2018 Match of the Year candidates
 

If we stick them all in here, we can look back and choose our favorite at the end of the year. We'll start with a pretty obvious one.

Johnny Gargano v. Andrade "Cien" Almas (NXT Takeover: Philadelphia, 1/27)

Sasha Banks v. Asuka (Raw, 1/29)

Braun vs Kane last man standing.

Jinder vs Xavier Woods Smackdown

Obviously Gargano/Almas

Jericho/Omega

Slater and Rhyno vs Titus Worldwide (Raw 1/22)

Can we include awesome backyard matches that will get posted here throughout the year? I vote yes

The Bludgeon Brothers vs. Breezango Smackdown Jan 2nd

Minoru Suzuki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi: New Beginning Day 2

Adam Cole v. Aleistar Black, Extreme Rules Match (NXT Takeover: Philadelphia, 1/27)

Jay White vs Kenny Omega NJPW New Beginning Night 2

Hirooki Goto vs Minoru Suzuki Wrestle Kingdom 12

Probably my favorite match of the night.

Ronda Rousey and Kurt Angle v. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon, Mixed tag match (Wrestlemania 34)

Charlotte v. Asuka (Wrestlemania 34)

Johnny Gargano v. Tomasso Ciampa, Unsanctioned match (NXT Takeover: New Orleans)

Aleistar Black v. Andrade "Cien" Almas (NXT Takeover: New Orleans)

The NA Title Ladder match was pretty good

The NXT 3 team tag match on the same show was amazing to watch. The ending I did NOT see coming.

Gargano, and Andrade have had incredible years already. Don't forget Andre's performance in the first Royal Rumble this year.

For me the five star matches of the year so far are -

Gargano/Almas - Takeover Philly
Gargano/Ciampa - Takeover New Orleans
NXT North American Ladder Match - Takeover New Orleans

And then just below that I'd rate the following four and a half to 3/4's stars.

Omega/Ibushi vs Young Bucks - NJPW Long Beach
Black/Andrade - NXT Takeover New Orleans
Jericho/Omega - WrestelKingdom

In the four star range I'd say...

Okada/Naito - WrestleKingdom
Auska/Charlotte - WM 34
Rollins/Balor - Raw before Mania
Rousey & Angle/HHH & Stephanie - WM 34

The Gargano Ciampa match was insane. Favorite match in a long time.

Brawn Strowman and Nicholas vs the Bar, Rasslemania 34

WALTER vs PCO - Joey Janela's Spring Break 2

Was it THAT funny, dipshit?

Is that language really necessary? Especially with that hate-filled tone? Lest we forget, the reputation message that you sent me in the private area. This is starting to make me feel genuinely uncomfortable.

Luigi isn't the only one, I also feel uncomfortable by this turn of events...

oh good god lol

I was threatened with physical violence due to my love of backyard rasslin via rep. May have owenbrown call the FBI for me. Definite TERRORIST thing to do.

I have a sneaking suspicion that you are not being serious with your post. If that actually happened however, then I think you need to report that to both the moderators on here, and even the local authorities in your hometown.

Gargano/Ciampa
Young Bucks vs Golden Lovers from SSE

Seth Rollins v. The Miz (Backlash)

Roman Reigns vs Samoa Joe (Beat the traffic match. Backlash)

I miss Luigi. Why do we have to run off all the new posters?

Gargano vs Ciampa probably

Some of Seth's matches (Finn, Miz both come to mind)

Gotta watch Okada-Naito, Goto-Suzuki, Suzuki-Tanahashi and White-Omega.

Jeff Hardy vs Jinder Mahal (Durkamania)

This has been my fav match so far, surprisingly.

All I did was call him a hypocrite, I didn't mean to run him off. Hasn't posted since then. I really liked Luigi though.

Everyone was angry at Luigi but all I gotta say is: hey man, he was a good poster.

Luigi should have been made a wrestling mod

He would have been great