Saturday, August 31, 2013

ProWresBlog's Best Matches of 2013 - August Edition

ProWresBlog's Best Matches of 2013 - August Edition

I did a podcast on my Matches of the Year here:


 January 2013
Polvora vs Titan - CMLL 1/1/2013 - Rating:***** - Best Match of January 2013
Meiko Satomura vs Yuhi - Zero-1 1/1/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Shuji Kondo vs Hiroshi Yamato - AJPW 1/2/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Antonio Cesaro vs Great Khali - WWE Main Event 1/2/2013- Rating:**1/2
Justin Gabriel vs Wade Barrett - WWE Main Event 1/2/2013 - Rating:***
Cage Match - Kurt Angle and Samoa Joe vs Ace's and 8's - TNA Impact Wrestling 1/4/2013 - Rating:***
The Uso's vs The Prime Time Players - WWE Superstars 1/4/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Yuji Nagata vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 1/4/2013 - Rating:***
Davey Boy Smith Jr and Lance Archer vs Sword and Guns - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 1/4/2013 - Rating:***
Prince Devitt vs Low-Ki vs Kota Ibushi - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 1/4/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Katsuyori Shibata vs Togi Makabe - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 1/4/2013 - Rating:***
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kazushi Sakuraba - NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 1/4/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada- NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 7 1/4/2013 - Rating:***3/4
Pequeno Reyes Del Aire - CMLL 1/6/2013 - Rating****
Mistico II, Mascara Dorada and Titan vs Averno, Mephisto and Ephesto - CMLL 1/8/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Sheamus vs Dolph Ziggler - WWE Main Event 1/9/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Falls Count Anywhere - Big Show vs Alberto Del Rio - WWE Smackdown 1/11/2013 - Rating:****1/2
TLC - Apolo vs El Mesias Ricky Banderas - WWC 1/13/2013 - Rating:***
Austin Aries vs Jeff Hardy vs Bobby Roode - TNA Genesis 1/13/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Cage Match - John Cena vs Dolph Ziggler - WWE Monday Night Raw 1/14/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Yuzuki Aikawa vs Kairi Hojo - Stardom 1/14/2013 - Rating:***1/2
La Sombra vs Shinsuke Nakamura - NJPW Fantasicamania 1/18/2013 - Rating:***1/2
KENTA vs Colt Cabana - NOAH 1/19/2013 - Rating:***
Natalya vs Alicia Fox - WWE Saturday Morning Slam 1/19/2013 - Rating:**3/4
Estrellita, Luna Mágica, Silueta vs Amapola, Tiffany, Zeuxis - CMLL on Televisa 1/19/2013 - Rating:***
Wade Barrett vs Sheamus - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 1/25/2013 - Rating:***
Adam Page vs Silas Young - ROH TV 1/26/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Torneo Cibernetico - CMLL on Cadena Tres 1/26/2013 - Rating:***
Rush vs Terrible - CMLL on Cadena Tres 1/26/2013 - Rating:***1/4
KENTA vs Takeshi Morishima - NOAH 1/27/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Last Man Standing - The Big Show vs Alberto Del Rio - Royal Rumble 1/27/2013 Rating:***1/2
The Rock vs CM Punk - Royal Rumble 1/27/2013 - Rating:***
Kota Ibushi vs Konosuke Takeshita 1/27/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Marco Corleone, Titan and Valiente vs Averno, Dragon Rojo Jr. and Negro Casas - CMLL Guadalajara TV 1/26/2013 - Rating:***
January Wrestler of the Month - Titan (CMLL)

