2020 Match Rating Archive/Best Matches of the Year Tracker

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JANUARY:

Riho (c) vs. Nyla Rose vs. Britt Baker vs. Hikaru Shida - AEW Women's Title Match - AEW: Dynamite - 1/1/20 - ***3/4

Jon Moxley vs. Trent? - AEW: Dynamite - 1/1/20 - ***1/2

The Young Bucks & Kenny Omega vs. PAC, Pentagon Jr, & Fenix - AEW: Dynamite - 1/1/20 - ****

Jon Moxley vs. Lance Archer (c) - IWGP United States Title Match/Texas Death Match - NJPW: Wrestle Kingdom 14 - 1/4/20 - ***1/2

Will Ospreay (c) vs. Hiromu Takahashi - IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title Match - NJPW: Wrestle Kingdom 14 - 1/4/20 - ****1/2

Kazuchika Okada (c) vs. Kota Ibushi - IWGP Heavyweight Title Match - NJPW: Wrestle Kingdom 14 - 1/4/20 - ****1/2

El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori (c) vs. Roppongi 3k (Sho & Yo) - IWGP Jr Tag Title Match - NJPW: WrestleKingdom 14 - 1/5/20 - ***3/4

Jon Moxley (c) vs. Juice Robinson - IWGP United States Title Match - NJPW: Wrestle Kingdom 14 Day Two - 1/5/20 - ***1/2

KENTA (c) vs. Hirooki Goto - NEVER Openweight Title Match - NJPW: Wrestle Kingdom 14 - 1/5/20 - ****

Chris Jericho vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW: WrestleKingdom 14 - 1/5/20 - ****

Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito - IWGP Heavy/IC Title Match - NJPW: WrestleKingdom 14 - 1/5/20 - ****3/4

Shingo Takagi & EVIL vs. Tomohiro Ishii & Hirooki Goto - NJPW: New Year Dash - 1/6/20 - ****

Trent Seven vs. Eddie Dennis - WWE: NXT UK Takeover Blackpool - 1/12/20 - ***1/2

Kay Lee Ray (c) vs. Toni Storm vs. Piper Niven - NXT UK Women's Title Match - WWE: NXT UK Takeover Blackpool - 1/12/20 - ***3/4

Tyler Bate vs. Jordan Devlin - WWE: NXT UK Takeover Blackpool - 1/12/20 - ****

Gallus (Mark Coffey & Wolfgang) (c) vs. Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster vs. Grizzled Yung Vets (Zack Gibson& James Drake) vs. IMPERIUM - Ladder Match for NXT UK Tag Titles - WWE: NXT UK Takeover Blackpool - 1/12/20 - ****1/4

The Young Bucks vs. Kenny Omega & Hangman Page vs. LAX vs. Best Friends - AEW: Dynamite - 1/15/20 - ***3/4 

PAC vs. Darby Allin - AEW: Dynamite - 1/15/20 - ****

Pete Dunne & Matt Riddle vs. Mark Andrews & Flash Morgan Webster - WWE: NXT - 1/15/20 - ***3/4

Isaiah Scott vs. Lio Rush vs. Tyler Breeze - WWE: NXT - 1/15/20 - ***3/4 

Daniel Bryan vs. Bray Wyatt - Strap Match - WWE: Royal Rumble - 1/26/20 - ****1/4 

FEBRUARY:

Hirooki Goto (c) vs. Shingo Takagi - NEVER Openweight Title Match - NJPW - 2/1/20 - ****

Zack Sabre Jr (c) vs. Will Ospreay - British Heavyweight Title Match - NJPW: New Beginning in Sapporo - 2/2/20 - ****1/4 

Angel Garza vs. Isaiah Scott - WWE: NXT - 2/5/20 - ***1/2

Shingo Takagi, EVIL, & BUSHI (c) vs. Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, & Robbie Eagles - IWGP Trios Title Match - NJPW: Road to New Beginning - 2/6/20 - ****

Roppongi 3k (c) vs. El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru - IWGP Jr Tag Title Match - NJPW: New Beginning in Osaka - 2/9/20 - ***1/2

Kazuchika Okada & Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr & Taichi - NJPW: New Beginning in Osaka - 2/9/20 - ***1/2

Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Ryu Lee - IWGP Jr Title Match - NJPW: New Beginning in Osaka - 2/9/20 - ****1/2

Jon Moxley (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki - IWGP US Title Match - NJPW: New Beginning in Osaka - 2/9/20 - ****

Tetsuya Naito (c) vs. KENTA - IWGP Heavyweight Title Match - NJPW: New Beginning in Osaka - 2/9/20 - ***3/4

Becky Lynch vs. Asuka - WWE: Raw - 2/10/20 - ***1/2

Hangman Page & Kenny Omega (c) vs. Frankie Kazarian & Scorpio Sky - AEW Tag Team Title Match - AEW: Dynamite - 2/12/20 - ***3/4

Riho (c) vs. Nyla Rose - AEW Women's Title Match - AEW: Dynamite - 2/12/20 - ***3/4

Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Will Ospreay - British Heavyweight Title Match - Rev Pro: High Stakes - 2/14/20 - ****1/2

Keith Lee (c) vs. Dominik Dijakovic - North American Title Match - WWE: NXT Takeover Portland - 2/16/20 - ****1/4

Tegan Nox vs. Dakota Kai - Street Fight - WWE: NXT Takeover Portland - 2/16/20 - ****

Finn Balor vs. Johnny Gargano - WWE: NXT Takeover Portland - 2/16/20 - ****

Kyle O'Reilly & Bobby Fish (c) vs. Matt Riddle & Pete Dunne - NXT Tag Team Title Match - WWE: NXT Takeover Portland - 2/16/20 - ****1/4

Jon Moxley vs. Jeff Cobb - AEW: Dynamite - 2/19/20 - ***1/2

Hangman Page & Kenny Omega (c) vs. Lucha Bros - AEW Tag Team Title Match - AEW: Dynamite - 2/19/20 - ****1/4

Cody vs. Wardlow - Steel Cage Match - AEW: Dynamite - 2/19/20 - ***3/4

Kenny Omega vs. PAC - Iron Man Match - AEW: Dynamite - 2/26/20 - ****1/2

Darby Allin vs. Sammy Guevara - AEW: Revolution - 2/29/20 - ***1/2

Hangman Page & Kenny Omega (c) vs. The Young Bucks - AEW Tag Team Title Match - AEW: Revolution - 2/29/20 - ***** - MOTY CONTENDER

Cody vs. MJF - AEW: Revolution - 2/29/20 - ****

PAC vs. Orange Cassidy - AEW: Revolution - 2/29/20 - ***1/2

Chris Jericho (c) vs. Jon Moxley - AEW Title Match - AEW: Revolution - 2/29/20 - ***3/4

MARCH:

The Dark Order vs. Colt Cabana, Christopher Daniels & Scorpio Sky - AEW: Dynamite - 3/4/20 - ***1/4

PAC vs. Chuck Taylor - AEW: Dynamite - 3/4/20 - ***1/4

Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin & Jon Moxley - AEW: Dynamite - 3/4/20 - ***1/4

Daniel Bryan vs. Drew Gulak - WWE: Elimination Chamber - 3/8/20 - ****

Masato Tanaka (c) vs. Konosuke Takeshita - DDT K-OD Title Match - DDT: Judgement - 3/20/20 - ***3/4

APRIL:

Daniel Bryan vs. Sami Zayn (c) - Intercontinental Title Match - WWE: WrestleMania 36 - 4/4/20 - ***1/4

John Morrison vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Jimmy Uso - Ladder Match - WWE: WrestleMania 36 - 4/4/20 - ****

Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins - WWE: WrestleMania 36 - 4/4/20 - ****

The Undertaker vs. AJ Styles - Boneyard Match - WWE: WrestleMania 36 - 4/4/20 - ****1/4

Finn Balor vs. Fabian Achner - WWE: NXT - 4/22/20 - ***1/4

Timothy Thatcher & Matt Riddle vs. Roderick Strong & Bobby Fish - WWE: NXT - 4/22/20 - ***1/4

Darby Allin vs. Sammy Guevara - AEW: Dynamite - 4/22/20 - ***1/4

Darby Allin vs. Cody Rhodes - AEW: Dynamite - 4/29/20 - ****

Lance Archer vs. Dustin Rhodes - AEW: Dynamite - 4/29/20 - ***3/4

MAY:

