)
10.) Eddie Guerrero vs. Edge (9/24 - San Diego)
11.) Masahiro Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Manabu Nakanishi & Osamu Nishimura (6/5 – Osaka)
12.) Low Ki vs. American Dragon vs. Christopher Daniels (2/23 – Philadelphia)
13.) Hulk Hogan vs. Rock (3/17 – Toronto)
14.) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Jushin Liger & Minoru Tanaka (4/7 – Tokyo)
15.) Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Satoshi Kojima vs. Mike Barton & Jim Steele (12/11/01 – Osaka)
16.) Manami Toyota vs. Kaoru Ito (2/24 – Yokohama)
17.) Kurt Angle vs. Edge (5/19 – Nashville)
18.) Yuji Nagata vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (5/2 – Tokyo)
19.) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (9/23 – Tokyo)
20.) Tsuyoshi Kikuchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Jushin Liger & Wataru Inoue (2/17 – Tokyo)
21.) Momoe Nakanishi vs. Kumiko Maekawa (2/24 – Yokohama)
22.) Low Ki vs. AJ Styles vs. Jerry Lynn ladder match (8/21 – Nashville)

2003
1.) Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (3/1 – Tokyo)
2.) Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit (1/19 – Boston)
3.) KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Yoshinobu Kanemuru& Makoto Hashi (9/12 – Tokyo)
4.) Chris Jerchio vs. Shawn Michaels (3/30 – Seattle)
5.) Bryan Danielson vs. Paul London (4/12 – Philly)
6.) KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama (7/16 – Osaka)
7.) Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (3/30 – Seattle)
8.) Kenta Kobashi vs. Yuji Nagata (9/12 – Tokyo)
9.) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Jun Akiyama (8/17 – Tokyo)
10.) Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar (9/16 – Raleigh)
11.) Juventud Guerrera vs. Chris Sabin (8/27 – Nashville)
12.) Chris Harris & James Storm vs. Christopher Daniels & Elix Skipper (6/25 – Nashville)
13.) Low Ki vs. AJ Styles (1/5 – Tokyo)
14.) Homicide vs. Steve Corino (8/16 – Fairfield, CT)
15.) Randy Orton & Chris Jericho & Christian & Scott Steiner & Mark Henry vs. Shawn Michaels & Rob Van Dam & Dudleys & Booker T (11/16 – Dallas)

2004
1.) Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama (7/10 – Tokyo Dome)
2.) HHH vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit (3/14 –Madison Square Garden)
3.) Samoa Joe vs. C.M. Punk (10/16 – Chicago Ridge)
4.) Kenta Kobashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (4/25 – Tokyo)
5.) Randy Orton vs. Mick Foley (4/18 – Edmonton)
6.) Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar (2/15 – San Francisco)
7.) Samoa Joe vs. C.M. Punk (6/12 – Dayton)
8.) Kensuke Sasaki vs. Yoshihiro Takyama (8/8 – Osaka)
9.) HHH vs. Shawn Michaels (12/30/03 – San Antonio)
10.) HHH vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit (4/18 – Edmonton)
11.) KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (4/25 – Tokyo)
12.) Kensuke Sasaki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (11/3 – Tokyo)

2005
1.) Kenta Kobashi vs. Samoa Joe 10/1 New York
2.) Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels 4/3 Los Angeles
3.) Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki 7/18 Tokyo Dome
4.) Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles 9/11 Orlando
5.) Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiosaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima 11/5 Budokan Hall
6.) AMW vs. XXX 12/5-04 Orlando
7.) Satoshi Kojima vs. Toshiaki Kawada 2/16 Tokyo Gym
8.) Mistico vs. Ultimo Guerrero 2/15 Arena Mexico
9.) AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels 2/13 Orlando
10.) KENTA vs. SUWA 9/18 Budokan Hall
11.) Mistico vs. Perro Aguayo Jr. 5/13 Arena Mexico
12.) KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura 6/5 Sapporo
13.) Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiozaki vs. Jun Akiyama & Doug Williams 11/12 Coventry, England
14.) KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita 5/8 Tokyo Differ Ariake
15.) KENTA vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru 7/18 Tokyo Dome
16.) Austin Aries vs. Samoa Joe 12/26/04 Philadelphia

2006
1.) Do Fixer vs Blood Gen. (ROH 3/31/06)
2.) KENTA vs Marufuji (NOAH 10/29/06)
3.) Bryan Danielson vs KENTA (ROH 9/16/06)
4.) Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuiness (ROH 8/12/06)
5.) Samoa Joe vs AJ Styles (TNA 12/11/05)
6.) KENTA vs Low Ki (ROH 12/17/05)
7.) Chris Benoit vs Finlay (WWE 5/21/06)
8.) Cage of Death: CZW vs ROH (ROH/CZW 7/15/06)
9.) Rikio/Morishima vs KENTA/Marufuji (NOAH 7/6/06)
10.) Kurt Angle vs The Undertaker (WWE 2/19/06)
11.) Averno & Mephisto vs. El Hijo del Santo & Negro Casas 12/16/05 Mexico City
12.) Samoa Joe vs. A.J. Styles vs. Christopher Daniels
13.) Ikuto Hidaka & Minoru Fujita vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Takashi Sugiura (3/5 Tokyo, NOAH Budokan)
14.) Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong 3/31 Chicago Ridge (ROH)
15.) Edge vs. Mick Foley 4/2 Chicago (WWE WM22)
16.) Chris Hero & Super Dragon & Necro Butcher vs. Samoa Joe & Adam Pearce & B.J. Whitmer 4/22 Philadelphia
17.) Edge vs. John Cena 9/17 Toronto
18.) Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe 11/19 Orlando

2007
1. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (8/25/07)
2. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori Vs. Kota Ibushi & Naomichi marufuji (7/15/07)
3. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuiness (6/9/07)
4. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels (4/23/07) (74)
5. John Cena Vs. Umaga (1/28/07) (46)
6. Briscoes Vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico (9/15/07)
7. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels Vs. Edge Vs. Randy Orton (4/29/07)
8. Cima, Shingo Takagi & Susuma Yokosuka Vs. Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Masaaki Mochizuki (3/31/07)
9. Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Hirooki Goto (11/11/07)
10. Hiroshi Tanahasi Vs. Yuji Nagata (4/13/07)
11. Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (9/15/07)
12. Undertaker Vs. Batista (4/1/07)
13. John Cena Vs. Shawn Michaels (4/1/07)
14. BJ Whitmer Vs. Jimmy Jacobs (3/31/07)
15. Briscoes Vs. Ricky marvin & Kotaro Suzuki (1/21/07)
16. Takeshi Morishima Vs. Claudio Castragnoli (8/10/07)
17. Chris Harris Vs. James Storm (5/13/07)
18. Briscoes Vs. Claudio Castragnoli & Matt Sydal (5/12/07)
19. Kurt Angle Vs. Samoa Joe (12/10/06)

2008
1. SHAWN MICHAELS VS. CHRIS JERICHO 10/5 PORTLAND
2. Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels 3/30 Orlando
3. Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe 4/13 Lowell
4. Blue Panther vs. Villano V 9/19 Mexico City
5. Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama 12/2/07 Tokyo
6. Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries 12/29/07 New York
7. Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson 2/23 New York
8. Undertaker vs. Edge 3/30 Orlando
9. Naomichi Marufuji & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. KENTA & Kota Ibushi 9/14 Tokyo
10. Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino & Genki Horiguchi vs. Cima & Ryo Saito & Dragon Kid 3/29 Orlando
11. KENTA vs. Naomichi Marufuji 10/25
12. Undertaker vs Edge 8/17 Indianapolis
13. Nigel McGuinness vs. Tyler Black 3/16 Philadelphia
14. Bryan Danielson vs. Tyler Black 7/26 Detroit
15. Naomichi Marufuji vs. Shuji Kondo 11/3 Tokyo
16. Kenta Kobashi & KENTA vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima 6/14 Tokyo
17. Volador Jr. & Sagrado & La Sombra vs. El Hijo del Fantasma & La Mascara & Valiente 4/30 Mexico City
18. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori vs. Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Kotaro Suzuki 9/6 Tokyo
19. Kurt Angle vs. A.J. Styles 8/10 Trenton
20. HHH vs. Jeff Hardy 10/5 Portland
21. Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi 3/28 Orlando
22. Kurt Angle vs. Yuji Nagata 1/4 Tokyo
23. Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. Tyler Black & Jimmy Jacobs 9/19 Boston
24. Takeshi Morishima vs. Naomichi Marufuji 12/2/07 Tokyo

2009
1. UNDERTAKER VS. SHAWN MICHAELS 4/5 HOUSTON
2. Davey Richards vs. Shingo Takagi 9/6 Chicago
3. KENTA vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 3/1 Tokyo
4. Bryan Danielson vs. Naruki Doi 9/6 Chicago
5. KENTA & Go Shiozaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima 6/22 Tokyo
6. Davey Richards vs. KENTA 4/3 Houston
7. Rey Mysterio vs. Chris Jericho 6/28 Sacramento
8. Bryan Danielson vs. Davey Richards 9/25 Boston
9. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels vs. A.J. Styles 11/15 Orlando
10. KENTA vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima 2/11 Tokyo
11. Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima 12/27/08 New York
12. Kurt Angle vs. Desmond Wolfe 11/15 Orlando
13. John Cena vs. Randy Orton 9/13 Montreal
14. C.M. Punk vs. Jeff Hardy 8/25 Phoenix
15. Rey Mysterio vs. John Morrison 9/1 Cleveland

2000 watchings

2010-02-01T11:54:00.000-08:00

I've given up on 2009 watching... for now....

Best of the Decade watchings:

Tomokai Honma Vs. Ryuji Yamakawa (Big Japan Barbed Wire Boards Spike Nail Boards Deathmatch - 1/2/00) - I'm not into Deathmatches but this was really good. As impressive as alot of the barbed wire moves were, the most amazing one was Tomokai Honma Barbed-wire-free running 360 dive to the outside! ****

CIMA Vs. Minoru Fujita (Mpro - 1/9/00) - Started off OK but got really good at the end. Both guys used that uppercut move from Streetfighter 2 alot. ****

Tajiri Vs. Super Crazy (ECW Mexican Deathmatch - 1/15/00) - One of my favs from late ECW. Anything goes. Both guys gets busted open and a few tables get bent. Best ECW match in TNN history? ****1/4

Kenta Kobashi Vs. Toshiaki Kawada (All Japan - 1/17/00) - Ok match. Started off good but tapered from then on. Kobashi took 3 headdrops here that should've ended his career. ***

Michael Modest Vs. Christopher Daniels (All Pro Wrestling - 1/22/00) - Pretty good match continuing their indy feud into 2000. This was for ALL the marbles, the prestigious Internet championship! Finishing move was NASTY. ***1/2

HHH Vs. Cactus Jack (WWF Streetfight - 1/23/00) - Voted #18 Best match in the PWT Top100. Mankind was getting his ass handed to him, so he left town and Cactus Jack's back! I love this match. Anything goes streetfight that helped cement Vince McMahon's favorite son's reign. ****3/4

Vader Vs. Jun Akiyama (All Japan - 1/23/00) - I think I'm the only one who likes Vader All-Japan run. Akiyama tries to take the Triple Crown early! ***3/4

DX & The Radicalz Vs. The Rock, Cactus Jack & 2 Cool (WWF - 2/7/00) - The Radicalz turncoats joined DX. So Rock and Cactus are looking for payback. The crowd heat for this RAW tag is OFF THE CHARTS. ****1/4

Naoki Sano Vs. Minoru Tanaka (Battle Arts - 2/13/00) - Shootystyle match. For some reason the commentators sound like Giant Baba and that other guy from 90's AJ. Battle Arts matches (or are they bouts) are always hit and miss for me. But this one was really good. Matwork and submission attempts to start then they finished like it was a NJ match. Very good stuff. ****

Aja Kong Vs. KAORU (GAEA - 2/13/00) - Hardcore match where pretty KAORU gets bloodied up and Kong sells as good as any monster has ever done. Lots of plunder. ***1/2

Vader Vs. Toshiaki Kawada (All Japan - 2/17/00) - Short but good match. Kawada came in with a gameplan. Ending was neat with both guys almost out on their feet and slugging it out. ***1/2

Mike Awesome Vs. Masato Tanaka (ECW TNN - 2/18/00) - It's hard to rate all these Awesome/Tanaka matches cause they'll all the same. Same spots, same sequences, same chairs and brain cell loss {yawn}. But problem is the formula kicks so much ass. ***3/4

Abdullah Jr. Kobyashi Vs. Tomokai Honma (Big Japan Barbed Wire Boards Ladder Death Match - 2/22/00) - Before the match Abdullah Jr. invites Honma to his house (for a BBQ?) and freaks him out by putting his hand in white hot sand and breaking beer bottles with his chops. Some crazy spots (such as Honma's hurricanranna going bad and ending up being squshed from the top rope to the floor and board)... but never got into this one. **1/2

Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Jun Akiyama (All Japan - 2/27/00) - It's Akiyama's decade but first he has to put his loser ex-tag team partner out to pasture. Just an awesome match. Great moves and intensity from both guys and the crowd was hot. ****1/2

Vader Vs. Kenta Kobashi (All Japan - 2/27/00) - Vader defends the Triple Crown against Kobashi. Kobashi's got busted up ribs which Vader works over. But Kobashi won't stay down! ***1/2

HHH Vs. Cactus Jack (WWE Hell in the Cell - 2/27/00) - Voted #49 Best match in the PWT Top 100. Cactus gets another shot at the title, but this time if he loses he must retire! Jack's got the advantage though cause it's inside the diabolical cell. Great follow up to their MOTDC at the Rumble and has the drama of maybe being Cactus last match ever. ****1/4

Dick Togo vs. Super Delfin (Osaka Pro 1/4/00) - Long hard fought battle. Dick lives up to his name with help from his cronies and a chair. ***1/4

Daisuke Ikeda & Mitsu Nagai vs. Alexander Otsuka & Yuki Ishikawa (BattlARTS 2/13/00) - This was pretty much just a 20 minute squash with Nagai treating Otsuka and Ishikawa like 80's jobbers. Once again BattlARTS flies over my head. *1/2

Atlantis Vs. Villano III (EMLL Mask Vs. Mask - 3/17/00) - Wrestling Observer 2000 MOTY. Voted the 83rd Greatest Match of All time in the PWT Top 100. Only 1 Fall and both guys get wiped out and bloodied right off the bat by a dive. So the rest of the match is all drama as to which legend gets unmasked! ****1/4

The Dudleyz Vs. Edge & Christian Vs. The Hardy Boyz (WWF Ladder Match - 4/2/00) - I think this match is forgotten but it really is the first TLC match of their series as all 3 plunders get involved. ****1/4

El Hijo Del Santo Vs. Blue Panther (Monterrey - 2/3 Falls - 4/9/00) - Awesome mat match with nifty counters and submissions. I actually liked this a bit more than Atlantis/Villano III. That ref must've been a Black Shadow fan. How is the Blue Panther not in the Hall of Fame? ****1/4

HHH Vs. The Rock (WWF Backlash - 4/26/00) - This had alot of elements from the awesome Dude Love/Austin match in 98. Wasn't as good here but still lots of fun moments and many angles (Vince/Austin, Linda/Stephanie, Hebner 's return). HHH is defending the World title. Rock's looking for payback from WM. Best part was substitutes Brisco and Patterson both running out as refs and then stomping on the Rock in the middle of the ring. Rudo refs! ***3/4

Sugar Sato vs. KAORU (OZ 5/6/00) - Anything goes Garbage match. One spot had KAORU get stuffed in a barrel and Sato slammed it with a sledgehammer. ***

Dr. Cerebro Vs. Ultimo Vampiro (IWRG - 2/3 Falls - 5/11/00) - This match has everything going right but I just didn't get into it. Fans were asleep too which didn't help. ***1/2

The Rock Vs. Triple H (WWF Ironman - 5/21/00) - HHH goes one-on-one with the great one for sixty minutes. Voted the 66th Greatest Match of All time in the PWT Top 100. Smartly worked hour and a big change from the Bret/HBK no falls contest. ****1/4

Chris Benoit Vs. Steven Regal (WWF - 5/25/00) - From the Brian Pillman memorial. Short but great match. ****

El Hijo Del Santo Vs. Blue Panther (Monterrey - 2/3 Falls - 5/28/00) - At certain points this was even better than the 1st one, but the whole ref thing distracted and took away from the match. It was like Santo Jr. was the Rock from Backlash (with Stone Cold Super Porky!). ***3/4

Mitsuharu Misawa & Akira Taue Vs. Jun Akiyama & Kenta Kobashi (NOAH - 2/3 Falls - 8/5/00) - Debut show for NOAH brings out their big guns for the main event. Historical but OK match. Seeing the ref use CPR on Misawa was creepy. A stinky betrayal happens after the match! ***1/4

Tiger Mask IV & The Great Sasuke Vs. CIMA & Sumo Dandy Fuji 2000 (Toryumon - 6/4/00) - Losing team must face each other after the match in either a Hair Vs. Hair or Mask Vs. Mask. ***

CIMA Vs. Sumo Dandy Fuji 2000 (Toryumon Hair Vs. Hair - 6/4/00) - Spoiler: It's Hair Vs. Hair. Who are you to doubt Sumo Dandy Fuji 2000? **3/4

Shinjiro Ohtani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa Vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka (NJ - 6/25/00) - Ohtyani & Takaiwa are defending the Jr. tag belts. Man too bad only the last 10 minutes was aired. This was awesome and had a white-hot crowd. ****1/4

HHH Vs. Chris Jericho (WWF Last Man Standing - 7/23/00) - HHH is looking for revenge after Jericho kissed his wife and kinda/sorta won the World title. Jericho's ribs are all jacked. HHH thinks it's a RAW jobber match but is surprised to find himself bloodied up at the end. ****

The Rock Vs. Chris Benoit (WWF - 7/23/00) - The Rock defends the World title against newcomer Chris Benoit. Special rule: If someone is DQ'ed the title can change hands. ***3/4

Psicosis Vs. Yoshiro Tajiri (ECW - 8/19/00) - Great ECW match. Tajiri was awesome in 2000. ****

Mitsu Nagai Vs. Alexander Otsuka (BattlArts 9/7/00) - Finals of a tournament. Kicks and things. ***1/4

Chiyako Nagashima Vs. Mayumi Ozaki (GAEA - 9/15/00) - Russo-like scenario where Ozaki comes out handcuffed with a female cop and they make out later on. ***

Toshiaki Kawada Vs. Kensuke Sasaki (NJ - 10/9/00) - Stiff war between New Japan and All Japan in the Dome. They just keep hitting each other until one guy cant get up. Don't think it's as kickass as some say but great atmosphere. ****

Toshiaki Kawada Vs. Genricho Tenryu (AJ - 10/28/00) - Great match for the vacant Triple Crown. ****1/4

Chiyako Nagashima & Toshie Uematsu Vs. Sugar Sato & Sonoko Kato (GAEA - 11/23/00) - Fun high-paced woman's tag! ***3/4

Steve Corino Vs. Cham Pain (OMEGA - 12/1/00) - It's ECW Vs. OMEGA World titles! Corino comes into town to put OMEGA out of business. ***1/2

Chigusa Nagayo Vs. KAORU (GAEA - 12/17/00) - I really liked this one. Garbage match with bats and stuff but old school Nagayo doesn't need all that stuff. Tables that weren't supposed to break do and tables that were do not. ****

Kenta Kobashi Vs. Jun Akiyama (NOAH - 12/23/00) - Revenge match Part 2. Slow at points (40 min.) but some great stuff too. Kobashi's eye is completely closed at the end like Rocky Balboa. ****

Best of 2009 Nominations (Jan 2009)

2009-12-26T12:54:00.001-08:00

Finally moved and now with the break I'm Catching up on 2009.

I'm running a Best of 2009 poll on another forum so I'm trying to catch up with 2009 matches.

Any suggestions to what I should check out is appreciated!

