AurtleTheTurtle's Match Listing Thread - 2017

[Aurtle The Turtle]

In what so far has been the year of The Rainmaker, I @Aurtle the Turtle am going to use this thread to document the best matches of the current year in my opinion as well as take any advice for watches from you guys.
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WWE

• WWE United Kingdom Championship: Tyler Bate (c) vs Pete Dunne, NXT Takeover: Chicago - 9.25/10
  
• NXT Tag Team Championships: Authors of Pain (c) vs D.I.Y vs The Revival, TakeOver: Orlando - 9/10
  
• WWE World Championship: AJ Styles (c) vs John Cena, Royal Rumble 2017 - 8.5/10
• NXT Tag Team Championships: Authours of Pain (c) vs D.I.Y, NXT Takeover: Chicago - 8.5/10
  
• WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Neville (c) vs Austin Aries, Payback 2017 - 8/10
  
• WWE World Championship: Bray Wyatt vs John Cena (c) vs AJ Styles vs Baron Corbin vs Dean Ambrose vs The Miz, Elimination Chamber 2017 - 7.5/10
• AJ Styles vs Shane McMahon, WrestleMania 33 - 7.5/10
  
• WWE Cruiserweight Championship: Neville (c) vs Austin Aries, WrestleMania 33 - 7.5/10
• Money in the Bank Match: AJ Styles vs Baron Corbin vs Shinsuke Nakamura vs Dolph Ziggler vs Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens, MITB 2017 - 7.5/10
• Number One Contendership: Finn Balor vs Samoa Joe vs Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins vs Bray Wyatt, Extreme Rules 2017 - 7/10
  
• Finn Balor vs Seth Rollins vs The Miz, RAW - 7/10
  
• WWE Universal Championship: Goldberg (c) vs Brock Lesnar, WrestleMania 33 - 7/10
• WWE United Kingdom Championship: Pete Dunne vs Tyler Bate, UK Tournament - 7/10
• NXT Championship: Bobby Roode (c) vs Hideo Itami, NXT Takeover: Chicago - 7/10
  
• WWE World Championship: Bray Wyatt (c) vs John Cean vs AJ Styles, Smackdown Live - 6/10

NJPW

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Kenny Omega, Dominion 6.11 - 10/10
  
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Kenny Omega, WrestleKingdom 11 - 9.75/10
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Katsuyori Shibata, Sakura Genesis - 9.5/10
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs KUSHIDA, Dominiom 6.11 - 9.5/10
• IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship: Kenny Omega vs Tomohiro Ishii, G1 Special in USA - 9.5/10
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs Dragon Lee, New Beginning in Osaka - 9/10
• NEVER Openweight Championship: Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs Hirooki Goto, WrestleKingdom 11 - 9/10
• Best of the Super Juniors Final: KUSHIDA vs Will Ospreay, BOSJ Finals - 9/10
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi, Dominion 6.11 - 9/10
  
• Katsuyori Shibata vs Will Ospreay, New Beginning in Osaka - 8.5/10
• Kenny Omega vs Tomohiro Ishii, Wrestling Dontaku 2017 - 8.5/10
  
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Minoru Suzuki, New Beginning in Sapporo - 8.5/10
• Ricochet vs Will Ospreay, Best of the Super Juniors 24 Day 2 - 8.5/10
• IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship Tourney: Kenny Omega vs Michael Elgin, G1 Special in USA - 8.5/10
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi, WrestleKingdom 11 - 8/10
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: KUSHIDA (c) vs Hiromu Takahashi, WrestleKingdom 11 - 8/10
• Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomohiro Ishii, New Japan Cup 2017 - 8/10
• Dragon Lee vs Hiromu Takahashi, Best of the Super Juniors 24 Day 1 - 8/10
• Jushin Thunder Liger vs Hiromu Takahashi, Best of the Super Juniors 24 Day 2 - 8/10
• IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship Tourney: Tomohiro Ishii vs Zack Sabre Jr, G1 Special in USA - 8/10
• IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship Tourney: Kenny Omega vs Jay Lethal, G1 Special in USA - 8/10
• IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship Tourney: Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii, G1 Special in USA - 8/10
  
