Phil's Ongoing 2008 MOTY List

1. Jimmy Jacobs v. B.J. Whitmer IWA-MS 3/1
2. Floyd Mayweather v. Big Show WWE 3/30
3. Mike Quakenbush v. Johnny Saint WXW 3/8
4. Teddy Hart v. Eddie Kingston v. Homicide JAPW 1/19
5. Mitsuhara Misawa v. Takeshi Morishima NOAH 3/2
6. Bryan Danielson v. Nigel McGuiness ROH 2/23
7 Erick Stevens v. Roderick Strong FIP 2/8
8. Finlay v. JBL WWE 3/30
9. Shawn Michaels v. Ric Flair WWE 3/30
10. El Valiente + El Hijo Del Fantasma + La Mascara v. La Sombra + Volador Jr. + Sagrado CMLL 4/30

6. Bryan Danielson v. Nigel McGuiness ROH 2/23

This is probably the single best match up in wrestling right now (at least until someone gets their hands on any Ishikawa v. Ikeda Futen stuff), however like any match up which is run a lot, it can get stale. That is why I was happy to see ROH mix it up a bit by working strict face v. heel stuff for really the first time. Nigel always throws in these restarts in his big matches, and I liked the intentional DQ, the locker room coming out was a little corny (especially because it was only four dudes, if you are going to have the locker room come out, empty the locker room) but it did server it purpose and heat up the second part of the match. I am also not sure about turning a guy heel because he is concerned about brain damage, but hell its wrestling and Gabe is a Heyman disciple, and I am sure if he learned one thing in the ECW locker room it is to convince wrestlers their company is more important then their health. I did like how Danielson worked around striking the head, and how not throwing the elbows cost him the match. Danielson does a really awesome job selling the lariats and you buy them fucking up his eye. Still I think Nigel’s arm bar looks like shit, and that as a finish left me a little flat. Not as good as their really great matches, but it is always worth watching these two wrestle each other.