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Mathew’s Top Matches of 2020: Honorable Mentions

End of every year brings lists and rankings! Check out the list of matches that missed Mathew’s Top 25 this year!

Published

2 years ago

December 28, 2020

As the year is slowly coming to a close, it’s time to get ready for my Top 25 Matches of 2020 but before I do that, we’re going to list the honorable mentions that happened this year. These matches are some I’ve enjoyed or considered great but were, unfortunately, unable to make the cut with the official list. Doesn’t mean they’re bad, just can’t cram them all.

Let’s take a look down below.

WWE:

Tyler Bate vs. Jordan Devlin (NXT UK Takeover: Blackpool 2 1/12/2020)
Keith Lee vs. Roderick Strong (NXT 1/22/2020)
DIY vs. Mustache Mountain (World’s Collide 1/25/2020)
Daniel Bryan vs. The Fiend (Royal Rumble 1/26/2020)
Men’s Royal Rumble (Royal Rumble 1/26/2020)
Becky Lynch vs. Asuka (Raw 2/10/2020)
Johnny Gargano vs. Finn Balor (NXT Takeover: Portland 2/16/2020)
Undisputed Era vs. Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne (NXT Takeover: Portland 2/16/2020)
Adam Cole vs. Tomasso Ciampa (NXT Takeover: Portland 2/16/2020)
Dominik Dijakovic vs. Keith Lee (NXT Takeover: Portland 2/16/2020)
Ilja Dragunov vs. A-Kid (NXT UK 3/6/2020)
Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak (Elimination Chamber 3/8/2020)
Jordan Devlin vs. Travis Banks (NXT UK 3/26/2020)
Jimmy Uso vs. John Morrison vs. Kofi Kingston (WrestleMania 36 4/4/2020)
Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair (WrestleMania 36 4/5/2020)
Drew McIntyre vs. Brock Lesnar (WrestleMania 36 4/5/2020)
Rey Mysterio vs. Murphy (Raw 4/20/2020)
Drew McIntyre vs. Seth Rollins (Money in the Bank 5/10/2020
Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak (SmackDown 5/15/2020)
AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (SmackDown 5/22/2020)
Matt Riddle vs. Timothy Thatcher (NXT 5/27/2020)
Keith Lee vs. Johnny Gargano (NXT Takeover: In Your House 6/7/2020)
Finn Balor vs. Damian Priest (NXT Takeover: In Your House 6/7/2020)
Asuka vs. Charlotte Flair (Raw 6/8/2020)
Isaiah Scott vs. Tony Nese (205 Live 6/26/2020)
Io Shirai vs. Sasha Banks (NXT Great American Bash 7/1/2020)
Adam Cole vs. Keith Lee (NXT Great American Bash 7/8/2020)
Asuka and Kairi Sane vs. Sasha Banks and Bayley (Raw 7/13/2020)
AJ Styles vs. Drew Gulak (SmackDown 7/3/2020)
Bronson Reed vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Roderick Strong (NXT 7/15/2020)
Io Shirai vs. Tegan Nox (NXT 7/15/2020)
Asuka vs. Sasha Banks (Extreme Rules 7/19/2020)
Drew McIntyre vs. Dolph Ziggler (Extreme Rules 7/19/2020)
Kairi Sane vs. Bayley (Raw 7/20/2020)
Timothy Thatcher vs. Finn Balor (NXT Takeover: XXX 8/22/2020)
Adam Cole vs. Pat McAfee (NXT Takeover: XXX 8/22/2020)
Bronson Reed vs. Damian Priest vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Velveteen Dream vs. Cameron Grimes (NXT Takeover: XXX 8/22/2020)
Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton (Summerslam 8/23/2020)
Adam Cole vs. Finn Balor (NXT 9/8/2020)
Ilja Dragunov vs. Noam Darr (NXT UK 9/17/2020)
Bronson Reed vs. Cameron Grimes vs. Kushida vs. Kyle O’Reilly vs. Timothy Thatcher (NXT 9/23/2020)
Jey Uso vs. Roman Reigns (Clash of Champions 9/27/2020)
Sami Zayn vs. AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy (Clash of Champions 9/27/2020)
Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton (Clash of Champions 9/27/2020)
Finn Balor vs. Kyle O’Reilly (NXT Takeover: 31 10/4/2020)
Big E vs. Sheamus (Smackdown 10/9/2020)
Alexander Wolfe and WALTER vs. Pete Dunne and Ilja Dragunov (NXT UK 10/15/2020)
Sasha Banks vs. Bayley (Hell in a Cell 10/25/2020)
Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso (Hell in a Cell 10/25/2020)
Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton (Hell in a Cell 10/25/2020)
Bayley vs. Sasha Banks (SmackDown 11/6/2020)
Mustafa Ali vs. Ricochet (Raw 11/9/2020)
Drew McIntyre vs. Randy Orton (Raw 11/16/2020)
Io Shirai vs. Rhea Ripley (NXT 11/18/2020)
Seth Rollins vs. Murphy (SmackDown 11/20/2020)
Roman Reigns vs. Drew McIntyre (Survivor Series 11/22/2020)
Street Profits vs. New Day (Survivor Series 11/22/2020)
Matt Riddle vs. Sheamus (Raw 11/23/2020)
Kushida vs. Timothy Thtcher (NXT 11/25/2020)
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Pete Dunne (NXT 11/25/2020)
Trent Seven vs. A-Kid (NXT UK 11/26/2020)
Undisputed Era vs. Team McAfee (NXT Takeover: Wargames 12/6/2020)
Tomasso Ciampa vs. Timothy Thatcher (NXT Takeover: Wargames 12/6/2020)
Kyle O’Reilly vs. Pete Dunne (NXT 12/16/2020)
Drew McIntyre vs. The Miz vs. AJ Styles (TLC 12/20/2020)
Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens (TLC 12/20/2020)
Sasha Banks vs. Carmella (TLC 12/20/2020)
Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens (SmackDown 12/25/2020)

AEW:

Cody vs. Darby Dallin (1/1/2020)
Nyla Rose vs. Riho (Dynamite 2/12/2020)
Cody vs. Wardlow (Dynamite 2/19/2020)
Kenny Omega vs. PAC (Dynamite 2/26/2020)
Jon Moxley vs. Chris Jericho (Revolution 2/29/2020)
Cody vs. MJF (Revolution 2/29/2020)
Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin (Revolution 2/29/2020)
Lance Archer vs. Dustin Rhodes (Dynamite 4/29/2020)
Jungle Boy vs. MJF (Double or Nothing 5/23/2020)
Lance Archer vs. Cody (Double or Nothing 5/23/2020)
FTR vs. SCU (Dynamite 6/24/2020)
Hikaru Shida vs. Penelope Ford (Fyter Fest 7/1/2020)
MJF and Wardlow vs. Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus (Fyter Fest 7/1/2020)
Cody vs. Eddie Kingston (Dynamite 7/22/2020)
Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin (Dynamite 8/5/2020)
FTR vs. Kenny Omega and Adam Page (All Out 9/5/2020)
Brodie Lee vs. Dustin Rhodes (Dynamite 9/9/2020)
Adam Page vs. Frankie Kazarian (Dynamite 9/16/2020)
Best Friends vs. Santana and Ortiz (Dynamite 9/16/2020)
FTR vs. SCU (Dynamite 9/30/2020)
Cody vs. Brodie Lee (Dynamite 10/7/2020)
Cody vs. Darby Allin (Full Gear 11/7/2020)
Kenny Omega vs. Adam Page (Full Gear 11/7/2020)
FTR vs. Young Bucks (Full Gear 11/7/2020)
Serena Deeb vs. Thunder Rosa (Dynamite 11/18/2020

NJPW:

