Top 100 Pro Wrestling Matches of 2015
100) Mike Bailey vs. Trevor Lee (PWG Don’t Sweat The Technique) – ***3/4
99) Roman Reigns vs. Cesaro (WWE RAW 11/16) – ***3/4
98) Tomoaki Honma & Togi Makabe vs. Tetsuya Naito & EVIL (NPW World Tag League Finals) – ****
97) Aero Star, Galloway, Gulak, & Best Friends vs. Andrews, Ciampa, Drago, Everett, & Thatcher (PWG BOLA: Final Stage) – ****
96) Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose (WWE RAW 5/4) – ****
95) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makabe (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 9) – ****
94) Adrian Neville vs. Kevin Owens (WWE NXT 2/18) – ****
93) Hiroshi Tanahashi & Michael Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada & YOSHI-HASHI (NJPW World Tag League Day 1) – ****
92) Monster Mafia vs. The Young Bucks (PWG From Out of Nowhere) – ****
91) Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW G1 Climax Day 12) – ****
90) The Young Bucks vs. Jack Evans & Angelico (PWG Threemendous IV) – **** (more…)
PWG Battle of Los Angeles Final Stage 2015 Review
Overall: 7.5/10
Brian Cage vs. Jack Evans (BOLA Second Round match) – ***
Biff Busick vs. Chris Hero (BOLA Second Round match) – **1/4
Trevor Lee vs. Marty Scurll (BOLA Second Round match) – ***1/2
Pentagon Jr. vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (BOLA Second Round match) – ***3/4
“Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Tommy End (BOLA Second Round match) – ***3/4
Will Ospreay vs. Matt Sydal (BOLA Second Round match) – ***1/4
Mt. Rushmore 2.0 vs. Inner City Machine Guns, Angelico, & Fenix – ***3/4
Jack Evans vs. Chris Hero (BOLA Semifinals match) – ***
“Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Will Ospreay (BOLA Semifinals match) – **1/4
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Marty Scurll (BOLA Semifinals match) – ***1/2
Aero Star, Galloway, Gulak, & Best Friends vs. Andrews, Ciampa, Drago, Everett, & Thatcher – ****
Chris Hero vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (BOLA Finals match) – ***1/2
PWG Battle of Los Angeles: Stage Two 2015 Review
Overall: 9.25/10
Marty Scurll vs. Rich Swann (BOLA First Round match) – ***1/4
Angelico vs. Jack Evans (BOLA First Round match) – **1/2
Chris Hero vs. Timothy Thatcher (BOLA First Round match) – ****
Aero Star & Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr. & Drago – ****1/4
Tommy End vs. Drew Gulak (BOLA First Round match) – **
“Speedball” Mike Bailey vs. Drew Galloway (BOLA First Round match) – ****1/4
Ricochet vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (BOLA First Round match) – ***1/2
Mt. Rushmore 2.0 vs. Biff Busick, Andrew Everett, & Trevor Lee (Guerrilla Warfare match) – ****
PWG Battle of Los Angeles: Stage One 2015 Review
Overall: 8/10
Aero Star vs. Brian Cage (BOLA First Round match) – **
Biff Busick vs. Andrew Everett (BOLA First Round match) – ***1/2
Mark Andrews vs. Will Ospreay (BOLA First Round match) – ***3/4
Los Güeros del Cielo (Angélico & Jack Evans) vs. Inner City Machine Guns – **1/2
Trent? vs. Trevor Lee (BOLA First Round match) – ***1/4
Drago vs. Pentagon Jr. (BOLA First Round match) – **1/2
Fenix vs. Matt Sydal (BOLA First Round match) – ****
Mt. Rushmore 2.0 vs. Eurotrash (Tommy End, Zack Sabre, Jr., & Marty Scurll) – ****
PWG Threemendous IV Review
Overall: 7.25/10
Team Tremendous vs. World’s Cutest Tag Team – **3/4
Brian Cage vs. Johnny Gargano – **
Andrew Everett vs. Rich Swann – **3/4
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Trevor Lee – ***1/4
Mike Bailey vs. Chris Hero – ***1/2
Ricochet vs. Akira Tozawa – ***3/4
The Young Bucks(c) vs. Jack Evans & Angelico (PWG World Tag Team Championship) – ****
