Microstatistics Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 A more condensed version of the MOTYs by year thread. What is your pick for the MOTD of each decade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 I'll not do 70s, because my viewing is limited. 80s: MS-1 vs Sangre Chicano 90s: 6/9/95 00s: Atlantis vs Villano III 10s: Atlanis vs Ultimo Guerrera Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachchaos Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 70's: Terry Funk vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (2/3 Falls, 6/11/76) - I haven't really watched this since fleshing out my 70's viewing, but I dig it specifically because it is these two guys going at it for 30+ for the NWA title. We'd never get to see this side of Terry as the fighting champion and in certain US markets he had already invented the character which we know as the Funker and the rest is history. 80's: Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk (7/23/89) - Again, this probably isn't an actual MOTD candidate, however this is what I often tell people is my favorite match of my favorite decade. 90's: Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (11/17/96) - Just watched this again as part of the Yearbook project and Wow. It's not a church service but it's holy footage. It's Terry and Jumbo in '76 with HEAT. I'm throwing it out there since it's fresh in my mind, but I gotta say Can-Ams vs. Kobashi and Kikuchi and 6/9/95 are right there. 00's: - Wow, haven't really watched much since this decade ended. In a year or so when I get to PWO2k I'm hoping the Austin/Angle matches hold up. 10's: John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan (8/18/13) - Huge fan of this when it aired and can't remember anything topping it. I'd probably put a Cena match here as I haven't done much shopping around outside of the WWE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordi Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Nice topic! 50s - (champion) Lou Thesz vs. Verne Gagne 1/25/52 Chicago,World's Heavyweight Championship match - aired live on the DuMont Network 60s - (champion) Giant Baba vs The Destroyer 3/5/1969, Tokyo, International Heavyweight Championship match https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAoTEK7wNts 70s - Giant Baba vs. Billy Robinson 7/24/1976 80s - Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu 6/5/1989 90s - Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 6/9/1995 00s - Atlantis vs. Villano III 3/17/2000 10s - Dick Togo vs Billyken Kid 11/2/2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmas Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Holy shit someone likes Bret-Austin from Survivor Series more than me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrzfn Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Based on my personal preference and sticking to stuff I've seen within the last few years, so that I know it holds up. Some eclectic choices in here, I'm sure. Billy Robinson vs. Antonio Inoki, 2 out of 3 Falls, NWF Championship 12/11/75 NJPW Toukon Series II Day 42 Roddy Piper vs. Greg Valentine, Dog Dollar 11/24/83 NWA Starrcade Royal Rumble Match, WWF Championship 1/19/92 WWF Royal Rumble Royal Rumble Match 1/25/04 WWE Royal Rumble EC3 vs. Rockstar Spud, Hair vs. Hair 3/13/15 TNA Impact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elliott Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 Edited to give Top 2s. 60s - 1. GIlbert Cesca vs Billy Catanzaro 60's French Catch 2. The Destroyer vs Giant Baba 3/65/69 70s - 1. Terry Funk & Dory Funk Jr vs Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik (2/3 Falls) 7/15/79 2. Terry Funk & Dory Fun Jr vs Abdullah the Butcher & The Sheik 12/13/79 80s - 1. Sangre Chicana vs MS-1 (Hair vs Hair) 9/23/83 2. Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee (Loser Leaves Town) 12/30/85 90s - 1. Akira Hokuto & Shinobu Kandori vs Aja Kong & Bull Nakano 03/17/94 2. Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda (No Rope Explosive Barbed Wire Death Match) 5/5/95 00s - 1. Atlantis vs Villano III (Mask vs Mask) 3/17/00 2. Kiyoshi Tamura vs Hiroyuki Ito 08/18/04 10s - 1. Brock Lesnar vs John Cena (Extreme Rules Match) 4/29/12 2. Rey Misterio Jr vs Low Ki 11/14/15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimArg Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 1960s - Giant Baba vs The Destroyer - 03/05/1969 1970s - Alan Sarjeant vs Clive Myers - Joint Promotions 02/21/1977 1980s - Sangre Chicana vs MS-1 - EMLL 09/23/1983 1990s - Tie between Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas - CMLL 09/19/1997 and Kiyoshi Tamura vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto - RINGS 06/24/1999. Seriously can't pick. 2000s - Yuki Ishikawa vs Daisuke Ikeda - FUTEN 04/24/2005 2010s - Virus vs Guerrero Maya Jr. - CMLL 06/07/2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryvonKramer Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 I'd go: 70s: Billy Robinson vs. Giant Baba (7/24/76) 80s: Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (4/2/89) 90s: Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (06/09/95) 00s: Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama (6/8/00) 10s: Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar (3/29/15) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Skinner Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 70s: Marty Jones vs Terry Rudge 12/4/76 80s: MS-1 vs Sangre Chicana 9/23/83 90s: Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori 4/2/93 or Kiyoshi Tamura vs Nobuhiko Takada 2/14/93 00s: Low Ki vs American Dragon 3/30/02 10s: Kenny Omega vs Kazuchika Okada 1/4/17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 60s – Gilbert Cesca vs Billy Catanzarro (Sometime in the 60s) 70s – Billy Robinson vs Giant Baba (7/24/1976)* - Runner Up: Terry Funk vs Jumbo Tsuruta (6/11/1976) 80s – Sangre Chicana vs MS-1 (9/23/1983) - Runner Up: Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (4/2/1989) 90s – Shinobu Kandori vs Akira Hokuto (4/2/1993) - Runner Up: Steve Austin vs Bret Hart (3/23/1997) 00s – Bryan Danielson vs Niel McGuinness (8/12/2006) - Runner Up: John Cena vs Umaga (1/28/2007) 10s – Daniel Bryan vs Jon Cena (8/18/2013) - Runner Up: Black Terry vs Wotan (8/21/2016)** *I haven't really ever dove into the WOS stuff, so that is a big blind spot for me, which seems particularly noteworthy in the 70s. **I really need to rewatch Black Terry vs Wotan. I have only seen it once and it could be anywhere from my number one match for the decade (so far) or a good bit down the list. So, for now it just gets the runner up spot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superstar Sleeze Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 70s - WWWF Heavyweight Champion Bob Backlund vs Greg Valentine - MSG 2/19/79 80s - NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair vs Ricky Morton - Great American Bash 1986 Steel Cage 90s - I need to rewatch all the AJPW stuff one more time, but I think it is 6/9/95, 4/15/95 or 1/20/97, for the US I think I would say Bret vs Owen WrestleMania X 00s - Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama - AJPW 2/27/00 10s - WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns vs AJ Styles - WWE Payback 2016 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InYourCase Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 1980s: Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenyru vs. Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu - 1/28/86 1990s: Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada - 6/12/98 2000s: Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa - 3/1/03, Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA - 9/17/06 2010s: Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Shingo Takagi - 11/1/15 I haven't watched WoS in almost a year, so I don't want to comment on the 70s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childs Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 '60s - The French match '70s - Wanted to pick a Grey vs. Myers match but there isn't a singular standout from their series so Robinson vs. Baba it is. '80s - New Japan gauntlet 4/19/84 '90s - 6/9/95 '00s - pick 'em between Danielson-Morishima 8/25/07 or Kobashi-Ogawa 11/1/03 '10s - FUTEN tag 10/24/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WingedEagle Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 70s -- Brisco vs. Baba (12/5/1974) 80s -- NJ Gauntlet (4/19/1984); with reservations to swap in Flair/Steamboat Clash 6 as I haven't watched it recently enough to put it over the top. 90s -- Misawa & Kobashi vs. Kawada & Taue (6/9/1995) 00s -- Misawa vs. Kobashi (3/1/2003) 10s -- Tanahashi vs. Okada (1/4/2016) I need to watch a lot more 1970s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShittyLittleBoots Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 70's - Terry Funk vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (06/11/76) 80's - Sgt. Slaughter vs. The Iron Sheik (06/16/84) 90's - Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (06/03/94) 00's - Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson (02/23/08) 10's - Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H (04/06/14) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKWebb Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 