Lance Archer vs. Jon Moxley (Wrestle Kingdom 14 1/4/2020)
Will Ospreay vs. Hiromu Takahashi (Wrestle Kingdom 14 1/4/2020)
Jay White vs. Tetsuya Naito (Wrestle Kingdom 14 1/4/2020)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Chris Jericho (Wrestle Kingdom 14 1/5/2020)
Hirooki Goto vs. KENTA (Wrestle Kingdom 14 1/5/2020)
Hiromu Takahashi and Ryu Lee vs. Jushin Thunder Liger and Naoki Sano (Wrestle Kingdom 14 1/5/2020)
Hirooki Goto and Tomohiro Ishii vs. EVIL and Shingo Takagi (New Year’s Dash 1/6/2020)
EVIL vs. Tomohiro Ishii (New Beginning in Sapporo 2/1/2020)
Hirooki Goto vs. Shingo Takagi (New Beginning in Sapporo 2/1/2020)
Kazuchika Okada vs. Taichi (New Beginning in Sapporo 2/2/2020)
Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr (New Beginning in Sapporo 2/2/2020)
Jon Moxley vs. Minoru Suzuki (New Beginning in Osaka 2/9/2020)
Tetsuya Naito vs. KENTA (New Beginning in Osaka 2/9/2020)
Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ryu Lee (New Beginning in Osaka 2/9/2020)
Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii (New Japan Road 2/20/2020)
Minoru Suzuki vs. Yuji Nagata (New Japan Cup 6/17/2020)
Shingo Takagi vs. SHO (New Japan Cup 6/22/2020)
Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan Cup 7/2/2020)
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan Cup 7/3/2020)
Shingo Takagi vs. SHO (Dominion 7/12/2020)
Golden Ace vs. Dangerous Tekkers (Dominion 7/12/2020)
EVIL vs. Hiromu Takahashi (Sengoku Lord 7/25/2020)
Monoru Suzuki vs. Yuji Nagata (Summer Struggle 7/31/2020)
Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI vs. Kazuchika Okada, SHO and Toru Yano (Summer Struggle 8/9/2020)
Shingo Takagi vs. Minoru Suzuki (Summer Struggle in Jingu 8/29/2020)
Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori (Summer Struggle in Jingu 8/29/2020)
Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi (G1 Climax 9/19/2020)
Minoru Suzuki vs. Tomohiro Ishii (G1 Climax 9/19/2020)
Jay White vs. Kota Ibushi (G1 Climax 9/23/2020)
Minoru Suzuki vs. Taichi (G1 Climax 9/23/2020)
Will Ospreay vs. Tomohiro Ishii (G1 Climax 9/23/2020)
Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr (G1 Climax 9/24/2020)
Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii (G1 Climax 9/27/2020)
Kazuchika Okada vs. Jay White (G1 Climax 9/27/2020)
Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay (G1 Climax 9/27/2020)
Jay White vs. Will Ospreay (G1 Climax 9/30/2020)
Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii (G1 Climax 9/30/2020)
Tetsuya Naito vs. SANADA (G1 Climax 10/1/2020)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. YOSHI-HASHI (G1 Climax 10/1/2020)
Taichi vs. Tomohiro Ishii (G1 Climax 10/5/2020)
Minoru Suzuki vs. Will Ospreay (G1 Climax 10/7/2020)
Shingo Takagi vs. Kota Ibushi (G1 Climax 10/7/2020)
Taichi vs. Will Ospreay (G1 Climax 10/10/2020)
Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki (G1 Climax 10/10/2020)
Jeff Cobb vs. Tomohiro Ishii (G1 Climax 10/10/2020)
Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii (G1 Climax 10/13/2020)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. SANADA (G1 Climax 10/14/2020)
Minoru Suzuki vs. Shingo Takagi (G1 Climax 10/16/2020)
Kota Ibushi vs. Taichi (G1 Climax 10/16/2020)
Jay White vs. Tomohiro Ishii (G1 Climax 10/16/2020)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Zack Sabre Jr (G1 Climax 10/17/2020)
Kota Ibushi vs. SANADA (G1 Climax 10/18/2020)
DOUKI, Taichi and Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii and YOSHI-HASHI (Road to Power Struggle 10/23/2020)
Minoru Suzuki vs. Shingo Takagi (Power Struggle 11/7/2020)
Jay White vs. Kota Ibushi (Power Struggle 11/7/2020)
Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiromu Takahashi (BOSJ 11/15/2020)
Robbie Eagles vs. SHO (BOSJ 11/20/2020)
Robbie Eagles vs. Hiromu Takahashi (BOSJ 11/29/2020)
Hiromu Takahashi vs. SHO (12/2/2020)

Stardom:

