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Watching Sasha Banks/Bayley vs. Charlotte/Dana Brooke at Battleground, I thought to myself we've had some great opening matches this year:

Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens. WWE Royal Rumble, 24th January.

Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder vs. Jason Jordan/Chad Gable. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. Zack Ryder vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Stardust vs. Sin Cara vs. The Miz. WWE WrestleMania XXXII. 3rd April.

Sasha Banks/Bayley vs. Charlotte/Dana Brooke. WWE Battleground, 24th July.

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I liked Owens/Zayn from Battleground quite a bit, but I'd still have Zayn/Nak, Revival/Alpha(The End), and Roman/AJ(ER) ahead of it. I also really liked Bayley/Nia from NXT this past week to the point it might be my favorite women's match of the year.

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Bayley is a very strong MVP candidate this year. She's the best babyface in wrestling, and has had really good matches with Nia and Asuka, while having the by far the best matches of Carmella and Alexa's careers this year. Honestly I might give Bayley a slight edge over AJ at this point. SummerSlam weekend should give us some really great competition for match of the weekend and year.

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I'd have to say Zayn is my front-runner for MVP right now since he's in 3 of my top 4. You can slot him anywhere with minimal build and he'll get the crowd invested. Bayley, Nakamura, and Owens are also in contention.

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1. Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NXT Takeover: Dallas)

2. American Alpha vs. The Revival (NXT Takeover: The End [of the Beginning])

3. Samoa Joe vs. Finn Bálor (NXT Takeover: Dallas)

4. Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles (WWE Payback)

5. Bayley vs. Asuka (NXT Takeover: Dallas)

6. American Alpha vs. The Revival (NXT Takeover: Dallas)

7. Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch (WWE Wrestlemania 32)

8. The Miz vs. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn vs. Cesaro (WWE Extreme Rules) 

9. Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles (WWE Extreme Rules)

10. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte (WWE RAW, 7/25)

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Didn’t expect to do an update so soon:

All

1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April. *****

2. Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles. WWE Extreme Rules, 22nd May.

3. Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens. WWE Battleground, 24th July.

4. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte. WWE RAW, 25th April.

5. Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles. WWE Payback, 1st May.

6. Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns. WWE Battleground, 24th July.

7. Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch. WWE WrestleMania XXXII, 3rd April.

8. AJ Styles vs. John Cena. WWE Money in the Bank, 19th June.

9. Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler. WWE Main Event, 12th April.

10. Sasha Banks/Bayley vs. Charlotte/Dana Brooke. WWE Battleground, 24th July.

TV

1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April. *****

2. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte. WWE RAW, 25th April.

3. Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

4. Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler. WWE Main Event, 12th April.

5. Jason Jordan/Chad Gable vs. Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

6. Bayley vs. Asuka. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

7. Chris Jericho vs. AJ Styles. WWE Smackdown, 11th January.

8. Samoa Joe vs. Sami Zayn. WWE NXT, 9th March.

9. AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro vs. Chris Jericho. WWE RAW, 4th April.

10. Big E/Kofi Kingston vs. AJ Styles/Chris Jericho. WWE RAW, 7th March.

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I'm so glad the Sasha/Charlotte match is getting so much love. I have to rewatch it because I had to run away from my TV screen for a bit and didn't have the full sound on because my wife was watching the DNC nonsense. Charlotte really needs to get a lot more love than she does. She has become such a great heel -- smarmy faces, conceited behavior, cheap shots, usage of a second, etc.

I very much loved Sasha breaking out the Eddie Guerrero belt ploy to get Dana out of the picture. That's so great. It fits into her character since she was thumbing eyes against Bayley not that long ago. Why would she change doing that stuff just because she's a face now? And it also makes sense from kayfabe strategy -- like Sasha had a whole bunch of things up her sleeve if the opportunity came into play to make it an even playing field, and she had her chance on the floor and used her studies from her hero worship of Eddie to do just that. Loved the camera caught her hiding and gloating about it, too. That's such a great way to really play up the character. Eddie always let us in on when he was doing the Lie, Cheat and Steal stuff as a face. We were partners in his crimes. And we're partners with Sasha, too.
 

The two high-spots also seemed really organic as opposed to just having them in for the novelty of a woman doing a dive. Charlotte's moonsault to the floor was an absolute thing of beauty, too.

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13 hours ago, Brian Fowler said:

Was the second best match on RAW tonight

I might go with the Cesaro, KO, Balor, Rusev 4 way as second best. Really good night of wrestling, but Sasha/Charlotte was THE match of that show.

1. Sami v Nak (Dallas)

2. The Revival v Alpha (The End)

3. Roman v AJ (Extreme Rules)

4. Charlotte/Sasha (Raw 7/25)

5. Owens v Zayn (Battleground)

6. Balor v Joe (Dallas)

7. Sasha v Charlotte v Becky (Mania)

8. Asuka v Bayley (Dallas)

9. AJ v Owens v Cesaro v Jericho (Raw 4/4)

10. Bayley vs Nia Jax (NXT tv 7/20)

 

 

 

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Glad to see Bayley/Nia showing up some here. Nice to see them improve on that already quite good match from May. Also kinda shocked to go through this and see all four Revival matches still in my top 10. What a show.

