10 Best Wrestling Matches Of 2020 (So Far)

6. Jon Moxley Vs. Minoru Suzuki - NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka

If it were possible for a professional wrestling match to wear a leather jacket and have a ten-inch c*ck, it would be this professional wrestling match.

The dynamic was perfect before Moxley and Suzuki perfected it.

In a way, this perfected the particular brand of masculine energy that draws in the - and yes, your bespectacled writer is obviously included in the comparison - geekier pro wrestling fan that isn't necessarily interested in real combat sports. It wasn't pastiche - they beat the sh*t out of each other, you couldn't not take it seriously - but it intersected perfectly the outsize theatre of professional wrestling and its hard-hitting physicality.

The theme of the match, and its vibrant, ghoulishly fun tone, was one of relish; they each wanted the match as much as the IWPG US Championship it was contested for.

Mox and Suzuki played it like the first act of a demented buddy movie before the friendship is formed, duelling with guardrails, stoically absorbing stiff-as-sh*t lariats and smiling with mutual appreciation as they smashed one another through tables.

There was more personality in this match than exists in real human beings.