February 2012
Team Hell No vs Rey Mysterio and Sin Cara - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 2/1/2013 - Rating:***
Mascara Dorada, Titan and La Sombra vs Volador Jr., Mr. Aguila and Psicosis II - CMLL on Galavision 2/2/2013 - Rating:****
Tag Team Gauntlet - ROH TV 2/2/2012 - Rating:***1/4
Guerrero Maya Jr., Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. vs Ephesto, Mephisto, Namajague - CMLL on Fox Sports Mexico 2/2/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Volador Jr. vs Rey Escorpion - CMLL on CadenaTres 2/2/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Dinastia and Octagoncito vs Mini Abismo Negro and Mini Charly Manson - AAA on Televisa 2/2/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Drago, Fenix and Octagon vs Daga, Pentagon Jr. and Silver King - AAA on Televisa 2/2/2013 - Rating:***
Savio Vega vs Ray Fenix - WWC TV 2/3/2013 - Rating:***
Polvora vs Valiente - CMLL on Terra 2/3/2013 - Rating:***
Diamante, Máscara Dorada, Super Porky vs Ephesto, Misterioso Jr., Puma - CMLL on Terra 2/3/2013 - Rating:***
Kazuki Hashimoto vs Shinjiro Ohtani - Zero-1 2/3/2013 - Rating:***1/2
KENSO vs Ryouji Sai - Zero-1 2/3/2013 - Rating:***
Daniel Bryan vs Rey Mysterio - WWE Monday Night Raw 2/5/2013 - Rating:***
CM Punk vs Chris Jericho - WWE Monday Night Raw 2/5/2013 - Rating:***
ACH vs Matt Taven - ROH TV 2/9/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Jay Vélez and Xavant vs. Barrabás Jr. and El Colonel - WWC TV 2/16/2013 -Rating:***1/4
Titan vs Dragon Rojo Jr. - CMLL Guadalajara 2/9/2013 - Rating:***
Mr. Niebla vs La Sombra - CMLL on CadenaTres 2/9/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Reyes Del Aire, Block A Cibernetico - CMLL on Fox Sports Mexico 2/9/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Fuego, Hombre Bala Jr., Super Halcón Jr. vs Arkángel de la Muerte, Nitro, Skándalo - CMLL on Televisa 2/9/2013 - Rating:***
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kengo Mashimo - NJPW The New Beginning 2/10/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW The New Beginning 2/10/2013 - Rating:***
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Karl Anderson - NJPW The New Beginning 2/10/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Bat on a Pole Match - Savio Vega vs Ray Gonzalez - WWC 2/10/2013 TV - Rating:***
Carlos Colon vs Savio Vega - WWC 2/10/2013 TV - Rating:***
FIST vs The Colony - CHIKARA While the Dawn is Breaking 2/10/2013 - Rating:***
Jigsaw, DeviANT and The Shard vs Hallowicked, Frightmare and Mike Quackenbush - CHIKARA While the Dawn is Breaking 2/10/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Eddie Kingston vs Kevin Steen - CHIKARA While the Dawn is Breaking 2/10/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Young Bucks vs 3.0 - CHIKARA While the Dawn is Breaking 2/10/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Alberto Del Rio vs Dolph Ziggler - WWE Main Event 2/13/2012 - Rating:****
Samoa Joe vs Kurt Angle - TNA Impact Wrestling 2/14/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Marty Scrull and The Blossom Twins vs Gail Kim, Jesse and Tara - TNA Impact Wrestling 2/14/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Austin Aries vs Bobby Roode - TNA Impact Wrestling 2/14/2013 - Rating:***
Reyes Del Aire Block B - CMLL on Fox Sports Mexico 2/16/2013 -Rating:***1/4
Astral, Bam Bam, Fantasy vs Demus 3:16, Pequeño Olímpico, Pequeño Violencia - CMLL on Televisa 2/16/2013 - Rating: ***1/2
Hijo del Fantasma, Rey Cometa, Stuka Jr. vs Misterioso Jr., Namajague, Shigeo Okumura - CMLL on Televisa 2/16/2013 - Rating:***
Heath Slater vs Justin Gabriel - WWE Saturday Morning Slam 2/16/2013 - Rating:***
Arisa Nakajima vs Kayoko Haruyama - JWP 2/17/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Matt Taven vs Silas Young - ROH TV 2/17/2013 - Rating:***
Eddie Edwards vs Giger vs XL - XNL Titanes Del Ring 2/17/2013 - Rating:***
Kaiser vs KENTA - XNL Titanes Del Ring 2/17/2013 - Rating:***
Sheamus vs Damien Sandow - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 2/22/2013 - Rating:***
Drew McIntyre vs Sin Cara - WWE Superstars 2/22/2013 - Rating:***
The Funkadactyl's vs Alicia Fox and Natalya - WWE Superstars 2/22/2013 - Rating:***1/2
La Sombra vs Volador Jr. - CMLL on Fox Sports Mexico 2/23/2013 - Rating:****
Hijo del Fantasma vs Dragon Rojo Jr - CMLL on Televisa 2/23/2013 - Rating:***
John Cena vs CM Punk - WWE Monday Night Raw 2/25/2013 - Rating:**** - Best Match of February 2013
Austin Aries vs Hernandez - TNA Impact Wrestling 2/28/2013 - Rating:***
Best Wrestler of February 2013 - Savio Vega (WWC)

