September 2014 - The Month In Wrestling

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I thought this would be something cool to start doing at the end of each month so that it's easy for people who want to go back and catch up on anything they've missed. I'll edit this first post with everyone's picks a week from now, but basically, what would you consider your Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 picks for wrestling this month?

 

If there's a dispute over where something falls, I'll put that to the group as a whole to debate.

 

Tier 1 - MOTYCs/All-time classics

Tier 2 - Great matches that aren't quite MOTYC level but are still fantastic

Tier 3 - Good/solid/fun/otherwise worth watching for various reasons

Etc. - Memorable angles or promos

 

Tier 1

 

Tier 2

 

Tier 3

 

Etc.

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Tier 1: Atlantis vs. Ultimo Guerrero CMLL 9/19/14

 

Tier 2: Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena WWE Night of Champions 9/21/14

Sheamus vs. Cesaro WWE Night of Champions 9/21/14

Negro Casas & Shocker vs. La Mascara & Rush CMLL 9/19/14

 

Tier 3:

Cavernario vs. Rey Cometa CMLL 9/19/14

Biff Busick vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Evolve 9/14/14

Timothy Thatcher vs. Tracy Williams Evolve 9/14/14

The Usos vs. Gold & Stardust WWE Night of Champions 9/21/14

SHEAMUS & THE USOS VS. CESARO, GOLD & STARDUST WWE Raw 9/22/14

Adrian Neville © vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze vs. Tyson Kidd NXT Takeover 9/11/14

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Thanks Chad! Does anyone have any TV match recommendations? What have been the best ones this month?

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Tier 3:

The Ascension vs. Kalisto and Sin Cara NXT Takeover 2 9/11/14

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Tier 3

 

AJ Styles vs Kyle O Reilly ROH 9/13/14

Briscoes vs Young Bucks ROH 9/13/14

Randy Orton vs Chris Jericho WWE 9/21/14

Kushida vs Taguchi NJPW 9/21/14

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata NJPW9/21/14

Rhodes Brothers vs Usos WWE 9/27/14

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Tier 1: Atlantis vs. Ultimo Guerrero CMLL 9/19/14

 

Tier 2: Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena WWE Night of Champions 9/21/14

Sheamus vs. Cesaro WWE Night of Champions 9/21/14

Negro Casas & Shocker vs. La Mascara & Rush CMLL 9/19/14

 

Tier 3:

Cavernario vs. Rey Cometa CMLL 9/19/14

Biff Busick vs. Zack Sabre Jr. Evolve 9/14/14

Timothy Thatcher vs. Tracy Williams Evolve 9/14/14

The Usos vs. Gold & Stardust WWE Night of Champions 9/21/14

SHEAMUS & THE USOS VS. CESARO, GOLD & STARDUST WWE Raw 9/22/14

Adrian Neville © vs. Sami Zayn vs. Tyler Breeze vs. Tyson Kidd NXT Takeover 9/11/14

 

I agree with this though I might bump up Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Timothy Thatcher up to tier 2 and the CMLL Anniversary tag title match down to tier 3.

 

Some others:

 

Tier 2

 

• Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, NJPW Destruction, 09/21 *Not the 5-star match Meltzer had it as, but a good, stiff match without some of the usual Shibata nonsense.*
• KUSHIDA vs. Ryusuke Taguchi, NJPW Destruction, 9/21

 

Tier 3

 

• The Colony (Silver Ant, Fire Ant & Worker Ant) vs. The Colony: Extreme Force (Orbit Adventure Ant, Missile Assault Ant & Arctic Rescue Ant), Chikara King of Trios: Night 1, 09/19
• Devastation Corporation (Max Smashmaster, Blaster McMassive & Flex Rumblecrunch) vs. Icarus & The Throwbacks (Mark Angelosetti & Dash Hatfield), Chikara King of Trios: Night 3, 09/21
• Kengo Mashimo vs. Shiori Asahi, Kaientai Dojo King Sea Tournament, 09/14
• A.J. Styles vs. Adam Cole, ROH All-Star Extravaganza, 09/06

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Tier 2

Onita, Hosaka, & Yaguchi vs. Takayama, Sugiura, & Hirayanagi NOAH 9/23

 

My first Onita match. Now, excuse me while I go watch all his big matches I can find.