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Post by The Portable Stove on Nov 7, 2007 16:43:49 GMT -5
Another one I don't think has been mentioned was Chris Hero VS Eddie Kingston Last Man Standing Match (IWA:MS Ted Petty Invitational 2007 Night Two) I'm going to be hated on for this but....I don't think Nigel/Dragon from Driven was all that great. I honestly enjoyed their encounter last year at Unified more. Who would've thought that Cena would have a MOTY contender with the WC board? Cena stepped up his game ALOT this year. This had to be his best period as champ... until he messed up the toss. Then again, like most people, I don't hate Cena or his work, I just hate how he's booked.
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Post by heyguesswhatidid on Nov 7, 2007 16:48:59 GMT -5
Misawa Vs. Kenta GBY VI N2
Bryan Danielson Vs. McGuiness Driven
Bryan Danielson Vs. Morishima MM2
HBK VS. Cena from England
Jay Briscoe Vs. Necro Butcher From Edison NJ PPV taping
Claudio Vs. Morishima from DBD V n1
Cena Vs. Umaga from Royal Rumble.
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Post by Photogenic Huss Bosh on Nov 8, 2007 0:35:02 GMT -5
GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Title Round Robin tournament Match: KENTA and Taiji Ishimori vs Naomichi Marufuji and Kota Ibushi
GREAT match from 4 of the absolute best junior heavyweights in the world right now. KENTA and Marufuji proved their greatness on countless occasions, but Ishimori, and especially Ibushi really came into their own in this one, and more than hung with the two bigger names. It was just a fast paced, hard hitting 30 minute match up, and probably the most fun I've had watching wrestling this year. Ibushi's definitely a guy to keep an eye on, 2008's gonna be a big year for him.
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Post by stevieraymark on Nov 8, 2007 9:26:28 GMT -5
Hey guys this is the first time ive posted in a long while. its sad to think this but i know now that my vote here would be going to cm punk vs chris benoit. sorry for bringing his name up but this would have been match of the year without a doubt for me even if it wasnt a "*****" classic in meltzers terms it would have been mine just for the fact it would have been two of my favourite wrestlers going at it for the first time it would have been fresh and different unlike most of wwes programming this year with cena/lashley overcoming the odds and winning a ten on one handicap match everyshow. but with all that said ill give it to orton vs hhh last man standing just a fantastic match great effort by both men perfect timing and really told a story. cheers. kyle
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Post by YouStayClassy on Nov 8, 2007 11:08:38 GMT -5
Another one I don't think has been mentioned was Chris Hero VS Eddie Kingston Last Man Standing Match (IWA:MS Ted Petty Invitational 2007 Night Two) I'm going to be hated on for this but....I don't think Nigel/Dragon from Driven was all that great. I honestly enjoyed their encounter last year at Unified more. Who would've thought that Cena would have a MOTY contender with the WC board? Cena stepped up his game ALOT this year. This had to be his best period as champ... until he messed up the toss. Then again, like most people, I don't hate Cena or his work, I just hate how he's booked. But seriously, I do agree with you. I hate hate HATE the way they book Cena as Hogan 3000, but unfortunately that hatred has spilled over to the wrestler to the point where Ken Kennedy is now my favorite guy in the world.
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Post by The Portable Stove on Nov 8, 2007 19:39:09 GMT -5
Hey guys this is the first time ive posted in a long while. its sad to think this but i know now that my vote here would be going to cm punk vs chris benoit. sorry for bringing his name up but this would have been match of the year without a doubt for me even if it wasnt a "*****" classic in meltzers terms it would have been mine just for the fact it would have been two of my favourite wrestlers going at it for the first time it would have been fresh and different unlike most of wwes programming this year with cena/lashley overcoming the odds and winning a ten on one handicap match everyshow. but with all that said ill give it to orton vs hhh last man standing just a fantastic match great effort by both men perfect timing and really told a story. cheers. kyle You don't have to be sorry about that. I mean, hell. Punk vs. Benoit probably would've been Match of the Year. On another note, hopefully when he comes back, Cena will be a bit more vulnerable.
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Post by metylerca on Nov 8, 2007 21:58:46 GMT -5
Cena/ Umaga from Royal Rumble
AMdrag/Nigel from ROH Driven
Shawn and Cena/Undertaker and Batista from No Way Out
Cena/Shawn from RAW
Cena/Shawn from Wrestlemania 23
Fatal 4 Way from Backlash
Joe/Christian from Destination X
HHH/Randy Orton from No Mercy
just to name some off the top of my head.
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Post by KEJB on Nov 14, 2007 1:06:23 GMT -5
I have a new #1.
IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto (11-11-07)
Damn. This was amazing. Sorry Bryan Danielson, but you are not the "best wrestler in the world". That title firmly belongs to one Mr.Tanahashi. This might be one the most complete puro performances I have seen since the 90s. Tanahashi was flawless. I repeat, FLAWLESS. Goto was fantastic as well. If it wasn't for him failing to sell the leg work Tanahashi was doing all match this would have been an easy ***** match, and maybe a top 20 match. . .ever. That said, it didnt take that much away from the story of the match. Tanahashi was able to make the leg work pay off in the end. THIS A MUST SEE!
