2016 Match of the Year Tracker Of Doom

[HeadCheese]

Top Matches
#11 Cedric Alexander vs. Michael Elgin
#15 reDRagon vs. The Kingdom (Adam Cole & Michael Bennett) vs. The Young Bucks
#29 Danny Limelight vs. Douglas James vs. Eli Everfly vs. Suede Thompson
#34 Beyond Wrestling State of the Art 2/28 Shynron vs Smiley
#38 Dragon Lee vs Kamaitachi
#40 Eli Everfly vs. Jacob Diez
#56 Thunder Rock vs. Kairi Hojo & Meiko Satomura
#60 Shinsuke Nakamura vs Sami Zayn
#68 Johnny Gargano, Kota Ibushi & TJP vs Marty Scurll, Tommy End & Will Ospreay
#106 Cedric Alexander vs Trevor Lee
#112 Ricochet vs Will Ospreay
#117 Chris Gethard, Colt Cabana, Rhino, and Sean Waltman vs Vacation Jason, Jon Hamm, Banana, and Coconut
#119 American Alpha vs. The Revival
#123 Mark Haskins vs Sami Callahan
#133 B-Boy vs Douglas James

[themib]

1/16 Rev Pro
Marty Scurll vs. Will Ospreay
AJ Styles vs. Zack Sabre Jr.

[JoJo]

Haven't tracked this before, but going to give it a try this year...

*****
IWGP Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada [c] vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW, 1/4/16)

****3/4
Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NXT, 4/1/16)

****1/2
IWGP Intercontinental Title: Shinsuke Nakamura [c] vs. A.J. Styles (NJPW, 1/4/16)
CMLL World Lightweight Title: Dragon Lee [c] vs. Kamaitachi (NJPW, 1/24/16)

****1/4
Losing Unit Disbands Three Way Elimination Match: Dia.HEARTS vs. Monster Express vs. VerserK (DG, 2/4/16)
KO-D Openweight Title: Isami Kodaka [c] vs. Masa Takanashi (DDT, 1/31/16)
NXT Title: Finn Balor [c] vs. Samoa Joe (NXT, 4/1/16)
IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Title: KUSHIDA [c] vs. Will Ospreay (NJPW, 4/10/16)
IWGP Intercontinental Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kenny Omega (NJPW, 2/14/16)
CMLL World Lightweight Title: Kamaitachi [c] vs. Dragon Lee (CMLL, 3/4/16)

[Rich Kraetsch]

I'll use 4* as my cutoff as well.

January

1/4 - NJPW - Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (*****)
1/4 - NJPW - AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (****3/4)
1/10 - KDOJO - Tank Nagai (c) vs. Hiro Tonai (****)

[Lawsoncomedy]

Here's everything I've rated ****+ since 12/1/2015. To make life easier, I still use the WON Awards calendar for all of my spreadsheets. And I know there's some whackiness with some of the dating there as some stuff was taped in November and didn't air till December. Trust me, it all makes sense in my head. If I think something is a true MOTY candidate, I'll track down the actual date it happened as opposed to just using the "Aired" date.

**** for the NJPW Rumble? Interesting.

[dancecab]

This year I'm trying not to read reviews BEFORE I watch or give a rating. I don't want to be influenced any sort of way by anyone elses opinon. I'll look at the stuff that gets nom'd for match of the year but these ratings will stick. I do tend to be on the higher side of things though. So 4 is the cut off.

*****
1/4 - Okada Vs. Tanahashi - NJPW

****3/4
1/16 - Ospreay Vs. Scurll - Rev Pro
1/4 - Nakamura Vs. Styles - NJPW

****1/2
1/4 - Ishii Vs. Shibata

****1/4

****
1/16 - Sabre Jr. Vs. Styles
1/4 - reDRagon Vs. Young Bucks Vs. RPG Vice Vs. Sydal and Ricochet
1/4 - KUSHIDA vs. Kenny Omega

[Robareid]

Good brother, excuse my pedantry but it was Ospreay vs. Scurll.

And while I'm at it, it's Ospreay, Zack, Tanahashi and reDRagon.

[dancecab]

Good brother, excuse my pedantry but it was Ospreay vs. Scurll.

And while I'm at it, it's Ospreay, Zack, Tanahashi and reDRagon.

Thank you man. Jeez I'm a mess when I'm sick. Fixing now.

