2011 Ongoing Match of the Year Thread

**God** · 01-10-2011, 04:23 PM

This thread was started a little late last year and as such some matches ended up being completly forgotten about by the end of the year. We're a little over a week into the new year so if you forget anything this early, it probably didnt deserve to be mentioned.

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God's picks:

WWE:
Dolph Ziggler vs Cody Rhodes vs Drew McIntyre vs Big Show - Smackdown - 7/1
Tyson Kidd vs Yoshi Tatsu - Superstars - 20/1
Undertaker vs Triple H - Wrestlemania - 3/4
CM Punk vs John Cena - Money in the Bank - 17/7

TNA:
Beer Money vs MCMG - Genesis - 9/1
AJ Styles vs Matt Hardy - Victory Road - 13/3
Immortal vs Fortune - Lockdown - 17/4
AJ Styles vs Bully Ray - Slammiversary - 12/6
Austin Aries vs Zima Ion vs Low Ki vs Jack Evans - 10/7

ROH:
Christopher Daniels vs Chris Hero - HDNet - 17/1
Davey Richards vs TJ Perkins - SoCal Showdown II - 28/1
The All Night Express vs The Kings of Wrestling - Ninth Anniversary Show - 26/2
Christopher Daniels vs Eddie Edwards - Ninth Anniversary Show - 26/2
Claudio Castagnoli vs Davey Richards - Defy or Deny - 18/3
Christopher Daniels vs Davey Richards - Manhattan Mayhem - 19/3
Roderick Strong vs Eddie Edwards -Mahattan Mayhem - 19/3
The Briscoe's vs Cole & O'Reilly - Honor Takes Center Stage Night One - 1/4
Wrestling's Greatest Tag Team vs Kings of Wrestling - Honor Takes Center Stage Night One - 1/4
The All Night Express vs The Briscoe's - Honor Takes Center Stage Night Two - 2/4
Christopher Daniels vs El Generico - Best in the World - 26/6
Davey Richards vs Eddie Edwards - Best in the World - 26/6

DGUSA:
Akira Tozawa vs Sami Callihan - United NYC - 28/1
YAMATO vs BxB Hulk - United NYC - 28/1
Akira Tozawa vs Austin Aries - United Philly - 29/1
Akira Tozawa vs BxB Hulk - United We Stand - 30/1
Akira Tozawa vs Pac - Mercury Rising - 2/4
Austin Aries vs YAMATO - Mercury Rising - 2/4

PWG:
Davey Richards vs Low Ki - Kurt RussellReunion II - 29/1
Kevin Steen vs Chris Hero - Kurt RussellReunion II - 29/1
Claudio Castagnoli vs El Generico - Kurt RussellReunion II - 29/1
Young Bucks vs American Wolves - DDT4
Young Bucks vs Steen & Tozawa - DDT4
Willie Mack vs Roderick Strong - Card Subject to Change III
Low Ki vs Akira Tozawa - Card Subject to Change III
Claudio Castagnoli vs Joey Ryan - Card Subject to Change III

IPW:
Jon Moxley vs Jimmy Jacobs - Showdown in Naptown - 1/1

EVOLVE:
Sami Callihan vs Zack Sabre Jr. - EVOLVE 7
Austin Aries vs Jon Moxley - EVOLVE 7
Sami Callihan vs Brodie Lee - EVOLVE 8

CHIKARA:
El Generico vs 1-2-3 Kid - King of Trios Night 3
BDK Girls vs Matt Classic & Darkness Crabtree - King of Trios Night 3
Hallowicked vs Delirious - Engulfed in a fever of Spite
Ophidian vs Will O' the Wisp II - Englufed in a fever of Spite

WSU:
Mercedes Martinez vs. Angel Orsini - Final Chapter - 22/1

AAW:
Shane Hollister vs. Davey Richards - Path of Redemption - 11/2

DDT:
Dick Togo vs. Antonio Honda - DDT - 30/1

NOAH:
Yoshihiro Takayama vs. KENTA - NOAH - 15/1

BattlARTS:
Munenori Sawa & Bison TAGAI vs. Daijiro Matsui & Hideki Suzuki - BattlARTS - 21/3

**Jim** · 01-10-2011, 04:36 PM

No love for Morrison vs Miz?

**Drew** · 01-10-2011, 04:38 PM

Should definately be on the list too Jim.

**God** · 01-10-2011, 04:39 PM

I thought Kane vs Edge was better than that. The only time I've seen Miz have anything more than an okay match was against Danielson.

**Jim** · 01-10-2011, 04:47 PM

I'd say that the Night of Champions match vs AmDrag and the Morrison match from Raw are the same quality. Both had some great selling by the face and Miz held his own.