March 2013
Alberto Del Rio vs Damien Sandow - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 3/1/2013 - Rating:***
2/3 Falls - The Miz vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 3/1/2013 - Rating:***
Glass and Light Tubes - Drake Younger vs Ryuji Ito - BJW 3/1/2013 - Rating:***
Razorboards, No Mat - Jun Kasai vs Jaki Numazawa - BJW 3/1/2013 - Rating:***
Six Man Mayhem - ROH 11th Anniversary 3/2/2013 - Rating:***
SCUM vs C&C - ROH 11th Anniversary 3/2/2013 - Rating:***
2/3 Falls - Roderick Strong vs Michael Elgin - ROH 11th Anniversary 3/2/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Matt Taven vs Adam Cole - ROH 11th Anniversary 3/2/2013 - Rating:***
Jay Lethal vs Kevin Steen - ROH 11th Anniversary 3/2/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Antonio Cesaro vs Justin Gabriel WWE Saturday Morning Slam 3/3/2013 - Rating:***
Triton vs Misterioso Jr - CMLL on Terra 3/3/2013 - Rating:***
Namajague and Okumura vs Stuka Jr and Fuego - CMLL on Terra 3/3/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Elimination Match - NJPW 41st Anniversary 3/3/2013 - Rating:***
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Prince Devitt - NJPW 41st Anniversary 3/3/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Sin Cara vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE Main Event 3/6/2013 - Rating:***
Leo Kruger vs Yoshi Tatsu - NXT 3/7/2013 - Rating:***
Eddie Edwards vs Rhett Titus - ROH TV 3/9/2013 - Rating:***
Matt Borne, Colt Toombs and Patrick Large vs The Blanchard Brothers and Mike Santiago - Portland Wrestling Uncut 3/9/2013 - Rating:***
Mia Yim vs MsChif - ROH TV 3/9/2013 - Rating:***12
Kenny King vs Zema Ion vs Christian York - TNA Lockdown 3/10/2013 - Rating:***
Bad Influence vs Roode and Aries vs Hernandez and Chavo Guerrero - TNA Lockdown 3/10/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Bully Ray vs Jeff Hardy - TNA Lockdown 3/10/2013 - Rating:***
Dolph Ziggler vs Daniel Bryan - WWE Monday Night Raw 3/11/2013 - Rating:***
Satoshi Kojima vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW NJ Cup 3/11/2013 - Rating:***3/4
Kazuchika Okada vs Lance Archer - NJPW NJ Cup 3/11/2013 - Rating:***
Emma vs Summer Rae - NXT 3/14/2013 - Rating:***
Sting vs Austin Aries - TNA Impact Wrestling 3/14/2013 - Rating:***
ACH and Tadarius Thomas vs The American Wolves - ROH TV 3/16/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Daniel Bryan vs Dolph Ziggler - WWE Saturday Morning Slam 3/16/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Nanae Takahashi vs Alpha Female - STARDOM 3/17/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Yuko Miyamoto vs Shuji Ishikawa - BJW 3/17/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Alberto Del Rio vs Cody Rhodes - WWE Monday Night Raw 3/18/2013 - Rating:***1/4
The Uso's vs The Prime Time Players - WWE Main Event 3/20/2013 - Rating:***
Antonio Cesaro vs Zack Ryder - WWE Superstars 3/22/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Michael Elgin vs Silas Young - ROH TV 3/23/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Matt Hardy vs Adam Cole - ROH TV 3/23/2013 - Rating:***
The Miz vs Wade Barrett - WWE Monday Night Raw 3/25/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Antonio Cesaro vs Kane - WWE Main Event 3/27/2013 - Rating:***
The Bella Twins vs Naomi and Cameron - WWE Main Event 3/27/2013 - Rating:**3/4
Kaitlyn vs Natalya - WWE NXT 3/27/2013 - Rating:***
Bad Influence vs Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Hernandez - TNA Impact Wrestling 3/28/2013 - Rating:***
Primo vs Kofi Kingston - WWE Superstars 3/29/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Isami Kodaka vs Masashi Takeda -BJW 3/30/2013 - Rating:***
Ryuji Ito vs Yuko Miyamoto - BJW 3/30/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Mike Mondo vs Jimmy Jacobs - ROH TV 3/30/2013 - Rating:***
Match of the Month - Namajague and Okumura vs Stuka Jr and Fuego - CMLL on Terra 3/3/2013 - Rating:***1/4


April 2013
Chris Jericho vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE Monday Night Raw 4/1/2013 - Rating:***1/2
CHAOS(Gedo and Kazuchika Okada) vs Hiroshi Tanahashi and BUSHI - NJPW Road to Invasion Attack 4/5/2013 - Rating:***
Alex Shelley vs Prince Devitt - NJPW Road to Invasion Attack 4/5/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Killer Elite Squad vs Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW Road to Invasion Attack 4/5/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW Invasion Attack 4/7/2013- Rating:***1/2
Kid Kash and Douglas Williams vs Anthony Nese and Rashad Cameron - TNA One Night Only - Rating:***1/4
Bad Influence vs Petey Williams and Sonjay Dutt - TNA One Night Only - Rating:***
Rob Van Dam vs Jerry Lynn - TNA One Night Only - Rating:***1/2
Austin Aries vs Samoa Joe - TNA One Night Only - Rating:***
Isami Kodaka vs Ryuji Ito - BJW 4/10/2013 - Rating:***
William Regal vs Kassius Ohno - WWE NXT 4/10/2013 - Rating:***3/4
Full Metal Mayhem - Bully Ray vs Jeff Hardy - TNA Impact Wrestling 4/11/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Mark Briscoe vs Mike Mondo vs BJ Whitmer vs Cedric Alexander vs Caprice Coleman - ROH TV 4/13/2013 - Rating:***
Antonio Cesaro vs Kofi Kingston - WWE Monday Night Raw 4/15/2013 - Rating:***
Wade Barrett vs Justin Gabriel - WWE Main Event 4/17/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Hiroshi Yamato vs Masayuki Kono - AJPW B-Banquet 4/18/2013 - Rating:***
Jun Akiyama vs KENSO - AJPW B-Banquet 4/18/2013 - Rating:***
Kofi Kingston vs Justin Gabriel - WWE Saturday Morning Slam 4/20/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Tamina Snuka vs Natalya - WWE Superstars 4/20/2013 - Rating:***
Jun Akiyama vs KAI - AJPW 4/21/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Antonio Cesaro vs Adrian Neville - NXT 4/25/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Kaitlyn vs AJ Lee - NXT 4/25/2013 - Rating:***
Antonio Cesaro vs Zack Ryder - WWE Saint Petersburg, Russia House Show 4/25/2013 - Rating:***
Dolph Ziggler vs Daniel Bryan - WWE Saint Petersburg, Russia House Show 4/25/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Jimmy Uso vs Michael McGillicutty - WWE Superstars 4/26/2013 - Rating:***
The Rhodes Scholars vs The Uso's - WWE Saturday Morning Slam 4/27/2013 - Rating:***
Rhett Titus vs Jay Lethal - ROH TV 4/27/2013 - Rating:***
The Shield vs The New Age Outlaws - WWE Cologne, Germany 4/28/2013 - Rating:***
KAI vs Go Shiozaki - AJPW 4/29/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Kofi Kingston vs Dolph Ziggler - WWE Monday Night Raw 4/29/2013 - Rating:***
Yuhi vs Natsuki Taiyo - Stardom 4/29/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Match of the Month - William Regal vs Kassius Ohno - WWE NXT 4/10/2013 - Rating:***3/4

