Opinion

Andrew’s Top 5 Matches: Week Ending 8/16/2020

Some interesting matches happened during the week! How many of these matches have you seen?

Published

5 years ago

August 17, 2020

This is an interesting week being that there’s tournament coverage, GHC title matches, and whatever we usually get on television. So we might be seeing a more unique looking Top 5 than we have in a while.

Firstly, the match that won the vote last week, AEW Dynamite: AEW Championship: Jon Moxley (c) vs Darby Allin, not entirely surprising given how passionate the AEW fans are. That will help set up for an interesting August since this Top 5 should be adding more variety to the list.

Let’s get to the Top 5!

Quick Top 5:

NOAH the Chronicle Vol 3: GHC National Openweight & GHC Heavyweight Championship Double Title Match: Kenoh (c) vs Go Shiozaki (c)
Rating: ***** 1/4
Stardom 5Star GP Day 2: Jungle Kyona vs Syuri
Rating: ****
NJPW Strong Ep.2: ACH, TJP & Alex Zayne vs PJ Black, Blake Christian & Misterioso
Rating: *** 3/4
Stardom 5Star GP Day 2: Starlight Kid vs Mayu Iwatani
Rating: *** 3/4
NOAH the Chronicle Vol 3: Keiji Mutoh vs Kaito Kiyomiya
Rating: *** 3/4

Honorable Mentions:

Stardom 5Star GP Day 1: Utami Hayashishita vs Jungle Kyona
Rating: *** 1/2
AEW Dynamite: TNT Championship: Scorpio Sky vs Cody Rhodes (c)
Rating: *** 1/2
Stardom 5Star GP Day 1: Giulia vs Mayu Iwatani
Rating: *** 1/2
Stardom 5Star GP Day 2: Momo Watanabe vs AZM
Rating: *** 1/2
NJPW Strong Ep. 2: Jeff Cobb vs KENTA
Rating: *** 1/4
IMPACT!: World Championship Open Challenge: Eddie Edwards (c) vs Brian Myers
Rating: *** 1/4
NOAH the Chronicle Vol 3: Sugiura-Gun (Kendo Kashin, Takashi Sugiura & Kazushi Sakuraba) vs Kongo (Masa Kitamiya, Manabu Soya & Yoshiki Inamura)
Rating: *** 1/4
WWE Raw: Kevin Owens vs Randy Orton
Rating: *** 1/4
Stardom 5Star GP Day 1: Momo Watanabe vs Maika
Rating: *** 1/4
AEW Dynamite: Chris Jericho vs Orange Cassidy
Rating: *** 1/4
IMPACT!: Eric Young vs Willie Mack
Rating: *** 1/4
NOAH the Chronicle Vol 3: M’s Alliance (Naomichi Marufuji, Masaaki Mochizuki & Yuko Miyamoto ) vs Katsuhiko Nakajima, Shuhei Taniguchi & Mohammed Yone
Rating: ***
NXT: Cameron Grimes vs Velveteen Dream vs KUSHIDA
Rating: ***
Stardom 5Star GP Day 1: Himeka vs Tam Nakano
Rating: ***
IMPACT!: NO DQ: Havok & Nevaeh vs Tasha Steelz & Kiera Hogan
Rating: ***
NOAH the Chronicle Vol 3: IPW UK Junior Heavyweight Championship: Daisuke Harada (c) vs HAYATA
Rating: ***
Stardom 5Star GP Day 1: Syuri vs Natsuko Tora
Rating: ***

3t. NOAH the Chronicle Vol 3: Keiji Mutoh vs Kaito Kiyomiya

From My Results:

Mutoh came into the match with the game plan of attacking Kaito’s legs. Dragon Screws, Low Dropkicks to the knee and leg focused submissions ruined the young prodigy’s base. Mutoh did every direction of Dragon Screw, even using the barricade at one point…this was very deliberate. Kaito had a great moment late in the match when he fires up, tries to ignore the pain and rattles off German Suplex Holds and a Tiger Suplex Hold; but can’t quite keep the legend down.

After shrugging off a few Shining Wizards, Mutoh goes back to working on the legs. A dropkick from the bottom rope, focused at the banged up knees, opened up Kaito enough for one more Figure Four attempt and Kaito verbally submits.

Winner: Mutoh via Figure Four Leglock

3t. Stardom 5Star GP Day 2: Starlight Kid vs Mayu Iwatani

From My Results:

Mayu’s attitude is front and center as she has a sadistic smile on her face while she kicks Kid around. Mayu has her way early, even sinking in a Boston Crab, where she was literally sitting on Kid’s neck. However, getting cocky bit her as Starlight was able to take advantage of some lackadaisical offense and pinfall attempts.

