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Recommend a match/MOTYC

Not a motyc, but Bryan Keith vs Bandido from the same show was also really good. The Spaghetti Western standoff sequence was so good.

I haven't been impressed with Keith in the various trios matches I've seen, but he looked awesome here.
 
2/12/25 MJF Vs Dustin Rhodes
MJF has been really off the last while but this was a really good performance from him and Dustin is almost always good. The super hot crowd obviously really helped.

a couple CMLL matches from last year I finally got around to watching
6/21/24 Mistico Vs Hiromu
6/22/24 Zack Sabre Jr Vs Hechicero

Hiromu never gets to work as a heel anymore and it's a shame because he is so much better as one. Crowd in Arena Mexico was rabid for this (shock) and it was a lot of fun. Only complaint was Mistico not selling all of Hiromu's legwork enough.
Sabre and Hechicero was a lot of swank graps.
 
Jericho vs Bandido from 2/22 Collision was the best Jericho match in years. Not just a Bandido carry job as Jericho brought a lot to the match. Obviously not a motyc, but it needs a mention.
 
Feb AEW TV matches that should be watched, and there's an asterisk next to the matches that I thought were the best from the month:

Dynamite:

The Hounds Of Hell vs Takeshita/Fletcher - 2/5 *
Ricochet vs Swerve Strickland - 2/5 *
MJF vs Dustin Rhodes - 2/12
Powerhouse Hobbs vs Big Bill - 2/19
Will Ospreay vs Bryan Keith - 2/26
Undisputed Kingdom vs FTR/Garcia - 2/26
Konosuke Takeshita vs Orange Cassidy - 2/26 *

The Dynamite on my birthday (2/26) was extra loaded. Thanks AEW.


Collision:

Bandido vs Bryan Keith - 2/8
Kyle Fletcher vs Mark Briscoe - 2/8 *
Ospreay/Omega vs Takeshita/Fletcher - 2/15 *
Edge/Jay White vs Mox/Claudio - 2/15
Kazuchika Okada vs Buddy Matthews - 2/15
"Timeless" Toni Storm vs Mariah May - 2/15
"The Beast" Mortos vs Hologram - 2/22 *
Chris Jericho vs Bandido - 2/22
 
AEW 3/9
Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher
Kazuchika Okada vs. Brody King
MJF vs. "Hangman" Adam Page
Swerve Strickland vs. Ricochet
"Timeless" Toni Stormvs. Mariah May
Konosuke Takeshit) vs. Kenny Omega

all of this
 
3/20 NJ Cup Final Shota Umino Vs Finlay

Shota has been really hit and miss and I'm not the biggest Finlay guy but this worked really well.
 
11/24/24 Shuji Ishikawa Vs Shiozaki
1/24/25 Sekimoto Vs Jeff Cobb

BIG BOYS CLUBBERING

3/26 Mark Briscoe Vs Takeshita

MEDIUM BOYS CLUBBERING
 
Desperado Vs Kosei Fujita, 2/4/25
YAMATO Vs KZY, 3/1/25

Fujita should be a top junior star for a long time to come if njpw gave any fucks about that division.

KZY....I STILL BELIEVE.
 
March AEW TV Matches that are worth watching:

FTR vs Strong/O'Reilly - 3/1 - Collision
Okada/Ricochet vs Swerve/Brody - 3/5 - Dynamite
Mark Davis vs Mark Briscoe - 3/15 - Collision
FTR vs Strong/O'Reilly - 3/15 - Collision
Speedball vs Ricochet vs Orange Cassidy vs Mark Davis - 3/19 - Dynamite
Brody King vs Kyle Fletcher - 3/26 - Dynamite
Jay White vs Kevin Knight - 3/29 - Collision

Honorable Mentions - Edge vs Moxley for the bat spot, and I enjoyed Billie Starkz vs Mercedes for what it was.
 
Franceso Akira Vs Desperado, 3/6/25
Hirooki Goto Vs Tanahashi, 3/6/25
Gabe Kidd Vs Ren Narita, 3/6/25
Kevin Knight, Mark Briscoe, Bailey, Ospreay vs. Andretti, Lio Rush, Ricochet, Mortos 4/9
Tanahashi Vs Takeshita 4/11
 
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Drilla Moloney Vs Tomohiro Ishii, 3/9/25 (NJ Cup)
Young Bucks Vs Kevin Knight/Mike Bailey, 4/23/25
Hirooki Goto Vs Nagata, 3/15/25
 
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Dontaku 5/3

-NJPW World Television Title Match El Phantasmo (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita
-Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
-Shingo Takagi vs. Shota Umino
-Loser Leaves BULLET CLUB Steel Cage Ten Man Tag Team Match House Of Torture (EVIL, Ren Narita, SANADA, SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru) vs. BULLET CLUB War Dogs (Clark Connors, David Finlay, Drilla Moloney, Gabe Kidd & Taiji Ishimori)
 
AEW tv matches I really liked in April and this month had some crazy tv matches. I'll put my favorites of the month in bold.