Here's what Ive seen so far!:

Dec 2008 (Since it's eligible in the voting)

Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Kotaro Suzuki Vs. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori (NOAH - 12/7/08) - Typically Fun NOAH Jr. match but nothing special. ***3/4

Nigel McGuinness Vs. Naomichi Marufuji (ROH - 12/27/08) - Didnt get into this as much as others. McGuiness defends the title. ***1/2

Bryan Danielson Vs. Takeshi Morishima (ROH No-DQ - 12/27/08) - Intense finish to their class series! ****1/4

Jan 2009:

Shinsuke Nakamura & Hirooki Goto Vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Takashi Sugiura (NJ - 1/4/09) - Fun mostly due to a hot crowd. ***3/4

Keiji Mutoh Vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJ - 1/4/09) - Featured 10,407 Dragon Screws. Actually Big Japan should have a 10,000 Dragon Screws Deathmatch. ***

Alex Shelly Vs. Chris Sabin (TNA - 1/11/09) Tournament finals. Tag partners fight over the title. ***3/4

Kurt Angle Vs. Jeff Jarrett (TNA No-DQ - 1/11/09) Loser gets Karen Angle match. ****

Shawn Michaels Vs. John Cena (WWE Raw - 1/12/09) Alot better than I expected, went over 20 minutes too.. The camera showed more of JBL standing at ringside expressionless than on the match. ***1/2

Jimmy Jacobs Vs. Austin Aries (ROH I-Quit match - Taped 11/22/08 - Aired 1/16/09) - I didn't get into this as much as others. Blow off to Lacy angle. ***1/2

Nigel McGuinness Vs. Bryan Danielson (ROH - Taped 11/22/08 - Aired 1/16/09) - ANother awesome match from these two.****1/2

KENTA Vs. Kotaro Suzuki (NOAH - 1/25/09) - Suzuki mistreats the ref and does the best blade job ever. ***3/4

The Colony Vs. Osirian Portal (Chikara - 1/25/09) - Fun spotfest but nothing special. ***1/2

********************

I think I'm getting too old and jaded for wrestling. Nothing stood out for me this year so far.

Any suggestions to what I should check out is appreciated!

Here's what Ive seen so far!:

KENTA Vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima (Kensuke Office - 2/11/09) - Saw this pimped as a high MOTYC but didn't love it as much. Epic feel with the long length for the Jr. title. Sometimes epic is 10 minutes too long. ***3/4

RAW Elimination Chamber (WWE - 2/15/09) - Final moments is what makes this match great with Cena getting eliminated right away. ***3/4

Alexander Otsuka Vs. Yujiro Yamamoto (Battle Arts - 2/15/09) - I've been seeing MOTYC all over the place for this one. I just don't see it. But then again I don't think Mark Henry's all that either. Someone get me those glasses from "They Live" and maybe then I might. ***

Yuji Nagata Vs. Hirooki Goto (NJ - 2/15/09) ***1/2

Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJ - 2/15/09) - Solid title match. Can Nakamura beat that punk Tanahasi again? ****

The Dynasty Vs. Paul London & The Young Bucks (PWG - 2/21/09) - Even Paul London blowing every 3rd move he tried didn't detract from this fun 6-man main event. ***3/4

Christian Vs. Jack Swagger (ECW - 2/24/09) - Great TV match but not the MOTYC I've heard. What the hells wrong with me? ***1/2

Takashi Sugiura & Go Shiozaki Vs. Shinsuke Nakamura & Milano Collection AT (NOAH 3/1/09) - Hot crowd. I'm really digging these NJ VS. NOAH tags. ****

Katsuhiko Nakajima Vs. KENTA (NOAH - 3/1/09) - Awesome title match for free agent Nakajima's Jr. title. Can KENTA bring it home? ****1/2

Jay Briscoe Vs. Roderick Strong (ROH - 3/13/09) - Good short opener. ***1/2

Kaz Hayashi Vs. Minoru (AJ - 3/14/09) - Good ending but kinda dragged on for me and my Russo-like attention span. ***1/2

Ultimate X Match (TNA - 3/15/09) - Guys busted their ass but I didnt go crazy like I should've. I'm becoming numb To Ultimate X matches, not good. ***

Nigel McGuinness Vs. KENTA (ROH - 3/21/09) - Nigel was f**k with both arms out of action so they built the story around it. He refused to go down! Didn't hear much from this match but I really like it. ****

El Generico Vs. Jigsaw Vs. Kota Ibushi Vs. Nick Jackson (Chikara - 3/28/09) - Short but really fun 4-way match. Spotfest spotfest spotfest. ***3/4

Mistico Vs. Negro Casas (CMLL 2/3 Falls - 3/28/09) - Mistico defends his title against old man Casas. I'm overrating this, but it was really fun with Casas pulling out all the stops and shocking the world! ****1/4

Roderick Strong Vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima (ROH - 4/3/09) - Great opener, maybe the best all year. ***3/4

KENTA Vs. Davey Richards (ROH - 4/3/09) - Hard hitting action to a super hot crowd. I liked this tons more on my replay. ****1/2

KENTA & Tyler Black Vs. Katushiko Nakajima & Austin Aries (ROH - 4/4/09) - Two feuds mix together in this dream tag team match-up. Last few minutes are awesome. ***3/4

Money In the Bank Ladder Match IV (WWE - 4/5/09) - OK MOTY match. Hornswoggle brought his own ladder. Shelton kills himself again and doesn't get a push. ***1/4

Shawn Michaels Vs. The Undertaker (WWE - 4/5/09) - Awesome main event atmosphere. Will most likely win MOTY on most lists. ****1/4

Taiji Ishimori Vs. Kota Ibushi (DDT - 4/5/09) ***1/2

Tomohiro Ishii Vs. Wataru Inoue (LOCK-UP - 4/12/09) - Stiff and exhausting back-and-forth battle. Kinda like Kobahsi Vs. Sasaki but smaller. ****1/4

John Morrison vs. Evan Bourne (ECW - 4/14/09) - Great ECW TV match. ***3/4

Negro Casas Vs. Mistico (CMLL 2/3 Falls - 4/18/09) - The rematch! Featured 300% more Casas prancing. ****

American Wolves Vs. Bryan Danielson & Tyler Black (ROH - 4/18/09) - From Tag Title classic. And it's really good but I don't rate it as high as others have. ***3/4

Edge Vs. John Cena (WWE - Last Man Standing - 4/26/09) - Surprised how much I liked this. Lots of dramatic moments of people trying to get up to stop the count. ****

Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs. Hirooki Goto (NJ - 5/3/09) - Solid defense in their long awaited rematch. Both guys are exhausted at the end. ***3/4

Kensuke Sasaki & Morishima Vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Go Shiozaki (NOAH - 5/6/09) - Finals of the tag league. Shiozaki basically gets killed but doesn't give up. Morishima & Sasaki are awesome as a tag team. ****1/4

Jerry Lynn Vs. Bryan Danielson Vs. Tyler Black Vs. Austin Aries (ROH - Taped: 4/12/09 - Aired: 6/6/09) - Fantastic 4-way match for the ROH World title. Best TV match of the year so far. ****1/4

Kota Ibushi & Kenny Omega Vs. Dino & Yoshihiko (DDT - 5/4/09) - After Jack Evans gets hurt mid-match a famous WWE superstar takes his place. ***3/4

Shingo Vs. Yoshino Vs. KAGETORA Vs. Cyber Kong (DG Elimination Match - 5/5/09) - Fun 4-way elimination match with lots of spots and Cyber Kong throwing midgits around. ***3/4

Hirooki Goto & Kazuchika Okada Vs. Takashi Sugiura & Atsushi Aoki (NJ - 5/5/09) - Yet another awesome NOAH Vs. NJ tag. A bit better than the 3/1 one. ****1/4

KENTA & Go Shiozaki Vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima (NOAH - 6/22/09) KENTA/Nakajima brings the kicks, Go/Sasaki brings the chops. ***3/4

Hiroshi Tanahashi & Koji Kanemoto Vs. Takeshi Morishima & Kota Ibushi (NJ - 5/5/09) - Fun NJ Vs. NOAH tag, especially Ibushi. I would love to see a Tanahasi Vs. Morishima title match. ***1/2

Manabu Nakanishi Vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJ - 5/6/09) - Yeah right! Like Nakanishi's got a chance in hell in winning the IWGP title! ***3/4

American Wolves Vs. Kevin Steen & Bryan Danielson (ROH - 5/9/09) ***1/2

KENTA Vs. Jun Akiyama (NOAH - 5/17/09) OK match with Jr. champ taking on the World champion. People seemed to like this tons more than me. ***1/2

Rey Mysterio Jr. Vs. Chris Jericho (WWE Judgment Day - 5/17/09) - The feud begins in a good match. ***1/2

Edge Vs. Jeff Hardy (WWE Judgment Day - 5/17/09) - OK match for Edge's title. ***1/4

F.I.S.T. Vs. The Colony (Chikara Hair vs. Masks - 5/24/09) All the marbles are on the line! Oh no ref bump! ****

American Wolves Vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico (ROH Tables match - 5/30/09) ***1/2

Milano Collection A.T. Vs. Prince Devitt (NJ - 5/30/09) - Short but muy excellante match in the BOSJ tourn! ****

Kota Ibushi Vs. Koji Kanemoto (NJ - 5/30/09) ***1/2

X-Division King of the Mountain (TNA - 6/21/09) I'm the only guy who actually likes the funky King of the Mountain rules. And this match ruled. ****

KENTA Vs. Ricky Marvin (NOAH - 6/4/09) ***3/4

Rey Mysterio Jr. Vs. Chris Jericho (WWE Extreme Rules - 6/7/09) - No-DQ match and Rey looking for revenge! ***1/2

Edge Vs. Jeff Hardy (WWE Ladder match - 6/7/09) ***3/4

American Wolves Vs. Kevin Steen & El Generico (ROH Submission match - 6/13/09) ***1/2

Koji Kanemoto Vs. Prince Devitt (NJ Jr. finals - 6/14/09) - BOSJ finals! ****

Rey Mysterio Jr. Vs. Chris Jericho (WWE Mask Vs. Title - 6/28/09) - Im in the minority but I still like this better than the Taker/HBK match. The mask is on the line and the nearfalls are dramatic. Maybe the best babayface and heel in the WWE (IMO). ****1/4

BxB Hulk Vs. Yamato (DG USA - 7/25/09, Aired: 9/4/09) - Great opener to probably the best show of the year. ***3/4
The Young Bucks Vs. Susumu Yokosuka & CIMA (DG USA - 7/25/09, Aired: 9/4/09) ****

Naruki Doi Vs. Singo Takagi (DG USA - 7/25/09, Aired: 9/4/09) ***3/4

Hallowicked, Amasis, Gran Akuma & Icarus Vs. Fire Ant, Solider Ant, Mike Quackenbush & Jigsaw (DG USA - 7/25/09, Aired: 9/4/09) - Chikarariffic! Great sampler platter. Non-stop action and antics. ****1/4

The Young Bucks Vs. 2 Skinny Black Guys (PWG - 7/31/09) - A high MOTYC for alot of people I didn't get as into this. The final few minutes were awesome. ***1/2

CM Punk Vs. Jeff Hardy (WWE TLC match - 8/23/09) ****

Yoshihiro Takayama Vs. Suwama (AJ - 8/30/09) - A manly match. With manly men doing manly things. Ending was AWESOME. But Takayama's getting to the Scott Hall/Misawa level where I feel bad seeing him in the ring. ***3/4

Dragon Kid Vs. Masato Yoshino (DG USA - Taped 9/6/09, Aired: 11/6/09) ***3/4

Naruki Doi Vs. Bryan Danielson (DG USA - Taped 9/6/09, Aired: 11/6/09) - Great well paced match. Doi's getting really good. ****

Davey Richards Vs. Shingo (DG USA - Taped 9/6/09, Aired: 11/6/09) - Davey Richards is looking more like the Dynamite Kid every match (hopefully minus the social problems) ****1/4

Chris Hero Vs. Bryan Danielson (ROH - 9/18/09) - Dragon takes on that young Knock Out kid! (Part II) ***3/4

Austin Aries Vs. Bryan Danielson (ROH - 9/19/09) - His tour continues againt the World champ. ***1/2

El Generico Vs. Shingo Takagi (PWG - 9/4/09) - Awesome! A very nice surprise. ****1/4

Randy Orton Vs. John Cena (WWE I-Quit match - 9/13/09) - You know the story was really great some of the time. Other times it was really boring. Cena just won't quit! ***1/2

American Wolves & Chris Hero Vs. Bryan Danielson, Roderick Strong & KENTA (ROH - 9/21/09) - Dream TV match. ***3/4

Davey Richards Vs. Bryan Danielson (ROH - 9/25/09) - I shouldve liked this more but dfidnt get into it. Near 40 minute back and forth match from 2 of the indys best in 2009. ****

Kurt Angle Vs. Desmond Wolfe (TNA - 11/5/09) - Kinda disappointed given the hype it got. Still a good match, these guys work well together. ***3/4

AJ Styles Vs. Samoa Joe Vs. Christopher Daniels (TNA - 11/5/09) - Not as good as their classic one but still a great match! All 3 guys looked great especially Samoa Joe who at times looked like his 2005 version. ****1/2

Hirooki Goto Vs. Masato Tanaka (NJ - 11/8/09) - Not as good as I expected, but still worth seeing. Tanaka's ripped lately! ***1/2

Shinsuke Nakamura Vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJ - 11/8/09) - Nah I liked their Feb match alot more. Nakamura brings those knees. ***1/4

Jun Kasai Vs. Ryuji Ito (BJW Razor Board - 11/20/09) - The Tokyo Sports MOTY. It was good but I dunno about MOTY. A rematch A long time coming. They had a cross shaped board with razor blades sticking out of it. Lots of cool moments. ***3/4

Kurt Angle Vs. Desmond Wolfe (TNA Final Resolution - 12/20/09) - Like it better than the more taunted 2st match, finish kinda dragged. The main problem was it was free Niquil-dose night at Orlando studios cause the audience was dead. ***3/4

AJ Styles Vs. Christopher Daniels (TNA Final Resolution - 12/20/09) - Great match for Styles World title. Neat counters and moves. Danielson looked like a main eventer. ****

Floyd's Top 100 WCW Matches of All time

2009-08-15T18:24:00.001-07:00

I haven't been updating this but I have been busy watching matches. In fact I watched 14 billion WCW matches last couple of months for a Best Matches of WCW poll I'm was participating in. For those interested I'll post a link to the results when they come out, but in the meantime here's my ballot:

Floyd's Top 100 WCW Matches of All time!

NOTE: For this poll, only matches from November 2, 1988 to March 26, 2001 are eligible.

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#100. Diamond Dallas Page Vs. Randy Savage
Halloween Havoc (Las Vegas Death Match - 10/26/97)

And the DDP/Savage trilogy comes to it's conclusion. And much like in the original Star Wars trilogy, although the finale wasn't the best one, it had lots of plunder.

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#99. Jushin Liger & Brian Pillman Vs. Chris Benoit & Beef Wellington
Clash of the Champions XIX (6/16/92)

Bill Watts removal of the mats outside didn't deter these guys. Team Canada takes on the USA/Japan alliance in the WCW World tag tournament.

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#98. The Great Muta Vs. Arn Anderson
Power Hour (1/2/90)

Six month champ and practically undefeated Muta puts his T.V. title on the line against the returning Double A. He also has to contend with the evil Dragon Master and Buzz Sawyer.

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#97. Chris Benoit Vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Superbrawl VIII (2/22/98)

Chris Benoit defends his U.S. title against the overachiever DDP. Is DDP in Benoit's league? If DDP can pull off the victory it'll be time for a Self High Five!

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#96. Ric Flair Vs. Bret Hart
Souled Out (1/24/98)

Bret's first major opponent in WCW was his old nemesis Ric Flair. I think this is an underrated, but good, back and forth match. Sadly this would be the end of Bret's dream matches as he became just another guy in the N.W.O. regime.

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#95. Chris Benoit Vs. Eddy Guerrero
WCW Nitro (11/6/95)

These two have been having great matches on TV the past couple of weeks. On this Nitro the visiting Japanese team (Liger, Saito, Chono, etc..) are watching on. So they kick it up a notch even further, killing each other in a short but intense match.

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#94. Billy Kidman Vs. Rey Misterio Jr. Vs. Juventud Guerrera
Starrcade (12/27/98)

Great 3-way match for Billy Kidman's Cruserwieght title. Mysterio is Kidman's buddy, but is also on assignment to get the belt for the L.W.O. so I dunno what will happen.

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#93. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko Vs. Chris Jericho & Eddy Guerrero
Thunder (1/29/98)

Jericho and Guerrero were at their peak of heel-ishness here, it's sad their tag team wasn't continued. Great TV tag match from the Nitro 4.

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#92. The Midnight Express Vs. Tommy Rich & Ricky Morton
Halloween Havoc (10/27/90)

Robert Gibson's knee got jacked by the Freebirds, so Tommy Rich takes his place. The Express were always awesome but really stood out in 1990. This was The Midnight Express's swan song.

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#91. Billy Kidman Vs. Rey Misterio Jr. Vs. Juventud Guerrera Vs. Psicosis
Souled Out (1/17/99)

Think I may have had this too low. But my ballots already in! A great 4-way match for the Crusierweight title. The Latino World Order has three members in, will they work together to get Kidman's belt?

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#90. Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko Vs. Raven & Perry Saturn
Spring Stampede (4/11/99)

The Vanilla Midgits take on the Flock in a great tag team match. Benoit/Malenko brought Double A, The Flock brought a table.

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#89. Steve Williams & Terry Gordy Vs. Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes
Saturday Night (10/3/92)

Gordy & Williams defend the titles. Dustin & Windham are underdogs but might pull off an upset with Windham's experience and Dustin's enthusiasm. Great 30 min. match on a Saturday night!

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#88. Doom Vs. The Rock & Roll Express
Great American Bash (7/7/90)

One of my favorites as a kid, The Rock N Roll Express get one last run at the titles. But they're getting to old to rock and Doom has been unstoppable!

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#87. Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko Vs. Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes
Clash of the Champions XVII (11/19/91)

The beginning of the Dangerous Alliance. It was scheduled to be Dustin Rhodes & Barry Windham going for the WCW tag titles, but a pre-match ambush and Windham got his hand crunched in a car door. Dustin found a suitable replacement in the returning Ricky Steamboat! The Enforcers are caught off guard but still are the dirtiest players in WCW. This match is beloved by alot of people and will do good in this poll, so despite my low placing I recommend it!

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#86. Kaz Hayashi & Jimmy Yang Vs. Jamie Knoble & Evan Karagias
Sin (1/14/01)

With WCW going down the tubes, some new talent got exposure. The remains of 3 count go after the Jung Dragons.

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#85. Steven Regal Vs. Fit Finlay
Uncensored (3/24/96)

Unorthodox and brutal! Irish Finlay is after that snob Brit Regal and beats the crap out of him. A stiff match with Regal using his scientific skills to avoid broken bones.

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#84. Juventud Guerrera Vs. Billy Kidman
World War III (11/22/98)

Juvy defends the WCW Crusierweight title, my favorite of their long term feud. Crazy spots as usual including both guys using the triple rings in unique situations.

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#83. Chris Benoit Vs. Jushin Liger
Starrcade (12/27/95)

A big disappointment to their New Japan fans but I thought it was a solid match, especially for WCW at the time. The New Japan Vs. WCW Starcade was great showcasing different styles and new talent to the Hogan-dominated WCW.

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#82. Big Van Vader Vs. Ron Simmons
Main Event (8/2/92)

After defeating Sting for the title, the behemoth Vader is unstoppable. Simmons is big but an underdog. At the end of the match the crowd is going insane.

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#81. Juventud Guerrera Vs. Rey Misterio Jr.
Thunder (1/15/98)

The L.W.O. is exploding from within! Juvy defends the Crusierweight title against Mysterio. See something good actually came out of Thunder.

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#80. Chris Benoit Vs. 2 Cold Scorpio
Superbrawl (2/21/93)

These new kids on the block wow the crowd with some of them high tech moves all the kids are talking about these days. Uh-oh the match is going to the 20 minute draw, will there be a winner?

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#79. Diamond Dallas Page Vs. Sting
Nitro (4/26/99)

DDP stunned the world but not only winning the WCW World title but turning into a douchebag. The day after his big win it's Sting who gets a title shot. Better than anyone expected and was a surprise match to open up Nitro.

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#78. Chris Jericho Vs. Raven
Halloween Havoc (10/25/98)

Raven gets an impromptu match against TV Champ Chris Jericho. He doesn't want to fight but would rather just sit in a corner sulking, so Jericho calls him out! Don't forget Raven always has his Flock around...

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#77. Barry Windham Vs. Steven Regal
Saturday Night (4/17/93)

NWA World champ Windham defends against Steven Regal. Regal is new to WCW but proves he's deserves the Championship match. 6 foot 6 Windham shows he can hang with Regal's scientific style.

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#76. Vader Vs. Sting
Starcade (12/28/92)

It's the King of Cable Finals! This is Stings chance for avenging his World title loss to Vader. Sting discovers he can't match power with the big guy so comes up with a new strategy. Probably have this too low but never got into it as their other matches. More Sting/Vader to come.

