Best of Puroresu Year By Year from 2000-2009 (New Japan, All Japan, NOAH, Misawa, Kobashi, Takayama, Akiyama)

Hey yo Stud Muffins & Foxy Ladies,

Originally, I wanted to post all my original reviews of the below match, but unfortunately there is just not enough time in the world. I will get around to them eventually, but for now if you head on over to prowrestlingonly.com, you can find them there.

I have been watching a ton of great 80s wrestling and I am loving every minute of it. My mood is currently to watch all this great wrestling rather writing about it. I don't want my writing fatigue to rob you all of great content. I decided to throw up this comp piece detailing my selections for the Best 100 matches to take place in Japan between 2000-2009 by year.

I still plan to release all the reviews for these matches on my blog and at the end of that, I will post them in proper order from #100-#1.

Enjoy all this kickass Japanese Pro Wrestling!

ICHIBAN~!

2000
1. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama - Budokan 02/27/00
2. Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi vs Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka - NJ PPV 12/14/00
3. All Japan Triple Crown Champion Kenta Kobashi vs Yoshihiro Takayama - All Japan 05/26/00
4. IWGP Champion Kensuke Sasaki vs Toshiaki Kawada - 10/00 Tokyo Dome Non-Title
5. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Genichiro Tenryu vs Kensuke Sasaki - 01/04/00
6. Hashimoto & Iizuka vs Ogawa & Murkami - Tokyo Dome 01/04/00
7. IWGP Jr Hvywt Tag Champs Ohtani & Takaiwa vs Kanemoto & Minoru - NJPW  6/25/00
8. Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama - Budokan 12/23/00
9. Toshiaki Kawada & Genichiro Tenryu vs Stan Hansen & Taiyo Kea - Budokan 07/23/00 
10.  Genichiro Tenryu vs Toshiaki Kawada - Vacant All Japan Triple Crown 10/28/00
11. Kenta Kobashi vs Takao Omori - Champions Carnival Final '00

12. Yuki Ishikawa vs Kazunari Murakami - BattlArts 11/26/00
13. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada - Champions Carnival '00
14. Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama - NOAH #2 08/06/00

Match of the Year: Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama - Budokan 02/27/00

New Japan Match of the Year: Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi vs Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka - NJ PPV 12/14/00

Pre-Split All Japan Match of the Year: Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama - Budokan 02/27/00

Post-Split All Japan Match of the Year: Toshiaki Kawada & Genichiro Tenryu vs Stan Hansen & Taiyo Kea - Budokan 07/23/00

Pro Wrestling NOAH Match of The Year: Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama - Budokan 12/23/00

Juniors Match of The Year: IWGP Jr Hvywt Tag Champs Ohtani & Takaiwa vs Kanemoto & Minoru - NJPW  6/25/00

Tag Team Match of The Year: Toshiaki Kawada & Masa Fuchi vs Yuji Nagata & Takashi Iizuka - NJ PPV 12/14/00

2001

1. All Japan Triple Crown Champion Genichiro Tenryu vs Keiji Mutoh - Budokan 6/8/01
2. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Yoshihiro Takayama - Budokan 4/15/01 GHC Title Finals

3. Keiji Mutoh vs Toshiaki Kawada - Champions Carnival 04/01
4. GHC Champion Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyama - Budokan 07/27/01
5. IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champion Minoru Tanaka vs Takehiro Murahama - NJPW 4/20/01
6. GHC Heavyweight Champion Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue - Budokan 5/01
7. Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama - Zero-One 3/2/01
8. Genichiro Tenryu & Masa Fuchi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Nobutaka Araya - AJPW 6/30/01
9. Minoru Tanaka vs AKIRA - NJPW BOSJ 05/28/01
10. Kensuke Sasaki vs Toshiaki Kawada - IWGP Championship Tokyo Dome 01/04/01
11. Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue vs Jun Akiyama & Vader - NOAH 1/13/01

Match of the Year: All Japan Triple Crown Champion Genichiro Tenryu vs Keiji Mutoh - Budokan 6/8/01

New Japan Match of The Year: IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champion Minoru Tanaka vs Takehiro Murahama - NJPW 4/20/01

All Japan Match of the Year: All Japan Triple Crown Champion Genichiro Tenryu vs Keiji Mutoh - Budokan 6/8/01

