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Positive AEW videos give me life😊

The "finisher duel" from Osprey/Danielson will live rent-free in my head for the rest of my fandom. That and Swerve's incredible year, what a time to be a fan.

Dom Allen making an appearance on pfk is something i didn't know I needed until today

It's impressive that, in a three month span of time, Darby Allen managed to break his foot, get hit by a bus, and tell a live audience that he was possibly going to die climbing Mt. Everest... and NONE of them were as stupid as that brilliant spot on Revolution.

Swerve vs Hangman rejuvenated my love for pro wrestling after severe disappointment from summerslam. That match will always have a special place in my mind and heart. Also made me a swerve fan.

The Vegan Hydra.... I don't know why but I freaking LOVE that name😅😅😅

Here's to another 5 years, AEW

Sting's Retirement match at Revolution 2024 was an incredible ending to one of the legends of professional wrestling. 🦂

Early for a fun AEW video. The company has it's issues but it puts on some incredible matches Omega vs Ospreay 2, Danielson vs ZSJ, Sting's retirement match was a lot of fun, and the absolute brutality of Hangman vs Swerve's death match. Such great wrestling all around.

"Wrestling is so f*cking cool..." Tempest really nailed it.

I only really got into AEW last year and the first PPV i watched was Full Gear and I will never forget that Deathmatch - or any of the matches on this list !

Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr from WrestleDream is my #1. Honourable mentions to Bryan Danielson vs. Will Ospreay from AEW Dynasty.

I was there at Forbidden Door and for that reason Kenny/Ospreay is my favourite AEW match of the year and possibly ever. Being in that crowd for that match was absolute magic.

Okada vs Danielson vs Osprey vs Omega is a match i absolutely need to see in AEW and regardless if one of the 4 has the world title or not, that match will be the main event of any ppv.

List idea: Best NXT graduates who never won NXT gold

Great list (and yes, Tempest Ospreay-Omega II was that great live). For me, I would have to give some love to Swerve-Hangman III. The 2nd best double turn in all of wresting history.

Danielson Vs ZSJ makes me cry every time i watch it. It is perfection.

I will die on this hill but I truly feel that Tempest is not only the best Brian in wrestling journalism, but genuinely the most enthusiastic, knowledgeable wrestling journalist in the world right now. I'm always captivated by him talking "shop"

I was live for the FTR vs Bullet Club Gold. The best match I’ve seen live and the craziest I’ve seen the Dome since Canadian Stampede ‘97

For all the drama and Internet trolls aew continues to put out great matches bell to bell. That being said ironicly I think my number 1 is the all in main event which, although great in ring, was a real sports entertainment match which I marked out hard for

11:59 Danielson vs Okada vs Omega vs Osprey in the future?

Young bucks vs Omega & Hangman at Revolution 2020 was incredible…

Will Ospreay will be in more than half of the matches for the next year.

Will Ospreay vs Takeshita over FTR vs. Bullet Club Gold is actually insane. That was literally one of the best tag matches of the modern era, and we got it on free television.

Dom has shown up! Communopoly for all of Wrestletalk!

My favorite tag team matches were Acclaimed vs Swerve and Keith Lee, Bullet Club Gold vs FTR on Collision

Tempest, The Khanglomerate is insaneeeeeeeeeee work 😂😂

Omega, Okada, Danielson, Ospreay. Best of their generation, all performing in AEW. You might call them an.... Elite Four?

It says so much about the last 12 months that everything that happened at Forbidden Door couldn't get higher than the honourable mention. Another incredible year by Tony Khans house of [insert good pun here].

The second i saw dom i actually watched the ad

I’m so glad I was able to see the osprey vs Danielson match in person

Seeing Ospreay and Danielson live was literally the greatest experience I have ever had as a wrestling fan.

My fave replacement match was probably when WWE finally gave us Balor vs Styles. Especially because it saved us from watching Bray Wyatt crossdress and the Demon look like a pumpkin.

For replacement matches, TLC 2017 lucking itself into an AJ Styles/Finn Balor match and Kurt Angle coming out of retirement has to be top of the list

My biggest qualm with AEW from years 1-3 to years 4-5 is that weekly Dynamite and Collision is mostly full of squash matches or rather “Established Guy Expected to Win vs Monthly No-Name/Un-signed Guy Touring w the Company” and it just doesn’t create very compelling television. The storylines are still there, the wrestling is still there, but the star power and echelon of talent has dipped noticeably

calling it now. fatal 4-way for the world title between ospreay, danielson, omega and okada. 8 star classic match of the century

