Wrestling Top 10s 2020

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2020 was a tough year for professional wrestling because of COVID but there still managed to be some great stuff. I am not doing a detailed breakdown like I did last year because it’s March (October when I finished)  and I’m too lazy to do it. Instead, I’m just going to list the best promotions, wrestlers etc. I did a long Match of the Year list on this blog. This is mainly for reference for myself.

Promotion Of The Year

10) All Elite Wrestling

9) Ring Of Honor

8) All Japan Pro Wrestling

7) Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling

6) Pro Wrestling NOAH

5) SEAdLINNNG

4) World Wonder Ring STARDOM

3) Dramatic Dream Team (DDT) Pro Wrestling

2) Dragon Gate

1) New Japan Pro Wrestling

Most Valuable Player

10) Masato Tanaka (DDT, Zero1, BJW +)

9) Shingo Takagi (NJPW)

8) Giulia (STARDOM)

7) Yoshiko (SEAdLINNNG)

6) Suwama (AJPW)

5) Mayu Iwatani (STARDOM)

4) Jon Moxley (AEW & NJPW)

3) Kota Ibushi (NJPW)

2) Go Shiozaki (NOAH)

1) Tetsuya Naito (NJPW)

Most Outstanding Wrestler

10) Tetsuya Endo (DDT)

9) Masato Tanaka (DDT, Zero1, BJW +)

8) Hiromu Takahashi (NJPW)

7) AZM (STARDOM)

6) Susumu Yokosuka (Dragon Gate & AJPW)

5) Kota Ibushi (NJPW)

4) Momo Watanabe (STARDOM)

3) Tomohiro Ishii (NJPW)

2) Shingo Takagi (NJPW)

1)  Mayu Iwatani (STARDOM)

Show of the Year

10) 9th Anniversary Show     (STARDOM)        01/19/20

9) Wrestle Peter Pan 2020 Day 2     (DDT)       06/07/20

8) Summer Struggle 2020 in Jingu  (NJPW)  08/29/20

7) G1 Climax 30 Night 5     (NJPW)                  09/27/20

6) G1 Climax 30 Night 13    (NJPW)     10/10/20

5) Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2020  (Dragon Gate)     11/15/20

4) New Beginning in Osaka (NJPW)     02/09/20

3) Celebration of Mr. Brodie Lee’s Life   (AEW) 12/30/20

2) Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 1  (NJPW) 01/04/20

1) Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2  (NJPW) 01/05/20

So there it is. It’s all I care to do at the moment. I will have a longer one for 2021 maybe I don’t know wrestling sucks right now

Top 10 Matches Of 2020

Top 10 Matches Of 2020

10) Kento Miyahara vs Suwama (AJPW) Dream Power Series 2020 (03/23/2020)

Coming into this match Miyahara was in the midst of nearly a year and a half reign with the Triple Crown. Miyahara defeated basically everyone on the roster who had a realistic chance at winning, every believable challenger and Yoshitatsu. He even defeated Suwama a year before in the same tour. His reign was filled with a lot of great matches and many wondered who would finally dethrone the King. Suwama was an odd choice at first but as this match proved, he often is overlooked. He still has the ability to go in-ring and hang with the likes of Miyahara. They went out to tell that story. I originally had this match outside of my top 10. I rewatch the top 20 matches of the year whenever I make this list. It definitely improved on second viewing.

This is a weird one for me because I might be crediting storytelling where there is none. I rewatched for a third time and still felt the same way. The match started slowly. At first it looked as if Kento may have been phoning it in. I’m not sure whether it was a shoot or if he was just playing to the match but he was more methodical than usual. Now if it was planned, then it worked with the story of the match. Miyahara was levels above everyone in this reign. It felt as though he wasn’t being challenged or was bored. This allowed Suwama to take control for the majority of the first portion of the match. There were good exchanges between the two and the wrestling was pretty good. Miyahara got some minor comeback spots here as well. I usually leave my critiques of the match at the end but this was my one major flaw with the match. Because I’m not 100 percent sure that this is what we were supposed to get out of this I’m holding it against the match.

After a series of big moves from Suwama, Kento wakes up. He realizes Suwama is getting the better of him and immediately fires into a great comeback. This is why I’m going with the position that the first portion of the match was a poorly executed build to this portion of the match. From here on, Kento is at a disadvantage as Suwama has dealt some damage. The match gets really great here. They battle for control as Suwama looks to keep the momentum he built in the beginning and Kento desperately tries to diminish that momentum. We get a lot of cool sequences as the intensity of both wrestlers increases. It all leads to a great finishing stretch where Suwama is countering all of Kento’s offense and proceeds to finish him off with a flurry of suplexes. It was a story of persistence on Suwama’s part and desperation of Kento’s as he saw the Triple Crown and all of his hard work slip through his fingers.

Final Rating - ****¾

9) Hiromu Takahashi vs Will Ospreay (NJPW) Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 1 (01/04/2020)

If I had to describe this match using only one word, that word would be energetic. Whether it was from the wrestlers themselves, the crowd or both the Japanese and English commentators, the energy coming from this match was surreal. Hiromu was out of action for almost a year and a half and people were aching for his return. Even though Hiromu had a couple of matches on the Road to The Tokyo Dome tour, the anticipation for a big match on the big spot for Hiromu enhanced the quality of this match. From the start the crowd was hot and Hiromu and Ospreay were at full speed.

The pace was insane. Every move was done with great urgency and precision. There were several sequences throughout that were expertly done. One of those was the Sasuke Special counter into a German suplex counter into a belly to belly suplex counter into a Sasuke Special. I know that explanation was awkward but it’s really hard to put it into writing and everyone knows what I’m talking about anyway. Another great sequence was when Ospreay went for the Spanish fly, Hiromu counters, Ospreay then goes for a powerbomb and Hiromu turns it into a Canadian destroyer. The strike exchanges and counters were well done, especially in the finishing stretch. 

But this match was not all high spots and nearfalls. They told a simple yet great story throughout the match. In the build up to this match, Hiromu’s neck injury was a focal point. There was doubt about Hiromu’s ability after a career altering injury and an extended time away from the ring. Ospreay’s plan was to target the neck. His offense was built around working the neck. It all worked to build towards the finishing stretch. Hiromu was out to prove that he was the Hiromu of old. He took all of Ospreay’s offense and reciprocated with even more force. Ospreay had to use everything he had and still could not put him away. He even introduced a new finisher and by doing so he’s showing us that he is not just the same old Hiromu, he’s even better.