Pro Wrestling NOAH Match of The Year: Mitsuharu Misawa vs Yoshihiro Takayama - Budokan 4/15/01 GHC Title Finals

Juniors Match of The Year: IWGP Jr Heavyweight Champion Minoru Tanaka vs Takehiro Murahama - NJPW 4/20/01

Tag Team Match of the Year: Shinya Hashimoto & Yuji Nagata vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama - Zero-One 3/2/01

2002

1. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata vs Kazunari Murakami - NJPW 12/12/02

2. GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshinari Ogawa vs Yoshihiro Takayama - NOAH 9/7/02
3. New Japan (Liger & Minoru ) vs. NOAH (Kikuchi & Kanemaru) - NOAH 4/7/02
4. Genichiro Tenryu vs Satoshi Kojima - AJPW 07/07/02
5. New Japan (Liger &  Inoue) vs NOAH (Kikuchi &  Kanemaru) - NOAH 2/17/02
6. Genichiro Tenryu & Nobutaka Araya vs Taiyo Kea & Kazushi Miyamoto - AJPW 4/27/02
7.  IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata vs Yoshihiro Takayama - Tokyo Dome 5/2/02
8. IWGP Jr Tag Champions Liger & Tanaka vs Kikuchi & Kanemaru - NJPW 8/29/02
9. GHC Tag Champions Akiyama & Saito vs Kobashi & Shiga - NOAH 10/19/02

Match of the Year: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata vs Kazunari Murakami - NJPW 12/12/02

New Japan Match of the Year: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata vs Kazunari Murakami - NJPW 12/12/02

Pro Wrestling NOAH Match of the Year:  GHC Heavyweight Champion Yoshinari Ogawa vs Yoshihiro Takayama - NOAH 9/7/02

Miscellaneous Promotion Match of The Year: Genichiro Tenryu & Nobutaka Araya vs Taiyo Kea & Kazushi Miyamoto - AJPW 4/27/02

Juniors Match of the Year: New Japan (Liger & Minoru ) vs. NOAH (Kikuchi & Kanemaru) - NOAH 4/7/02

Tag Team Match of The Year: New Japan (Liger & Minoru ) vs. NOAH (Kikuchi & Kanemaru) - NOAH 4/7/02

2003

1. GHC Heavyweight Champion Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi - Budokan 03/01/03

2. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi vs Yoshinari Ogawa – Budokan 11/01/03 3. Toshiaki Kawada vs Naoya Ogawa - Zero-One 12/14/03
4. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi vs Tamon Honda - NOAH 04/13/03
5. Akira Taue vs Yuji Nagata - NOAH 6/6/03
6. KENTAFuji vs Jushin Liger & Murahama - GHC Jr Heavyweight Tag Title Final 07/16/03

7. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Shinya Hashimoto vs Satoshi Kojima - AJPW 6/13/03
8. Toryumon Trios Four-Way - Toryumon 08/30/03
9. IWGP Jr. Tag Champions Kikuchi & Kanemaru vs Liger & Kanemoto - NOAH 1/26/03
10. GHC Tag Champions  (Akiyama & Saito) vs  (Kobashi & Honda) - Budokan 6/6/03
11. Mitsuharu Misawa vs Takuma Sano - NOAH 6/6/03
12. Low Ki vs AJ Styles - Z1 01/05/03

Match of the Year: GHC Heavyweight Champion Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi - Budokan 03/01/03

Best Pro Wrestling NOAH Match of the Year: GHC Heavyweight Champion Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi - Budokan 03/01/03

Best Miscellaneous Promotion Match of the Year: Toshiaki Kawada vs Naoya Ogawa - Zero-One 12/14/03

Best Juniors Match of the Year: Toryumon Trios Four-Way - Toryumon 08/30/03

Best Tag Team Match of The Year: Toryumon Trios Four-Way - Toryumon 08/30/03

2004

1. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi vs Yoshihiro Takayama - Budokan 04/25/04
2. GHC Tag Team Champions Misawa & Ogawa vs KENTAFuji  Budokan 04/25/04
3. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue - NOAH 09/10/04

4. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama - Tokyo Dome 07/10/04 
5. AJPW Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada vs Shinya Hashimoto - AJPW 02/22/04
6. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Hiroyuki Ito - U-Style 08/18/04
7. KENTA vs Yoshihiro Takayama - NOAH 06/27/04
8. Kazuyuki Fujita vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW 6/5/04 Vacant IWGP Championship
9. Yoshihiro Takayama vs Kensuke Sasaki - G-1 Climax '04
10. Toshiaki Kawada vs Katsuyori Shibata - NJPW 11/03/04

Match of the Year: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi vs Yoshihiro Takayama - Budokan 04/25/04

Best Pro Wrestling NOAH Match of the Year: GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi vs Yoshihiro Takayama - Budokan 04/25/04

Best Miscellaneous Promotion Match of the Year: AJPW Triple Crown Champion Toshiaki Kawada vs Shinya Hashimoto - AJPW 02/22/04

Best Juniors Match of the Year: N/A

Best Tag Team Match of The Year: GHC Tag Team Champions Misawa & Ogawa vs KENTAFuji  Budokan 04/25/04

2005

1. Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue vs Genichiro Tenryu & Jun Akiyama - Budokan 9/18/05
2. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion KENTA vs. SUWA - Budokan 9/18/05
3. Yuki Ishikawa vs Daisuke Ikeda - FUTEN 4/24/05

4. Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiozaki vs Jun Akiyama & Genichiro Tenryu - Budokan 4/24/2005

5. Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiozaki vs Kensuke Sasaki/Katsuhiko Nakajima - NOAH 11/5/05
6. Open The Triangle Champions Do Fixer  vs. Blood Generation Dragon Gate 2005
7.  Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada - Tokyo Dome 7/18/05 
8. GHC Heavyweight Champion Kenta Kobashi vs Minoru Suzuki - Budokan 01/08/05
9. GHC Champion Takeshi Rikio vs Akira Taue - Budokan 11/5/05
10. Jun Akiyama vs Katsuyori Shibata - Wrestle-1 08/05

Match of the Year: Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue vs Genichiro Tenryu & Jun Akiyama - Budokan 9/18/05

Best Pro Wrestling NOAH Match of the Year: Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue vs Genichiro Tenryu & Jun Akiyama - Budokan 9/18/05

Best Miscellaneous Promotion Match of the Year: Yuki Ishikawa vs Daisuke Ikeda - FUTEN 4/24/05

Best Juniors Match of the Year: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion KENTA vs. SUWA - Budokan 9/18/05

Best Tag Team Match of The Year:Kenta Kobashi & Akira Taue vs Genichiro Tenryu & Jun Akiyama - Budokan 9/18/05

2006
1. GHC Heavyweight Champion Akira Taue vs Jun Akiyama - Budokan 01/22/06
2. KENTA vs Bryan Danielson - NOAH 12/2/06
3. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - NJPW 12/10/06
4. Osamu Nishimura vs Tatsumi Fujinami - MUGA 9/25/06 Two Out of three Falls
5. Osamu Nishimura vs Hiro Saito - MUGA 08/02/06

Match of the Year: GHC Heavyweight Champion Akira Taue vs Jun Akiyama - Budokan 01/22/06

Best Pro Wrestling NOAH Match of the Year: GHC Heavyweight Champion Akira Taue vs Jun Akiyama - Budokan 01/22/06

Best Miscellaneous Promotion Match of the Year: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - NJPW 12/10/06

Best Juniors Match of the Year: KENTA vs Bryan Danielson - NOAH 12/2/06

Best Tag Team Match of The Year: N/A

2007
1. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yuji Nagata- NJPW 4/13/07
2. Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama - 12/02/07
3. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Yuji Nagata vs Togi Makabe - NJPW 07/06/07
4. AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Champion Shuji Kondo vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - AJPW 2/17/07
5. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Hirooki Goto - NJPW 11/11/07
6. AJPW TRIPLE Crown Champion Minoru Suzuki vs Keiji Mutoh - AJPW 07/01/07
7. KENTA & Taiji Ishimori vs Naomichi Marufuji & Kota Ibushi - Budokan 7/15/07
8. GHC Heavyweight Champion Mitsuharu Misawa vs Takuma Sano - Budokan 4/28/07

Match of the Year: WGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yuji Nagata- NJPW 4/13/07