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#75. Dean Malenko Vs. Rey Misterio Jr.
Great American Bash (6/16/96)

This was Mysterio's debut. But that stupid Malenko ruins the party by completely grounding the luchadore! Still whenever Mysterio finds some daylight he shows the awesome aerial moves that'll soon make him a WCW superstah.

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#74. Sting Vs. Cactus Jack
Worldwide (Submit or Surrender Match - 11/9/91)

That Cactus Jack was one weird dude. Hired by Luger as a bounty hunter, he vows to get Sting out of WCW, even if it means destroying himself too. This is a no-DQ, anything goes match. Only way to win is to surrender. I like the future Beach Blast match alot more, but this was awesome too, especially for its time.

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#73. Randy Savage Vs. Diamond Dallas Page
The Great American Bash (Falls Count Anywhere - 6/15/97)

Hogan had the night off so these guys main-evented the Bash. This rematch was a Falls Count Anywhere affair and they brawled all over the arena. DDP had busted up ribs but wouldn't stay down.

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#72. Goldberg Vs. Sting
Nitro (9/14/98)

Hmmmmmmmm... To be honest I'm not sure why this match is here or so high. All well what's done is done! It was a good TV match to a super hot crowd with Golberg defending the WCW World title. His title reign was always in the shadow of the Hulkster but he managed to squeeze in some good defenses along the way.

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#71. Steven Regal Vs. Larry Zbyszko
Saturday Night (5/28/94)

Lord Regal was besmirched and embarrassed in his Slamboree legends match against Zbysko. So this is the return match, this time for Regal's TV title. For a couple of years Regal was WCW's MVP for TV matches. Here he tries to turn Zbysko into a pretzel.

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#70. Rey Misterio Jr. & Billy Kidman Vs. Kid Romeo & Elix Skipper
Greed (3/18/01)

"Greed" was the aptly named last PPV of the WCW era. It's sad cause some new talent was making some noise at the end such as AJ Styles, Christoper Daniels and Mike Modest. In the last hurray WCW also had a Crusierweight Tag Division and this was the finals to crown the first champs.

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#69. Vader Vs. Sting
Fall Brawl (9/18/94)

Their feud is two years past it's prime and it's Hogan and Flair battling at the top now. But it's still Vader Vs. Sting and they give it all in this encounter which goes 30 min. Vader has the size but is at a disadvantage having just wrestling the Big Bossman in a tough brawl. There's a long stretch where both guys are blown up and can't wrestle but the rest is gold, especially the ending which is mega exciting.

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#68. Rey Misterio Jr. Vs. Juventud Guerrera Vs. Psicosis Vs. Blitzkreig
Nitro (4/19/99)

Rey's defending the Crusier title but has to defeat 4 other guys to retain! All four of these guys have amazing moves and when you get them all in one ring you got a great match.

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#67. Vader & Steve Austin Vs. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson
Saturday Night (11/13/93)

This was supposed to be Flair & Sid Vicious but Sid got ambushed on the way to the ring. Double A took his place in this dream match that went 30 minutes. Seems Flair and Vader aren't done yet...

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#66. Chris Benoit Vs. Eddy Guerrero
Nitro (10/16/95)

Think this was their first TV match and took the crowd by storm. Even the announcer were caught off guard at the super stiff suplexes and flying moves.

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#65. Barry Windham vs. 2 Cold Scorpio
Clash of the Champions XXIII (6/16/93)

Windham's defending his NWA World title against new guy Scorpio. Seems Windham is having an easy match but 2 Cold just won't stay down. Could it be an upset? Time to start steppin'!

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#64. The 1989 Wargames
The Great American Bash (7/23/89)

It's The Road Warriors, Midnight Express and Dr Death Steve Williams Vs. The Freebirds and Samoan Swat Team. At the "Massacre in Marrietta" the Freebirds and SST locked the Road Warriors in the cage and destroyed Hawk while Animal was handcuffed and unable to help. And don't forget the Freebirds cost the Midnight Express the title by cheating. Now it's time for revenge! Double Cage where the match can't be stopped until the end. Fun stuff.

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#63. Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes Vs. Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas
Clash of the Champions XXI (11/18/92)

Windham & Dustin are defending the tag titles. Dustin's good but he's too nice a wrestler so Windham's trying to teach him to play dirty.

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#62. Ric Flair vs. Sting
The Great American Bash (7/7/90)

Sting returns from a near career-ending knee injury to get his revenge against Flair and the Horsemen. Flair's defending the title and a bunch of fan favorites are surrounding the ring to prevent shenanigans. It's 1 on 1 for the World title, is Sting the man of the 90's or Flair?

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#61. Randy Savage Vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Spring Stampede (NO-DQ - 4/6/97)

DDP turned down the NWO so Randy Savage was sent as a hit man. He also mocked DDP's wife Kimberly for her pictures in Playboy intensifying the feud even further. Great match to their feud that went all over the place.

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#60. Rey Misterio Jr. & Juventud Guerrera Vs. Psicosis & La Parka
Nitro (12/15/97)

A through-away Nitro match but a really fun one. They try to cram in as many highspots as they can before it's commercial time or N.W.O. Vincent needs to have a 10 min. interview. La Parka IS the chairman of the board.

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#59. Paul Orndorff Vs. Cactus Jack
Superbrawl (Streetfight - 2/21/93)

Cactus Jack makes his return as a fan favorite and his first stop if beating the crap out of Paul Orndorff. It's an anything goes, Falls count anywhere match that goes all over the place.

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#58. Diamond Dallas Page Vs. Chris Benoit Vs. Raven
Uncensored (3/15/98)

DDP defends his U.S. title, but this time he has to defeat two tough opponents. And it's Raven rules! ECW! ECW! ECW!

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#57. Ric Flair & Barry Windham Vs. The Midnight Express
Clash of the Champions IV (12/7/88)

In a Dream match World champ Flair and U.S. champ Windham team up to take on the Midnight Express. And don't forget about Cornette and J.J. on the outside.

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#56. Ricky Steamboat Vs. Steve Austin
Bash at the Beach (7/17/94)

Austin defends the U.S. title against long time foe Steamboat. These two were hit and miss but this was a really great match. Austin was coming into his own right about this time.

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#55. Ric Flair Vs. Steven Regal
Marquis of Queensbury Cup Series (May 1 - 29th 1994)

This was a best of 5 round series. Each round is 5 minutes and like a serial novel, would take place once a week on TV. If a round goes to the time limit a panel of judges would decide the winner. Since this is under gentlemen rules no punching or biting or chairshots to the groin, just technical wrestling. Lord Steven Regal is a technical master and Sir William Dundee has him ready. But old man Flair keeps up with him and has some tricks up his sleeve. This one's for the Queen!

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#54. Ricky Steamboat & Sting Vs. Steve Austin & Rick Rude
Clash of the Champions XVIII (1/21/92)

More of a really fun than great match, it's the Dangerous Alliance taking on WCW's saviors. It's the big two singles wrestlers from each side in the main event. Sting & Steamboat show they can pull some sneaky tricks as much as Paul E. can.

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#53. Vader Vs. Dustin Rhodes
Clash of the Champions XXIX (11/16/94)

Dustin is no match for the destructive force known as Vader, but somehow he not only hangs with the big guy but may have a chance to win! The crowd is going ballistic hoping Goldust can pull off the victory.

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#52. Barry Windham & Dustin Rhodes Vs. Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko
Superbrawl (2/29/92)

Hmmmm. I should really have this alot higher. The Dangerous Alliance is consolidating it's power over WCW. Windham's looking for payback for his demolished hand and what starts as a regular tag becomes a heated brawl and a foreshadow for whats to come in 92.

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#51. Ricky Steamboat Vs. Steve Austin
Clash of the Champions XXVIII (8/28/94)

Another great match from these two, even better that the Bash. Austin's still got the U.S. title, mainly cause he keeps cheating to retain. But this time the rules are if Austin's DQ'ed, Steamboat get the belt! So this time it's one-on-one with no excuses.

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#50. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson Vs. Brian Pillman & Steve Austin
Clash of the Champions XXIII (2/3 Falls - 6/16/93)

The Hollywood Blondes have been talking shit about the has-been Horsemen. So much that Flair finally came out of retirement to show these young punks how it's done old school. The match was good not great. But the crowd heat was INSANE. Flair's back! Whooo!

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#49. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat
Spring Stampede (4/17/94)

Five years after their tremendous trilogy, it's Steamboat and Flair for the World title. Maybe not as good as their past encounters but it still has a main event feel and both guys gave it all for 30 min.

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#48. Ric Flair Vs. Brian Pillman
Saturday Night (2/17/90)

This match came out of nowhere. I thought "Pillman was good, I guess" but nowhere in Flair league. Then suddenly Pillman's bouncing Flair around and is looking like he might take the title. Would HHH sell like this for Evan Bourne? Another super hot crowd hoping for the upset.

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#47. Tully Blanchard Vs. Terry Funk
Slamboree (5/22/94)

There's absolutely no reason this mid card match should be here, except it has two of my all time favorites brawling throughout the ECW crowd. This was a "Legends" match for Slamboree but this guys acted you like kids beating the crap out of each other with everything they could find in a short but memorable match.

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#46. Ricky Steamboat Vs. Lex Luger
Great American Bash (7/23/89)

After getting beat up by Terry Funk, Luger comes to rescue Steamboat. But instead wacks him with a chair and beats the crap out of him. Luger was jealous of Steamboat rise in the Top 10 and as the U.S. champ felt he should be #1. It's set to be a No-DQ match for the U.S. title but Luger is suddenly refusing to wrestle.... Luger best non-Flair match ever?

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#45. Eddy Guerrero Vs. Dean Malenko
Uncensored (3/16/97)

Eddy Guerrero defends the U.S. title against former foe Malenko. Eddy's a good guy but shows some hints at his future heel turn. It's Uncensored too so anything goes! Great match that was only messed-up by the 20 minutes of panning to the back showing Rick Steiner unconscious on the floor.

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#44. Ric Flair & Steve Austin Vs. Ricky Steamboat & Sting
Saturday Night (7/30/94)

Probably overrating this one but it was so much fun back then. The two top babyfaces meet the top heels on free TV. Match went nearly 30 minutes. Maybe the last great match before the Hogan regime took over and Stone Cold left.

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#43. Doom Vs. Arn Anderson & Barry Windham
Starrcade (Streetfight - 12/16/90)

Storyline started like an average day in the WWE lockerroom. If my memory is right the Horsemen dissed Doom and refused to share a lockerroom with them. Doom's still the champs here, but the title's not on the line, only respect! This started a big feud that culminated in this No-DQ anything goes Streetfight. This was supposed to have Ric Flair but he had other plans that night...

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#42. Ric Flair & Sting Vs. The Great Muta & Dick Slater
Clash of the Champions VIII (9/12/89)

This was to be the huge main event from the Bash fallout. It was scheduled to be Terry Funk but he suffered an arm injury and Dick Slater took his place. What was a huge disappointment turned into a great tag match with the newly arriving Slater doing his great Funk/Race bumping and Muta being his undefeated badass self. Plus the thought of Sting and Flair teaming had the crowd all hyped. The finish of this match was so shocking that they later had to publicly apologize on the air.

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#41. Goldberg Vs. Diamond Dallas Page
Halloween Havoc (10/25/98)

Goldberg reign didn't produce many great matches, especially since very few of them lasted over 5 minutes. This was the best though, a match well layed out and executed perfectly. Goldberg was defending the WCW World title against fellow good guy DDP. Even after the Warrior/Hogan II classic, the crowd heat was off the charts for this one and what followed was a short but great title defense. The undefeated Goldberg was still on fire, having a huge fan base and had months and months of future great matches ahead of him against the NWO, so of course he would lose the belt 2 months later to head booker Kevin Nash. I don't respect you booker man.

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#40. Chris Jericho Vs. Eddy Guerrero
Fall Brawl (9/14/97)

The Atatolla of Rock N' Rolla defends the Crusierweight title against Eddy Guerrero. Eddy's a heel now, will that give him an edge? Great match from great wrestlers.

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#39. Chris Jericho Vs. Ultimo Dragon
Bash at the Beach (7/13/97)

Chris Jericho defends the title against former champ Ultimo Dragon. These guy met in Japan so they know each other well. If Jericho's the real deal he need to get past Ultimo who had a great run as champ.

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#38. Dustin Rhodes Vs. Bunkhouse Buck
Spring Stampede (Bunkhouse Brawl - 4/17/94)

A crazy and bloody anything goes Streetfight. Incredibly this intense brawl was just the beginning of the feud. Watch out for the Colonel!

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#37. Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton & Larry Zbyszko Vs. Ricky Steamboat, Dustin Rhodes & Nikita Koloff
Saturday Night (2/3 Falls - 5/23/92)

A fallout tag match from the Wargames. WCW had tremendous TV in 1992 and this was my favorite match out of it. Zbyszko's trying to make amends for past mistakes. All 6 guys gets lots of time in a 25+ minutes match with lots of action.

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#36. Ric Flair Vs. Hulk Hogan
Bash at the Beach (7/17/94)

Flair defends the WCW World title against the invading Hulkster. This was the big PPV matchup that the WWF had promised but never delivered. Flair puts on a great performance as does Hogan to re-boot WCW into a new era.

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#35. Ultimo Dragon Vs. Dean Malenko
Starrcade (12/29/96)

A match will all the marbles on the line. Ultimo Dragon defends the J-Crown while Malenko defends the WCW Cruserweight title. So whoever wins has 9 Championship belts! Once again Malenko tries to ground Dragon but Ultimo knows his way around the mat as well as the air.

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#34. Sting Vs. Vader
Great American Bash (7/12/92)

Vader invades WCW and left a wake of bodies in his path. Sting defends the WCW World title against the juggernaut at the 92 Bash. Vader may seem unstoppable but this is motherfuckin' Sting were talking about! Should be a good match..

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#33. Chris Benoit Vs. Chris Jericho
Fall Brawl (9/15/96)

Think this was Jericho's debut and they certainly delivered having a really great match that I think has been underrated. Both guys knew each other from Japan and went all out for this one.

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#32. Chris Benoit Vs. Raven
Souled Out (1/24/98)

A throwaway match put together at the last moment turned into a great one. Benoit takes on the diabolical and ever moody Raven. The Flock is at ringside watching on like New Japan trainees. Don't forget since this is "Raven Rules" it's a No-Dq match.

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#31. Vader Vs. Ric Flair
Starrcade (12/27/93)

The biggest show of the year was scheduled to be Sid Vicious Vs. Vader but things happened... So in a surprise the Nature Boy gets a chance to regain the WCW World title once again! Can he climb Space Mountain? Or is he too old? Was held in Flair's turf Charlotte to a red-hot rabid crowd.

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#30.5. Bret Hart Vs. Chris Benoit
Nitro (10/4/99)

Well it was bound to happen . Somehow I left this match off my ballot! This looks about the right place I would've put this match. This was the Owen Hart tribute match broadcast on Monday Night Nitro. A scientific exhibition much like Bret and Owen's famous matches. Benoit was a close friend of Owen as well as being Stampede taught, making him the perfect opponent. This no nonsense match was in stark contrast to most of Nitro's typical TV matches in 1999.

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#30. Brian Pillman Vs. Johnny B. Badd
Fall Brawl (9/17/95)

The winner of this match will get a shot at Sting's U.S. title. Both are fan favorites but Pillman's turning a bit to the darkside to get that title shot. A hard fought back and forth match. I always thought Badd was underrated and better than most remember him, but it's definitely the Pillman's show here, who puits on an outstanding performance.

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#29. Eddy Guerrero Vs. Shinjiro Otani
Starrcade (12/27/95)

Great match in the Best of 7 New Japan Vs. WCW contest at Starcade 95. Guerrero's trying hard to get a win for WCW. A fantastic match on it's own, what really makes this match special is Otani's performance acting like a heel and the American fans easily picking it up.

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#28. Chris Benoit Vs. Kevin Sullivan
Great American Bash (Falls Count Anywhere - 6/16/96)

Crazy brawl that went everywhere. Both guys weren't even looking to win just beat the crap out of each other. Dusty Rhodes commentary is awesome. What's even crazier is it's possible that Benoit and Sullivan's wife were having their real life love affair (paralleling the storyline) at this time.

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#27. Sting & Lex Luger Vs. The Steiners
Superbrawl (5/19/91)

The Four biggest fan favorites go head to head in a fan's dream match. The best way to think about this is like an arcade game with god mode on. Every maneuver seemed like a finishing move and they were throwing bombs at each other. Plus the Steiners got to reveal alot of new moves to the fans.

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#26. Vader Vs. Cactus Jack
Halloween Havoc (Texas Deathmatch - 10/24/93)

After nearly paralyzing and ending Cactus Jack's career, he makes a big comeback and gets his chance for revenge here at Halloween Havoc. This is a Texas Deathmatch which means after your pinned, you have a 10 count to get back onto your feet or your lose. Cactus couldn't get up after Vader powerbombed him 7 months ago, can he get up this time? I bet I'm the highest vote for this one.

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#25. The 1991 Wargames
Wrestlewar (2/24/91)

The teams are.......

WARGAMES ROLLCALL!:

The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Sid Vicious & Larry Zbyszko)
Vs.
Stings Squadron (Sting, Brian Pillman and The Steiner Brothers)

The Wargames was brought back in 1991 as an excuse for the Four Horsemen to get their ass's kicked. Zbysko's taking injured Arn Anderson's place here. Pillman's looking for revenge for a busted up shoulder, he'll have more injuries before the nights through.

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#24. Ricky Steamboat Vs. Rick Rude
Beach Blast (Iron Man match - 6/20/92)

The rules are whoever has the most number of falls in 30 minutes wins the match. A strategic match. Don't forget Steamboat still owes Rude a receipt for the broken nose. May not have aged well to newer eyes but at the time the concept was awesome.

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#23. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat
Saturday Night (5/15/94)

After the disputed Spring Stampede match, Steamboat gets another chance at the WCW World title. This time it's on Free TV in a match that goes almost the full last hour. Over the hill? Nope. These guys went ALL OUT for this one.

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#22. Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk
Great American Bash (7/23/89)

After nearly finishing Flair's career with a piledriver through a table, Flair finally gets his revenge against Funk at the Bash. Can Flair's fragile Fine-China-like neck take it? This isn't the end but only the beginning with a big brawl at the end setting up months of storylines. Even civilian Doug Dillinger gets involved.

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#21. The Midnight Express Vs. The Rock & Roll Express
WrestleWar (2/25/90)

The last hurray for these teams in 1990, it's a clip show for the awesomeness of their feud. Lots of great wrestling, silly house-show stuff and Ricky Morton playing Ricky Morton. Watching this match again reminded how fun wrestling can be.

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TOP 20!!!!!!!

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#20. Ricky Steamboat & Shane Douglas Vs. Barry Windham & Brian Pillman
Starrcade (12/28/92)

Windham split up with Goldust and got himself a new partner, former foe Brian Pillman. This is his chance to regain the tag belts he never should've lost. An awesome forgotten tag match at that years Starrcade. Windham & Pillman were an awesome team that sadly didn't last. And youngster Douglas plays Akiyama to Steamboat's Misawa.

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#19. Vader Vs. Sting
Superbrawl (Strap Match - 2/21/93)

A brutal anything goes strap match that only ends when you touch all 4 corners of the ring, dragging your unconscious opponent along with you. Sting's always the underdog in both size and power, but now he has to get as brutal as Vader can get. Awesome finish to their main PPV trilogy.

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#18. Ric Flair Vs. Lex Lugar
WrestleWar (2/25/90)

This was supposed to be Sting's title shot, but the dumbass went against the family so his fellow Horsemen turned him out and demolished his knee. So new #1 contender Lex Luger gets another shot. Can he finally win the big one?

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#17. The Nasty Boys Vs. Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne
Spring Stampede (4/17/94)

Insane No-DQ Streetfight that goes all over the place, not one second was in the ring. The announcers and cameramen are caught with their pants down at the unexpected craziness. The Nasty Boys were never known to pull back on a chairshot so stuff like actual pool sticks and tables were broken over Cactus's head. Never viewers may wonder what the big deal is, but for WCW this was awesome stuff in 94.

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#16. Juventud Guerrera Vs. Blitzkreig
Spring Stampede (4/11/99)

Blitzkrieg picked the right name cause he came out of nowhere with his lightning quick and devastating aerial moves. Here he takes on Juvy and they turn another ho-hum regular match into the sleeper hit of 99.

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#15. Juventud Guerrera, Hector Garza & Lizmark Jr. Vs. La Parka, Psicosis & Villano IV
Bash at the Beach (7/13/97)

I was always a fan of the lucha libre invasion in WCW and this was my favorite of them all. A non-stop crazy match, like a regular WCW lucha tag but on crack cocaine. Everything hit perfectly and the crowd really got into these WCW jabronis.

