Edwin Report post Posted December 23, 2020 My list is more so my favorite matches from each year than what should be considered MOTY. Spoiler 1980: Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera [Texas Death Match] (WWF, 5/19) 1981: Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk [Empty Arena Match] (CWA, 4/6) 1982: Stan Hansen vs. Terry Funk (AJPW, 9/11) 1983: Roddy Piper vs. Greg Valentine [Dog Collar Match] (NWA, 11/24) 1984: Terry Gordy vs. Killer Khan [Texas Death Match] (WCCW, 11/22) 1985: Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum TA [I Quit Steel Cage Match] (NWA, 11/28) 1986: UWF vs. NJPW [Gauntlet Match] (NJPW, 5/1) 1987: Carlos Colón vs. Stan Hansen [Texas Bullrope Match] (WWC, 1/6) 1988: Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada (AJPW, 12/16) 1989: Masakatsu Funaki vs. Tatsuo Nakano (UWF, 7/24) 1990: Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Masanobu Kurisu & Dragon Master [Texas Street Fight] (FMW, 4/1) 1991: El Hijo del Santo vs. Brazo de Oro [Lucha de Apuestas] (UWA, 1/13) 1992: Sting's Squadron vs. The Dangerous Alliance [WarGames Match] (WCW, 5/17) 1993: Vader vs. Cactus Jack [Texas Death Match] (WCW, 10/24) 1994: El Hijo del Santo & Octagón vs. La Pareja del Terror [Lucha de Apuestas] (AAA/IWC, 11/6) 1995: Bret Hart vs. The British Bulldog (WWF, 12/17) 1996: El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas vs. El Dandy [Triangular de la Muerte] (CMLL, 12/6) 1997: Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin [No Holds Barred Submission Match] (WWF, 3/23) 1998: Yuki Ishikawa vs. Alexander Otsuka (Battlarts, 1/20) 1999: Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto (RINGS, 6/24) 2000: Atlantis vs. Villano III [Lucha de Apuestas] (CMLL, 3/17) 2001: LA Park vs. El Hijo del Santo (Monterrey, 12/23) 2002: Brock Lesnar vs The Undertaker [Hell in a Cell Match] (WWE, 10/20) 2003: Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Dokonjonosuke Mishima (U-STYLE, 4/6) 2004: Eddie Guerrero vs. John Layfield (WWE, 5/16) 2005: Samoa Joe vs. Necro Butcher (IWA-MS, 6/11) 2006: ROH vs. CZW [Cage of Death Match] (ROH, 7/15) 2007: John Cena vs. Umaga [Last Man Standing Match] (WWE, 1/28) 2008: Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima [Fight Without Honor] (ROH, 12/27) 2009: Team Uppercut vs. The Masters of a 1000 Holds (CHIKARA, 3/28) 2010: Minowaman vs. Necro Butcher (IGF, 2/22) 2011: Yuki Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Ikeda (Battlarts, 11/5) 2012: John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar [Extreme Rules Match] (WWE, 4/29) 2013: Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW, 8/4) 2014: Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H (WWE, 4/6) 2015: Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins [Triple Threat Match] (WWE, 3/29) 2016: Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn (WWE, 4/1) 2017: Brock Lesnar vs. AJ Styles (WWE, 11/19) 2018: Brock Lesnar vs. Daniel Bryan (WWE, 11/18) 2019: Daniel Bryan vs. Kofi Kingston (WWE, 4/7) 2020: Daisuke Ikeda vs. Yuki Ishikawa (wXw, 3/7) 2021: Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus (WWE, 3/1) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NintendoLogic Report post Posted January 17 Made my first #1 pick for 2021. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NintendoLogic Report post Posted Thursday at 03:01 PM Top three for 2021 so far is up. I have to say, I've been quite pleased with the match quality so far this year. A little more than a quarter of the way in, there have already been three matches I would rate above my MOTY selections for 2018, 2019, or 2020. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites