After nine years, Dragongate finally makes it into the Top 10 with this historical multi-man tag.

2020 MATCH OF THE YEAR ARCHIVES

VOICES OF WRESTLING MATCH OF THE YEAR ARCHIVES

#9
RED vs. Toryumon Generation
12/20
Dragongate

Overall Points: 276
Total Votes: 37
% of Ballots: 21.9%
6 First-Place Votes

This year, a big focus for me was getting back into Dragon Gate. As a fan since the Toryumon days who dropped off once it was WAY harder to get via tape trading, it was so cool to see that the masters of the “lucharesu” style are still doing it as only they can, and this match was a perfect encapsulation of the style. Crazy spots, huge drama, intense stable warfare. It ruled SO HARD.” -Marty Day

“It’s rare in life when something not only meets your expectations, but exceeds them. For years, I had been wanting to get into Dragongate. I would hear about the fast-paced action and the incredible building of drama. I watched THE six-man tag and loved it. There’s nothing that I wouldn’t like about the company. I would just never be able to find the time to get into it. Then 2020 gave me time to spare. I watched Kobe World and enjoyed the crowning of Shun Skywalker as the new top star, but nothing blew me away. Then came Final Gate and the Unit Disbands match. For the first time in what feels like forever, I felt like I wasn’t watching wrestling tainted by COVID. For the first time in forever, I got into a match just like it was old times. The drama of watching who would get eliminated built in such a compelling way, even with my lack of full context. A month after the fact, I sit here in awe at the brass balls of Dragongate to give two legitimate rookies in SB Kento and HipHop Kikuta every fall for the R.E.D. side in such an important match. And then the silence that fell over the crowd as Dragon Kid, mask limply hanging around his neck, tapped out to the SB Shooter was incredible. I’ve been to funerals with more life than that crowd had once the bell rang, as they sat in absolute shock that R.E.D. succeeded in killing off the Toryumon Generation. I will remember R.E.D. standing on that stage, with nothing but the sound of cameras snapping their picture filling the air, for a very long time. This was an absolute spectacle, and a match that will most likely go down as my favorite match of this cursed COVID-era.” -Suit Williams

“Perhaps the best Dragongate Disbands match of all time and my first five star match in Dragongate since 2015. With SB KENTo & Hiphop Kikuta, two then twenty year olds who weren’t even alive when the Toryumon landing occurred in 1999, as the focus of the Disbands match. Dragongate boldly stepped forward in a year where every other promotion was trying to survive. The two least experienced wrestlers, with a combined experience of a year and seven months, wiped clean the cornerstones of the Dragon System ending with SB KENTo submitting a nearly unmasked Dragon Kid.

The Disbands match embodied the company’s 2020: bold directions putting wrestlers below the age of 25 at the forefront, a satisfying conclusion to their overarching storyline in the Three Way Generational War, and a willingness to look at the necessary restrictions for wrestling in Japan in the COVID era and say “That is all fine, but we are Dragongate and we are going to be Dragongate, restrictions or not.”

Like all Dragongate Disbands Matches this most recent one builds on the past, which is remarkable given the relative youth on one side. Toryumon came out in the gimmicks that they were when they were the R.E.D’s team age. Even Konomama (formerly Stalker) Ichikawa got in on the act running in and hitting his Ina Bauer German Suplex. The weapons that became R.E.D. trademarks turned against them as Eita went through yet another barbed wire board. Dragon Kid had his mask practically ripped from his face and was more unmasked than any time in his apuestas matches against the likes of SUWA, Darkness Dragon and Eita. As I said earlier, this Disbands match embodied Dragongate’s 2020. It’s the best match company has had in over five years. For old fans like myself the layers of backstory along with watching the youth on the R.E.D. side flourish given the opportunity was the most satisfying response I’ve had in wrestling a long time. For newer fans, the spectacle and excess makes it so it is impossible to turn away. No other match in 2020 gave me the chills that the Disbands match did, and no other match compared to it. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was my Match of the Year.” -Mike Spears

“This match played into all the strengths Dragon Gate had exhibited throughout 2020 as the year’s most consistently well booked promotion that had just been lacking an undisputable example of their quality until this perfectly structured elimination match. From the opening entrances, Masato Yoshino’s blue contact lenses sold the emotional weight of the unit disbands stipulation. The layout was truly fearless, with the most established combatants the first to fall. No elimination was cheap, the match didn’t drag at any pointed and weapon spots were not permitted to become gratuitous. The callbacks and pay-offs were pertly placed, none more so than Kono Mama Ichikawa’s German suplex, which was the best spot of the year. Dragon Kid making a desperate last stand for not just his team, but his era of wrestling had tremendous weight. SB KENTo and HipHop Kikuta proved themselves worthy of being major stars for years to come. The result was genuinely upsetting, but absolutely the right call.” -Jack Groom

“Not only was this one of best elimination matches I ever seen ever, but this was my match of the year. This match had such great storytelling, and provided a lot of surprises. Like for example, with Eita and Masato Yoshino being the first ones eliminated from their respective teams. This match also established this next generation of Dragon Gate, as the potential of next big stars are clearly on display in this match. This match had me captivated through the entire over 30 minutes of the match and because of all these reasons that is why this match is MOTY for 2020.” -Filip Pejic

“I got into Dragon Gate in October of last year after the insistence of Joe’s to “Get in on the ground floor!” takes and the general good will surrounding the promotion on social media. I value high-calibre ring work and I also value high-calibre storytelling, and DG seemed to be offering both in spades at a time when no one else is. I’m so glad I did the work and caught up with a few shows heading into Final Gate because I was fully-invested in this, and it felt like I haven’t been taken on this sort of rollercoaster since the big shutdown. It was great having pro wrestling back, even for one match.” -Shane

“When a wrestling fan gets fully invested into a promotion, and fully into the story be it a 20 year plus long background to even simple heel vs. face dynamics, it becomes something truly special. Not to mention, this could be one of the most fascinating cases of long term booking on a decade(s) scale of storytelling to the one year story telling of heel RED vs. veterans Toryumon. Every step of the way in the match had so many call backs across the Dragon Gate generations with details all the way down to Yoshino’s blue contacts to the weapon choices each person used in the match. The best part, the match capitalizes on Dragon Gate’s strongest story coming out of 2020…. It’s pushing of young talent. The top talents of Eita (RED) and Naruki Doi (Toryumon) both former Dream Gate champions in 2020, going out first respectively for their teams. One by one members fell, but more particularly Toryumon fell to the rookies on RED; Kikuta eliminated Yoshino and the rest fell to SB Kento at 20 years old. The ending stretch of Dragon Kid’s mask being ripped exposing the prized student of Toryumon’s founder Utlimo Dragon grasping on until the end was emotional and chair gripping. As Dragon Kid tapped to the SB-shooter, a hush came over the crowd. In the covid-era, as us wrestling fans long for screaming yelling wild cheers, this seemingly death-like reaction that came over the arena like a miasma fog as team Toryumon realized their loss and fate was something that even covid couldn’t stop from happening. This truly was a perfect match.” -Jacob Wooley

“The history, the stakes, the drama, the deathly silence after the match, the elevation of SB Kento” -Ben Fox

“No one does stories like this like Dragon Gate. Stalker Ishikawa/Komo Mama Ichikawa’s run in. That is all.” -Sarah Flannery

“I don’t know if this match will translate to people “parachuting in” to check out the big match. I honestly don’t care. I think the narrative that Dragongate is an incredibly complex promotion to follow is slightly overblown as anyone with a basic knowledge of good guys and bad guys would be able to follow this match. The layers in this bout, however, might be lost on many, but they were not lost on me. This is one of the greatest feats of storytelling I have ever seen. The only word that can summarize what this was is perfection. It will go down as one of the greatest matches in Dragon System history.” -Case Lowe

“An outstanding year in Dragongate was capped off with a masterful Unit Disband match. A new, young and hungry generation of wrestlers took over from the legendary Toryumon generation in a match brimming with excitement, twists and storytelling details that rewarded all the passionate fans of this wonderful promotion. Also, THAT suplex by Stalker Ichikawa. Spot of the year.” -Ricardo Gallegos

“There’s so much about this match that I love and I don’t know if I can do it all justice. You have the generational war between the iconic DG veterans and the cocky young upstarts in R.E.D., and the symbolism behind that. Yoshino wearing the blue eye contacts. Nasty bumps and weapon shots galore. Ichikawa, a career-long fool, hitting the Ina Bauer German at a pivotal moment. Dragon Kid fighting for his unit’s survival even while his mask was practically torn off. The skyrocketing rise of SB KENTo. Everyone was at the top of their game, every spot felt like it mattered, the Fukuoka crowd was as into it as a clap crowd could be. It was all perfect. When we look back at the next generation of stars in Dragongate, this match will be the spark that lit the fuse.” -Andrew Rich

“This match is the perfect encapsulation of Dragon Gate in 2020. The generational warfare story was used to establish the future making the younger wrestlers way more prominent. The story of the match was the old generation trying to prove the sands of time wrong while the younger generation attempted to cement themselves as the top of the pack. It was a brutal fight with an incredible final scene as a beaten and unmasked Dragon Kid is finally put down by EITA and the rest of his young hooligans. This felt like a proper passing of the torch, only growing for me in affinity as time passes.” -Christopher Duarte

There is nothing I can say about this match that hasn’t been said more eloquently by more educated Dragongate fans than me but, for what it’s worth, here goes. At the start of the year I had Kota Minoura, Shun Skywalker and Yuki Yoshioka earmarked as stars to watch and while they have succeeded to varying degrees nobody has come close to the emergence of SB Kento. The early eliminations of EITA, Yoshino and Doi showed that this wasn’t just about units disbanding, this was a statement of intent that Dragongate has a slate of youngsters that they believe can carry the company for the next 10 years. As it came to the final fall and the ring was swamped with wrestlers trying to save their faction there was a brief flicker of doubt, but eventually the ring cleared and SB Kento (after only a year in the company) ended up with Dragon Kid locked in the Shooter. The veteran struggled but succumbed and a new star was anointed.” -Mike Daysley

“The action. The story. The callbacks and the context. If you’re a long-time fan of DG, even a lapsed one trying to keep up with the current product, this match has such deep meaning and enjoyment to it.” -WH Park

“A year-long feud between beloved veterans and scumbags culminates in a ten-man elimination match where the losing factions must disband. What plays out like a reverse-War Games match culminates in phenomenal finishing sequence where a rookie SBKento submits the legendary Dragon Kid, setting up the company hierarchy for years to come.” -J.D. Oliva

“The old guard’s final stand as they had fought valiantly against the younger generation of Dragon Gate. An absolutely chaotic and wild elimination tag that felt like a big time war. SB KENTo was made into a star with a dominate showing. Dragon Kid had a phenomenal underdog performance that was fitting considering his past as Ultimo Dragon’s heir. It made new stars in the young RED members while being an appropriate tribute to the Toryumon generation and their enormous history. Also, Stalker Ishikawa’s German suplex spot near the end is the most satisfying moment of 2020.” -ScorpioCorp

“I’m not a Dragongate fan, I went into this show with basic knowledge, and I was left impressed and awestruck at this match. Nonstop action, great storytelling, and with having basic knowledge, I was even surprised at who was first eliminated from the match. Each of the eliminations was awesome and smart, and I was yelling at the TV at the end. I can’t even imagine how it must have felt like for longtime fans. If a Dragongate newbie loved this, I think that anyone else would love it. Probably the best multiman tag of the year.” -Abraham Delgado

“Dragon Gate outdid themselves with this one, proving why they deliver the best multi-man tag matches. Lot of stories, details, fast paced action, shocking moments, surprises, etc, it had everything and more. The younger generation had its time to shine, with SB KENTo leaving a big impression. I can’t talk enough about how much I love this match, an instant classic.” -Gin Malkavar

Voices of Wrestling 2020 Match of the Year
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PlaceMatchDatePromotionOverall PointsTotal Votes% of ballotsHighest Vote
1Hangman Page & Kenny Omega vs. The Young Bucks2/29AEW106912272.2%1st
2Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada1/5NJPW93610662.7%1st
3Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi1/4NJPW8319958.6%1st
4WALTER vs. Ilja Dragunov10/29WWE (NXT UK)5658349.1%1st
5Will Ospreay vs. Hiromu Takahashi1/4NJPW5087846.2%1st
6Go Shiozaki vs. Takashi Sugiura12/6NOAH4345633.1%1st
7Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado12/11NJPW3405532.5%1st
8Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Go Shiozaki11/22NOAH3074224.9%1st
9RED vs. Toryumon Gen12/20Dragongate2763721.9%1st
10Kenny Omega vs. PAC2/26AEW1713420.1%1st
11Stadium Stampede5/23AEW1662816.6%1st
12Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi10/10NJPW1463520.7%2nd
13Villano III Jr. vs. Aéreo3/1AAA1452414.2%1st
14Santana/Ortiz vs. Best Friends9/16AEW1422917.2%1st
15Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki10/10NJPW1232213.0%1st
16Jon Moxley vs. Minoru Suzuki2/9NJPW1152816.6%1st
17Mayu Iwatani vs. Takumi Iroha2/8Stardom1142112.4%2nd
18Mizuki vs. Yuka Sakazaki11/7TJPW1111911.2%1st
19FTR vs. The Young Bucks11/7AEW1092514.8%2nd
20Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi9/20NJPW1032213.0%2nd
21Go Shiozaki vs. Kazuyuki Fujita3/29NOAH91137.7%1st
22Kento Miyahara vs. Zeus10/5AJPW811810.7%2nd
23Yuki Ishikawa vs. Daisuke Ikeda3/7wXw80116.5%1st
24Adam Page, Alex Reynolds & John Silver vs. MJF, Ortiz & Santana12/30AEW771810.7%1st
25Mayu Iwatani vs. Takumi Iroha10/18Stardom75116.5%1st
26Sasha Banks vs. Bayley10/25WWE66105.9%1st
27Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Will Ospreay2/14RevPro61158.9%2nd
28Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Go Shiozaki1/4NOAH59116.5%3rd
29Hiromu Takahashi vs. Ryu Lee2/9NJPW58116.5%2nd
30Kenny Omega vs. Laredo Kid12/12AAA51105.9%2nd
31Mike Bailey vs. Bandido3/7wXw5074.1%1st
32Brodie Lee vs. Cody10/7AEW49158.9%6th
33Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay9/27NJPW49116.5%5th
34Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak3/8WWE4974.1%1st
35Finn Balor vs. Kyle O'Reilly10/4WWE (NXT)47116.5%3rd
36PAC vs. Orange Cassidy2/29AEW4695.3%1st
37Fred Yehi vs. Jeremy Wyatt6/27St. Louis Anarchy44105.9%2nd
38Matt Tremont vs. Rickey Shane Page10/30H204274.1%1st
39Kento Miyahara vs. Suwama3/23AJPW3895.3%1st
40Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii9/27NJPW3884.7%4th
41Kota Ibushi vs. Taichi10/16NJPW3884.7%5th
42Butcher & Blade vs. Natural Nightmares11/11AEW3774.1%1st
43Kaito Ishida vs. Keisuke Okuda11/3Dragongate3763.6%1st
44Eita vs. Naruki Doi8/2Dragongate3674.1%2nd
45Hideki Suzuki vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima2/16NOAH3674.1%4th
46Go Shiozaki vs. Kenoh8/10NOAH3653.0%2nd
47Chessman vs. Pagano12/12AAA3453.0%1st
48Hangman Page & Kenny Omega vs. The Lucha Brothers2/19AEW3195.3%4th
49Kagetsu & Mayu Iwatani vs. Jungle Kyona & Momo Watanabe1/26Stardom3153.0%4th
50Jake Lee vs. Kento Miyahara1/3AJPW2974.1%5th
51Tetsuya Endo vs. Daisuke Sasaki11/3DDT2942.4%1st
52Tomohiro Ishii vs. Jay White10/16NJPW2784.7%4th
53Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kaito Kiyomiya10/11NOAH2742.4%1st
54Cody vs. Eddie Kingston7/22AEW2742.4%3rd
55Wotan & Mascara Sagrada Jr. vs. El Hijo de Fishman & Mr. Condor2/15Lucha Strong2731.8%1st
56Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Will Ospreay2/2NJPW2674.1%4th
57Will Ospreay vs. Dowie James1/11MCW2642.4%1st
58Kzy vs. Naruki Doi2/7Dragongate2642.4%2nd
59Rickey Shane Page vs. Nick Gage2/15GCW2584.7%3rd
60AJ Styles vs. Daniel Bryan6/8WWE2574.1%2nd
61Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii9/30NJPW2553.0%1st
62Adam Cole, Bobby Fish, Kyle O'Reilly & Roderick Strong vs. Alexander Wolfe, Fabian Aichner, Marcel Barthel & WALTER1/25WWE (NXT)2542.4%2nd
63Minoru Suzuki vs. Yuji Nagata6/17NJPW2484.7%4th
64Brodie Lee vs. Cody8/22AEW2374.1%5th
65Arisa Nakajima vs. Yoshiko7/13SEAdLINNNG2263.6%6th
66Yuya Aoki vs. Fumenori Abe2/11BJW2253.0%4th
67Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso9/27WWE2053.0%5th
68Emi Sakura vs. Yuna Mizumori6/30Gatoh Move2021.2%1st
69Tomohiro Ishii vs. Minoru Suzuki9/19NJPW1953.0%4th
70Jun Akiyama vs. Konosuke Takeshita11/3DDT1942.4%3rd
71Hiromu Takahashi vs. Tomohiro Ishii7/2NJPW1842.4%4th
72Mayu Iwatani vs. Jungle Kyona7/24Stardom1821.2%1st
72Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak5/11WWE1821.2%1st
74Lee Moriarty vs. Jonathan Gresham10/10GCW1742.4%5th
75Mayumi Ozaki vs. Saori Anou8/28OZ Academy1731.8%3rd
76Jake Lee, Shuji Ishikawa & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Kento Miyahara, Suwama & Zeus4/6AJPW1631.8%1st
77Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda vs. Yuki Ishikawa6/21BJW1631.8%3rd
78Marcius Pitt vs. Davis Storm3/7EPW1631.8%3rd
79Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Naomi Yoshimura & Yuki Ueno10/25DDT1631.8%5th
80Lee Moriarty vs. ACH10/9GCW1542.4%3rd
81Men's Royal Rumble Match1/26WWE1542.4%4th
82Tyler Bate vs. Jordan Devlin1/12WWE (NXT UK)1442.4%7th
83Utami Hyashishita vs. Momo Watanabe12/20Stardom1431.8%3rd
84Giulia vs. Tam Nakano10/3Stardom1431.8%5th
85Jordynne Grace vs. Deonna Purrazzo7/18Impact Wrestling1421.2%4th
86Shotaro Ashino & Kuma Arashi vs. Shuji Ishikawa & Suwama11/18AJPW1410.6%1st
86Baliyan Akki & Mei Suruga vs. Riho & Yuna Mizumori7/5Gatoh Move1410.6%1st
86Mayu Iwatani, Tam Nakano, Starlight Kid & Saya Iida vs. Giulia, Syuri, Maika & Himeka6/21Stardom1410.6%1st
86Daniel Makabe vs. Kevin Ku1/5SUP1410.6%1st
86Jordan Oliver vs. Myron Reed7/25Synergy Pro Wrestling1410.6%1st
86Jack Tucker vs. Thirteen11/13United Pro Wrestling1410.6%1st
92John Cena vs. The Fiend4/5WWE1342.4%3rd
93Titan vs. Soberano Jr.9/25CMLL1331.8%3rd
94Suwama vs. Shotaro Ashino6/30AJPW1321.2%3rd
95Lee Moriarty vs. Daniel Makabe10/9SUP1321.2%4th
96Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page11/7AEW1242.4%6th
97Riho vs. Nyla Rose2/12AEW1231.8%4th
98Shingo Takagi vs. SHO6/22NJPW1231.8%5th
99DIY vs. Moustache Mountain1/25WWE (NXT)1221.2%3rd
100Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Yoshiko & Sareee11/27SEAdLINNNG1131.8%3rd
101Daisuke Harada vs. Dick Togo1/30NOAH1131.8%5th
102MAO vs. Masato Tanaka2/23DDT1131.8%6th
103Kota Ibushi vs. SANADA10/18NJPW1131.8%6th
104Giulia vs. Syuri12/20Stardom1121.2%2nd
105Rich Swann vs. Eric Young10/24Impact Wrestling1121.2%3rd
106Kagetsu vs. Meiko Satomura2/24Kagetsu Retirement Show1121.2%4th
107Wotan & Super Dragons vs. El Hijo de Fishman & Amatheus12/5LLPM1121.2%5th
108Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii vs. EVIL & Shingo Takagi1/6NJPW1053.0%8th
109Thunder Rosa vs. Priscilla Kelly9/22UWN1042.4%7th
110Wardlow vs. Cody Rhodes2/19AEW1031.8%4th
110Will Ospreay vs. Tomohiro Ishii9/23NJPW1031.8%4th
112Mayu Iwatani vs. Momo Watanabe1/19Stardom1031.8%7th
113Yuki Ueno & Naomi Yoshimura vs. T-Hawk & El Lindaman6/7DDT1021.2%2nd
114MJF vs. Jungle Boy5/23AEW1021.2%6th
114Butcher & The Blade & The Lucha Brothers vs. The Young Bucks & FTR7/8AEW1021.2%6th
116Matt Riddle vs. Timothy Thatcher5/27WWE (NXT)942.4%6th
117Undisputed Era vs. Broserweights2/16WWE (NXT)931.8%4th
118Chris Dickinson vs. Matt Makowski 9/20Beyond Wrestling921.2%4th
118Will Ospreay vs. Bea Priestley3/16WrestleTalk921.2%4th
120Cody vs. Darby Allin11/7AEW921.2%5th
120Mayu Iwatani vs. Syuri10/3Stardom921.2%5th
122Mitch McCarthy vs. Rip Rielly2/29AWL910.6%2nd
122Natsumi Maki vs. Sareee1/4TJPW910.6%2nd
124Yuji Okabayashi vs.  Daisuke Sekimoto11/23BJW831.8%7th
125Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI vs. Taichi, Zack Sabre Jr. & DOUKI10/23NJPW821.2%5th
126LA Park vs. Eddie Kingston2/14RevPro821.2%6th
127Minoru Suzuki vs. Shingo Takagi11/7NJPW821.2%7th
128Jon Moxley vs. Brodie Lee5/23AEW810.6%3rd
128Ace Perry vs. Lee Moriarty3/15Bizarro Lucha810.6%3rd
128Tim Hayden vs. LFB8/15IPW Australia810.6%3rd
128Mei Hoshizuki vs. Maria1/19Marvelous810.6%3rd
128Dangerous Tekkers vs. Golden Aces7/12NJPW810.6%3rd
128Giulia vs. Himeka10/29Stardom810.6%3rd
128Mayu Iwatani vs. Utami Hayashishita11/15Stardom810.6%3rd
128Charlotte Flair vs. Rhea Ripley4/5WWE810.6%3rd
136Masato Tanaka vs. Tetsuya Endo6/7DDT731.8%7th
136Minoru Suzuki vs. Shingo Takagi8/29NJPW731.8%7th
138Jeff Cobb vs. Tomohiro Ishii10/10NJPW731.8%7th
139AZM vs. Starlight Kid10/3Stardom721.2%5th
139Men's War Games12/6WWE (NXT)721.2%5th
141Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kenoh9/18NOAH721.2%5th
141Timothy Thatcher vs. Oney Lorcan7/1WWE (NXT)721.2%5th
143Masashi Takeda vs. Toru Sugiura12/25FREEDOMS710.6%4th
143Mei Suruga vs. ASUKA5/23Gatoh Move710.6%4th
143Mei Suruga vs. Ryo Mizunami10/4Gatoh Move710.6%4th
143AZM & Kagetsu vs. Mayu Iwatani & Starlight Kid1/2Stardom710.6%4th
143Ivan Black vs. Ricky Rembrandt9/26United Pro Wrestling710.6%4th
143AJ Styles vs. The Undertaker4/4WWE710.6%4th
143The New Day vs. The Street Profits11/22WWE710.6%4th
143Mayumi Ozaki & Saori Anou vs. Aja Kong & Hiroyo Matsumoto2/24ZERO1710.6%4th
151Daniel Bryan vs. The Fiend1/26WWE631.8%7th
152Eddie Kingston vs. Jon Moxley -11/7AEW631.8%8th
153Suzu Suzuki vs. Tsukushi9/20Ice Ribbon621.2%7th
154Masaaki Mochizuki  vs. Kaito Kiyomiya  9/18NOAH621.2%8th
154Takumi Iroha, Rin Kadokura & Mei Hoshizuki vs. Momo Watanabe, AZM & Utami Hayashishita9/28Stardom621.2%8th
156CHANGO & Kaji Tomato vs. Kengo Mashimo & Kunio Toshima5/102AW610.6%5th
156Mei Suruga vs. Mitsuru Konno7/9Gatoh Move610.6%5th
156Emi Sakura & Riho vs. Mei Suruga & Yuna Mizumori9/26Gatoh Move610.6%5th
156Mei Suruga vs. Yuna Mizumori5/27Gatoh Move610.6%5th
156Trish Adora vs. Suge D10/9GCW610.6%5th
156Alex Colon vs. AKIRA10/17ICW610.6%5th
156Kota Ibushi vs. Shingo Takagi10/7NJPW610.6%5th
156Kenoh vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima8/4NOAH610.6%5th
156Lana Austin vs. Yuka Sakazaki1/11Pro Wrestling Eve610.6%5th
156Leon vs. Hanako Nakamori7/26PURE-J610.6%5th
156Jules Canan vs. Craven vs. Ritchie Taylor3/15Wide Bay Pro Wrestling610.6%5th
156Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Shotaro Ashino2/12Wrestle-1610.6%5th
156Eddie Kingston vs. Daniel Makabe3/6wXw610.6%5th
169Takuya Nomura & Fuminori Abe vs. Kohei Sato & Daisuke Sekimoto8/10BJW531.8%9th
170Kaito Ishida vs. Keisuke Okuda11/15Dragongate521.2%7th