Aside from a nice Tiger Feint, Starlight gets the momentum and hits a big dive to make it look like a fight. There were a few “OH” moments. Mayu slipping on the ropes early just looked silly, but Starlight’s Wheelbarrow Inverted Yoshi Tonic or whatever that was…ya Mayu might be feeling that for a few days.

More back and forth until the Icon of Stardom starts remembering who she is. A few devastating suplexes, Two Stage set up…and Mayu sinks in the Dragon Sleeper instead of the Dragon Suplex.

Winner: Mayu via Two Stage Dragon Sleeper

3t. NJPW Strong Ep.2: ACH, TJP & Alex Zayne vs PJ Black, Blake Christian & Misterioso

From My Results:

This match did not disappoint. Blake Christian is the least known in this match, but he actually held his own, even using an interesting Wristclutch Spin Out Side Slam. Alex Zayne had a few cool moments when he did a Handspring off of ACH’s back, flipping forward and then hitting the Frankensteiner on Blake Christian. The other notable one was, a Shoot Star Double Knees Press to PJ’s back. Just a bunch of great spots. ACH had an awesome fire moment where he blitzed around the ring, diving on everything that moved.

This match had a ton of saves, great clear outs and just great action that never really slowed up. Blake is the main reason that PJ Black won the match, since he had some great saving moments. Just a lot of fun.

Winner: PJ Black via Springboard 450

2. Stardom 5Star GP Day 2: Jungle Kyona vs Syuri

From Mathew’s Coverage:

Before the match begins, you see Mayu sitting in the crowd so she could pay attention to her opponent for her title match next week, Syuri. I see Jungle’s arm is still taped up and Syuri found her target for the match as she went for it during their chain wrestling sequence. So for my block, we had different types of matches with powerhouse/brawl, fast-pace, whatever Natsuko tried, and now we have a technical match. Might be in the minority here and I do love Giulia, but I think Syuri is the better wrestler out of DDM, she’s just more well-polished and crisp compared to the others. Jungle has been on top of her game lately and her last two matches in the Grand Prix have been showing that. Nice selling done by Jungle in this match with Syuri being tactical with her moves and working the injured arm like a predator attacking its prey.

Syuri charged right at Jungle as Jungle would punch her square in the jaw to knock her down. Jungle attempted a Lariat but Syuri ducked and threw her for a German Suplex, making Jungle get up right away and hits the Lariat this time around. During an attempted Suplex from Jungle, Syuri caught her neck for a Guillotine hold to try and choke her out, but Jungle fought it off and picked her up again to hit the Suplex this time around. Jungle goes to the top rope to hit the Splash but doesn’t have the strength to pin her. Syuri attempted a Roundhouse Kick as Jungle caught it to hit a Dragon Screw. Jungle attempts the Muscle Buster but Syuri wiggles around to move herself to choke her out till she lands on her feet, knees her face, and applies the Cross Armbreaker. Syuri shifted her body around to apply the Armbar till she lets go and kicks her chest in. Syuri ran towards Jungle but gets caught into a Powerbomb as she kicked out at two! Jungle attempted the Jungle Bomb but Syuri fought it off and lifted her onto her shoulders to hit the Gutbuster. Syuri applies the Armbar again and moved herself to grab both her arms and wrung them together, causing her to scream in submission. The message has been received to Mayu loud and clear.

Winner: Syuri via Double Armbar

1. NOAH the Chronicle Vol 3: GHC National Openweight & GHC Heavyweight Championship Double Title Match: Kenoh (c) vs Go Shiozaki (c)

From Hisame’s Newsletter:

Kenoh did not get to live his dream of being both the GHC Heavyweight and the GHC National champion when the match between himself and Go Shiozaki came to a time out draw on the 10th in Yokohama. The match itself was never billed as an ironman, but it went the full sixty minutes. Naomichi Marufuji (who himself wrestled for sixty minutes against KENTA in another belt vs belt match), had to admit that this match surpassed his own; especially with Kenoh hitting the PFS outside the ring to Go Shiozaki, the brainbuster off the ramp, the machine gun chops being answered by machine gun kicks and Shiozaki having to resort to moves he had done as a junior heavyweight in order to bring something out that might just work against Kenoh.

