Greatest matches of the decade of the 90's
By: Dave Meltzer and WrestlingObserver.com
The http://deathvalleydriver.com web site has a listing of the top 200 matches of the decade of the 90s.
That gave me the idea for listing the best matches of the 90s as voted on by the readers of the Wrestling
Observer Newsletter in the annual Match of the Year balloting. So we've got a list here, in order, of the
Matches of the Year for every year:
1990:
1. Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (1-31) Osaka
2. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (6-8) Tokyo
3. Bobby Eaton & Stan Lane vs. Tracy Smothers & Steve Armstrong (7-8) Baltimore
4. Hulk Hogan vs. Ultimate Warrior (4-1) Toronto
5. Steiners vs. Nasty Boys (10-27) Chicago
6. Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs Dragon Master & Masanobu Kurisu (4-1) Tokyo
7. Keiji Muto vs. Hiroshi Hase (9-14) Hiroshima
8. Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger (2-25) Greensboro
9. Tommy Rogers & Bobby Fulton vs. Joe Malenko & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
10. Yoshihiro Asai vs. Negro Casas (6-7) Tokyo
11. Jushin Liger vs. Chris Benoit (8-19) Tokyo
1991:
1. Steiners vs. Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (3-21) Tokyo
2. Bull Nakano vs Akira Hokuto (1-4) Tokyo
3. Ric Flair & Larry Zbyszko & Sid Vicious & Barry Windham vs. Steiners & Sting & Brian Pillman
War Games (2-24) Phoenix
4. Cactus Jack vs. Eddie Gilbert (8-3) Philadelphia
5. Steiners vs. Sting & Lex Luger (5-19) St. Petersburg
6. Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko vs. Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes (11-18) Savannah
7. Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior (3-34) Los Angeles
8. Curt Hennig vs. Bret Hart (8-27) New York
9. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Masa
Fuchi (4-20) Tokyo
10. Jushin Liger vs. Hiroshi Hase (5-6) Tokyo
11. Keiji Muto vs. Masahiro Chono (8-11) Tokyo
12. Jushin Liger vs. Chris Benoit (10-18) Hiroshima
13. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Kenta Kobashi (5-24) Osaka
14. Hulk Hogan vs. Ric Flair (10-25) Oakland
15. Jushin Liger vs. Owen Hart (4-27) Okinawa
16. Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Toshiaki Kawada (10-24) Yokohama
17. Aja Kong & Bison Kimura vs. Esther Moreno & Manami Toyota (4-29) Tokyo
18. Ric Flair vs. Tatsumi Fujinami (3-21) Tokyo
1992:
1. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (5-25) Miyagi
2. Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (2-29) Milwaukee
3. Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue (4-25) Yokohama
4. Jushin Liger vs. El Samurai (4-30) Tokyo
5. Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada (8-15) Tokyo
6. El Hijo del Santo & Atsushi Onita & Tarzan Goto vs. Negro Casas & Tim Patterson & Horace
Boulder (5-16) Los Angeles
7. Sting & Nikita Koloff & Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat & Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson &
Bobby Eaton & Steve Austin & Larry Zbyszko & Rick Rude War Games (5-17) Jacksonville
8. Bret Hart vs. British Bulldog (8-29) London
9. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Yumiko Hotta & Suzuka Minami (3-17) Tokyo
10. Eddie Gilbert vs. Terry Funk (11-14) Wayne, NJ
11. Royal Rumble (1-19) Albany, NY
12. Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (12-27) East Rutherford, NJ
13. Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage (4-5) Indianapolis
14. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (11-27) Richfield, OH
15. Sting vs. Cactus Jack (6-20) Mobile
16. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Masa Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa (7-5) Tokyo
17. Sting vs. Big Van Vader (7-18) Albany
18. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue (4-20) Tokyo
19. Rick Rude vs. Masahiro Chono (8-12) Tokyo
1993:
1. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki (4-11) Osaka
2. Steve Williams vs. Kenta Kobashi (8-31) Toyohashi
3. Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori (4-2) Yokohama
4. Cactus Jack vs. Vader (10-24) New Orleans
5. Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi (7-29) Tokyo
6. Hikari Fukuoka & Cuty Suzuki & Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Aja Kong & Kyoko Inoue
& Takako Inoue & Sakie Hasgewa (7-31) Yokohama
7. Sting vs. Vader (2-21) Asheville
