Match of the Year Tracking Thread

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1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi ***** - Wrestle Kingdom 9
2. Will Opsreay vs. Matt Sydal ****1/2 - Summer Sizzler 2015
3. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada ****1/2 Wrestle Kingdom 9
4. AJ Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - ****1/4 The New Beginning in Osaka
5. Jay Lethal vs. Jay Briscoe ****1/4 - Best in the World
6. Jay Lethal vs. Roderick Strong ****1/4 - Death Before Dishonor XIII
7. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata ****1/4 - G1 Climax Day 12
8. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kota Ibushi ****1/4 - G1 Climax Day 7
9. AJ Styles & The Young Bucks vs. The Kingdom ****1/4 - Best in the World
10. AJ Styles & The Young Bucks vs. Matt Sydal, Cedric Alexander & ACH ****1/4 - ROH TV Week of 2/16
11. KUSHIDA vs. Kyle O'Reilly ****1/4 - Best of Super Jrs. Final
12. Roderick Strong vs. Zack Sabre Jr. ****1/4 - Don't Sweat the Technique
13. AJ Styles vs. Kota Ibushi ****1/4 - Invasion Attack
14. reDRagon vs. The Young Bucks ****1/4 - 13th Anniversary Show
15. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. AJ Styles ****1/4 - G1 Climax Day 16
16. AJ Styles vs. Katsuyori Shibata **** - G1 Day 1
17. Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makabe **** Wrestle Kingdom 9
18. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi **** - G1 Day 1
19. Chris Hero vs. Zack Sabre Jr. **** - Mystery Vortex III
20. Marty Scrull vs. Ricochet **** - RPW High Stakes 2015
21. AJ Styles vs. ACH **** - 13th Anniversary Show
22. AJ Styles vs. Will Ospreay **** - RPW High Stakes 2015
23. John Cena vs. Kevin Owens **** - Money in the Bank
24. Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii **** - G1 Climax Day 15
25. Roderick Strong vs. MIke Bailey **** - Mystery Vortex III
26. Kevin Owens vs. John Cena **** - Elimination Chamber
27. Kevin Owens vs. Finn Balor **** - Beast in the East
28. Young Bucks vs. Monster Mafia **** - From Out of Nowhere
29. Ricochet vs. Matt Sydal **** - From Out of Nowhere
30. Finn Balor vs. Adrian Neville **** - NXT: Rival
31. reDRagon vs. The Young Bucks vs. TimeSplitters vs. Forever Hooligans **** - Wrestle Kingdom 9
32. Prince Puma vs. Cage **** - Lucha Underground 3/25
33. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch **** - NXT Takeover: Unstoppable
34. AJ Styles vs. Marty Scurll **** - Summer Sizzler 2015
35. Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii **** - G1 Climax Day 13
36. The Undertaker vs. Bray Wyatt **** - Wrestlemania 31
37. Roman Reigns vs. Daniel Bryan **** - Fastlane
38. Drew Galloway vs. Ricochet **** - Evolve 37
39. Fenix vs. Sexy Star vs. The Mack vs. Killshot vs. Cage vs. King Cuerno vs. Pentagon Jr. ***3/4 - Lucha Underground 5/13
40. Chris Hero vs. Trevor Lee ***3/4 - Evolve 43
41. Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tetsuya Naito ***3/4 - G1 Climax Day 3
42. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Roderick Strong ***3/4 - Summer Sizzler 2015
43. Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton ***3/4 - Wrestlemania 31
44. Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito ***3/4 - G1 Climax 25 Day 11
45. Ricochet vs. Andrew Everett ***3/4 - Don't Sweat the Technique
46. The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega vs. TimeSplitters & Mascara Dorada ***3/4 - The New Beginning in Sendai
47. Biff Busick vs. Tommy End ***3/4 - Evolve 39
48. Jay Lethal vs. Kyle O'Reilly ***3/4 - ROH TV Week of 5/25
49. Prince Puma vs. Fenix - ***3/4 Lucha Underground 1/14
50. Fenix vs. Mil Muertes ***3/4 - Lucha Underground 3/18
51. Trevor Lee vs. "Speedball" Mike Bailey ***3/4 - Don't Sweat the Technique
52. Drew Galloway vs. Roderick Strong ***3/4 - Evolve 36
53. Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins ***3/4 - Royal Rumble
54. Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns (vs. Seth Rollins) ***3/4 - Wrestlemania 31
55. Jay Lethal vs. Tommaso Ciampa ***3/4 - ROH TV Week of 5/4
56. The Young Bucks vs. Trevor Lee & Andrew Everett ***3/4 - Mystery Vortex III
57. Jack Evans vs. Aerostar vs. Andrew Everett ***3/4 - Wrestlecon 2015
58. Rusev vs. John Cena ***3/4 - Fastlane
59. The Thrillers (Joel Redman & Mark Haskins) vs. The Hooligans (Roy Knight & Zak Knight) ***3/4 - RPW High Stakes 2015
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Re: Match of the Year Tracking Thread