A positive AEW video with digs at Punk and WWE? This is kinda my jam lol

I was live at Wrestledream. What a show that was

Some matches that are also worth revisiting -MJF vs Adam Cole Dynamite(their All In bout is fine too, gets some hate for some sports entertainment shenanigans) -Adam Copeland vs Kyle O'Reilly -Roderick Strong vs Kyle O'Reilly -Adam Copeland vs Minoru Suzuki -Willow Nightingale vs Skye Blue Manitoba Massacre(just call it a street fight guys 😂) -Okada vs Pac -Eddie Kingston vs Bryan Danielson(I can't even decide which one, they had like three of them and they were all great.) -Swerve Vs Hangman Wrestledream(the only tradegy with their Texas Death Match is people forget how good their other match was) -Takeshita vs Omega -Bryan Danieslon vs Ricky Starks Texas Death Match(Better for me because Ricky Steamboat isn't being awkward on commentary) -Mark Briscoe vs Eddie Kingston(I know its ROH, but I feel like such an amazing moment was lost in the shuffle because that weekend had way too much wrestling to watch.) If I am going to throw in ROH at the end Athena's matches at DBD and FB with Willow and Billie needs a mention.

2:25 Poor Dave. 😂

I think the Starks/Danielson match should be a few places higher considering they only had 1 week to put it together, but great list. I was in St. Louis for Dynasty and you could feel the electricity in the air during the Ospreay/Danielson match

Osprey, Bryan, Omega, Okada, and adding MJF, Cole, Black, Fenix, PAC (and i'm absolutely forgetting others) There is SOOOO much insane talent in AEW its just crazy :)

Despite all the negative vibes the past year AEW keeps giving us classics

Danielson vs Zack one of the best matches I've seen in my life no bs. I'd love to see a fatal 5 way between them and will osprey Kenny omega Daniel Garcia

I need that fatal 4 way match before Danielson retires now. my SOUL needs it.

Sting's retirement match will be the best for me. Had a stupid grin on my face the entire time.

My list of honorable mentions Jade Cargill vs Kris Statlander Rampage - Cargill's last match, if you think Cargill needs more time in ring, this match shows you she's able to have bangers. Bryan Danielson vs. Hechicero Collision - Never seen a Hechicero match, shit blew my mind Eddie Kingston vs. Claudio Castagnoli Dynamite Grand Slam - Eddie's journey to the ROH title in a match with a really good build. Other Takeshita Matches Bandido - Rampage Kyle Fletcher - Rampage Komander - Rampage Darby Allin - Dynamite Cassidy's Run As International Champ Last Year Bandido - Dynamite Penta El Zero Miedo - Dynamite Stadium Stampede - All In (I really love the ending to this match) Cassidy/Darby Allin vs. Bishop Kaun/Toa Liona - Dynamite vs. Keith Lee/Swerve Strickland - Dynamite Watch ROH PPVs Athena vs. Willow Nightingale Death Before Dishonor - Everybody who watches ROH likes Athena, this match shows you why. ROH World TV Championship Elimination 5 Way Final Battle - Fletcher's holding this title for a while Vikingo vs. Taurus Final Battle - If you haven't watched the Supercard match vs Komander this one will do as well.

I know it wasnt everyones cup of tea. But I'd have included Eddie vs Mox in the CC finals.

I have experienced some great AEW matches but Bryan vs Will at Dynasty was an all-time great. Crowd was white hot and it took three days for my voice to recover.

6:48 that concept in general would make a good top 10. Top 10 replacement matches.

Looking back, I don’t think All In at Wembley last year lived up to the hype so I find it very bold from Tempest and actually commend him for not putting any matches from that card on this list. The fact that All Out the following week was a far superior show without any proper build also says something with OC vs Moxley and Starks vs Danielson being legit MOTY candidates.

Good list. Can't argue against any of them.

The closest I can come up with for a good replacement match is Demon Finn Balor vs AJ Styles replacing Demon Balor vs Bray Wyatt as Sister Abigail during TLC 2017. I'd even argue that this was a better replacement match because with the strap match we were in for a great match regardless, but with the other, we had the first WWE match between the "Too Sweet" Bullet Club leaders replacing spooky supernatural hijinx, and were spared having to see Bray Wyatt portraying Sister Abigail.

Don’t wanna rank them but my favourite from 2023 definitely FTR v Bullet club gold 2 out of 3 falls, others Danielson v Zack Swerve v Hangman Texas death Cole v MJF all in Vikingo v Omega MJF v Omega Didn’t see all the ppv’s

that music it is like nails on a chalk board

There are few ways 2024 can top Danielson vs Ospreay. For me, they amount to some combination of Ospreay, Omega, Okada and Danielson. And really, if we could find a way to do THAT as a four way? My god. My eyes might bleed in joy.