8. Lightning Kid (X-Pac) vs. Sabu 4-17 Minneapolis
9. Shawn Michaels vs. Marty Jannetty (7-10) New York
10. Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawasda (2-28) Tokyo
11. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi (4-14) Nagoya
12. El Hijo del Santo vs. Heavy Metal (1-29) Mexico City
13. Winners (Abismo Negro) & Rey Misterio Jr. & Super Calo vs. Jerry Estrada & Heavy Metal &
Psicosis (1-29) Mexico City
14. Bret Hart vs. Curt Hennig (6-11) Dayton
15. Mitsuhau Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (3-27) Kyoto
16. Atsushi Onita vs. Terry Funk (5-5) Kawasaki
17. Devil Masami vs. Bull Nakano (4-18) Tokyo
18. Steiners vs. Tom Prichard & Jimmy Del Rey (8-30) Auburn Hills, MI
19. Heavy Metal & Psicosis & Picudo vs. Winners & Serup Calo & Rey Misterio Jr. (2-14) Mexico
City
1994:
1. Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Scott Hall) (3-20) New York
2. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (6-3) Tokyo
3. Great Sasuke vs. Chris Benoit (4-16) Tokyo
4. Love Machine & Eddy Guerrero vs. El Hijo del Santo & Octagon (11-6) Los Angeles
5. Terry Funk vs. Shane Douglas vs. Sabu (2-5) Philadelphia
6. Ric Flair vs Vader (12-27-93) Charlotte
7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (5-21) Sapporo
8. Nasty Boys vs. Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne (4-17) Chicago
9. Jushin Luger vs. Great Sasuke (4-16) Tokyo
10. Cactus Jack & Kevin Sullivan vs. Nasty Boys (5-22) Philadelphia
11. Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota (11-20) Tokyo
12. Akira Hokuto & Kyoko Inoue vs. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada (12-10-93) Tokyo
13. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Steve Williams (7-28) Tokyo
14. Great Sasuke vs. Jinsei Shinzaki (4-29) Tokyo
15. Chris Benoit & Shinjiro Otani vs. Black Tiger (Eddy Guerrero) & Great Sasuke (10-18) Odawara
16. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (8-29) Chicago
17. Steve Williams vs. Kenta Kobashi (9-3) Tokyo
18. Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (3-20) New York
1995:
1. Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue (5-7) Tokyo
2. Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (8-27) Pittsburgh
3. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (10-7) Philadelphia
4. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (1-24) Yamagata
5. Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi (1-19) Osaka
6. Eddy Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko (4-15) Philadelphia
7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (6-9) Tokyo
8. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (9-22) Mexico City
9. Ultimo Dragon vs. Chris Jericho (7-7) Tokyo
10. Manami Toyota vs. Akira Hokuto (9-2) Tokyo
11. Oleg Taktarov vs. Tank Abbott (9-8) Casper
12. Cactus Jack & Head Hunters vs. Terry Funk & Shoji Nakamaki & Leatherface (Rick Patterson)
(4-2) Tokyo
13. Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa vs. Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue (8-30) Osaka
14. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Stan Hansen vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada & Johnny
Ace (4-2) Tokyo
15. Shawn Michaels vs. Jeff Jarrett (7-23) Nashville
16. Sabu vs. Devon Storm (10-28) Woodbury, NJ
17. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (7-24) Tokyo
18. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue 4-15 Tokyo
19. Rey Misterio & Rey Misterio Jr. vs Fuerza & Juventud Guerrera (3-2) Xalapa
20. Eddy Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko (5-13) Philadelphia
21. Eddy Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko (8-26) Philadelphia
22. Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong (6-27 Sapporo
23. Pit Bulls vs. Raven & Stevie Richards (9-16) Philadelphia
1996:
1. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (6-7) Tokyo
2. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera (3-9) Philadelphia
3. Dick Togo & Mens Teioh & Shiryu (Kaz Hayashi) & Taka Michinoku & Shoichi Funaki vs. Gran
Hamada & Super Delfin & Tiger Mask & Gran Naniwa & Masato Yakushiji (10-10) Tokyo
4. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (5-23) Sapporo
5. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels 3-31 Anaheim
6. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis 7-7 Daytona Beach
7. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin 11-17 New York
8. Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel (Kevin Nash) 4-28 Omaha
9. Ultimo Dragon vs. Shinjiro Otani (8-4) Tokyo
10. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis (12-13-95) Tokyo
11. Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind (9-22) Philadelphia
12. Bas Rutten vs. Masakatsu Funaki (9-7) Tokyo
13. Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada (10-18) Tokyo
14. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Ultimo Dragon (11-24) Norfolk
15. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko (10-27) Las Vegas
16. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace (9-5) Tokyo
17. Don Frye vs. Amoury Bitetti (5-17) Detroit
18. Antonio Inoki vs. Vader (1-4) Tokyo
19. Manami Toyota & Mima Shimoda vs. Mariko Yoshida & Kaoru Ito (8-6) Hakata
20. Sabu vs Rob Van Dam (4-20) Philadelphia
21. Rey Misterio Jr. & Ultimo Dragon vs. Psicosis & Heavy Metal (6-1) Los Angeles
1997:
1. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (3-23) Chicago
2. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (1-20) Osaka
3. Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels (10-5) St. Louis
4. Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Misterio Jr. (10-26) Las Vegas
5. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (6-6) Tokyo
6. El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto (6-5) Tokyo
7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (12-6-96) Tokyo
8. Great Sasuke & Gran Hamada & Masato Yakushiji vs. Mens Teioh & Dick Togo & Taka
Michinoku (4-13) Philadelphia
9. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (10-21) Tokyo
10. Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani (2-9) Sapporo
11. Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (11-9) Montreal
12. Bret & Owen Hart & Davey Boy Smith & Jim Neidhart & Brian Pillman vs. Steve Austin & Ken
Shamrock & Goldust & Legion of Doom (7-6) Calgary
13. Ultimo Dragon vs. Dean Malenko (12-29-96) Nashville
14. Hector Garza & Juventud Guerrera & Lizmark Jr. vs. La Parka & Psicosis & Villano IV (7-13)
Daytona Beach
1998:
1. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (10-31) Tokyo
2. Undertaker vs. Mankind (6-28) Pittsburgh
3. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (6-27) Yokohama
4. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (5-1) Tokyo
5. Steve Austin vs. Dude Love (5-31) Milwaukee
6. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (12-5-97) Tokyo
7. Juventud Guerrera vs. Billy Kidman (11-16) Wichita
8. Rock vs. HHH (8-30) New York
9. Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada (6-12) Tokyo
10. Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama (7-25) Tokyo
11. Koji Kanemoto vs. Dr. Wagner Jr. (6-3) Osaka
12. Ric Flair vs. Bret Hart (1-25 Dayton
13. Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels (3-29) Boston
14. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Koji Kanemoto & Dr. Wagner Jr. (8-8) Osaka
15. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Jushin Liger & El Samurai (8-2) Tokyo
16. Genichiro Tenryu vs. Shinya Hashimoto (8-1) Tokyo
1999:
1. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (6-11) Tokyo
2. Edge & Christian vs. Hardys (10-17) Cleveland
3. Bret Hart vs. Chris Benoit (10-4) Kansas City
4. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (3-6) Tokyo
5. Steve Austin vs. Rock (4-25) Hartford
6. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (1-22) Osaka
7. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama (10-23) Nagoya
8. Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Minoru Tanaka & Koji Kanemoto (10-11) Tokyo
9. Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Yoshihisa Yamamoto (6-24) Tokyo
10. Juventud Guerrera vs. Blitzkrieg (4-11) Tacoma
11. Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn (3-21) Asbury Park
12. Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis vs. Blitzkrieg vs. Juventud Guerrera (4-19) Gainesville, FL
13. Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn (5-16) Poughkeepsie
14. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Vader (5-2) Tokyo
15. Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Vader (10-30) Tokyo
16. Great Sasuke vs. Magnum Tokyo (2-7) Yokohama
17. Masato Tanaka vs. Mike Awesome (11-7) Buffalo
18. Jushin Liger vs. Koji Kanemoto (3-17) Hiroshima
19. Rock vs. Mankind (1-24) Anaheim
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