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Tuesday, January 07, 2014

2014 MOTY MASTER LIST

1. The Shield v. The Wyatt Family WWE Elimination Chamber 2/23
2. The Shield v. The Wyatt Family WWE Raw 3/3
3. Hardy Boys v. Young Bucks NEW 8/2
4. Atlantis v. Ultimo Guerrero CMLL 9/19
5. Daniel Bryan v. Bray Wyatt WWE Royal Rumble 1/26
6. Chris Hero v. Eddie Kingston AIW 12/26
7. Cesaro v. Sami Zayn NXT Arrival 2/27
8. Antonio Cesaro v. John Cena WWE Raw 2/17
9. Virus v. Titan CMLL 1/28
10. AJ Styles v. Chris Hero ROH 3/22

11. Daniel Bryan v. HHH WWE WrestleMania 4/6
12. Biff Busick v. Drew Gulak CZW 4/27
13. Minoru Suzuki v. AJ Styles NJPW 8/1
14. Dean Ambrose v. Seth Rollins WWE RAW 8/18
15. Rey Hechicero v. Black Terry Chilanga Mask 10/26
16. Rush v. Negro Casas CMLL 8/1
17. Brazo Jr. v. Kortiz WMC 8/24
18. Tomoaki Honma v. Katsuyori Shibata NJPW 8/3
19. Damien Wayne v. Preston Quinn Fusion Wrestling 5/24
20. Virus v. Dragon Lee CMLL 12/9

21. Cavernario/Dragon Lee Jr./Negro Casas v. Virus/Hechicero/Cachorro CMLL 5/23
22. Hardy Boys v. Briscoe Brothers OMEGA 4/26
23. Biff Busick v. Timothy Thatcher Beyond Wrestling "Secret Show" 4/13
24. Kongo Kong v. Danny Cannon IWA-MS 5/1
25. Meiko Satomura v. Hiroyo Matsumoto Fortune Dream 6/8
26. Yuki Ishikawa v. George Terzis Battle Arts Academy 6/14
27. Timothy Thatcher v. Joe Graves PREMIER 11/29
28. Daniel Bryan v. Randy Orton WWE Raw 2/3
29. Sheamus/Christian v. Real Americans WWE Raw 2/10
30. Drew Gulak v. Timothy Thatcher EVOLVE 8/8

31. Rey Hechicero/Black Terry v. Negro Navarro/Trauma 2 Chilanga Mask 10/25
32. Bray Wyatt vs. Dean Ambrose WWE Survivor Series 11/23
33. Preston Quinn/Pat Busick v. Damien Wayne/Mike Booth Fusion Wrestling 9/27
34. Ultimo Guerrero/Blue Panther v. Black Terry/Solar CMLL Sanchez 11/15
35. Rey Hechicero v. Black Terry Chilanga Mask 11/23
36. Arkangel De La Muerte v. Gallo CMLL 6/24
37. Tomoaki Honma v. Katsuyori Shibata NJPW 8/3
38. Biff Busick vs. Timothy Thatcher WWN Live in China 11/16
39. Bobby Fish v. TJ Perkins PWG 8/29
40. Heidi Lovelace v. Jordynne Grace IWA-MS 2/8

41. Andrew Alexander vs. Shaun Tempers Empire Wrestling 2/10
42. The Shield v. Evolution WWE Extreme Rules 5/4
43. Wyatt Family v. Goldust/Cody Rhodes/Rey Mysterio WWE Smackdown 2/18
44. Sheamus v. Cesaro WWE 9/21
45. Sheamus/Daniel Bryan/ Rey Mysterio v. The Shield WWE Smackdown 1/28
46. Dragon Lee/Stuka Jr./Star Jr. v. Belial/Extreme Tiger/Impulso Chilanga Mask 11/23
47. Biff Busick v. Drew Gulak CZW 9/27

56. Goldust/Cody Rhodes v. Antonio Cesaro/Jack Swagger WWE Main Event 3/19
57. Charles Lucero v. Silver Star ACM 3/2
58. Daniel Bryan v. Antonio Cesaro WWE Smackdown 2/18
59. Kota Ibushi v. Tomohiro Ishii NJPW 5/25
60. Negro Casas v. Titan CMLL 1/3

61. Goldust/Cody Rhodes/Big E Langston v. The Shield WWE Raw 1/20
62. Antonio Cesaro v. Sheamus v. Christian v. Daniel Bryan v. John Cena v. Randy Orton WWE Elimination Chamber 2/23

