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00:00 Fantastic matches, too many injuries, and CM Punk getting in a huge backstage fight.

00:04 What a year it has been for AEW, and if you thought I was talking about year 4 of AEW

00:09 rather than year 5, I would not blame you. Time is a flat circle, and we are forever doomed to

00:14 repeat ourselves. In all seriousness, year 5 has been a pretty good one for AEW on the whole.

00:19 The rise of Swerve has been a massive highlight in how well AEW can make a new main event guy,

00:24 All In proved to be as big a deal as Tony Khan's major announcements made it out to be,

00:28 and loads and loads and loads of fantastic matches has become the norm for the Tony

00:33 conglomerate. Double or Nothing has traditionally been our year-end milestone for AEW, and with the

00:38 annual Vegas Shebang taking place tonight, here we will shine a light on the best that AEW had to

00:44 offer over these last 12 months. I'm Tempest Hailing from PartsFunKnown, and these are the

00:48 10 Best Matches from AEW Year 5.

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02:37 Honourable Mention, Forbidden Door. Forbidden Door 2023 was bloody brilliant,

02:42 and I will never forgive myself for not flying home one week earlier to see it. As this is a

02:46 joint production between AEW and New Japan, this gets its own honourable mention here,

02:51 but there is a lot of honour to be mentioned between the Shibata, Sabre, Garcia, and Cassidy

02:55 four-way, the Elite BCC 10-Man Tag, the Bryan Danielson, Kazuchika Okada Dream Match, and of

03:01 course the epic rematch between Will Ospreay and Kenny Omega that, had I seen live, would have been

03:06 the best match I'd ever seen live and could have easily challenged for the top spot on this list.

03:12 MJF vs. Kenny Omega Collision, October 28th, 2023

03:17 The latter half of MJF's AEW World Title reign has not received particularly good reviews,

03:22 what with all the wackiness of the Jay White Full Gear match and the year-long Brochacho storyline

03:27 ending with a whimper that has still yet to be resolved, but despite this, no one can take

03:31 anything away from one of the best AEW World Title matches of all time between MJF and Kenny

03:37 Omega on the October 28th, 2023 episode of Collision. You certainly would have thought

03:42 that the first-time-ever matchup between these two would have had a bit more build-up, but Omega

03:46 defending his record of longest title reign is as good a reason as I need to see this phenomenal

03:51 f*cking wrestling match. This was not just some TV title defense. This was MJF pulling out the

03:57 phosphory flop, Omega hitting a doctor bomb through a table, and some of the most heated

04:01 wrestling you will see anywhere all year. A lot of people have forgotten just how brilliant a

04:06 performer MJF is, and hopefully when he returns, we will see more of what we got here.

04:12 Tony Storm vs. Thunder Rosa - Dynasty AEW's women's division in year 5 definitely had the

04:18 most attention it has ever had with the arrival of Mercedes Monet, the emergence of Willow Nightingale

04:23 as a star, and of course, timeless Tony Storm. Between sticking her tits out and throwing her

04:28 shoe at people, Tony has had a stranglehold on the AEW Women's title this year, and while that has

04:34 led to many an entertaining moment, there has been difficulty in striking a balance between this

04:38 goofy character and great wrestling, with the major exception of this match at Dynasty. Both Tony and

04:44 Rosa had fantastic promos the week of the show to drive up interest, and then they wrestled the kind

04:49 of match that Tony had been missing as champion. This match is white, hot, intense. The hockey fight,

04:55 the actually heated run-ins from Mariah May and Diana Perrazzo, the kick out of the Storm Zero,

05:01 I don't know how many fans thought there was going to be a new champion on this night, but

05:04 St. Louis was rocking for the best women's match of AEW's last 12 months.

05:09 8. Jon Moxley vs. Orange Cassidy - All Out

05:12 Orange Cassidy's first reign as international champion will go down in history as one of the

05:17 best mid-card title reigns ever, and a run that good deserved the best possible ending. What

05:22 happened after that was highly unfortunate, but we'll just ignore that. After months and months

05:26 of wear and tear and new injuries causing him strife, Orange finally found himself in a fight

05:31 he might not be able to win. Taking on AEW's ace, Jon Moxley, in any condition, would make for a

05:37 difficult fight much less in the state that Orange was in, but it made for an even better story.

