Favourite match each year

[Megahab]

What's your favourite match of each year since you started watching wrestling? I started watching in the late 1980s but I'm going to start with 1992 when I was old enough to actual judge matches. There's going to be some Bret Hart bias here, my all time favourite.

1992 - Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper, WrestleMania 8

1993 - Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect - KOTR

1994 - Bret vs. Owen - Wrestlemania 10

1995 - Bret vs. Diesel - Survivor Series

1996 - Bret vs. Michaels - Iron Man Match, WrestleMania XII

1997 - Bret vs. Austin - Submission match, WrestleMania 13, probably my all time favourite match.

1998 - Hogan vs. Goldberg, Nitro

1999 - The Rock vs. Mick Foley, I Quit match at Royal Rumble.

2000 - Edge & Christian vs. Hardys vs. Dudleys - either the ladder match at WrestleMania 2000 or the TLC match at Summerslam. Having a hard time differentiating them from my memory.

2001 - Austin vs. Rock - WrestleMania 17

2002 - Hogan vs. Rock - WrestleMania 18

2003 - Angle vs. Benoit - Royal Rumble

2004 - Benoit vs. Michaels vs. HHH - WrestleMania XX

2005 - Edge vs. Jericho vs. Benoit vs. Christian vs. Benjamin vs. Kane - MITB match at WrestleMania 21

2006 - Edge vs. Foley - WrestleMania 22

2007 - Undertaker vs. Batista - WrestleMania 23

2008 - Flair vs. Michaels - WrestleMania 24

2009 - Michaels vs. Taker - WrestleMania 25

2010 - Michaels vs. Taker - WrestleMania 26

2011 - Cena vs. Punk - MITB

2012 - having a tough time remembering great matches for this year. I'll go with Kane, Bryan, Ryback vs. Shield at TLC

2013 - Cena vs. Rock - WrestleMania 29 - unpopular I know.

2014 - Cena, Big Show, Ziggler, Rowan, Ryback vs. Rollins, Kane, Harper, Rusev, Henry - Survivor Series

2015 - Lesnar vs. Rollins vs. Cena - Royal Rumble

2016 - Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn - NXT Takeover on Mania weekend

2017 - Lesnar vs Styles - Survivor Series

2018 - Men's Royal Rumble match

2019 - Wyatt vs. Balor - Summerslam- more because of the presentation than the actual match

2020 - Omega vs. Moxley - Winter is Coming

2021 - Bucks vs. Lucha Bros - cage match at All Out

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[HandsomeHollywood]

Here's mine:

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1992 - Rick Rude vs Ricky Steamboat, WCW Beach Blast (Iron Man)

1993 - Bret Hart vs Curt Hennig, WWF King of the Ring

1994 - Bret Hart vs Owen Hart, WWF WrestleMania X

1995 - Eddie Guerrero vs Dean Malenko, ECW TV (2 Out of 3 Falls)

1996 - Shawn Michaels vs Mankind, WWF In Your House: Mind Games

1997 - Bret Hart vs Steve Austin, WWF WrestleMania 13 (submission match)

1998 - Taz vs Bam Bam Bigelow, ECW Heat Wave (Falls Count Anywhere)

1999 - Rob Van Dam vs Jerry Lynn, ECW Hardcore Heaven

2000 - Cactus Jack vs Triple H, WWF Royal Rumble (Street Fight)

2001 - Chris Jericho vs Chris Benoit, WWF Royal Rumble (Ladder)

2002 - Eddie Guerrero vs Rob Van Dam, WWE Raw (Ladder)

2003 - Chris Jericho vs Shawn Michaels, WWE WrestleMania XIX

2004 - Eddie Guerrero vs Brock Lesnar, WWE No Way Out

2005 - AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe vs Christopher Daniels, TNA Unbreakable

2006 - Bryan Danielson vs Samoa Joe, ROH Fight of the Century

2007 - Samoa Joe vs Christian Cage, TNA Bound for Glory

2008 - Chris Jericho vs Shawn Michaels, WWE Unforgiven (Unsanctioned Street Fight)

2009 - Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker, WWE WrestleMania 25

2010 - Claudio Castagnoli & Chris Hero vs Jay & Mark Briscoe, ROH Big Bang

2011 - CM Punk vs John Cena, WWE Money in the Bank

2012 - CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan, WWE Over the Limit