Winner: Time Limit Draw

Thoughts:

Ahh now we’ve got a Top 5 for the ages. NOAH, Stardom and New Japan dominated, and NJPW is the one involving any gaijins. But my choice is going to be obvious right?

Shiozaki versus Kenoh blew away my expectations and hit so many notes, while being executed well, just hard to really complain about anything. I always like these Top 5s, not just because it’s all Japanese promotions, but because it will most likely insure more variety in the match pool.

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PC Tunney

Sing it with me… money money money money moneeeeeeeeeyeeeeee… everybody’s got a price! MONEY IN THE BANK is here!!! How money will our staff picks be?!?

AJ – Roxanne Perez
Andrew – Stephanie Vaquer – *Bubba Sparxxx Impression* I don’t tell stories, I let them tell theyself.
Dave – Guilia – A stacked field but I just like her here.
DJ – Naomi
DPP – Roxanne Perez
Jason – Alexa Bliss
Patrick – Roxanne Perez
Rey – Naomi – If Naomi loses, we riot!
Rob – Naomi
Greg – Alexa Bliss – Bliss has had huge reactions since returning and is moving a ton of merch. While I can see them wanting to build Roxanne Perez, Giulia, or Stephanie Vaquer, I think Alexa Bliss.

Tunney’s Take: Rhea Ripley – I’ll make my case short and sweet… Mami in the Bank! You can’t leave that money on the table.

Chairshot Pick – Tie – Naomi 3 & Roxanne Perez 3 (Alexa Bliss 2, Giulia 1, Rhea Ripley 1, Stephanie Vaquer 1)

AJ – LA Knight
Andrew – El Grande Americano – Feels correct given his push and the fact he’s over.
Dave – Seth Rollins – Got to push that new faction.
DJ – LA Knight
DPP – El Grande Americano
Jason – LA Knight
Patrick – Solo Sikoa
Rey – LA Knight – Looks like another push, and he does have history with Cena.
Rob – Solo Sikoa
Greg – Seth Rollins – This company is extremely high in the El Grande Americano gimmick, but this match comes down to Seth Rollins or LA Knight. Given the Rollins storyline, it’s his briefcase to win.

Tunney’s Take: El Grande Americano – Picture this: Chad Gable wins the AAA Mega Championship and El Grande Americano wins MITB! WHAT A SATURDAY in LA!!!

Chairshot Pick – LA Knight 4 (El Grande Americano 3, Seth Rollins 2, Solo Sikoa 2)

AJ – Becky Lynch – Sadly
Andrew – Becky Lynch – I still don’t care about Lyra.
Dave – Lyra Valkyria – Starting to warm up to her and Becky has a lot to do with that.
DJ – Lyra Valkyria
DPP – Becky Lynch
Jason – Becky Lynch
Patrick – Lyra Valkyria
Rey – Becky Lynch – Put some fire on the Irish Beef.
Rob – Becky Lynch
Greg – Becky Lynch – I don’t think you do a rematch here just to have Becky lose again. Unless Bayley shows up to help Lyra.

Tunney’s Take: Becky Lynch – A big part of me feels that winning this title checks off a major box for Becks in her HOF career.

Chairshot Pick – Becky Lynch 8-3

AJ – Cena & Paul
Andrew – Rhodes & Uso – Easy way for Cena to lose without eating the pinfall.
Dave – Rhodes & Uso – Get the QB back on the winning track.
DJ – Rhodes & Uso
DPP – Rhodes & Uso
Jason – Cena & Paul
Patrick – Cena & Paul
Rey – Rhodes & Uso – Heels usually lose these kinds of matches. Logan takes the pin.
Rob – Cena & Paul
Greg – Rhodes & Uso – I hope Jey isn’t an afterthought here like Cody was last fall when he was paired up with Roman. I think Cody pins Cena to set up Cody-Cena 2 at SummerSlam.

Tunney’s Take: Cena & Paul – I don’t think Cena is involved in another loss until he loses the WWE Championship. I also think Logan Paul is NOT done trying to capture Jey Uso’s World Heavyweight Championship. …Travis Scott in the house?

Chairshot Pick – 6-5 Rhodes & Uso

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Chairshot Staff Picks: Backlash St. Louis

Chairshot Staff picks!!!

Published

1 month ago

May 9, 2025

PC Tunney

May is upon us and with that, so is Backlash from St. Louis! What does the first PLE after WrestleMania have in store for the WWE Universe? Let’s see if the Chairshot Staff can properly interpret the crystal ball of rasslin’ future.