1. The Revival vs. American Alpha, NXT: Takeover: The End, 6/8

2. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn, NXT Takeover: Revival, 4/1

3. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte, WWE Raw, 7/25

4. Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens, WWE Battleground, 7/24

5. Bailey vs. Asuka, NXT Takeover: Revival, 4/1

6. Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe, NXT Takeover: Revival, 4/1

7. The Revival vs. American Alpha, NXT, 7/6

8. Bayley vs. Nia Jax, NXT 7/20

9. The Revival vs. American Alpha, NXT Takeover: Revival, 4/1

10. Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles, WWE Payback, 5/1

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Update before NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II and SummerSlam 2016...

All:

1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April. *****

2. Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles. WWE Extreme Rules, 22nd May.

3. Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens. WWE Battleground, 24th July.

4. Kota Ibushi vs. Cedrick Alexander. WWE CWC, 10th August.

5. Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles. WWE Payback, 1st May.

6. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte. WWE RAW, 25th April.

7. Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns. WWE Battleground, 24th July.

8. Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch. WWE WrestleMania XXXII, 3rd April.

9. Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler. WWE Main Event, 12th April.

10. Sasha Banks/Bayley vs. Charlotte/Dana Brooke. WWE Battleground, 24th July.

TV:

1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April. *****

2. Kota Ibushi vs. Cedrick Alexander. WWE CWC, 10th August.

3. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte. WWE RAW, 25th April.

4. Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler. WWE Main Event, 12th April.

5. Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

6. Jason Jordan/Chad Gable vs. Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

7. Bayley vs. Asuka. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

8. Chris Jericho vs. AJ Styles. WWE Smackdown, 11th January.

9. Samoa Joe vs. Sami Zayn. WWE NXT, 9th March.

10. AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro vs. Chris Jericho. WWE RAW, 4th April.

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Update after NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II and SummerSlam 2016:

All:

1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April. *****

2. Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles. WWE Extreme Rules, 22nd May.

3. AJ Styles vs. John Cena. WWE SummerSlam, 21st August.

4. Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens. WWE Battleground, 24th July.

5. Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder vs. Tommaso Ciampa/Johnny Garagano. WWE NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, 20th August.

6. Kota Ibushi vs. Cedrick Alexander. WWE Cruiserweight Classic, 10th August.

7. Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles. WWE Payback, 1st May.

8. Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler. WWE Main Event, 12th April.

9. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte. WWE RAW, 25th April.

10. Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch. WWE WrestleMania XXXII, 3rd April.

TV:

1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April. *****

2. Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder vs. Tommaso Ciampa/Johnny Garagano. WWE NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, 20th August.

3. Kota Ibushi vs. Cedrick Alexander. WWE CWC, 10th August.

4. Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler. WWE Main Event, 12th April.

5. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte. WWE RAW, 25th April.

6. Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

7. Jason Jordan/Chad Gable vs. Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

8. Bayley vs. Asuka. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

9. Asuka vs. Bayley. WWE NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, 20th August.

10. Chris Jericho vs. AJ Styles. WWE Smackdown, 11th January.

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I just edit my first post throughout the year, but recently I've added Revival/DIY, Bayley/Asuka, Sasha/Charlotte (Raw), and a handful of CWC matches.

Right now, I don't think this years' top matches are as strong as 2015 (The Sasha/Bayley matches, and Brock/Roman), but the volume of good matches is way better (I already have 20 entries this year as opposed to 19 for all of last year). The main roster has been a little better this year, but it's still network shows (NXT and CWC) doing the heavy lifting.

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So I am so happy that we do not pick Match of the Year candidates because this has been a good fucking year of wrestling.

Like I have a little of everything to pick from in the WWE. Thank you NXT and CWC because it restored my faith in the WWE. Okay I am lying. My faith is mildly restored. Just a tiny bit. I can't keep my hopes up, but it is not completely hopeless.

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Post Summer Slam update

1. Sami v Nak (Dallas)

2. The Revival v Alpha (The End)

3.Kota Ibushi vs Cedric Alexander (CWC round 2)

4. Reigns vs Styles (Extreme Rules)

5. Charlotte/Sasha (Raw 7/25)

6. The Revival vs DIY (Brooklyn)

7. Owens v Zayn (Battleground)

8. Balor v Joe (Dallas)

9. Sasha v Charlotte v Becky (Mania)

10. Asuka v Bayley (Dallas)

None of the matches I was looking forward to most from the Brooklyn shows made it. Maybe I'll re watch them without having sky high expectations. As of right now all those matches would be behind stuff like Tajiri vs Metalik, Aries vs Nak, and Bayley vs Nia

 

 

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On 27/08/2016 at 6:49 PM, Go2Sleep said:

I just edit my first post throughout the year, but recently I've added Revival/DIY, Bayley/Asuka, Sasha/Charlotte (Raw), and a handful of CWC matches.