Arisa Hoshiki vs. Utami Hayashishita (19th Anniversary 1/19/2020)
Kagetsu vs. Tam Nakano (19th Anniversary 1/19/2020)
Mayu Iwatani vs. Momo Watanabe (19th Anniversary 1/19/2020)
Jungle Kyona and Momo Watanabe vs. Kagetsu and Mayu Iwatani (1/26/2020)
Mayu Iwatani vs. Takumi Iroha (The Way to the Major League 2/8/2020)
Arisa Hoshiki vs. Bea Priestley (The Way to the Major League 2/8/2020)
Giulia, Himeka, Maika and Syuri vs. Mayu Iwatani, Saya Iida, Starlight Kid and Tam Nakano (Stardom is Again 6/21/2020)
Konami vs. Mayu Iwatani vs. Momo Watanabe (New Summer 7/12/2020)
AZM, Momo Watanabe, Saya Kamitani and Utami Hayashishita vs. Giulia, Himeka, Maika and
Syuri (Cinderella Summer 7/24/2020)
Mayu Iwatani vs. Jungle Kyona (Cinderella Summer 7/24/2020)
Utami Hayashishita vs. Jungle Kyona (5Star Grand Prix 8/8/2020)
Giulia vs. Mayu Iwatani (5Star Grand Prix 8/8/2020)
Jungle Kyona vs. Syuri (5Star Grand Prix 8/9/2020)
Konami vs. Mayu Iwatani (5Star Grand Prix 9/5/2020)
Momo Watanabe vs. Utami Hayashishita (5Star Gran Prix 9/12/2020)
Tam Nakano vs. Giulia (5Star Grand Prix 9/13/2020)
Utami Hayashishita vs. Syuri (5Star Grand Prix 9/19/2020)
Mayu Iwatani vs. Tam Nakano (5Star Grand Prix 9/19/2020)
AZM, Momo Watanabe and Utami Hayashishita vs. Mei Hoshizuki, Rin Kadokura and Takumi Iroha (5Star Grand Prix 9/28/2020)
Mayu Iwatani vs. Syuri (Yokohama Cinderella 10/3/2020)
Giulia vs. Tam Nakano (Yokohama Cinderella 10/3/2020)
Giulia vs. Konami (Sendai Cinderella 11/15/2020)
Mayu Iwatani vs. Utami Hayashishita (Sendai Cinderella 11/15/2020)
AZM vs. Mei Hoshizuki (Osaka Dream 12/20/2020)
Syuri vs. Giulia (Osaka Dream 12/20/2020)
Utami Hayashishita vs. Momo Watanabe (Osaka Dream 12/20/2020)

AJPW:

Susumu Yokosuka vs. Hikaru Sato (New Year’s Wars 1/3/2020)
Kento Miyahara vs. Jake Lee (New Year’s Wars 1/3/2020)
Ayato Yoshida vs. Naoya Nomura (New Year’s Wars 1/19/2020)
Susumu Yokosuka vs. Akira Francesco (Excite Series 2/11/2020)
Kento Miuahara vs. Yuma Aoyagi (Excite Series 2/11/2020)
Suwama vs. Shotaro Ashino (Triple Crown of Wilderness 6/30/2020)
Yusuke Kodama vs. Koji Iwamoto (Triple Crown of Wilderness 6/30/2020)
Suwama vs. Shuji Ishiawa (Summer Action Series 7/25/2020)
Susumu Yokosuka vs. Koji Iwamoto (Summer Action Series 7/25/2020)
Suwama vs. Jiro Kuroshio (Champion Carnival 9/13/2020)
Shotaro Ashino vs. Yuma Aoyagi (Champion Carnival 9/13/2020)
Kento Miyahara vs. Shotaro Ashino (Champion Carnival 9/15/2020)
Kento Miyahara vs. Yuma Aoyagi (Champion Carnival 9/21/2020)
Koji Iwamoto vs. Ikuto Hidaka (Champion Carnival 9/21/2020)
Kento Miyahara vs. Shuji Ishikawa (Champion Carnival 9/26/2020)
Yuma Aoyagi vs. Koji Doi (Champion Carnival 10/5/2020)
Suwama vs. Zeus (Raising an Army Memorial Series 10/17/2020)
Shotaro Ashino and Kuma Arashi vs. Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa (RWTL 11/18/2020)
Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Shotaro Ashino and Kuma Arashi (RWTL 11/22/2020)
Jake Lee and Koji Iwatmoto vs. Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa (RWTL 11/23/2020)
Kento Miyahara and Yuma Aoyagi vs. Suwama and Shuji Ishikawa (RWTL 12/4/2020)
Alejandro vs. Akira Francesco (RWTL 12/5/2020)