There was almost nothing wrong with this match. A few critiques I have is that some of Ospreay’s offense was a little too fake. A couple of times he took too much time setting up and there was one spot where he completely missed a missile dropkick from the top rope but Hiromu sold it anyway. These types of moves take me out of the match a bit. Also the finish felt a little flat. I like the introduction of a new finisher here for Hiromu because it made the match better but at the time it felt like it came out of nowhere. There was a weak build to it. These things didn’t ruin the match for me but they did irk me a little. 

Rating - ****¾

8) Momo Watanabe vs Utami Hayashishita (STARDOM) Osaka Dream Cinderella (12/20/2020)

This match was absolutely amazing. After a great title win against STARDOM Icon and wrestler of the year Mayu Iwatani, Utami needed a great performance in her first title defense to continue the roll she is in. Who better to put her up against than perhaps one of the best unsung wrestlers in the world, Momo Watanabe. Momo has a habit of putting on great matches with just about anyone. When Utami first debuted, Momo was in the midst of her great Wonder of STARDOM title reign. They’ve had two great matches prior to this one, the first one Momo won relatively easy against a still new and green Utami and the second they drew in a 5Star Grand Prix block match.

Because of the draw they have against each other, the stakes for this match for the World of STARDOM title are higher. Being friends, teammates and opponents they know each other very well. That was the major story of the match. They constantly had to find new and creative ways to try to defeat each other. Utami tried to work Momo’s legs to limit the effectiveness of her kicks but found no success. They threw big powerbombs and suplexes. The counter sequences were well constructed. The transitions made the match flow smoothly. It looked like two warriors who have faced each other a thousand times were in a final battle for supremacy. The match progressed steadily until the final five minutes where they threw everything at each other. It was intense and brutal. In the previous match they slowly built to the last stretch of the match where they would start to unleash everything but time ran out. This time they came out with everything and kept a steady pace throughout. Utami finally found a way to beat Momo. It’s a great three match story with Utami taking everything Momo had and finally beating her. The urgency of Momo’s offense suggests that she knows Utami is constantly improving and is about to surpass her. She desperately fights to prevent that from happening but comes up short. 

One major criticism of the match I want to address is the poor selling of Momo’s leg. This criticism is objectively wrong and anyone who makes it probably didn’t watch the match or didn’t understand what was happening. People claim that they completely forgot about the leg after Utami worked on it for the first five minutes of the match. That’s not the case. Utami tried this strategy of trying to take out Momo’s leg. Momo was able to withstand the leg work and after a Peach Sunrise to the exposed floor on the outside, she recovered. Utami’s strategy did not work as intended. Momo made sure everyone knew that the damage by Utami didn’t work by obnoxiously attacking Utami with the same leg and even literally, not figuratively, literally shaking it off. It couldn’t be more apparent. Utami had to adapt her gameplan to one that didn’t involve Momo’s leg. They didn’t forget about it, they wrote it off. This even plays into the story of the match. Utami is trying anything to finally beat Momo. She makes a mistake and Momo punishes her for it when she takes control of the match after the Peach Sunrise. These first five minutes did not take away from the match, in fact, it made it better.

Despite how great this match is and despite the flawed popular criticism of the match, there were a couple of things that bothered me about this match that kept it from being higher on the list. Earlier I mentioned that Momo did a fantastic job in selling her desperation that Utami is surpassing her. The urgency in her moves and facial expressions successfully relay her message. Utami could work on her facial expressions. She hit hard and threw some brutal suplexes and bombs but her emotional expressions could not match Momo’s. I needed a little more determination and intensity from Utami as she is defending her title against an opponent she hasn’t beaten yet. It’s the one thing she needs. She has the looks. She has the wrestling ability. She just needs to work on emoting better. Although she is off to a great start in her title reign, I feel as though they might be moving too quickly with her. A Wonder of STARDOM reign would have done more to develop her abilities than putting her at the top of the company. Finally some spots during the match were a little sloppy to the point where the flow of the match was disrupted. Thankfully they were able to get back on track so it didn’t ruin the match for me.

Final Rating - ****¾

7) Shingo Takagi vs Kazuchika Okada (NJPW) G1 Climax 30 Night 13 (10/10/2020)

Okada received a lot of criticism about the new direction of his character in 2020. He left a lot to be desired in-ring with the way he would perform. Many doubted whether Okada could perform at a high level anymore. This match proved that the Okada of old is still there. He wasn’t completely back as the Rainmaker in this match because he was still doing his new arc, but he gave us enough to show that he can still go. Shingo was great as usual. Despite this year being difficult for anyone to put on great matches, Shingo stood above pretty much everyone when it came to match quality. Even though this is his only match on my top ten list, his consistency all year was incredible. They put on the typical G1 main event here. This is their first ever match and it seems like they left off some stuff for future matches. Okada’s slower and methodical style juxtaposed Shingo’s more aggressive and frantic approach.

The technical wrestling at the beginning of the match was very good. There’s many different stories you can tell with mat wrestling. The one here was of two wrestlers meeting in the ring for the first time and they are figuring each other out. The story of the match was simple. Okada tries to wear Shingo down while Shingo tries everything to defeat this new foe. His offense here was excellent as he smoothly transitioned between sequences. He even brought back an alternate version of the Rainmaker. The inclusion of the sort-of Rainmaker here reinforces the story being told with Okada starting to refer to his old tactics. It also adds to the urgency to defeat Shingo. 

Although Okada performed to his usual standards here, Shingo was the star of the match. His selling alone really made this match stand out to other Okada G1 matches. He had the most convincing sell of the Money Clip that I've ever seen. The spot where he stops the ref from calling for the bell by yanking at his shirt and pulling him down is the moment that put this match over the top. Shingo did his usual stuff with extra force behind it. His lariats were stiff. He was aggressive yet still precise in the performance of his moves. Given the G1 standings going into the match it was easily predictable that Okada would win but Shingo managed to get me on a Made in Japan nearfall. 

Although I am a staunch defender of the “first half of Okada matches are good” line of thinking, I can admit that the first few minutes were a bit stale. Not bad, stale. It wasn’t enough to really hurt my enjoyment of the match however, given that it was a G1 match and the match couldn’t go longer than 30 minutes.