PWG Mystery Vortex III Review
Overall: 8/10
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Johnny Gargano – **1/2
Monster Mafia vs. World’s Cutest Tag Team – ***1/4
Biff Busick vs. Timothy Thatcher – **1/2
Roderick Strong(c) vs. Mike Bailey (PWG World Championship) – ****
Brian Cage vs. John Silver – ***
Chris Hero vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. – ****1/4
Andrew Everett & Trevor Lee(c) vs. The Young Bucks (PWG World Tag Team Championship) – ***3/4
PWG DDT4 2015 Review
Overall: 6.75/10
The Beaver Boys vs. Team Tremendous (DDT4 First Round match) – ***
The Inner City Machine Guns vs. Drew Gulak & Biff Busick (DDT4 First Round match) – ***
Trevor Lee & Andrew Everett vs. Mike Bailey & Matt Sydal (DDT4 First Round match) – ***1/2
Monster Mafia vs. The World’s Cutest Tag Team (DDT4 First Round match) – **1/4
Monster Mafia vs. The Beaver Boys (DDT4 Semi-finals match) – *3/4
The Inner City Machine Guns vs. Trevor Lee & Andrew Everett (DDT4 Semi-finals match) – ***
Johnny Gargano vs. TJ Perkins – ***
Roderick Strong(c) vs. Chris Hero vs. Brian Cage (PWG World Championship) – **3/4
The Beaver Boys vs. Trevor Lee & Andrew Everett (DDT4 Finals match) – ***1/2
PWG Don’t Sweat The Technique Review
Overall: 8.5/10
Biff Busick vs. Brian Cage – ***1/4
Mike Bailey vs. Trevor Lee – ***3/4
World’s Cutest Tag Team vs. Beaver Boys – ***3/4
Tommy End vs. Chris Hero – ***1/2
ACH vs. Tommaso Ciampa – **1/2
LOVE GUN (Chris Sabin & Matt Sydal) vs. Monster Mafia – ***1/2
Andrew Everett vs. Ricochet – ****1/4
Roderick Strong(c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (PWG World Championship) – ****1/2
PWG From Out of Nowhere Review
Overall: 7.5/10
Mike Bailey vs. Biff Busick – ***
Cedric Alexander vs. Tommaso Ciampa – **3/4
Beaver Boys vs. Best Friends – ***1/4
ACH vs. AR Fox – ***
Drew Gulak vs. Chris Hero – ***
Ricochet vs. Matt Sydal – ****
Monster Mafia vs. The Young Bucks – ****
Roderick Strong(c) vs. Trevor Lee (PWG World Championship) – ***3/4
Top 100 Pro Wrestling Matches of 2014
100) Masato Tanaka vs. Chris Hero (DGUSA Open the Ultimate Gate) – ***3/4
99) Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 8) – ***3/4
98) Young Bucks vs. Frankie Kazarian & Christopher Daniels (ROH TV 9/6) – ***3/4
97) AJ Lee vs. Natalya (WWE Main Event 3/11) – ****
96) KUSHIDA vs. Ryusuke Taguchi (NJPW Destruction in Kobe) – ****
95) Adam Cole vs. Christopher Daniels (ROH Glory By Honor XIII) – ****
94) Hirooki Goto vs. Tetsuya Naito (NJPW G1 Climax Day 8) – ****
93) 10 Man Tag (PWG BOLA Night 3) – ****
92) Adam Cole vs. AJ Styles (ROH All Star Extravaganza 6) – ****
91) Hiroyoshi Tenzan vs. Hirooki Goto (NJPW G1 Climax Day 7) – ****
90) Johhny Gargano vs. Roderick Strong (DGUSA Way of the Ronin) – **** (more…)
PWG Black Cole Sun Review
Overall: 7.75/10
ACH, AR Fox & Rich Swann vs. Bobby Fish, Johnny Gargano & Chuck Taylor – ***1/4
Cedric Alexander vs. Adam Cole – ***
Chris Hero vs. Trevor Lee – ***1/4
World’s Cutest Tag Team(c) vs. The Addiction (World Tag Team Championship) – ***1/4
Biff Busick vs. Brian Cage vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Uhaa Nation – ***1/4
Chris Sabin & Matt Sydal vs. The Young Bucks – ***3/4
Kyle O’Reilly(c) vs. Ricochet (PWG World Championship) – ****
Kyle O’Reilly(c) vs. Roderick Strong (Guerrilla Warfare match for the PWG World Championship) – ****
PWG Untitled II Review
Overall: 7.25/10
Biff Busick vs. Tommaso Ciampa – ***1/2
Cedric Alexander vs. Bobby Fish – **1/4
Brian Cage vs. Uhaa Nation – ***1/4
World’s Cutest Tag Team(c) vs. Johnny Gargano & Chuck Taylor (World Tag Team Championship) – ***1/4
Adam Cole vs. Trevor Lee – ***1/2
