10 Best Wrestling Matches Of The Week (July 29)

Another week of great matches in the professional wrestling world.

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Another week, another plethora of high quality matches. 2016 may be something of a horrible year for the world in general, but for professional wrestling fans it has been an absolute delight. The past seven days have seen top quality shows from WWE and NJPW once again, along with an impressive outing from WCPW and a return to form for Ring of Honor.

WWE Battleground was a lot of fun from top to bottom, headlined by one of the most anticipated matches in recent memory. WWE followed this up with one of the best RAW's of the year, and whilst SmackDown. NXT and the Cruiserweight Classic weren't on that level it has still been a stellar week in WWE.

The NJPW G1 Climax continued to roll on, as the stories evolve and injuries begin to take their toll on the field. Still, every show to date has given us one great match, and the past seven days have been no different.

ROH put on arguably their best TV episode of the year, a show headlined by a ROH World Championship match. It was the second defence of that belt of the week, as champion Jay Lethal also put it on the line at WCPW's 'Built to Destroy'.

Add to this more goodness from TNA and you've got yourself a great week of pro graps. These 10 matches stood out the most for me however.

10. Jay Lethal Vs. Kyle O'Reilly - Ring Of Honor TV

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I'll start this week with one of two Ring of Honor World Championship matches to appear on the list. This one happened on ROH TV and saw champion Jay Lethal defend his title against #1 Contender Kyle O'Reilly, a man that ROH are coming dangerously close to missing the boat with.

The match was scheduled to take up the entire hour long broadcast, but O'Reilly was attacked before Lethal could even make it out. His assailants were Adam Cole and The Young Bucks, continuing Bullet Club's theme of ruining ROH Championship matches.

The match was put on hold and rescheduled for later in the evening. The pre-match at that point was very well done, with heel Lethal showing heart and conscience whilst O'Reilly looked as tough as ever in demanding the match go ahead.

The injured shoulder would be too much for O'Reilly however, and Lethal retained his title after a Lethal Injection. Whilst the shenanigans made sure the match was a whole lot shorter than expected, both men did excellent character work and the action they got was fantastic.

Lethal continues to move towards a face turn in future, and O'Reilly's stock has never been higher. These are two of the best in the world right now.

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Born in the middle of Wales in the middle of the 1980's, John can't quite remember when he started watching wrestling but he has a terrible feeling that Dino Bravo was involved. Now living in Prague, John spends most of his time trying to work out how Tomohiro Ishii still stands upright. His favourite wrestler of all time is Dean Malenko, but really it is Repo Man. He is the author of 'An Illustrated History of Slavic Misery', the best book about the Slavic people that you haven't yet read. You can get that and others from www.poshlostbooks.com.