Segunda Caida All Time MOTY List

[Phil Schneider]

We are launching a a project over at SC where Eric and I find a MOTY for every year with footage available

 

Here is the master list

 

Master List

 

Feel free to suggest or disagree with any of the pick we make

[TimLivingston]

Awesome stuff. Interested to see what you guys come up with in the 1990s.

[Curt McGirt]

You are off to one hell of a start. Ever since I got Dicky/Kox off of Ditch's site it became a go-to whenever I wanted to watch something old and found my way into my external hard drive's All Japan section. Very proud to have posted that on the Murdoch WOTD too!

[Liam]

Look forward to seeing what other matches make the list.

[EricR]

We're literally using a random number generator to decide which years to do next. It's a completely dorky idea that I talked Phil into. I'm really looking forward to people suggesting stuff once we establish a year, to see if they can topple our choice.

[NintendoLogic]

I guess I'll throw out my list to add to the discussion.

 

1972-Karl Gotch vs. Antonio Inoki, 3/6

1973-Jim Breaks vs. Johnny Saint, 5/5

1974-The Destroyer vs. Mil Mascaras, 7/25

1975-Harley Race vs. Giant Baba, 12/9

1976-Giant Baba vs. Billy Robinson, 7/24

1977-Billy Robinson vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, 3/5

1978-Mark Rocco vs. Marty Jones, 7/26

1979-Dory Funk Jr./Terry Funk vs. Giant Baba/Jumbo Tsuruta, 11/30

1980-Tatsumi Fujinami vs. Dynamite Kid, 2/5

1981-Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk, 3/23

1982-Dutch Mantell vs. Jerry Lawler, 3/22

1983-Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee, 6/6

1984-Sgt. Slaughter vs. Iron Sheik, 6/16

1985-Bill Dundee vs. Jerry Lawler, 12/30

1986-Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu, 1/28

1987-Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara, 6/9

1988-Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu/Toshiaki Kawada, 12/16

1989-Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk, 7/23

1990-Jumbo Tsuruta/Masanobu Fuchi/Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada/Kenta Kobashi, 10/19

1991-Ricky Steamboat/Dustin Rhodes vs. Arn Anderson/Larry Zbyszko, 11/19

1992-Sting vs. Big Van Vader, 12/28

1993-Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi, 7/29

1994-Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada, 6/3

1995-Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi, 6/9

1996-Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin, 11/17

1997-Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi, 1/20

1998-Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki, 8/2

1999-Kenta Kobashi/Jun Akiyama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa/Yoshinari Ogawa, 3/6

2000-Jun Akiyama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, 2/27

2001-Kurt Angle vs. Steve Austin, 8/19

2002-Tsuyoshi Kikuchi/Yoshinobu Kanemaru vs. Jushin Liger/Minoru Tanaka, 8/29

2003-Yuji Nagata vs. Akira Taue, 6/6

2004-Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar, 2/15

2005-Rey Mysterio vs. Eddie Guerrero, 6/23

2006-Kurt Angle vs. Undertaker, 2/19

2007-John Cena vs. Umaga, 1/28

2008-Villano V vs. Blue Panther, 9/19

2009-Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels, 4/5

2010-LA Park vs. El Mesias, 12/5

2011-CM Punk vs. John Cena, 7/17

2012-Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito, 3/4

2013-Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk, 8/18

 

I chose 1972 as a starting point since it's the year New Japan and All Japan were founded as well as the year the PWI awards start. I'm kind of iffy on a lot of the 70s, but I feel good about all my picks from 1980 on. I haven't settled on a 2014 MOTY yet.