May 2013
Antonio Cesaro vs Kofi Kingston - WWE Main Event 5/1/2013 - Rating:****
Justin Gabriel vs Heath Slater - WWE Main Event 5/1/2013 - Rating:***
Paige vs Summer Rae - WWE NXT 5/1/2013 - Rating:***
Ryback vs Daniel Bryan - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 5/3/2013 - Rating:***3/4
Dean Ambrose vs Kane - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 5/3/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Tadarius Thomas and ACH vs C&C - ROH Border Wars 5/4/2013- Rating:***1/2
Taiji Ishimori vs Eddie Edwards - ROH Border Wars 5/4/2013 - Rating:***
The Shield vs John Cena and Team Hell No - WWE 5/4/2013 Wheeling, West Virgina House Show - Rating:***
Randy Orton vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE Main Event 5/8/2013 - Rating:***
Bad Influence vs Austin Aries and Bobby Roode - TNA Impact 5/9/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Daniel Bryan vs Dean Ambrose - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 5/10/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Ted Dibiase Jr. vs Michael McGillicutty - WWE Superstars 5/11/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Cody Rhodes vs Justin Gabriel - WWE Superstars 5/11/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Tadarius Thomas vs Matt Taven - ROH Pittsburgh 5/11/2013 - Rating:***1/2
ACH vs Michael Elgin - ROH Pittsburgh 5/11/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Adam Cole vs Roderick Strong vs BJ Whitmer - ROH Pittsbugh 5/11/2013 - Rating:***
Jimmy Jacobs vs Jay Lethal - ROH Pittsburgh 5/11/2013 - Rating:***
The Briscoe Brothers vs Red Dragon - ROH Pittsburgh 5/11/2013 - Rating:***
KENTA vs Takashi Suguira - NOAH 5/12/13 - Rating:****
John Cena and Team Hell No vs The Shield - WWE Monday Night Raw 5/13/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Gail Kim vs Velvet Sky - TNA Impact Wrestling 5/16/2013 - Rating:***
Chris Jericho vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE Smackdown 5/17/2013 - Rating:***
Jimmy Jacobs vs Jay Lethal - ROH TV 5/18/2013 - Rating:***3/4
Adam Cole vs Kevin Steen - ROH TV 5/18/2013 - Rating:***1/4
I Quit - Alberto Del Rio vs Jack Swagger - WWE Extreme Rules 5/19/2013 - Rating:***
Extreme Rules Match - Randy Orton vs The Big Show - WWE Extreme Rules 5/19/2013 - Rating:***
Last Man Standing - Ryback vs John Cena - WWE Extreme Rules 5/19/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Cage Match - Brock Lesnar vs Triple H - WWE Extreme Rules 5/19/2013 - Rating:****
The Shield vs Team Hell No and Kofi Kingston - WWE Monday Night Raw 5/20/2013 - Rating:***3/4
Randy Orton vs Jack Swagger - WWE Monday Night Raw 5/20/2013 - Rating:***
Alberto Del Rio vs Big E Langston - WWE Main Event 5/22/2013 - Rating:***
Sami Zayn vs Antonio Cesaro - NXT 5/22/2013 - Rating:***
Daniel Bryan vs Jack Swagger - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 5/24/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Dean Ambrose vs Randy Orton - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 5/24/2013 - Rating:***1/2
The Shield vs Team Hell No - WWE Monday Night Raw 5/27/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Wade Barrett vs Sheamus - WWE Main Event 5/29/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Emma vs Audrey Marie - WWE NXT 5/29/2013 - Rating:***
Sin Cara and Justin Gabriel vs The Prime Time Players - WWE Superstars 5/30/2013 - Rating:***