Final Rating: ****3/4
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Post by I Graduated Warrior University on Nov 14, 2007 2:14:26 GMT -5
Umaga vs. John Cena. WWE Royal Rumble 2007: Last Man Standing Match. Proof that Cena is the best gimmick match worker in the business.
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Post by dethstar on Nov 14, 2007 6:00:21 GMT -5
Briscoe vs Briscoe- ROHFYF Finale
Steel cage showdown- Jimmy Jacobs vs BJ whitmer- ROHSuper card of honor 2
Briscoes vs Murder City Machine Guns- ROH Good times, Great memories
Bryan Danielson vs Go Shiozaki- ROH Live in Tokyo
Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness- ROH Driven
Eddie Kingston vs Chris Hero Last man standing match- IWA MS TPI night 2
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Post by messiah on Nov 14, 2007 8:27:22 GMT -5
Fight for the Right Finals: Kaz vs. Christian Cage (Genesis '07)
Texas Death Match: Christ Harris vs. James Storm (Sacrifice '07)
X-Division Title Match: Jay Lethal vs. Kurt Angle (Turning Point '07)
Half Hour Iron Man Match: Kurt Angle vs. Samoa Joe (Final Resolution '07)
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Post by Kenny Brockelstein on Nov 14, 2007 10:02:14 GMT -5
My favourite match of the year would be James Storm versus Chris Harris Last Man Standing. One of the best brawls I've ever seen, it had everything. Man, they've really dropped the ball with those two since then. Honourable mention to MCMGs versus Team 3D at Genesis (yeah, it was awesome, it achieved everything it set out to do and more) and Cena against Umaga at the Rumble (which blew me away, was far superior to what I imagined it would be.) That said, the greatest match of the year (if not the history of existence) was Hornswoggle McMahon going up against Jonathan Khali-man from last week's Raw.
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Post by CrazySting on Nov 14, 2007 12:17:24 GMT -5
The following is the list of matches receiving 4 stars and above so far from the Wrestling Observer in 2007.
-3/4/07 Takeshi Morishima vs. KENTA (ROH World Title) **** -4/28/07 Takeshi Rikio/Jun Akiyama vs. Takashi Sugiura/Yoshihiro Takayama (GHC Tag Titles) ****1/4 -1/20/07 Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe vs. Ricky Marvin/Kotaru Suzuki (GHC Jr. Tag Titles) ****1/4 -3/11/2007 Christian Cage vs. Samoa Joe **** -4/15/07 Christian Cage/Tomko/Abyss/Scott Steiner/AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle/Sting/Samoa Joe/Rhino/Jeff Jarrett (Lethal Lockdown) **** -5/13/07 Chris Sabin vs. Jay Lethal vs. Sonjay Dutt **** -5/13/07 Chris Harris vs. James Storm (Texas Death) ****1/4 -6/17/07 Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Chris Harris vs. Christian Cage vs. Kurt Angle (King of the Mountain) ****1/4 -10/14/07 Samoa Joe vs. Christian Cage **** -1/22/07 Shawn Michaels vs. Edge (Street Fight) **** -1/27/07 John Cena vs. Umaga (Last Man Standing) **** -1/27/07 Royal Rumble Match **** -4/1/07 Mr. Kennedy vs. Edge vs. Jeff Hardy vs. King Booker vs. Randy Orton vs. Matt Hardy vs. CM Punk vs. Finlay (Ladder) ****1/4 -4/1/07 Undertaker vs. Batista **** -4/1/07 John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels **** -4/23/2007 John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels ****1/4 -4/29/2007 Undertaker vs. Batista (Last Man Standing) **** -4/29/2007 John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Edge ****1/2 -4/30/2007 Edge vs. Randy Orton ****1/4 -6/3/2007 Matt Hardy/Jeff Hardy vs. Charlie Haas/Shelton Benjamin (Ladder) **** -6/8/2007 Edge vs. Chris Benoit **** -7/22/07 John Cena vs. Bobby Lashley **** -8/26/07 John Cena vs. Randy Orton **** -10/6/07 Randy Orton vs. Triple H (Last Man Standing) ****1/4 -10/28/07 Undertaker vs. Batista **** -2/16/2007 Samoa Joe vs. Takeshi Morishima ****1/2 -5/12/2007 Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe vs. Matt Sydal/Claudio Castagnoli ****1/4 -5/12/2007 Takeshi Morishima/Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness/KENTA **** -6/9/07 Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson ****1/2
Just thought it was worth posting...
You know for all the complaining people do about Cena he has had some cracking matches.
And I don't need to hear the 'he was carried' arguement...
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Post by KEJB on Nov 14, 2007 13:43:24 GMT -5
Not to get off topic, but to me it seems the general consensous is that Cena has been putting on awesome matches this year, but the way he is booked if the turn off.
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Post by MGH on Nov 14, 2007 13:48:40 GMT -5
Really? Maybe it's just me, but I didn't think it was anything phenomenal.