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Michael Elgin, New Beginning in Osaka - 7.5/10
• Ultimo Gurrero vs Volador Jr, NJPW & CMLL Fantastica Mania 2017 - 7.5/10
• Marty Scurll vs Will Ospreay, Best of the Super Juniors 24 Day 1 - 7.5/10
• IWGP Junior Tag Team Championships: Roppongi Vice (c) vs The Young Bucks - 7.5/10
• IWGP Junior Tag Team Championships: The Young Bucks (c) vs Roppongi Vice, G1 Special in USA - 7.5/10
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Bad Luck Fale, Wrestling Dontaku 2017 - 7/10
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Cody, G1 Special in USA - 7/10
• IWGP World Tag Team Championships: G.O.D (c) vs War Machine, G1 Special in USA - 7/10
• IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship Tourney: Zack Sabre Jr vs Juice Robinson , G1 Special in USA - 7/10
• RevPro British World Heavyweight Championship: Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs Zack Sabre Jr, 45th Anniversary Show - 6.5/10

OTHER US

• PWG World Tag Team Championships: The Young Bucks (c) vs Matt Sydal & Ricochet vs Pentagon el OM & Fenix, Nice Boys (Don't play Rock N'Roll) - 8.5/10
• CZW Tag Team Championships: Scarlet and Graves (c) vs EYFBO, Eighteen and Still like nothing else - 8/10
• Lio Rush vs Marty Scurll, ROH Anniversary 2017, 7.5/10
  
• Cody Rhodes vs Jay Lethal, Supercard of Honor 11 - 7.5/10
• ROH World Tag Team Championships: The Hardyz (c) vs The Young Bucks, Supercard of Honor 11 - 7.5/10
• Joey Janela vs Marty Janetty, GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break - 7.5/10
  
• Matt Tremont vs Penta El Zero M, CZW Battle of the Best 16 - 7/10
• David Starr vs Joey Janela, BW Paying Paul - 7/10
  
• CHIKARA Grand Title: UltraMantis Black (c) vs Juan Francisco de Coranado, Bad Wolf 2017 - 7/10
• Lio Rush vs Keith Lee, GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break - 7/10
• PWG World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr (c) vs Trent?, PWG Head Like A Cole - 7/10
• ROH World Television Championship: Kushida (c) vs Marty Scurll, ROH Best in the World 2017 - 7/10
• ROH World Heavyweight Championship: Christopher Daniels (c) vs Cody, ROH Best in the World 2017 - 6.5/10

OTHER JAPAN

• World of Stardom Championship : Io Shirai (c) vs Kairi Hojo, The Highest 2017 - 8.5/10
• Io Shirai & Meiko Satamura vs Chihiro Mashimoto & Mayu Iwatani, Io Shirai 10th Anniversary - 8/10
  
• Open the Brave Gate Championship: Jimmy Kagetora (c) vs Takehiro Yamamura - DG Dead or Alive 2017 - 7.5/10
• Open the Dream Gate Championship: YAMATO (c) vs Cyber Kong vs BxB Hulk vs Naruki Doi vs Shingo Takagi, DG Dead or Alive 2017 - 6/10
• KO-D Openweight Championship: HARASHIMA (c) vs Konosuke Takeshita, DDT Judgement 2017 - 6/10

EUROPE & UK

• ilja Dragunov vs WALTER, wXw 16 Carat Gold Final 2017 - 9/10
• RevPro British World Heavyweight Championship: Katsuyori Shibata (c) vs Matt Riddle, High Stakes 2017 - 8/10
  
• RingKampf vs David Starr & Jurn Simmons, wXw Dead End 26 - 8/10
• Matt Riddle vs Jeff Cobb, PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 - 8/10
• Matt Riddle vs Tyler Bate, PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 - 8/10
  
• Marty Scurll vs Zack Sabre Jr, High Stakes 2017 - 7.5/10
• Travis Banks vs Tyler Bate, PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 - 7.5/10
• Zack Sabre Jr vs Travis Banks, PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 - 7.5/10
• Marty Scurll, Pete Dunne & Travis Banks vs Will Ospreay, Shane Strickland & Ryan Smile, RPW Live at the Cockpit - 7/10
• PROGRESS World Championship: Pete Dunne (c) vs Jimmy Havoc, Chapter 45 - 7/10

Once again if you have any matches that you feel I should watch, be sure to comment below. Trying to fit as much rasslin as possible into my schedule.