Final Rating - ****¾

6) Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Go Shiozaki (NOAH) The Chronicle Vol. 4 (11/22/2020)

Brutal isn’t a word strong enough to define this match. Shiozaki and Nakajima absolutely battered each other. Two former partners turned bitter enemies is one of the best stories to tell in wrestling. They both played their roles well in this match. Nakajima excelled in his bitter heel role and Shiozaki was brilliant in the fighting spirit face role. They have been entwined in each other's careers from the start. Through their wrestling alone they display their bitterness and hatred for the other.

The staredown at the start really set the tone of the entire match. Nakajima had a very calculating and devious stare, like everything he did to Go in the match he had a careful and thought out plan. Shiozaki had more of a stern but vengeful stare, like he was dying to get his hands on Nakajima but wasn’t going to act erratic. Nakajima worked Shiozaki’s arm from early on. A simple but yet effective game plan, Shiozaki’s chops became less impactful at first. Nakajima’s kicks were disgusting. The sound they made as they caved in Go’s chest is something to be heard. Nakajima targeted the arm and chest with great aggression. Shiozaki had a lot of great comebacks throughout the match. Most notably, there was a spot where Go is trying to lariat Nakajima with his right arm but couldn’t because of the damage so he just threw a lariat with his left arm with all the energy he could muster up. There were many spots like these in the match that made the transitions of the match both smooth and rough at the same time. Smooth because they didn’t interrupt the flow or pace of the match and rough because they were always brutal counters or reversals. Another great example of this is the possibly botched hurricanrana from the top rope where Shiozaki blocked the attempt by Nakajima and they stumbled to the outside. Nakajima used that slip up to immediately go after Go on the outside. They didn’t miss a beat despite a possible mistake. 

Nakajima’s frustration grew at the same rate that Shiozaki’s resilience did. At the base of it, the story of the match was a reversal of power. Nakajima started out strong because of his aggression but Shiozaki ended up the victor because of his resilience. Shiozaki did an excellent job selling the arm. He never once forgot about it and he always took it into consideration when on offense. The sell job led to great comebacks for Go and really created sympathy for him. This was such a classic face/heel dynamic. Go hit him with powerful chops and some powerful moves. This match was a lesson on how to properly do the face/heel dynamic that I think many wrestlers can take. 

Of course now is the time where I nitpick. After the amazing staredown at the start, the match slowed down a bit. It wasn’t enough to bore me, as Nakajima made it interesting when he started working the arm, but it was enough to keep it from being a perfect match. Another that bothered me a little was just the finish. It fell a little flat. It may be because of the crowd. I think Go needed to hit Nakajima with a few more lariats, considering that Nakajima worked his arm the whole match. I guess this is a nitpick on the selling a bit. Despite it being the story of the match that Go had to overcome the damage to arm, it felt a little like anime main character shrugging off damage because the plot needed it to. Like I said, just a few more lariats probably would have fixed that.

Final Rating - ****¾

5) Takumi Iroha vs Mayu Iwatani (STARDOM) Goddess of STARDOM Tag League 2020 Day 4 (10/18/2020)

Before her match against Mayu in February, which was also excellent, I had never seen Takumi Iroha wrestler. I knew who she was and what she looked like because she looks awesome and unforgettable but I never really went into a deep dive. These two matches really opened my eyes to Takumi’s greatness and pushed me to go find anything I could to watch. This was an excellent match that continued off the story of their first encounter. This one had higher stakes as it was for the World of STARDOM title. It was also a fine example of a match that handles size difference respectfully. 

In the previous match Takumi defeated Mayu in dominant fashion. She overwhelmed her with stiff blows. She picked up where she left off in the last match. She brutalizes Mayu even further when she goes after her leg. The leg work by Takumi was great. It was aggressive. Her kicks were viscous. The more Mayu persisted the more aggressive she became. Mayu has to rely on her endurance to keep up as she cannot physically match with Takumi. Mayu took it to Takumi. She hit her with everything she had. They went back and forth escalating the pace and the intensity as they went along. The match was structured perfectly and provided a great segway into the finish. Mayu counters Takumi for a rollup, catching her off guard. The abrupt finish was a great contrast to the intense and fast-paced match. After all the damage Mayu took, winning with a roll-up made sense.

What really put this match over the top were the individual performances from each wrestler. Takumi carries herself like a star. Her presence is undeniable. Her aggression and brutality is not only apparent through her moves but also through her demeanor. As Mayu is fighting back she laughs at her attempts to come back. She’s the perfect foil for a wrestler the size of Iwatani. Mayu has to bring out a nastier side to fight Takumi. She shows growth and intelligence by not making the same mistakes as before. Her selling was phenomenal and only highlighted Takumi’s offense even more. It also garnered sympathy as the smaller underdog in the match. She turned her pain into aggression and lashed out against Iroha. The dynamic between them made for such an amazing experience. 

There were two things that I found that kept this match from perfect. One was that they kind of forgot about Mayu’s leg in the middle of the match. They brought it back at the end of the match but it bothered me a little. Also the finish was a little awkward to see. As Mayu had Iroha rolled up for the pin, Iroha’s leg was inadvertently on the ropes. It was a weird visual and the referee ignored it. It was probably for the best though because if he broke up the pin it would have ruined the effect of the quick finish.

Final Rating - ****¾

4) Kota Ibushi vs Kazuchika Okada (NJPW) Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 1 (01/04/2020)

Kota Ibushi puts in an incredible performance in this match. The lead up to the match and the first half of the match perfectly build up to a pivotal moment. Ibushi unleashes his more sadistic side like he did in the Nakamura match five years earlier. The criticism that the first portion of the match was bad or boring is annoying, overused and not real accurate. It’s just one of those things that people who don’t have anything meaningful to add say about the match. That’s not to say that Okada matches never go longer than needed and sometimes the first portion of some of his matches have no content in them but this was not one of those matches. If one simply paid attention to the build to the match they would see that. It was a slow pace at the start but it was necessary for the rest of the match. I get that not everyone likes long matches and that’s okay. This match had a slow start for sure but to say that it lacked any meaningful content is incorrect.

In the lead up to the match Okada repeatedly goaded Ibushi into wrestling a style he wanted to. Ibushi, being the idiot he can be sometimes, fell for it and moved away from more of his striking offense to more of Okada’s mat wrestling. The wrestling here was pretty good. Okada got the best of Ibushi on the mat. Every time Ibushi would begin to muster up a comeback Okada would cut him off and wear him down. Ibushi’s frustration grew with every failed comeback. Ibushi did a great job selling his frustration. The urgency of his comebacks escalated until it reached the boiling point. Without this portion of the match, the next part where Ibushi pummels Okada with a flurry of strikes is not as effective. It is earned and it is a great payoff to that first half. 

Ibushi going ballistic on Okada was one of the highlights of the year. The no-selling was excellent. Okada with Ibushi with everything and just shrugged it off. Ibushi then responded with some of the nastiest kicks, chops, punches, slaps and forearms I’ve seen all year. It was so brutal and vicious that the crowd started to boo Ibushi a little when he wouldn’t let up on Okada who was cowering on the ropes. Okada was great in this too. At first he was a little smug and cocky when he was hitting Ibushi. His plan hit a roadblock. You can sense his desperation as he tries to wear down Ibushi once more. He sold Ibushi’s offense like death. This entire sequence was a great transition into the next part of the match.

At this point the match is moving at a faster pace. Ibushi and Okada go back and forth hitting each other with big moves. Every move they did was done with great intensity and urgency. The sequences were well done. They struggled intensely to even hit moves on each other. One of the better spots of the match was the battle for the tombstone on the apron. The drama was outstanding. The crowd hung with every big move and every nearfall. 

Final Rating - *****

3) Hiromu Takahashi vs El Desperado (NJPW) Best Of The Super Juniors 27 & World Tag League 2020 Finals (12/11/2020)

Since the day they were young lions Hiromu and Desperado have been rivals. They’ve had a lot of matches against each other and most of them were won by Desperado, including one earlier in the tournament. Fast forward all these years later and Hiromu is now ahead of Desperado career-wise. This match is a perfect encapsulation of their rivalry. The performances from both wrestlers were outstanding. We all know Hiromu is one of the best wrestlers in the world today but Desperado showed everyone that he can step up and perform at the next level when needed. 

They start off with some excellent mat wrestling. Desperado quickens the pace by viciously attacking Hiromu’s knee. His knee work was great. He really looked like he was trying to rip his leg in two. He applied the Numero Dos with great maliciousness. His unrelenting attack on the knee allowed for a great obstacle for Hiromu. Hiromu sold the knee perfectly. The anguish in his face and in his screams was horrid. Desperado was made to look like a monster because of it. Eventually Desperado would resort to more heelish tactics. He attacked the knee with a chair and even landed a low blow. Hiromu had fiery comebacks but was thwarted by Despy. It was the perfect face/heel dynamic. 

Hiromu ate everything Desperado threw at him. His undying attitude kept enraging Desperado and Desperado would increase his brutality in return. It all led to the best spot of the match. Hiromu now in control taunted Desperado by ripping off a portion of his mask. Desperado stood up and removed the rest of his mask off to a pop from the COVID NJPW crowd. He was pushed to his limit by Hiromu and he had enough. They proceeded to pummel each other and eventually it led to the finish. There was a level of bitterness from Desperado because he hit Hiromu with everything he had and couldn’t get the job done.

The pace in this match was incredible. From the start they were going 100 miles per hour. They transition from sequence to sequence effortlessly. The escalation in the match occurred very naturally. There was one spot in particular where Desperado was on the apron and Hiromu went for a sunset powerbomb to the outside but he overshot it. Hiromu got right back up and tried to powerbomb Desperado from the floor off the apron but Desperado fought him off. This was an excellent example of adapting on the spot. They didn’t allow this slip up to disrupt the pace and flow of the match and they finished the spot with plausible reactions from both wrestlers. This added to the match. A spot like this demonstrates the intelligence of the performers. 

Final Rating - *****

2) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tetsuya Naito (NJPW) G1 Climax 30 Night 2 (09/20/2020)

This is the first singles match between these two in over three years. Their dynamic is very drastically different since the G1 block final match back in 2017 where Naito beat Tanahashi to win the block and avenge a loss from a couple months before. Their dynamic here is drastically different from three years ago. Naito has far surpassed Tanahashi at this point. There is almost a complete role reversal, where now it’s Tanahashi that has to prove his place among the best and Naito is his big roadblock. It is a unique match because despite the role reversal, Naito is still working from underneath as an underdog while Tanahashi is in control for a big portion of the match. The focus on Tanahashi’s story is what really makes this match great.

Tanahashi goes after Naito’s knee immediately. The technical wrestling here is pretty great. Tanahashi pulls out some sick ways to attack the knee. Naito’s selling was outstanding as usual. The transitions were smooth and the reversal sequences were well thought out. The early exchanges were great as they showed how well they knew each other’s moves. Both wrestlers gave it their all. Tanahashi even busted out the High Fly Flow to the outside. In typical NJPW main event fashion the match steadily progressed. The technical aspects of the match were as good as any other G1 match or main event or Tanahashi/Naito match. One might even say this was a “greatest hits” match. But there is a caveat as I mentioned earlier that really makes this match great. 

In the time between the 2017 G1 match and this one, Tanahashi’s career has gone in the other direction. He has taken a step down and let other younger talent step up. This selflessness has made me love and appreciate Tanahashi even more. And even though he is happy to step aside he still wishes to perform at the top level. For years his story has been about a struggle to remain at the top. With every move he does in this match you can feel his determination to prove himself. From his facial expression to his body language to the way struggles to catch his breath you can feel his desire to reach that top level again. You just can't help but to root for the man. Even though it’s Naito that’s struggling to overcome Tanahashi’s brilliant game plan, you want more to see Tanahashi successfully execute it. Even the COVID crowd, who are not supposed to make any noise, couldn’t control themselves to his nearfalls and kickouts. There wasn’t one moment in the match where Tanahashi wasn’t in some way displaying emotion. Whether it was pain from Naito’s attacks, intensity when on offense or desperation when he had Naito in the Texas Cloverleaf, he was on another level. 