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#14. Chris Benoit Vs. Dean Malenko
Hog Wild (8/11/96)

The Four Horsemen explode! Probably have this too high but I always liked it. Both guys had a fantastic 30 minute back and forth match while drunk bikers who got in free watched on. As Dusty mentioned, watch about for those Devilish women on the outside.

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#13. The Midnight Express Vs. The Southern Boys
Great American Bash (7/7/90)

The Express defend the U.S. Tag title against the Wild Eyed Southern Boys. The Southern Boys were good but this is ALL the Midnight Express deciding to make them look like the greatest team in the promotion. Full of great action, great timing and memorable comedy spots. When they were in control could the Midnight Express not have a great match?

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#12. Jushin Liger Vs. Brian Pillman
Superbrawl (2/29/92)

Viewers who go out and see this right now for the first time will say "What's the big deal?" Yeah it hasn't aged well, and even New Japan fans at the time wondered what all the fuss was about, but this match was awesome for it's time and helped kickstart the Cruserweight division in the United States. International superstar Liger won the new Crusierweight belt and this is Pillman's last chance to regain it for WCW before Liger heads back to Japan. The announcers really put this one over making both guys look great, which is why WWE's removal of Jesse Ventura's commentary is a mockery of a travesty of a sham of two crimes.

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#11. Sting Vs. Cactus Jack
Beach Blast (Falls Count Anywhere - 6/20/92)

WCW's Cactus Jack is one of my favorites growing up and this was his best match. Sting's the World champ but the title's not on the line here. When they say no mats they meant NO MATS. Not even a sliver of padding is on the concrete and Cactus Jack spends the whole match doing stupid shit like sunset flips off the apron and backdrops on the ramp. Sting's game too taking and doing spots on the floor. I'm sure I'm the highest voter for this but I love this match.

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#10. Ultimo Dragon Vs. Rey Misterio Jr
World War III (11/24/96)

Ultimo Dragon's defending his 8 Championship J Crown against Mysterio. Mysterio hold a victory over Ultimo back at Hog Wild so he's done it once before. Both guys have taken WCW by storm with their unique moves and this was a great opener for the PPV. Japan Vs. Mexico, who's cuisine will reign supreme?

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#9. The Nasty Boys Vs. Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan
Slamboree (Streefight - 5/22/94)

Once again the Nasty Boy's defend their WCW World Tag title in a Falls Count Anywhere anything goes Streetfight. This was in Philly so they took it up a notch and the fans were going crazy throughout the entire match. Hockey star Dave Schultz was the special referee.

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#8. Ric Flair Vs. Lex Luger
Starrcade (12/26/88)

Ric Flair defends the World title against Luger. Luger got robbed at the Bash when a trickle of blood caused the State Commission to stop the match. Now he gets his second shot at Space Mountain in the biggest show of the year. Plus due to Flair & The Horsemen's interferences, if Flair is DQ'ed Lugar WINS the belt! So it's put-up or shut-up time.

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#7. Rey Misterio Jr. Vs. Psicosis
Bash at the Beach (7/7/96)

Psicosis and Mysterio take their traveling act to WCW. Awesome match with spots that are still jaw dropping today. WCW's Cruserweight division was really taking off and this match made new fans of these high flyers and the division. Best opening match ever?

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#6. The 1992 Wargames
WrestleWar (5/17/92)

WARGAMES ROLE-CALL!:

Sting, Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat and Nikita Koloff
Vs.
The Dangerous Alliance (Steve Austin, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton and Larry Zbyszko)

Paul E. Dangerously and his Dangerous Alliance have been running over everyone in WCW. So a bunch of Alliance-haters formed a supergroup and challenged them to one of the most dangerous matches around: The Wargames. Two men enter, then a coin is flipped giving the winner an advantage. Every few minutes the teams take turns sending a fresh man into the cage. The catch is the match cannot end inside the two rings of cages, until all participants have entered the cage. So if you break a leg tough luck, your locked in there.

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#5. Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk
Clash of the Champions IX (I-Quit match - 11/15/89)

Flair and Funk had been feuding for months. Funk not only nearly broke Flair’s neck and took him out of wrestling forever, but even put a plastic bag around his neck and tried to suffocate him!! So they’ve decided on a end-all to any feud, an I-Quit match! Both men have too much pride to concede that the other man is better. Also, right before the match both guys decided to quit the NWA if they lose! A crazy historical brawl on free TV.

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#4. Eddy Guerrero Vs. Rey Misterio Jr.
Halloween Havoc (Title Vs. Mask - 10/26/97)

Rey Mysterio finally gets his chance to win the WCW Crusierweight title, but he has to put his sacred mask on the line! Can Rey overcome the odds over Guerrero, who’s on an incredible hot streak? This is aerial moves galore. Guerrero just seems one step ahead at all times, but Rey refuses to surrender his mask!! He won’t stay down!! This is not only for himself, but for his family's wrestling legacy. Voted the #1 WCW match of the 90's by DVDVR.

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#3. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat
WrestleWar (5/7/89)

Part 3 of their 1989 trilogy. Steamboat's still the NWA World champ. This is the rematch due to the controversy caused in their Clash of the Champions match. Is this Flair’s last chance to finally beat The Dragon? They build on some of the moves from their past matches much like the Dynamite Kid/Tiger mask series. Since the Clash match was so close and nearly went the distance, there’s a panel of judges outside to vote on the winner in case their’s a draw. This is a slower paced match of the trilogy likely because both guys know each other so well and don't want to make a mistake their opponent could capitalize on.

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#2. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat
Chi-Town Rumble (2/20/89)

Ric Flair was on top of the world. Despite tough defenses against Sting and Lex Lugar, he had managed to keep his World title for over a year. But during a tag team match, a mystery opponent pinned him clean in the ring. Who was it? Ricky Steamboat! Flair's own nemesis is back and gunning for the title. This is the first match of their classic 1989 trilogy. This one is less a chessmatch like future matches but a faster paced match. Look for Dave Meltzer marking out in the front row.

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#1. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat
Clash of the Champions VI (4/2/89)

Wrestling Observer's 1989 Match of the Year. Match #2 in the classic trilogy. This was shown free on TV head to head with Wrestlemania 5. That punk Steamboat got lucky but now Flair’s ready and hungry to regain the NWA World Championship, a belt he has basically owned for the last 8 years. Every fall tells a different story. Both guys are at their peak and may have been the two greatest wrestlers in the world at the time of this match. Both guys attitudes and lifestyles and complete opposites, but they're absolutely even in the ring. One mistake, that's all it'll take.

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Wrestlemania 25 Review

2009-04-09T21:35:00.000-07:00

Floyd’s Review for Wrestlemania XXV

Hell yeah WM back in Texas! Houston's less than an hour away but I'm such a poor bastard I didn't go. Should've at least gone to ROH. All well I'm a dumbass. :-( Poor Tazz got the ax right before this show. Released or fired? I doubt he'd choose losing a Wrestlemania paycheck. So were stuck with the JR/Lawler/Cole trifecta.

1. Money-In-The-Bank Ladder Match V: (Kane Vs. Mark Henry Vs. Shelton Benjamin Vs. C.M. Punk Vs. MVP Vs. Kofi Kingston Vs. Fit Finlay Vs. Christian) - Should be a hot opener. Once again the winner gets a shot at a World title whenever he wants. Uh-oh Spanish announcers are here, I’d hate to be sitting at that table tonight. They talk about MVP’s 20 match losing streak, didn’t Kobashi lose like 80 straight? So I wouldn't worry. JR compares Finlay to the Quiet Man, I’d love to see John Wayne in a 50's ladder match. After tossing everyone around like garbage luchadores Kane and Henry square off early. Only 20 seconds in and Cole gets his stupid "Controlled Frenzy" line in. Everyone does dives including a dive bomb by Shelton who nearly kills himself:

<- Shelton's gonna get an earful from his momma. Due to peer pressure, even fatty Mark Henry tries a dive too but gets caught by Finlay. Hornswoggle brings in a step ladder and uses Henry as a platform for the tadpole splash!. Camera misses a kick-ass rolling senton onto the ladder by Finlay on Punk. Lotsa cool moves by Kofi. Christian hits an unprettier off the ladder. Shelton powerbomb/throws MVP to the outside! Wow his neck barely missed the guardrail. Christian and Shelton battle on the top, with Benjamin taking a nasty fall to the outside. Now Punk and Christian fight at the top. Crowd’s for Christian. Christian just about wins it all, but Kane chokeslams him off. Punk quickly recovers and gets the briefcase! Cool opener. Kingston was the man for the first half, Benjamin the second. Punk wins for the 2nd time in a row. ***1/2

Kid Rock plays. Someone on the WWE payroll must have a hard-on for Kid Rock the last few years. Linda McMahon? On one hand he's pretty good here. On the other he plays on and on and on for about 10 minutes which is pretty much an average match length.

2. 25 Women's Battle Royal - No entrance so Fuck trying to figure out the 25 participants. Apparently Sunny was hidden somewhere in there. I did see Molly Holly and I *think* Gail Kim. Pretty much a blur of diva bimbos except for one cutie who wins it all. It's Santina, Santino's twin sister! She cries with emotion upon winning Ms. Wrestlemania, then gives the coolest dance for the crowd. And the crowd loves it! Great start for that young talent. JR: "She must've competed in the Olympics for Eastern Europe in the 60's". DUD

3. Chris Jericho Vs. Ricky Steamboat, Jimmy Snuka & Roddy Piper - Whoa is that Frank Shamrock next to Mickey Rourke? Flair comes out with the legends. For some reason Steamboat half baldness reminds me of Verne Gagne. Looks like it's an elimination match, meaning Jericho needs to defeat all three superstars. Piper demands to start the match. Holy crap Piper is a house of fire! He tries a bodypress then a sunset flip for 2! Kudos to Piper and his two artificial hips (as well as all his recent health problems) going all out. 55 year Steamboat with a chop off the top rope! JR gets to mark out with the Armdragon!!!! Snuka’s the first to go, submitting to the Walls of Jericho. Shining Wizard gets rid of Piper. Steamboat's the last man left and Flair's rooting for him from ringside. Steamboat with a crossbody off the top for a nearfall! With only a few minutes to work with, somehow Steamboat gets the fans behind him to break out of a headlock. Steamboat skins the cat (But the camera missed it!) Steamboat's with a slingshot plancha to the outside! Steamboat hits another chop off he top. Can he win it all? Jericho hits the bulldog but misses the Lionsault. Powerslam gets another close win for Steamboat. Steamboat with an awesome counter to the walls gets a 2.9, crowd thought that was it. Jericho hits the code breaker and gets the win. Steamboat was great. Flair's pissed and rushes the ring. He gets some chops in but ultimately becomes victim #4 to the legend killer. Nasty codebreaker to Flair’s face. Jericho kicks Flair out like garbage and stands tall in his ring. He calls out Mickey Rourke (who looks like a 60 year old Jeff Hardy). Jump those rails Shamrock! Finally after a half an hour of stalling Rourke comes in and knocks Jericho out with one punch. Flair and Rourke celebrate and embrace like the life-long friends they are. After defeating four legends Jericho jobs to the power of the punch. They should've gotten Sean Penn. Jericho/Steamboat ruled though. **1/2

4. Matt Hardy Vs. Jeff Hardy – Problem here is I just don’t see Matt as strong a heel to pull this off. Plus this feud needed a few more months to simmer. This is a no-DQ match. It’s insinuated that Matt started the fire that burned Jeff’s house and dog. Classy. JR says how the Hardys grew up in Charlotte watching WWF religiously. If memory serve I believe that indy Crockett promotion had small present there too. Jeff breaks the ice by hitting Matt with a WM poster, who put that under the ring? Matt counters Jeff’s whisper-in-the-wind mid-air with a chairshot! Matt goes hunting and finds a vacuum cleaner under the ring to waffle Jeff with. My vendetta match would go about the same as this, except my brother would make snide remarks after every beatdown. Matt hits a side effect on a chair! Matt bends Jeff like he was Manami Toyota on the ringpost. Crowd murmurs as Matt gets a table out and sets it up. Matt goes for suplex but Jeff hits a twisting flying clothesline off the apron! Ouch for Jeff. Next up is crutches, then a trashcan. It’s the WWE Hardcore Division 1999. Swanton misses. Man the crowd isn’t into this. Matt signals for his own Swanton to show how's it done but Jeff catches him with a superplex! Jeff hits a chairshot and the crowd goes lukewarm!!!! Jeff puts Matt onto the table outside, then sets up another table on top of that. He hits a top rope splash through both tables and Matt! Damn Jeff nearly sailed right over that. They roll in and Jeff gets a 2 count. Jeff pulls out a huge-ass ladder from under the ring, how do they fit so much stuff down there? Jeff tries his trademark leapfrog off a tall ass ladder legdrop but misses! Matt jams Jeff’s head through a chair and hits a Twist of Fate! Matt beats his brother clean! ***

Video game commercial. They show HHH bodyslamming Andre of course.

5. INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP: JBL Vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. - Champ JBL cuts a kickass promo saying your about to see the most dominate victory in WM history and how he's our idol. Rey comes out like the Joker. Why does Rey ALWAYS have to fight bigger dudes? Couldn’t they have given us a 10 minutes Rey/Psychosis match? JBL kicks Rey right in da face before the bell. Match officially starts and before you can say Mamajuana, Rey pins JBL with a splash off he top. New I-C Champ! I expect him to lost to Mark Henry with a month. JBL ‘s shocked and embarrassed. JBL gets the mic and for the first time in his life is at a loss for words. He finally says. “I….I……. … I-Quit!!!” and leaves the ring! DUD

6. Shawn Michaels Vs. The Undertaker – HBK descends from a mini-elevator, Undertaker ascends from the floor. This is gonna be great. HBK avoids punches, feints moves and fires back chops when he can. Finally Undertaker catches HBK in the corner with punches. HBK cleverly fakes an injury to get back on top. Taker comes back with a press slam, then goes old school. Taker goes for a corner knee in the face, but HBK moves and Taker’s leg is hurt! HBK goes for a sharpshoorter (ala Bret), can’t get it, so he clamps on a Figure Four (ala Flair!). Taker gets out and goes back on the deadman offense with corner clotheslines then a snake eyes/big boot. Legdrop gets a 2 count. Taker signals for the early chokeslam win but HBK counters with the crossface! Taker's in trouble but finally gets out with a sidewalk slam. Lots of counters results in the Undertaker's "Hells Gate" MMA triangle choke. HBK barely makes the rope for the break. Both guys are outside now. Taker goes for the apron legdrop but Shawn rolls out of the way. HBK hits a baseball slide then climbs to the top. He tries a twisting moonsault to the outside but misses and just SPLATS on the floor!!! Christ it was like he was a 20 year Cactus Jack or something. Man Shawn should NOT be taking bumps like that at his age. Speaking of bumps you shouldn’t be taking, Taker soars with his now trademark zombie plancha and SHOULD HAVE DIED:

He hits the camera man and how he didn’t end up in a wheelchair I'll never know. Man that was scary. HBK manages to get up and drag the ref back in. He gets the dazed ref to count. Could the streak end in a count out?!!! HBK prays and prays and bites his fingernails. Can HBK avenge his 98 Royal Rumble match? Finally Taker gets back in at the 9.9 count. Now I know they was no way Taker loses in a count out, but his dramatic selling getting back in was freaking awesome. Taker still fucked up though and the streaks in jeopardy. HBK goes for the sweet chin music but gets choked slammed instead! 1…2.… 2.9! Both get back up and this time HBK hits the sweet chin music! Another 2.9 count! More counters but Undertaker finally hits the Last ride for another close win. Looks like All-Japan is making a house call to Wrestlemania this year! After using two of his most devastating moves, Undertaker goes for Shawn’s own top rope elbow but misses! Shawn goes for a clothesline but misses and goes over the ropes. He hangs on and skins the cat, but falls right into he tombstone! Someone get the body bag it’s over! 1…2… 2.9999! That was cool. Taker is in disbelief but he drops the straps and signals it’s over. He goes for tombstone #2 but HBK counters into a DDT. HBK staggers up-top again and hits the elbow! He goes for sweet chin music #2nd and hits it! Taker somehow gets out at 2.999. Exhausted both guys get up and slug it out with everything they have left. Taker runs into a HBK boot. HBK goes for the moonsault but Taker catches him in midair for Tombstone #2!! 1,2,3. And that’s that. 17-0. ****1/2

Great match but I don't see the 5 stars every talking about. But then again, who cares about my opinion? It's what you think that counts! In fact in what's the funniest thing all year over at the F4W boards, Brian Alverez is getting yelled at in 1,000 threads for not giving it a perfect rating. Awesome.

7. SMACKDOWN WORLD TITLE: Edge Vs. John Cena Vs. Big Show - This is for the... Ummmm.. I dunno anymore. The two world title have been switched so many times I've given up. The belt's not important though. What IS important is whoever wins gets Vickie Guerrero's love.

OH NO! Vickie's hurt and in a wheelchair. Chavo rolls her down to ringside. Cena pulls an Eminem and has a whole clone army of Cena’s in his entrance. With the emerging cloning technology on the horizon, I imagine this being Stephanie McMahon's vision of the 2020 roster. You know since Howard Finkel got in the Hall of Fame and all, it would’be been cool to have him do the World title matches. Big Show quickly show his dominance with both Edge and Cena bouncing them around like pinballs. Edge tries to make a deal but Show slams him nutts first on the ring ropes! Show boots Edge out of the ring and works over Cena. Edge dropkicks the ringsteps into big shows knees, then Cena hits top rope legdrop thingy to the floor! Ouch. That could've been BAD for Cena. Back in the ring and FU attempt is countered into a downward spiral for 2. Edge gets dumped and Big Show hits a sidewalk slam on Cena for 2. Chavo earns his WM paycheck by getting Fu’ed on the floor! Big show gets tied in the ropes like ala Andre.

Cena hits the 5-knuckle shuffle. He goes for the FU but Vickie distracts him. Edge goes for the spear but hits Vickie instead! He's sleeping on the couch tonight. Double clothesline and both guys are down. Big Show finally wiggled his way free. Big Show chokeslams Edge out of the ring. Cena goes for the FU on Show but gets thumped on the head instead. Ha Cena just collapsed out of the ring like a rag doll. This whole match has been nothing but people getting dumped out of the ring. Show goes for a chokeslam outside but Edge counters into a DDT on the floor! Edge maneuvers the ring steps for something evil. Edge Stinger Splashes Big Show through the ringside barrier. Now it's just Cena Vs. Edge which is what this match should’ve have been all along. Edge signals for the spear, but Cena catches him into the STFU! They steal from WM 20 with Big Show preventing Edge from tapping. Show goes for the Vader top rope splash but misses. Edge and Cena suplexes Show then clotheslines him out. Cena picks up both guys for an FU but Edge squirms out. Show does gets FU'ed, then Cena Fu's Edge onto Show! Cena pins the Big show for the title! Edge wasn't pinned but loses the title! Rematch next PPV? ***

Hall of Fame time. Austin rides around the ring and gets maybe the biggest pop of the night. Way to make those new stars WWE!

TO THE BACK! Vince and Shane-O meet HHH on the way to the ring but don't follow. Looks like this is HHH fight to avenge Stephanie and the McMahon family name.

8. RAW WORLD TITLE: HHH Vs. Randy Orton – Orton comes out in a T-Shirt with “Stack on dimes” written on it. OK not really. HHH smashes a mirror with his sledgehammer to signify he's a different man for this match and that sledgehammers can break things. HHH attacks Orton and the crowd… ummmm, doesn’t care. Uh-oh, it's HHH/Jericho all over again. Seems if HHH gets DQ’ed he loses the title!. Whoa Orton hit the RKO right out of the gate! Orton goes for the punt but HHH hits the pedigree! Outside HHH splashes water on his face to revive. Back in and HHH risks a DQ with punches. Orton throws HHH into the steps outside. Man the crowd is DEAD. Wait looks like a count-out will give HHH the title too. The rules are all new to me. HHH makes it back in so Orton works the ribs. This is like an empty arena match. Crowd’s coming alive for Orton. No wait I think they’re trying to start the wave. Holy shit that AWESOME! They're so bored for a WM MAIN EVENT they're starting a wave. For gods sake someone get Stone Cold back out here. Or Steamboat. Orton senses they’re losing the crowd so he ups the excitement with a long headlock!