Best Pro Wrestling NOAH Match of the Year: Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama - 12/02/07

Best New Japan Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Yuji Nagata- NJPW 4/13/07

Best Miscellaneous Promotion Match of the Year: AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Champion Shuji Kondo vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - AJPW 2/17/07

Best Juniors Match of the Year: AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Champion Shuji Kondo vs Katsuhiko Nakajima - AJPW 2/17/07

Best Tag Team Match of The Year: Kenta Kobashi & Yoshihiro Takayama vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama - 12/02/07

2008
1.  Yuki Ishikawa & Muneori Sawa vs Super Tiger II & Manabu Hara - BattlArts 11/16/08
2. Ishikawa, Otsuka, Sawa vs Ikeda, Super Tiger II, Usuda - BattlArts 7/26/08 
3. GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima vs Kensuke Sasaki - Budokan 9/6/08
4. Kobashi/Honda/Taniguchi vs. Morishima/Marufuji/Sugiura - NOAH 2/21/08
5. GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Bryan Danielson vs KENTA - NOAH 10/13/08
6. Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Suwama - AJPW Champions Carnival '08
7. Ikuto Hidaka & Muneori Sawa vs Yuki Ishikawa &  Yuta Yoshikawa - BattlArts 8/31/08

8. Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Champion Yoshitune vs Fujita Jr Hayato - M-Pro 12/12/08

9. Yuki Ishikawa vs Carl Greco - BattlArts 06/01/08


Match of the Year: Yuki Ishikawa & Muneori Sawa vs Super Tiger II & Manabu Hara - BattlArts 11/16/08

Best Pro Wrestling NOAH Match of the Year:GHC Heavyweight Champion Takeshi Morishima vs Kensuke Sasaki - Budokan 9/6/08


Best Miscellaneous Promotion Match of the Year:  Yuki Ishikawa & Muneori Sawa vs Super Tiger II & Manabu Hara - BattlArts 11/16/08

Best Juniors Match of the Year: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion Bryan Danielson vs KENTA - NOAH 10/13/08

Best Tag Team Match of The Year: Yuki Ishikawa & Muneori Sawa vs Super Tiger II & Manabu Hara - BattlArts 11/16/08

2009
1. Fujita Jr. Hayato vs Koji Kanemoto - NJPW Super J Cup 12/02/09
2. Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Champion Fujita Jr Hayato vs Great Sasuke - M-Pro 6/19/09 
3.  GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion KENTA vs Kotaro Suzuki - NOAH 1/25/09 
4. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs Shinjiro Ohtani  - NJPW 10/12/09
5. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Jun Akiyama & KENTA - NOAH 10/03/09
6. Go Shiozaki & Sugiura vs Nakamura & Milano Collection AT - NOAH 3/01/09

7. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Manabu Nakanishi vs Hiroshi Tanahashi - NJPW 6/20/09
8. GHC Champion Jun Akiyama vs KENTA - NOAH 5/17/09
9. IWGP Heavyweight Champion Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Shinsuke Nakamura - NJPW 2/15/09

10. AJPW TRIPLE Crown Champion Yoshihiro Takayama vs Suwama - 8/30/09

11. Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Champion Fujita Jr Hayato vs Ou Kobushi - M-Pro 9/5/09

12. GHC Jr. Champion KENTA vs Katushiko Nakajima - K-OFFICE 02/11/09

Match of the Year: Fujita Jr. Hayato vs Koji Kanemoto - NJPW Super J Cup 12/02/09

Best Pro Wrestling NOAH Match of the Year: GHC Jr. Heavyweight Champion KENTA vs Kotaro Suzuki - NOAH 1/25/09 

Best New Japan Pro Wrestling Match of the Year: Fujita Jr. Hayato vs Koji Kanemoto - NJPW Super J Cup 12/02/09

Best Miscellaneous Promotion Match of the Year: Tohoku Junior Heavyweight Champion Fujita Jr Hayato vs Great Sasuke - M-Pro 6/19/09

Best Juniors Match of the Year: Fujita Jr. Hayato vs Koji Kanemoto - NJPW Super J Cup 12/02/09

Best Tag Team Match of The Year: Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Jun Akiyama & KENTA - NOAH 10/03/09