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