General Wrestling IV: I want to say THANK YOU to VinceMcMahon for helping guide US to the Main evenT

[Delirium]

I wouldn't put Io as a 10 either.

We have to fight with sporks now. Lemme just get in one last viewing of her photobook before I lose.

[Nitsuki]

We have to fight with sporks now. Lemme just get in one last viewing of her photobook before I lose.

Spoon fighting ftw

[Anoat]

It's time for the BG Rasslin' Thread 2018 awards. The ones that nobody (even us) cares about. My top ten matches of 2018 are as follows. Note: I only watch WWE and NXT regularly so don't cry to me about a lack of Okada and shit.

1. Johnny Gargano vs Tomasso Ciampa, Takeover: New Orelans
2. Adam Cole vs EC3 vs Velveteen Dream vs Ricochet vs Killian Dain vs Lars Sullivan, Takeover: New Orleans
3. Johnny Gargano vs Andrade "Cien" Almas, Takeover: Philadelphia
4. Johnny Gargano vs Tomasso Ciampa, Takeover: Chicago II
5. Ricochet vs Adam Cole, Takeover: Brooklyn 4
6. Becky Lynch vs Charlotte, Evolution
7. HHH/Stephanie vs Kurt Angle/Ronda Rousey, WrestleMania
8. Johnny Gargano vs Aleister Black, Takeover: WarGames II
9. Women's Royal Rumble Match, Royal Rumble
10. Dolph Ziggler/Drew McIntyre vs Seth Rollins/Dean Ambrose, Hell In A Cell

Honorable mentions:
AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe, SummerSlam
AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura, Money In The Bank
AJ Styles vs Daniel Bryan, TLC
Daniel Bryan vs Brock Lesnar, Survivor Series

Superstar of the Year, Male: AJ Styles
Superstar of the Year, Female: Becky Lynch
Debut of the Year: Ronda Rousey at Royal Rumble
Tag Team of the Year: The Undisputed Era
Relevant Again Superstar: Drew McIntyre
Most Improved Superstar, Male: Braun Strowman
Most Improved Superstar, Female: Ronda Rousey
Promo of the Year: Daniel Bryan's return speech "Fight for your dreams"
Best Commentator: Corey Graves
Best Ring Announcer: Greg Hamilton
Holy Shit! Spot of The Year: Adam Cole superkicks an upside down Ricochet
Most Shocking Moment, Storyline: Daniel Bryan turns heel to win the WWE Championship
Most Shocking Moment, Real Life: Roman Reigns vacates the Universal Championship to battle returning leukemia

[Krandor]

1. Kenny Omega vs Okada @ Dominion 6.9

2. Tanahashi vs Ibushi @ G-1 Final

3. 6 way Ladder Match @ Takeover New Orleans

4. Gargano vs Almas @ Takeover Philly

5. Gargano vs Ciampa @ Takeover NO

6. Ibushi vs Omega @ G-1

7. Ishii vs Omega @ G-1

8. Becky Lynch vs Charlotte Flair @ Evolution

9. Jericho vs Omega @ WK12

10. Styles vs Bryan @ TLC

Best Male Wrestler : Omega

Best Female Wrestler : Becky Lynch

Best Show : Tie between Takeover NO and All In

Best Moment : Dick Druids

[Vil]

It's time for the BG Rasslin' Thread 2018 awards. The ones that nobody (even us) cares about. My top ten matches of 2018 are as follows. Note: I only watch WWE and NXT regularly so don't cry to me about a lack of Okada and shit.

Okada is so 2017. You must mean Tanahashi.

I'll probably try to get around to doing this some time in the next week. There are a ton of matches that definitely feel "top 10 worthy" but won't even get consideration. The G1 Final is almost certainly my top match of the year though.

