10 Best Wrestling Matches For A Free Agent Daniel Bryan

1. Kazuchika Okada

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If there's one thing in pro wrestling that's become clear over the past year or so, it's this: there are good matches, there are great matches, and then there are Kazuchika Okada title defenses.

The current IWGP Heavyweight Champion officially became the "Ace" of New Japan with a victory over Hiroshi Tanahashi at Wrestle Kingdom 10, and since then, he's been the most consistently great performer in the sport. Granted, it doesn't hurt that he's taking on the likes of Kenny Omega, Tetsuya Naito, Naomichi Marufuji, and Minoru Suzuki, but those excellent contests all have one thing in common - the 29-year-old pro wrestling wizard that is "The Rainmaker."

Forget WrestleMania - there could be no greater stage for Daniel Bryan than the Tokyo Dome and challenging Okada for the belt in the main event of Wrestle Kingdom. Both men would pull out all of the stops to have the greatest match possible, and given their previous work, it would be obvious that the sky's the limit.

In the end, wrestling is all about drama - so whether it's Bryan locking Okada in the Yes! Lock or the Cattle Mutilation while the champ tries to get to the ropes, or Okada hitting a Rainmaker and holding onto Bryan's arm to deliver another, expect to watch the home stretch of the match without blinking.

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Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried. *Best Crowd of the Year, 2013