Top 20 Favorite Matches of 2000

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Why not? These may not necessarily be the "best" matches or whatever but matches I got the most enjoyment out of, which is why we watch this dumb shit to begin with, am I right? Other than the big names like Misawa, Kawada, and Akiyama, Takehiro Murahama was an easy standout and had one of the best debut years to date. 

These are just in chronological order.

1. Kensuke Sasaki vs. Genichiro Tenryu (AJPW, 1/4/00)
2. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Hiroshi Hase (AJPW, 1/9/00)
3. Vader vs. Jun Akiyama (AJPW, 1/23/00)
4. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akiyama (AJPW, 2/27/00)
5. Takehiro Murahama vs. Naohiro Hoshikawa (Osaka Pro, 3/25/00)
6. Shinya Hashimoto vs. Naoya Ogawa (NJPW, 4/7/00)
7. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Yoshinari Ogawa (AJPW, 4/15/00)
8. Super Delfin vs. Takehiro Murahama (Osaka Pro, 5/7/00)
9. Alexander Otsuka vs. Naoyuki Taira (BattlARTS, 5/11/2000)
10. Kenta Kobashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (AJPW, 5/26/00)
11. Koji Kanemoto vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa (NJPW, 5/27/00)
12. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Masanobu Fuchi (AJPW, 7/1/00)
13. Takehiro Murahama vs. Black Buffalo (Osaka Pro, 7/22/00)
14. Jun Akiyama vs. Kenta Kobashi (NOAH, 8/6/00)
15. Yuki Ishikawa & Carl Malenko vs. Kazunari Murakami & Naoyuki Taira (BattlARTS, 9/7/00)
16. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kensuke Sasaki (NJPW, 10/9/00)
17. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Genichiro Tenryu (AJPW, 10/28/00)
18. Kazunari Murakami vs. Yuki Ishikawa (BattlARTS, 11/16/00)
19. Toshiaki Kawada & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka (NJPW, 12/14/00)
20. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama (NOAH, 12/23/00)