Top US Indy Matches 2000-2009: Nominations

[Dolphman 3000]

DVDR's Top US Indy Matches of the 90s:

 

http://web.archive.org/web/20050406111407/http://www.deathvalleydriver.com/Bestof90s/usindyresults.html

 

 

1) Hardys vs. Serial Thrillerz - OMEGA (1/29/99) = 184 Points (2-2-2) 

2) Hardys vs. Serial Thrillerz - OMEGA (12/5/98) = 118 Points (3-0-1) 

3) Christopher Daniels vs. Mike Modest - APW (1/15/99) = 115 Points (0-3-2) 

4) Christopher Daniels vs. Steve Bradley - ECWA "Super 8 '99" (2/27/99 - Finals) = 102 (0-1-0) 

5) Surge vs. Willow The Wisp - OMEGA 7/31/98 (2/3 Falls Title vs. Mask)  = 98 (1-1-0) 

6) Venom/Shane Helms vs. Hardys - OMEGA (7/24/98) = 88 

7) Christopher Daniels vs. Matt Hardy - ECWA "Super 8 '99" (2/27/99  - Semis) = 85 

8) Willow the Whisp vs. Kid Dynamo - OMEGA (7/24/98)  = 73 

9) Cactus Jack vs. Eddie Gilbert - Tri State "Summer Sizzler '91" (8/3/91 - 2/3 Falls - Three matches) = 69 

10) Sabu vs. Lightning Kid - NWA Grandslam (4/17/93) = 57 

11) Heavenly Bodies v. Rock n' Roll Express - SMW "Bluegrass Brawl '94" (4/1/94 Loser Leaves Town Cage Match) =  54 

12) Heavenly Bodies vs. Chris Jericho/Lance Storm - SMW "Night of Legends" 13) (8/5/94)  = 51 

13) Reckless Youth vs. Mike Quackenbush - ECWA (7/18/98) = 51 

14) Cactus Jack vs. Eddie Gilbert - Tri State "Autumn Armageddon '90" (9/15/90 - 2/3 Falls)  = 48 

15) Reckless Youth vs. Lance Diamond vs. Cheetah Master - NWA 2nd Gilbert Memorial (4/12/97) = 47 

16) Jeff Jarrett vs. Brian Christopher - USWA (4/93 TV)  = 46 

17) Lightning Kid vs. Jerry Lynn - Global (2/3 Falls, Light Heavyweight Title)  = 46 

18) Lightning Kid vs. Jerry Lynn - Global 7/13/91 (Light Heavyweight Title Tourney Finals)  = 44 

19) Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Christian York vs. Joey Matthews - MCW (3/20/99 - Maryland)  = 44 

20) Heavenly Bodies vs. T. Smothers/Dirty White Boy - SMW "Superbowl of Wrestling" (8/4/95)  = 42 (0-1-0)

 

 

I figure if we're going to do voting for 2000-2009, ROH and TNA should have their own seperate voting like ECW and WCW did for the 90s voting (full 90s voting results: http://web.archive.org/web/20050406061328/http://www.deathvalleydriver.com/Bestof90s/bestof90s.html)

 

Nominate your favorite US indy matches of the 2000s here (do not include ROH or TNA).

[The Man Known as Dan]

Ooh this will be fun.

Will have a list later, but yeah, in.

[SovietShooter]

Shit... I will be all up in this thread. So much good stuff out there. I will try to be impartial and avoid stuff I was involved with :-).

NOMINATE:

Gary Steele vs Steve Corino vs Shinya Hashimoto from 12/15/01 Pittsburgh, PA

Steve Corino vs Shinya Hashimoto - 10/?/01 NWA Anniversary Show

AJ Styles vs Chris Daniels - 10/?/01 NWA Anniversary Show

LA Park vs Sabu - From MLW

Samoa Joe vs Necro from IWAMS

Samoa Joe vs Chris Hero from IWC in Pittsburgh

[Dolphman 3000]

Nominate:

 

Chris Hero vs. CM Punk - 2/7/2003, IWA Mid-South When Hero Met Punk

Team Ultraviolence vs. Hi-V - 12/13/2003, CZW Cage of Death V

Sabu vs. Ruckus - 6/19/2004, 3PW Splintered

El Generico vs. Kota Ibushi vs. Jigsaw vs. Nick Jackson - 3/28/2009, CHIKARA King of Trios Night II

Davey Richards vs. Shingo - 9/6/2009, DGUSA Untouchable

[keith_h]

Nominate:

 

CM Punk vs Chris Hero (TLC Match) - IWA Mid-South 2/8/02

Ian Rotten vs. Chris Hero - IWA Mid-South 5/4/02

Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk - 3PW 5/3/03

Divine Storm/Brian XL vs. S.A.T. - CZW 6/8/01

Low-Ki vs. Homicide - JAPW 7/7/01

Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Briscoe - CZW 5/19/01

Red vs. Low-Ki - UCW 9/14/01

[Concrete]

Not exactly sure how the nomination process works but oh well.