Tanahashi did everything to Naito that allowed him victory in the past. But unlike past matches, Naito was able to overcome everything. Naito withstood all the damage from Tanahashi. The painful realization that he was not what he used to be hit Tanahashi hard. The Texas Cloverleaf was perhaps the most important part of this match because a move that had defeated Naito before after he worked his knees like before should have worked. He executed his plan to the best of his abilities but it didn’t work. This was a major turning point in the match. After some more great back and forth action, Tanahashi had one more shot to win it. He hit the High-Fly Flow to the back. He went for the second and Naito, with the best timing in the world, moves out of the way at the last second and you can hear an audible gasp in the crowd because they knew that was it. Naito regained control and it led to the finish. The sloppiness at the end added to the match. Naito struggled to hit the Destino but it made sense since Tanahashi obliterated his knee early on. This display of professional wrestling was a masterpiece. 

Final Rating - *****

1) Tetsuya Naito vs Kazuchika Okada (NJPW) Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2 (01/05/2020)

How do I even start this review? Naito up to this point had accomplished almost everything. He’s a multiple time G1 Climax winner, New Japan Cup winner, he’s had multiple titles in NJPW including the IWGP Heavyweight Title and he has even main evented the Tokyo Dome. His ultimate goal however, to become the undisputed top star of the promotion, has always slipped his fingers. Some of it has been his fault and some of it was the promotion holding him down. Regardless, he decided to take what he feels is rightfully his by his own means. His journey culminated here: in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom versus Kazuchika Okada for both the IWGP Heavyweight title and the IWGP Intercontinental title. It is here that he finally accomplishes what he set out, learned from his mistakes and accepted what his career was before his big change of outlook. 

Naito’s acceptance of the IWGP Intercontinental title represents his acceptance of his past failures. He realizes that, as much as he tried to prove otherwise, the title would always follow him around. He feels held back by the title. He thinks it defines his career. His evolution into the Ingobernable was a statement that he no longer wants to be defined by some outside force. What he failed to realize for the longest time is that that includes the Intercontinental title. By challenging for the heavyweight title as the Intercontinental champion he shows that he is not going to be defined by one belt. The IC title will always follow him around, so why not just go for both?  Naito’s story is that he writes his own destiny so he came out with the Naito Two Belts campaign. In the Wrestle Kingdom 12 main event against Okada, he hesitated to use the Stardust Press. This time there was no hesitation. With a chest pound he climbed the ropes and hit it without much thought. This further proves he accepts everything that has happened to him and uses it to accomplish his ultimate goal. 

Naito makes his entrance but he does not look like the Naito we see all the time. He’s more serious. It’s the most important match of his career. Okada’s demeanor heavily contrasts Naito’s. He’s not cocky but confident. He lives where Naito wishes to be. He knows what it takes to be there. Naito’s seriousness is reinforced when he drops all of his snide offense. The two wrestlers stare each other down. You can feel the tension through their gazes. They know each other. There’s no need for the feeling out process. They know what they need to do to win. 

The entire match is one constant back and forth battle. There are almost no extended control periods in the match. The attention to detail for every little transition is phenomenal. It was a continuous flow of mat wrestling, strike exchanges and big spots. The fact that they were able to keep this going for the entire match is incredible. In most matches there are usually turning points that shift the momentum of the match. But they went with a different approach and executed it flawlessly. The match was almost never slow and the pace of these struggles kept increasing. They targeted body parts that were previously injured. Naito targeted Okada’s neck and Okada Naito’s knee. This demonstrates their familiarity with each other. The drama was off the charts here. The crowd was living and dying with every strike, submission, dropkick, suplex, piledriver, nearfall, ringout count and even Naito’s spit. Everything was over in this match. The closing stretch was one of the greatest closing stretches I’ve ever seen. Both wrestlers performed smooth counters and transitions and despite being half an hour in their stamina and accuracy was on point. The Stardust Press was such an amazing moment. Watching it live it honestly felt as if time slowed as we waited to see if Naito would actually hit the move. And when he did, time slowed again while we waited to see if it was the finish. 

A great story was told her and even if you are not a diehard Naito fan you can still appreciate the depth and attention to detail. This is one of my favorite matches of all time. Easily top 10 for me and easily my Match of the Year 2020.

Final Rating - *****

Feud of the Year 2019

Feud of the Year 2019

10) Zack Sabre Jr vs Hiroshi Tanahashi

ZSJ and Tanahashi had a great series of matches in 2019. They had a match in the New Japan Cup, MSG, G1, Royal Quest and Destruction. These matches revolve around ZSJ breaking Tanahashi’s torn-up body through his arsenal of submissions. This gives these matches a classic face/heel dynamic that tells a great story. The feud was a great indicator of where both these men placed in the rankings of NJPW in 2019.

9) Natsuko Tora vs Jungle Kyona

This feud started when Jungle Kyona lost a match in which she had to disband her group Jungle Assault Nation. The seeds for the feud were planted earlier when Natsuko and Jungle failed to win the Goddess of Stardom titles. Natsuko saw Jungle as a weak leader. The two fought in tag matches throughout the year and the heat was always there. They had a singles match against each other in the Cinderella tournament where Natsuko won. The feud is still ongoing.

8) Jay White vs Tetsuya Naito

Both of these guys can be described as sleazy individuals. That was one of the highlights of the feud. Seeing how nasty they can get with each other was truly entertaining. White beating Naito in the G1 and at Destruction added heat to the match they built up to at Wrestle Kingdom. The taunting by Jay White and the indifference shown by Naito created great charisma.

7) Kenou vs Kaito Kiyomiya

One of the highlights of Pro Wrestling NOAH’s 2019 was this feud. They had two great championship matches. There is a big brother/little brother dynamic that really works between the two. Kenou brings out the best out of Kiyomiya, who can be a little stale in a lot of his matches. 

6) Kento Miyahara vs Jake Lee

The search to find the right successor to Miyahara continued through this feud. Lee is a favorite to take that spot. That is how this feud was built. They had 3 singles matches in 2019. Two of them were great with one being very good. Lee won one of them to win the Royal Road Tournament and to later challenge Kento. There was excitement as well as good wrestling.

5) Kento Miyahara vs Naoya Nomura

Similar to the Miyahara/Lee rivalry this was also on the search to find Miyahara’s successor. This one was better because Nomura shows more promise than Lee thus making the feud and matches hotter. They had two matches including one that made my top 10 matches of the year. Miyahara’s heel tactics also added a lot of heat as people were wanting a Nomura victory.

4) Shingo Takagi vs SHO

This feud was great. Shingo bullying SHO throughout all their encounters in multi-tags and Jr Tag Title matches was the build of this feud. SHO had to show a different side of himself to match up to Shingo. The feud came to a head at the opening night of Best of the Super Juniors 26 where they had an amazing 5 star match. SHO kept surprising Shingo throughout the match and Shingo had to acknowledge SHO’s progression. I look forward to this feud continuing. 

