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RADICAN'S TOP 40: Updated 2015 Pro Wrestling Match of the Year List

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RADICAN'S AUTHORITATIVE MATCH OF THE YEAR LIST

Because Sean watches everything...

By Sean Radican, PWTorch columnist

(1) Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW, "G1 Climax 25: Night 16", Aug. 12, 2015. (*****)

(2) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, NJPW, "G1 Climax 25 Finals," Aug. 16, 2015. (*****)

(3) Kota Ibushi vs. IWGP IC Champion Shinsuke Nakamura, NJPW, "Wrestle Kingdom 9," Jan. 4, 2015. (*****)

(4) IWGP Hvt. champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada, NJPW, "Wrestle Kingdom 9," Jan. 4, 2014. (*****)

(5) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. A.J. Styles, NJPW, "G1 Climax 25: Night 17," Aug. 14, 2015. (*****)

(6) Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Roderick Strong, EVOLVE, EVOLVE 45, July 10, 2015. (****3/4)

(7) Tomohiro Ishii vs. Hirooki Goto, NJPW, "G1 Climax 25: Night 14, Aug. 9, 2015. (****3/4)

(8) Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kota Ibushi, NJPW, G1 Climax 25: Night 7, July 29, 2015. (****3/4)

(9) Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi, NJPW, G1 Climax 25: Night 1, July 20, 2015. (****3/4)

(10) British Cruiserweight Champion Will Ospreay vs. Matt Sydal, RPW, "Summer Sizzler 2015," June 14, 2015. (****3/4)

(11) IWGP Hvt. Champion A.J. Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada, NJPW, "Dominion," July 5, 2015. (****3/4)

(12) Chris Hero vs. Timothy Thatcher, "WWN SuperShow: Mercury Rising 2015," March 28, 2015 (****3/4)

(13) NEVER Openweight Champion Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makabe, NJPW, "Wrestling Hinokoko," April 29, 2015. (****3/4)

(14) EVOLVE Champion Drew Galloway vs. DGUSA Champion Johnny Gargano in a Title vs. Tile match, "WWN SuperShow: Mercury Rising 2015," March 28, 2015 (****3/4)

(15) WWE World Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Rollins vs. Cena, WWE, "Royal Rumble 2014," Jan. 25, 2015. (****3/4)

(16) The Bullet Club (A.J. Styles & Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. ROH (ACH & Cedric Alexander & Matt Sydal, ROH, ROH TV, aired Feb. 15, 2015. (****3/4)

(17) Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Will Ospreay, Progress Wrestling, “Chapter 19: SSS 16 (Day 2),” May 25, 2015. (****1/2)

(18) NXT Women’s Champions Sasha Banks vs. Bayley, NXT, “NXT Takeover,” Aug. 22, 2015. (****1/2)

(19) Kevin Owens vs. John Cena, WWE, "Money in the Bank," June 14, 2015. (****1/2)

(20) Kevin Owens vs. John Cena, WWE, "Elimination Chamber," May 31, 2015. (****1/2)

(21) ROH World Champion Jay Briscoe vs. ROH World TV Champion Jay Lethal, ROH, "Best in the World 2015," June 19, 2015. (****1/2)

(22) Adam Thornstowe vs. Willie Mack, King of the Indies 2015 Finals, "King of the Indies 2015: Night 2," March 28, 2015. (****1/2)

(23) PWG World Champion Adam Cole vs. Roderick Strong in a Guerrilla Warfare match, PWG, “Black Cole Sun,” Dec. 12, 2014. (****1/2)

(24) Chris Hero vs. Trevor Lee, EVOLVE, "EVOLVE 43," May 30, 2015. (****1/2)

(25) WWE Champion Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns (vs. Seth Rollins) WWE, "WrestleMania 31," March 29, 2015. (****1/2)

(26) WWE World Champion Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose, WWE, "Elimination Chamber," May 31, 2015. (****1/2)

(27) EVOLVE Champion Timothy Thatcher vs. Zack Sabre Jr., EVOLVE, “EVOLVE 47,” Aug. 15, 2015. (****1/2)

(28) Bullet Club (A.J. Styles & Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson & Nick Jackson & Matt Jackson) vs. ROH All-Stars (Jay Briscoe & Mark Briscoe & Hanson & Raymond Rowe & Roderick Strong) in a 10 Man Tag match, ROH, "Global Wars 2015: Night 1, May 15, 2015. (****1/2)

(29) IWGP IC Champion Hirooki Goto vs. IWGP Hvt. Champion Okada, NJPW, "G1 Climax 25: Night 8,"Aug. 1, 2015. (****1/2)

(30) Kota Ibushi vs. A.J. Styles, NJPW, "G1 Climax 25: Night 5," July 26, 2015. (****1/2)

(31) Mike Bailey vs. Chris Hero, EVOLVE, “EVOLVE 47,” Aug. 15, 2015. (****1/2)

(32) Never Openweight Champion Togi Makabe vs. Tomohiro Ishii, NJPW, "Wrestle Kingdom 9," Jan. 4, 2015. (****1/2)

(33) WWE World Hvt. Champion Seth Rollins vs. Randy Orton vs. Dean Ambrose vs. Roman Reigns, WWE, "Payback," May 17, 2015. (****1/2)

(34) IWGP IC Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hirooki Goto, NJPW, "Wrestling Donkatu 2015," May 3, 2015. (****1/2)

(35) A.J. Styles vs. Adam Cole, ROH, "War of the Worlds 2015: Night 1," May 12, 2015. (****1/2)

(36) The Bullet Club (A.J. Styles & Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson) vs. The Kingdom (Adam Cole & Michael Bennett & Matt Taven), ROH, "Best in the World 2015," June 19, 2015. (****1/2)

(37) Finn Balor vs. Adrian Neville, NXT, "Takeover Rival," Feb. 11, 2015. (****1/2)

(38) ROH World Tag Team Champions ReDRagon vs. The Young Bucks, ROH, "13th Ann," March 1, 2015. (****1/2)

(39) Kota Ibushi vs. Tetsuya Naito, "NJPW Cup 2015 Final," NJPW, March 15, 2015. (****1/2)

(40) A.J. Styles vs. Will Ospreay, "High Stakes 2015," RPW, Feb. 15 2015. (****1/2)


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