NOAH:

Go Shiozaki vs. Kaito Kiyomiya (NEW SUNRISE 1/4/2020)
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Michael Elgin (NEW SUNRISE 1/4/2020)
Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Naomichi Marufuji and Masaaki Mochizuki (REBOOT 1/5/2020)
Daisuke Harada vs. Dick Togo (Global Junior League 1/30/2020)
Daisuke Harada vs. Hajime Ohara (Global Junior League 1/30/2020)
Takashi Sugiura vs. Minoru Tanaka (The Chronicle 3/29/2020)
Go Shiozaki vs. Kazuyuki Fujita (The Chronicle 3/29/2020)
Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Daisuke Harada (The Chronicle 3/29/2020)
Takashi Sugiura vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima (GHC National Championship 5/9/2020)
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Rene Dupree (New Hope 5/24/2020)
Go Shiozaki vs. Akitoshi Saito (Go Forward 6/14/2020)
Kotaro Suzuki vs. Atsushi Kotoge (Go Forward 6/14/2020)
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Manabu Soya (Go Forward 6/21/2020)
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kenou (Departure 8/4/2020)
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Keiji Muto (The Chronicle 8/10/2020)
Go Shiozaki and Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Takashi Sugiura and Kazushi Sakuraba (Kawasaki Go! 8/30/2020)
Kotaro Suzui vs. Seiki Yoshioka (Kawasaki Go! 8/30/2020)
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Masaaki Mochizuki (N1 Victory 9/18/2020)
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kenou (N1 Victory 9/18/2020)
Naomichi Marufuji vs. Takashi Sugiura (N1 Victory 9/22/2020)
Go Shiozaki vs. Masaaki Mochizuki (N1 Victory 9/23/2020)
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Go Shiozaki (N1 Victory 10/4/2020)
Kenou vs. Takashi Sugiura (N1 Victory 10/4/2020)
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima (N1 Victory 10/11/2020)
Kenou vs. Kaito Kiyomiya (The Chronicle 11/22/2020)
Kenou and Jinsei Shinzaki vs. Kaito Kiyomiya and Daiki Inaba (Kongo Produce 12/26/2020)

DDT:

Daisuke Sasaki and Soma Takao vs. Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno (New Year’s Special 1/3/2020)
Masato Tanaka vs. HARASHIMA (Sweet Dreams 1/26/2020)
Masato Tanaka vs. MAO (Into the Fight 2/23/2020)
Chris Brookes vs. Konosuke Takeshita (Into the Fight 2/23/2020)
Naomichi Marufuji and HARASHIMA vs. ASUKA and MAO (Wrestle Peter Pan 6/7/2020)
Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno vs. T-Hawk and El Lindaman (Wrestle Peter Pan 6/7/2020)
Masato Tanaka vs. Tetsuya Endo (Wrestle Peter Pan 6/7/2020)
Tetsuya Endo vs. Yuki Ueno (Summer Vacation 7/23/2020)
ASUKA vs. Hagane Shinnou (Ganbare Wrestling Heavens Door 8/22/2020)
Tetsuya Endo vs. T-Hawk (King of DDT 8/23/2020)
Kazusada Higuchi and Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Naomi Yoshimura and Yuki Ueno (Road to Ultimate Party 10/25/2020)
Tetsuya Endo vs. Daisuke Sasaki (Ultimate Party 11/3/2020)
Konosuke Takeshita vs. Jun Akiyama (Ultimate Party 11/3/2020)

Dragon Gate:

