Just like last year, maintain a list of every match that you consider to be *** or more.

I pretty much gave up on the last one half-way through the year, for obvious reasons. Good idea to do it again, though. :)

I know it looks like I gave up on mine from last year too, though that had more to do with Raw and Impact barely having any *** matches, missing Smackdown frequently, and not ordering the ppvs.

This week's Raw had no *** matches either, and I didn't watch ECW.

As if that meant anything. How many *** matches have been on ECW? 1?

And Raw sucked from what I saw.

I only counted two ***+ matches on ECW in 2006. In my list they were RVD/Angle and RVD/Holly.

And if we want to get technical, I gave Cena/RVD from ONS a ***3/4 review. I didn't see the rest of the show though, I only watched the main event on Daily Motion.

The whole show, overall, is good, but too watered down with WWE.

Yeah, each specific episode of ECW is usually good enough, it just got exposed as being shitty in the longterm by December to Dismember. If they can piece everything together in time for ONS 3, then I might be able to classify the show as being salvagable.

God, December To Dismember was a disaster......

Terkay? Khali? Knoxx?

A mixed tag match?

Bobby Lashley holding the top belt in the promotion?

:(

Poor old ECW fans........

I can finally start my list!

* Mr. Kennedy vs. Chris Benoit (1/12/07 Smackdown) ***1/2
* Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. Ricky Marvin and Kotaro Suzuki (1/21/07 NOAH) ****
* Shawn Michaels vs. Edge (1/22/07 Raw) ****
* Rocky Romero vs. Davey Richards (1/26/07 ROH Dedicated) ***1/4
* Colt Cabana, BJ Whitmer, and Daizee Haze vs. Jimmy Jacobs, Brent Albright, and Lacey (1/26/07 ROH Dedicated) ***
* Nigel McGuinness vs. Samoa Joe (1/26/07 ROH Dedicated) ***1/4
* Homicide vs. Chris Hero (1/26/07 ROH Dedicated) ***
* Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. Austin Aries and Roderick Strong (1/26/07 ROH Dedicated) ***3/4
* John Cena vs. Umaga (Royal Rumble) ****3/4
* BJ Whitmer vs. Brent Albright (2/16/07 ROH FYF:NYC) ***3/4
* Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal vs. Austin Aries and Roderick Strong (2/16/07 ROH FYF:NYC) ***3/4
* Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. Colt Cabana and Nigel McGuinness (2/16/07 ROH FYF:NYC) ***1/2
* Samoa Joe vs. Takeshi Morishima (2/16/07 ROH FYF:NYC) ****1/4
* Homicide vs. Jimmy Rave (2/16/07 ROH FYF:NYC) ***1/2
* Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. El Generico and Kevin Steen (2/17/07 ROH FYF: Philly) ***1/2
* Samoa Joe vs. Jimmy Rave (2/17/07 ROH FYF: Philly) ***1/4
* Matt Sydal and Christopher Daniels vs. Shingo and Jack Evans (2/17/07 ROH FYF: Philly) ***
* Homicide vs. Takeshi Morishima (2/17/07 ROH FYF: Philly) ***
* Matt Hardy vs. Joey Mercury (3/2/07 Smackdown) ***
* Jimmy Jacobs vs. BJ Whitmer (3/4/07 ROH FYF: Finale) ***1/4
* Jay Briscoe vs. Mark Briscoe (3/4/07 ROH FYF: Finale) ****
* Naruki Doi and Shingo vs. Roderick Strong and Davey Richards (3/4/07 ROH FYF: Finale) ***1/2
* Nigel McGuinness vs. Jimmy Rave (3/4/07 ROH FYF: Finale) ***3/4
* Samoa Joe vs. Homicide (3/4/07 ROH FYF: Finale) ***
* The Undertaker vs. Finlay (3/9/07 Smackdown) ***1/2
* Matt Hardy vs. Mr. Kennedy (3/16/07 Smackdown) ***1/4
* Davey Richards vs. Masaaki Mochizuki (3/30/07 ROH All Star Extravaganza III) ***1/2
* Nigel McGuinness vs. Brent Albright (3/30/07 ROH All Star Extravaganza III) ***1/4
* Roderick Strong vs. Jack Evans (3/30/07 ROH All Star Extravaganza III) ****
* CIMA, Susumu Yokosuka, Dragon Kid, and Ryo Saito vs. Austin Aries, Delirious, Rocky Romero, and Claudio Castagnoli (3/30/07 ROH All Star Extravaganza III) ****1/4
* Christopher Daniels and Matt Sydal vs. Jay Briscoe and Delirious (3/31/07 ROH Supercard of Honor II) ***1/4
* Nigel McGuinness vs. Chris Hero (3/31/07 ROH Supercard of Honor II) ***
* Jack Evans and Naruki Doi vs. Davey Richards and Rocky Romero (3/31/07 ROH Supercard of Honor II) ***3/4
