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Parv’s Top 100 Matches of All Time:
100. Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase, 6/25/88 MSG Cage Match, WWF/WWE
99. The Steiner Brothers vs. Tatsumi Fujinami and Takayuki Iizuka, 5/17/92 Wrestlewar, JCP/NWA/WCW
98. Rick Martel vs. Harley Race, 8/20/86, AWA
97. Larry Zbyszko vs. Masa Saito, 2/10/90
96. Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk, 3/23/81 No DQ Match, CWA
95. The Fantastics vs. Eddie Gilbert and Ron Simmons, 12/7/88 Clash of the Champions IV, JCP/NWA/WCW
94. Harley Race vs. Kerry Von Erich, 6/15/82, WCCW
93. Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger, 12/26/88 Starrcade, JCP/NWA/WCW
92. Jerry Lawler vs. Dory Funk Jr., 3/30/81, CWA
91. Rock N’ Roll Express vs. Arn and Ole Anderson, 11/27/86 Cage Match, JCP/NWA/WCW
90. Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk, 11/15/89 Clash of the Champions IX, JCP/NWA/WCW
89. Negro Casas vs. El Hijo Del Santo, 9/17/97, EMLL
88. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Wahoo McDaniel, 8/28/83, AWA
87. El Faraón, Herodes, and Mocho Cota vs. Lizmark, Ringo Mendoza, and Tony Salazar, 2/24/84, EMLL
86. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Rick Martel, 9/20/84, AWA
85. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu, 10/28/88, AJPW
84. Atlantis and El Hijo Del Santo vs. Fuerza Guerrera and Lobo Rubio, 11/25/83, EMLL
83. Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger, 2/25/90 Wrestlewar, JCP/NWA/WCW
82. King Tonga, Masked Superstar, & Sheik Adnan Kaissey vs. Crusher Blackwell & Sgt. Slaughter, 4/21/85 Cage Match, AWA
81. Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig, 12/25/86, AWA
80. Antonio Inoki vs. Stan Hansen, 5/9/80, NJPW
79. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Rick Martel, 9/29/85, AWA
78. Jim Breaks vs. Vic Faulkner, 7/5/77, WOS
77. Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue, 6/1/93, AJPW
76. Bill Watts and Stagger Lee vs. Midnight Express, 4/22/84, Mid-South
75. Ricky Steamboat and Jay Youngblood vs. Don Kernoodle and Sgt. Slaughter, 3/12/83, JCP/NWA/WCW
74. Jim Breaks vs. Johnny Saint, 5/5/73, WOS
73. Ted DiBiase vs. Magnum TA, 5/27/84, Mid-South
72. Mitsuharu Misawa and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Giant Baba and Kenta Kobashi, 11/27/92, AJPW
71. Ric Flair, Arn Anderson, and Tully Blanchard vs. Lex Luger, Barry Windham, and Sting, 4/3/88, JCP/NWA/WCW
70. Buddy Rose and Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers, 1/17/87 Cage Match, AWA
69. Greg Valentine vs. Bob Backlund, 11/20/81, WWF/WWE
68. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Morton, 7/5/86, JCP/NWA/WCW
67. Stan Hansen vs. Carlos Colon, 1/6/87 Bullrope Match, WWC
66. Buddy Rose and Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers, 8/30/86, AWA
65. Steve Williams vs. Toshiaki Kawada, 4/16/94, AJPW
64. Wargames, 7/4/87, JCP/NWA/WCW
63. Giant Baba and Rusher Kimura vs. Genichiro Tenryu and Stan Hansen, 11/28/89, AJPW
62. Jim Breaks vs. Johnny Saint, 3/14/73, WOS
61. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kerry Von Erich, 5/22/84, AJPW
60. Brock Lesnar vs. Undertaker, 10/20/02 Hell in a Cell, No Mercy, WWF/WWE
59. Ricky Steamboat vs. Rick Rude, 2/29/92 Superbrawl II, JCP/NWA/WCW
58. Billy Robinson vs. Nick Bockwinkel, 12/11/80, AJPW
57. Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen, 9/23/81, AJPW
56. Ken Patera vs. Bob Backlund, 5/19/80, WWF/WWE
55. Stan Hansen vs. Leon White, 3/13/86, AWA
54. Arn Anderson vs. Barry Windham, 6/6/92, JCP/NWA/WCW
53. Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk vs. Giant Baba and Jumbo Tsuruta, 3/13/75, AJPW
52. Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage, 3/29/87 WrestleMania III, WWF/WWE
51. Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen, 4/14/83, AJPW