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[Jeffry Mason]

Don't know what you have access to/are willing to watch, but here's a few I remember being good so far from shows I've been to

Beyond Wrestling- Paying Paul- David Starr vs. Joey Janela
GCW- Road to Survival- Danny Havoc vs. Violento Jack
Pro Wrestling Magic- Casamento Memorial Cup- The finals (names left out in case you want to watch the whole tournament without spoils)
Violence X Suffering- Tread Lightly- Lio Rush vs. Archadia
CZW- Decisions- Dub Boys vs. Scarlet & Graves vs. EYFBO vs. Beast Squad (Ladder Match)

 

[Aurtle The Turtle]

UPDATE 18/05/17

NJPW

• Ricochet vs Will Ospreay, Best of the Super Juniors 24 Day 2 - 8.5/10
• Dragon Lee vs Hiromu Takahashi, Best of the Super Juniors 24 Day 1 - 8/10
• Jushin Thunder Liger vs Hiromu Takahashi, Best of the Super Juniors 24 Day 2 - 8/10
  
• Marty Scurll vs Will Ospreay, Best of the Super Juniors 24 Day 1 - 7.5/10

Other US

• Joey Janela vs Marty Janetty, GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break - 10,000/10 because of virgil run in (7.5/10 really)
  
• David Starr vs Joey Janela, BW Paying Paul - 7/10
• Lio Rush vs Keith Lee, GCW Joey Janela's Spring Break - 7/10

 

[Aurtle The Turtle]

REVIEW 18/05/17

The crowd already know this will be a good match, lots of chants for both competitors as they make their entrances. Slow chain-wrestling soon becomes incredibly fast with the two debuting brand new spots intertwined, Ospreay denies Ricochet's kip up and stank eyes him for a good pop, more chain wrestling including a twisting kip up rana from Ospreay and the two do their dueling handsprings spot, I didn't pop because I've seen this spot upwards of twenty times now but the crowd gave a round of applause, Ricochet begins to constantly shut down Ospreay and dominates him for a solid ten minutes with some crazy and very innovative submission, inlcuding what can only be described as a kneeling head trap brock lock, Ricochet chops the shit out of Ospreay for some swearing from the brit and a lot of comeback heat from the crowd, Ricochet denies a handspring enziguri with a gorgeous dropkick but then ends up eating won anyways a few minutes later, Ospreay tries to go for the Os-Cutter but Ricochet just straight up pushes him out of the ring to deny him, Ospreay does a slightly botched rana to bring Ricochet outside followed by a picture perfect Sasuke Special. Ospreay starts his comeback with his second rope spiral tap but Ricochet kicks out, Ricochet with a gorgeous flapjack onto the apron followed by jumping neckbreaker and then rolling through to deadlifted a seated Ospreay into a suplex but Opsreay reverses into a stunner, Ospreay signals for the comeback but out of nowhere Ricochet hits a brilliant axe kick that Ospreay sells like death and gets a huge pop, Michinoku Driver II but Ospreay kicks out for another pop. Ricochet goes to the top but Ospreay counters and tries a top rope frankensteiner which Ricochet flips out of into a weird spot where Ospreay seemingly jumps onto the second rope for no reason so he can do his flip out of an avalanche rana spot for a pop but Ricochet botches the run up the ropes. Quick striking exchange which ends with one of the best release germans I've ever seen from Ricochet and both men sell for standing applause. After some slow elbows, Ospreay fire ups and hits a very Kawada esque combination of low kicks and high chops that all connect wonderfully. Crazy lariat from Ricochet leads to the outside where the two try to give the other a poison rana on the floor but both keep countering. Both men end up on the apron and holy fuck Ricochet does his northern lights into deadlift suplex on the apron to a giant pop, Ospreay botches making the 20 count whilst selling, he was late and would have be counted out if there wasn't a generous pause from the ref. Ricochet makes a mess out of trying to do Ospreay's twirling leg lariat but does a great Os-Cutter to follow but Will kicks out, Ospreay then hits Ricochet with the GTS-Kick but Ricochet kicks out. Ospreay hits the cheeky nandos kick and then follows up with a beautiful springboard dragonrana for a 2. Frustrated, Ospreay just repeatedly kicks Ricochet in the face and then follows up with his twirling leg lariat and then a Os-Cutter for the 3. Post-Match Ricochet crawls out and Ospreay cuts a promo laying down from exhaustion.