Naruki Doi vs. Kzy (Truth Gate 2/7/2020)
Naruki Doi vs. Susumu Yokosuka (Champion Gate 3/1/2020)
YAMATO vs. Ryo Saito (King of Gate 5/15/2020)
Kaito Ishida vs. Naruki Doi (King of Gate 5/30/2020)
Eita vs. Naruki Doi (King of Gate 6/7/2020)
Jason Lee and Kota Minoura vs. Dragon Kid vs. Susumu Yokosuka (Dangerous Gate 9/21/2020)
Big R Shimizu vs. KAI vs. Masato Yoshino vs. Eita vs. YAMATO vs. BxB Hulk (Dangerous Gate 9/21/2020)
Eita vs. Kzy (Gate of Destiny 11/3/2020)
Keisuke Okuda vs. Kaito Ishida (Gate of Destiny 11/3/2020)
Kaito Ishida vs. Keisuke Okuda (Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 11/15/2020)
BxB Hulk and KAI vs. YAMATO and Kota Minoura (Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 11/15/2020)
Eita vs. Shun Skywalker (Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 11/15/2020)
BxB Hulk and KAI vs. YAMATO and Kzy (Gate of Origin 11/28/2020)
Keisuke Okuda vs. Kagetora (Final Gate 12/20/2020)
Shun Skywalker vs. Ben-K (Final Gate 12/20/2020)

Misc:

Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr (RevPro High Stakes 2/14/2020)
Allysin Kay vs. Thunder Rosa (NWA Hard Times 1/24/2020)
Miyu Yamashita vs. Yuka Sakazaki (TJPW 1/4/2020)
Natsumi Saki vs. Sareee (TJPW 1/4/2020)
Yuka Sakazaki vs. Mizuki (TJPW Wrestle Princess 11/7/2020)
Aja Kong and Miyu Yamashita vs. Sareee and Maki Ito (TJPW Wrestle Princess 11/7/2020)
Shigehiro Irie vs. Daisuke Kanehira (HEAT UP Burning Delivery 6/24/2020)
Daiki Inaba vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima (W-1 Sunrise 1/12/2020)
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Shotaro Ashino (W-1 W-Impact 2/12/2020)
Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kaz Hayashi (W-1 Wrestle Wars 3/15/2020)
Shotaro Ashino vs. Seigo Tachibana (W-1 Trans Magic 3/25/2020)
El Soberano Jr vs. Titan (CMLL 87 Aniversario 9/25/2020)
Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid (AAA Triple Mania XXVIII 12/12/2020)
Aereo vs. Villano III Jr (AAA 3/1/2020)
Maya Yukihi vs. Suzu Suzuki (Ice Ribbon #1057 8/9/2020)
Hiragi Kurumi and Mochi Miyagi vs. Tsukushi and Tsukasa Fujimoto (Ice Ribbon #1057 8/9/2020)
Risa Sera vs. Syuri (Ice Ribbon #1071 9/20/2020)
Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin vs. Wentz and Dez (Impact Slammiversary 7/18/2020)
Eric Young vs. Eddie Edwards vs. Rich Swann vs. Ace Austin vs. Trey (Impact Slammiversary 7/18/2020)
Deonna Purrazzo vs. Jordynne Grace (Impact Emergence 8/25/2020)
Eric Young vs. Eddie Edwards (Impact Victory Road 10/3/2020)
Yuji Okabayashi vs. Tank Nagai (2AW Grand Slam 5/23/2020)
Ayato Yoshida vs. Yuji Okabayashi (2AW Grand Slam in TKP 7/5/2020)
Daisuke Sekimoto and Kohei Sato vs. Yuji Okabayashi and Shigehiro Irie (BJW Strong Climb 3/3/2020)
Daichi Hashimoto vs. T-Hawk (BJW Strong Climb 3/21/2020)
Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Yuya Aoki (BJW Strong Climb 3/21/2020)
Daichi Hashimoto vs. Shigehiro Irie (BJW Last Buntai 8/29/2020)
Daichi Hashimoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi (BJW Death Match, Strong, Junior 3 Major Title Matches 10/21/2020)
Yuji Okabayashi vs. Daisuke Sekimoto (BJW 25th Anniversary 11/23/2020)
T-Hawk and El Lindaman vs. Fuminori Abe and Takuya Nomura (BJW 25th Anniversary 11/23/2020)
Isami Kodaka vs. Yuki Ishikawa (BJW 11/26/2020)
Arisa Nakajima vs. Yoshiko (SEAdLINNNG 5th Anniversary 1/24/2020)
Arisa Nakajima vs. Yoshiko (SEAdLINNNG Close to You 7/13/2020)
Arisa Nakajima and Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Yoshiko and Hiroyo Matsumoto (SEAdLINNNG 5th Anniversary 8/26/2020)
Yoshiko vs. Sareee (SEAdLINNNG Fall in Love with D! 9/24/2020)
Sareee vs. Yoshiko (Diana 2/22/2020)
Ayako Sato vs. ASUKA (Diana 7/24/2020)
ASUKA vs. Ayako Sato (Diana 8/30/2020)
ASUKA vs. Ayako Sato (Diana 10/11/2020)
Yuji Hino vs. Yuji Okabayashi (ZERO1 Happy New Year 1/1/2020)
Yuji Hino vs. Kohei Sato (ZERO1 19th Anniversary 3/1/2020)
Daisuke Sekimoto and Yuji Okabayashi vs. Takashi Sugiura and Masato Tanaka (ZERO1 19th Anniversary 3/1/2020)