3) Hazuki vs Arisa Hoshiki

You talk about hate-filled feuds and this is a prime example of one. They only had one singles match but it was so brutal and vitriolic that it actually made me question whether these two really hated each other. The feud was built through multi-woman tags throughout the spring of 2019 in STARDOM. This feud showed a nasty side of Hazuki that was quite scary. It also added more depth to Arisa’s bright and shiny character. It was great.

2) Kota Ibushi vs Tetsuya Naito

A feud built around respect for a title is sometimes not successful but they pulled it off. Ibushi hated Naito for the disrespect that he showed the Intercontinental championship. That title is cherished by Ibushi because of the high reverence that it was shown by his “gods” Hiroshi Tanahashi and Shinsuke Nakamura. Naito also by this point had fully accepted the IC title and only treated it badly for appearance. The hate for each other reflected in their matches. They had three single matches, two of which were MOTY contenders.

1) Jushin Thunder Liger vs Minoru Suzuki

Jushin Thunder Liger retires with an all time feud. It was a heated feud between two men who are on the wrong side of 50. Throughout the entire year Suzuki and Liger battered each other in multi-tags. There was taunting and brutality and Grade A shit-talking all year long. We even got the final appearance of Kishin Liger, who tried to impale Suzuki with a spike! The feud culminated with a great match at King of Pro Wrestling, proving that both guys can still go.

Promotions of the Year

Promotion of the Year

For this section I will rank all of the promotions that I followed on a semi-regular to regular basis. I will also include some honorable and dishonorable mentions as well from promotions that I did not follow regularly but did see matches or shows. 

Here’s the link to my 2019 4+ Star Matches list that I reference many times in this post

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TdZP6ptvDyNcoEMSLQYkJif2f4WDss-wKPcrOTLXqVA/edit#gid=42478135

Honorable Mentions

SEAdLINNNG - This promotion does not make tape a lot. Most of which did make tape I did not watch. What I did see however was pretty good. My overall match of the year is from this promotion. I will definitely try to watch everything from them in 2020.

Sendai Girls - This is another Joshi promotion that does not make tape a lot of the times. I did see all of Sareee’s matches from Sendai Girls this year. Her feud with Chihiro Hashimoto is one of the best ones this year. Since Sareee is retiring this year I will watch everything I can for Sendai Girls in 2020.

OTT Wrestling - I really only saw like 4 matches from OTT this year. They were good. Nothing to write home about. I included OTT in the honorable mentions because it seems to be the last UK/European promotion that actually gives the fans what they want and are not WWE bootlickers… yet.

GCW - The only GCW I watch every year is the Wrestlemania weekend shows. Bloodsport is always a great show and the Joey Janela Spring Breaks are fun shows. They are the only US indie that actually does their style to perfection. Not my cup of tea and won’t watch any shows in 2020 other than the Wrestlemania weekend shows.

Dishonorable Mentions

Progress - This promotion is terrible in many ways. It did not appear once in my 2019 4+ Stars Matches list. Even bad promotions like WWE appeared on the list. Oh yeah, they’re the floor mat that WWE wiped their crappy shoes on when they entered the British scene. A horrible company that I probably will not watch a single second of in 2020. 

Evolve -  The Progress of the US indies. One match on my 2019 4+ Stars Matches list. Gabe Sapolsky sucks. Might watch the Wrestlemania weekend shows but that’s it.

Impact - This narrative that Impact is actually good again needs to (as the Brits say) get in the bin. It’s not horrible like Progress and Evolve but it’s a very boring promotion that really does not have anything of note occur. I saw all the Pay Per Views and they all gravitate around average. Sometimes above sometimes below. There were also no 4+ star matches. Might completely drop this promotion to make room for other stuff in 2020. 

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Now onto the real list of promotions that I closely followed. I ranked them and gave them a grade. I separated the main roster WWE/205 Live and NXT/NXT UK into different “promotions” since even though they are under the same corporate umbrella, they are completely different products. I did the same with DDT and TJP.

13) World Wrestling Entertainment

I mean it’s WWE. It’s garbage. The storylines are nonsensical and downright insulting. The matches for the most part are pretty bad. The wrestlers are the most soulless pieces of product. They are not real people. They are walking, talking billboards for WWE to promote whatever fucking piece of merchandise they’re selling on the website right now or whatever crappy PPV is coming up. Everything is homogenized to the point where everyone’s actions and personalities begin to blend together. 

Then there’s the moral aspect of the company. WWE finds itself in a sweet spot where they’re big enough to make a billion dollars but insignificant in the mainstream media that they are able to get away with all of the heinous acts they commit. They’ve regressed with the Women’s Revolution. They keep taking that Sweet Saudi Blood Money. There’s the whole independent contractor stuff. The takeover of the UK scene. These people are fucking shit. What makes it worse is that they act like they are some sort of humanitarians. They actually think that what they are doing is good. 

They did however have a number of matches that I scored 4+ stars. But given the size of the roster, the number of shows they run and the length of said shows, it’s impossible not to have a few on that list. I mean it’s just basic statistics. Some of their shit is bound to stick to the wall. 

Since I’m not doing worst wrestlers or worst matches or worst feuds, I have to bring up Seth GoshDarnTooting Rollins. He was shit this year. The Fiend was shit this year. Baron Corbin was shit this year. Rusev/Lana/Lashley were shit this year. The booking of Becky Lynch was shit this year. There’s a lot of shit in WWE and I don’t want to spend more time writing about it.

The only reason I watch main roster WWE on a semi-regular basis is because my friends watch it with me. We get together on PPV Sundays, order pizza and make fun of terrible wrestling. If on one Sunday for whatever reason my friends can’t make it, I do not even watch the PPVs. It was a group of four. One of them we already have a hard time convincing to come over on Sundays and now with another of my friends moving away in November, I don’t think I will be watching WWE on a regular basis anymore. 

Final Score - 1/10

12) Ring of Honor

ROH in 2019 was some of the worst wrestling products out there. The booking made no sense whatsoever. There was never anything interesting about the promotion. Giving Matt Taven a world title run was one of the worst decisions in the promotion’s history. The Women of Honor division is utter garbage. They had Mayu Iwatani and as great as she is, she could not fix this division. The constant push of Bully Ray makes me want to puke. Their portion of the G1 Supercard took what could have been a historic greatest show of all time down to a pretty good show, which was all thanks to NJPW. 