[Delirium]

1. Okada vs. Omega - Dominion
2. Tanhashi vs. Ibushi - G1 final
3. Hiromu Takahashi vs. Taiji Ishimori
4. Ospreay vs. Scurll - Sakura Genesis
5. 6-man ladder match - Takeover: New Orleans
6. Ishii vs. Goto - G1
7. Momo Watanabe vs. Io Shirai - Stardom May 23
8. Briscoes vs Young Bucks vs. SCU - Final Battle
9. Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade 'Cien' Almas - Takeover: Philadelphia
10. Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte - Evolution

Had to try to limit it to 1 wrestler otherwise the top 10 was like 4 Omega matches, 3 matches for Okada and Tanahashi, and 2 matches for Ishii and Kota Ibushi. There were so many amazing matches this year. I could easily list another 50 matches that were absolutely worth watching. A few months ago, ZSJ and some dude named A-Kid had a blowaway match in Spain that got put on youtube and blew up. Same with a match between WALTER and Ospreay. There is also a ton of stuff available on tons of streaming services as well. Completely spoiled as a wrestling fan.

Best Male Wrestler: Kenny Omega
Best Female Wrestler: Momo Watanabe (I'm told Tsukasa Fujimoto had a crazy year, but access to Ice Ribbon is difficult)
Best Tag Team: The Young Bucks
Rookie of the Year: Utami Hayashishita
Best Show: Wrestle Kingdom 12

[Delirium]

Skip to the 3 minute mark

[Delirium]

Stardom is running a show on Friday during Wrestlemania weekend. I guess I may be late to Takeover for this.

[Kalmado]

My buddy who's a WWE guy who will watch the big NJPW shows asked me yesterday what Okada has been up to. I though, getting harassed by a knife pervert for most of the year? Really couldn't think of any standout Okada moments after he lost the belt. And for matches of the year I'm like Vil. I'd have to really sit down and look at all matches throughout the year that were getting big accolades. Takeover NO was absolute bananas and Dream vs. Ciampa was my MOTN which most might disagree with considering War Games and Black vs. Gargano.

And while I know I come across as a WWE main roster hater, I love a lot of the talent. But this year I can't think of one match where I would put it top 10. Only consideration would be like everyone else, Bex vs. Charlotte.

[Anoat]

Raw spoilers for next week (New Years Eve), from a new pre-tape segment on tonight’s show:

Spoiler: show

John Cena returns
Women’s Tag Titles
Dolph Ziggler vs Drew McIntyre in a Steel Cage match

[Nitsuki]

Lmaoooo fucking Lashley took a bowling ball to the dick!

[Fiendishone]

Skip to the 3 minute mark

When did Drew McIntyre get the free time to announce this match?!?

[Delirium]

NJPW uploaded Tanahashi/Ospreay vs Omega/Ibushi. Free to watch. Merry Christmas.

[Anoat]

Meltzer says Nattie vs Ronda from last night was 100% called in the ring, as they had no time to rehearse before Monday. He believes it was Ronda's first match where this was the case.

[Fiendishone]

Meltzer says Nattie vs Ronda from last night was 100% called in the ring, as they had no time to rehearse before Monday. He believes it was Ronda's first match where this was the case.

I believe it. Look like she broke the submission before Nattie tapped.

[Krandor]

Meltzer had a long rambling about the suspected main event of Mania.

Spoiler: show

Current expectation is that Lynch vs Rousey would main event, with Charlotte possibly being added to make it a triple threat. As is tradition, it was gonna be Roman (again), but obviously that's not an option. The original plan for Rousey was for her to face heel Natty, but with her dad dying Vince didn't want to turn Natty heel. After that happened it was gonna a be Rousey vs Flair, but Becky got so goddamn hot they couldn't ignore it.

Oh and Apollo Crews won a Battle Royale @ MSG and is the new #1 contender for the IC title. Edit : NVM it's basically a title shot at the next MSG show.

[Tyrath]

They wanted Nattie to main event Wrestlemania? ROFL

Edit: J/k I read the whole thing and he meant it was gonna be the women's main event if Roman was gonna be main eventing.

[Xno Kappa]

My little brother went to the msg show last night and took a picture with Enzo who apparently was out and about in the nearby comedy club. Dude is the new the Virgil lol.

[Melena]

Yeah supposedly he had a comedy show that was starting after the msg event and was trying to get people to go.

[Delirium]

It would seem Joey Janela booked The Necro Butcher for spring break.