This will conclude the honorable mentions part of my list and stay tuned as tomorrow, we start the countdown with the first five matches!

Hope you all enjoy.

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Chavo Guerrero would get into the head of Latino Heat by making him believe Mysterio was trying one-up his tag team partner. Chavo went as far as to tell his uncle to stop using the Guerrero name.

Guerrero would finally give in to his nephew’s manipulation and went on to challenge Mysterio to a one-on-one match at WrestleMania 21. I For the first time in history, both tag team champions would face each other. Guerrero vs. Mysterio was the first match on the stacked card. Both partners threw everything at each other including the kitchen sink in a battle of one-up-manship. In an incredible high-octane match that saw both superstars delivering counter for counter, Mysterio pulled off the win with a surprise pin roll up.

A few months later, what once was a friendly battle turned into a nasty fight involving the custody of Mysterio’s real-life son Dominik Mysterio. After several torturous weeks, both former tag team champions would face off in a ladder match with the custody of Dominick on the line. I forgot how amazing this rivalry was and it’s definitely worth a watch. Sadly, we would lose Latino Heat in November of 2005. There will never be another Eddie Guerrero. Viva La Raza!

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King’s WrestleMania Rewind: Stone Cold VS. Scott Hall (WrestleMania X8)

Chris King is back with another WrestleMania Rewind, looking at the NWO’s Scott Hall battling Stone Cold Steve Austin at WWE WrestleMania X8 from Toronto!

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March 14, 2023

Chris King

Chris King is back with another WrestleMania Rewind, looking at the NWO’s Scott Hall battling Stone Cold Steve Austin at WWE WrestleMania X8 from Toronto!

Chris King is back this week with another edition of WrestleMania Rewind, where he is rewatching all the past Mania matches and feuds. This week you’re in for a treat as we look back at ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin vs. Scott Hall at WrestleMania X8.

In late 2001, Vince McMahon bought out his competition WCW and acquired the rights to a plethora of talent including Booker T, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, and the iconic trio known as NWO. Hulk Hogan; Kevin Nash, and Scott Hall were hell raisers, and what better way to make a name for yourself than take out the two top superstars in the WWE The Rock, and Stone Cold?

The NWO cost Austin his chance at becoming the Undisputed Champion at No Way Out during his match with Chris Jericho. Adding insult to injury, the NWO spray-painted ‘The Texas Rattlesnake’ with their brand logo just like they did in WCW. As you can imagine, Austin was pissed and out for revenge against the group and primarily Scott Hall.

Hall would challenge Stone Cold to a match at WrestleMania 18. Both superstars beat the living hell out of each other leading up to this highly-anticipated match for who runs the WWE.

The glass broke and Stone Cold made his iconic entrance, and black and white NWO covered Halls’ entrance alongside Kevin Nash. With the odds stacked against ‘The Toughest S.O.B’ could Austin or NWO prove their dominance? Sadly the NWO broke up that very night when Hulk Hogan came to the aid of his adversary The Rock after their ‘iconic’ dream match. Stone Cold would ensure the victory with the Stunner. Hall would perform an Oscar-worthy sell over the finisher.

What a time to be a wrestling fan in the 2000s when nothing was impossible for WWE. Who would’ve thought WCW would go out of business and Hogan would make his long-awaited return to WWE?