Incredible match marred by some botches that were mostly on Ricochet's side, would have been a MOTY contender if everything went off without a hitch. 8.5/10

 

[Aurtle The Turtle]

UPDATE 21/05/17 - NXT Takeover edition

WWE

• WWE United Kingdom Championship: Tyler Bate (c) vs Pete Dunne, NXT Takeover: Chicago - 9.25/10
• NXT Tag Team Championships: Authours of Pain (c) vs D.I.Y, NXT Takeover: Chicago - 8/10
  
• NXT Championship: Bobby Roode (c) vs Hideo Itami, NXT Takeover: Chicago - 7/10

 

[Aurtle The Turtle]

UPDATE 11/06/17 - Dominion 6.11 Edition

NJPW

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Kenny Omega, Dominion 6.11 - 10/10
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs KUSHIDA, Dominiom 6.11 - 9.5/10
• Best of the Super Juniors Final: KUSHIDA vs Will Ospreay, BOSJ Finals - 9/10
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - 9/10
• IWGP Junior Tag Team Championships: Roppongi Vice (c) vs The Young Bucks - 7.5/10

 

[Geese]

I just got through watching Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki in Beginning in Sapporo. For a wrestler who's in his late forties Suzuki can really put on a match! He was twisting Okada's legs in those leg locks. How was Okada able to stand after this match was over?

If I had to give my own rating for this match I would rate it 3.75 out of 5. The match was going so smoothly until Suzuki's stable of wrestlers Suzuki Gun came out and interfered in the middle of the match.

 

[Mike Thunder]

UPDATE 11/06/17 - Dominion 6.11 Edition

NJPW

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Kenny Omega, Dominion 6.11 - 10/10
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs KUSHIDA, Dominiom 6.11 - 9.5/10
• Best of the Super Juniors Final: KUSHIDA vs Will Ospreay, BOSJ Finals - 9/10
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - 9/10
• IWGP Junior Tag Team Championships: Roppongi Vice (c) vs The Young Bucks - 7.5/10

Might as well give my ratings of these matches here:
NJPW

• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Kenny Omega, Dominion 6.11 - 4.75/5 Not as good as the 1st one but still amazing
• IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship: Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs KUSHIDA, Dominion 6.11 - 4.50/5 Awesome match.
• Best of the Super Juniors Final: KUSHIDA vs Will Ospreay, BOSJ Finals - 4.25/5 Great Match.
• IWGP Intercontinental Championship: Tetsuya Naito (c) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - 4.25/5 Great Match. Very impressive considering Tanahashi just came back from injury.
• IWGP Junior Tag Team Championships: Roppongi Vice (c) vs The Young Bucks - 3.75/5 Good match but a bit disappointing. I was expecting a bit more from them.

I don't watch NJPW as often as I want to/should, so I'm not as invested in the characters as others.

Dominion was a very good show. You should definitely watch it if you haven't.

 

[Aurtle The Turtle]

[SPOILERS AHEAD]

UPDATE 03/07/2017 - New Japan takes over America edition

NJPW

• IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship: Kenny Omega vs Tomohiro Ishii, G1 Special in USA - 9.5/10
• IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship Tourney: Kenny Omega vs Michael Elgin, G1 Special in USA - 8.5/10
• IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship Tourney: Tomohiro Ishii vs Zack Sabre Jr, G1 Special in USA - 8/10
• IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship Tourney: Kenny Omega vs Jay Lethal, G1 Special in USA - 8/10
• IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship Tourney: Tetsuya Naito vs Tomohiro Ishii, G1 Special in USA - 8/10
  
• IWGP Junior Tag Team Championships: The Young Bucks (c) vs Roppongi Vice, G1 Special in USA - 7.5/10
• IWGP World Heavyweight Championship: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Cody, G1 Special in USA - 7/10
• IWGP World Tag Team Championships: G.O.D (c) vs War Machine, G1 Special in USA - 7/10
• IWGP USA Heavyweight Championship Tourney: Zack Sabre Jr vs Juice Robinson , G1 Special in USA - 7/10

OTHER US

• PWG World Heavyweight Championship: Zack Sabre Jr (c) vs Trent?, PWG Head Like A Cole - 7/10
• ROH World Television Championship: Kushida (c) vs Marty Scurll, ROH Best in the World 2017 - 7/10
• ROH World Heavyweight Championship: Christopher Daniels (c) vs Cody, ROH Best in the World 2017 - 6.5/10

EUROPE & UK

• Matt Riddle vs Jeff Cobb, PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 - 8/10
• Matt Riddle vs Tyler Bate, PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 - 8/10
• Travis Banks vs Tyler Bate, PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 - 7.5/10
• Zack Sabre Jr vs Travis Banks, PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 - 7.5/10

WWE

• Money in the Bank Match: AJ Styles vs Baron Corbin vs Shinsuke Nakamura vs Dolph Ziggler vs Sami Zayn vs Kevin Owens, MITB 2017 - 7.5/10
• Number One Contendership: Finn Balor vs Samoa Joe vs Roman Reigns vs Seth Rollins vs Bray Wyatt, Extreme Rules 2017 - 7/10

That's a wrap! A pretty telling one at that...