**Tennessee Nicky** · 01-10-2011, 04:48 PM

Originally Posted by God

I thought Kane vs Edge was better than that. The only time I've seen Miz have anything more than an okay match was against Danielson.

No way. Edge/Kane was all sorts of wrong compared to the surprisingly good FCA match.

**Latino Eddy** · 01-10-2011, 08:18 PM

WWE:
The Miz vs. John Morrison RAW 1/3

TNA:
Motor City Machine Guns vs. Beer Money Genesis 1/9

**Creeping Death** · 01-10-2011, 08:42 PM

I'll go with the SD four way for WWE and The Guns vs Beer Money from Genesis for TNA.

**Jim** · 02-23-2011, 12:25 PM

I'd say the SD Elimination Chamber match is the first real possible MOTYC for the WWE.

Ed · 02-23-2011, 12:33 PM

Agreed the SD EC was awesome and exceeded my expectations, that should be added to the list

**King Steventon** · 02-23-2011, 12:36 PM

It was a good match but I prefered the RAW chamber and thought Miz/Lawler was easily MOTN (and my WWE MOTY). Smackdown chamber was good but took too long to get good and the finishing run went a bit overboard.

Ed · 02-23-2011, 12:42 PM

The end to SD was a bit finisher overload, but I prefered it over Raw's lightning quick ending.

I think I prefered SD chamber match because I didn't give it much hope of being good, I'm not high on McIntyre or Barrett's in ring work, and swapping Ziggler with Show didn't take my interest either, but I think everyone put in a good effort and came out with some credit. I think McIntyre really gained some personality from being in the match, he was on fire when he came out

**King Steventon** · 02-23-2011, 12:48 PM

Drew is probably the second best guy on Smackdown, and him murdering everyone was my favourite part of the match. I was dissapointed he was eliminated so quick.

**Shock** · 02-23-2011, 12:57 PM

I didn't actually enjoy the Raw EC at all. The parts with Punk did nothing for me, Orton slowed it down and dragged it down and the only thing I really enjoyed was Morrison's selling.

Lawler/Miz, while having great storytelling, was still lacking in terms of action.

Whereas the SmackDown chamber was excellent in terms of action and story. I loved the interwoven stories between Edge/Drew; Big Show/Barrett; Kane/Everyone; plus the in-match story of Edge and Rey going the distance. Drew and Rey were spectacular in the match, while the weaker wrestlers like Kane and Edge didn't drag it down and actually contributed positively. Easily WWE MOTY so far.

**Tennessee Nicky** · 03-03-2011, 03:38 PM

Might seem a little bizarre, but Elgin/Generico and Smackdown's EC currently share my top spot on my list, with Bryan/Miz from RAW, Kow/ANX, Tozawa/Aries, Miz/Morrison FCA, and Zggler/Drew/Show/Cody not too far behind. All easily could have a problem holding up, of course.

**copkiller187** · 03-03-2011, 04:02 PM

Christopher Daniels vs. Eddie Edwards - ROH 9th Anniversary Show - **** 1/4
Elimination Chamber: Edge vs. Rey Mysterio vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Kane vs. Big Show vs. Wade Barrett (WWE Elimination Chamber) - ****
Kota Ibsuhi & Kenny Omega vs. Prince Devitt & Ryusuke Taguchi - NJPW/CMLL Fantasticamania 23/01 - ****1/2

Just some recent ones I matched.Marked like a bitch for the whole GL/Apollo 55 match .Fucking awesome.Four of the best Juniour Heavweights in the world going at it in breathtaking fashion.

**God** · 03-03-2011, 04:04 PM

Really? Elgin/Generico was pretty much your basic big strong guy vs plucky underdog match that we've seen a lot, it wasent really any different than any of the others either. I think you're over-rating it due to how little is expected of Elgin so a good match turns into a really good-great match.

I'd probably put Daniels/Edwards at number one right now, Daniels has been pretty damn good thus far in 2011.

**copkiller187** · 03-03-2011, 04:24 PM

Havn't seen Elgin vs Generico yet ,was it that good?

Honestly everyone has to check out the Golden lovers and Apollo 55 match.Their best one yet in my opinion.

**Mr Showtime** · 03-03-2011, 04:30 PM

I just realized that a MOTY streak is going to be broken this year. Shawn Michaels retiring mean an end to his SEVEN year MOTY streak.

**King Steventon** · 03-03-2011, 04:35 PM

Generico vs Elgin was a match built around both men playing their roles really well, with lots of good action. I can't think of too many flier vs strength matches lately that were that good. Wouldn't say it was a MOTYC though.

I can see why Daniels/Edwards is getting love, but I was bored stiff watching the first 20 minutes and by the time it started getting dramatic I had lost interest. Neither Daniels nor Edwards should be going 30 minutes.