2013 - CM Punk vs Brock Lesnar, WWE SummerSlam

2014 - Brock Lesnar vs John Cena, WWE SummerSlam

2015 - Finn Balor vs Samoa Joe, NXT TakeOver: London

2016 - Shinsuke Nakamura vs Sami Zayn, NXT TakeOver: Dallas

2017 - Brock Lesnar vs Samoa Joe, WWE Great Balls of Fire

2018 - Andrade Almas vs Johnny Gargano, NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia

2019 - Matt Riddle vs Velveteen Dream, NXT TakeOver: New York

2020 - Men's Royal Rumble, WWE Royal Rumble

2021 - MJF vs Darby Allin, AEW Full Gear

2022 - CM Punk vs MJF, AEW Dynamite

Full disclosure, I have not watched much wrestling since 2019.

 

[JackSlater]

I found this quite difficult to narrow down for some years, difficult to find something I liked in others. I just started in 1992 as well. Threw in some honourable mentions in certain years. Most are based on what I watched at the time, some I only saw years later.

1992 – Royal Rumble

HMs: Bret Hart vs British Bulldog Summerslam
Rick Rude vs Ricky Steamboat Beach Blast
Sting vs Vader Starrcade

1993 – Bret Hart vs Mr. Perfect King of the Ring

1994 – Bret Hart vs Owen Hart Summerslam

1995 – Shawn Michaels vs Jeff Jarrett In Your House The Lumberjacks
HMs: Bret Hart vs Diesel – Survivor Series
Misawa and Kobashi vs Taue and Kawada NJPW

1996 – Shawn Michaels vs Mankind - In Your House Mind Games
HMs: Ultimo Dragon vs Dean Malenko Starrcade
Shawn Michaels vs Diesel Good Friends Better Enemies

1997 – Bret Hart vs Steve Austin Wrestlemania
HM: Bret Hart, Owen Hart, British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Brian Pillman vs Steve Austin, Ken Shamrock, Goldust, Hawk, Animal – In Your House Canadian Stampede

1998 – La Parka, Silver King, El Dandy, Psicosis vs Chavo Guerrero jr., Juventud Guerrera, Super Calo, Lizmark jr. - Souled Out
HM: Goldberg vs La Parka - Nitro

1999 – Awesome vs Tanaka ECW November to Dismember
HM: The Rock vs Mankind – Royal Rumble

2000 – The Rock vs Chris Benoit - Fully Loaded

2001 – Chris Jericho vs Chris Benoit Ladder Match Royal Rumble

2002 – Street Fight Shawn Michaels vs Tri - Summerslam

2003 – Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho Wrestlemania 19

2004 – Shawn Michaels vs Chris Benoit RAW
HM: Samoa Joe vs CM Punk ROH Joe vs Punk II

2005 – Kenta Kobashi vs Samoe Joe ROH Joe vs Kobashi
HM: Shawn Michaels vs Shelton Benjamin – Raw

2006 – Chris Benoit vs Finlay - Smackdown
HM: Bryan Danielson vs KENTA - ROH Glory by Honor

2007 – Christian Cage vs Samoa Joe – TNA Destination X

2008 – Shawn Michaels vs Chris Jericho - No Mercy

2009 – Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker - Wrestlemania 25

2010 – The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels - Wrestlemania 26

2011 – CM Punk vs John Cena - Money in the Bank

2012 – CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan - Money in the Bank
HM: Austin Aries vs Bobby Roode - TNA PPV, don't remember which

2013 – CM Punk vs Brock Lesnar Summerslam

2014 – Brock Lesnar vs John Cena - Summerslam

2015 – Daniel Bryan vs Stardust vs Wade Barrett vs Dean Ambrose vs Dolph Ziggler vs Luke Harper vs R-Truth – Wrestlemania 31

2016 – Samoa Joe vs Shinsuke Nakamura NXT Takeover Brooklyn II
HM: DIY vs The Revival Takeover NXT Takeover Brooklyn II

2017 – Kazuchika Okada vs Kenny Omega – Wrestle Kingdom 11

2018 – Brock Lesnar vs Daniel Bryan Survivor Series

2019 – Cody Rhodes vs Dustin Rhodes AEW Double or Nothing

2020 – Royal Rumble

2021 – Cesaro vs Seth Rollins Wrestlemania 37
HM: Bryan Danielson vs Kenny Omega Dynamite