2020 was to quote the 5 News Week Look Back article, "eventful, awful, wild and surprisingly quick."
That doesn't mean there weren't some good wrestling to watch on television so here it is.
My and I repeat MY top 5 best TV matches of 2020.
some images via WWE.com
#7 Cody Rhodes vs Darby Allin. AEW TNT Championship Semi-Finals Bout.
This list includes two matches that starred two people with fantastic chemistry.
One of them is this gem of an encounter between Cody Rhodes and Darby Allin.
All elite wrestling has introduced a brand new championship for the mid-card and was contested via a good old fashioned tournament.
The matches were fine but one of them stood out amongst the rest.
That, of course, being the Cody Rhodes vs Darby Allin bout at the tournament's semi-finals.
Allin actually pulled off a crossrhodes that looked so good that I don't mind him adding it to his arsenal.
The finish was executed a bit poorly which is why it is lower on the list. However, what happened before, was a fun contest.
#6 Asuka vs Charlotte Flair For The RAW Women's Championship. June 22nd Episode of Monday Night RAW.
(and yes, this is the last match in the count down in which it includes two people with excellent chemistry).
Do you know what is the most satisfying part of this match? When Charlotte tapped out to the Asuka lock.
I don't think I've seen the queen tap out before. That's how protected she was.
Monday Night RAW in 2020 was decent until the fall of that year happened.
So, it's really nice for me to actually compliment the red brand for the first time in what it feels like an eternity.
#5 Hikaru Shida vs Britt Baker. April 8th Episode Of AEW Dynamite.
Everybody and their mama know that AEW's women's division isn't great compared to WWE or Impact Wrestling's Knockouts division.
But, on the April 8th episode of Dynamite, the company somehow gave me a fantastic women's match between Britt Baker and Hikaru Shida that should've been for the women's title on this year's Double Or Nothing PPV.
This contest proved one obvious thing. Hikaru Shida is one HELL of a performer. She's so good that it's honestly scary.
Oh, and Britt Baker is great too.
If you're dreaming of a great, engaging AEW women's division (which is pretty much all of you) then give this match a watch.
#4 Best Friends vs Santana And Ortiz In Park Lot Brawl. September 16th episode of AEW Dynamite.
To all the hardcore match fanatics that haven’t seen this bout, I gotta ask, where have you been?
Because this was one hell of a ride.
AEW's greatest strength is by far, their tag team division and their utilization of said tag team division.
As a WWE shill, I especially appreciated how the division has storylines that don't involve the tag team championship and this feud was an example of that.
It has the element of charm added to it with Trent's mom at the end which was the salt that brings all the flavours together.
#3 Walter vs Ilja Dragunov For The WWE UK Championship. Oct 29th Episode Of NXT UK.
I, like most people, do not watch NXT UK on a weekly basis but I've heard nothing but fantastic things about this WWE UK championship bout between Walter and Ilja Dragunov.
And my f'ing goodness, I'm glad I took the time to watch this.
Nowadays, Whenever I think of the word "hard-hitting", this match comes to mind.
The reason being is that it was essentially a freaking fight.
I don't know how both men are okay coming out of that match but kudos to them for delivering a match that is more brutal than most WWE main roster brawl segments.
#2 Io Shirai vs Sasha Banks. NXT Great American Bash.
Io Shirai vs Sasha Banks is a dream match in my opinion and it's nice to see that the match itself lived up to my expectations which were high in case you were wondering.
That cameo from Asuka that led to a green mist from her on to Sasha Banks was unexpected yet it made a whole lotta sense given that they were feuding at that time.
This was yet another great layer of Sasha Banks and Bayley's fantastic run throughout late spring and all summer.
#1 Daniel Bryan vs AJ Styles. Intercontinental Championship Tournament Finals On The June 12th Episode Of Smackdown.
And the award of the best intercontinental championship match in quite some time goes to…….
The powers that be made the right call to crown a new champion via a tournament and what a way to end it all.
Two of the greatest wrestlers of the generation battled out for the title that has been used greatly, for the most part, this year (which is odd for me to say this because I'm not a fan of heel Sami Zayn).
It was a rare situation for me to be in as a fan where I didn't mind either person walking out of the place as a champion so it gave the match an unpredictable spark to it.
Smackdown has been doing pretty well in the Nielsen ratings as of late and I'm happy to see a good program with matches like these, succeed on that level.
Thank you so much for reading this and if you like it, please share it around and let me know what are some of your favourite wrestling TV matches of 2020. Anyways, stay safe smarks and have a happy new year.
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