Johnny Gargano vs. Domonik Dijakovic - WWE: NXT - 5/6/20 - ***1/4

Jon Moxley vs. Frankie Kazarian - AEW: Dynamite - 5/6/20 - ***1/4

Kenny Omega & Matt Hardy vs. Chris Jericho & Sammy Guevara - AEW: Dynamite - 5/6/20 - ****

The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) (c) vs. Lucha House Party (Gran Metallik & Lince Dorado) vs. John Morrison & The Miz vs. The Forgotten Sons - WWE: Money in the Bank - 5/10/20 - ***3/4

Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Seth Rollins - WWE Championship Match - WWE: Money in the Bank - 5/10/20 - ****

Kenny Omega & Matt Hardy vs. LAX (Santana & Ortiz) - AEW: Dynamite - 5/13/20 - ***1/2

Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara - AEW: Dynamite - 5/20/20 - ***1/4

The Elite (Kenny Omega, Hangman Page, The Young Bucks) & Matt Hardy vs. The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Santana, Ortiz, & Jake Hager) - Stadium Stampede Match - AEW: Double or Nothing - 5/23/20 - ****1/2

JUNE:

Finn Balor vs. Damian Priest - WWE: NXT Takeover In Your House - 6/7/20 - ****

Charlotte (c) vs. Io Shorai vs. Rhea Ripley - WWE: NXT Takeover In Your House - 6/7/20 - ****

Edge vs. Randy Orton - WWE: Backlash - 6/14/20 - ****1/4

JULY:

John Morrison vs. Matt Riddle - WWE: Smackdown - 7/3/20 - ***1/2

Kenny Omega & Hangman Page (c) vs. Private Party - AEW Tag Team Title Match - AEW: Fyter Fest N2 - 7/8/20 - ***3/4 

Lance Archer vs. Joey Janela - AEW: Fyter Fest N2 - 7/8/20 - ***1/2

The Young Bucks & FTR vs. Lucha Bros, Butcher & Blade - AEW: Fyter Fest N2 - 7/8/20 - ****

Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy - AEW: Fyter Fest N2 - 7/8/20 - ****

Shingo Takagi (c) vs. SHO - NEVER Openweight Title Match - NJPW: Dominion - 7/12/20 - ****

Kevin Owens vs. Buddy Murphy - WWE: Extreme Rules - 7/19/20 - ***1/2

The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) vs. Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura - Tables Match for the WWE Tag Team Titles - WWE: Extreme Rules - 7/19/20 - ***1/2

Cody (c) vs. Eddie Kingston - TNT Title Match - AEW: Dynamite - 7/22/20 - ***3/4

The Young Bucks vs. Butcher & Blade - Falls Count Anywhere Match - AEW: Dynamite - 7/22/20 - ***3/4

AUGUST:

The Young Bucks, Kenny Omega, Hangman Page, & FTR vs. The Dark Order - AEW: Dynamite - 8/5/20 - ****

Jon Moxley (c) vs. Darby Allin - AEW World Title Match - AEW: Dynamite - 8/5/20 - ***3/4

TJP, ACH, & Alex Zayne vs. PJ Black, Blake Christian & Misterioso - NJPW: Strong - 8/14/20 - ***1/4

Finn Balor vs. Timothy Thatcher - WWE: NXT Takeover XXX - 8/22/20 - ***1/4

Sonya Deville vs. Mandy Rose - WWE: SummerSlam - 8/23/20 - ***

Seth Rollins vs. Dominic - Street Fight - WWE: SummerSlam - 8/23/20 - ***3/4

Sasha Banks (c) vs. Asuka - Raw Women’s Title Match - WWE: SummerSlam - 8/23/20 - ****

Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Randy Orton - WWE Championship Match - WWE: SummerSlam - 8/23/20 - ****1/4 

Shingo Takagi (c) vs. Minoru Suzuki - NEVER Openweight Title Match - NJPW: Summer Struggle - 8/29/20 - ****

Hiromu Takahashi (c) vs. Taiji Ishimori - IWGP Jr Heavyweight Title Match - NJPW: Summer Struggle - 8/29/20 - ***1/2 

Zack Sabre Jr & Taichi (c) vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi - IWGP Tag Title Match - NJPW: Summer Struggle - 8/29/20 - ***1/2

