Reccomended Matches




This list of reccomended puroresu matches isn't supposed to be a list of the greatest matches ever or anything like that. It's simply a list of the matches that I've really loved and that I would reccomemend you to check out for yourself. There is no criteria for a match being on the list other than that I really enjoyed it!

By the way, this list only includes NJPW, Zero One, Toryumon and Michinoku Pro because those are the federations I most enjoy (and therefore the federations I watch most of and have broadest knowledge of). I will keep updating with new matches as I come across them.

New Japan Pro Wrestling

  • Tatsumi Fujinami v Ryuma Go - WWF Jr Heavweight Title) - 2 October 1979
  • Tiger Mask v Dynamite Kid - Pick any one of their 1982 series!
  • Tatsumi Fujinami v Akira Maeda - 12 June 1986
  • Keiji Mutoh v Masa Chono - G1 Climax Final 1991 - 11 August 1991
  • Jushin Liger v El Samurai - Top Of The Super Juniors Final - 30 April 1992
  • Masa Chono v Rick Rude - G1 Climax Final 1992 - 12 August 1992
  • The Great Muta v Hiroshi Hase - 14 December 1992
  • Great Sasuke v Jushin Liger – Super J Cup Semi Final – 16 April 1994
  • Great Sasuke v Wild Pegasus – Super J Cup Final – 16 April 1994
  • Antonio Inoki v Big Van Vader – 4 January 1996
  • Super Delfin v TAKA Michinoku - UWA Light Heavyweight Title - 17 June 1996
  • Shinjiro Ohtani v Ultimo Dragon – J*Crown Semi Final – 5 August 1996
  • Shinjiro Ohtani v Ultimo Dragon – 4 January 1998
  • Shinya Hashimoto v Genichiro Tenryu - 1 August 1998
  • Shinya Hashimoto v Satoshi Kojima - G1 Climax Semi Final 1998 - 2 August 1998
  • Shinya Hashimoto v Kazou Yamazaki - G1 Climax Final 1998 - 3 August 1998
  • Toshiaki Kawada v Kensuke Sasaki – "Do Judge" PPV – 9 October 2000
  • Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi v Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka - "2nd Judgement" PPV - 14 December 2000
  • Keiji Mutoh v Hiroshi Hase - 6 June 2001
  • Yuji Nagata v Keiji Mutoh – G1 Climax Final 2001 – 12 August 2001
  • Yuji Nagata v Osamu Nishimura – 16 September 2001
  • Keiji Mutoh & Hiroshi Hase v Yuji Nagata & Jun Akiyama - 8 October 2001
  • Jushin Liger, Minoru Tanaka, El Samurai, Masayuki Naruse & Masahito Kakihara v Koji Kanemoto, Eddy Guerrero, Black Tiger, Gedo & Jado - Elimination Match - 24 March 2002
  • Masa Chono & Hiroyoshi Tenzan v Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi - IWGP Tag Team Tournament Finals - 24 March 2002


    Zero One: Fighting Athlete

  • Naohiro Hoshikawa v Naomichi Marufuji – "Fighting Athlete" PPV – 2 March 2001
  • Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata v Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama – "Fighting Athlete" PPV – 2 March 2001
  • Tatsuhito Takaiwa v Naomichi Marufuji – "True Century Creativity" PPV – 18 April 2001
  • Masato Tanaka v Shinjiro Ohtani – 13 July 2001
  • Tatsuhito Takaiwa v Naohiro Hoshikawa – 1 September 2001
  • Shinjiro Ohtani v Daisuke Sekimoto - 1 September 2001
  • Shinjiro Ohtani v Kohei Sato – Fire Festival Final – 1 September 2001
  • Tatsuhito Takaiwa v KENTA - "True Century Creation II" PPV - 2 March 2002
  • Steve Corino & Gary Steele v Samoa Joe & Tom Howard - "True Century Creation II" PPV - 2 March 2002
  • Naohiro Hoshikawa v Naomichi Marufuji - "True Century Creation II" PPV - 2 March 2002
  • Shinya Hashimoto & Yoshiaki Fujiwara v Steve Corino & CW Anderson - 29 April 2002


    Toryumon/T2P

  • CIMA, SUWA & Sumo Fuji v Magnum TOKYO, Dragon Kid & SAITO – Elimination Match – "King of Dragon" (February 1999)
  • Magnum TOKYO v The Great Sasuke – NWA Middleweight Title – "King of Dragon" (February 1999)
  • Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Yasushi Kanda v CIMA, Sumo ‘Dandy’ Fuji & Stoker Ishikawa – 6 Man Tag Match – "Dragon Storm" (July 2000)
  • CIMA, SUWA & Big Fuji v Great Sasuke, Tiger Mask IV & Gran Hamada – UWA 6 Man Titles – 3rd Anniversary PPV - 1 July 2001
  • Masaaki Mochizuki v Magnum TOKYO – British Commonwealth Jr Heavyweight Title – 3rd Anniversary PPV - 1 July 2001
  • CIMA, SUWA & Big Fuji v Masaaki Mochizuki, Yasushi Kanda & Darkness Dragon v Magnum TOKYO, Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito – Three Team Dance for the UWA 6 Man Titles – August 2001 TV
  • Genki Horiguchi v Apache – "Absolutamente!" (October 2001)
  • Susumu Mochizuki v Ryo Saito – NWA Welterweight Title – "Absolutamente!" (October 2001)
  • Masaaki Mochizuki, Susumu Mochizuki & Darkness Dragon v Magnum TOKYO, Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito – UWA 6 Man Tag Titles - "November Fiesta" (November 2001)
  • Milano Collection AT, Masato Yoshino & Stevie "Brother" Tsujimoto v Ryo Saito, Anthony W. Mori & Takayuki Yagi – 23 January 2002 (T2P)


    Michinoku Pro Wrestling

  • MEN’S Teioh v Tiger Mask IV – UWA Middleweight Title – October 1996
  • Dick Togo, TAKA Michinoku, MEN’S Teioh, Shiryu, Sho Funaki v Super Delfin, Tiger Mask IV, Masato Yakushiji, Gran Naniwa & Gran Hamada – 10 Man Tag Match – 10 October 1996
  • Great Sasuke v TAKA Michinoku - 10 October 1997
  • TAKA Michinoku v Minoru Tanaka – 17 October 1999
  • Shiryu 2, Minoru Fujita & Jody Fleisch v CIMA, Super Boy & Curry Man – 21 December 1999
  • Jado & Gedo v Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask IV – IWGP Jr Tag Titles – 19 August 2001