05:42 Moxley juiced that blood orange dry, but Orange would just not quit until several death riders

05:48 finally put him down. The story of the champion wrestling every match until they have literally

05:53 nothing left in the tank is one of my personal favorites in wrestling, and AEW did it to

05:58 perfection while also combining it with the story of the wrestler who cares about nothing

06:03 finally finding something to care about. Brilliance.

06:06 7. Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Starks - All Out

06:10 On the very same show, we got the blow-off match to the summer-long rivalry of Ricky Starks and

06:15 CM... Danielson. That's right, there's no CM Punk here and there never was. When CM Punk threw his

06:21 latest fit and got himself tossed out of AEW, that left Ricky Starks in a very unenviable position,

06:26 as the man he was supposed to be wrestling in a strap match at the very next pay-per-view.

06:31 Thankfully for all involved, Bryan Danielson was right there and able to step into this spot

06:35 and have the match of Stark's life. Not to be confused with the strap matches of the red light,

06:40 green light variety, this was a violent and brutal match that saw Danielson busted wide open

06:45 and beat Starks down in a blaze of gore and glory. I can't imagine a better replacement match in the

06:51 history of wrestling, and if you can think of one, by all means, drop your recommendations in the

06:56 comments. Number 6 - Bryan Danielson vs Zack Sabre Jr. - Wrestle Dream

07:01 Sticking with the theme of Bryan Danielson is a very good wrestler, actually, here we have the

07:05 long-awaited technical wrestling dream match between the American Dragon and the Vegan Hydra.

07:10 Wrestling is so f***ing cool. At the very first Wrestle Dream event held in Danielson's backyard,

07:16 the two greatest technicians of this generation did battle, and it was exactly what you would

07:20 have wanted it to be. Two masters of their craft, two Matt Wizards capable of making the sometimes

07:27 less exciting art of grappling and Matt Wrestling the most heart-pounding experience possible. Like,

07:32 you know how Kurt Angle could counter any move into the ankle lock? It's awesome, everyone loved

07:37 it. Now imagine being able to counter any move, into any move, at any time, and also both guys

07:43 can do it. That's this match, and I love it to pieces. Number 5 - FTR vs Bullet Club Gold -

07:48 Collision, July 15th, 2023 - Ah, the yearly FTR 2 out of 3 falls match that tides the hardcore

07:55 tag fans over for another year. In the early days of Collision, the show needed a contender for the

07:59 best match in its short history, and after a fantastic first match on the fourth episode,

08:04 that could also be a strong contender for best Collision match, FTR and Bullet Club Gold went 58

08:09 minutes in what is still the best match Collision has ever seen. To say they went all out would be

08:14 an understatement, and we've also already talked about all out, tee hee. But truly, this match just

08:19 has it all. Fantastic psychology that we have come to expect from matches with these four wrestlers,

08:25 brutal wrestling in the crowd, fan service galore, it is the best tag match of 2023,

08:31 and would be the best tag match of most years as well. I mean, it's FTR wrestling in the home of

08:36 Bret Hart. You could have seen this performance coming from space. Number 4 - Will Ospreay vs

08:41 Konosuke Takeshita - Revolution If there was an 11th spot on this list,

08:45 it would be reserved for Kenny Omega vs Konosuke Takeshita. Much of his run as a heel has been a

08:50 bit directionless, as he's blended into the background of the Don Callis family,

08:54 with the exception of literally any time he's gotten to have a singles match.