171Mitsuru Konno vs. Mei Suruga7/19Gatoh Move521.2%8th
172Kenny Omega & Hangman Page vs. The Young Bucks vs. Best Friends vs. Santana & Ortiz1/15AEW510.6%6th
172Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin8/5AEW510.6%6th
172Lee Moriarty vs. Alex Shelley2/7AIW510.6%6th
172RED vs. Toryumon Generation12/6Dragongate510.6%6th
172AJ Gray vs. ACH10/10Glory Pro510.6%6th
172Jay White vs. Tetsuya Naito1/4NJPW510.6%6th
172Jay White vs. Kota Ibushi9/23NJPW510.6%6th
172Shingo Takagi vs. Hirooki Goto2/1NJPW510.6%6th
172Arisa Nakajima vs. Yoshiko1/24SEAdLINNNG510.6%6th
172Arisa Nakajima vs. ASUKA6/13SEAdLINNNG510.6%6th
172Arisa Hoshiki vs. Utami Hayashishita1/19Stardom510.6%6th
172Jake Nova vs. Tim Kade vs. Jackson Cross2/22Venom Pro Wrestling510.6%6th
172Roman Reigns vs. Jey Uso10/25WWE510.6%6th
185TJP vs. Hijo del Vikingo2/4Impact Wrestling421.2%8th
185Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii2/20NJPW421.2%8th
187Ayato Yoshida & Tank Nagai vs. Kaji Tomato & CHANGO3/252AW410.6%7th
187Zac Reynolds & Renegade vs. Wacol's Most Wanted5/93 Count Wrestling Academy410.6%7th
187Daniel Makabe vs. Judas Icarus1/103-2-1 BATTLE!410.6%7th
187The Young Bucks vs. The Butcher and The Blade7/22AEW410.6%7th
187Kenny Omega vs. Jon Moxley12/2AEW410.6%7th
187Tony Deppen vs. John Silver3/1Beyond Wrestling410.6%7th
187Kimber Lee vs. Joey Janela8/23Beyond Wrestling410.6%7th
187KAI vs. BxB Hulk vs. YAMATO vs. Yoshino vs. EITA vs. Big R Shimizu9/21Dragongate410.6%7th
187Hagane Shinnou vs. Keisuke Ishii7/26Ganbare Pro410.6%7th
187Maya Yukihi vs. Suzu Suzuki8/9Ice Ribbon410.6%7th
187Low Ki vs. Masashi Takeda1/4ICW410.6%7th
187The Great Space War12/11Michinoku Pro Wrestling410.6%7th
187KENTA vs. Hirooki Goto1/5NJPW410.6%7th
187El Desperado vs. Taiji Ishimori12/2NJPW410.6%7th
187Edge vs. Randy Orton6/14WWE410.6%7th
187Johnny Gargano vs. Finn Balor2/16WWE (NXT)410.6%7th
187Timothy Thatcher vs. Oney Lorcan7/22WWE (NXT)410.6%7th
187Io Shirai vs. Candice LaRae10/28WWE (NXT)410.6%7th
187Strong BJ vs. Dangan Yankees3/1ZERO1410.6%7th
187Yuji Hino vs. Kohei Sato3/1ZERO1410.6%7th
207Hiromu Takahashi vs. Toru Yano6/24NJPW331.8%10th
207Thunder Rosa vs. Allysin Kay1/24NWA331.8%10th
209Arez vs. Tromba11/6Lucha Madre321.2%9th
210Daichi Hashimoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi1/2BJW310.6%8th
210Yasufumi Nakanoue vs. Yuya Aoki3/21BJW310.6%8th
210Masato Tanaka vs. MAO2/25DDT310.6%8th
210Naruki Doi vs. Susumu Yokosuka3/1Dragongate310.6%8th
210Davis Storm vs. Gavin McGavin12/5EPW310.6%8th
210ASUKA vs. Shota12/26Ganbare Pro310.6%8th
210Grizzly Kal Jak vs. Erik Hammer10/12GCW310.6%8th
210Tsukasa Fujimoto vs. Suzu Suzuki3/15Ice Ribbon310.6%8th
210Tetsuya Naito vs. EVIL7/12NJPW310.6%8th
210Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr.9/24NJPW310.6%8th
210Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii10/13NJPW310.6%8th
210Jay White vs. Kota Ibushi11/7NJPW310.6%8th
210Shane Taylor vs. Jay Briscoe12/18Ring of Honor310.6%8th
210Briscoes vs. Bandido & Flamita2/9Ring of Honor310.6%8th
210Jeremy Wyatt vs. Nick Gage1/10St. Louis Anarchy310.6%8th
210Tam Nakano vs. Giulia7/26Stardom310.6%8th
210Mayu Iwatani vs. Tam Nakano9/19Stardom310.6%8th
210Malibu vs. Jack Tucker9/12United Pro Wrestling310.6%8th
210Asuka vs. Sasha Banks8/23WWE310.6%8th
210AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Sami Zayn9/27WWE310.6%8th
230Mei Suruga & Baliyan Akki vs. Emi Sakura & Kaori Yoneyama12/5Gatoh Move221.2%10th
