What's the story, advocates of artificial altercations?!
Felt like having some fun a mere week after the Super Bowl with a special edition of the Weekly Watchlist! It's not so much a match as it is just 20 minutes of fun, but if you'll indulge me this week, I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself. We'll be back to our regularly scheduled nonsense next week.
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| WWF |
What's new, friends?
Welcome, one and all, to the beginning of the 2026 Match of the Year Tournament! For those that want a refresher on how things work in the tournament, please refer to my Rules and Regulations post I drafted up last year.
But, if you're already a seasoned reader, click right on through and see what I felt was more than up to snuff this month!
The Pre-Quarterfinalists
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| The January Pre-Quarterfinalists |
What's the story, subscribers to staged strife?!
A fantastically fun TV match from AEW on offer this week, one I did not expect to review but knew I was going to the second it was advertised. You think I'm just going to glaze over Tommaso Ciampa's AEW debut like that? Ha! Do you even know me? Give me a break!
Let's not waste anymore time! Let's get on with the review!
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| AEW |
Welcome back folks to another edition of Matches of the Month! I'll be shaking up the format a touch here for the start of the new year, as after running my "Match of the Year" tournament for 2025, I can't help but feel I should be a bit more particular about what I consider in these posts each month. Let me break it down real quick.
In the sidebar of the blog, I will continue to make not of matches I have watched in the month and if they are under consideration as a "Match of the Month" contender. These can be matches from any time, they don't need to be specifically from this month.
But going forward, I will separate the matches from this month specifically and historic/later matches I watched this month. This may not matter to some, but I will be carrying this over to when I make my choices for a match of the year. I will clarify this in my first post next week, but I will only be considering matches that took place in the calendar year for Match of the Year going forward. Makes sense, yeah?
So, you can read about the matches from this month specifically in the first half of this post, and the "historic" matches will be listed in the final half of this post.
Sound good? We all clear? Cool, let's get into this!
What's the story, spectators of synthetic submissions?!
Back with another pick from my Twitch stream this week! I was in a UWF-I kick so you guys are treated to a wonderful blend of work-shoot wrestling this week.
Let's not waste any more time, yeah? On with the show!
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| UWF-I |
What's new, spectators of synthetic submissions?!
I won't waste any time at the start here, I've got a real ambitious edition of the Watchlist laid out for you guys here, so jump right in and get to it. One of the biggest wrestling cards out there makes for one of, if not, THE most ambitious and lengthy Watchlist to date.
Enjoy, friends.
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| AJW |
Welcome, one and all, to the finals of the 2025 Match of the Year tournament!
What a year 2025 was. Packed to the gills with exciting matches, if you were willing to look for them, that is. Not one of the best years, when you really get into the weeds, but plenty of quality wrestling out there for you to enjoy if you keep your nose to the ground, find a promotion you enjoy, and remember, you don't need to watch something if you don't enjoy it. Pretty crazy concept, eh? Who'd have thought?
Let's see what stood out this year, shall we?
What's new, worshippers of worked wallops?!
Back to the DPW library this week, trying to take the final bites out of the remaining few shows I have left. I''m not looking forward to finishing DPW, let me tell you that.
As always, their cards are exciting and filled with great matches, but which match made the cut this week?
Well, dear reader, read on and find out!
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| DPW |
Welcome, one and all, to another instalment of the Match of the Year tournament!
2025 is now officially behind us, so it's time to talk about the matches that lit a fire like no others in the final month of the year. December proved to be an exciting month of wrestling, with AEW's Continental Classic dominating my viewing, and the quality of wrestling getting better almost episode by episode.
Let's get into these pre-quarterfinalists and break them down, shall we?
The Pre-Quarterfinalists
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| The Pre-Quarterfinalists |
What's good, supporters of staged suplexes?
Catching up on some of my backlog with this match to start 2026. The Continental Classic took a lot of my attention during the back half of 2025, so I didn't have an opportunity to seek this match out and enjoy it.
But man, am I glad I did.
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| CMLL |
The final Matches of the Month for 2025!
I mean yeah, it drops in 2026, but it's December!
Let's take a quick peek at the month that was and see what stood out the most, shall we?
What's new, worshippers of worked whiplash?!
I mean, aside from it being a new year and all, I guess that was a pretty silly question to ask, eh?
Regardless! Welcome to 2026! What a year 2025 was! I have high hopes for 2026 and, if the tail end of '25 is any indication, I think '26 is gonna be a good year for the graps.
Let's go over AEW's Continental Classic semifinals and finals to cap off the year that was, yeah?
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| AEW |
Happy New Year wrestling fans!
Wow, would ya look at that? 2025 is already behind us. What a year it was, eh?
It was certainly a year for me, both good and bad, but I've decided to highlight the good here and remember 2025 for what it was. My first, full-calendar year with the Wrestling Vault. I made a lot of changes to how I work and write and I think that I've laid a solid foundation for the blog for next year.
But, let's not get too ahead of ourselves here, let's take a peek at what 2025 looked like, yeah?