[DETROIT_KEJB]

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[cpgoat3]

January
4th NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 In Tokyo Dome reDRagon vs. Matt Sydal & Ricochet vs. Roppongi Vice vs. The Young Bucks
Kushida vs. Kenny Omega
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
6th CWF Mid-Atlantic Worldwide Ep. #34 Cedric Alexander vs. Smith Garrett
9th Oddity Wrestling Alliance Apocalyta BlackBoy & Mosco Negro vs. Los Compares Extremos
10th Premiere Wrestling Xperience Taken By Force 3 Cedric Alexander vs. Michael Elgin
12th TNA Impact on POP Drew Galloway vs Kurt Angle
13th CWF Mid-Atlantic Worldwide Ep. #35 Brad Attitude vs. Chet Sterling vs. John Skyler vs. Lance Lude vs. Roy Wilkins vs. Trevor Lee
16th ROH TV reDRagon vs. The Kingdom (Adam Cole & Michael Bennett) vs. The Young Bucks

I have been debating if those 2 CWF matches should count for my list since they were apart of last years BattleCade show and they made multiple notes of this weeks main event being the "first main event" of 2016.

[Lawsoncomedy]

January
4th NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 In Tokyo Dome reDRagon vs. Matt Sydal & Ricochet vs. Roppongi Vice vs. The Young Bucks
Kushida vs. Kenny Omega
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
6th CWF Mid-Atlantic Worldwide Ep. #34 Cedric Alexander vs. Smith Garrett
9th Oddity Wrestling Alliance Apocalyta BlackBoy & Mosco Negro vs. Los Compares Extremos
10th Premiere Wrestling Xperience Taken By Force 3 Cedric Alexander vs. Michael Elgin
12th TNA Impact on POP Drew Galloway vs Kurt Angle
13th CWF Mid-Atlantic Worldwide Ep. #35 Brad Attitude vs. Chet Sterling vs. John Skyler vs. Lance Lude vs. Roy Wilkins vs. Trevor Lee
16th ROH TV reDRagon vs. The Kingdom (Adam Cole & Michael Bennett) vs. The Young Bucks

I have been debating if those 2 CWF matches should count for my list since they were apart of last years BattleCade show and they made multiple notes of this weeks main event being the "first main event" of 2016.

See but were they out anywhere before this year? Because the PWG rule for match of the month is they count for the month they come out. So, idk...either way I appreciate the recommendations.

[cpgoat3]

January
4th NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 10 In Tokyo Dome reDRagon vs. Matt Sydal & Ricochet vs. Roppongi Vice vs. The Young Bucks
Kushida vs. Kenny Omega
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
6th CWF Mid-Atlantic Worldwide Ep. #34 Cedric Alexander vs. Smith Garrett
9th Oddity Wrestling Alliance Apocalyta BlackBoy & Mosco Negro vs. Los Compares Extremos
10th Premiere Wrestling Xperience Taken By Force 3 Cedric Alexander vs. Michael Elgin
12th TNA Impact on POP Drew Galloway vs Kurt Angle
13th CWF Mid-Atlantic Worldwide Ep. #35 Brad Attitude vs. Chet Sterling vs. John Skyler vs. Lance Lude vs. Roy Wilkins vs. Trevor Lee
16th ROH TV reDRagon vs. The Kingdom (Adam Cole & Michael Bennett) vs. The Young Bucks

I have been debating if those 2 CWF matches should count for my list since they were apart of last years BattleCade show and they made multiple notes of this weeks main event being the "first main event" of 2016.

See but were they out anywhere before this year? Because the PWG rule for match of the month is they count for the month they come out. So, idk...either way I appreciate the recommendations.

Totally agreed! CWF was not even on my radar but I watched all three main events from this year and really dug them all

[SammyJ_D]

I would not consider any BattleCade 2015 matches for your 2016 list if you plan on using it to keep track for the purposes of VOW. Cause that's when it goes by tape date not release date.

[dancecab]

*****
1/4 - Okada Vs. Tanahashi - NJPW

****3/4
1/16 - Ospreay Vs. Scurll - Rev Pro
1/4 - Nakamura Vs. Styles - NJPW

****1/2
1/4 - Ishii Vs. Shibata - NJPW
1/24 - Royal Rumble - WWE

****1/4

****
1/16 - Sabre Jr. Vs. Styles - Rev Pro
1/24 - Owens Vs. Ambrose - WWE
1/4 - reDRagon Vs. Young Bucks Vs. RPG Vice Vs. Sydal and Ricochet - NJPW

[Mike]

I am trying - trying - to keep a tracking of what I watch this year. Mainly just to get a rough estimate on how many matches I have actually watched our of my curiosity sake. There's some matches I have to rewatch in order to give an actual rating. Again, it's just a work in progress. What I'd like to do is add Alan, Dave's, VOW, Cagematch, etc. ratings to it as well. I have it hopefully in a way it's easy to sort out.

http://tinyurl.com/MOTY2016