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My 2015 MOTY picks
MOTY: Ibushi vs Nakamura (WK9)
Runner Up: Okada vs Tanahashi (WK9)
2nd Runner Up: Bayley vs Banks (Honestly, either of the two but I give the edge to Respect)
Honorable mentions: O'Reilly vs KUSHIDA, Briscoe vs Lethal, Styles vs Lethal, Cesaro vs Reigns, Balor vs Owens
Favorite matches I saw live: Hero vs Pentagon Jr., Ciampa vs Fenix, Future Shock vs Young Bucks, Elgin vs Josh Alexander, Ciampa vs End
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So... Tanahashi vs. Okada is an early front-runner for 2016.
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Here's my current Top 10:

1.) NXT - TakeOver: Dallas - Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura: *****

2.) NJPW - Wrestle Kingdom 10 - IWGP Heavyweight Title - "Rainmaker" Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi: *****

T-3.) Evolve/WWN - Evolve 58 - Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr.: *****

T-3.) Evolve/WWN - Evolve 53 - Evolve Tag Team Title Tournament - First Round - Heroes Eventually Die (Chris Hero & Tommy End) vs. Sami Callihan & Zack Sabre Jr.: *****

T-5th.) NJPW - Best Of The Super Juniors XXIII: Night 1 - Block A - IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Champion KUSHIDA vs. Kyle O'Reilly: ****3/4

T-5th.) WWE - Extreme Rules 2016 - WWE World Heavyweight Title - Extreme Rules Match - Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles: ****3/4

T-5th.) Evolve/WWN - Evolve 59 - Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay: ****3/4

T-5th.) NJPW - Invasion Attack 2016 - IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title - KUSHIDA vs. Will Ospreay: ****3/4

9th.) Evolve/WWN - Mercury Rising 2016 - "Days of Future Past" Six-Man Tag - Johnny Gargano, Kota Ibushi & TJP (with Stokely Hathaway) vs. Will Ospreay, Marty Scurll, & Tommy End: ****3/4

10th.) Evolve/WWN - Evolve 60 - Chris Hero vs. Zack Sabre Jr.: ****3/4

Honestly can't decide on the placement of some of the matches in the middle of my Top 10, at the moment...
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Re: Match of the Year Tracking Thread

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You can now add: NJPW 5/27/2016 Best of The Super JR's (Day 6) - Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay
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Blackshirt30 wrote:You can now add: NJPW 5/27/2016 Best of The Super JR's (Day 6) - Ricochet vs. Will Ospreay
I didn't think that match was close to MOTY level. I had it at 8.25/10. I didn't find Kyle vs. KUSHIDA to be all it was cracked up to be, either (8.5/10). The KUSHIDA vs. Ospreay match is definitely one worth checking out if you haven't seen it yet (9.25/10).
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