“What happens after that was highly unfortunate, but we’ll just ignore that”

Ricky Starks… AEW really knows how to create main events guys. Perfect booking

Now do the top 10 best matches from the first 5 years - I can only imagine Tempest would have serious trouble trying to rank them!

I was lucky to see mjf vs Kenny live 5 star match in my opinion

I didn’t think anyone at Wrestletalk was allowed to mention AEW without nitpicking the shit out of something, but good list!

Bryan Danielson is a wrestling machine! He's my guy!

For me it was Omega v Osprey at Forbidden Door. Thank you Tony Khan

AZM single-handedly saved the women world title scene, she beat the hooper back into Toni

How the top 3 to 5 slots on a list of AEW'S best yr. 5 matches doesn't have @Sting in every position is a crime against wrestling. Easily on this list, besides the retirement match, I would've included the tag belt win, the Dynamite face-off between Sting/Darby vs. Jericho/Sammy and their All Out battle with Christian/Swerve. And that's just off the top of my head.

For replacement matches Finn Balor vs AJ Styles, instead of cross dressing spooky Bray Wyatt at his worst, we got this

Saraya vs Hikaru Shida vs Toni Storm at All In. Saraya getting the gold in front of her country was great and the birth of Timeless Toni Storm.

I watched a highlights vid on hangman vs Swerve the song was baseball bat by SIM it fit the match

The title gets thrown around alot, but i genuinely believe Bryan Danielson is THE best professional wrestler of all time. He went from an indie guy building the top stars, to creating an entire new era in WWE, to being retired but never being bitter, returning and putting on the best wrestling matches ever, all the while being a genuine good person and elevating new talent. He has done literally everything in the business and stayed in the business (even reality shows!) all the while being a good person, I cant name anyone else who has that reputation

You can’t be positive about AEW…. That’s Against the new rules.

A better replacement match was Triple H vs Daniel Bryan at Mania 30 because the original would be Punk vs Trips and yes if Punk did win at Mania 30 who knows he might've stayed but there's doubt that Trips vs DB at Mania 30 for a show opener was one hell of a banger and my personal favourite show opener match

Steve Austin replacing Shawn Michaels for WrestleMania 13 is by far the best and most influential replacement match of all time :)

2025 Predictions: Bryan Danielson, Kazuchika Okada, Kenny Omega, and Will Ospreay become a SuperKliq faction called DO3 and hold all of the gold by the end of 2025.

Every time I see takeshitas name my brain auto corrects it to "take a shit a".

NOOO TEMPEST DON'T PRAISE AEW YOU'LL BE LYNCHED BY THE WWE TRIBALS NOOOOOOO

So many people crap on the Bucks but they did great in the Sting match and they are doing great with their current run as evil authority figures. And I can just see the E-drones and bots on the way to shout me down. Go ahead.

5 Years...

CANT WAIT FOR DOUBLE OR NOTHING 🎲 💯

Better replacement match nominee - Demon Finn vs Bray (in what I'm guessing would have been a match based around theatrics, which does have its place and all) is changed to a 20 minute fast-paced tech affair between Demon Finn and AJ Styles at TLC.

The problem isn't the incredible matches. Even I can book these matches by just writing names on a sheet of paper. The in ring stuff will be just as good. The problem is that the multi million dollar company has utterly failed to elevate any of these matches from their side with their non existent booking.

Ospreay/takeshita should’ve been 1 it’s the best match of 2024 so far

Man in the mask, please keep up the AEW vibes videos please

Sting’s retirement match was perfect imho, my MOTY so far. Just a load of silly fun Edit: MJF/Adam Cole from All In London is one of the best matches I’ve seen live, it blended in so many aspects of wrestling into one match it was insane

Really hating these atrocious 2 minute intro ads

Replacement match, I'd go with Balor vs Styles TLC 2017

Are we in Narnia?

Orange Cassidy not being in the main event picture after his title return should be criminal...

I'm really surprised the Four Pillars 4 Way Match didn't make the list

"The fancy man noooooooooooo"

no mjf vs danielson iron man match is criminal

Here’s a great replacement match: Aj Styles instead of Jinder Mahaal vs Brock Lesnar 🤣

NUMBER 10 WAS ON MY BDAY

Fancy Man vs Turbo Jack in a shoot fight who would win brother

i fucking love wrestling

I'd like to watch Sabre jr Vs Danielson 3 at all In

Aew: shit since day one excluding the Cody vs Dustin match which says it all

Ospreay Omega 2 is the best match I’ve ever seen, because I saw it live, wish you’d been there Tempest

Kinda hard to know considering how much content they push it’s hard to find the good aew matches

Ospreay vs omega is a close no 2 easily