June 2013
C&C vs QT Marshall and Archibald Peck - ROH TV 6/1/13 - Rating:***1/4
Mark Angelosetti vs Saturyne - Chikara Anniversario 6/2/13 - Rating:***1/2
The Colony vs Devastation Corporation - Chikara Anniversario 6/2/13 - Rating:***3/4
3.0 vs Pieces of Hate - Chikara Anniversario 6/2/13 - Rating:***
4-Way Tag - TNA Slammiversary 6/2/13 - Rating:***
Taryn Terrell vs Gail Kim - TNA Slammiversary 6/2/13 - Rating:****
AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle - TNA Slammiversary 6/2/13 - Rating:****
Bully Ray vs Sting - TNA Slammiversary 6/2/13 - Rating:***
Team Hell No and Randy Orton vs The Shield - WWE Raw 6/3/13 - Rating:***1/2
Daniel Bryan vs Ryback - WWE Raw 6/3/13 - Rating:***1/2
No DQ - Curtis Axel vs John Cena - WWE Raw 6/3/13 - Rating:***
Sheamus vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE Main Event 6/5/13 - Rating:***1/4
The Uso's vs Team Rhodes Scholars - WWE Main Event 6/5/13 - Rating:***
Kane vs Ryback - WWE Smackdown 6/7/13 - Rating:***
Seth Rollins vs Daniel Bryan - WWE Raw 6/10/13 - Rating:***1/2
The Miz vs Cody Rhodes - WWE Main Event 6/12/13 - Rating:***
Sami Zayn vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE NXT 6/13/13 - Rating:***3/4
Alicia Fox vs Bayley - WWE NXT 6/13/13 - Rating:***
AJ Styles vs Kurt Angle - TNA Impact 6/13/13 - Rating:***1/4
Antonio Cesaro vs Sheamus - WWE Smackdown 6/14/13 - Rating:***
Team Hell No and Daniel Bryan vs The Shield - WWE Smackdown 6/14/13 - Rating:***3/4
Jimmy Jacobs vs Kevin Steen - ROH TV 6/15/13 - Rating:***
CM Punk vs Chris Jericho - WWE Payback 6/16/13 - Rating:***1/2
Blue Demon Jr vs Mesias - AAA Triplemania - Rating:***
Sin Cara vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE Main Event 6/19/13 - Rating:***
Sasha Banks vs Summer Rae - NXT 6/20/13 - Rating:***
Jay Bradley vs Austin Aries - TNA Impact 6/20/13 - Rating:***
Samoa Joe vs AJ Styles - TNA Impact 6/20/13 - Rating:***1/4
Jeff Hardy vs Bobby Roode - TNA Impact 6/20/13 - Rating:***
Christian vs Drew McIntyre - WWE Smackdown 6/21/13 - Rating:***
Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton - WWE Smackdown 6/21/13 - Rating:***
Hirooki Goto vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW Dominion 6/22/13 - Rating:***1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs Togi Makabe - NJPW Dominion 6/22/13 - Rating:***1/2
Daniel Bryan vs Randy Orton - WWE Raw 6/24/13 - Rating:***1/2
Chris Jericho vs Cody Rhodes - WWE Main Event 6/26/13 - Rating:***1/4
Magnus vs Bobby Roode - TNA Impact 6/27/13 - Rating:***
Christian and The Uso's vs The Shield - WWE Smackdown 6/28/13 - Rating:***
Miz vs Wade Barrett - WWE Superstars 6/28/13 - Rating:***1/4

