100 Wrestling PPVs You Must See Before You Die
Over 1,000 matches. 10 Promotions. Over 25 Years. 100 Wrestling PPVs. 1 Epic List.
Wrestling has a rich history of legendary matches, rivalries and angles, the majority of which happened on Pay-Per-View events. Since the mid-1980s, the PPV has been the go-to platform for showcasing the best of professional wrestling in the United States and abroad.
Because of this said rich history, it has been hard for one to find a comprehensive list of must-watch PPVs.
Until now.
This comprehensive gallery will list the 100 most must-watch PPV shows since the first WrestleMania. It will feature shows by WWF/E, WCW/Jim Crockett Promotions, ECW, TNA, Ring of Honor (ROH), New Japan Pro Wrestling, Pro Wrestling NOAH, All Japan Women's Pro Wrestling (AJW), Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) and Dragon Gate. The matches have been ranked based off of the quality of the shows and overall fan response to the shows themselves.
Out of the thousands of wrestling PPVs out there, these are the 100 best PPVs in the history of professional wrestling, with the top 20 being those PPVs that have been lauded as the most outstanding shows by fans and wrestling observers alike.
The #1 spot on this list will goes to the one PPV that you absolutely must watch, due to the sheer quality and praise towards the production and wrestling involved.
At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what your personal preferences are between one promotion and another. What does matter is that you finish this gallery with a much wider breadth of knowledge on the best wrestling shows and that you go out there and watch all of these high-quality PPVs before your time runs out.
100. NJPW: Wrestle Kingdom IX
This is undoubtedly the best PPV of the last 10 years at least; and top to bottom, each match on the card will blow you away.
If there was ever any reason to think that NJPW could compete with or even overtake WWE in terms of quality of wrestling and production, this is it.
Key matches: Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (IWGP World Title), Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi (IWGP Intercontinental Title), Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makabe (NEVER Openweight Championship)