10 Best Wrestling Matches Of 2020
10. Jon Moxley Vs. Minoru Suzuki - NJPW New Beginning
Like a fight at the back gates the lads were as up for as the bloodthirsty throng, this beast of a match played out like a celebration of war.
The dynamic was f*cking amazing. Jon Moxley and Minoru Suzuki worked the match with pure relish. A mutual respect, hatred - and crucially, enjoyment - drove an almost joyful narrative. This was such a unique approach. It felt as if they were born to fight one another, and that core beat in turn made this feel momentous. It was the match they most wanted - and therefore the match you most wanted - and the personality it was brimming with felt utterly infectious.
It was a brutal swagger of a match that played to the strengths of both men. Mox's love of pain and his unparalleled chest-puffing machismo is so perfect for the intoxicating rhythms of strong style that it's a wonder nobody didn't fantasy-book a New Japan run for all those years. The match made awesome use of Suzuki's sadistic and mischievous wit and movie villain body language. He was a riot mocking Mox's signature Mox Pose after braining him in the cheekbone with his trademark squelcher of a forearm.
An '80s b-movie fight drenched in charisma, this was as cool as it was funny as it was brutal.