July 2013
Paige vs Alicia Fox - WWE NXT 7/4/2013 - Rating:***
Bo Dallas vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE NXT 7/4/2013 - Rating:***
James Storm and Gunner vs The Bro Man's - TNA Impact 7/4/2013 - Rating:***
Austin Aries vs Manik vs Chris Sabin - TNA Impact 7/4/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Randy Orton vs Christian - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 7/5/2013 - Rating:***
Ladder Match - Generation Me vs Bad Influence - TNA One Night Only Hardcore Justice 2 - Rating:***1/2
Naomi vs Natalya - WWE Superstars 7/5/2013 - Rating:***
Veda Scott vs MsChif - ROH TV 7/6/2013 - Rating:***
Adam Page vs Silas Young - ROH TV 7/6/2013 - Rating:***
Matt Taven vs Eddie Edwards - ROH TV 7/6/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Daniel Bryan vs Sheamus - WWE Raw 7/8/2013 - Rating:***1/2
The Shield vs Tons of Funk - WWE Raw 7/8/2013 - Rating:***
Dolph Ziggler vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE Main Event 7/10/2013- Rating:***1/2
Sami Zayn vs Leo Kruger - WWE NXT 7/10/2013 - Rating:***
The Wyatt Family vs Corey Graves, Adrian Neville and William Regal - WWE NXT 7/10/2013 - Rating:***
Gail Kim vs Taryn Terrell - TNA Impact 7/11/2013 - Rating:****
Christian vs Daniel Bryan - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 7/12/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Shingo Takagi vs Akira Tozawa - Dragon Gate Infinity Mugendai iPPV 7/4/2013 - Rating:***
10-Man Tag  - Dragon Gate Infinity Mugendai iPPV 7/4/2013 - Rating:***
Zack Ryder vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE Superstars 7/12/2013- Rating:***
The Uso's vs The Shield - WWE Money in the Bank 7/14/2013  - Rating:***1/2
WHC Money in the Bank - WWE Money in the Bank 7/14/2013  - Rating:****
Alberto Del Rio vs Dolph Ziggler - WWE Money in the Bank 7/14/2013  - Rating:***3/4
John Cena vs Mark Henry- WWE Money in the Bank 7/14/2013  - Rating:***1/2
MITB All Stars - WWE Money in the Bank 7/14/2013  - Rating:***1/2
Hiroshi Tanahashi, Captain New Japan and Jushin Liger vs Karl Anderson, Tama Tonga and El Terrible - NJPW Kizuna Road 7/13/2013 - Rating:***
10 Man Tag - NJPW Kizuna Road 7/13/2013 - Rating:***
Dolph Ziggler vs Alberto Del Rio - WWE Raw 7/15/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Rob Van Dam vs Chris Jericho - WWE Raw 7/15/2013 - Rating:***3/4
Tetsuya Naito, La Sombra & Tomoaki Honma vs Kazuchika Okada, Shinsuke Nakamura & Masato Tanaka - NJPW Kizuna Road 7/14/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Chris Jericho vs Fandango - WWE Main Event 7/17/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Layla vs Aksana - WWE Main Event 7/17/2013 - Rating:***
Leo Kruger vs Sami Zayn vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE NXT 7/17/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Austin Aries vs Bobby Roode - TNA Impact Wrestling 7/18/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Minoru Suzuki vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW Kizuna Road 7/20/2013 iPPV - Rating:***1/2
La Sombra vs Shinsuke Nakamura - NJPW Kizuna Road 7/20/2013 iPPV - Rating:***1/2
Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW Kizuna Road 7/20/2013 iPPV - Rating:***1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs Prince Devitt - NJPW Kizuna Road 7/20/2013 iPPV - Rating:***
Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk vs. Naruki Doi, Ricochet - DG Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival - Rating:****
Shingo Takagi vs CIMA - DG Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival - Rating:***1/2
Daniel Bryan vs Antonio Cesaro - WWE Raw 7/22/2013 - Rating:****
Daniel Bryan vs Ryback - WWE Raw 7/22/2013 - Rating:***
Jack Swagger vs Sheamus - WWE Main Event 7/24/2013- Rating:***
Paige vs Emma - WWE NXT 7/24/2013 - Rating:***
AJ Styles vs Jeff Hardy - TNA Impact 7/25/2013 - Rating:***
The Uso's vs 3MB - WWE Superstars 7/26/2013 - Rating:***
Alicia Fox vs Layla - WWE Superstars 7/26/2013 - Rating:***
Wade Barrett vs R-Truth - WWE Main Event 7/31/2013- Rating:***
Charlotte vs Sasha Banks - WWE NXT 7/31/2013 - Rating:***

