Top Matches of 2016

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I did this for 2015 and some people found it a handy resource so I figured I'd try to do the same with 2016.

Basic criteria for making the list is as follows:
~ I find a review rating of **** or better somewhere online
~ I find it on a "Best Of" list somewhere online
~ Somebody otherwise recommends it as a "must see"

I'll update as the year progresses. Suggestions and corrections always welcome.

 

(Bolded matches were reviews at ****1/2 or better)

 

JANUARY

2016.01.01 CMLL Kamaitachi vs Maximo Sexy

2016.01.02 PWG Drew Gulak vs Timothy Thatcher

2016.01.04 NJPW AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura

2016.01.04 NJPW Bobby Fish/Kyle O'Reilly vs Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson vs Matt Sydal/Ricochet vs Rocky Romero/Trent Beretta

2016.01.04 NJPW Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada

2016.01.04 NJPW Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomohiro Ishii

2016.01.04 NJPW Kenny Omega vs Kushida

2016.01.05 NJPW Beretta/Kazuchika Okada/Rocky Romero/Tomohiro Ishii vs Bobby Fish/Hirooki Goto/Katsuyori Shibata/Kyle O'Reilly

2016.01.08 FLW Isaias Velazquez vs Mustafa Ali

2016.01.10 AWE Jimmy Rave vs Johnny Gargano

2016.01.13 DGJ Akira Tozawa/Cyber Kong/Don Fujii/Stalker Ichikawa/Yamato vs Cima/Gamma/Jimmy Kanda/Masaaki Mochizuki/Shingo Takagi

2016.01.16 CWF-MA Cedric Alexander/Mason Maddox vs Chet Sterling/Smith Garrett

2016.01.16 RPW AJ Styles vs Zack Sabre Jr.

2016.01.16 RPW Marty Scurll vs Will Ospreay

2016.01.21* NWA-SM Toby Farley vs Tristan Ramsey

2016.01.22 EVO Chris Hero/Tommy End vs Sami Callihan/Zack Sabre Jr.

2016.01.22 EVO Fred Yehi vs Tracy Williams

2016.01.23 CMLL/NJPW Hiroshi Tanahashi/Mistico/Volador Jr. vs Kazuchika Okada/Memphisto/Ultimo Guerrero

2016.01.23 EVO Drew Gulak/TJ Perkins vs Sami Callihan/Zack Sabre Jr.

2016.01.23 EVO Chris Hero/Tommy End vs Rocky Romero/Trent Baretta

2016.01.24 BJPW Ryota Hama vs Yuji Okabayashi

2016.01.24 CMLL/NJPW Dragon Lee II vs Kamaitachi

2016.01.24 CMLL/NJPW Mephisto vs Volador Jr.

2016.01.24 EVO Caleb Konley vs Tommaso Ciampa

2016.01.24 EVO Matt Riddle vs Tracy Williams

2016.01.24 EVO Chris Hero/Tommy End vs Drew Galloway/Johnny Gargano

2016.01.24 PROGRESS Mark Haskins vs Zach Gibson

2016.01.24 PROGRESS Marty Scurll vs Will Ospreay [No DQ]

2016.01.24 WWE [ Royal Rumble ]

2016.01.24 WWE Dean Ambrose vs Kevin Owens [Last Man Standing]

2016.01.30 NJPW Hirooki Goto/Hiroshi Tanahashi/Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada/Shinsuke Nakamura/Tomohiro Ishii

2016.01.31 NOAH Naomichi Marufuji vs Takashi Sugiura

 

FEBRUARY

2016.02.04 DGJ Akira Tozawa/Masato Yoshino/Syachihoko Boy/T-Hawk vs Big R Shimizu/Dragon Kid/Kzy/Masaaki Mochizuki vs Kotoka/

Naruki Doi/Shingo Takagi/Yamato [Losing Unit Must Disband]

2016.02.10* AAA-LU El Fenix vs King Cuerno

2016.02.11 NJPW Bobby Fish/Kyle O'Reilly vs Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson vs Matt Sydal/Ricochet

2016.02.11 NJPW Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomohiro Ishii

2016.02.13 TWE Colby Corino vs Fred Yehi

2016.02.14 NJPW Bushi vs Kushida

2016.02.14 NJPW Doc Gallows/Karl Anderson vs Togi Makabe/Tomoaki Honma

2016.02.14 NJPW Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kenny Omega

2016.02.14 PROGRESS Mikey Whiplash vs Rampage Brown

2016.02.19 NJPW/ROH Roderick Strong vs Tomohiro Ishii

2016.02.21 WWE AJ Styles vs Chris Jericho

2016.02.21 WWE Brock Lesnar vs Dean Ambrose vs Roman Reigns

2016.02.25 PWX Cedric Alexander vs Chris Hero

2016.02.26 ROH ACH/Kushida/Matt Sydal vs Kenny Omega/Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson

2016.02.27 CWF-MA Roy Wilkins vs Trevor Lee [No DQ/No COR/No Time Limit/No Holds Barred]

 