They had a few matches on the 4+ Star Matches list but somehow managed to get less than WWE. 

Their business really tanked with The Elite leaving but tanked even harder with their bad booking. They made some great signings throughout the year but it has not stopped the bleeding. I was going to drop this promotion altogether but with the news of Marty Scurll’s new contract that sees him taking over in a booking capacity, I’m going to give Ring of Honor until SuperCard of Honor to change my mind.

Final Score - 3/10

11) Revolution Pro Wrestling

RevPro was easily the most boring promotion of the year. They had the least amount of 4 star matches this year out of the promotions that I follow regularly. There was no interesting storylines this year. The only thing that happened in RevPro that generated any sort of buzz was the Josh Bodom incident. 

Michael Oku was the only thing that was remotely interesting. But even he has a lot of work to do to live up to his hype. 

There were a lot of bad matches. A lot of their shows were pretty bad. The cockpit shows were some of the most dreadful wrestling shows I’ve seen all year. They felt 8 hours long, even though most of them were around 2 hours. There’s not much else I can say about this promotion and I will not be watching much in 2020. I’m definitely dropping it from my queue. 

Final Rating - 4/10

10) Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling

TJP is a promotion I got into in 2018 solely because it was included with my ddt universe subscription. 2019 was not a great year compared to their 2018. It is a promotion that focuses more on character work. In that aspect they did pretty good. They did not have a lot of terrible matches like the promotions previously mentioned but they did barely have 1 more match in the 4+ Star Match list than RevPro. 

The Misao and Sakisama team was the most enjoyable part of the promotion. They had a lot of good matches and their chemistry was great. Miu Watanabe really started to come into her own this year. Teaming with Miyu Yamashita was also another fun team this year.

Shoko Nakajima’s run with the Princess of Princess title was a little underwhelming. Maybe it was because it followed Miyu Yamashita’s record title reign. The match where Shoko beat Miyu was also a little bad. She wasn’t a terrible champion just a very boring one. 

Tokyo Joshi Pro Wrestling was still a decent promotion just a little boring. I will continue watching it since it’s basically free to watch for me.

Final Rating - 6/10

9) Pro Wrestling Guerrillas

PWG was a pretty decent promotion to follow in 2019. It is about 10 shows a year and I always binge them at the very end. I didn’t watch Makings of a Varsity Athlete though because as I’m writing this it hasn’t been released yet. That is what makes this promotion a little hard to follow. In the age of easy access, this DVD only formula that PWG uses makes it hard to stay up to date with the promotion. 

Their shows were good for the most part. They had some great matches all throughout the year. Theses shows are easy to watch. They don’t require much attention to detail as it’s just about the moves. I know people get very angry about “movez” but this promotion can get away with it. I will continue to watch in 2020 for sure.

Final Rating - 6/10

8) All Elite Wrestling

This is probably lower than most fans would have AEW at. This promotion has only existed since May of 2019. They made a great first impression with Double or Nothing, a legit show of the year contender. The rest of their PPVs and big shows were decent to pretty good. They didn’t have a lot of high level MOTY type matches but they did have a lot of spots on the 4+ Star Matches list. 

Their TV started of pretty good and was a refreshing change in the American scene. They were good shows with hot crowds and good matches. After their PPV Full Gear things started to go in a downward direction. WWE-esque storylines started to slowly creep in. All the things that Tony Khan said the promotion wouldn’t be started to become a reality. I usually admire promotions for sticking with their booking plans but AEW’s stubbornness to drop some of their most embarrassing storylines has really slowed their momentum. I will continue to watch in 2020 but if they stay on the same path, I might just drop them.

Final Rating - 6/10

7) Pro Wrestling NOAH

NOAH is one of those promotions that’s harder to follow. I watch most everything that makes tape. Coming off a strong 2018, this year NOAH fell a little for me. The Kaito Kiyomiya reign had a lot to do with it. He had a couple a great matches but overall it was a long and tedious reign that had me wondering who was taking the title off of him and when. That is not the ideal reaction for the supposed babyface ace champion. And although I did not think his title reign was anything special, it was well-booked and it didn’t lose any business at all.

AXIZ was a great tag team that kept things interesting. They had a few great matches. Katsuhiko

Nakajima was the best thing in NOAH this year. The first half of the year was so uneventful that I almost stopped watching NOAH completely but the fall was very exciting and what I saw of the N-1 Victory was great. 

I will continue to watch NOAH in 2020.

Final Rating - 6/10

6) NXT

NXT started the year off great. The first two TakeOvers of the year were great shows but things fell off after the New York TakeOver. Everything in NXT was overdone. The matches were the epitome of “Style over Substance” meaning that they were bloated with cool moves with little to no story or narrative. It has truly become, as someone on Twitter said I don’t remember who, corporate PWG. Whereas in PWG the excess in matches works for the little underground promotion, it doesn’t really translate to a national TV show from the biggest wrestling company in the world.

What NXT lacks more than any promotion in the world is identity. It tries to be too many things. It wants to be cool moves and dream matches like PWG, sports entertainment storytelling like main roster WWE and old school territorial wrestling. It wasn’t what it was before they moved to national television. They used to be competent wrestling shows that built up feuds to the TakeOvers and every now and then had matches on the weekly show that weren’t important enough for a TakeOver. It wasn’t the most exciting television show but it was an easy show to get through and it was always moving along. Now everything is done on a whim just like main roster WWE. The shows and the matches lack substantial structure. They now do things just to do them. 

The matches for the most part are pretty good. There was a lot of overrated stuff, mainly Johnny Gargano and Adam Cole. Io Shirai was the bright spot of NXT this year. They need to get their heads out of their asses and go all the way with her. 

NXT UK was just kind of there. I’m not going to lie, I only watched the two TakeOvers. They were boring at best. The highlight was Walter vs Tyler Bate. I probably will continue watching NXT in 2020 although the 2 hour show might do me in.

Final Rating - 6/10

5) Dramatic Dream Team

DDT was a real fun promotion to follow this year. I get that the comedy stuff might not be for everyone but the comedy is actually well done. The difference between DDT and comedy/irony promotions in the US/UK indies is that in the latter the comedy has nothing to do with professional wrestling. It’s just comedy that happens to occur in a wrestling ring. The comedy in DDT, at the core, is still wrestling. They are still constructing a match with all the elements that make normal matches good but with an added layer of comedy. Plus the comedy is actually clever and funny.

