We look at the evolution of professional wrestling through some of its greatest matches! Every episode, we take a Match of the Year award winner from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Pro Wrestling Illustrated, The Theszies (RSPW Readers Poll), Box-y-Lucha, or Tokyo Sport annual poll.
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Episode Notes A look at a 5-star classic! Thrill to Misawa vs. Tsuruta! Watch Fuchi bust Kobashi open! THrill to Akira Taue doing a Tope! All that and more! The Match itself! Find out more at https://match-of-the-year-podcast.pinecast.co
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Episode Notes Blood! Intensity! American Work! Brothers! A deserving and different style Match of the Year!!!!!
A look at one of the best matches in the history of SmackDonw! and what it means to be a match that has actual impact.
As is usually the case, the NXT Take Over show was amazing, and the Gargano vs. Ricochet match was not only the best match on the show, but the best match so far this year!
I look at the 4 main candidates for Wrestler of the Year, and why the Psychokiller is the easy choice!
THe best opening match of all-time? The best Brother v. Brother match ever? The last example of great and smart WWF booking? Is Owen Hart vs. Bret Hart all of those things? Let's find out!
The best match ever in San Jose? Big statement, but it might be true, as these three main evented a hot PPV and put in a match that might have won Match of the Year in another day and place. Becky is the hottest thing in wrestling, Charlotte proves what a great athlete she is, and Asuka is awesome!
We look at an amazing Ring of Honor match between Takeshi Morishima and Bryan Danielson which completely shows how brawling can fit into the context of a traditional wrestling. Also, how awesome was 2007 for Bryan Danielson!
We look at the November 2006 SmakDown brawl between Finlay and Chris Benoit. We discuss the way in which Finlay is basically Stan Hansen for the early 2000's WWE, why I still talk about Benoit after he murdered his family and killed himself, and how 2006 was a very interesting time!
The first of the Money in the Bank matches and one that really shows what the WWE was in 2005, what they were shooting for, how the Ladder match progressed, and especially how they could go from Attitude to PG-13
What does blood mean in wrestling? Eddie and JBL had a match that is an excellent example of what it can mean.
The feud that defined what RoH would become, that put Punk on the map, and that demonstrates how the rising quality of wrestling around the world led to far better gimmick matches!
A look at what will compete for Match of the Year and one of the all-time most dramatic matches that ever took place in the US, or anywhere for that matter! A look at what it took to make it all into one of the best matches ever!
The Return of The Heartbreak Kid in an unsanctioned Streetfight leads to one of the best brawls of the decade!
A look at a wonderful 1999 ECW brawl and what these guys meant to bringing FMW-style wrestling to the masses in the US. See table spots, and when a finisher still meant the finish was here.
A classic spot, perfectly built-to, and brilliantly executed.
NXT's best woman's match ever, and one of the best of th eyear! It's also Asuka's last NXT match and the best thing goin!
This is IWA Japan, and while it's a company that had a lot of wildness (and will be a major part of 1995: The Year Brawling Broke) this was one of the craziest, with two teams that understood how to tell the story of a good brawl.
Remember that match you saw back in the 1990s where Terry Funk was fighting a guy you didn't know and then the freakin' ring exploded? This is that match!
A look at the most violent tag team of the 1990s, bar none, and their classic feud with Jerry Lawler and Jeff Jarrett!
A Cage Match, a Stretcher Match, and a Falls Count Anywhere match, all in one night, all absolutely insane. One of the great brawls, and two guys who would change the business forever, even if only one of them seems to get any credit for it...
An All Japan tag match that demonstrates what exceptional brawling looks like in the context of a traditional All Japan main event!
It's the best brawl of the 1980s, an amazing example of two athletes at their peak working a style that would influence the next decade of wrestling!
Yep, we're jumping into FMW, and not for the last time! Here, we see what a wild, out-of-control brawl looked like in 1990, why it was important, and most of all, how we can look at this and see where it fits in with wrestling in general.
A Coal Miner's Glove on a Pole, Do DQ Steel Cage Tuxedo Loser-leaves-town match, and an amazing brawl!
A look at a classic of Portland brawling as Buddy Rose and Matt Borne go at it in a Lumberjack match that really defines Portland's style of brawling in the early 1980s!
Two of my all-time faces facing off at WrestleMania XX!!!!!
A look at how Angle and Benoit worked together, brought out the best in each other, and ultimately worked a match that didn't require the tricks that so many of that era relied on. Also, I talk a bit about Benoit's legacy, and what we need to remember, especially the parts we wish we didn't have to.
A look at one of the nuttiest, and most fun, matches of the wonderful late 2000 period that saw Kurt take off!
Either the best or the worst, there are a couple of ways of looking at it. Kurt vs. Shane, the wrestler against the stuntman, in a match that shows just how dangeresque the entire wrestling thing can be. Blood, battery, and being dropped on your head in WWE 2002.
One of the best WrestleMania matches ever (Bobby Heenan even thought so!) and one of the finest examples of what happens when eras collide! The start of our extended look at Kurt Angle - The 21st Definition of Great Wrestling in the 21st Century!
A look at a unique match that you might not realise is REALLY unique! Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki for the IWGP Championship in October 2012, in a match where both guys, who are both currently champions in New Japan despite being 40+) are at the top of their game.
A look at heat, booking, and why this is the worst match of the year ever!
A look at the final match of the Mae Young Classic between Kairi Sane and Shayna Bazsler and what's next!
No Match of the Year contenders, but it was a really impressive presentation and shows that the WWE actually does understand Women's wrestling
In many years, this would be a Match of the Year contender, but since it happened while the G1 was still going strong... well, you know. I look at how these two guys worked so well and what the second and third most important Japanese titles are all about these days!
I somehow missed how they've been establishing EVIL as a potential Main Eventer in the G1, and now I talk about it and how they're messing up with Kenny Omega.
How does New Japan book the mid-card? Like this!
Kenny got hisself pinned by Michael Elgin (who is awesome and excellent!) and now, I wonder... what the fuck New Japan? What does this mean for Block B? Where does this lead for post-G1? Does this make Okada-Omega 3 meaningless, or more meaningful, and just where do they go?
A look at how awesome Zack Sabre is, Okada vs. SANADA, Kenny Omega goes comedy (brilliantly) and what they're almost certainly building to!
two phenomenal and Important matches open up the Tourney! Stay tuned to Match of the Year Podcast for more reviews of the tourney!
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