Cole hasn’t said anything for awhile, think his mic got messed up, so I should be enjoying this more. Back and forth punches. HHH with the knee based offense then hits a stinger splash. Watch those quads, Trips! Orton catches HHH coming of the top with a sweet dropkick. Both guys are down. Orton goes for the 50 yard field goal but HHH catches the leg. HHH almost willingly gives up his title to smash Orton with a TV monitor but decides not too. Orton backdrops HHH onto the announcer table. Orton his the Stephanie McMahon DDT on the floor. HHH is out! Remember if he can’t get back in, Orton's the new champ. HHH gets in at the 11 count. Not a typo. Orton is stunned and starts kicking in HHH's ribs. Ref gets bumped. RKO to HHH! Orton rolls out and gets the sledgehammer the Hardy's left under the ring. Run-in time? HHH’s punts Orton in the noggin coming back in!! Revenge! HHH illegally uses the sledgehammer while he ref is still down. Crowd boos that. Where is Legacy?!?! HHH hits the pedigree and retains the title! Revenge is his and he won it on his own. Match went just under an hour. I await CM Punk’s music but he never comes out. Instead WM ends with JR saying “And the Game plays on….” **

OK Wrestlemania. Taker/HBK was awesome, MITB really good and seeing Steamboat was fun. Everything else was just kinda there.

How about you. What did you think of the show?

WM 25 Grade:
Total star rating: 18.50
Total matches: 8
Show Average: **1/4

2009-02-26T23:03:00.001-08:00

Ric Flair Vs. Jake Roberts (Mid-South - 11/24/85)

Match History:

Not much that I know about. Ric Flair was the perennial NWA World champ throughout the 80’s and he traveled from territory to defending the belt against all comers. Here he takes on the up and coming Jake the Snake Roberts in Mid-South.

The Match:

Jake's the clear fan favorite here. Before the match Flair makes fun of Jake’s trailor-park-trash hand-me-down outfit. What is this XPW? This is a NWA World title match goddamit, you gotta dress in style. Flair bends down to mock Jake’s ghetto pants he must’ve picked up from the Salvation Army's Wrestling gear donation box, when suddenly Jake DDT’s him! Ric Flair is out! And I mean OUT. This is all before the bell has sounded! Flair stayed on his back for a super long ass time, about 5 minutes, until he weakly and very gingerly rolls out. The sell job by Flair is just incredible. Flair’s obviously in no shape to wrestle so he says “I’m outta here baby” and makes for the dressing room. What a jype! The crowd is booing unmercifully. DUD

Wait! The ref says that Flair MUST defend the NWA World title. He gives him until the 20 count to return or else Jake is declared the winner! Huge pop for that. The ref starts to count and Flair barely makes it back in time.

Crowd’s hot now, chanting “DDT”. And with that move’s devastation already shown to the crowd, just one more DDT and Jake’s the new champ. Jake immediately goes for the DDT but Flair takes him down like it’s MMA. Flair scoots to the corner and begs for time. See just a few moments in and Robert’s has been established as a threat to winning the World title tonight. Man, Flair is the master. After a Flair flop, Jake goes for the DDT again but Flairs quickly drops to his belly. Jake works a facelock for a few 2 counts until Flair gets a ball-shot in and stuns him. Now Flair goes on the offense with his usual bag of tricks including a Low-Ki-lite foot stomp. Flairs works him over and hits the sleeper. Jake’s losing consciousness and he hasn’t even hit the bars yet!

Jake manages to get out but Flair's not done yet. Flair goes for his patented knee drop but Jake catches Flair’s knee in mid-move and clamps on his own Figure-Four leglock! Flair nearly gives up the World title by losing but then suddenly regaining consciousness right at 2.9 counts. Flair escapes and gets some near wins due to cheating then starts knocking Jake around with punches and chops. “DDT DDT DDT!” chant’s the Mid-South crowd. Flairs with more chops but suddenly Jake feel’s no pain! He even asks Flair to hit him with all he’s got. Now Jake starts in with the punches. It’s Drunken boxing, and Jake’s the Drunken master! Jake gets a sleeper, but Flair belly-to-back suplexes out. Flair goes top rope and of course gets slammed down. Jake hit a hits a running knee lift. He goes for another but Flair moves and Jake's knee hits the turnbuckle. Flair reverses a small package and uses the ropes for leverage to score the pin!

Flair is the man. He was the master at coming into a territory and putting the local guy over. Not satisfied by this shaky verdict, after the match Flair and Jake decide to have round 2. Then round 3. Then round 4, And so on until someone passes out from the alcohol. (17:43) ***3/4

2009-02-26T09:57:00.000-08:00

Kerry Von Erich Vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (All-Japan – 5/22/84)

Match history:
Two weeks ago Kerry Von Erich stunned the world by defeating Rc Flair for the NWA World title. One week ago Jumbo Tsuruta lost the AWA World title to Rick Martel. For years Jumbo Tsuruta has been wrestling Ric Flair for the NWA World title, always coming close but never winning. More experienced than Von Erich, now Jumbo gets the chance to get another World title for Japan.

Fall #1:
Crowds hot right away. Tie up and a clean break from Von Erich. Stalemate to start. They spend the opening minutes testing each other out.. Von Erich tries to be cute with an arm-bar so Jumbo lifts him right over his head into a fireman’s carry and gently places him sitting down on the turnbuckle and walks away. Sign of respect or disrespect? Dory Funk Jr. quantum leaps in Jumbo’s body and brings the pain with the Texas European uppercups. He channels Dory again with a double arm suplex attempt to BIG POP! Kerry’s stunned!

Kerry comes back with a Von Erich claw attempt!! Jumbo protects his head for all he’s worth so Kerry instead clamps in on Jumbo’s mid-section. Kerry picks up Jumbo and this time it’s him gently placing Jumbo on the turnbuckle, but he adds a shove to Jumbo’s chest while backing away. Tempers are flaring! Tie-up in the ropes, Kerry gives a clean break, but Jumbo gives a return shove! It’s on now! Jumbo with the big knee and Kerry tumbles like a drunk to the outside. Kerry gets a sunset flip back in for a 2 count. A Tentative tie up but it’s all a sham cause Jumbo stuns Kerry with an enzugiri and gets the 3 count!!!!!

Fall #2:
Only one more fall and Jumbo’s the champ! Jumbo smells blood and lays in punches. Actually he really does smell blood cause Von Erich’s busted open! The NWA World title’s at stake! If Kerry comes back to the states without the title he may be getting a visit from Harley Race with some pliers and a blow torch. Kerry comes back with punches and kneesdrops but he’s staggering around having trouble standing (nothing new for him). Kerry gets a sleeper on Jumbo! Jumbo nearly goes out but the power of the Puro fans gives him the strength to get out.

Jumbo goes all monkey-ape-crazy on Von Erich in the corner, the ref has to pull him back. Jumbo gets a crazy close nearfall and nearly wins the title. Both guys run off the ropes and knock heads. The ref begins the count but they both make it up. Jumbo with the piledriver! Another close 2 count, the crowd senses victory. Kerry with a discus punch. CLAW!!!!!!!!!! IRON CLAW!!!! This time even the fans shouts aren’t enough, Jumbo fights but to no avail. Kerry pins an unconscious Jumbo for the 2nd fall. But Kerry refuses to release the hold! The ref manages to pry him off before a riot breaks out.

Fall #3:
Jumbo’s posse try to regroup him but Jumbo on dream street. Last fall for the title. Kerry goes for the claw again right away but Jumbo fights it. Jumbo gets a knee and starts working on Kerry’s hand! Jumbo keeps up on the hands for a few minutes including stomps and posting it on the outside. Kerry in incredible pain, he won’t be opening up pickle jars anytime soon. If his iron Claw is nullified, what is Kerry’s plan B? Jumbo with a Fujiwara armbar. Kerry gets out and hits a pile driver but misses a reverse elbow drop off the top rope, injuring his hand further! Jumbo knee #3! Jumbo clamps on a Boston crab. Kerry gets out and they exchange a series of near-falls like their were Lynn vs. RVD or something. Both guys tumble out. They keep each other from reentering the ring. Belly to back suplex onto the concrete floor by Jumbo! Jumbo makes it back in! Jumbo raises his hand up in triumph but no! They both didn’t make it back in, a double count out. Henceforth, still your NWA World champ, Kerry Von Erich! Awesome match. (27:38) ****3/4

PWT Top 100 matches of All-time (2.0)

2008-10-17T19:11:00.000-07:00

OK here we go....

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... If you didn't vote and bitch about a pick it's your own fault!

Some comparisons:

Number of users that voted
PWT 1.0 - 106
PWT 2.0 - 79

Number of wrestlers that received votes
PWT 1.0 - Number of matches: 695
PWT 2.0 - Number of matches: 785

Total Points Possible:
PWT 1.0 - 60,855
PWT 2.0 - 69,216

- I'll post a big list of all 785 matches who were voted on after.

.........

HERE WE GO...... AGAIN!

And (of course) the countdown starts off with a Tie for #100!

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#101. JWP Vs. AJW Thunderqueen Battle
(153pts / 6 votes)
JWP Thunder Queen Battle in Yokohoma (July 31st, 1993)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #7
Point Average: 25.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #100 Match: Bret Hart Vs. Steve Austin Vs. The Undertaker Vs. Vader (WWF - 2/16/97)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Dynamite Kansai, Mayumi Ozaki, Cuty Suzuki & Hikari Fukuoka (JWP team)
Vs.
Aja Kong, Kyoko Inoue, Takako Inoue & Sakie Hasegawa (AJW team)

The feud between Japan Women's Project and All-Japan Women promotions continues with this unique match. The rules are there are four 5 minute mini-Iron-women single matches. Then after that the remaining 40 minutes is a 4 X 4 tag team match. Whichever team has the most falls at the 60:00 minute mark wins the match and promotional bragging rights.

Bruisers Aja Kong and Dynamite Kansai were the focus of the match, constantly beating up their opponent then taking time ti talk trash to each other. Kyoko Inoue and Ozaki butted heads with Inoue getting busted up hardway and Ozaki sporting a black eye. Each team had a unique wrestler that made for fun matchups and a great dream match for the fans.

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#100. The Rock Vs. Hulk Hogan
(153pts / 7 votes)
WWF Wrestlemania 18 (March 17th, 2002)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #6
Point Average: 21.9
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #27 [-73]
Previous PWT Top #100 Match: The Steiner Brothers Vs. Lex Lugar & Sting (WCW - 5/19/91)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ***

After WCW folded the Hulkster’s future was in doubt, brother. Until Vince McMahon went all psycho and hired Hogan and his New World Order to bring down the WWF from within. After the N.W.O. beat the crap out of the Rock, then slammed a truck through his ambulance for good measure, this dream match up was set for the grandest stage of them all, Wrestlemania! Although expecting a huge chorus of boos, the Hulkster instead was greeted by a thunderous applause from the near 70,000 fans in Toronto. Now Hogan’s got to show if he’s got the gas left in the tank for that one more match. But the Rock isn’t about to give him the win easily.

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#99. Jim Duggan Vs. Ted DiBiase (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town, Coal Miner's Glove on a Poll, Tuxedo, Cage match)
(154pts / 6 votes)
Mid-South (March 22nd, 1985)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 25.7
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #99 Match: Stan Hansen Vs. Vader (New Japan / All Japan - 2/10/90)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Once tag team partners in crime, now Duggan and DiBiase have been feuding on and off for 2 years. The Vince Russoesque-proportion of the stipulations may seem silly but there's a method of madness for each one. The cage is to ensure no escape. The coal miner's glove is in reference to Dibiase's deadly "loaded" glove, and now both guys can use the weapon. The tuxedo harkens back to when Jim Duggan was viciously attacked by DiBiase while wearing a tuxedo to accept his "Athlete of the Year" award and the following best-dressed man competition (which Duggan also won). And the Loser-Leaves-Town stip is the ultimate feud ender. A barbaric and bloody brawl. Voted the #1 Mid-South match of the 80's by DVDVR.

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#98. Aja Kong Vs. Manami Toyota
(155pts / 5 votes)
All Japan Women Big Egg Wrestling Universe (November 20th, 1994)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #9
Point Average: 31.0
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #98 Match: Bryan Danielson Vs. Christopher Daniels Vs. Low Ki (ROH - 2/23/02)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

From arguably the largest and most successful women's show ever, grossing $4 million dollars. 42,500 fans packed the Tokyo Dome to watch.... women wrestle?. For those who don't know them, Aja Kong is basically Vader and Toyota is incredibly undersized. This was an opening round match for the Five Star Tournament which ran throughout the 10 hour event. Kong's got the size and strength but Totota has heart and speed on her side. Who goes to the next round? Who survives to the next round?

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#97. Dean Malenko Vs. Eddie Guerrero (2/3 Falls)
(155pts / 6 votes)
ECW Arena (August 26th, 1995)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 25.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #42 [-55]
Previous PWT Top #97 Match: Bryan Danielson Vs. Paul London (ROH - 2/3 Falls - 4/12/03)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Malenko and Guerrero had a tremendous feud over the ECW T.V. title in 1995. Never the biggest guys on the wrestling scene, Guerrero and Malenko made up for it with their hard work and determination.They brought their Japanese honed scientific and athletic style to the hardcore promotion. Both guys signed with WCW and ECW fans knew this was their last match for ECW. Known for their obnoxious bitterness to what they perceived as sell-out for their loyal promotion, instead the ECW fans gave both guys a standing ovation and an emotional send-off after witnessing a great finale to their classic series of matches.

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#96. Keiji Mutoh Vs. Masahiro Chono
(160pts / 7 votes)
New Japan G-1 Climax Finals (August 11th, 1991)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #15
Point Average: 22.9
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #96 Match: Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (All Japan - 6/8/90)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

This is the finals of New Japan's annual G-1 tournament. Both guys were tag team partners and already considered the future superstars of the promotion for the 90's (Along with fellow alumni Shinya Hashimoto). Whoever wins not only would be considered a top contender for the IWGP World title, but it'll give the winner an edge on who is the best of the threesome. There's really no hatred in the match but a big main event feel from determined wrestlers. A red hot crowd helps too.

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#95. Edge & Christian Vs. The Hardy Boyz (Ladder Match)
(162pts / 7 votes)
WWF No Mercy (October 17th, 1999)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #6
Point Average: 23.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #46 [-49]
Previous PWT Top #95 Match: Magnum T.A. Vs. Tully Blanchard (NWA - I-Quit Cage match - 11/28/85)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

The finals of the prestigious Terri Invitational Tournament. Ladder matches were seen in the WWF before, but never before a tag team ladder match. Both teams amped up the insane spots to never before heights stunning the crowd with their originality and in one match elevated both teams from run of the mill mid-carders to show-stealing teams.

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#94. El Samurai Vs. Koji Kanemoto
(164pts / 8 votes)
New Japan Best of Super Junior Tournament Finals (June 5th, 1997)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #20
Point Average: 20.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #94 Match: Eddie Guerrero Vs. Rob Van Dam (WWF - Ladder match - 5/27/02)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Never a stranger to the BOSJ Finals, El Samurai goes for the elusive win once again, this time against Kanemoto. Kanemoto plays the heel with his stiff leg kicks and smirks all while trying to tear off Samurai's mask. It becomes apparent that El Samurai is overmatched this night but he never gives up and uses his wrestling and submission skills to make the comeback. Features one of the nastiest movies in wrestling history.

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#93. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Kenta Kobashi
(167pts / 6 votes)
All Japan Giant Series (October 31st, 1998)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #5
Point Average: 27.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #93 Match: The 2004 Royal Rumble (WWF - 1/25/04)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Wrestling Observer's 1998 Match of the Year. Kobashi defends the All Japan Triple Crown against Misawa. Kobashi's never beaten Misawa in a big title match, can he break the curse tonight? Match goes 45 minutes with insane stiff strikes and career ending spots.

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#92. Kurt Angle Vs. The Undertaker
(167pts / 8 votes)
WWF No Way Out (February 19th, 2006)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #5
Point Average: 20.9
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #59 [-33]
Previous PWT Top #92 Match: The Elimination Chamber III (WWF - 1/9/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

PWT Forums 2006 Match of the Year. Kurt Angle defends his new Smackdown World Championship against the Dead Man. Undertaker brings his striking skills up against the former Olympian in an exciting match. It seems both guys are going for submissions for the win.

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#91. Don Kernodle & Sgt Slaughter Vs. Ricky Steamboat & Jay Youngblood
(168pts / 5 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
Mid-Atlantic Final Conflict (March 12th, 1983)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 33.6
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #91 Match: Bret Hart Vs. Roddy Piper (WWF - 4/5/92)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

The Road to Greenboro was a harsh one but it all ends tonight inside the confines of a steel cage. Slaughter & Kernodle defend the NWA World tag team titles against up-and-comers Steamboat & Youngblood. The match drew 15,000 fans (with thousands more turned away) astonishing promoters and planting the idea of closed-circuit and Starcade.

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#90. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi Vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada
(169pts / 5 votes)
All Japan Real World Tag League Tournament Finals (December 3rd, 1993)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #7
Point Average: 33.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #90 Match: Sabu Vs. Shane Douglas Vs. Terry Funk (ECW - 2/5/94)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Maybe the Four biggest names in the 90's for All Japan. This is the finals of the annual RWTL Tag Team Tournament. An added bonus is the winning team gets the vacated All Japan Unified Tag Team titles. Misawa and Kawada were the big matchup as their feud was getting heated. This is only the beginning of their classic series of matches.

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#89. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
(169pts / 5 votes)
All Japan (September 1st, 1990)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #6
Point Average: 33.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #89 Match: The 1987 Wargames (NWA - 7/4/87)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Having lost their classic June match, this is the rematch and a chance for legend Tsuruta to get his win back. Has Tsuruta learned from the mistakes he made last time? Jumbo definitely looks more determined this night and is more aggressive. And if Misawa wins again it'll certain boost him even further up the ladder.

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#88. Mankind Vs. The Rock (I-Quit Match)
(174pts / 8 votes)
WWF Royal Rumble (January 24th, 1999)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #5
Point Average: 21.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #36 [-52]
Previous PWT Top #88 Match: Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA - 2/20/89)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ***1/4

WWF World champ Mankind defends his title against The Rock. Mankind only accepted the title match under the dangerous I-Quit rules, where anything goes and the match can't be stopped until one man admits defeat to a packed audience. Match goes all over the arena. An extremely brutal match.

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#87. Masato Tanaka Vs. Mike Awesome
(179pts / 8 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWF/ECW One Night Stand (June 12th, 2005)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 22.4
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #35 [-52]
Previous PWT Top #87 Match: Akira Hokuto Vs. Shinobu Kandori (AJW - 4/2/93)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

One Night Stand was a great show and probably the best match was Mike Awesome/Masato Tanaka. They were known for the hard hitting matches from their feud in FMW and ECW and this was no exception. Tanaka refused to go down even with all the destruction a bewildered Awesome throws at him.

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#86. The Great Muta Vs. Hiroshi Hase
(180pts / 8 votes)
New Japan (December 14th, 1992)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 22.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #86 Match: Team Alliance Vs. Team WWF (WWF - Elimination match - 11/18/01)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

In their 1990 match Hase bleed profusely. This time it's Muta's turn and the blood got so bad that the "Muta scale" was spawned from this match, a scale used to gauge the amount of blood a wrestler loses. At one point Hase bites the wound then spits out a spray of blood much like Muta does. Despite this Muta refuses to go down and makes the comeback to the cheers and awe of the fans.

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#85. Bret Hart Vs. "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig
(187pts / 7 votes)
WWF King of the Ring Semi-Finals (June 13th, 1993)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #9
Point Average: 22.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #83 [-2]
Previous PWT Top #85 Match: Rob Van Dam Vs. Sabu (ECW - 8/3/96)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

The first PPV King of the Ring Tournament may still be the best and this was an great Semi-Final match. Both are good guy fan favorites and start the match of respectfully but it soon turns aggressive towards the end. Curt Hennig was coming back from what was thought to be a career-ending back injury but he didn't miss a beat. Both guys pulled out all the stops to live up to the reputation of their earlier classic matches.

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#84. Hulk Hogan Vs. The Ultimate Warrior
(188pts / 8 votes)
WWF Wrestlemania 6 (April 1st, 1990)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 20.9
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #44 [-40]
Previous PWT Top #84 Match: KENTA Vs. Low Ki (ROH - 12/17/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ***3/4

The two biggest names in the WWF (And the two champions) square off in a dream match at Wrestlemania in front of nearly 70,000 fans. It was a match better than anyone could've expected with both guys going back and forth along with the fans support in an epic match up. The torch was passed!

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#83. Atlantis vs. Villano III (Mask Vs. Mask)
(189pts / 6 votes)
EMLL PPV (March 17th, 2000)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #4
Point Average: 27.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #83 Match: Bret Hart Vs. "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig (6/13/93)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Wrestling Observer's 2000 Match of the Year. A sell out crowd of 20,000 fans packed the Mexico Arena to see EMLL's first PPV. Both guys are 20+ year veterans and tonight one of them will lose their legendary mask. A highly dramatic match with close-call near falls and impressive sheer determination shown from both men. An exhausting and emotional match. Even at the end when someone does lose their mask, it's clear they gave it their all and honored their masks legacy.

