tim Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 Will update at the end of each month, listing matches I feel are particular worthy of MOTYC recognition. November finished: Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 12/06/96) Shinjiro Otani vs El Samurai (NJPW New Year Special 01/21/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 11/29/96) El Hijo del Santo & Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr vs El Dandy & Negro Casas & Hector Garza (CMLL 11/29/96) El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas vs El Dandy (CMLL 12/06/96) Steve Williams vs Akira Taue (AJPW 04/20/96) Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (WWF Survivor Series 11/17/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 06/07/96) Shawn Michaels vs Mankind (WWF Mind Games 09/22/96) Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Super Delphin & Gran Naniwa & Masato Yakushiji vs Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Taka Michinoku & Shiryu & Shoichi Funaki (Michinoku Pro 12/16/96) Wild Pegasus vs Black Tiger (NJPW 06/11/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 05/23/96) Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 09/05/96) Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 11/22/96) Genichiro Tenryu vs Great Muta (WAR 10/11/96) Nobuhiko Takada vs Genichiro Tenryu (WAR 12/13/96) Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue (AJPW 07/24/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 09/05/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW 07/09/96) Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyota (FMW 05/05/96) Shane Douglas vs 2 Cold Scorpio (ECW Matter of Respect 05/11/96) Gran Hamada & Super Delfin & Tiger Mask IV & Gran Naniwa & Masato Yakushiji vs Dick Togo & Mens Teoh & Shiryu & Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki (Michinoku Pro 10/10/96) El Hijo del Santo & Bestia Salvaje & Scorpio Jr vs Negro Casas & El Dandy & Hector Garza (CMLL 11/22/96) Volk Han vs Kiyoshi Tamura (RINGS 09/25/96) Ultimo Dragon vs Shinjiro Otani (NJPW J*Crown 08/05/96) El Dandy vs Black Warrior (CMLL 11/02/96) Shawn Michaels vs Diesel (WWF Good Friends Better Enemies 04/28/96) Jushin Liger vs Dick Togo (NJPW Skydiving J 06/17/96) Aja Kong vs Kyoko Inoue (AJW 08/30/96) Nobuhiko Takada & Masahito Kakihara vs Tatsumi Fujinami & Yoshiaki Fujiwara (UWFI 06/26/96) Jushin Liger v Great Muta (New Japan, 10/20/96) Rob Van Dam vs Doug Furnas (ECW Natural Born Killaz 08/24/96) Cactus Jack vs Mikey Whipwreck (ECW Big Ass Extreme Bash 03/09/96) Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask IV & Shiryu vs Taka Michinoku & Super Delphin & Gran Naniwa (Michinoku Pro 03/16/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (AJPW 11/16/96) El Hijo del Santo & Atlantis & El Dandy & Lizmark vs Blue Panther & Felino & Dr Wagner Jr & Negro Casas (CMLL 03/15/96) Jushin Liger vs Shinjiro Otani (NJPW 03/17/96) Keiji Muto vs Shiro Koshinaka (NJPW G-1 Climax 08/05/96) Ultimo Dragon vs Great Sasuke (WAR 10/11/96) Dynamite Kansai & Kanako Motoya vs Mayumi Ozaki & Reiko Amano (JWP 06/16/96) Yuki Ishikawa & Alexander Otsuka vs Daisuke Ikeda & Takeshi Ono (BattlARTS 10/30/96) Jushin Liger & El Samurai & Gran Hamada vs Shinjiro Otani & Koji Kanemoto & Taka Michinoku (NJPW 04/05/96) Genchiro Tenryu vs Yoji Anjo (WAR 07/21/96) Chris Jericho v Shane Douglas v 2 Cold Scorpio v Pitbull #2 (ECW, 7/13/96) Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata vs Kazuo Yamazaki & Takashi Iizuka (NJPW 06/12/96) Volk Han vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (RINGS 08/24/96) Jushin Liger vs Black Tiger (NJPW 06/12/96) Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Johnny Ace & Gary Albright (AJPW 04/20/96) El Dandy & Atlantis & Hector Garza vs Apolo Dantes & Dr Wagner Jr & El Felino (CMLL June 1996) Rey Misterio Jr & Ultimo Dragon vs Heavy Metal & Psicosis (World Wrestling Peace Festival 06/01/96) Nobuhiko Takada vs Shinya Hashimoto (NJPW Battle Formation 04/29/96) Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 05/24/96) Steven Regal vs Fit Finlay (WCW Saturday Night 04/27/96) Steve Austin vs Marc Mero (WWF King of the Ring 06/23/96) Steven Regal vs Fit Finlay (WCW Uncensored 03/24/96) Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 03/31/96) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJPW 03/31/96) Shinya Hashimoto & Junji Hirata vs Yoji Anjo & Yoshihiro Takayama (NJPW Fighting Spirit 02/25/96) El Dandy, El Hijo del Santo & Silver King vs Negro Casas, Apolo Dantes & El Satanico (CMLL 02/10/96) Shawn Michaels vs Hunter Hearst Helmsley (WWF Monday Night RAW 05/13/96) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbo Slice Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 This is going to be fun because I feel like 1996 might have the toughest decision for MOTY of the 1990s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteF3 Posted October 5, 2017 Report Share Posted October 5, 2017 Looking over my Yearbook-based list...the 10/10 These Days Michinoku Pro match is widely considered one of the greatest and most definitive lucha-puroresu spot-fu matches ever. That's my 3rd-most-favorite MPro match of 1996. Finished at #10 overall. So yeah, a loaded year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted October 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2017 Update for February. I'm enjoying the year so far but man does 1999 smoke 1996 for the first two months, which definitely isn't the consensus perception of 90s years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted October 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Well, 1996 exploded in March. Tons of great matches, WWF TV got better and WCW TV had some good stuff too. Nice variety. Clearly, I like Cactus/Mikey more than just about everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted October 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 Updated for April. 1996 has really heated up these last two months. Lots of good matches and angles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted November 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2017 Updated for May. Lots of good wrestling again this month and the biggest angle of the year starts at the tail end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted November 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2017 Updated for June. What a month! Great wrestling and the NWO angle is starting up. Has to be the best month yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted November 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 Updated for July. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted December 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2017 Updated for August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted February 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2018 Updated for September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted February 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2018 Updated for October. This list is beginning to look truly outrageous, and November and December are when the real big bombs start dropping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted March 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2018 Well, November was absolutely fucking insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 FINISHED. Well .... 1996 is a hard year to beat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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