Right now, I don't think this years' top matches are as strong as 2015 (The Sasha/Bayley matches, and Brock/Roman), but the volume of good matches is way better (I already have 20 entries this year as opposed to 19 for all of last year). The main roster has been a little better this year, but it's still network shows (NXT and CWC) doing the heavy lifting.

I agree the top matches from 2016 aren't as strong as last year. I'd go further saying 2015 was a better year to this years' by some way.

2015 top ten collective:

1. Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins. WWE WrestleMania XXXI, 29th March. *****

2. Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins. WWE Royal Rumble, 25th January. *****

3. Bayley vs. Sasha Banks. NXT TakeOver: Respect, 7th October.

4. Bayley vs. Sasha Banks. NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn, 22nd August.

5. Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn. NXT TakeOver: Rival, 11th Feburary.

6. The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar. WWE SummerSlam, 23rd August.

7. Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker. WWE Hell in a Cell, 25th October.

8. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch. NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable, 20th May.

9. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte vs. Bayley vs. Becky Lynch. NXT TakeOver: Rival, 11th Feburary.

10. Rusev vs. Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens. WWE RAW, 13th July.

2016 top ten all encompassing:

1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April. *****

2. Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles. WWE Extreme Rules, 22nd May.

3. AJ Styles vs. John Cena. WWE SummerSlam, 21st August.

4. Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens. WWE Battleground, 24th July.

5. Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks. WWE RAW, 3rd October.

6. Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder vs. Johnny Gargano/Tommaso Ciampa. WWE NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, 20th August.

7. The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler. WWE No Mercy, 9th October.

8. Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles. WWE Payback, 1st May.

9. Kota Ibushi vs. Cedrick Alexander. WWE Cruiserweight Classic, 10th August.

10. James Ellsworth vs. AJ Styles. WWE Smackdown Live, 18th October.

If I had to combine the two lists only Nakamura vs Zayn and Reigns vs. Styles (Extreme Rules) would definitely be the 2016 entries, maybe Styles vs. Cena (SummerSlam) and Zayn vs. Owens (Battleground) too.

 

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My TV matches of 2016 updated:

1. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April. *****

2. Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks. WWE RAW, 3rd October.

3. Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder vs. Johnny Gargano/Tommaso Ciampa. WWE NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II, 20th August.

4. Kota Ibushi vs. Cedrick Alexander. WWE Cruiserweight Classic, 10th August.

5. James Ellsworth vs. AJ Styles. WWE Smackdown Live, 18th October.Kevin Owens vs. Dolph Ziggler. WWE Main Event, 12th April.

6. Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins vs. Big Cass. WWE RAW, 29th August.

7. Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte. WWE RAW, 25th April.

8. Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

9. Jason Jordan/Chad Gable vs. Scott Dawson/Dash Wilder. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

10. Bayley vs. Asuka. WWE NXT TakeOver: Dallas, 1st April.

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Top 25

  1. AJ Styles vs. Roman Reigns (Extreme Rules)
  2. Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (Takeover Dallas)
  3. AJ Styles vs. John Cena (SummerSlam)
  4. The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler (No Mercy)
  5. Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks (RAW October 3)
  6. AJ Styles vs. John Cena (Money In The Bank)
  7. Chris Jericho & AJ Styles vs. New Day (RAW March 7)
  8. AJ Styles vs. Roman Reigns (Payback)
  9. AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose (Backlash)
  10. Fatal Four Way (Extreme Rules)
  11. Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens (Battleground)
  12. Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks (RAW July 23)
  13. Gargano & Ciampa vs. The Revival (Takeover Brooklyn)
  14. TJ Perkins vs. Kota Ibushi (CWC)
  15. The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler (Backlash)
  16. Tajiri vs. Gran Metalik (CWC)
  17. Cesaro vs. Sheamus (Clash of Champions)
  18. Kota Ibushi vs. Cedric Alexander (CWC)
  19. Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins (Money in the Bank)
  20. American Alpha vs. The Revival (Takeover The End)
  21. The Miz vs. Cesaro (Smackdown May 26)
  22. The Miz vs. Dean Ambrose (Smackdown June 30)
  23. Alberto Del Rio vs. Kalisto (Smackdown January 14)
  24. Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch (Smackdown January 7)
  25. AJ Styles vs. Dolph Ziggler (Smackdown August 23)

Looking through my list, it's pretty clear that AJ Styles is destroying the field in terms of Wrestler of the Year. I couldn't even find a way to fit in some of his other great TV match work. Contenders for the #2 spot would have to be Miz, Cesaro, Charlotte, and Roman.

I'm probably lower on the CWC stuff than most and I seem to be lacking in NXT even though all the Takeovers have been strong shows.

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