* BJ Whitmer vs. Jimmy Jacobs (3/31/07 ROH Supercard of Honor II) ****3/4
* Roderick Strong vs. Austin Aries (3/31/07 ROH Supercard of Honor II) ****
* CIMA, Shingo, and Susumu Yokosuka vs. Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito, and Masaaki Mochizuki (3/31/07 ROH Supercard of Honor II) ****3/4
* Mr. Kennedy vs. CM Punk vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Matt Hardy vs. King Booker vs.
Edge vs. Randy Orton vs. Finlay (4/1/07 Wrestlemania 23) ****1/4
* Chris Benoit vs. MVP (4/1/07 Wrestlemania 23) ***1/4
* Batista vs. Undertaker (4/1/07 Wrestlemania 23) ****
* John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels (4/1/07 Wrestlemania 23) ****1/2
* Tommy Dreamer, Sandman, Sabu, and Rob Van Dam vs. Elijah Burke, Marcus Cor Von, Kevin Thorn, and Matt Striker (4/3/07 ECW) ***
* The Undertaker vs. Batista (Backlash) ***1/4
* Matt Hardy vs. Mr. Kennedy (5/3/07 Smackdown) ***3/4
* Rocky Romero vs. Naomichi Marufuji (ROH Respect is Earned) ***1/2
* Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. Matt Sydal and Claudio Castagnoli (ROH Respect is Earned) ****1/2
* Roderick Strong vs. Delirious (ROH Respect is Earned) ***1/2
* Takeshi Morishima and Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness and KENTA (ROH Respect is Earned) ****1/2
* Bryan Danielson vs. Jimmy Rave (6/8/07 ROH A Fight at the Roxbury) ***
* Mark Briscoe vs. Kevin Steen (6/8/07 ROH A Fight at the Roxbury) ***1/4
* Nigel McGuinness vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Mike Quackenbush vs. Chris Hero (ROH A Fight at the Roxbury) ***3/4
* Matt Sydal vs. El Generico (6/8/07 ROH A Fight at the Roxbury) ***1/2
* Roderick Strong, Davey Richards, and Rocky Romero vs. Delirious, Matt Cross, and Erick Stevens (6/8/07 ROH A Fight at the Roxbury) ***
* Takeshi Morishima vs. Jay Briscoe (6/8/07 ROH A Fight at the Roxbury) ***1/2
* Matt Hardy vs. William Regal (6/15/07 Smackdown) ***1/4
* Matt Hardy vs. Finlay (6/22/07 Smackdown) ***3/4
* Matt Hardy vs. MVP (7/22/07 Great American Bash) ***
* Jeff Hardy vs. Umaga (7/22/07 Great American Bash) ***1/4
* John Cena vs. Bobby Lashley (7/22/07 Great American Bash) ***1/2
* Bryan Danielson vs. Matt Sydal (ROH Death Before Dishonor V) ***1/2
* Takeshi Morishima vs. Claudio Castagnoli (ROH Death Before Dishonor V) ****1/4
* Jay and Mark Briscoe vs. El Generico and Kevin Steen (ROH Death Before Dishonor V) ****1/2
* John Cena vs. Randy Orton (8/26/07 Summerslam) ***1/2
* Rey Mysterio vs. Chavo Guerrero (9/7/07 Smackdown) ***1/4
* Adam Pearce and Brent Albright vs. Matt Cross and Erick Stevens (10/5/07 ROH) ***1/4
* Nigel McGuinness vs. El Generico vs. Hallowicked (10/5/07 ROH) ***
* Austin Aries vs. Bryan Danielson (10/5/07 ROH) ****
* Jack Evans, Jigsaw, and Ruckus vs. Roderick Strong, Davey Richards, and Rocky Romero (10/5/07 ROH) ***1/2
* Triple H vs. Randy Orton (10/7/07 No Mercy) ***1/2
* Christian Cage vs. Samoa Joe (10/18/07 Impact) ***
* Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino vs Kotaro Suzuki & Ricky Marvin (11/24/07 NOAH) ***
* John Morrison and The Miz vs. Jimmy Wang Yang and Shannon Moore (12/11/07 ECW) ***

w00t! First **** match of the year!

Might as well start mine as well:

Briscoe Brothers vs. Ricky Marvin and Kotaro Suzuki - NOAH 1/21 ***3/4
Umaga vs. John Cena - WWE Royal Rumble 1/28 ****
Shuji Kondo vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima - AJPW 2/17 ***3/4
Finlay vs. Undertaker - WWE Smackdown 3/9 ***1/2
Money in the Bank Ladder Match - WWE Wrestlemania 23 4/1 ***1/2
Batista vs. Undertaker - WWE Wrestlemania 23 4/1 ***3/4
Shawn Michaels vs. John Cena - WWE Wrestlemania 23 4/1 ****
ECW Originals vs. New Breed - ECW 4/3 ***
MVP vs. Chris Benoit - WWE Smackdown 4/13 ***
Shawn Michaels vs. John Cena - WWE Raw 4/23 ***3/4
Briscoe Brothers vs. Matt Sydal and Claudio Castagnoli - ROH Respect is Earned ****
Nigel McGuinness and KENTA vs. Bryan Danielson and Takeshi Morishima - ROH Respect is Earned ***3/4

You are a generous man.