The Young Bucks vs. AR Fox & ACH – ***3/4
Kyle O’Reilly(c) vs. Roderick Strong (PWG World Championship) – ***1/2
PWG Battle of Los Angeles Night 3 2014 Review
Overall: 8.25/10
Johnny Gargano vs. Candice LeRae (Quarter-Final match) – **1/2
TJ Perkins vs. Ricochet (Quarter-Final match) – ***
Trevor Lee vs. Michael Elgin (Quarter-Final match) – ***
Kenny Omega vs. Matt Sydal (Quarter-Final match) – ***1/4
Roderick Strong vs. AJ Styles (Quarter-Final match) – ***1/2
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Quarter-Final match) – ****
Mount Rushmore vs. ACH, Brian Myers, & Chris Sabin – ***1/4
Johnny Gargano vs. Trevor Lee (Semi-Final match) – ***1/4
Kenny Omega vs. Ricochet (Semi-Final match) – ****
Alexander, Busick, Ciampa, Fish, & Gulak vs. Hero, Mack, Ryan, Swann, & Taylor – ****
Johnny Gargano vs. Ricochet vs. Roderick Strong (BOLA Finals match) – ***1/2
PWG Battle of Los Angeles Night 2 2014 Review
Overall: 7.5/10
Candice LeRae vs. Rich Swann (First Round match) – ***
Johnny Gargano vs. Chuck Taylor (First Round match) – ***
Ricochet vs. Chris Sabin (First Round match) – ***1/2
Biff Busick & Drew Gulak vs. reDRagon – ***1/2
Chris Hero vs. Matt Sydal (First Round match) – ***3/4
Adam Cole vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (First Round match) – ***3/4
ACH vs. Kenny Omega (First Round match) – ***3/4
The Young Bucks vs. Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian – ***1/4
PWG Battle of Los Angeles Night 1 2014 Review
Overall: 7.5/10
Bobby Fish vs. TJ Perkins (First Round match) – ***1/4
Biff Busick vs. Roderick Strong (First Round match) – ***
Cedric Alexander vs. Trevor Lee (First Round match) – **1/2
Worlds Cutest Tag Team(c) vs. Christopher Daniels & Frankie Kazarian vs. Inner City Machine Guns (World Tag Team Championship) – ***
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Michael Elgin (First Round match) – **3/4
Brian Myers vs. AJ Styles (First Round match) – ***
Drew Gulak vs. Kyle O’Reilly (First Round match) – ***1/2
Mount Rushmore vs. Friends of Low Moral Fiber (Kenny Omega, Zack Sabre Jr., & Chuck Taylor) – ****1/4
PWG Eleven Review
Overall: 7.5/10
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Rocky Romero – **1/2
ACH vs. Cedric Alexander – ***1/2
Best Friends vs. Michael Elgin & Johnny Gargano – ***1/2
Trevor Lee vs. Kevin Steen – ***
Frankie Kazarian vs. Brian Kendrick – **
Adam Cole vs. Roderick Strong – ***1/4
Kyle O’Reilly(c) vs. Chris Hero (PWG World Championship) – ***1/2
The Young Bucks(c) vs. World’s Cutest Tag Team (Guerrilla Warfare match for the World Tag Team Championship) – ****1/2
PWG Sold Our Soul For Rock ‘N Roll Review
Overall: 8/10
Brian Cage vs. Roderick Strong – ***1/4
AR Fox vs. Rich Swann – ***1/2
Best Friends vs. World’s Cutest Tag Team – ***1/4
Alex Koslov vs. Rocky Romero – **3/4
ACH vs. Ricochet – ***3/4
The Young Bucks & Kevin Steen vs. Cedric Alexander, Johnny Gargano, & Trevor Lee – ****
Adam Cole(c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly (Submission or Knockout match for the PWG World Championship) – ****
PWG Mystery Vortex II Review
Overall: 7.75/10
Andrew Everett vs. Cedric Alexander vs. Trevor Lee – ****
B-Boy, Willie Mack, & Joey Ryan vs. RockNES Monsters & Peter Avalon – ***1/4
Anthony Nese vs. Roderick Strong – ***1/4
African American Wolves vs. Inner City Machine Guns vs. Unbreakable F’N Machines – ***3/4
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Chris Hero – **1/4
Johnny Gargano vs. Kyle O’Reilly – ****
The Young Bucks(c) vs. Best Friends (World Tag Team Championship) – ***
Adam Cole(c) vs. Candice LeRae (PWG World Championship) – **1/2
PWG DDT4 2014 Review
Overall: 8.5/10