Dynamite:

Mox/Marina vs Willow/Swerve - 4/2
Athena vs Mercedes Mone - 4/16
Hangman Page vs Josh Alexander - 4/16
Will Ospreay vs Konosuke Takeshita - 4/16
Joe/Shibata/Hobbs vs Death Riders - 4/16
Mark Briscoe vs Ricochet - 4/23
The Young Bucks vs Speedball/Knight - 4/23
Omega/Speedball/Knight/Briscoe vs Okada/Bucks/Ricochet - 4/30
Hangman Page vs Kyle Fletcher - 4/30

Collision:

Hobbs/Ishii vs Fletcher/Takeshita - 4/5
PAC vs Cash Wheeler - 4/5
Konosuke Takeshita vs Brody King - 4/12
Takeshita/Alexander vs Ishii/Romero - 4/17
Nick Wayne vs Kommander - 4/17
FTR vs O'Reilly/Strong - 4/26
 
Kasai Vs Desperado Vs Masashi Takeda, 3/10/25
KoseiFujita/RobbieEagles Vs RobbieX/Ishimori, 4/4/25
Hirooki Goto Vs Callum Newman, 5/4/25
Yota Tsuji Vs Yuya Uemura, 5/4/25
 
May AEW TV matches I liked with the best of the month in bold

Dynamite:

Ricochet/Bucks vs Speedball/Swerve/Mark - 5/7
Samoa Joe vs Claudio Castagnoli - 5/7
Ospreay/Hangman vs Alexander/Takeshita - 5/14
Samoa Joe vs Jon Moxley - 5/14
Swerve/Hobbs/Joe vs Moxley/Bucks - 5/21
Moxley/Kidd/Marina vs Speedball/Mark/Willow - 5/28
Brody King vs Josh Alexander - 5/28

Collision:

Brody King vs Josh Alexander - 5/3
FTR vs Paragon - 5/3
Mike Bailey vs Dralistico - 5/8
Dax Harwood vs Daniel Garcia - 5/8
Paragon vs Grizzled Young Veterans - 5/22
Kommander/Speedball vs Dralistico/Rush - 5/22
Claudio Castagnoli vs Kommander - 5/31
Paragon/Ishii vs RPG Vice/Takeshita - 5/31
Hechicero vs Mascara Dorada - 5/31
 
Taichi/Ishii Vs Hiromu/Naito, 4/26/25
War Dogs Vs HoT Dogpound Cage Match, 5/3/25
Akiyama/Sabre Vs Taichi/Ishii, 5/7/25

Naito's last great match before leaving NJPW and the crowd is UP for it.
NJPW has really figured out a great formula for cage matches.
Akiyama and Ishii have both slowed down but they can still GO in the right setting and this is IT. Kawada is in attendance and that brings out the King's Road spirit in everyone. The amount of callbacks to classic AJPW/NOAH finishes in this is great.
 
DPW/WCP/Prestige UNIT3D (6/1/25)
Jordan Cruz vs. Starboy Charlie - ***
Dani Luna vs. Nicole Matthews - ***1/4
Adam Priest/Mad Dog Connelly vs. Jake Something/Matt Tremont - ***
Cowboy Way vs. Sinner & Saint - ***1/2

-Cruz is going to be on primetime television by this time next year.
-Dani already has TNA experience, but she's destined for some wars in AEW. CanadianChick is a solid as hell heel.
-Garbage brawl tag really delivers what made those classic ECW brawls work, as there's never a dull moment. Tremont is kept to a minimum. If Something starts delivering decent promos then he's going to be someone to look out for because he's checking the boxes everywhere else. Priest is a classic heel, probably the smartest worker here. Connelly is fine.
-GOOD OL' HOSS POWER will always stand out in the day and age of flippy-floppy.
 
KUSHIDA Vs Kosei Fujita, 5/17/25 (BOSJ)
Kosei Fujita Vs YOH, 6/1/25 (BOSJ Finals)

There's a bunch of other very good matches from BOSJ but these are the two that stood out to me.
 
June AEW TV Matches I liked with the best in bold

Dynamite:

Speedball/Knight/Kommander vs Rush/Dralistico/Mortos - 6/4
Swerve Strickland vs Will Ospreay - 6/11
The Hurt Syndicate vs Speedball/Knight/Dorada - 6/11
Mistico vs MJF - 6/18
Joe/Shibata/Hobbs/Swerve/Ospreay vs Bucks/Moxley/Yuta/Mortos - 6/18
Mark Briscoe vs Roderick Strong vs Bandido vs Konosuke Takeshita - 6/25
Hangman Page vs Mortos - 6/25

Collision:

FTR vs Atlantis Jr/Templario - 6/4
Bandido vs Mortos - 6/11
Cole/Strong/Garcia/Bandido vs FTR/Fletcher/Takeshita - 6/21
Swerve Strickland vs Shane Taylor - 6/21
Kyle Fletcher vs Kyle O'Reilly - 6/26
 
6/4 UT Vs Mochizuki Jr
6/4 YAMATO Vs Mochizuki

I haven't really been feeling this YAMATO run but Mochi brings the best out of him
 
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