Ongoing All Time MOTY List
After the success of our ongoing Match of the Year list, we decided to launch a collaborative all encompassing match of the year list. Eric and I will put our heads together and come up with a MOTY for ever year we have tape. Like our other lists this will be subject to change, if we come across something we like better it can be overridden. Feel free to suggest other matches in the comment section of the year choices.
1950 Buddy Rogers vs. Lou Thesz Chicago 6/21/50
1951 Donn Lewin vs. Leo Garibaldi California Wrestling 4/30/51
1953 Larry Chene vs. Rocky Columbo Chicago Wrestling 9/25/53
1958 Gilbert LeDuc vs. Rocco Lamban French Catch 10/30/58
1959 Claude Montourcy/Gilbert LeDuc vs. Karl von Chenok/Robert Gastel French Catch 5/23/59
1960 Teddy Boy vs. Modesto Aledo French Catch 10/13/60
1962 Jacky Corn vs. Cheri Bibi French Catch 12/14/62
1963 Golden Moose Cholak vs. Larry Chene Chicago Wrestling 3/15/63
1960 Teddy Boy vs. Modesto Aledo French Catch 10/13/60
1962 Jacky Corn vs. Cheri Bibi French Catch 12/14/62
1963 Golden Moose Cholak vs. Larry Chene Chicago Wrestling 3/15/63
1964 Dan Aubriot/Bob Plantin vs. Manuel Manneveau/Claude Gessat French Catch 5/16/64
1965 Gilbert Cesca/Ben Chemoil vs. Anton Tejero/Inca Peruano French Catch 3/12/65
1965 Gilbert Cesca/Ben Chemoil vs. Anton Tejero/Inca Peruano French Catch 3/12/65
1966 Billy Catanzaro/Gilbert Le Magorou vs. Vasilios Mantopoulos/Francis Louis French Catch 8/19/66
1967 Anton Tejero vs. Walter Borders French Catch 8/29/67
1968 Daniel Boucard vs. Georges Cohen French Catch 12/26/68
1969 Johnny Valentine vs. Wild Bull Curry NWA Houston 6/20/69
1970 Gene Kiniski/Johnny Valentine vs. Giant Baba/Antonio Inoki JWA 12/1/70
1971 Le Petit Prince/Francis Louis vs. Daniel Noced/Jacky Richard French Catch 2/22/71
1967 Anton Tejero vs. Walter Borders French Catch 8/29/67
1968 Daniel Boucard vs. Georges Cohen French Catch 12/26/68
1969 Johnny Valentine vs. Wild Bull Curry NWA Houston 6/20/69
1970 Gene Kiniski/Johnny Valentine vs. Giant Baba/Antonio Inoki JWA 12/1/70
1971 Le Petit Prince/Francis Louis vs. Daniel Noced/Jacky Richard French Catch 2/22/71
1973 Gilbert Leduc vs. Bert Mychel French Catch 4/16/73
1974 Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Kobayashi NJPW 3/19/74
1975 The Destroyer vs. The Spirit AJPW 7/25/75
1976 Killer Karl Kox vs. Dick Murdoch AJPW 12/9/76
1977 Harley Race vs. Terry Funk NWA Houston 7/1/77
1978 Wahoo McDaniel vs. Harley Race NWA Houston 2/10/78
1979 The Spoiler vs. Wahoo McDaniel NWA Houston 4/21/79
1980 Roddy Piper/Rick Martel vs. Buddy Rose/Ed Wiskowski PNW 8/2/80
1981 Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen NJPW 9/23/81
1983 Sangre Chicana vs. MS-1 CMLL 9/23/83
1985 Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee CWA 12/21/85
1986 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Morton NWA 7/5/86
1987 Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu NJPW 6/9/87
1988 Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu/Toshiaki Kawada AJPW 12/16/88
1989 Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kazuo Yamazaki UWF 7/24/89
1990 Atsushi Onita/Tarzan Goto vs. Kendo Nagasaki/Masanobu Kurisu FMW 4/27/90
1991 El Hijo Del Santo vs. Brazo de Oro UWA 1/13/91
1992 Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Doug Furnas/Dan Kroffat AJPW 5/25/92
1993 Riki Choshu/Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu/Takashi Ishikawa WAR 4/2/93
1994 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada AJPW 6/3/94
1995 Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi AJPW 6/9/95
1974 Antonio Inoki vs. Strong Kobayashi NJPW 3/19/74
1975 The Destroyer vs. The Spirit AJPW 7/25/75
1976 Killer Karl Kox vs. Dick Murdoch AJPW 12/9/76
1977 Harley Race vs. Terry Funk NWA Houston 7/1/77
1978 Wahoo McDaniel vs. Harley Race NWA Houston 2/10/78
1979 The Spoiler vs. Wahoo McDaniel NWA Houston 4/21/79
1980 Roddy Piper/Rick Martel vs. Buddy Rose/Ed Wiskowski PNW 8/2/80
1981 Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen NJPW 9/23/81
1983 Sangre Chicana vs. MS-1 CMLL 9/23/83
1985 Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee CWA 12/21/85
1986 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Morton NWA 7/5/86
1987 Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Riki Choshu NJPW 6/9/87
1988 Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu/Toshiaki Kawada AJPW 12/16/88
1989 Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs. Kazuo Yamazaki UWF 7/24/89
1990 Atsushi Onita/Tarzan Goto vs. Kendo Nagasaki/Masanobu Kurisu FMW 4/27/90
1991 El Hijo Del Santo vs. Brazo de Oro UWA 1/13/91
1992 Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Doug Furnas/Dan Kroffat AJPW 5/25/92
