Greatest Match of 2020 - The Countdown

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2020 was the year that Covid-19 brought the world to a standstill.

Also in the news in 2020 Joe Biden defeated Donal Trump to become the President of the United States of America and Prince Harry stepped away from royal duties.

Also in 2020 George Floyd died under the knee of a white police officer leading to worldwide protests and Qassem Soleimani was assassinated.

Amongst the well known people who passed away in 2020 were Kobe Bryant, Little Richard, Kenny Rogers, Kirk Douglas, Sean Connery & Diego Maradona

In music Taylor Swift released the documentary Miss Americana & Pearl Jam released their first studio album in nearly 7 years

In sport Liverpool won their first league title in 30 years as Kansas City Chiefs won the SuperBowl & The Olympics was postponed for a year

Amongst the biggest films of the year were Dolittle, Mulan and Bad Boys For Life.

In wrestling Drew McIntyre won his first WWE Championship & AEW continued to thrive in its first full year.

But what is the greatest match from this year, so we got five full lists from myself @GARBAGE @Jacob Fox & @RDT and the countdown of the top 25 matches(technically there’s 27 because three matches tied in 25th place) begins soon.
 

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25= Jordon Devlin vs Tyler Bate
NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool II
January 12
19 Points
Crocker(7)



25= NXT Women’s Championship
Rhea Ripley(c) vs Charlotte Flair
Wrestlemania 36
April 5
19 Points
RDT(7)



25= Union Pro MAX Championship
Fuminori Abe(c) vs Isami Kodaka
BASARA 127 - Feast
July 14
19 Points
GARBAGE(7)

23= AEW TNT Championship
No Disqualification Match
Cody(c) vs Eddie Kingston
AEW Dynamite
July 22
20 Points
GARBAGE(6)



=23 WarGames Match
Danny Burch, Oney Lorcon, Pat McAfee & Pete Dunne vs The Undisputed Era
NXT Takeover:WarGames
December 6
20 Points
Jacob Fox (6)

 
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Aw damn I regret not watching Flair/Ripley. Quite a big fan of their more recent Wrestlemania match.
 

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21= Daisuke Harada vs Dick Togo
NOAH Global Junior League
January 30
21 Points
GARBAGE(6)

21= IWGP Heavyweight Championship
IWGP Intercontinental Championship
Kazuchika Okada(c) vs Tetsuya Naito(c)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14
21 Points
Jacob Fox(10), Crocker(11)


=17 A-Kid vs Ilja Dragunov
NXT UK
March 6
22 Points
Crocker(4)



=17 Shinto Takagi vs Will Osprey
G1 Climax
September 27
22 Points
Jacob Fox(4)



=17 AEW TNT Championship
Dog Collar Match
Brodie Lee(c) vs Cody
AEW Dynamite
October 7
22
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RDT(11), Crocker(19)



=17 WWE Smackdown Womens Championship
He’ll in a Cell
Bayley(c) vs Sasha Banks
WWE He’ll in a Cell
October 25
22 Points
RDT(6), Crocker(24)



16 Swamp Match
Braun Strowman vs Bray Wyatt
Extreme Rules
July 19
23 Points
RDT(3)

 
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I'm a big Togo fan and honestly the Harada match still took me a bit by surprise. I actually probably liked it more than any Togo match I watched for the 2010 list.

Cody/Lee was pretty good but I thought the Kingston match with Rhodes was more explosive and exciting and really the perfect way to debut Eddie (outside of the no real audience, huge shame). I really didn't like that HIAC at all tbh. I thought they had a good match in November though.
 

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13= NXT North American Championship
Keith Lee(c) vs Dominik Dijakovic
NXT Takeover: Portland
February 18
24 Points

RDT(13), Crocker(15)



13= Daisuke Ikeda vs Yuki Ishikawa
wXw Ambition 12
March 7
24 Points
GARBAGE(2)



13= Firefly Fun House
Bray Wyatt vs John Cena
Wrestlemania 36
April 5
24 Points
RDT(2)



12. RevPro Undisputed British Heavyweight Championship
Zack Sabre Jr(c) vs Will Osprey
RevPro High Stakes
February 14
25 Points
Crocker(5), Jacob Fox(22)

 

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Ishikawa and Ikeda getting to have multiple matches OUTSIDE OF JAPAN in the year 2020 is just something that almost should not have been allowed to happen (or, been allowed to happen the previous 2.5 decades) and I couldn't be happier about it. I almost, almost liked that Ospreay/Sabre match at first but they wound up losing me by the end of it.
 

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10= Men’s Royal Rumble Match
Royal Rumble
January 26
26 Points
RDT(5), Crocker(21)



10= Boneyard Match
AJ Styles vs The Undertaker
Wrestlemania 36
April 4
26 Points
RDT(1), Crocker(25)



9. WWE Universal Championship
TLC Match
Roman Reigns(c) vs Kevin Owens
WWE TLC
December 20
27 Points
RDT(10), GARBAGE(20), Jacob Fox(21)


8. AEW World Tag Team Championship
FTR(c) vs The Young Bucks
AEW Full Gear
November 7
32 Points
Jacob Fox(2), Crocker(18)


7. Kazuchika Okada vs Shingo Takagi
G1 Glimax 30
October 10
35 Points
Jacob Fox(8), Crocker(9)

6. Parking Lot War
Best Friends vs Ortiz & Santana
AEW Dynamite
October 9
41 Points
GARBAGE(3), Jacob Fox(7)

 

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I was pleasantly surprised by Reigns vs. Owens. Never disliked Steen/Owens but also never been a huge huge fan of him either, and this felt like the first time watching him that he could be Face of the Company. I liked the Uso run in even, dude got stomped.

The parking lot war is amazing. I have almost no time for anything Chuck Taylor so imagine my shock when his parking lot match wound up maybe even better than fucking Fit Finlay vs. Steven Regal or fucking Eddie Guerrero vs. John Cena. Some genuinely brutal shit in the match, especially involving actual cars. One of the best ECW-ish matches I think that's probably ever happened.

I couldn't finish that Okada/Shingo lmao
 

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Yeah just like I thought, our answers are a lot more varied than in some of the previous ones, it seems. 2020 definitely was an anomaly.
 

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5. IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Kazuchika Okada(c) vs Kota Ibushi
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14
January 4
46 Points
Jacob Fox(3), Crocker(6), GARBAGE(23)


4. AEW World Tag Team Championship
Adam Page & Kenny Omega(c) vs The Young Bucks
AEW Revolution
February 29
48 Points
Jacob Fox(1), Crocker(3)


3. Daniel Bryan vs Drew Gulak
WWE Elimination Chamber
March 8
49 Points
GARBAGE(1), Crocker(2)

 

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I didn't send in a list so don't mind me too much lol but that Bucks tag match would probably have been my #1. I'm very happy to see the Danielson/Gulak match so high tho, that's such a gem that really shows where Danielson's mindset was at the time
 

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I didn't send in a list so don't mind me too much lol but that Bucks tag match would probably have been my #1. I'm very happy to see the Danielson/Gulak match so high tho, that's such a gem that really shows where Danielson's mindset was at the time
I hope you will do our next one. Your wrestling opinion means a lot
 

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Yes I enjoy the project I just have a hard time commuting to a list lol
 
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