Big E vs. Sheamus - WWE: Payback - 8/30/20 - ***1/2

SEPTEMBER:

The Young Bucks vs. Jurassic Express - AEW: All Out 2020 - 9/5/20 - ***3/4

Kenny Omega & Hangman Page (c) vs. FTR - AEW World Tag Team Title Match - AEW: All Out 2020 - 9/5/20 - ****1/4

Chris Jericho vs. Orange Cassidy - Mimosa Mayhem Match - AEW: All Out - 9/5/20 - ****

Jon Moxley (c) vs. MJF - AEW World Title Match - AEW: All Out - 9/5/20 - ****1/4

Adam Cole vs. Finn Balor - NXT Championship Match - WWE: NXT - 9/8/20 - ***1/2 

Rhea Ripley vs. Mercedes Martinez - Steel Cage Match - WWE: NXT - 9/8/20 - ***3/4

Best Friends (Chuck Taylor & Trent) vs. LAX/Proud & Powerful (Santana & Ortiz) - Parking Lot Fight - AEW: Dynamite - 9/16/20 - ****1/4

Minoru Suzuki vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW: G1 Climax 30 Night One - 9/19/20 - ****1/4

Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW: G1 Climax 30 Night Two - 9/20/20 - ****1/2

Jon Moxley (c) vs. Eddie Kingston - AEW World Title Match - AEW: Dynamite - 9/23/20 - ***3/4

Tetsuya Naito vs. Zack Sabre Jr - NJPW: G1 Climax 30 Night Four - 9/24/20 - ****

Jeff Hardy vs. AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn - Ladder Match for the Intercontinental Championship - WWE: Clash of Champions - 9/27/20 - ****1/4

Kota Ibushi vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW: G1 Climax 30 Night Five - 9/27/20 - ****

Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay - NJPW: G1 Climax 30 Night Five - 9/27/20 - ****1/4

OCTOBER:

Damian Priest (c) vs. Johnny Gargano - North American Title Match - WWE: NXT Takeover 31 - 10/4/20 - ***3/4

KUSHIDA vs. Velveteen Dream - WWE: NXT Takeover 31 - 10/4/20 - ***3/4

Santos Escobar (c) vs. Isaiah "Swerve" Scott - Cruserweight Title Match - WWE: NXT Takeover 31 - 10/4/20 - ****1/4

Io Shirai (c) vs. Candice LeRae - NXT Women's Title Match - WWE: NXT Takeover 31 - 10/4/20 - ***3/4

Finn Balor (c) vs. Kyle O'Reilly - NXT Title Match - WWE: NXT Takeover 31 - 10/4/20 - ****1/4

Brian Cage vs. Will Hobbs - AEW: Dynamite - 10/7/20 - ***1/2

Brodie Lee (c) vs. Cody - Dog Collar Match for the TNT Title - AEW: Dynamite - 10/7/20 - ***3/4

Jeff Cobb vs. Tomohiro Ishii - NJPW: G1 Climax 30 Night 13 - 10/10/20 - ****1/4

Will Ospreay vs. Taichi - NJPW: G1 Climax 30 Night 13 - 10/10/20 - ****

Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki - NJPW: G1 Climax 30 Night 13 - 10/10/20 - ****1/4

Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi - NJPW: G1 Climax 30 Night 13 - 10/10/20 - ****3/4

AJ Styles vs. Jeff Hardy vs. Seth Rollins - WWE: Raw - 10/12/20 - ***1/4

Will Ospreay vs. Jeff Cobb - NJPW: G1 Climax Night 15 - 10/13/20 - ***3/4

Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi - NJPW: G1 Climax 30 Night 15 - 10/13/20 - ***3/4

Shingo Takagi & Hiromu Takahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru - NJPW: G1 Climax 30 Finals - 10/18/20 - ***1/2

Kota Ibushi vs. SANADA - NJPW: G1 Climax 30 Finals - 10/18/20 - ****1/4

Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, & Raul Mendoza vs. Isaiah Scott, Jake Atlas, & Ashante Adonis - WWE: NXT - 10/21/20 - ***1/4

Penta El Zero M vs. Rey Fenix - AEW: Dynamite - 10/21/20 - ****

Tomohiro Ishii, Hirooki Goto, & YOSHI HASHI (c) vs. Zack Sabre Jr., Taichi, & DOUKI - NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title Match - NJPW: Road to Power Struggle - 10/23/20 - ****