 

[Aurtle The Turtle]

MID-2017 STANDINGS:

Best Companies:

1. New Japan Pro Wrestling (JP)
2. PROGRESS Wrestling (UK)
3. WxW Wrestling (EU)
4. NXT (USA)
   
5. Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (USA)
6. Combat Zone Wrestling (USA)
7. All Japan Pro Wrestling (JP)
8. EVOLVE (USA)
9. Stardom Joshi (JP)
10. Revolution Pro Wrestling (UK)

Worst Companies:

1. Total Nonstop Action/Global Force Wrestling (USA)
2. World Wrestling Entertainment (USA)
3. Asistencia Asesoria y Administracion (MEX)
4. Dramatic Dream Team (DDT)
5. All Star Wrestling (UK)

Best Wrestlers:

1. Kazuchika Okada | New Japan Pro Wrestling
2. Kenny Omega | New Japan Pro Wrestling
3. AJ Styles | World Wrestling Entertainment
4. Pete Dunne | PROGRESS / NXT
5. Hiromu Takahashi | New Japan Pro Wrestling
6. Tomohiro Ishii | New Japan Pro Wrestling
7. Zack Sabre Jr | Various Independents
8. Walter | WxW / PROGRESS
9. Matt Riddle | Various Independents
10. Sami Zayn | World Wrestling Entertainment

Worst Wrestlers:

1. Yoshi-Tatsu | New Japan Pro Wrestling
2. Jinder Mahal | World Wrestling Entertainment
3. Curt Hawkins | World Wrestling Entertainment
4. Tian Bing | NXT
5. Randy Orton | World Wrestling Entertainment

Best Gimmick:

1. Pete Dunne as a young British gangster/bully | PROGRESS / NXT
2. Hiromu Takahashi as a legitimate sociopath | New Japan Pro Wrestling
   
3. Marty Scurll as a camp victorian villain | New Japan Pro Wrestling
   
4. Zack Sabre Jr as a manipulative technical wrestler | Various Independents
5. Lio Rush as an Adrenaline junky | Combat Zone Wrestling

Worst Gimmick:

1. Jinder Mahal as an Anti-USA Canadian-Indian | World Wrestling Entertainment
2. Roman Reigns as whatever he is | World Wrestling Entertainment
3. Rusev as an Anti-USA Bulgarian/Russian | World Wrestling Entertainment
4. Abyss as Joseph Parks | Global Force Wrestling
5. Cody Rhodes as Stardust but not really | New Japan Pro Wrestling / Ring of Honor

Best Matches:

1. Kazuchika Okada vs Kenny Omega | New Japan Pro Wrestling - Dominion 6.11
2. Kazuchika Okada vs Kenny Omega | New Japan Pro Wrestling - WrestleKingdom 11
3. Kazuchika Okada vs Katsuyori Shibata | New Japan Pro Wrestling - Sakura Genesis 2017
4. Hiromu Takahashi vs Kushida | New Japan Pro Wrestling - Dominion 6.11
   
5. Tyler Bate vs Pete Dunne | NXT - Takeover: Chicago
6. Kenny Omega vs Tomohiro Ishii | New Japan Pro Wrestling - G1 Special in USA Night 2
7. ilja Dragunov vs WALTER | wXw - 16 Carat Gold Finale
   
8. Kushida vs Will Ospreay | New Japan Pro Wrestling - Best of the Super Juniors Finale
9. Kenny Omega vs Michael Elgin | New Japan Pro Wrestling - G1 Special in USA Night 1
10. Tetsuya Naito vs Hiroshi Tanahashi | New Japan Pro Wrestling - Dominion 6.11

Share your own list below if you'd like.

 

[Tyler2]

Personally Hardy vs Bucks at Supercard of Honor was my favorite. Then again I was there in person and those dueling chants were fun