50. Genichiro Tenryu and Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta and Kenta Kobashi, 7/15/89, AJPW
49. Dory Funk Jr. vs. Jack Brisco, 2/8/72, AJPW
48. Lex Luger and Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, 3/27/88 Clash of the Champions I, JCP/NWA/WCW
47. Mitsuharu Misawa and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Akira Taue and Jumbo Tsuruta, 9/30/90, AJPW
46. Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko vs. Dustin Rhodes and Ricky Steamboat, 11/17/91 Clash of the Champions XVII, JCP/NWA/WCW
45. Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair, 12/28/85, JCP/NWA/WCW
44. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue, and Masa Fuchi, 5/22/92, AJPW
43. Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk vs. The Sheik and Abdullah the Butcher, 7/15/79, AJPW
42. Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair, 9/26/87, JCP/NWA/WCW
41. Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat, 6/20/92 Beach Blast, JCP/NWA/WCW
40. Rand Orton vs. Cactus Jack, 4/18/04 Backlash, WWF/WWE
39. Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Doug Furnas and Dan Krofatt, 5/25/92, AJPW
38. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, 6/8/90, AJPW
37. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat, 5/7/89 Wrestlewar, JCP/NWA/WCW
36. John Cena vs. Umaga, 1/28/07 Royal Rumble, WWF/WWE
35. El Dandy vs. Negro Casas, 7/3/92, EMLL
34. Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen and Terry Gordy, 8/31/83, AJPW
33. Sangre Chicana vs. MS-1, 9/23/83, EMLL
32. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan, 3/22/85, Mid-South
31. Toshiaki Kawada and Genichiro Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen and Terry Gordy, 12/16/88, AJPW
30. Billy Robinson vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, 3/23/77, AJPW
29. Ric Flair vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, 6/8/83, AJPW
28. John Cena vs. JBL, 5/22/05 Judgement Day, WWF/WWE
27. Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk, 7/23/89 Great American Bash, JCP/NWA/WCW
26. Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu, 2/5/87, AJPW
25. Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar, 3/29/15 WrestleMania XXXI, WWF/WWE
24. Billy Robinson vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, 3/5/77, AJPW
23. Curt Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel, 11/21/86, AWA
22. Giant Baba vs. Billy Robinson, 7/24/76, AJPW
21. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin, 3/23/97 WrestleMania XIII, WWF/WWE
20. Jack Brisco vs. Giant Baba, 12/5/74, AJPW
19. Wargames, 2/24/91 Wrestlewar, JCP/NWA/WCW
18. Stan Hansen and Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu, 12/6/89. AJPW
17. John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar, 4/29/12 Extreme Rules, WWF/WWE
16. Sgt. Slaughter vs. Pat Patterson, 5/4/81 Alley Fight, WWF/WWE
15. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, 9/1/90, AJPW
14. Sgt. Slaughter vs. Iron Sheik, 6/1/84 Bootcamp Match, WWF/WWE
13. Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada, 5/21/94, AJPW
12. Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada, 2/28/93, AJPW
11. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart, 3/20/94 WrestleMania X, WWF/WWE
10. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat, 2/20/89 Chi-Town Rumble, JCP/NWA/WCW
9. Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada, 12/3/93, AJPW
8. Wargames, 5/17/92 Wrestlewar, JCP/NWA/WCW
7. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue, and Masa Fuchi, 4/20/91, AJPW
6. Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu, 1/28/86, AJPW
5. Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk vs. The Sheik and Abdullah the Butcher, 9/19/78, AJPW
4. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada, 6/3/94, AJPW