 

Nominate:

-Roderick Strong vs Erick Stevens:FIP 2/16/08

-Chris Hero vs Bryan Danielson:PWG 9/4/09

-El Generico vs Shingo Takagi: PWG 9/4/09

-QuackSaw vs. Team Uppercut:CHIKARA 9/25/09

[smitlick]

- El Generico vs Kota Ibushi vs Nick Jackson vs Jigsaw - Chikara 3/28/09

- Mike Quackenbush vs B-Boy vs Super Dragon vs Kevin Steen - CZW 5/14/05

- Erick Stevens vs Roderick Strong - FIP 2/16/08

- Bryan Danielson vs CIMA - PWG 5/20/07

- BJ Whitmer vs Jimmy Jacobs - IWA-MS 4/12/08

Wasn't sure if we weren't meant to nominate stuff already mentioned

[Sky Blue Sam]

Nominate:

Christopher Daniel/Ikuto Hidaka/Dick Togo vs Quiet Storm/the SAT (MLW Reload)

The Backseat Boys vs Nick Mondo/Ric Blade (CZW Cage of Death IV)

Excalibur/Kevin Steen vs Super Dragon/Disco Machine (PWG Guitarmageddon)

[Spontaneous]

Beef Wellington vs. Super Dragon IWS 3/26/05

Super Dragon vs. TARO Revolution Pro 11/29/03

Kings of Wrestling/Dark Breed vs. Team Chikara 10/22/05

Olsen Twins vs. Up In Smoke Chikara 9/22/07

Chris Hero vs. Arik Cannon IWA-MS 9/24/05

Samoe Joe vs. AJ Styles vs. Bryan Danielson IWA-MS 9/18/04

 

Some that might slip through the cracks, some real obvious ones.

[The Man Known as Dan]

God damn it, you caught Olsens/Up in Smoke before me.

[Concrete]

I have a few questions regarding this.

 

1.) Are nominations meant to be followed by yes/no votes?

2.) Is this an official nomination process?

3.) Will this be divided by year?

[The Z]

I'm missing dozens of matches ffrom 2001 to 2005, but here's a start:

• El Generico vs. Kevin Steen vs. Pierre Carl Oulette - IWS 10/18/2003
• Chris Ca$h, J.C. Bailey, Nate Webb & Sexxxy Eddy vs. Ruckus, Sabian, Eddie Kingston & Jack Evans - CZW 12/11/2004
• Samoa Joe vs. Necro Butcher - IWA Mid-South 06/11/2005
• Claudio Castagnoli vs. Mike Quackenbush - CHIKARA 08/13/2005
• Super Dragon, El Generico, Frankie Kazarian & Jack Evans vs. Joey Ryan, Scott Lost, Davey Richards & Ricky Reyes - PWG 09/04/2005
• Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero vs. Skayde & Milano Connection AT - CHIKARA 09/17/2005
• Mike Quackenbush & Shane Storm vs. KUDO & Chuichiro Arai - CHIKARA 09/17/2005
• Josh Abercombie vs. Tyler Black - IWA Mid-South 10/15/2005
• Arik Cannon, UltraMantis Black, Icarus, Hallowicked, Gran Akuma, Claudio Castagnoli, Chris Hero & Blind Rage vs. Shane Storm, Sabian, Mr. ZERO, Milano Collection AT, Mike Quackenbush, Jigsaw, Eddie Kingston & Skayde - CHIKARA 10/22/2005
• Low Ki vs. Necro Butcher - IWA Mid-South 04/01/2006
• MIYAWAKI & Yoshiaki Yago vs. MIKAMI & KUDO - CHIKARA 02/24/2006
• Bryan Danielson vs. Low Ki - PWG 01/05/2008

[The Man Known as Dan]

IMO, this should be done like the Movie lists: We all write in our top so and so list, then we add together the point totals and do a match by match countdown.

 

This thread could serve more as a "here are some matches to look into" thread.

 

Also, getting some Shimmer involved.

 

- Rebecca Knox vs. Daizee Haze- SHIMMER 5-21-06

- MsChif vs. Cheerleader Melissa SHIMMER 5-21-06

- Amazing Kong vs. MsChif SHIMMER 4-7-07

- Sara Del Ray vs. Cheerleader Melissa 4-7-07

[Concrete]

I figured nominations would be compiled(try to get at LEAST 10 per year) then have a voting process for a time period to be decided. Someone can try and compile the matches up for voting after nominations.