230Hiromu Takahashi vs. Robbie Eagles11/29NJPW221.2%10th
230Yuji Hino vs. Yuji Okabayashi1/1ZERO1221.2%10th
233Yuji Okabayashi vs. Tank Nagai5/232AW210.6%9th
233Penta El Zero M vs. Rey Fenix10/21AEW210.6%9th
233Darby Allin vs. Sammy Guevara2/29AEW210.6%9th
233Chris Jericho vs. Jon Moxley2/29AEW210.6%9th
233Yuki Ishikawa vs. Raito Shimizu2/11BAP210.6%9th
233Daichi Hashimoto vs. Yuji Okabayashi10/21BJW210.6%9th
233Toru Sugiura vs. Yuko Miyamoto2/10FREEDOMS210.6%9th
233Lulu Pencil vs. Kaori Yoneyama6/20Gatoh Move210.6%9th
233Dark Sheik vs. Still Life w/ Apricots & Pears10/10GCW210.6%9th
233Tom Lawlor vs. Homicide10/11GCW210.6%9th
233John Wayne Murdoch vs. Orin Veidt8/30ICW210.6%9th
233Chase Cooper vs. Reaper8/15Impact Pro Wrestling Australia210.6%9th
233Deonna Purrazzo vs. Su Yung11/14Impact Wrestling210.6%9th
233Eric Young vs. Eddie Edwards10/3Impact Wrestling210.6%9th
233Sami Callihan vs. Tessa Blanchard1/12Impact Wrestling210.6%9th
233Shingo Takagi vs. SHO7/12NJPW210.6%9th
233Jay White vs. Shingo Takagi9/19NJPW210.6%9th
233Minoru Suzuki vs. Jay White10/13NJPW210.6%9th
233Go Shiozaki, Katsuhiko Nakajima & Shuhei Taniguchi vs. Takashi Sugiura, Kazuyuki Fujita & Hideki Suzuki1/30NOAH210.6%9th
233Kenou vs. Kaito Kiyomia11/22NOAH210.6%9th
233Ricky Starks vs. Nick Aldis1/7NWA210.6%9th
233Jinny vs. Nina Samuels1/11Pro Wrestling Eve210.6%9th
233Masashi Takeda vs. Brandon Kirk1/8SAW210.6%9th
233Yoshiko & Hiroyo Matsumoto vs. Arisa Nakajima & Tsukasa Fujimoto8/26SEAdLINNNG210.6%9th
233Maki Itoh vs. Hikari Noa1/4TJPW210.6%9th
233Yuji Okabayashi vs. Kuma Arashi 3/15Wrestle-1210.6%9th
233Keith Lee vs. Roderick Strong1/2WWE (NXT)210.6%9th
233Women's War Games12/6WWE (NXT)210.6%9th
261Hikaru Shida vs. Thunder Rosa9/5AEW110.6%10th
261Chris Jericho & Jake Hager vs. Luther & Serpentico10/7AEW110.6%10th
261Naoya Nomura vs. Ayato Yoshida1/19AJPW110.6%10th
261Kento Miyahara & Yuma Aoyagi vs. Jake Lee & Koji Iwamoto12/7AJPW110.6%10th
261Fuminori Abe vs. Isami Kodaka7/14BASARA110.6%10th
261Nick Jackson vs. Matt Jackson4/20BTE110.6%10th
261Volador Jr. vs. Templario9/25CMLL110.6%10th
261Shinya Aoki vs. Sanshiro Takagi11/3DDT110.6%10th
261Kaoru Ito & Tomoko Watanabe vs. Miyuke Takase & Haruka Umesaki8/30DIANA110.6%10th
261Miyako Matsumoto vs. Cypress Ueno6/5Gake No Fuchi110.6%10th
261Anthony Greene vs. Ava Everett8/26Limitless Wrestling110.6%10th
261Chigusa Nagayo & Takumi Iroha vs. Mei Hoshizuki & Masha Slamovich3/20Marvelous110.6%10th
261Yota Tsuji vs. Gabriel Kidd6/15NJPW110.6%10th
261EVIL vs. Zack Sabre Jr.9/20NJPW110.6%10th
261Will Ospreay vs. Minoru Suzuki10/7NJPW110.6%10th
261Kenou vs. Kazushi Sakuraba12/6NOAH110.6%10th
261Thunder Rosa vs. Allysin Kay2/4NWA110.6%10th
261Hoodfoot vs. Erick Stevens10/11Paradigm Pro110.6%10th
261Spike Trivet vs. Jordon Breaks3/14Riptide110.6%10th
261DASH Chisako, Meiko Satomura & Syuri vs. Chihiro Hashimoto, Sakura Hirota & Yuu3/28Sendai Girls110.6%10th
261Giulia, Syuri, Maika & Himeka vs. Momo Watanabe, Utami Hayashishita, AZM & Saya Kamitani7/24Stardom110.6%10th
261Hikari Noa vs. Mirai Maiumi11/7TJPW110.6%10th
261Craven vs. Renegade2/22Venom Pro Wrestling110.6%10th
261Keith Lee vs. Dominik Dijacovik2/16WWE (NXT)110.6%10th
261Sasha Banks vs. Io Shirai7/1WWE (NXT)110.6%10th
261Io Shirai vs. Rhea Ripley11/18WWE (NXT)110.6%10th
261Timothy Thatcher vs. Tommaso Ciampa12/6WWE (NXT)110.6%10th

 

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