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#82. The Canadian Stampede 10-Man Tag
(190pts / 9 votes)
WWF Canadian Stampede (July 6th, 1997)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 21.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #82 Match: Jerry Lynn Vs. Rob Van Dam (ECW - 3/21/99)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart, Jim Neidhart, Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, & Brian Pillman)
Vs.
Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust, & The Legion of Doom (Hawk and Animal)

To combat the evil and hated Hart Foundation a conglomeration of fan favorites formed a super group. Be everything is different in Canada where the Hart Foundation were welcomed as national heroes. Maybe the hottest crowd ever. The screen periodically shakes from the vibrations of the fans cheering. Austin was the #1 heel tonight starting fights with ringside spectators (Hart Family) and eventually getting arrested,

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#81. 16-Man Cibernetico Match
(192pts / 7 votes)
CMLL (April 18th, 1997

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #4
Point Average: 27.4
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #81 Match: Los Gringos Locos (AAA - Eddie Guerrero & Art Barr) Vs. Octagon & El Hijo De Santo (2/3 Falls, Hair Vs. Masks - 11/6/94)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Negro Casas, Atlantis, Ultimo Dragon, El Dandy, Mascara Magica, Shocker, La Fiera & Brazo De Oro
Vs.
El Hijo del Santo, Dr. Wagner Jr., Felino, Scorpio, Jr., Black Warrior, Kevin Quinn, Satanico & Silver King

The rules are it's a 8 Vs. 8 tag match. Where you lose your eliminated and the match continues until there's only one wrestler left. One of the big matchups is El Hijo del Santo and Negro Casas who are reigniting their decade old feud. Super fast paced match that goes almost an hour with a who's who of lucha stars. Voted the #1 lucha libre match of the 90's by DVDVR.

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#80. Akira Maeda Vs. Tatsumi Fujinami
(198pts / 5 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
New Japan (June 12th, 1986)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 39.6
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #80 Match: Kane Vs. The Undertaker (WWF - 3/29/98)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

One of the best feuds of the 80's was the New Japan Vs. UWF inter-promotional feud. Although New Japan was led by Antonio Inoki, most considered his protege the better wrestler at the time. A bloody and exhausted Fujinami nearly won an elimination match a month before, almost single handidly defeating the UWF crew until last competitor Maede put him away. Now they get their singles match with both guys representing their promotion. Maede is known for his stiff kicks and submissions moves Vs. Fujinami's technical skill and determination.

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#79. "Dr. Death" Steve Williams Vs. Kenta Kobashi
(201pts / 6 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
All Japan (August 31st, 1993)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 33.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #79 Match: HHH Vs. The Rock (WWF - Ladder match - 8/30/98)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Trying to make a name for himself, Kobashi takes on the Doc in a hard hitting match. Dr. Death can definitely dish it out but Kobashi is determined to take it and eventually get the win. Features not one, but two of the nastiest moves you will ever see, both occurring within 30 seconds of each other.

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#78. Naomichi Marufuji Vs. KENTA
(201pts / 8 votes)
NOAH Autumn Navigation (October 29th, 2006)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: -
Highest Vote: #11
Point Average: 25.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #78 Match: HHH Vs. Ric Flair (WWF - Last Man Standing match - 11/27/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Stunning the wrestling world by winning the GHC Heavyweight World title, Marufuji first major defense is agianst his long time tag team partner KENTA. Lots of crazy moves and nearfalls in this 40+ minute match. Jr. main eventing, what a concept!

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#77. Bryan Danielson Vs. KENTA
(201pts / 8 votes)
ROH Glory by Honor V, Night 2 (September 16th, 2006)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #5
Point Average: 25.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #77 Match: A.J. Styles Vs. Samoa Joe (TNA - 8/14/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Two of the best in the world at the time go at it in a dream match. Despite a heavily injured shoulder, Danielson still defends the ROH World title against NOAH's star KENTA. Will KENTA grab the gold and bring it back top Japan?

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#76. Ric Flair Vs. Barry Windham
(203pts / 9 votes)
NWA World Wide Wrestling (January 20th, 1987)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 22.6
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #76 Match: A.J. Styles Vs. Christopher Daniels (TNA - 30 min. Iron-Man - 10/23/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Windham goes for the NWA World title once again in another classic Flair match. Match went 45 minutes on free TV and it looked like Windham had the title sewn up, but that Flair won't stay down for the 3 count!

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#75. Nick Bockwinkle Vs. Curt Hennig
(204pts / 8 votes)
AWA on ESPN (November 21st, 1986)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 25.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #75 Match: Shawn Michaels Vs. HHH (WWF - Hell in the Cell match - 6/13/04)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

This was shown free on ESPN on New Years Eve. Bockwinkle defends the AWA World title against #1 contender Curt Hennig. Match went an hour and was a mix of old school mat work and some flashy moves by Mr. Perfect. A very good match indeed!

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#74. Low Ki Vs. KENTA
(204pts / 11 votes)
ROH Final Battle (December 17th, 2005)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #10
Point Average: 18.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #84 [+10]
Previous PWT Top #74 Match: Shawn Michaels Vs. Steve Austin (WWF - 3/29/98)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Dream match up set at ROH's Yearly big show. Although these two had meet in NOAH before, this time it's Stateside and Low Ki's got the crowd on his side. A hard hitting match full of harsh kicks, spine crunching suplexes and harsh language.

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#73. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Genichiro Tenryu
(210pts / 9 votes)
All Japan (June 5th, 1989)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #5
Point Average: 23.3
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #74 Match: Juventud Guerrera Vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (ECW - 2/3 Falls - 3/9/96)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Tsuruta had just unified 3 Championships belts into the famous "Triple-Crown" of All-Japan. One of his first defenses was against long time ex-tag team partner and long time nemesis Tenryu. Outstanding match from start to finish especially the near-falls at the end harkening to the future 90's All-Japan main events. Tenryu was actually getting the better of Tsuruta in recent bouts but this time Jumbo wasn't going to lose his new legacy so easily.

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#72. Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta & Masa Fuchi Vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi
(212pts / 6 votes)
All Japan (April 20th, 1991)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #6
Point Average: 35.3
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #72 Match: Brock Lesnar Vs. Eddie Guerrero (WWF - 2/15/04)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

The Jumbo Vs. Misawa feud that raged in the early 90's wasn't secluded to singles matches but also spawned a multitude of great 4-man and 6-man tag team bouts. This was a superb near hour long tag match that had the usual Tsuruta/Misawa heat but also Taue and Kawada trying to beat the crap out of each other. Kobashi tried to be the hero but ended up getting his knee worked over. Also features a "Fuchi" chant which automatically makes this a great match for me.

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#71. Rob Van Dam Vs. Jerry Lynn
(212pts / 9 votes)
ECW Hardcore Heaven (May 16th, 1999)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #5
Point Average: 23.6
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #48 [-24]
Previous PWT Top #71 Match: Andre the Giant Vs. Hulk Hogan (WWF - 3/31/87)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

The arrogant but talented Rob Van Dam may have met his match. Jerry Lynn has come close to winning the ECW T.V. title on more than one occasion and this may be the best match of their classic series. Both guys get busted hardway in this match but keep going. Chairs get bent galore.

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#70. Kurt Angle Vs. Brock Lesnar
(212pts / 9 votes)
WWF Wrestlemania 19 (March 30th, 2003)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 23.6
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #28 [-42]
Previous PWT Top #70 Match: Chris Benoit Vs. Kurt Angle (WWF - 4/1/01)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

Kurt Angle defends the Smackdown World title against Brock Lesnar. Both guys were NCAA Champions and quick learners to the game of wrestling. Angle was so injured going into this match that he wasn't supposed to wrestle (perhaps ever again) It's suplexes, suplexes, and mo' suplexes headlining Wrestlemania!

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#69. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi Vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada
(213pts / 6 votes)
All Japan (May 21st, 1994)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #4
Point Average: 35.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #69 Match: Chris Benoit Vs. Chris Jericho (WWF - Ladder match - 1/21/01)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

The rematch from their 1993 RWTL match. This time it's Kobashi & Misawa defending the Unified World title against the Holy Demon Army. The big Misawa/Kawada matchup is only two weeks away so this is a preview of that title defense.

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#68. Brock Lesnar Vs. Eddie Guerrero
(217pts / 10 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWF No Way Out (February 15th, 2004)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 19.7
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #72 [+4]
Previous PWT Top #68 Match: Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle Vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio Jr. (WWF - 10/20/02)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

Brock Lesnar was gearing up for Wrestlemania, the only problem was he had to get passed Eddie Guerrero. In a dramatic and awesome upset, Guerrero won the Smackdown World title in a great 30 minute match.

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#67. Shawn Michaels Vs. Diesel
(218pts / 7 votes)
WWF Good Friends, Better Enemies (April 28th, 1996)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 31.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #67 Match: Ric Flair Vs. Randy Savage (WWF - 4/5/92)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Former bodyguard and tag team partner, Clique member Diesel takes on Shawn Michaels in a anything No-DQ fight. Diesel tosses Shawn Michaels around like garbage but HBK won't stay down.

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#66. The Rock Vs. HHH (60 Minute Iron-Man Match)
(228pts / 11 votes)
WWF Judgment Day (May 21st, 2000)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 20.7
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #31 [-35]
Previous PWT Top #66 Match: Chris Benoit Vs. The Great Sasuke (New Japan - 4/16/94)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

The Rock defends the WWF World title against perennial foe Triple-H. The first hour Iron man match (On PPV at least) was considered such a classic that these two had a lot to live up to. Whoever has the most falls at the end of 60 minutes will be the winner. In order to keep da law and order Shawn Michaels was assigned as the special referee. Will he call it down the middle or help out his old Clique buddy HHH? They started off strong and kept it going, including HHH using some smart tactics to gain some wins. The finish and winning fall was as close as you can get.

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#65. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada Vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki (2/3 Falls)
(233pts / 7 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
All Japan Women Dream Rush (November 26th, 1992)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 33.3
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #65 Match: Cactus Jack Vs. HHH (WWF - Hell-in-the-Cell - 2/7/00)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

The Dream Rush Supershow featured this Promotion Vs. Promotion Dream match. Totoya/Yamada representing All Japan Women, Kansai/Ozaki representing Japan Women's Project. The shit started right out of the gate as moments after signing the match Kansai smacked Yamada as hard as anyone huge women could and Yamada didn't even flinch. Match went back and forth but was pretty much non-stop action for 40 minutes.

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#64. Naoki Sano Vs. Jushin Liger
(244pts / 10 votes)
New Japan (January 31st, 1990)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #9
Point Average: 24.4
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #64 Match: A.J. Styles Vs. Christopher Daniels (TNA - 30-Min Iron Man match - 2/13/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Wrestling Observer's 1990 Match of the Year. After a great feud in 1989 is all gets wrapped it in this match. Sano's defending the IWGP Jr. title here. Liger goes all crazy in this match obviously determined to get the win but Sano's on a roll and fights right back into what's more of a knock down brawl then a scientific Juniors match.

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#63. Giant Baba Vs. The Destroyer (2/3 Falls)
(245pts / 7 votes)
JWA (March 5th, 1969)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 35.0
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #63 Match: Petey Williams Vs. A.J. Styles Vs. Chris Sabin (TNA - Ultimate X match - 1/16/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: Pre-Observer

Rikidozan was a national hero in the 50's and 60's, wrestling a series of matches against loud, obnoxious and cheating American wrestlers. His TV series of matches against The Destroyer was especially famous, breaking television rating records still around today, and becoming fondly remembered to a generation of fans. After Rikidozan died his protege Giant Baba tried to take over as the new hero, a scientifically knowledgeable but still a humble, polite wrestler. In this match they try to recreate that feud. Destroyer may talk trash to the crowd and cheat but he's a great wrestler and can back up his words.

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#62. Bryan Danielson Vs. Nigel McGuinness
(248pts / 11 votes)
ROH Unified (August 12th, 2006)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 22.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #62 Match: HHH Vs. Ric Flair (WWF - Cage match - 11/105)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

This is a unification match, Nigel's putting up his ROH Pure Title against Danielson's ROH World title. Whoever wins gets both belts. This also happened during ROH U.K. tour, giving Nigel his fellow countrymens support. Danielson's had the wins in their last couple of matches but Nigel look's determined not to lose this night, even when he's busted open in the ringpost and shrugs it off like the Terminator.

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#61. America’s Most Wanted Vs. XXX (Cage Match)
(258pts / 13 votes)
TNA Turning Point (December 5th, 2004)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #6
Point Average: 19.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #25 [-26]
Previous PWT Top #61 Match: Randy Savage Vs. The Ultimate Warrior (WWF - Retirement Match - 3/24/91)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Ths feud that has raged all year ends tonight inside the 6-sides of steel. An added stipulation is that whichever team loses MUST break up and never team again! Lots of blood and crazy moves helped put TNA on that map in this early monthly PPV format.

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#60. Chris Benoit Vs. Chris Jericho (Ladder Match)
(263pts / 12 votes)
WWF Royal Rumble (January 21st, 2001)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 21.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #69 [+9]
Previous PWT Top #60 Match: Shawn Michaels Vs. Shelton Benjamin (WWF - 5/2/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Their feud went on and off all of 2000, now they compete in an ultra dangerous Ladder match at the Rumble. Benoit's defending the intercontinental title here.

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#59. Cactus Jack Vs. Randy Orton (Streetfight)
(268pts / 14 votes)
WWF Backlash (April 18th, 2004)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 5
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 19.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #32 [-27]
Previous PWT Top #59 Match: Kurt Angle Vs. The Undertaker (WWF - 2/19/06)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Randy Orton has been bragging how's he's the legend killer. Well he brought down the thunder cause now legend Mic Foley transformed into the insane Cactus Jack and is gunning for him. Cactus showed he still had it with crazy moments like barbed-wrapped boards and bats, gasoline and a human pin cushion.

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#58. Kurt Angle Vs. Shane McMahon (Streetfight)
(272pts / 12 votes)
WWF King of the Ring (June 24th, 2001)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 5
Highest Vote: #5
Point Average: 22.7
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #22 [-36]
Previous PWT Top #58 Match: A.J. Styles Vs. Samoa Joe (TNA - 12/11/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

Kurt Angle was definably a dangerous man but always portrayed as a goof. Well now Shane McMahon pissed him off, causing Angle to lose the King of the Ring tournament and he's out for revenge. Angle's already wrestled twice so he may be fatigued, is it enough to give Shane a chance? Tons of highlights in this one including a shooting-Star-Shane-press, a trip through glass twice and an Angle slam off the top rope. I doubt I'd every see anyone get beat up more than Shane did in this match.

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#57. C.M. Punk Vs. Samoa Joe
(275pts / 9 votes)
ROH All Star Extravaganza II (December 4th, 2004)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 30.6
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #57 Match: Kenta Kobashi Vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (All Japan - 1/20/97)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

Their first 2 matches of their 2004 trilogy were considered classics, but there was no clear cut winner. Now it's match #3 and someone gets the win. It's Samoa Joe defending his ROH World title against his nemesis. C.M. Punks gotten close, can he win the title?

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#56. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki Vs. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada (2/3 Falls)
(278pts / 9 votes)
All Japan Women Dream Slam II (April 11th, 1993)

Top 5 Votes: 4
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 30.9
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #56 Match: The Dynamite Kid Vs. Tiger Mask (New Japan - 4/21/83)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Wrestling Observer's 1993 Match of the Year. The promotion Vs. promotion rematch to the classic back in 92. Toyota/Yamada got the win the 1st round now Ozaki/Kansai are hungry to even the score. Now that the two teams know each other will the results be the same?

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#55. Akira Hokuto Vs. Shinobu Kandori
(287pts / 10 votes)
All Japan Women Dream Slam (April 2nd, 1993)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #5
Point Average: 28.7
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #87 [+32]
Previous PWT Top #55 Match: Chris Benoit Vs. Kurt Angle (WWF - Cage - 6/11/01)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Another promotion Vs. promotion match. AJW's Akira Hokuto takes on Judo bronze Medalist Shinobu Kandori. Right out the gate Hokuto talks trash and gets her arm nearly broken. Add to that the piledriver threw the table and a bloody Hokuto's at a slight disadvantage already. But the problem is Hokuto just won't stay down..... Voted the #1 Joshi match of the 90's by DVDVR.

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#54. Ric Flair Vs. Randy Savage
(291pts / 12 votes - TWO #1 VOTE)
WWF Wrestlemania 8 (April 5th, 1992)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 24.3
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #67 [+13]
Previous PWT Top #54 Match: Brock Lesnar Vs. Kurt Angle (WWF - Iron man match - 9/18/03)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

This isn't just about Ric Flair's WWF World title, but it's personal! Flair and adviser Mr. Perfect have claimed that Savage's old lady Elizabeth has a romantic past with the Nature Boy. The psycho Savage isn't going to take these slanders sitting down but is now thirsty for revenge! Over 62,000 fans packed the Hoosier Dome to see this long awaited match.

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#53. Ric Flair Vs. Shawn Michaels
(294pts / 15 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWF Wrestlemania 24 (March 30th, 2008)

Top 5 Votes: 4
Top 10 Votes: 5
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 19.6
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #53 Match: Edge & Christian Vs. The Hardyz Vs. The Dudleyz (WWF - Ladder match - 4/2/00)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ***1/2

Mean old Mr. McMahon made the ultimatum, if Flair loses a match, his career is over. Well if the PWT Greatest Wrestler of all time has to end his career, why not at Wrestlemania? HBK respects the Nature boy, but he's not going to go easy of him on the grandest stage of all. And it's not all cut and dry, Flair still got a few tricks up his sleeve.

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#52. The 1992 Wargames
(301pts / 12 votes)
WCW Wrestlewar (May 17th, 1992)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 25.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #52 Match: The Money in the Bank Ladder match (WWF - 4/3/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Sting, Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Ricky Steamboat and Nikita Koloff
Vs.
The Dangerous Alliance (Steve Austin, Rick Rude, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton and Larry Zbyszko)

Paul E. Dangerously and his Dangerous Alliance have been running over everyone in WCW. So a bunch of Alliance-haters formed a supergroup and challenged them to one of the most dangerous matches around: The Wargames. Two men enter, then a coin is flipped giving the winner an advantage. Every few minutes the teams take turns sending a fresh man into the cage. The catch is the match cannot end inside the two rings of cages, until all participants have entered the cage. So if you break a leg tough luck, your locked in there.

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#51. Shawn Michaels Vs. HHH (Streetfight)
(304pts / 13 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWF Summerslam (August 25th, 2002)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 23.4
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #17 [-34]
Previous PWT Top #51 Match: Ric Flair Vs. Sting (NWA - 3/27/88)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

Thought to be forever retired due to a career ending back injury, HBK made a miraculous comeback. But right before his comeback he was brutally attacked and bloodied by a mystery man. His best friend HHH started his own Spanish Inquisition and interrogated everyone, looking for the culprit. But then it turned out that... It was HHH himself!!!! HHH's jealously of HBK holding him back all those years came out and he vows to but HBK "out of his misery" once and for all. This is HBK's first match in the WWF in over 4 years, will he be rusty? It should also be mentioned that this is an unsanctioned match, meaning the promotion is looking the other way or something.

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#50. Sgt. Slaughter Vs. The Iron Sheik (Bootcamp Streetfight)
(313pts / 11 votes)
WWF (June 16th, 1984)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #5
Point Average: 28.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #50 Match: Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk (NWA - I Quit match - 11/15/89)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

After all the derogatory remarks the Sheik has said about the red, white and blue, as well as the vicious assault on his protege, Slaughter is seething for revenge! Their earlier matches was always thwarted by the Sheiks infamous "Loaded boot of doom" or the match getting thrown out by DQ. So this match is the big one, No-DQ, anything goes! Voted the #1 WWF Match of the 80's by DVDVR.

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#49. HHH Vs. Cactus Jack (Hell in the Cell)
(323pts / 15 votes)
WWF No Way Out (February 2nd, 2000)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #4
Point Average: 21.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #65 [+16]
Previous PWT Top #49 Match: Shawn Michaels Vs. Razor Ramon (WWF - Ladder match - 8/27/95)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

After their crazy streetfight at the Rumble, Cactus came up just short of winning the title. Now HHH refuses to grant him a rematch and why should he? Cactus wants another crack at the belt so bad he accepts HHH's stipulation. That if Cactus Jack loses he must retire! Cactus accepts but on one condition of his own, the match will be inside.... the HELL IN THE CELL!