MARCH

2016.03.02* NXT Finn Balor vs Neville

2016.03.03 NJPW Evil vs Tomohiro Ishii

2016.03.03 NJPW Tetsuya Naito vs Yoshi-Hashi

2016.03.04 CMLL Dragon Lee vs Kamaitachi

2016.03.04 NJPW Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii

2016.03.06 BJW Daisuka Sekimoto vs Seita Sanada

2016.03.06 DGJ Jimmy Susumu vs Shingo Takagi

2016.03.07 WWE AJ Styles/Chris Jericho vs Big E/Kofi Kingston

2016.03.09* AAA-LU Mil Muertas vs Pentagon Jr. vs Prince Puma

2016.03.09* NXT Sami Zayn vs Samoa Joe [best of 3 Falls]

2016.03.11 WXW Big Daddy Walter vs Zack Sabre Jr.

2016.03.11 WXW Shane Strickland vs Will Ospreay

2016.03.12 AAA Hijo Del Fantasma vs LA Parka vs Octagon Jr. vs Pentagon Jr. [Elimination Match]

2016.03.12 ROH ACH vs Kushida

2016.03.12 ROH Alex Shelley/Chris Sabin vs Christopher Daniels/Frankie Kazarian vs Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson

2016.03.12 ROH Cheeseburger/Jay Bricoe/Mark Briscoe vs Hanson/Moose/Raymond Rowe

2016.03.12 WWE Dean Ambrose vs Triple H

2016.03.16* AAA-LU Fenix vs Mil Muertes

2016.03.19 EVO Chris Hero vs Tracy Williams

2016.03.19 EVO Drew Gulak vs Fred Yehi

2016.03.19 EVO Johnny Gargano vs Zack Sabre Jr.

2016.03.19 NJPW Katsuyori Shibata vs Satoshi Kojima

2016.03.19 NOAH Atsushi Kotoge/Daisuke Harada vs Hajime Ohara/Kenou

2016.03.20 EVO Chris Hero vs Matt Riddle

2016.03.20 EVO Drew Gulak vs Zack Sabre Jr.

2016.03.20 NJPW Evil vs Tomohiro Ishii

2016.03.20 NJPW Hiroshi Tanahashi/Juice Robinson/Michael Elgin vs Kenny Omega/Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson

2016.03.21 DDT Daisuke Sasaki/Shuji Ishikawa vs Konosuke Takashita/Tetsuya Endo

2016.03.21 STARDOM Kairi Hojo/Meki Satomora vs Lo Shirai/Mayu Iwatani

2016.03.23 AAA-LU [ Aztec Warfare ]

2016.03.27 NJPW Jay White vs Kenny Omega

 