August 2013
Lance Archer vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 1 - Rating:***
Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 1 - Rating:***1/4
Yujiro Takahashi vs Tetsuya Natio  - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 1 - Rating:***
Yuji Nagata vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 1 - Rating:***1/4
Karl Anderson vs Shinsuke Nakamura  - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 1 - Rating:***1/4
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Satoshi Kojima - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 1 - Rating:***1/2
Chris Sabin vs Manik - TNA Impact Wrestling 8/1/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Austin Aries vs AJ Styles  - TNA Impact Wrestling 8/1/2013 - Rating:***3/4
CM Punk vs Fandano - WWE Smackdown 8/2/2013 - Rating:***
Christian vs Randy Orton - WWE Smackdown 8/2/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Satoshi Kojima vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 2 - Rating:***1/2
Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs Togi Makabe -  NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 2 - Rating:***
Kota Ibushi vs Tetsuya Naito  -  NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 2 - Rating:***
 Minoru Suzuki vs Shinsuke Nakamura  -  NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 2 - Rating:***1/4
Hirooki Goto vs Kazuchika Okada -  NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 2 - Rating:***
Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi -  NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 2 - Rating:****
Silas Young vs Adam Page vs QT Marshall - ROH TV 8/3/2013 - Rating:***
Red Dragon vs Forever Hooligans  - ROH TV 8/3/2013 - Rating:***
Tetsuya Naito vs Yuji Nagata - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 3 - Rating:***1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs Lance Archer - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 3 - Rating:***
Hirooki Goto vs Satoshi Kojima - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 3 - Rating:***1/2
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Davey Boy Smith Jr.  - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 3 - Rating:***1/2
Karl Anderson vs Hiroyoshi Tenzan  - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 4 - Rating:***
Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs Satoshi Kojima - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 4 - Rating:***1/2
Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomohiro Ishii  - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 4 - Rating:***** 
Tetsuya Naito vs Minoru Suzuki - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 4 - Rating:***1/2
Prince Devitt vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 4 - Rating:***1/2
Togi Makabe vs Kazuchika Okada -  NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 4 - Rating:***1/2
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kota Ibushi -  NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 4 - Rating:****
Tomohiro Ishii vs Satoshi Kojima - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 5 - Rating:***1/4
Yuji Nagata vs Kota Ibushi - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 5 - Rating:***
Kazuchika Okada vs Davey Boy Smith Jr.  - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 5 - Rating:***
Aksana vs Natalya - WWE Main Event 8/7/2013 - Rating:***
Team 3D vs Chris Sabin and Kurt Angle - TNA Impact Wrestling 8/8/2013 - Rating:***
Rob Van Dam vs Randy Orton - WWE Smackdown 8/9/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Christian vs Alberto Del Rion - WWE Smackdown 8/9/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Shelton Benjamin vs Kota Ibushi - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 6 - Rating:***
 Davey Boy Smith Jr. vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 6 - Rating:**3/4
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Yuji Nagata -  NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 6 - Rating:***1/4
Hirooki Goto vs Hiroshi Tanahashi -  NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 6 - Rating:***
The Prime TIme Players vs Zack Ryder and Justin Gabriel - WWE Superstars 8/9/2013 - Rating:***
Kota Ibushi vs Yujiro Takahashi - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 7 - Rating:***
Kazuchika Okada vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 7 - Rating:***1/4
BJ Whitmer and The American Wolves vs Tomasso Ciampa, Kevin Steen and Michael Elgin - ROH TV 8/10/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Togi Makabe vs Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 8 - Rating:***
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 8 - Rating:***3/4
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Shelton Benjamin - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 9 - Rating:***
Karl Anderson vs Tetsuya Naito - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 9 - Rating:***1/2
Davey Boy Smith Jr vs Lance Archer - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 9 - Rating:***1/2
Kazuchika Okada vs Satoshi Kojima - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 9 - Rating:***1/2
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tetsuya Naito - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 9 - Rating:***3/4
The Uso Brothers vs The Real American's - WWE Raw 8/12/2013 - Rating:***
Alberto Del Rio vs Cody Rhodes - WWE Main Event 8/14/2013 - Rating:***
The Shield vs Rob Van Dam, The Big Show and Mark Henry - WWE Smackdown 8/16/2013 - Rating:***
Christian vs Alberto Del Rio - WWE Summerslam 2013 - Rating:***3/4
Brock Lesnar vs CM Punk - WWE Summerslam 2013 - Rating:****1/2
Daniel Bryan vs John Cena - WWE Summerslam 2013 - Rating:****
The Shield vs Big Show - WWE Raw 8/19/2013 - Rating:***
The Shield vs Kofi Kingston and The Uso's - WWE Main Event 8/21/2013 - Rating:***
AJ Lee vs Naomi  - WWE Main Event 8/21/2013 - Rating:***
2/3 Falls - Antonio Cesaro vs Sami Zayn - WWE NXT 8/21/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Christian vs Big E Langston - WWE Superstars 8/22/2013 - Rating:***
Alberto Del Rio vs Christian - WWE Smackdown 8/23/2013 - Rating:***
Vinny Marseglia vs Todd Hanson vs Brian Fury vs Kongo - ROH TV 8/24/2013 - Rating:***
Christian vs Randy Orton - WWE Raw 8/26/2013 - Rating:***
Seth Rollins vs Daniel Bryan - WWE Raw 8/26/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Curtis Axel vs Cody Rhodes - WWE Main Event 8/28/2013 - Rating:***1/4
The Real American's vs The Prime Time Players - WWE Main Event 8/28/2013 - Rating:***1/2
Emma vs Summer Raw - WWE NXT 8/28/2013 - Rating:***
2/3 Falls - ODB vs Gail Kim - TNA Impact Wrestling 8/29/2013 - Rating:***
Austin Aries vs Christopher Daniels - TNA Impact Wrestling 8/29/2013 - Rating:***1/2
ACH vs Karl Anderson - ROH TV 8/31/2013 - Rating:***
Justin Gabriel and The Uso's vs 3MB - WWE Superstars 8/31/2013 - Rating:***1/4
Antonio Cesaro vs Dolph Ziggler - WWE Superstars 8/31/2013 - Rating:***3/4

ProWresBlog's Top 5 Matches of the Year(as of 8/31/2013):
1 Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomohiro Ishii  - NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 4 - Rating:*****
2 Titan vs Polvora - CMLL 1/1/2013 - Rating:*****
3 The Big Show vs Alberto Del Rio - WWE Friday Night Smackdown 1/11/2013 - Rating:****1/2
4 Brock Lesnar vs CM Punk - WWE Summerslam 2013 - Rating:****1/2
5 Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi -  NJPW G1 Climax 2013 Day 2 - Rating:****

WWE Superstars 8/31/2013 Results and Review

WWE Superstars 8/31/2013 Results and Review

Last week's show is here: http://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/wwe-superstars-8222013-results-and.html

I did a podcast on this show here:


 Alex Riley and Tony Dawson are your announcers.