Maybe I was in a good mood. I really liked the way they built up to the spot where Edge got dropped on the ladder. Also enjoyed Edge suplexing the ladder right onto HBK. That, and Randy Orton's interference actually added to the match, for some strange reason. Everything just clicked for me.

Wow, Cena vs. Umaga from the Rumble was way fucking good. Just a wild brawl with some neat spots and tons of drama, even if I knew Cena was retaining...

Frankly, between Rated RKO v HBK & Triple H, HBK v Edge, and Cena v Umaga, there has been more quality wrestling this year (29 days) than the entire 365 days of 2006 in the WWE.

I don't know about that. Take away guys like Finlay, Mysterio, Benoit, and Regal and maybe you have a case, but there was lots of good stuff on TV last year.

I do agree that WWE is off to a lot better start than they were at this time last year. Hopefully all the Eddie bullshit is behind them now and they can get back on track.

I would love to add to this list throughout the year, but I'm not really one to give star ratings. I'll just add what I think should be given consideration as of this very moment.

Takeshi Morishima vs Samoa Joe (2/16 ROH)
Umaga vs John Cena (WWE Royal Rumble)

Those are my only two thus far, with the Cena/Umaga match comfortably in the lead.

I can't wait until Joe/Morishima is out on DVD...

In the meantime, something to add to my list:

Shuji Kondo vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima - AJPW 2/17 ***3/4

I just realized this is WWE and TNA only. My bad.

It's no biggy. I don't even think we have a thread for 'Other" yet.

It would probably be okay to do it all in one thread this year. We could keep seperate lists "WWE and TNA" as well as "Indy's and International" or just combine them.

I altered the title if you don't mind.

Not at all, just glad to see some discussion going on.

Why would you mind, Rowe? It's my folder!

And I don't mind, since I never pay attention to it anyway.

^^^^ Control of this folder should be handed over to me :D

Over my dead body, Rowe...

Other than the one you assume you stumbled upon last July while in Maine.

Matt Hardy vs. Joey Mercury was an easy *** tonight.

Booker's commentary was an easy five.

WWE has just been producing ridiculously solid TV matches lately.

And Booker's commentary is SO bad. Seriously, it almost wants to make me change the channel. Thank god part of his gimmick is to be an annoying mofo, because he makes me want to slap him.

Yeah, I'd say that is the point.


WWE has been producing some solid stuff as of late, I'm sure the rest of Smackdown was a good show too, but I took off after the first match.

The cruiserweight 6 man was way more fun than I thought it would be (especially since the face team was uber-lame with Scotty 2 Hotty, Shannon Moore, and lone bright spot Jimmy Yang) and then the 3 way between MVP-Benoit-Finlay was just downright good. This was the first Smackdown I've watched in about 6 months, and I gotta say, I really liked MVP.

Main Event was a stupid ass overbooked Kennedy-Lashley match where Kennedy could go no DQ, but if Lashley used any foreign objects or got counted out, he would lose his ECW Title. Just super lame, and of course Lashley overcame the odds and squashed Kennedy. There is no reason Kennedy should lose a match with those stips, to anyone.

But yeah, damn good action.

MVP's progressed a lot since a few months ago. When he first came in I thought he was terrible and wouldn't get better at all, but he's actually looked like he knows what he's doing in there now and has become a decent midcard heel to boot. Working with guys like Benoit, Finlay, and Undertaker has certainly helped.

Yeah, I've been pleased with MVP too. My first impression of him was that he was charismatic, but the drizzling shits in the ring. Now I still think he's charismatic, and his work is pretty good. I would like to see him progress into the main event in a few years.

Finlay vs. Undertaker - WWE Smackdown 3/9 ***1/2

My thoughts exactly.

I also really enjoyed Hardy/Booker, though I'm on the fence whether or not I'd consider it ***.

Kane/Batista was also much better than I was expecting. Great Smackdown this week.

WOO! (hyped to watch Smackdown when done taping)

Matt Hardy vs. Mr. Kennedy from last night's Smackdown, ***1/4.

Started watching Wrestlemania yesterday, but I'm waiting to announce my ratings B)

Anyhow, last night's ECW Originals vs. New Breed match gets a *** from me for being a chaotic brawl that allowed all the participants to shine and managed to gain an overwhelmingly positive reaction from the crowd.

.... FUCK! :lol:

You little bastard! You ruined my life for the last time!

:lol: That's what you said the last time!

I don't usually watch ECW, but I had a good feeling about the extreme rules match, so I made sure to see it.


I'm also going to update my list with the matches I rated *** or higher from Wrestlemania.