Best Friends vs. RockNES Monsters (DDT4 First Round match) – ***1/4
PPRay vs. Unbreakable F’N Machines (DDT4 First Round match) – ***
COLE STEEN COLE vs. Joey Ryan & Candice LeRae (DDT4 First Round match) – ***3/4
African-American Wolves (AR Fox & ACH) vs. Inner City Machine Guns (DDT4 First Round match) – ****
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Adam Thornstowe – **1/4
Best Friends vs. COLE STEEN COLE (DDT4 Semi-Finals match) – **3/4
Inner City Machine Guns vs. Unbreakable F’N Machines (DDT4 Semi-Finals match) – ****1/4
Chris Hero vs. Drake Younger vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Kyle O’Reilly – ****
Best Friends vs. Inner City Machine Guns (DDT4 Finals match) – **3/4
Top 100 Pro Wrestling Matches of the Year
100) Adam Cole vs. Jimmy Jacobs (ROH Pursuit Night 1) – ***3/4
99) Michael Elgin vs. Johnny Gargano (PWG BOLA Night 2) – ***3/4
98) Adam Cole vs. Kyle O’Reilly (PWG Matt Rushmore) – ***3/4
97) Minoru Suzuki vs. Kota Ibushi (NJPW G1 Climax Night 8) – ***3/4
96) Michael Elgin vs. Silas Young (AAW Durty Deeds) – ****
95) Michael Elgin vs. Davey Richards (AAW Point of No Return) – ****
94) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Karl Anderson (NJPW Wrestling Dontaku) – ****
93) The Young Bucks vs. 3.0 (CHIKARA While The Dawn Is Breaking) – ****
92) Daniel Bryan vs. Antonio Cesaro (WWE RAW 7/13) – ****
91) Taiji Ishimori vs. Atushi Kotoge (NOAH Great Voyage in Yokohama) – ****
90) ACH vs. Davey Richards (AAW Epic) – ****
89) Davey Richards vs. Johnny Gargano (PWG (more…)
PWG All Star Weekend X Night 2 Review
Overall: 8.25/10
RockNES Monsters vs. PPRay vs. B-Boy & Willie Mack – ***1/2
Anthony Nese vs. Tommaso Ciampa – **1/2
Best Friends vs. Unbreakable F’N Machines – ***3/4
Chris Hero vs. ACH – ***1/2
DojoBros vs. AR Fox & Rich Swann – ***3/4
Davey Richards vs. Ricochet – ***3/4
The Young Bucks & Kevin Steen vs. Joey Ryan, Candice LeRae & Drake Younger – ****
Adam Cole(c) vs. Johnny Gargano (PWG World Title) – ***1/2
PWG All Star Weekend X Night 1 Review
Overall: 8/10
Brian Cage vs. Anthony Nese – ***
RockNES Monsters vs. Joey Ryan & Candice LeRae – ***1/4
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Drake Younger – ***
Davey Richards vs. Johnny Gargano – ****
Best Friends vs. DojoBros – ***1/4
Michael Elgin vs. ACH – ***1/4
The Young Bucks & Kevin Steen vs. Inner City Machine Guns & AR Fox – ****
Adam Cole(c) vs. Chris Hero (PWG World Title) – ***1/2
PWG Matt Rushmore Review
Overall: 8/10
B-Boy & Willie Mack vs. PPRay (“Pretty” Peter Avalon & Ray Rosas) – ***1/4
ACH vs. Kevin Steen – ***3/4
AR Fox & Rich Swann vs. Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent?) – ***1/2
Brian Cage vs. Tommaso Ciampa vs. Anthony Nese vs. Drake Younger – ***1/2
Johnny Gargano vs. Roderick Strong – ***1/4
The Young Bucks vs. Joey Ryan & Candice LeRae – ****
Adam Cole(c) vs. Kyle O’Reilly (PWG World Championship) – ***3/4
PWG Battle of Los Angeles 2013 Night 2 Review
Overall: 9.25/10
Brian Cage vs. Drake Younger (Quarter-Finals Tournament match) – **1/2
Johnny Gargano vs. Kevin Steen (Quarter-Finals Tournament match) – ****
Michael Elgin vs. Roderick Strong (Quarter-Finals Tournament match) – ***1/4
ACH vs. Kyle O’Reilly (Quarter-Finals Tournament match) – ****1/2
B-Boy, Willie Mack & Tommaso Ciampa vs. Joey Ryan, Chuck Taylor & Trent? – ***
Michael Elgin vs. Johnny Gargano (Semi-Finals Tournament match) – ***3/4
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Drake Younger (Semi-Finals Tournament match) – ***1/4
Adam Cole & The Young Bucks vs. AR Fox, Candice LeRae & Rich Swann – ****1/2
Michael Elgin vs. Kyle O’Reilly (BOLA Finals match) – ***1/2