Welcome friends, to the August Matches of the Month!
2026 is more in the rear view than the road ahead of us, and this month proved to be a real treat for exceptional wrestling! Maybe I'm getting my mojo back, maybe the end of the summer is proving to be a better season for great wrestling than the start. Regardless, let's see what matches were the very best this month!
What's the story, champions of counterfeit challenging?!
We're starting to get some motivation back, slowly but surely, as I dig around my media server to find matches to watch this week. I was feeling like watching some Stan Hansen this week and happened to find a rather historically significant match by complete happenstance! What luck!
Let's see how this match shakes out, yeah?
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| AJPW |
What's new, hobbyists of hustling headlocks?!
There's been a lot of talk in the wrestling world this past week about this match, so I decided I'd throw my hat in the ring again. 2 weeks ago I commented on the Tsuji/Yuto match from this year's G1, feeling it didn't quite live up to the mammoth praise that was being heaped onto the match, and now I comment on the finals of this year's G1.
Is it a legitimate match of the year contender? Hell, a "greatest of all time" candidate?
Or, is it just another great match that will get lost in the history books?
Let's dig in and find out!
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| NJPW |
What's new, maniacs of masquerading mauling?!
This was a difficult week for yours truly. I've said it once, and I'll say it again, but depression is a real bitch. It was a real struggle for me to find anything I wanted to review or even watch the matches I wanted to watch to just keep regular for the week. Up until last night, I had a whole other match pencilled in for this weeks review, but I started to remember how I've pulled myself out of these funks.
In case of emergency, break glass.
What, or who, I should say, exists behind said glass?
Two wrestlers I've relied on when I needed that extra boost, that reminder that the sport of kings is the greatest thing on planet earth.
The first; Kenta Kobashi, arguably the greatest wrestler to ever live. The Iron Man himself.
The second; Akira Hokuto, the Dangerous Queen, close behind Kobashi for one of the greatest to ever live, regardless of gender.
So, at about 11pm on Thursday, I turned to YouTube and searched the most open-ended thing I could think of, "Akira Hokuto vs." that's where all great searches start.
From there, I found this weeks match.
Let's see what I found, shall we?
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| GAEA |
Welcome back friends to the beginning of the D Block! We're officially in the second half of 2026, with the board "reset" as we look to determine the next finalist for the 2026 Match of the Year tournament.
Let's get into this!
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| The July Pre-Quarterfinalists |
