My 2018 Awards

[TheBestThereNeverWillBe]

Mickey Rourke "The Wrestler" of the Year: PCO 

 

16 Best HOLY SH*T Matches of the Year:

-Nick Gage (c) vs Rickey Shane Page (House Of Horrors match) - IWA-MS King of the Death Matches Final

-Bobby Gunns vs 'Speedball' Mike Bailey - wXw 16 Carat Gold

-'Chin'suke Nakamura & others (Loser Gets Anal Explosion, Weapon Rumble, 5-Way Tag match) - DDT 21st Anniversary Show

-Su Yung (c) vs. Saraya Knight (Impact Knockouts Title Falls Count Anywhere Match) - RISE 9: RISE of the Knockouts

-Yoshiaki Fujiwara (69-year old self-inflicted 'Hardway') vs Shiro Koshinaka - Draditon Back To The New York

-David Starr vs Joey Janela (No Rope, Barbed Wire Death Match) - Beyond Americanrana

-Great Kojika's 76yo 'crimson mask' w/ Hoshino, Sekine & Ito vs Ueki, Numazawa, Takahashi & Sakuda (Barbed Wire Board Death match) - BJW 5/13/18

-Tama Tonga vs Kota Ibushi - G-1 Climax (doing balcony moonsault for 1st time since getting banned for it)

-Io Shirai & Tam Nakano vs Oedo Tai (Exploding Barbed Wire Baseball Bat Street Fight) - Stardom Dream Slam in Nagoya

-Jimmy Lloyd vs SHLAK - GCW Nick Gage Invitational 3: Thy Kingdom Come

-Randy Orton vs Jeff Hardy - Hell In A Cell

-Dustin Thomas vs John Tella (Dustin Thomas debut match) - random September indie card

-Masaya Takahashi vs Takayuki Ueki (Death Match) - BJW 10/25/18

-Nurse Ratchet & Doomfly (Delilah Doom & Eli Everfly) vs. PPRay (Peter Avalon & Ray Rosas) & Heather Monroe - Bar Wrestling 22: Day of the Undead

-Nick Gage (c) vs David Arquette (Death Match) - GCW Joey Janela's LA Confidential

-Angel o Demonio vs El Cuervo - LLB/Lucha Memes November 19th

**Honorable Mention: (All of) ICW Insane 8 Hardcore Tournament

 

 

13 Best LOL Matches Of The Year:

-Joey Ryan vs Jiro Kuroshio - DDT D-King Grand Prix 2018 in Shimizu

-Jimmy Lloyd vs Bam Sullivan (Fans Bring The Weapons match) - H20 Hardcore Kingdom II 

-Minoru Suzuki & Lance Archer vs Jonah Rock & SLEX - Fallout Down Under: Adelaide

-James Ellsworth vs Joey Ryan - Bar Wrestling 9: February Stars ("MOTY" chants)

-Su Yung (c) vs Tessa Blanchard - QOC 21

-CHANGO, Naoshi Sano, Papillon Akemi & Shinobu vs Drake Morimatsu, Kazuhiko Matsuzaki, Kazuhiro Tamura & Ryan Upin - Guts World The Final ~ Bukotsu Shuen

-Braun Strowman & Nicholas vs Cesaro & Sheamus (c) - Wrestlemania 34

-Drunken 20-Man Falls Count Anywhere "Enter Sandman" Match - DDT Beer Garden Fight

-Kyle the Beast vs Marko Stunt - GCW Joey Janela's Lost in New York ("Old enough to fuck your mom!" debut match)

-Colt Cabana vs Orange Cassidy - Beyond Feast Sandwich Company

-(Most of) DDT Street Pro-Wrestling in Kanagawa ~ Danshoku Dino City Council Member? The Road to!