[JAxlMorrison]

B-Boy and Homicide vs. Jack Evans and Teddy Hart (JAPW March 26, 2005)

Samoa Joe vs. Low Ki (JAPW March 26, 2005)

2 Cold Scorpio vs. Kid Kash (Hardcore Homecoming June 10, 2005)

Terry Funk vs. Shane Douglas vs. Sabu (Hardcore Homecoming June 10, 2005)

Joey Matthews vs. AJ Styles (3PW January 24, 2004)

Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles (3PW July 17, 2004)

Christopher Daniels vs. Joey Matthews vs. Chris Sabin vs. AJ Styles (3PW August 21, 2004)

Blackballed vs. America's Most Wanted (3PW June 18, 2005)

[JRGoldman]

I don't have dates because I'm on my phone, but this is what stands out in my head:

Both Jimmy Jacobs/Bj Whitmer matches from IWA(500th show and April Bloodshowers)

Scorpio v Eddie Kingston from one of those shows.

Sami Callihan v Danny Havoc in Cage of Death from 09.

Jimmy Jacobs v Alex Shelley 2 put of 3 falls from IWA in 03.

Chris Hero v Eddie Kingston Last Man Standing from IWA.

Joe v Necro

Low Ki v Necro

Milano Collection AT and Skyde v KoW from Chikara in 06

Joe v Eddie Kingston from FSMW in 07

Wild Cards v Smothers and Hamrick 03

I'll post more when I think about it later.

Edit: the TPI from from 08 where Eddie Kingston and 2 Cold Scorpio took turns trying to kill Sami Callihsn was good.

Also, all of Wrestling Society X.

[Concrete]

Nominate:

William Regal vs American Dragon (MCW 5/5/01)

This is a wicked rad sub-10 minute match as you'd probably expect with the two people involved. Regal heels it up and Dragon goes all in on a missed shoulder into the corner where he FLIES to the outside.

[cool arrow]

Nominate:

William Regal vs American Dragon (MCW 5/5/01)

This is a wicked rad sub-10 minute match as you'd probably expect with the two people involved. Regal heels it up and Dragon goes all in on a missed shoulder into the corner where he FLIES to the outside.

 

AmDrag vs. Reckless Youth from around the same time was lots of fun too.

[Concrete]

That sounds like something I need to watch. I don't see how that could NOT be fun.

[cool arrow]

It's awesome.  Dragon was still wearing the goofy mask, so Reckless gives some him grief about that before the match, then Dragon says Reckless (who'd grown his hair out) looks like a Chia Pet.

[Dolphman 3000]

Speaking of Regal...

 

Nominate:

Chris Benoit vs. Steven Regal - 5/25/2000, 3rd Annual Brian Pillman Memorial Show

[Zero]

Teddy Hart / Jack Evans vs. Homicide / B-Boy (Cage Match) 03-26-2005 JAPW Caged Fury

[TimLivingston]

ROH The Final Showdown: Samoa Joe vs. Jack Evans vs. Ebetaro vs. Delirious.

 

Best comedy match of the decade.

[Concrete]

Nominate:

Da Hit Squad vs Youth Gone Wild TLC Match (JAPW 7/7/01)

This isn't a particularly strong nomination but as far as crazy garbage matches this is rather cool. You've got two burly black men up against two skinny white guys. Power vs speed. The only thing really keeping YGW in it the whole time is using the weapons at their disposal. I loved Dixie being this cocky little kid and the fans loving it. Probably enjoyed it a bit ironically thinking that these Jersey fans took that cockiness as confidence but WHATEVER! He actually managed to use the ladder in a pretty cool way and the way he started smacking Mafia in the head with increasing weak chairshots didn't seemed planned but came off as a nice touch. After all he's just a widdle guy. Both teams were hitting big moves and leaving off the biggest to the end. Actually made sense for Da Hit Squad to climb the ladder slowly, a weird hindrance sometimes, because they're BIG guys. Fun match with big spotz sprinkled throughout.

 

EDIT

Since apparently since someone else wants to do this now...

[Gorman]

From my time announcing in IWC, my first two picks were unfortunately not recorded:

 

CM Punk vs. Colt Cabana Iron Man Match (2001)

CM Punk vs. Eddy Guerrero for the WWF Intercontinental title (2002)

 

However, these two were taped...

CM Punk vs. Christopher Daniels Iron Man Match

      -- I had to announce this 30-minute match twice due to an audio malfunction, but I didn't mind because it was such a good match

AJ Styles vs. Homicide -- Respect match

      -- Come for the action, stay for the New Jack invasion of the commentary booth!