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#48. Blood Generation Vs. Do Fixer
(326pts / 12 votes)
ROH Supercard of Honor (March 31st, 2006)

Top 5 Votes: 4
Top 10 Votes: 5
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 27.2
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #48 Match: Jerry Lynn Vs. Rob Van Dam (ECW - 5/16/99)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Blood Generation (CIMA, Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino)
Vs.
Do Fixer (Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito)

Wrestling Observer's 2006 Match of the Year. Warring Dragon Gate factions travel to the States to put on an amazing display of highspots and crazy-ass moves. Considered one of the best, if not the best ROH matches of all time.

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#47. Chris Benoit Vs. The Great Sasuke
(330pts / 12 votes)
New Japan Super J Cup Finals (April 16th, 1994)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 1
Highest Vote: #10
Point Average: 27.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #66 [+19]
Previous PWT Top #47 Match: Kenta Kobashi Vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (NOAH - 3/3/03)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Considered by some the greatest wrestling show ever, the Super J Cup was a tournament featuring Crusierweights from around the globe. This is the finals pitting Chris Benoit Vs. The Great Sasuke. The match is an homage to the legendary Dynamite Kid/Tiger Mask series that influenced a generation of Jr. wrestlers.

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#46. Bret Hart Vs. Steve Austin
(335pts / 9 votes - TWO #1 VOTES)
WWF Survivor Series (November 17th, 1996)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 37.2
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #46 Match: Edge & Christian Vs. The Hardyz (WWF - Ladder match - 10/17/99)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Returning from a hiatus, Bret Hart's 1st match back is against a man on a huge winning streak, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. Despite being primarily a brawler, Austin keeps up with Hart with his surprising technical skill. This feud starts off innocently enough but will continue for months to come.

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#45. TLC I
(347pts / 18 votes)
WWF Summerslam (August 27th, 2000)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #5
Point Average: 19.3
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #20 [-25]
Previous PWT Top #45 Match: The Rock Vs. Steve Austin (WWF - 3/3/04)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Upping the ante from their Wrestlemania ladder match, these three teams battle over the WWF Tag Team title in a dangerous Tables, ladders an Chairs match. Career-ending spots left and right, the carnage these guys go through is unbelievable.

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#44. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas Vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
(351pts / 14 votes)
All Japan (May 25th, 1992)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 25.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #44 Match: Hulk Hogan Vs. The Ultimate Warrior (WWF - 4/1/90)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Wrestling Observer's 1992 Match of the Year. The Can-Am Express defend the All Asia Tag Team Titles against fan favorites Kikuchi and Kobashi. Kikuchi takes a large amount of punishment but refused to lose this match. Japanese crowds are usually docile except for the end of a match. But this may be the hottest crowd of all time. You know when there a huge pop at the end of a big match? That sound was going on all the time.

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#43. Randy Savage Vs. The Ultimate Warrior
(376pts / 13 votes)
WWF Wrestlemania 7 (March 24th, 1991)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 28.9
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #61 [+18]
Previous PWT Top #43 Match: Eddie Guerrero Vs. Kurt Angle (WWF - 3/14/04)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

Savage caused the Ultimate Warrior to lose the World title when he conked him in the head with a scepter. So the feud has started and they agreed on the ultimate feud ending match, a retirement match. Whoever loses this match has to retire from wrestling forever. Every since Savage dumped his old lady Elizabeth, his new manager Sherri Martel has had his back. Could she be the key to defeating the unstoppable Warrior?

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#42. Bret Hart Vs. Chris Benoit
(378pts / 18 votes)
WCW Nitro (October 4th, 1999)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 5
Highest Vote: #6
Point Average: 21.0
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #26 [-16]
Previous PWT Top #42 Match: Dean Malenko Vs. Eddie Guerrero (ECW - 2/3 Falls - 8/26/95)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

This was the Owen Hart tribute match broadcast on Monday Night Nitro. A scientific exhibition much like Bret and Owen's famous matches. Benoit as a fried of Owen as well as being Stampede taught was the perfect opponent. This no nonsense match was in stark contrast to most of Nitro's typical TV matches in 1999.

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#41. Bret Hart Vs. "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig
(384pts / 19 votes)
WWF Summerslam (August 26th, 1991)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 6
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 20.2
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #41 [-]
Previous PWT Top #41 Match: Bret Hart Vs. Curt Hennig
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****

These second generation wrestlers of Hall-of-Fame dads may have been the 2 best wrestlers in the WWF at the time. For 6 years Bret Hart has been in the tag team ranks as half of the hart Foundation. But now he’s gone solo and is eyeing his first WWF title. Intercontinental champ Hennig has been, well.. “perfect” during his reign, but has a super serious back injury. Can Hennig pull off another awesome defense or is Bret Hart due?

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#40. Art Barr & Eddie Guerrero Vs. El Hijo del Santo & Octagon
(2/3 Falls - Hair Vs. Masks)
(390pts / 14 votes)
AAA When World's Collide (November 6th, 1994)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 27.9
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #81 [+41]
Previous PWT Top #40 Match: Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada Vs. Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (All Japan - 6/9/95)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Much like their fathers, Eddie Guerrero and El Hijio del Santo formed a tag team. But with Art Barr's influence, Eddie turned to the dark side and turned on partner Santo Jr., claiming his own father was the better wrestler and was held down. Guerrero vows to prove he's the better wrestler as well. This is the ultimate lucha match, the heels putting their hair on the line (To be shaved live on PPV) against the sacred masks of Santo Jr & Octagon. It's all about pride and family legacy on the line in AAA's first PPV ever.

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#39. Chris Jericho Vs. Shawn Michaels
(390pts / 14 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWF Wrestlemania 19 (March 30th, 2003)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 27.9
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #38 [-1]
Previous PWT Top #39 Match: C.M. Punk Vs. Samoa Joe (ROH - 10/16/04)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

Chris Jericho grew up idolizing Shawn Michaels. He practiced all his movies and mannerisms and hoped one day to achieve HBK's high status. Well now, after being the first undisputed World Champion, Jericho believes he's not only reached Michaels achievements, but has surpassed them. All that's left now is to beat the Heartbreak Kid at Wrestlemania and prove it to the world. HBK's still got some tricks up his sleeve though that Jericho may not have learned yet..

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#38. The 1992 Royal Rumble
(396pts / 16 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWF Royal Rumble (January 19th, 1992)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 8
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 24.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #30 [-8]
Previous PWT Top #38 Match: Chris Jericho Vs. Shawn Michaels (WWF - 3/30/03)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ***3/4

When Flair left WCW he was still the World Champion. In WWF he touted himself as the "real" Worlds Champion but didn't have the WWF belt. After the Undertaker and Hogan title match was disputed, the WWF Championship was vacated and put up for grabs in the Royal Rumble. Whoever wins the Rumble is the World champ! But Flair was unlucky and drew #3 see and...

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#37. The 1987 Wargames
(421pts / 12 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
NWA Great American Bash (July 4th, 1987)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 35.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #89 [+52]
Previous PWT Top #37 Match: 6-Man Hell in the Cell (WWF - 12/10/00)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

Thought up by Dusty Rhodes during a concussion haze, this was a match where a huge cage surrounded two rings. It was the Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Lex Lugar, Arn Anderson & James J Dillion) Vs. The Guys who hate the Four Horsemen (Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, The Road Warriors & Paul Ellering). Two men start the match. 5 minutes later a coin is tossed and whichever team wins gets to put a teammate in, giving them a 2 on 1 advantage inside the cage. Then 3 minutes later the other team gets to put a guy in, evening it up. The kicker is that the match CAN NOT BE STOPPED until all 10 guys get in. Then the “Match beyond” begins and the only way to lose is to submit. Brutality. Blood. Hot crowds. Bionic Elbows. This is the NWA!

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#36. Bret Hart Vs. Owen Hart (Cage Match)
(423pts / 18 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWF Summerslam (August 29th, 1994)

Top 5 Votes: 4
Top 10 Votes: 6
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 23.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #23 [-13]
Previous PWT Top #36 Match: Mankind Vs. The Rock (I-Quit match - 1/24/99)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Owen pinned his brother cleanly at Wrestlemania 10. Later in that show Bret Hart won the world title, so now Owen knows he can beat him again and be the World Champ. This is a cage match, first person to escape wins. This match is a nice mix of old school cage wrestling (lotsa dramatic near escapes and wearing down your opponent) and the new-school cage stuff (high spots, high spots, high spots!) Who will leave Summerslam saying their the better wrestler?

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#35. HHH Vs. Steve Austin (3-Stages of Hell match)
(424pts / 16 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWF No Way Out (February 25th, 2001)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 5
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 26.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #29 [-6]
Previous PWT Top #35 Match: Masato Tanaka Vs. Mike Awesome (WWF - 6/12/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

3-stages of hell. A 2/3 Falls match. First fall is a regular match. Second is a No-DQ anything goes streetfight. And if necessary the third fall is a steel cage match! Austin made a dramatic return from crippling injuries to win the Royal Rumble and earn a shot at the World title match at Wrestlemania 17, but he's putting that title shot on the line to finally face the man who put him on the shelf so many months ago HHH! A grueling exhausting match that proved not only that Austin still had it in him, but the Game ain't no slouch either.

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#34. Jumbo Tsuruta Vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
(432pts / 15 votes)
All Japan (June 8th, 1990)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 3
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 28.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #96 [+62]
Previous PWT Top #34 Match: Shawn Michaels Vs. Mankind (WWF - 9/22/96)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Over the 70's and 80's Tsuruta has slowly become a legend in All-Japan and was still at the top in 1990. In order to recreate himself Jr. Tiger Mask II dramatically tore off his mask in a tag match revealing the real wrestler underneath to the world, Mitsuharu Misawa. Now Misawa’s making his way up the Heavyweight division poised to lead All-Japan into the 90's, but is he tough enough to take the crown of All-Japan’s ace for the future?

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#33. Chris Benoit & Kurt Angle Vs. Edge & Rey Mysterio Jr.
(445pts / 16 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWF No Mercy (October 20th, 2002)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 5
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 27.9
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #68 [+35]
Previous PWT Top #33 Match: The Elimination Chamber I (WWF - 11/17/02)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Wrestling Observer's 2002 Match of the Year. Four of the Smackdown Six compete in the the finals of the 1st Ever Smackdown Tag title tournament. The WWF's answer to the "Odd Couple", Angle and Benoit are extremely talented but are always bickering between themselves over who is better. Edge and Rey Mysterio work together as a perfect machine though, and are primed and ready with a dazzling array of tag team and aerial moves to take the win. Who's the better team? Who will be the 1st ever Smackdown tag team champions? Great tag Team matches.... what a novel concept!

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#32. Ric Flair Vs. Sting
(458pts / 16 votes)
NWA Clash of the Champions I (March 27th, 1988)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 28.6
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #51 [+19]
Previous PWT Top #32 Match: Cactus Jack Vs. Randy Orton (WWF Streetfight - 4/18/04)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Wrestling Observer’s Match of the Year for 1988. Sting was just some face painted WWF-wanna be before the match. But almost an hour later he was seen as the real deal and future successor of the NWA. Flair and Sting tore it up in front of one of the hottest crowd of all-time. Jim Ross (In a great performance) nearly loses his voice by the end of the match trying to yell over the fans. This was broadcast on free TV the same day as Wrestlemania IV. The final 5 minutes or so are off-the-charts for crowd heat and excitement.

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#31. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Stan Hansen
(473pts / 16 votes)
All Japan (July 29th, 1993)

Top 5 Votes: 1
Top 10 Votes: 2
Highest Vote: #4
Point Average: 29.6
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #31 Match: HHH Vs. The Rock (WWF Iron man match - 5/21/00)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Kenta Kobashi was one of the many emerging talents leading the young All-Japan charge of the 90's. It wasn't an easy start though, as Kobashi lost his first 63 matches but always showed heart with a gutsy performance. This gained the fans support for him and with that he started winning his matches and climbing up the ladder. Meanwhile All Japan legend Stan Hansen, who probably should've been slowing down after a great 80's decade, was having quite possible the best year of his 20+ yr. career. Like the old gunslinger Hansen had takes all these up-and-comers trying to make a name for themselves taking him on and had dispatched them all. So now the match is set. Unlike Kawada who got the Hansen ambush a few month before, Kobashi immediately attacks Hansen right at the bell with unbridled determination. The fans are rabid for Kobashi to somehow get the upset but he has to get passed Hansen first.

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#30. TLC II
(484pts / 20 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
WWF Wrestlemania 17 (April 1st, 2001)

Top 5 Votes: 4
Top 10 Votes: 8
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 24.2
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #6 [-24]
Previous PWT Top #30 Match: The 1992 Royal Rumble (WWF - 1/19/92)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

I was lucky enough to see this live and I'm not joking when I say I was actually glad when it was over and all the guys were limping away, cause I thought someone might've actually DIED in front of me that night. They basically did all the big spots in the first TLC but added better variations and twists. First team to retrieve the tag belts hanging above with a ladder wins. Can the chairmen of the board Edge & Christian do it again? Or is the Dudley's table manners too much? Or have the Hardyz finally climbed the ladder to success? Don't look for a Dory Funk Jr/Jack Briso 60:00 classic here, but look for a mega-exciting way to spend 20 minutes with ever-increasingly dangerous highspots coming seconds apart.

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#29. The Dynamite Kid Vs. Tiger Mask
(492pts / 16 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
New Japan (April 21st, 1983)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 30.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #56 [+27]
Previous PWT Top #29 Match: HHH Vs. Steve Austin (WWF - 3-Stages of hell Match - 2/25/01)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Dynamite’s never beaten Tiger Mask and that fact consumes him, will tonight be the night? This would be the last match from their famous series. Most matches age when compared to today’s high-flying style, but this match would still be a MOTYC if held today. Both guys were so far ahead of their time and influenced a countless number of future greats Cruiserweights with their exciting matches. One of the great thing about the series is how moves that worked in one match would be countered in the next, then those countered in the next meeting, etc, etc.. Proving both guys knew each other so well that getting an advantage got harder each time and that more dangerous risks would have to be taken to get the edge.

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#28. Akira Taue, Toshiaki Kawada Vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama
(545pts / 15 votes)
All Japan RWTL Finals (December 6th, 1996)

Top 5 Votes: 5
Top 10 Votes: 8
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 36.3
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): UNRANKED
Previous PWT Top #28 Match: Brock Lesnar Vs. Kurt Angle (WWF - 3/30/03)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

NOTE: I got all this info from a tremendous review at Quebrada (Hope he doesn't mind!)
Source: http://www.quebrada.net/columns/34/34.html

After Kobashi left the team and went solo, Misawa found a new tag team partner in Akiyama. Akiyama quickly proved he had talent and determination but his inexperience was his main drawback. With his new partner in crime, Misawa continued to feud against old foes Kawada & Taue. In an upset on 5/23/96 Misawa/Akiyama won the title, not so much an upset they won, but that Akiyama scored the pin on veteran Kawada. Now it's the Real World's Tournament time. They meet twice in the early rounds of the tournament. On 11/21/96 where Kawada got his revenge, winning the match by pinning Akiyama with seconds left in the match. Then met again on 11/29/96, with the Misawa/Akiyama on the verge of elimination but this time Misawa scored the win and the trip to the finals. So here we are. An entire years storyline (And more when you consider the Misawa/Kawada feud) end in one final match. Will Akiyama's inexperience hurt the team or has he more confidence now?

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#27. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Kenta Kobashi
(546pts / 17 votes)
NOAH Navigate For Evolution (March 3rd, 2003)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 4
Highest Vote: #5
Point Average: 32.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #47 [+20]
Previous PWT Top #27 Match: Hulk Hogan Vs. The Rock (WWF - 3/17/02)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Wrestling Observer's 2003 Match of the Year. After years of never slowing down Kenta Kobashi went to the see the doctor for his injuries. It turned out that he had massive injuries to pretty much everything and his knees were so shot he might have to retire. But that stubborn Kobashi rehabed like a maniac, returned to the ring and climbed the ranks up to get this World title shot against his old pal Misawa. Mitsuharu Misawa may accept the fact that his reign of one of the greatest wrestler in the World is winding down, but that doesn't mean he's not going to just roll over and stay down for the 3 count. For maybe the last time Misawa and Kobashi close out their awesome series of matches in NOAH. Insane career ending moves in this one.

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#26. Mankind Vs. The Undertaker (Hell in the Cell)
(546pts / 23 votes)
WWF King of the Ring (June 28th, 1998)

Top 5 Votes: 6
Top 10 Votes: 12
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 23.7
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #12 [-14]
Previous PWT Top #26 Match: Bret Hart Vs. Chris Benoit (WCW - 10/4/99)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

J.R.: “Oh God!…… Oh my God!!”
Lawler: “That’s it he’s dead.”
J.R.: {long pause} ”Would somebody stop the damn match?”

The Undertaker had a broken ankle in this match and sucked it up, but it limited him in what he could do inside the cage. Mankind knew they had big shoes to follow up the first Hell in the Cell, which was insane. He had to do something special. What resulted was the match no one would EVER forget once they’ve seen it. Two of the craziest bumps ever to go along with one of the gutsiest performances in wrestling history. Also Mankind debuts one of his old Japanese Deathmatch props to the match. Lots of fans were created due to this match's reputation.

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#25. Ric Flair Vs. Ricky Steamboat
(554pts / 20 votes)
NWA Chi-Town Rumble (February 20th, 1989)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 8
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 27.7
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #88 [+63]
Previous PWT Top #25 Match: America’s Most Wanted Vs. XXX (TNA - Cage Match - 12/5/04)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Ric Flair was on top of the world. Despite tough defenses against Sting and Lex Lugar, he had managed to keep his World title for over a year. But during a tag team match, a mystery opponent pinned him clean in the ring. Who was it? Ricky Steamboat! Flair's own nemesis is back and gunning for the title. This is the first match of their classic 1989 trilogy. This one is less a chessmatch like future matches but a faster paced match. Look for Dave Meltzer marking out in the front row.

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#24. Shawn Michaels Vs. Mankind
(562pts / 22 votes)
WWF Mind Games (September 22nd, 1996)

Top 5 Votes: 2
Top 10 Votes: 6
Highest Vote: #4
Point Average: 25.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #34 [+9]
Previous PWT Top #24 Match: Bret Hart Vs. Davey Boy Smith (WWF - 8/29/92)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Talk about a clash of styles. Although Mankind in a pre-promo, screamed that he doesn’t want to be a “sexy boy”, he’ll gladly destroy HBK and give the World title to uncle Paul Bearer. Shawn Michaels meanwhile is visibly shaken in his pre-match promo. When their usual offense isn’t working, both guy have to adapt to each other mid-match with HBK getting more aggressive and Mankind surprisingly playing it smart. I think this is the only match where somebody was actually smart enough to work on Mankind's hand, preventing the mandible claw from coming into play. Two of the greatest bumpers of all-time put on a 30 minute clinic that literally saved the show. A great, super underrated match of the 90’s.

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#23. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Samoa Joe
(573pts / 19 votes - TWO #1 VOTES)
ROH Joe Vs. Kobashi (October 1st, 2005)

Top 5 Votes: 4
Top 10 Votes: 6
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 30.2
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #15 [-8]
Previous PWT Top #23 Match: Bret Hart Vs. Owen Hart (WWF Cage match - 8/29/94)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Wrestling Observer's 2005 Match of the Year. Kobashi travels to the States and ROH to put on a dream match. Even though it was just an “indy” match, this is possibly the two best wrestlers at the time from their respective Hemispheres squaring off. The ROH crowd greeted Kobashi with a thunderous applause but the fans are for both guys. Bits of Samoa Joe's chest was chopped off and turned into confetti, landing throughout the first four rows.

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#22. Bret Hart Vs. Davey Boy Smith
(573pts / 22 votes)
WWF Summerslam (August 29th, 1992)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 8
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 26.0
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #24 [+2]
Previous PWT Top #22 Match: Kurt Angle Vs. Shane McMahon (WWF Streetfight - 6/22/01)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

Vince was worried that with Hogan gone there’s no way they could fill Wembley Stadium, especially with these vanilla midgets Stampeders Bret Hart and Davey Boy Smith in the main event. 80,355 fans later McMahon was proven wrong. Both guys are fan favorites, but hometown Davey Boy’s the definite crowd favorite. Bret Hart is his brother-in-law and is defending the Intercontinental title. Who will win between these two Dynamite Kid trained Superstars? Will the Hart family be in ruins?