08:58 Enter his match with the newly signed Will Ospreay at Revolution. Every year,

09:03 there seems to be one match that I end up watching like three times in the first 48 hours of it

09:08 happening. Last year, it was Omega vs Vikingo. This year, it was this match. Everyone was talking

09:14 about it. Everyone wanted to see it. Every move done with precision, yet still looking like they

09:19 were absolutely killing one another. I mean, judging by the marks on Will's back after the

09:23 brainbuster and the ropes, they very well might have been, but my god, Will Ospreay is 100%

09:29 dedicated to having the best matches possible in AEW, and that dedication matched with his

09:34 unparalleled ability means he will be a frequent factor in these lists for years to come.

09:40 Sting vs The Young Bucks - Revolution On the very short list of the greatest

09:46 retirement matches of all time, this match will forever place very close to the top. Some out

09:52 there, myself included, had been hoping for a straight up tag match to close out Sting's career,

09:57 to give him a chance to get one last brilliant hot tag, and all the tremendous drama and

10:02 psychology that comes with such a thing, but my god, did they ever take full advantage of this

10:07 tornado tag stimp. You had Sting's very tall, very athletic sons making everyone wonder why

10:12 they hadn't considered a career in wrestling, some of the best heel work of The Jackson's latest run,

10:17 and I mean, I leave it for last, out of respect more than anything else, Darby Allin's stupidest

10:22 stunt ever. It's just the stupidest thing I've ever seen in a wrestling match, and god damn did

10:28 I have fun watching it. Sting got to make his comeback, stand triumphant, and go out on his

10:33 own terms, and I know I'm not the first to say it, but Tony Khan's booking of Sting will be his

10:38 legacy, showing a legend the respect and dignity he deserved until the very end.

10:44 Hangman Page vs Swerve Strickland - Full Gear Over the course of 2023, Hangman Page became

10:50 the new face of the Texas Deathmatch between his Revolution bloodbath with Jon Moxley,

10:55 and then this match. It may not be for the squeamish, and it may do a little too much for

10:58 the true blood fans out there, but Hangman and Swerve solidified their rivalry as the best in

11:04 wrestling right now with this match. We knew they could have a great wrestling match after their

11:09 clash at Wrestle Dream, but at Full Gear, they showed just how violent they were willing to get

11:14 with one another. It wasn't just the barbed wire and the blood drinking though, this match is just

11:19 straight vibes. There's an energy to it that you only get when you're watching two guys that are

11:24 motivated beyond belief. Swerve has been one of the most motivated wrestlers on the planet for a

11:29 long time now, and this will always be the match that people point to when looking for the moment

11:34 that Swerve became undeniable. Will Ospreay vs Bryan Danielson - Dynasty

11:41 There is a short list of the best wrestlers of this generation going around at the moment,

11:46 and on it, you will find the names Omega, Okada, Danielson, and Ospreay. Now you may think that

11:52 there are some names missing from that list, but regardless, that is an elite f***ing group. And

11:56 "elite" really is the operative word because all four of them have found their way to all-elite

12:02 wrestling, meaning they can all have matches against one another. The first example since

12:06 Will Ospreay signed his deal came at Dynasty, between Ospreay and Bryan Danielson, and I don't

12:12 think I have ever seen a better match held on American soil. This is the best versus the best.

12:17 The moves are always good, the story is always good, the crowd and the commentary are always good,

12:24 and it makes this match so f***ing exciting. I could list every single thing they did in this

12:29 match, and it would never come close to doing it justice, so I'll just say remember Danielson

12:33 kneeing Ospreay out of midair and let that feeling carry you to watching the whole thing all over

12:37 again. Good luck topping this one, 2024, and speaking as a fan who loves to see great wrestling,

12:43 I certainly hope you do. And that's our list! Make sure of course that you like this video,

12:46 subscribe, enable notifications, all that good stuff, and check out this clip from last week's

12:50 list here.

12:52 Plastic crown glory. Yes indeed, it has come time for another edition of WWE's oldest and

12:57 most polarizing tournament. Who shall be the one to wear the crown in this new era in which we live,

13:03 and will it carry with it glory, prestige and title shots, or will it bring forth a curse of

13:08 awful booking like so many before? Triple H is getting a lot of praise these days,

13:12 but will the King of Kings nail the King of Rings?

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