For now... 60's - Need to see more 70's - I want to see more instead of just listing something. I'll probably watch anything posted here that I haven't seen before. I do love that Funk/Tsuruta match and I'm itching to check out the Valentine/Backlund match listed above. I'll get to all of them. My biggest need is the Dundee/Lawler match elliott mentioned - big fan of all their matches, but I have not seen that one yet. 80's - Steamboat/Flair - Clash 6 - (4/2/89) 90's - Misawa vs. Kawada (06/03/94) - but it's close with Kobashi/Misawa (01/20/1997) 00's - Misawa/Kobashi (03/01/2003) - close to Atlantis vs. Villano III (03/17/2000) 10's - John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar (04/29/2012) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petey Posted January 26, 2017 Report Share Posted January 26, 2017 '60s - The French match '70s - Wanted to pick a Grey vs. Myers match but there isn't a singular standout from their series so Robinson vs. Baba it is. '80s - New Japan gauntlet 4/19/84 '90s - 6/9/95 '00s - pick 'em between Danielson-Morishima 8/25/07 or Kobashi-Ogawa 11/1/03 '10s - FUTEN tag 10/24/10 Yup. Probably the best match I've ever seen live (I was at Joe vs. Kobashi which is probably my favorite). Just an incredible match even more amazing when you learn that Danielson suffered a detached retina during the match! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted January 27, 2017 Report Share Posted January 27, 2017 I'm only going to do 2 decades: 80s: Flair vs Steamboat, 4/2/89 Runner-up: Slaughter vs Sheik, 6/16/84 90s: Williams vs Kobashi, 8/31/93 Runner-up: 6/9/95 tag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KB8 Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 60s: Gilbert Cesca & Ben Chemoil v Anton Tejero & Inca Peruano (French Catch, 3/12/65) 70s: Bob Backlund v Greg Valentine (WWF, 2/19/79) 80s: Jerry Lawler v Bill Dundee (Memphis, 12/30/85) 90s: Damiancito el Guerrero v Cicloncito Ramirez (CMLL, 1/7/97) 00s: Daisuke Ikeda v Yuki Ishikawa (FUTEN, 4/24/05) 10s: LA Park v El Mesias (AAA, 6/18/11) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeg Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 60s- Baba vs Destroyer 3/5/69 70s- Funks vs Abby and Sheik RWTL 77 Final (I might be thinking of a different Funks vs Abby and Sheik match, but I loved the whole series) 80s- Flair vs Steamboat 3/18/89 (the Landover, MD house show) 90s- Kobashi and Kikuchi vs Can Am Express 5/25/92 00s- Kobashi vs Akiyama NOAH Departure '04 10s- Cena vs Punk Money in the Bank '11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted January 28, 2017 Report Share Posted January 28, 2017 As of right now, I would go: 30s -- Jim Londos vs. Bronko Nagurski (11/18/38) 40s -- not decided yet 50s -- Lou Thesz vs. Verne Gagne (1/25/52) 60s -- Billy Howes vs. Jacques Lageat (5/5/62) 70s -- Steve Veidor vs. Gwyn Davies (5/26/76) 80s -- Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu (6/5/89) 90s -- Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (6/3/94) 00s -- not decided yet 10s -- not decided yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NintendoLogic Posted January 29, 2017 Report Share Posted January 29, 2017 1970s: Giant Baba vs. Billy Robinson 1980s: Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk, Great American Bash 1990s: 6/9/95 2000s: Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar, No Way Out 2010s: Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk, Summerslam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohtani's jacket Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 '70s - Wanted to pick a Grey vs. Myers match but there isn't a singular standout from their series so Robinson vs. Baba I thought the 10/75 match that Bix posted all those years ago was their standout 70s match? It was certainly my gateway drug into WoS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Childs Posted February 1, 2017 Report Share Posted February 1, 2017 '70s - Wanted to pick a Grey vs. Myers match but there isn't a singular standout from their series so Robinson vs. Baba I thought the 10/75 match that Bix posted all those years ago was their standout 70s match? It was certainly my gateway drug into WoS. You may well be right as I haven't watched them in awhile. I just remember them as a series that kept on giving rather than hitting an obvious crescendo. Actually, I wish Saint-Grey from Jan. 1980 had happened a month earlier, because then that would have been my '70s pick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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