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#21. Kenta Kobashi Vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
(585pts / 17 votes - THREE #1 VOTES)
All-Japan New Year’s Giant Series (January 20th, 1997)

Top 5 Votes: 5
Top 10 Votes: 8
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 34.4
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #57 [+36]
Previous PWT Top #21 Match: Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Toshiaki Kawada (All japan - 6/3/94)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

These two former tag team partners clash over the Triple-Crown. Kobashi's finally made it to the top and is the All-Japan Triple Crown Champion, but he's never beaten Mitsuharu Misawa. Can Kobashi break the Misawa curse and turn back his greatest challenge to the crown? Or will Misawa continue his dominance of All-Japan? Epic match with tons of crazy moves, nearfalls and a hot crowd.

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#20. Magnum T.A. Vs. Tully Blanchard (I-Quit Cage Match)
(605pts / 22 votes)
NWA Starcade (November 28th, 1985)

Top 5 Votes: -
Top 10 Votes: 5
Highest Vote: #8
Point Average: 27.5
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #95 [+75]
Previous PWT Top #20 Match: TLC I (WWF - 8/27/00)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ???

For months Tully Blanchard had been ducking and retaining his U.S. title from Magnum T.A. with tons of interference (Babydoll, James J. Dillion, the Four Horsemen).. But now there is NO WHERE to run inside the confines of the steel cage! Not only is this in a cage, but it’s also an “I-Quit” match, meaning the only way for the match to end is for the loser to admit to the crowd he can’t continue. The better man is sure to win this barbaric match and end this feud. This was a true Hell-in-the-Cell and was more a felony then a match.

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#19. C.M. Punk Vs. Samoa Joe
(625pts / 19 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
ROH Joe Vs. Punk II (October 16th, 2004)

Top 5 Votes: 7
Top 10 Votes: 8
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 32.9
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #39 [+20]
Previous PWT Top #19 Match: Ricky Steamboat Vs. Ric Flair (NWA - 5/7/89)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

The first match went the 60:00 min draw, so this is the rematch to see who the better man is. Once again it's Samoa Joe defending his ROH Championship against Punk. Punk seems more confident now, as he knows Joe's moves and gameplan.. Can he end Joe's 18month strangehold on the title?

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#18. HHH Vs. Cactus Jack (Streetfight)
(660pts / 23 votes)
WWF Royal Rumble (January 23rd, 2000)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 8
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 28.7
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #14 [-4]
Previous PWT Top #18 Match: Eddie Guerrero Vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (WCW - Title Vs. Mask - 10/26/97)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

HHH and Stephanie McMahon have terrorized the WWF since taking over, even firing Mankind just for fun. Finally all of the WWF roster (lead by The Rock) said they will all walk out on their candy asses and quit unless HHH/Stephanie reinstate Mankind. They agree, and not only that but they also give Mankind a shot at HHH's title at The Royal Rumble! HHH kicks his ass on TV before then. Mankind goes back on TV and says that beating he gave him was so bad that he doesn't think he's in shape physically or mentally to face HHH at the Rumble. But he knows someone who is...... CACTUS JACK!!!!! The crazed madman who fought in the all those deathmatches in Japan is back with a vengeance! Cactus Jack feels no pain! The dude’s freaking bananas. And now he’s pissed off too!

This match is a No-DQ Streetfight! Can HHH rise to the occasion to defend his title in such a dangerous match, or will it be the Cactus Jack show? Cactus Jack ain't dealing with a full deck of cards. This match has everything. Chairs. Bent Chairs. Broken Chairs. Broken HHH’s. Regular tables. Spanish Announce tables. Bats. Barbed Wire. Splinters. A fan who looks like Mickey Rooney. Handcuffs. Blood. Harsh language. And Thumbtacks. Thumbtacks! Thumbtacks by gawd!!! BANG! BANG!

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#17. Bret Hart Vs. Shawn Michaels (60 Minute Iron-Man Match)
(671pts / 23 votes)
WWF Wrestlemania 12 (March 31st, 1996)

Top 5 Votes: 6
Top 10 Votes: 9
Highest Vote: #3
Point Average: 29.2
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #4 [-13]
Previous PWT Top #17 Match: Shawn Michaels Vs. HHH (WWF - Streetfight - 8/25/02)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/4

The two best wrestlers, and two biggest fan favorites, in the WWF finally meet at Wrestlemania. But it’s not just a regular match. Nope, it’s a 60:00 min Iron-man match, maybe the most grueling match you can have. The man with the most number of falls (wins) within the hour is the WWF World Champion. HBK’s got the aerial move and risky highspots. Bret’s got the ground game and the Stu Hart trained submission skills. Which wrestler gets to claim to be THE best in the WWF?

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#16. Kurt Angle Vs. Shawn Michaels
(731pts / 26 votes - TWO #1 VOTES)
WWF Wrestlemania 21 (April 3rd, 2005)

Top 5 Votes: 7
Top 10 Votes: 15
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 28.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #2 [-14]
Previous PWT Top #16 Match: Ricky Steamboat Vs. Ric Flair (NWA 2/3 Falls - 4/2/89)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Kurt Angle may be the best wrestler on the Smackdown brand. Shawn Michaels may be the best wrestler in the RAW brand. Now they finally have their long awaited inter-promotional dream match at Wrestlemania. Both men are representing their locker rooms as well as their own reputations. Both men also boast winning all the titles in the WWF. Kurt Angle seems to have the edge, but HBK is always full of tricks, especially at Wrestlemania where he shines like no other. Is Angle's submission and mat work too much for HBK? Or does Shawn's never-say-die attitude and willingness to take risks give him the victory?

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#15. Kurt Angle Vs. Chris Benoit
(738pts / 24 votes - TWO #1 VOTES)
WWF Royal Rumble (January 19th, 2003)

Top 5 Votes: 9
Top 10 Votes: 13
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 30.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #13 [-2]
Previous PWT Top #15 Match: Kenta Kobashi Vs. Samoa Joe (ROH - 10/1/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Angle has been ducking his former tag team partner Benoit for months since winning the World title. He's has his flunkies Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjmain act as a shield for him. But now this is it. It's one-on-one. These guys are so evenly matched and know each other so well that the winner may only be determined by the one who makes a mistake first or who can outlast the other. The match was so good and appreciated, that the crowd gave the loser a standing ovation after the match!

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#14. HHH Vs. Chris Benoit Vs. Shawn Michaels
(747pts / 24 votes - FOUR #1 VOTES)
WWF Wrestlemania 20 (March 14th, 2004)

Top 5 Votes: 10
Top 10 Votes: 16
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 31.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #3 [-11]
Previous PWT Top #14 Match: Cactus Jack Vs. HHH (WWF Streetfight - 1/23/00)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Despite drawing #1, Benoit won the Royal Rumble, earning a chance at the World title at Wrestlemania. But Shawn Michaels isn't through with HHH yet, so he got his name on the contract too, making the main event a 3-way match. HHH is obsessed with keeping the WWF World title. Can Benoit fullfill his dream of winning the World title at Wrestlemania? Or will the showstopah HBK steal the show and the title one last time? Shawn bleeds a Mutoh % for his art.

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#13. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi Vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada
(762pts / 20 votes - FIVE #1 VOTES)
All-Japan Super Power Series (June 9th, 1995)

Top 5 Votes: 11
Top 10 Votes: 14
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 38.1
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #40 [+27]
Previous PWT Top #13 Match: Chris Benoit Vs. Kurt Angle (WWF - 1/19/03)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Four of the best give four of their individual best wrestling performances in one single match. Mitsuharu Misawa is still All-Japan's champ and Kawada seems obsessed with defeating him after coming so close so many times but never getting that elusive pin. Akira Taue has had a banner year nearly winning the 1995 Champions Carnival but falling just short in the finals against, you guessed it, Misawa. So both Kawada & Taue are psyched up to give Misawa his long awaited comeuppance. Meanwhile Kenta Kobashi has also been improving and is more than the equal to both Kawada/Taue. Taue & Kawada mercilessly attack Kobashi's knee putting him nearly out of the match (but he refuses to stay down). So at the end it's Misawa who has to weather both Kawada & Taue's wrath. Can he and Kobashi do it and defend their All japan Unified Tag Titles? These four were at their peak in this awesome match.

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#12. The Rock Vs. Steve Austin
(831pts / 31 votes - THREE #1 VOTES)
WWF Wrestlemania 17 (April 1st, 2001)

Top 5 Votes: 7
Top 10 Votes: 14
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 26.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #11 [-1]
Previous PWT Top #12 Match: Mankind Vs. The Undertaker (WWF Hell in the Cell - 6/28/98)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Steve Austin broke his neck in a match against Owen Hart at Summerslam 1997. Despite needing surgery and months off, he kept wrestling, won the WWF World title, and basically put the whole company on his broken body and pulled the WWF past WCW in the ratings. Time, wear and tear have finally caught up to him and after [kayfabe] being hit by a car in 1999 [/kayfabe], Steve Austin engaged in a massive rehabilitation program to come back. He won the Royal Rumble and earned a shot at the WWF World title at Wrestlemania 17. The current Champion? The Rock. Now the two most popular wrestlers in the company square off in a dream match-up in Austin's home state of Texas in front of over 67,000 fans! Austin will do anything it takes to win the title back. Anything.

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#11. Ric Flair Vs. Terry Funk (I Quit Match)
(888pts / 27 votes)
NWA Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout (November 15th, 1989)

Top 5 Votes: 3
Top 10 Votes: 12
Highest Vote: #4
Point Average: 32.9
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #50 [+39]
Previous PWT Top #11 Match: The Rock Vs. Steve Austin (WWF - 4/1/01)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Flair and Funk had been feuding for months. Funk not only nearly broke Flair’s neck and took him out of wrestling forever, but even put a plastic bag around his neck and tried to suffocate him!! So they’ve decided on a end-all to any feud, an I-Quit match! Both men have too much pride to concede that the other man is better. Also, right before the match both guys decided to quit the NWA if they lose! A crazy historical brawl on free TV.

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#10. A.J. Styles Vs. Christopher Daniels Vs. Samoa Joe
(897pts / 29 votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
TNA Unbreakable (September 11th, 2005)

Top 5 Votes: 10
Top 10 Votes: 14
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 30.9
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #10 [-]
Previous PWT Top #10 Match: A.J. Styles Vs. Christopher Daniels Vs. Samoa Joe (TNA - 9/11/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Christopher Daniels has held the X-Division title for nearly half-a-year and was as obsesed with keeping it. Samoa Joe was on an incredible rampage and was undefeated since joining TNA. A.J. Styles is "Mr. TNA", but has suffered a loss to Samoa Joe previously. For nearly 30 incredible minutes, all 3 men showcased what they and the TNA X-Division was all about. Stiff kicks, jaw dropping aerial tactics and moves that you wouldn't expect to ever see from these guys.

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#9. Eddie Guerrero Vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (Title Vs. Mask)
(934pts / 35 Votes)
WCW Halloween Havoc (October 26th, 1997)

Top 5 Votes: 5
Top 10 Votes: 10
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 26.7
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #18 [+9]
Previous PWT Top #9 Match: Shawn Michaels Vs. The Undertaker (WWF Hell in the Cell - 10/5/97)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

Rey Mysterio finally gets his chance to win the WCW Crusierweight title, but he has to put his sacred mask on the line! Can Rey overcome the odds over Guerrero, who’s on an incredible hot streak? This is aerial moves galore. Guerrero just seems one step ahead at all times, but Rey refuses to surrender his mask!! He won’t stay down!! This is not only for himself, but for his family's wrestling legacy. Voted the #1 WCW match of the 90's by DVDVR.

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#8. Bret Hart Vs. Owen Hart
(949pts / 30 Votes - TWO #1 VOTES)
WWF Wrestlemania 10 (March 20th, 1994)

Top 5 Votes: 5
Top 10 Votes: 12
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 31.6
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #7 [-1]
Previous PWT Top #8 Match: Shawn Michaels Vs. Razor Ramon (WWF Ladder match - 3/30/94)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****3/4

For the past few months Owen had been blaming his older brother Bret for their tag losses. Finally after one such loss he snapped and attacked Bret's already injured leg then left. He says that his older brother has been keeping him down and that he' the better wrestler and now he's about to prove it. Bret didn’t want to fight his brother but finally he agreed, to put an end to this once and for all. For a match no one really cared about, this turned out to be maybe the greatest opening match in history! It was like nothing the WWF had ever seen before. Two wrestlers wrestling. With counters, reversals, mat wrestling, submission wrestling and near falls. Plus maybe the biggest upset of all time! Voted the #1 WWF match of the 90's by DVDVR.

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#7. Randy Savage Vs. Ricky Steamboat
(1016pts / 31 Votes - ONE #1 VOTES)
WWF Wrestlemania 3 (March 29th, 1987)

Top 5 Votes: 9
Top 10 Votes: 17
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 32.8
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #5 [-2]
Previous PWT Top #7 Match: Bret Hart Vs. Owen Hart (WWF - 3/20/94)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: ****1/2

Wrestling Observer’s 1987 Match of the Year. In the NWA and Mid-Atlantic promotions Ricky Steamboat was touted as being a future World Champion. He went to the WWF in 85 and mirred in the mid-card. Finally he got a chance at the Intercontinental title against the red-hot Randy Savage which ended tragically when Savage put Steamboat throat first on the steel railing and hit a double axe handle from the top rope onto him!!! Back then Savage’s outside double axe handle was so dangerous it was talked about being banned from the sport, so when this happened you might as well have brought the coffin out and scheduled the funeral. But months later and raspy Ricky Steamboat tore off his neck caste and called out Savage for a revenge match at Wrestlemania!

The match was nothing the WWF had seen before with some super fast wrestling sequences and dramatic nearfalls. It was proof that you didn’t need all gimmicks and 15min headlocks to get the crowd interested in a match. Savage even took the crazy HBK/Terry Funk-like backdrop bump to the outside. The crowd was firmly behind Steamboat but Savage showed why he was champ for nearly 18 months. Jesse Ventura said it best when he blurted out in the middle of the match, like a mark, that “This is the greatest match I’ve ever seen”. Andre/Hogan sold the show, but Steamboat/Savage stole the show.

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#6. Shawn Michaels Vs. The Undertaker (Hell in the Cell)
(1036pts / 33 Votes - ONE #1 VOTES)
WWF Bad Blood (October 5th, 1997)

Top 5 Votes: 9
Top 10 Votes: 15
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 31.4
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #9 [+3]
Previous PWT Top #6 Match: TLC II (WWF - 4/1/01)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

This match is a bit undershadowed because of the 98 Hell-in-the-Cell, but if that match had never happened, people would still be talking about what insane and crazy bumps took place in this one. After Shawn finally “found his smile”, he came back and agreed to referee the Undertaker Vs. Bret Hart title match at Summerslam 97. At the end of the match HBK went to hit his rival Bret, but Bret ducked and he hit taker instead!! Shawn had no choice but to make the count and Taker lost the World title. HBK screwed Undertaker? Instead of apologizing, HBK gloated and even got more cheap chairshots in on Taker. He kept running so a lumberjack match was set up, but HBK even managed to get out of that one. So now a new match was devised just for this feud. The Hell-in-the-Cell, a huge steel cage with a roof on the top ensuring no escape possible. Now Shawn’s gotta put up or shut up. One of the WORST ass-kicking ever… And maybe the greatest cage match ever.

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#5. Mitsuharu Misawa Vs. Toshiaki Kawada
(1039pts / 26 Votes - FIVE #1 VOTES)
All-Japan Super Power Series (June 3rd, 1994)

Top 5 Votes: 15
Top 10 Votes: 20
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 40.0
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #21 [+16]
Previous PWT Top #5 Match: Ricky Steamboat Vs. Randy Savage (WWF - 3/29/87)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

They started their career’s as friends and tag team partners ushering in a new era of All-Japan. But by the time this match rolled around their were bitter rivals feuding over the All-Japan Triple Crown Championship. It seems like the stars all aligned this night for Kawada to win the title, he's at his peak of his career. A big epic feel like an old school prize winning fight lingers in the air for this match.

If becomes apparent right away that both guys know each well so from their previous teaming/matches. After awhile it's the big moves that take it's toll. But both guys won't lose! Kawada begins to get obsessed with winning the match, then even desperate. Kawada has the advantage going into the home stretch but can he put Misawa away? Can he finally pin the #1 ace of All-japan and ascend his rightful throne?

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#4. Ricky Steamboat Vs. Ric Flair
(1062pts / 29 Votes - ONE #1 VOTES)
NWA Wrestlewar (May 7th, 1989)

Top 5 Votes: 8
Top 10 Votes: 15
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 36.6
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #19 [+15]
Previous PWT Top #4 Match: Bret Hart Vs. Shawn Michaels (WWF Iron Man match - 3/31/96)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Part 3 of their 1989 trilogy. Steamboat's still the NWA World champ. This is the rematch due to the controversy caused in their Clash of the Champions match. Is this Flair’s last chance to finally beat The Dragon? They build on some of the moves from their past matches much like the Dynamite Kid/Tiger mask series. Since the Clash match was so close and nearly went the distance, there’s a panel of judges outside to vote on the winner in case their’s a draw. This is a slower paced match of the trilogy likely because both guys know each other so well and don't want to make a mistake their opponent could capitalize on.

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#3. Shawn Michaels Vs. Razor Ramon (Ladder Match)
(1063pts / 34 Votes)
WWF Wrestlemania 10 (March 20th, 1994)

Top 5 Votes: 8
Top 10 Votes: 14
Highest Vote: #2
Point Average: 31.3
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #8 [+5]
Previous PWT Top #3 Match: Chris Benoit Vs. Shawn Michaels Vs. HHH (WWF - 3/14/04)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Wrestling Observer's 1994 Match of the Year. The Intercontinental title was up for grabs as both guys had claim for the belt. You gotta keep something in mind here. Back then the very few ladder matches only used the ladder to climb up and grab the belts/money /whatever for the win. Sometimes the ladder came into play, but only for the final spot or to knock someone off. No one actually thought that the ladder could be used as a weapon, for the whole match! Not only that, but it introduced the concept of constant highspots/bumps, making the fans ohhh and ahhh for every move until the big finish. Both men took jaw dropping bumps and made superstars of themselves overnight. Ramon was good, but it was HBK who really shined on and went from awesome mid-carder to a very possible future World Champion.

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#2. Ricky Steamboat Vs. Ric Flair (2/3 Falls)
(1380pts / 38 Votes - ONE #1 VOTE)
NWA Clash of the Champions VI (April 2nd, 1989)

Top 5 Votes: 15
Top 10 Votes: 25
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 36.3
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #16 [+14]
Previous PWT Top #2 Match: Shawn Michaels Vs. Kurt Angle (WWF - 4/3/05)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Wrestling Observer's 1989 Match of the Year. Match #2 in the classic trilogy. This was shown free on TV head to head with Wrestlemania 5. That punk Steamboat got lucky but now Flair’s ready and hungry to regain the NWA World Championship, a belt he has basically owned for the last 8 years. Every fall tells a different story. Both guys are at their peak and may have been the two greatest wrestlers in the world at the time of this match. Both guys attitudes and lifestyles and complete opposites, but they're absolutely even in the ring. One mistake, that's all it'll take.

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#1. Bret Hart Vs. Steve Austin (I-Quit Match)
(1635pts / 43 Votes - SEVEN #1 VOTES)
WWF Wrestlemania 13 (March 23rd, 1997)

Top 5 Votes: 27
Top 10 Votes: 32
Highest Vote: #1
Point Average: 38.0
Previous PWT Top 100 Ranking (2006): #1 [-]
Previous PWT Top #1 Match: Bret Hart Vs. Steve Austin (WWF - I-Quit match - 3/23/97)
Wrestling Observer Star Rating: *****

Wrestling Observer's 1997 Match of the Year. Yes I know it's a "submission match" but I-Quit sounds cooler. These guys meet at Survivor Series 1996 where Hart barely escaped in a great technical match. Who knew Steve Austin could actually wrestle? Austin lost though and he remembered it. A few months later at the Royal Rumble, Austin made a huge name for himself, lasting nearly the entire match to win it all. Bret Hart had eliminated Austin legally but the refs didn’t see it. Austin came back in and eliminated Bret to win and get revenge. And Bret remembered it. Now after further months of feuding at a standstill, both men have decided to the end-all to any feud, an I-Quit match. Bret has the advantage with his submission skills, but no one could imagine Austin would ever quit. Who would win?

The match started with Bret coming out to cheers while the hated Austin was booed. They started brawling throughout the crowd, something that hadn’t been seen in the WWF before. Back in the ring and they traded submission work. In both styles they were even so they just went off and tried whatever they can do to get the submission. Austin became a star in this match. I’m not going to tell you the winner, but you should know it by now. If you don’t… GO watch the match! It's not the #1 match AGAIN for no reason!

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OK that's it. Cya you guys next time.