63. HARASHIMA v. Masa Takanashi DDT 2/23
64. Blue Panther/Black Panther/Cachorro v. Felino/Puma/Tiger CMLL 3/24
65. Goldust/Cody Rhodes v. Antonio Cesaro/Jack Swagger WWE Raw 1/6
66. Biff Busick v. Speedball Mike Bailey CZW 7/12
67. Big Ryck v. Prince Puma Lucha Underground 9/27
68. Rey Hechicero v. Barbaro Cavernario CMLL 6/20
69. Negro Navarro v. Virus 11/5 
70. Daniel Bryan/John Cena/Sheamus v. The Shield WWE Raw 1/27

71. Dean Ambrose/Seth Rollins v. Cesaro/Jack Swagger WWE Raw 3/24
72. Corporal Robinson/Heidi Lovelace/Mickie Knuckles v. Kongo Kong/Randi West/Jordynn Grace IWA-MS 3/9
73. Kevin Steen v. Speedball Mike Bailey C*4 5/3
74. Dean Ambrose v. Sheamus WWE Smackdown 5/9
75. Guerrero Maya Jr./Hechicero v. Traumas 1 & 2 CMLL Sanchez 11/15
76. Rey Hechicero/Barbaro Cavernario v. Veneno/Negro Navarro Cara Lucha 11/29
77. Tomoaki Honma/Yuji Nagata v. Katsuyori Shibata/Hirooki Goto NJPW 6/21

81. Mark Henry/Big Show v. Luke Harper/Erick Rowan WWE Raw 8/18
82. Cachorro v. Barbaro Cavernario CMLL 4/18
83. Virus v. Dragon Lee CMLL 9/2
84. Aerostar v. Argenis v. Angelico v. Cage Lucha Underground 10/18
85. Blue Panther v. Ephesto CMLL 6/22
86. The Shield v. The Wyatt Family WWE Raw 5/5
87. Villano IV v. Chessman AAA 3/16
88. Jack Gallagher v. Dean Allmark NGW 9/14/14
89. Yuki Ishikawa v. Sansyu Battle Arts Academy 11/14
90. Negro Casas/Puma/Tiger v. Guerrero Maya Jr./Atlantis/Delta CMLL 1/26

91. Dean Ambrose v. Randy Orton WWE Smackdown 8/8
92. Chris Hero v. Colin Delaney 2CW 5/16
93. Diamante Azul/Dragon Lee/La Sombra v. Rey Hechicero/Barbaro Cavernario/Negro Casas CMLL 9/16
94. Rey Hechicero v. Barbaro Cavernario CMLL 4/8
95. Solar v. Negro Navarro 10/11
96. Blue Panther/Valiente/Diamante Azul v. Terrible/Vangellys/Rey Bucanero CMLL 4/11
97. Freelance/Arez/Micke Segura v. Los Tortugas Ninjas 12/13
100. Blue Panther v. Negro Casas CMLL 1/2


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2014 Ongoing Match of the Year List

2. Goldust/Cody Rhodes vs. Antonio Cesaro/Jack Swagger WWE Raw 1/6/14

ER: So it's been no secret the last few months that week in, week out the most consistently great thing about Raw/Smackdown has been Goldust performances in tag matches. This match is another awesome tag sprint on what's now a pretty impressive list for the Rhodes Brothers. Obviously the other participants are no slouches as Cesaro has been one of the best in the world over the last year, but these tags are all about the Goldust show. When he's in he's arguably the most electric performer in the world. When he's on the apron I find myself watching him and waiting for him to either tag in or just bask in his apron work. The match is a hot 10 minutes with a couple great nearfalls (WWE spent so many years having guys use a roll up as a finish that it's now one of the more believable nearfall tricks they can pull on me) including Cesaro leaping in from the floor with a glorious battering ram headbutt to break up a pin. Great callback spot with Goldust taking a mammoth yakuza kick that sends him spilling off the apron, climaxing with Dust roaring back in to save Cody a couple minutes later with a bigger yakuza kick. The Goldust swinging rana off the top is probably the coolest move a wrestler has added to his arsenal past the age of 40. Cesaro is such a great catcher that it's no shock it was Dust's best rana since adding the move. Expect more Rhodes Bros. tags to show up on our list as the year goes on, as Dustin hot tags are pretty much the most exciting thing in wrestling for me right now.

PAS: Yeah this was really fun. If they keep the team together I could see this list as 60% Rhodes brothers tags, as they have a really fun group of heel teams to work against, always seem to get enough time and are maybe the best working babyface tag team since the Rock and Roll Express. I am going to write ad infinitum about how awesome Goldust is, but I really think Cody is the most improved wrestler in the world. He has a set of impressive offensive moves which he has different ways of executing, takes big bumps and sells great. Honestly the coolest spot in the match was Cody freaking out and trying ten different counters before Goldust ran in with that awesome Yakuza kick.

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