APRIL

2016.04.01 EVO Ricochet vs TJ Perkins

2016.04.01 EVO Will Ospreay vs Zack Sabre Jr.

2016.04.01 NXT Asuka vs Bayley

2016.04.01 NXT Chad Gable/Jason Jordan vs Dash Wilder/Scott Dawson

2016.04.01 NXT Finn Balor vs Samoa Joe

2016.04.01 NXT Sami Zayn vs Shinsuke Nakamura

2016.04.01 ROH Jay Lethal vs Lio Rush

2016.04.01 ROH Kyle O'Reilly vs Matt Sydal

2016.04.02 EVO Chris Hero vs Fred Yehi

2016.04.02 EVO Matt Riddle vs Zack Sabre Jr.

2016.04.02 EVO Ricochet vs Will Ospreay

2016.04.02 ROH Kyle O'Reilly vs Matt Sydal

2016.04.02 SHIMMER LuFisto vs Nicole Savoy

2016.04.02 WrestleCon Marty Scurll vs Will Ospreay

2016.04.02 WWN Chris Hero vs Zack Sabre Jr.

2016.04.02 WWN Johnny Gargano/Kota Ibushi/TJP vs Marty Scurll/Tommy End/Will Ospreay

2016.04.02 WWN Matt Riddle vs Tracy Williams

2016.04.03 NJW Arisa Nakajima vs Mayumi Ozaki

2016.04.03 WWE Becky Lynch vs Charlotte vs Sasha Banks

2016.04.03 WWE Dolph Ziggler vs Kevin Owens vs The Miz vs Sami Zayn vs Sin Cara vs Stardust vs Zack Ryder [Ladder Match]

2016.04.04 WWE AJ Styles vs Cesaro vs Chris Jericho vs Kevin Owens

2016.04.06 LLE Casistico vs Volador Jr.

2016.04.08 SGPW Aja Kong vs Maik Satomura

2016.04.09 CZW David Starr vs Jonathan Gresham

2016.04.10 BJW Hideyoshi Kamitani vs Shuji Ishikawa

2016.04.10 NJPW Baretta/Rocky Romero vs Matt Sydal/Ricochet

2016.04.10 NJPW Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito

2016.04.10 NJPW Kushida vs Will Ospreay

2016.04.13 CWF-MA Jesse Adler vs Trevor Lee

2016.04.17 RPW Michael Elgin vs Zack Sabre Jr.

2016.04.23 NJPW Jushin Liger/Yuji Nagata vs Katsuyori Shibata/Kushida

2016.04.23 ROH ACH vs Jay Briscoe vs Jay Lethal vs Kyle O'Reilly vs Moose vs Roderick Strong

2016.04.24 AJPW Daisuke Sekimoto vs Zeus

2016.04.24 CMLL Negro Casas vs Rey Hechicero

2016.04.24 NJPW David Finlay vs Jay White

2016.04.27 NJPW Kenny Omega vs Michael Elgin

2016.04.27* AAA-LU Cortez Castro/Joey Ryan/Mr. Cisco vs Dragon Azteca Jr./Prince Puma/Rey Mysterio vs Fenix/Jack Evans/PJ Black vs Ivelisse/Son Of Havoc/???

2016.04.30 CWF-MA Cedric Alexander vs Trevor Lee

 

MAY

2016.05.01 WWE AJ Styles vs Roman Reigns

2016.05.01 WWE Chris Jericho vs Dean Ambrose

2016.05.01 WWE Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn

2016.05.03 NJPW Jushin Liger vs Kushida

2016.05.03 NJPW Katsuyori Shibata vs Yuji Nagata

2016.05.03 NJPW Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii

2016.05.06 EVO Chris Hero vs Zack Sabre Jr.

2016.05.06 EVO Drew Gulak/Tracy Williams vs Fred Yehi/TJP

2016.05.06 EVO Johnny Gargano vs Marty Scurll

2016.05.07 EVO Drew Gulak vs Tracy Williams

2016.05.07 EVO Fred Yehi vs TJP

2016.05.07 EVO Marty Scurll vs Zack Sabre Jr.

2016.05.08 ROH Alex Shelley/Chris Sabin/Kushia/Matt Sydal vs Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson/Tama Tonga/Tonga Loa

2016.05.08 ROH Bobby Fish vs Tomohiro Ishii

2016.05.08 ROH Colt Cabana vs Jay Lethal

2016.05.08 ROH Hanson/Raymond Rowe vs Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe

2016.05.08 ROH Hiroshi Tanahashi/Moose vs Kazuchika Okada/Michael Elgin

2016.05.08 ROH Kyle O'Reilly vs Tetsuya Naito

2016.05.19 NJPW Go Shiozaki vs Juice Robinson

2016.05.21 NJPW David Finlay vs Rocky Romero

2016.05.21 NJPW Kushida vs Kyle O'Reilly

2016.05.22 WWE AJ Styles vs Roman Reigns [Extreme Rules]

2016.05.22 WWE Cesaro vs Kevin Owens vs The Miz vs Sami Zayn

2016.05.23 NJPW Kushida vs Rocky Romero

2016.05.24 NJPW Baretta vs Will Ospreay

2016.05.27 NJPW Ricochet vs Will Ospreay

2016.05.29 NJPW Kyle O'Reilly vs Matt Sydal

2016.05.30 NJPW Jushin Liger vs Ricochet

2016.05.31 NJPW Gedo vs Kushida

2016.05.31 NJPW Kyle O'Reilly vs Rysuke Taguchi

 

JUNE

2016.06.02 NJPW Baretta vs Ricochet

2016.06.05 NJPW Richochet vs Volador Jr.

2016.06.06 NJPW Kyle O'Reilly vs Rocky Romero

2016.06.07 NJPW Ryusuke Taguchi vs Will Ospreay

2016.06.08 NXT Austin Aries vs Shinsuke Nakamura

2016.06.08 NXT Chad Gable/Jason Jordan vs Dash Wilder/Scott Dawson

2016.06.08 NXT Finn Balor vs Samoa Joe [steel Cage]

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Updated with March matches as well as those from WrestleMania weekend, since a bunch of ratings are out and there were a LOT of snowflakes being tossed around.

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Updated with late April, May and a little bit of June.