3. Magnum T.A. vs. Tully Blanchard, 11/28/85 Starrcade I Quit Cage Match, JCP/NWA/WCW
2. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu, 6/5/89, AJPW
1. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat, 4/2/89 Clash of the Champions VI, JCP/NWA/WCW
Chad’s Top 100 Matches of All Time:
100. Atsushi Onita vs. Terry Funk, 5/5/93, FMW
99. Midnight Express vs. Rock N’ Roll Express, 2/25/90 Wrestlewar, JCP/NWA/WCW
98. Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger, 2/25/90 Wrestlewar, JCP/NWA/WCW
97. Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada, 2/28/93, AJPW
96. El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani, 6/3/99, NJPW
95. Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Eddy Guerrero, 10/26/97 Halloween Havoc, JCP/NWA/WCW
94. Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada, 6/1/93, AJPW
93. Stan Hansen and Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta and Yoshiaki Yatsu, 12/6/89, AJPW
92. Cage of Death, 4/22/06, ROH
91. Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshihiro Ogawa vs. KENTA and Naomichi Marufuji, 4/25/04, NOAH
90. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi, 1/4/15, NJPW
89. Vader vs. Sting, 2/21/93 Superbrawl III, JCP/NWA/WCW
88. Cibernetico, 4/17/97, EMLL
87. Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda, 5/5/96, FMW
86. Rey Heichero vs. Charles Lucero, 8/4/13, Podor Y Honor
85. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Ric Flair, 6/8/83, AJPW
84. Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshihiro Ogawa vs. Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama, 3/6/99, AJPW
83. Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker, 10/5/97 Hell in a Cell, WWF/WWE
82. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama, 7/24/98, AJPW
81. Volk Han vs. Kiyoshi Tamura, 1/22/97, RINGS
80. Samoa Joe vs. Necro Butcher, 6/11/05, IWA-MS
79. CM Punk vs. John Cena, 7/17/11 Money in the Bank, WWF/WWE
78. El Dandy vs. El Satanico, 10/26/90, EMLL
77. Nobuhiko Takada vs. Vader, 8/18/94, UWFi
76. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi, 10/21/97, AJPW
75. Roddy Piper vs. Greg Valentine, 11/24/83 Starrcade, JCP/NWA/WCW
74. Genichiro Tenryu and Stan Hansen vs. Jumbo Tsuruta and Kenta Kobashi, 7/15/89, AJPW
73. Atlantis vs. Ultimo Guerrero, 9/19/14, EMLL
72. Mitsuharu Misawa and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Akira Taue and Jumbo Tsuruta, 9/30/90, AJPW
71. Steve Williams vs. Toshiaki Kawada, 4/16/94, AJPW
70. Royal Rumble Match, 1/19/92 Royal Rumble, WWF/WWE
69. Kenta Kobashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama, 4/25/04, NOAH
68. Buddy Rose and Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers, 8/30/86, AWA
67. CM Punk vs. Brock Lesnar, 8/18/13 SummerSlam, WWF/WWE
66. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart, 3/20/94 WrestleMania X, WWF/WWE
65. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue, and Masa Fuchi, 4/20/91, AJPW
64. Aja Kong vs. Bull Nakano, 11/14/90, AJW
63. Arn Anderson and Larry Zbyszko vs. Dustin Rhodes and Ricky Steamboat, 11/17/91 Clash of the Champions XVII, JCP/NWA/WCW
62. Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen, 9/23/81, NJPW
61. Aja Kong and Bull Nakano vs. Akira Hokuto and Shinobu Kandori, 3/27/94, AJW
60. Masahiro Chono vs. Keiji Muto, 8/11/91, NJPW
59. Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena, 8/18/13 SummerSlam, WWF/WWE
58. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akiyama, 2/27/00, AJPW
57. Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk, 11/15/89 Clash of the Champions IX, JCP/NWA/WCW
56. Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani, 2/9/97, NJPW
55. Wargames, 7/4/87, JCP/NWA/WCW
54. Ultimate Warrior vs. Randy Savage, 3/24/91 WrestleMania VII, WWF
53. Etsuko Mita and Mima Shimoda vs. Kaoru Ito and Tomoko Watanbe, 9/21/97, AJW