Jay Lethal vs. Tracy Williams - ROH Pure Title Tournament - ROH TV - 10/23/20 - ***3/4

Bayley (c) vs. Sasha Banks - Hell in a Cell Match for the Women’s Title - WWE: Hell in a Cell - 10/25/20 - ****1/2

Io Shorai (c) vs. Candice LeRae - TLC Match for the NXT Women’s Title - WWE: NXT Halloween Havoc - 10/28/20 - ****

Kenny Omega vs. Penta El Zero M - AEW: Dynamite - 10/28/20 - ****1/4

WALTER (c) vs. Ilja Dragunov - NXT UK Title Match - WWE: NXT UK - 10/29/20 - *****

NOVEMBER: 

Kenny Omega vs. Hangman Page - AEW: Full Gear - 11/7/20 - ***1/2 

Matt Hardy vs. Sammy Guevara - AEW: Full Gear - 11/7/20 - ***1/2

FTR (c) vs. The Young Bucks - AEW World Tag Team Title Match - AEW: Full Gear - 11/7/20 - ****1/2 

Jon Moxley (c) vs. Eddie Kingston - “I Quit” Match for the AEW World Title - AEW: Full Gear - 11/7/20 - ****1/4

The Young Bucks (c) vs. Top Flight - AEW World Tag Team Title Match - AEW: Dynamite - 11/18/20 - ***1/2

Cody Rhodes & Darby Allin vs. Brian Cage & Ricky Starks - AEW: Dynamite - 11/18/20 - ***

Kyle O’Reilly vs. Pete Dunne - Ladder Match - WWE: NXT - ***3/4 

El Desperado vs. DOUKI - NJPW: BOSJ 27 - 11/29/20 - ***1/2

Master Wato vs. SHO - NJPW: BOSJ 27 - 11/29/20 - ***1/4

Taiji Ishimori vs. BUSHI - NJPW: BOSJ 27 - 11/29/20 - ***1/2

Hiromu Takahashi vs. Robbie Eagles - NJPW: BOSJ 27 - 11/29/20 - ****1/4

Jeff Hardy vs. Elias - Symphony of Destruction Match - WWE: Raw - 11/30/20 - ***

AJ Styles vs. Keith Lee vs. Matt Riddle - WWE: Raw - 11/30/20 - ***1/4

DECEMBER:

DOUKI vs. Yuya Uemura - NJPW: BOSJ 27 - 12/2/20 - ***1/4

Hiromu Takahashi vs. SHO - NJPW: BOSJ 27 - 12/2/20 - ****

Jon Moxley (c) vs. Kenny Omega - AEW World Title Match - AEW: Dynamite - 12/2/20 - ****1/4

Daniel Bryan, Rey Mysterio, & Big E vs. Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, & Dolph Ziggler - Pat Patterson Tribute Match - WWE: Smackdown - 12/4/20 - ***1/4

Candice LeRae, Raquel Gonzalez, Toni Storm, & Dakota Kai vs. Shotzi Blackheart, Io Shorai, Rhea Ripley, & Ember Moon - War Games Match - WWE: NXT War Games - 12/6/20 - ***3/4

Leon Ruff (c) vs. Johnny Gargano vs. Damian Priest - NXT North American Title Match - WWE: NXT War Games - 12/6/20 - ***3/4 

Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly, Roderick Strong & Bobby Fish vs. Pete Dunne, Oney Lorcan, Danny Burch & Pat McAfee - War Games Match - WWE: NXT War Games - 12/6/20 - ***1/4 

The Young Bucks vs. Jack Evans & Angelico - AEW: Dynamite - 12/9/20 - ***1/2

Hiromu Takahashi vs. El Desperado - NJPW: BOSJ 27 Finals - 12/11/20 - ****3/4

Kenny Omega (c) vs. Laredo Kid - AAA Mega World Championship Match - AAA: TripleMania - 12/12/20 - ****1/4

Eddie Kingston, The Butcher, & The Blade vs. Lance Archer, Evil Uno, & Stu Grayson - AEW: Dynamite - 12/30/20 - ***1/2

TO BE CONTINUED. . . . . . . . . . .