AJ – Pat MacAfee – Gunther has to start losing control and who better than an announcer.
Andrew – Pat MacAfee – Goldberg getting involved does seem correct here.
Dave – Gunther – He’s not losing to a broadcaster.
DJ – Gunther – Pat is sent to the shadow realm until football season is over.
DPP – Gunther – Post match beat down leads to Pat time off.
Jason – Gunther – One massive spot and or bump from Pat.
Patrick – Gunther
Rey – Gunther – RIP MacAfee, t’was a good life.
Rob – Gunther
Greg – Pat MacAfee – Why? Goooooldbeeerrrrrgggggg!

Tunney’s Take: Gunther – Seems like the right pick here. Pat may be getting some time off and Gunther needs more heat.

Chairshot Pick – GUNTHER 8-3

AJ – Lyra Valkyria – Becky’s hopefully putting her over, still mad about Dakota.
Andrew – Becky Lynch – I have no real interest in Lyra currently.
Dave – Becky Lynch – Lyra is boring AF!
DJ – Lyra Valkyria – Bayley interferes.
DPP – Becky Lynch – Becky cheats and steals the title.
Jason – Lyra Valkyria – Bayley costs Becks.
Patrick – Becky Lynch
Rey – Becky Lynch – Story needs to jump up a bit, Becky Charlotte’s Lyra.
Rob – Lyra Valkyria
Greg – Becky Lynch – It’s been fun, Lyra. (It kinda hasn’t)

Tunney’s Take: Lyra Valkyria – Bayley’s interference should set up some type of program with Becky as we head towards Summer(Slam).

Chairshot Pick – BECKY LYNCH 6-5

AJ – Jacob Fatu – Great way to put him over w/ two former WHCs and LA Knight.
Andrew – Jacob Fatu – He’s Jacob Fatu!
Dave – Jacob Fatu – Too soon to pull the belt off him.
DJ – Jacob Fatu – Priest and LA can’t decide who’s is bigger.
DPP – Jacob Fatu – Your hardcore match, tables and chairs involved.
Jason – Jacob Fatu – The Champ retains due to or in spite of Solo.
Patrick – Jacob Fatu
Rey – Jacob Fatu – All gas. No brakes. Ain’t losing.
Rob – Jacob Fatu
Greg – Jacob Fatu – Someone from The Samoan Dynasty ain’t winning a title just to drop it.

Tunney’s Take: Jacob Fatu – Uncle Mo is on Fatu’s side and other than Knight, I don’t see Drew or Priest holding the US title in the current circumstances of this title’s landscape.

Chairshot Pick – JACOB FATU 11-0

AJ – Dominic Mysterio – Judgement Day shenanigans just leading up to Finn turning on Dom later.
Andrew – Penta – Dom’s fine having a short reign, could also work for pushing AAA.
Dave – Dominic Mysterio – He’s probably more over than Penta.
DJ – Dominic Mysterio – Dirty Dom takes home the gold and the girl.
DPP – Dominic Mysterio – Big Head helps Dom pull out the win.
Jason – Dominic Mysterio – By hook and crook.
Patrick – Dominic Mysterio
Rey – Dominic Mysterio – Latino Heat keeps burning. Finn gets closer to the edge.
Rob – Dominic Mysterio
Greg – Dominic Mysterio – Someone from The Guerrero Dynasty ain’t winning a title just to drop it.

Tunney’s Take: Dominic Mysterio – That belt looks good with the king of chicken tendys. I can see Penta and Rey reforming as a tag team sooner than later.

Chairshot Pick – DOMINIC MYSTERIO 10-1

AJ – John Cena – Why? Cena wins, lol.
Andrew – John Cena – Shenanigans ensue so it’s not a clean win.
Dave – John Cena – The last time is now.
DJ – John Cena – Randy hears voices telling him he needs an Attitude Adjustment.
DPP – John Cena – Cena tries to cheat but the ref doesn’t call for a DQ.
Jason – John Cena – Nefarious means, Randy not ready for Evil John Cena.
Patrick – John Cena
Rey – John Cena – Cena just counting down the dates. Should be fun though.
Rob – John Cena
Greg – John Cena – You know they want Cody to be the hero in the end.

Tunney’s Take: Randy Orton – Once upon a time Randy got himself intentionally disqualified and it cost John. Saturday, history repeats itself with a 180-degree twist. Cena retains via Orton DQ victory. This time, Travis Scott’s appearance takes care of that task.

Chairshot Pick – JOHN CENA 10-1