52. Terry Funk vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, 6/11/76, AJPW
51. Ted DiBiase vs. Jim Duggan, 3/22/85, Mid-South
50. El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani, 1/20/96, NJPW
49. Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada, 6/12/98, AJPW
48. Giant Baba vs. Billy Robinson, 7/24/76, AJPW
47. Blue Panther vs. Negro Casas, 3/1/12, EMLL
46. El Samurai vs. Jushin Liger, 4/30/92, NJPW
45. Ric Flair, Chris Benoit, and Steve McMichael vs. Sting, Lex Luger, and Randy Savage, 7/29/96, JCP/NWA/WCW
44. Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada, 5/21/94, AJPW
43. Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk, 10/16/04, ROH
42. Toshie Uematsu vs. Yoshiko Tamura, 7/19/97, GAEA
41. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka, 6/27/98, RINGS
40. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue, 4/15/95, AJPW
39. El Dandy vs. Angel Azteca, 6/1/90, EMLL
38. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi, 10/31/98, AJPW
37. Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Doug Furnas and Dan Krofatt, 5/25/92, AJPW
36. Perro Agayuo vs. Sangre Chicano, 2/28/86, EMLL
35. Sgt. Slaughter vs. Iron Sheik, 6/1/84 Bootcamp Match, WWF/WWE
34. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat, 2/20/89 Chi-Town Rumble, JCP/NWA/WCW
33. John Cena vs. Umaga, 1/28/07 Royal Rumble, WWF/WWE
32. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, 9/1/90, AJPW
31. Aja Kong and Akira Hokuto vs. Dynamite Kansai and Yumiko Hotta, 8/24/94, AJW
30. Curt Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel, 11/21/86, AWA
29. Negro Casas vs. El Hijo Del Santo, 9/17/97, EMLL
28. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yoshihisa Yammamoto, 6/24/99, RINGS
27. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki vs. Toshiyo Yamada and Manami Toyota, 4/11/93
26. Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee, 12/30/85, CWA
25. Toshiaki Kawada and Genichiro Tenryu vs. Stan Hansen and Terry Gordy, 12/16/88, AJPW
24. Villano III vs. Atlantis, 3/17/00, EMLL
23. Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi, 7/29/93, AJPW
22. Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk, 7/23/89 Great American Bash, AJPW
21. Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu, 1/28/86, AJPW
20. Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue and Toshiaki Kawada, 12/3/93, AJPW
19. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat, 5/7/89 Wrestlewar, JCP/NWA/WCW
18. John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar, 4/29/12 Extreme Rules, WWF/WWE
17. El Dandy vs. Negro Casas, 7/3/92, EMLL
16. Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee, 6/6/83, CWA
15. Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair, 9/26/87, JCP/NWA/WCW
14. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki vs. Toshiyo Yamada and Manami Toyota, 11/26/92, AJW
13. El Dandy vs. El Satanico, 12/14/90, EMLL
12. Wargames, 5/17/92 Wrestlewar, JCP/NWA/WCW
11. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin, 3/23/97 WrestleMania XIII, WWF/WWE
10. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu, 6/5/89, AJPW
9. Mitsuharu Misawa and Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue, 12/6/96, AJPW
8. Shinobu Kandori vs. Akira Hokuto, 4/2/93, AJW
7. Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, 3/1/03, NOAH
6. Sangre Chicana vs. MS-1, 9/23/83, EMLL
5. Magnum T.A. vs. Tully Blanchard, 11/28/85 Starrcade I Quit Cage Match, JCP/NWA/WCW
4. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada, 6/3/94, AJPW
3. Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat, 4/2/89 Clash of the Champions VI, JCP/NWA/WCW
2. Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue, 6/9/95, AJPW
1. Mistuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi, 1/20/97, AJPW
