2018 Match of the Year Contenders

[mrken12]

Anything else to add?

 

[mr heyzel]

Surprisingly LU didn't really have a standout match this season. Maybe Marty the Moth vs Pentagon at Ultima Lucha.

this was a down year for lu hopefully it picks up next year

 

[Wacky D]

anybody remember that triple threat or four-way match from 205 live?? I think it was during the summer.

it had Mustafa ali
I think hideo itami was in it
and 1 or 2 other people.

Pentagon, Fenix and Rich Swann vs. OVE a couple weeks before Slammiversary

and this

this was the other sleeper.

 

[Ill Lou Malnati]

@mrken12 we need a best/worst of 2018 wrap-up thread as voted by the esteemed members of The Squared Circle.

 

[stro]

I'm adding Ali/Itami falls count anywhere and Cedric/Lio from 205

 

[mrken12]

@mrken12 we need a best/worst of 2018 wrap-up thread as voted by the esteemed members of The Squared Circle.

I don't know about the worst moments but this thread has most of the best moments from many promotions.

 

[Mr. Manhattan]

Almas vs Gargano

and

Okada vs Omega 4

I was out of wrestling for 6 years and those 2 matches brought me back

 

[mrken12]

I'm adding Ali/Itami falls count anywhere

Cedric/Lio from 205

 

[stro]

Watched that Ospreay/Walter match last night. Pretty good, definitely elevated by the crowd, but I was more impressed with OTT production. Not sure how I feel about Walter's war motif considering the last guy with a stupid hair cut who came out of Austria. He needs to grow some facial hair or something. Dudes giant baby look is so disconcerting.

 

[mrken12]

Watched that Ospreay/Walter match last night. Pretty good, definitely elevated by the crowd, but I was more impressed with OTT production. Not sure how I feel about Walter's war motif considering the last guy with a stupid hair cut who came out of Austria. He needs to grow some facial hair or something. Dudes giant baby look is so disconcerting.

That was a great match.

 

[stro]

That was a great match.

I can already tell I'm going to like heavyweight Ospreay a whole lot more than Flippy McDeath Bumperson Esquire III.

 

[stro]

Seems like a pretty good collection of shyt from 2018. Almost all of it besides WWE/NJ stuff are on free sites, with AJPW/BJW/lucha/PWG/joshi/UK/Euro stuff, so it's pretty varied in style and content.

 

[2CT]

Seems like a pretty good collection of shyt from 2018. Almost all of it besides WWE/NJ stuff are on free sites, with AJPW/BJW/lucha/PWG/joshi/UK/Euro stuff, so it's pretty varied in style and content.

oh shyt

i'm bout to watch/rewatch all these rep

 

[mr heyzel]

Anyone has a link to bandido vs Joey janella and Walter vs Jeff cobb

 

[stro]

One thing I'm noticing about Walter is that his matches really need a crowd reacting, otherwise he seems to go into auto pilot and shyt falls flat. EVOLVE can have a 10 star match and it will seem like a chore because their crowd and production is always so flat and dull that it makes everyone just seem tired. ZSJ vs Walter in PWG or Progress would have been , in EVOLVE it was


Also, lmaoooooooooooo at how ridiculous Keith Lee vs Riddle was. So absurd even the PWG crowd was burned out and rolling their eyes after the 8th finishing stretch.