1993 Riki Choshu/Shinya Hashimoto vs. Genichiro Tenryu/Takashi Ishikawa WAR 4/2/93
1994 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada AJPW 6/3/94
1995 Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi AJPW 6/9/95
1996 Akira Taue/Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jun Akiyama/Mitsuharu Misawa AJPW 12/6/96
1997 El Hijo Del Santo vs. Negro Casas CMLL 9/19/97
1998 Shinobu Kandori vs. Yumiko Hotta LLPW 3/21/98
1999 El Hijo Del Santo/Negro Casas vs. Bestia Salvaje/Scorpio Jr. CMLL 3/19/99
2000 Villano III vs. Atlantis CMLL 3/17/00
2001 La Parka vs. El Hijo Del Santo Monterey 12/23/01
2002 American Dragon vs. Low-Ki JAPW 6/7/02
2003 Brock Lesnar vs. Rey Mysterio WWE Smackdown 12/11/03
2004 Shinya Hashimoto vs. Toshiaki Kawada AJPW 2/24/04
2005 Necro Butcher vs. Samoa Joe IWA-MS 6/11/05
2006 Team Anarchy (Shadow Jackson/Nemesis/Slim J/Ace Rockwell) vs. The Devil's Rejects (Iceberg/Tank/Azrael/Shaun Tempers) NWA Anarchy 7/22/06
2007 Chris Hero vs. Eddie Kingston IWA-MS 9/29/07
2008 Blue Panther vs. Villano V CMLL 9/19/08
2009 Daisuke Ikeda/Takeshi Ono vs. Manabu Suruga/Takahiro Oba FUTEN 4/26/09
2010 Daisuke Ikeda/Takahiro Oba vs. Makoto Hashi/Kengo Mashimo FUTEN 10/25/10
2011 Eddie Kingston vs. Mike Quackenbush Chikara 11/13/11
2012 Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena WWE 4/29/12
2013 William Regal vs. Kassius Ohno NXT 3/21/13
2014 The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family WWE 2/23/14
2015 Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Low-Ki JAPW 11/14/15
2016 Black Terry vs. Wotan Chilanga Mask 8/21/16
2017 AJ Styles vs. Brock Lesnar WWE Survivor Series 11/19/17
2018 Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas NXT TakeOver 1/27/18
2019 Blue Demon Jr. vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. AAA 8/3/19
2020 Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak WWE Elimination Chamber 3/8/20
1997 El Hijo Del Santo vs. Negro Casas CMLL 9/19/97
1998 Shinobu Kandori vs. Yumiko Hotta LLPW 3/21/98
1999 El Hijo Del Santo/Negro Casas vs. Bestia Salvaje/Scorpio Jr. CMLL 3/19/99
2000 Villano III vs. Atlantis CMLL 3/17/00
2001 La Parka vs. El Hijo Del Santo Monterey 12/23/01
2002 American Dragon vs. Low-Ki JAPW 6/7/02
2003 Brock Lesnar vs. Rey Mysterio WWE Smackdown 12/11/03
2004 Shinya Hashimoto vs. Toshiaki Kawada AJPW 2/24/04
2005 Necro Butcher vs. Samoa Joe IWA-MS 6/11/05
2006 Team Anarchy (Shadow Jackson/Nemesis/Slim J/Ace Rockwell) vs. The Devil's Rejects (Iceberg/Tank/Azrael/Shaun Tempers) NWA Anarchy 7/22/06
2007 Chris Hero vs. Eddie Kingston IWA-MS 9/29/07
2008 Blue Panther vs. Villano V CMLL 9/19/08
2009 Daisuke Ikeda/Takeshi Ono vs. Manabu Suruga/Takahiro Oba FUTEN 4/26/09
2010 Daisuke Ikeda/Takahiro Oba vs. Makoto Hashi/Kengo Mashimo FUTEN 10/25/10
2011 Eddie Kingston vs. Mike Quackenbush Chikara 11/13/11
2012 Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena WWE 4/29/12
2013 William Regal vs. Kassius Ohno NXT 3/21/13
2014 The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family WWE 2/23/14
2015 Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Low-Ki JAPW 11/14/15
2016 Black Terry vs. Wotan Chilanga Mask 8/21/16
2017 AJ Styles vs. Brock Lesnar WWE Survivor Series 11/19/17
2018 Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade "Cien" Almas NXT TakeOver 1/27/18
2019 Blue Demon Jr. vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. AAA 8/3/19
2020 Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak WWE Elimination Chamber 3/8/20
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Labels: All Time MOTY, Best Wrestling Matches, Best Wrestling of All Time
posted by Phil @ 10:03 PM
11 Comments:
I noticed there is no 1996 moty. Is this because you're waiting to review Rey vs Psychosis from Bash at the Beach?
That would be a fun challenger, but we have a different match slotted as our 1996 rep. It's not a contentious pick.
For 1970, the date is December 1, not February
Changed, thank you
I assume you guys are working on 1984 as well?
Also, if one were to find matches from unrepresented years such as the early 70's would it be fair to pass them along?
Absolutely, suggest away!
We definitely always accept recommendations for any year, whether we've done it or not. We love doing challenges , always down for new recs. Do it!
In case you change any matches in the future, you should probably slot them at the end of this masterpost as honorable mentions.
I took this great anonymous advice and have added links to all past champions and challengers.
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So...nobody liked Buddy Rogers vs Pat O'Connor 6/30/61 Chicago?
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