Best Matches of 2017

beakerjoe

I'll kick off this thread my suggesting everyone catch the final 4 matches of NJPW Wrestlekingdom 11

Okada v Omega was a joy to behold.

Tanahashi v Naito was a nice story told by too great talents

Takehashi v KUSHIDA was a spot fest with both men, esp Takehashi, trying to kill eachother

Shiabta v Goto was a brutal match with hard hitting strikes a plenty.

Check them all out if you can

sky88

They will get lost in the above matches hype probaley rightly so but sami/braun and dolph/corbin had some great matches on raw and smackdown this week.

beakerjoe

sky88 wrote: »

They will get lost in the above matches hype probaley rightly so but sami/braun and dolph/corbin had some great matches on raw and smackdown this week.

Braun and Sami was very good considering Braun is still relatively green.

beakerjoe

Pete Dunne v Mark Andrews and Tyler bate v Pete Dunne, both at the WWE UK tournament.

Pete Dunne is a star.... the facial expressions, the look, the swagger and of course the in ring ability.

Lithium93_

AJ Styles/John Cena 3 from the Royal Rumble, constant back and forth between the two of them, wasn't even mad at the finish. It was that damn good a match.

Clegg

Okada/Suzuki was a cracker. Okada keeps having these brilliant matches. He's only 29 and his body of work so far already makes him an all time great.

Suzuki is 48 and just put on a 40+ minute motyc. What a man.

beakerjoe

Clegg wrote: »

Okada/Suzuki was a cracker. Okada keeps having these brilliant matches. He's only 29 and his body of work so far already makes him an all time great.

Suzuki is 48 and just put on a 40+ minute motyc. What a man.

Suzuki worked a great match for a man of his age. Both men made each other look good and the story behind the match made each move seem important. Great in-ring storytelling made this match.

Clegg

beakerjoe wrote: »

Suzuki worked a great match for a man of his age. Both men made each other look good and the story behind the match made each move seem important. Great in-ring storytelling made this match.

Suzuki is a brilliant wrestler. His cardio is freakish for a man his age who wrestles such a physical style. His match against AJ in the G1 in 2014 was my MotY.

Andersonisgod

Tetsuya Naito vs Michael Elgin from New Beginning in Osaka has gotten the full ***** from WOR. 100% earned and deserved, it's the 2nd time each man has received 5 stars. They have great chemistry in the ring with each other, and this was a stunning match that worked the Osaka crowd into a frenzy.

demanufactured

Goldberg - Lesnar of course.

Andersonisgod

Kazuchika Okada vs Katsuyori Shibata from this morning's Sakura Genesis show is literally everything the artform of pro wrestling should be. Drama, storytelling, callbacks, white hot sellout crowd, history, action that almost beggars belief, logical, long term storytelling, a defeated opponent elevated by the loss, a victorious champion that sets up his next challenger instantly, an absolute masterpiece that might be the best pro wrestling match this year, which is hilarious because one of the guy's in this match has had a 6 star match already this year.

The Rainmaker, Kazuchika Okada might be the best professional wrestler ever, imagine missing out on this once in a lifetime talent.

Bounty Hunter

Tyler Bate vs Pete Dunne (for the WWE United Kingdom championship) at NXT Takeover Chicago with Jim Ross & Nigel McGuinness on commentary. They are running with the ball and spotlight WWE have given them and more.

Lithium93_

Okada/Omega 2.

Frank O. Pinion

It's nearly 2019...does this thread still need to be stickied?