-Kikutaro vs Kuishinbo Kamen - Kikutaro & Kuishinbo Kamen Produce One Match (10/12/18)

-Shane McMahon vs Dolph Ziggler (Best In The World Tournament Final) - Crown Jewel

 

 

Worst Matches of the Year:

1. Great Homo vs Tetsuya Endo - DDT Yokohama Twilight

2. Jimmy Havoc & Evil Uno vs Addy Starr & Rhia O'Reilly - XWA 53: WrestleFriends Equal Fights! 2: Every Loser Wins

3. (ALL of) WIP QUEENDOM 2018 - Tofu Pro-Wrestling

4. Jesse Amato vs. Vander Cruz (First Round: Barefoot Lego Match) - Deathproof Tournament V

5. Great Muta & Penta el Zero M vs Sami Callihan & Johnny Ultra/Mundo/Impact/Nitro/Morrison - PCW Ultra 2k18

6. The N Words vs Cereal Man, El Chupacabra & Drugz Bunny - Freelance Wrestling: Wet Hot American Supershow

7. Rock 'n' Roll Express & Hurricane Helms vs The Spirit Squad World Order (Kenny, Mikey & Hot Young Briley) - House Of Hardcore 40

8. Clusterfuck Rumble - Joey Janela's Spring Break 2

9. Cory Bush vs. Sicend (either Falls Count Anywhere or Empty Arena match, I can't tell which) - EPPW/ATCW Hardcore Title Tournament

10. (Most of) AAA Triplemania XXVI

11. Dick Justice, Orange Cassidy & Shockwave The Robot vs The Pull-It Club - Beyond Abbondanza 2018

12. Kenny Omega & Young Bucks vs Kota Ibushi, Marty Scurll & Chase Owens - G-1 Climax

13. Super Cop Dick Justice vs Puf (Donut match) - Beyond Feast Sandwich Company

14. Taichi vs Hirooki Goto (c) - Destruction in Beppu

15. DX vs Brothers of Destruction - Crown Jewel

16. Eli Drake vs James Ellsworth (Open Challenge match) - Bound For Glory 2018

17. Jimmy Jacobs vs Chris Dickinson - Beyond It's Alive

18. Young Bucks vs Old Bucks (Tommy Dreamer & Billy Gunn) - House of Hardcore: Sydney

19. Dr. Wagner Jr vs Jeff Jarrett (Hair vs Hair match) - AAA Heroes Inmortales XII

20. Carmella (c) vs Charlotte - Backlash 2018

 

 

Matches I'd Like To See in 2019:

1. Kenny Omega vs Matt Riddle

2. WALTER vs Brock Lesnar

3. Daniel Bryan vs Johnny Gargano

4. Shane McMahon vs Triple H

5. Zack Sabre Jr vs Minoru Suzuki

6. AJ Styles vs Seth Rollins (Wrestlemania)

7. Kota Ibushi vs Kazuchika Okada (IWGP Heavyweight Championship match)

8. Tessa Blanchard vs Charlotte Flair ('I Quit' Cage match)

9. Keith Lee vs Samoa Joe

10. Pete Dunne vs Tomohiro Ishii

11. KUSHIDA vs SHO (IWGP Light Heavyweight Title match)

12. Finn Balor vs Jordan Devlin

13. Darby Allin vs Ricochet vs Teddy Hart

14. Bob Backlund vs TAKA Michinoku

15. Austin Aries vs David Starr

16. Jun Kasai vs Low Ki

17. Rey Mysterio vs Marko Stunt

18. Tama Tonga vs Roman Reigns

19. Tetsuya Naito vs Orange Cassidy (Nothing On The Line match)

20. Toru Yano vs Kikutaro

21. YOSHI-HASHI vs Chris Jericho (Hair vs Hair)

22. Chase Owens retirement match

23. Lance Archer vs Alexander Hammerstone (Ref: Triple H)

24. Su Yung vs Alexa Bliss

25. Joey Ryan vs Nicolas

26. James Ellsworth & Enzo Amore vs New Jack & Nick Gage (Fans Bring The Weapons match)

27. Cheeseburger vs Hotdog (Death Match)

28. Invisible Man vs John Cena (Empty Arena match)

29. Colt Cabana vs CM Punk

30. Taichi's valet vs Yujiro Takahashi's valet

31. Jim Cornette vs David Arquette (Loser Leaves Wrestling)

 

[G. Badger]

-Yoshiaki Fujiwara (69-year old self-inflicted 'Hardway') vs Shiro Koshinaka - Draditon Back To The New York

-David Starr vs Joey Janela (No Rope, Barbed Wire Death Match) - Beyond Americanrana

These sound pretty fun! Thanks for the recommendation

I second that wish for Gargano vs Bryan too!