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Post by Mr. Mediocre on Nov 14, 2007 13:51:29 GMT -5
The following is the list of matches receiving 4 stars and above so far from the Wrestling Observer in 2007. -3/4/07 Takeshi Morishima vs. KENTA (ROH World Title) **** -4/28/07 Takeshi Rikio/Jun Akiyama vs. Takashi Sugiura/Yoshihiro Takayama (GHC Tag Titles) ****1/4 -1/20/07 Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe vs. Ricky Marvin/Kotaru Suzuki (GHC Jr. Tag Titles) ****1/4 -3/11/2007 Christian Cage vs. Samoa Joe **** -4/15/07 Christian Cage/Tomko/Abyss/Scott Steiner/AJ Styles vs. Kurt Angle/Sting/Samoa Joe/Rhino/Jeff Jarrett (Lethal Lockdown) **** -5/13/07 Chris Sabin vs. Jay Lethal vs. Sonjay Dutt **** -5/13/07 Chris Harris vs. James Storm (Texas Death) ****1/4 -6/17/07 Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Chris Harris vs. Christian Cage vs. Kurt Angle (King of the Mountain) ****1/4 -10/14/07 Samoa Joe vs. Christian Cage **** -1/22/07 Shawn Michaels vs. Edge (Street Fight) **** -1/27/07 John Cena vs. Umaga (Last Man Standing) **** -1/27/07 Royal Rumble Match **** -4/1/07 Mr. Kennedy vs. Edge vs. Jeff Hardy vs. King Booker vs. Randy Orton vs. Matt Hardy vs. CM Punk vs. Finlay (Ladder) ****1/4 -4/1/07 Undertaker vs. Batista **** -4/1/07 John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels **** -4/23/2007 John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels ****1/4 -4/29/2007 Undertaker vs. Batista (Last Man Standing) **** -4/29/2007 John Cena vs. Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Edge ****1/2 -4/30/2007 Edge vs. Randy Orton ****1/4 -6/3/2007 Matt Hardy/Jeff Hardy vs. Charlie Haas/Shelton Benjamin (Ladder) **** -6/8/2007 Edge vs. Chris Benoit **** -7/22/07 John Cena vs. Bobby Lashley **** -8/26/07 John Cena vs. Randy Orton **** -10/6/07 Randy Orton vs. Triple H (Last Man Standing) ****1/4 -10/28/07 Undertaker vs. Batista **** -2/16/2007 Samoa Joe vs. Takeshi Morishima ****1/2 -5/12/2007 Jay Briscoe/Mark Briscoe vs. Matt Sydal/Claudio Castagnoli ****1/4 -5/12/2007 Takeshi Morishima/Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness/KENTA **** -6/9/07 Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson ****1/2 Just thought it was worth posting... You know for all the complaining people do about Cena he has had some cracking matches. And I don't need to hear the 'he was carried' arguement... You left out Meltzer's match of the year: 7/15/07 Naomichi Marufuji/Kota Ibushi vs. KENTA/Taiji Ishimori ****3/4
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Post by Chuckie Finster on Nov 14, 2007 13:56:09 GMT -5
I have a new #1. IWGP Heavyweight Championship: Hiroshi Tanahashi (c) vs. Hirooki Goto (11-11-07)Damn. This was amazing. Sorry Bryan Danielson, but you are not the "best wrestler in the world". That title firmly belongs to one Mr.Tanahashi. This might be one the most complete puro performances I have seen since the 90s. Tanahashi was flawless. I repeat, FLAWLESS. Goto was fantastic as well. If it wasn't for him failing to sell the leg work Tanahashi was doing all match this would have been an easy ***** match, and maybe a top 20 match. . .ever. That said, it didnt take that much away from the story of the match. Tanahashi was able to make the leg work pay off in the end. THIS A MUST SEE! Final Rating: ****3/4Tanahashi is really silencing his detractors. His first IWGP run was a mixed bag as he was the Cena of Japan with the men cheering for his opponents and the women cheering him and ht Internet split. Ever since winning the title back from Nagata he's been on fire. He's been using the jeers to his advantage as a pseudo-heel. (It also helps that he changed his look and developed the frog splash as his finished instead of the Sling Blade)
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Post by CrazySting on Nov 14, 2007 14:26:27 GMT -5
Not to get off topic, but to me it seems the general consensous is that Cena has been putting on awesome matches this year, but the way he is booked if the turn off. I remember a Bristish wrestling magazine last year listed the top 50 wrestlers in the business (from a purely in ring point of view it's not the PWI 500), but left Cena off (while Edge, who had those great matches with him, was at number one) because they said he got carried and therefore his work didn't count.
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Post by Square on Nov 14, 2007 14:42:33 GMT -5
Kaz Vs Christian Cage: Ladder Match, Genisis
Great match which had a HELL of a lot of big spots and a perfect ending
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Post by CrazySting on Nov 14, 2007 14:47:59 GMT -5
I might be in the minority here, but I've never been a big fan of the Batista/Taker matches. Maybe because their wrestling styles have never appealled to me.
Although I admit they're great efforts for a getting on a bit veteran and a musclehead who can barely wrestle.
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