It helps that the wrestling is actually great. When they are not doing comedy the are putting on good matches. The two belts storyline in the fall was well done. Tetsuya Endo’s title reign was pretty good. DDT is great at doing big shows. Both Wrestle Peter Pan and Ultimate Party will finish in my top 3 shows of the year. They had a match in my Top 10 matches of the year. Konosuke Takeshita, Tetsuya Endo and Daisuke Sasaki all had some great in-ring years. 

The first quarter of the year was a little bad so I can’t rank it any higher. I will definitely continue to watch DDT in 2020.

Final Rating - 7/10

4) Dragon Gate

Dragon Gate was a promotion that finished pretty low in 2018. This year they really picked up in quality. A lot had to do with PAC’s Open the Dream Gate title reign. He increased the importance and popularity of the title for Ben-K’s eventual coronation. Ben-K’s story was also a highlight of the company. Dragon Gate’s title matches this year are pretty underrated, especially in a year where a lot of promotion’s title matches were pretty stale. 

They had a lot of matches in the 2019 4+ Star Matches list. They also had a match in my Top 10 matches of the year. Masaaki Mochizuki had a great underrated year. Shun Skywalker, Ben-K, Kzy and Susumu Yokosuka all had great in-ring years as well. 

The Ultimo Dragon stuff was real nice although having Ultimo win so much was a weird choice for sure. R.E.D was great this year. I also enjoyed the Mochizuki Dojo group as well. Every other faction was just there. The change up in the factions at the end of the year makes this promotion more interesting and I’m looking forward to continue watching in 2020.

Final Rating - 7/10

3) All Japan Pro Wrestling

AJPW held up this year thanks to two things: Kento Miyahara’s Triple Crown title reign and the Champion Carnival. There was a large number of top level matches this year in All Japan. Miyahara’s reign was the best world title reign this year by a wide margin. His feuds with Jake Lee and Naoya Nomura were some of the best of the year. The tag division was the strongest in any promotion, not that there’s much competition. 

AJPW had 36 matches in my list. Kento Miyahara and Naoya Nomura had fantastic in-ring years. 

The booking was a little weak towards the end of the year. There does not feel like anyone is ready to beat Miyahara. Nomura is the best choice to take the title off of him and his booking in the Real World Tag League was very questionable. Of course the junior division is pretty bland and with the unfortunate death of Atsushi Aoki there wasn’t much going on in the division.

The Champion Carnival, the Royal Road tournament and the Real World Tag League provided the best of AJPW in 2019. With the possibility of a working relationship with Dragon Gate, I’m pretty excited for AJPW in 2020. 

Final Rating - 7/10

2) World Wonder Ring STARDOM

STARDOM had a great 2019. Momo Watanabe’s Wonder of STARDOM title reign was a great one that saw many 4+ Star matches. The whole promotion had 4+ Star matches all year as they had the second most matches on my list. The 5 Star Grand Prix was a really good tournament. There were also some great feuds this year including the Arisa Hoshiki/Hazuki and Tokyo Cyber Squad against the rest of the roster.

The emergence of TCS was the highlight of the year and if I did a best factions category, Tokyo Cyber Squad would run away with it. 2019 saw Hana Kimura catapult to a new level in the promotion. The tag team of Jungle Kyona and Konami was a great addition to STARDOM’s underrated tag division.

Arisa Hoshiki was another bright spot of STARDOM’s roster. She came back to the promotion in late 2018 and in 2019 she really stepped up.  She had great matches and great feuds.

Although Kagetsu and Hazuki retired in 2019, Oedo Tai is in great hands with Natsuko Tora, who really shined this year. Her feud with Jungle Kyona was an underrated feud for sure and one that needs for people to go back and follow again. 

The World of STARDOM title was a low point for the promotion. With Kagetsu’s underwhelming run and Bea Priestly’s bad reign, it was yet another world title in 2019 that was uninteresting. The secondary title in the promotion outshined this belt as it has for a couple of years now.

STARDOM’s future looks great. With being bought by BUSHIROAD and having an amazing roster of talented ladies, I look forward to what they can accomplish in 2020.

Final Rating - 8/10

1) New Japan Pro Wrestling

NJPW in 2019 was great. The tournaments this year were some of the best ever. New Japan Cup 2019 was the best New Japan Cup ever. Best of the Super Juniors 26 was one of the best ones ever. The G1 Climax, although did not peak as high as years past, was probably the most consistent tournament of all time. They had other solid tournaments as well like the Young Lion’s Cup, the Super J Cup and the Junior Tag League. 

Of course they had a large amount of matches in my 2019 4+ Star Matches list. They had the most with 127 matches on the list. They also had 5 spots in my Top 10 matches of the year. Will Ospreay had an in-ring year that cannot be matched by anyone else. Shingo Takagi also had an amazing year as well. Kota Ibushi, Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii, Hiroshi Tanahashi and Zack Sabre Jr all had under the radar fantastic years. Tetsuya Naito, Jay White, Dragon Lee and Taiji Ishimori also had great in-ring years.

There were some great feuds this year as well. The Naito/Ibushi feud was filled with hate and nasty bumps and the matches were great as well. Sabre/Tanahashi was a more mellow feud but was still competitive. Of course Minoru Suzuki and Jushin Thunder Liger was the best feud of the promotion this year. Just two 50 year olds beating the shit out of each other with a special appearance from Kishin Liger. Other notable feuds include White/Naito, KENTA/NJPW and the four way Ospreay/El Phantasmo/Ishimori/Robbie Eagles. 

NJPW’s tag divisions obviously are the low point of the promotion going on for many years now.

There isn’t much to say about them that hasn’t already been said everywhere else. The IWGP title picture this year was very lackluster. Both Tanahashi and White had zero defence reigns at the beginning of the year so there wasn’t much room for excitement there. Okada’s reign was very boring. He won it in April and it felt like just a placeholder reign to get to January. The only great match in the reign was the Minoru Suzuki match at Royal Quest.

Despite its negatives, this promotion always delivers consistently. The booking is seldom questionable and the matches are always great. I am excited for their 2020

Final Rating - 8/10