10 Best TV Wrestling Matches Ever

2. Kenny Omega & Hangman Page Vs. The Lucha Bros. - AEW Dynamite, February 19, 2020

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Securing three places on this list, Fénix was built to thrill on the televised stage: he is a jaw-dropping performer, a new breed of pro wrestling magician, in that if we all know how it's a work, we've still no idea how he does it. He treats every in-ring appearance equally. This is to his detriment - he gets badly banged up every few months or so - but it's all for the taste of intoxicating, infectious adrenaline.

There is no TV gear with Fénix.

Kenny Omega is a details genius and structured a match so deftly that it could never draw "spot-fest" accusations in good faith, as if exhilaration is a bad thing. He was intelligent enough to fold a Charley horse into the story of the match - organically, as a result of a vicious Pentagon sh*t-kicking - allowing a seamless and literal platform on which to immerse the crowd in the cauldron heat of a breath-taking final third.

Omega used his core strength to counter a Canadian Destroyer on the apron, but the muscle spasm left him prone. Fénix took advantage by hovering in midair and sending him to the mat with a hurricanrana so spectacular that you can make out an actual shriek through the stunned cacophony.

A TV masterpiece promoted to strengthen the Tag Team Champions ahead of a pay-per-view masterpiece, this was the highlight of AEW's seminal February of 2020.

So seminal, in fact, that on second thought...

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!