 The Uso's and Justin Gabriel vs 3MB


Eva Marie from Total Divas was the announcer here. She was so bad. She talked like she had no clue what she was doing and her voice was bad.
Justin Gabriel was wearing the Uso's facepaint here and he wore the Uso's gear. Gimmick and Color Coordinating are parts of every great team.




"The Oos is loose!" - Tony Dawson


Justin Gabriel got the win with a 450. Really fun match here. It was all action and they just went for it from the beginning. This didn't really have slow points at all. The Uso's dive to the outside was nice and Gabriel's semi-botched 450 looked painful too. I just really loved the faces wearing the same stuff, especially for Gabriel. It gave him some character and definitely made the match more interesting. This should happen more often and more wrestlers need facepaint(and masks). It just makes wrestling better. Rating:***1/4

Dolph Ziggler vs Antonio Cesaro






"Doesn't he remind you of a James Bond villain?" - Alex Riley on Antonio Cesaro








Antonio Cesaro beat Dolph Ziggler with a Gotch Style Neutralizer. Great match. These two matched up perfectly together and it was very similar to Sami Zayn vs Antonio Cesaro. Cesaro was a beast like always. His Karelin Lift was all kinds of nasty, his deadlift superplex was great and the finish was super hot. Dolph moved and sold well and did a cool tilt-a-whirl sleeper. Swagger also added to this as he tried to get involved and he took an okay bump off of a dropkick. Overall, this was as good as you would expect and probably the best Superstars match I've ever seen. I highly recommend checking this out. Rating:***3/4

Overall thoughts:
Great show as they went 2 for 2 here. This may have been the best Superstars I ever reviewed. This is highly recommend and Antonio Cesaro vs Dolph Ziggler was great.

Friday, August 30, 2013

Ring of Honor TV 8/31/2013 Results and Review

Ring of Honor TV 8/31/2013 Results and Review

Last week's show is here: http://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/ring-of-honor-tv-8242013-results-and.html

I did a podcast on this show here:


ROH TV Title - Matt Taven vs Bryan Fury











Matt Taven beat Bryan Fury with the headlock driver. This started out good then fell apart some. Truth tried to get involved,  Nigel stopped him, but Kacey Rae(hoopla hottie), hit a hurricanrana on Bryan. Bryan tried some type of flip over pin and ended off to the side and Taven took a weird bump off of nothing later in the match. I wish they would have just stuck with the wrestling here, as this would have been better. The move of the match was Taven hitting a super high frog splash that was very impressive. After the match, Truth put a piece of paper from The Book of Truth in Fury's mouth.



Mark Briscoe cut a weird promo, saying people on the internet said Scum chased him off. He said he had a doctor's note and was cleared to wrestle. He said he'd beat Adam Cole tonight.

Steen said we could text ROH for a picture or a picture of a video or a video or something we don't want to see.

Michael Elgin came out.
Elgin said the ROH title means the most to him.
Elgin said he didn't have to worry about the people in the tournament, but they had to worry about him. Kevin Steen came out and said he was lying.

Steen said, "I'm here to tell you and your mullet, it's not happening" when talking about the tournament.. Steen said Elgin can't beat him.

Mike Bennett and Maria came down. Steen described them as "Maria and someone else!".
Bennett said they were both the past of ROH.
Bennett said he didn't get a chance because ROH thought he was leaving. Then Ciampa came out.
Ciampa stared everyone down and said he was the next champ.

Larry Legend and Elgin talked about the Philly show, saying a new champ would be crowned.

ROH Title Tournament - ACH vs Karl Anderson



We got a promo break where Maria did the talking for Mike Bennett, saying he was the future of ROH.



Karl Anderson beat ACH with an Ace Crusher. I liked this one. Definitely one of my more favorite Karl Anderson matches. He just timed everything well here and found good ways to get his moves in. ACH did some new flying stuff and was pretty over. These two just matched each other and worked quite well together to make for a good one. Rating:***

We got clips of Scum beating up Mark Briscoe.

ROH Title Tournament - Adam Cole vs Mark Briscoe








Adam Cole won wit ha Jay Driller, possibly turning heel here. During the last half of the match, they started playing up Mark's concussion with him having trouble getting up the ropes and having trouble hanging in after some shots. Mark was recovering and the ref was working with him when Cole superkicked him in the face and hit the Jay Driller for the win. This had some fun points and I liked the kung fu, but it did take a while to get going.

Overall thoughts: The show was decent to good. All of the matches were at least okay and ACH/Anderson was one of Karl Anderson's best performances yet.