I have been asked this question a lot in recent months to what do I recommend for people to watch. There has been quite a bit to choose from throughout the year, but with 2013 officially come and gone I thought it would be worth while to post a last minute recommended list.



Now, as most know, I am completely against the idea of reviewing matches. It really comes down to ones own taste whether they like mat-based, high-flying, or power-based pro-wrestling. More of less I can find enjoyment in all of it, to a point that is to say.



Below you will see a list that I have tried my best to compile a list of matches that I have seen through this year that I would ultimately recommend to a potential newcomer to the Japanese side of things. To make things, hopefully, easier, I have split them all by matches and in order throughout the year in which they have taken place.



Now keep in mind that I have also provided links for the matches, that I could find online, but if there is no link, please be patient and hopefully you will be able to see the match(es) sooner than later.



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Asia Tag Championship

U-SPIRITS

Hiromitsu

Ayumi Kurihara

, AJPW World Junior Heavyweight & GHC Junior Heavyweight Double Championship, “New Year 2 Days Day 1” ½ (Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka) vs.(Kaz Hayashi & Shuji Kondo), Asia Tag Championship, “New Year 2 Days Day 2” January 3 (Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka) vs.(Atsushi Aoki & Kotaro Suzuki),(Manabu Soya & Takao Omori) vs.(Go Shiozaki & Jun Akiyama), AJPW World Tag, “Pro-Wrestling Love In Ryogoku 2013 ~ Basic & Dynamic” 3/17 (Kotaro Suzuki & Atsushi Aoki) vs.(Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka), Asia Tag Championship, “Rise Up Tour Day 1” – 5/18 , Triple Crown Championship, “Pro-Wrestling Love In Ryogoku ~ An Abiding Belief” 6/30, Razor Cross Board & No Mat Death Match, BJW 3/1 , Ikkitousen Death Match Survivor 2013 Final 2/3 Falls Match, BJW “Ikkitousen Final” April 10 , BJW Deathmatch Heavyweight, 5/5, BJW World Strong, 6/30Jaki Numazawa & Jun Kasai vs. Masashi Takeda & Takumi Tsukamoto, Strongest Tag League A, Block, Fluorescent Lighttubes Final Countdown Free Fall 499 Death Match, 10/18 - Jimmyz (Genki Horiguchi HAGeeMee, Jimmy Kanda & Ryo Jimmy Saito) vs MAD BLANKEY (Akira Tozawa, BxB Hulk & Naoki Tanisaki) vs Team Veteran Returns (CIMA, Dragon Kid & Masaaki Mochizuki) vs WORLD-1 International (Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi & Ricochet), 12 Man Tag Team Elimination Match, “Infinity 283” 1/17- Team Veteran Returns (Don Fujii, Dragon Kid & Masaaki Mochizuki) vs WORLD-1 International (Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi & Ricochet), Dragon Gate “Infinity 286” 2/7- Dragon Kid vs. Masato Yoshino, Open The Brave Gate, Dragon Gate “Dead or Alive” 5/5- MAD Blankey (BxB Hulk & Uhaa Nation) vs Akatsuki (Shingo Takagi & YAMATO), Open the Twin Gate, “Dead or Alive” 5/5- CIMA vs Akira Tozawa, Open the Dream Gate, “Dead Or Alive” 5/5 - CIMA vs Shingo Takagi, Open The Dream Gate, “Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival” 7/21 - MAD BLANKEY (Akira Tozawa & BxB Hulk) vs WORLD-1 International (Naruki Doi & Ricochet), Open The Twin Gate, “Kobe Pro-Wrestling Festival”, 7/21 - YAMATO vs Ryo Saito, Open The Dream Gate, 9/12 - Kenny Omega vs. Shigehiro Irie, KO-D Openweight, “JUDGEMENT 2013”, 3/20 - Shigehiro Irie vs. Kota Ibushi, KO-D Openweight, “MAX BUMP 2013” 5/3 - Kenny Omega vs. Isami Kodaka, “Golden Union 2013”, 5/3 - Shigehiro Irie vs. Keisuke Ishii, KO-D Openweight Championship Match, “WHAT ARE YOU DOING? 2013”, 6/23 @ Korakuen Hall - Hikaru Sato & Yukio Sakaguchi vs. Isami Kodaka & Yuko Miyamoto, KO-D Tag Championship Match, “Ryogoku Peter Pan 2013” 8/18 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan - Shigehiro Irie vs. HARASHIMA, KO-D Openweight Championship Match, “Ryogoku Peter Pan 2013” 8/18 @ Ryogoku Kokugikan , IWGP IC Championship, ¼, NEVER Openweight, 2/3 , New Japan Cup 2013 Final, “New Japan Cup Day 6” 3/23 , IWGP Heavyweight, “Invasion Attack” – 4/7 , IWGP Junior Heavyweight, “Road to Invasion Attack” 5/5 , G1 Climax 2013 Final, “G1 Climax Day 9” 8/11 , IWGP Heavyweight, “King of Pro-Wrestling” 10/14 , GHC Junior Heavyweight Championship, “Great Voyage in Osaka” 1/27 , GHC Heavyweight Championship, “Great Voyage in Osaka” 1/27 (Takeshi Morishima & Naomichi Marufuji) vs.(Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima), “Morishima 15th Anniversary” 4/22 : Kenta Kobashi, Keiji Mutoh, Kensuke Sasaki & Jun Akiyama vs. Go Shiozaki, KENTA, Maybach Taniguchi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru, “ Final Burning in Bukodan” – 5/11 , GHC Heavyweight Championship, “Ark New Chapter” – 5/12 , GHC Heavyweight Championship, “The Great Voyage in Tokyo” 7/7 (Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste) vs.(Naomichi Marufuji & Katsuhiko Nakajima), GHC Tag Championship, “GREAT VOYAGE 2013 in TOKYO” 12/7 ——————————————————————–——————————————————————–- Naomichi Marufuji & Ikuto Hidaka vs. Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Fujita Jr. Hayato, 3/6- Io Shirai vs. Alpha Female, World of Stardom Playoff, 4/29 Kanehara vs. Yuki Kondo, 3/9 - Masato Tanaka vs. Shinjiro Otani, Tanaka 20th Anniversary, 5/4 - Fujita “Jr” Hayato vs. Kenou, Tohoku Jr, 6/30 - Ayumi Kurihara & AKINO & Mika Iida vs. GAMI, Aja Kongo & Tomoka Nakagawa, 8/4 - Arisa Nakajima vs. Kana, JWP Open-weight, 8/18 - Hikaru Shida, Shuri, Hanako Nakamori & Misaki Ohata vs. Aoi Kidzuki, Makoto, Arisa Nakajima & Sawako Shimono, 8/25- Jun Kasai vs. Masashi Takeda, Deathmatch Tournament Final, 8/29- Kensuke Sasaki, Jun Akiyama & Go Shiozaki vs. Suwama, Takao Omori & Kento Miyahara, 8/31 @ Korakuen - AKINO vs. Ayako Hamada, OZ Openweight Championship, “YOKOHAMA DREAMS PARK 2 ” 9/15.- HUB vs. Mineo Fujita, Tenkaichi Jr Final, 9/16- TAJIRI vs. TAKA Michinoku, 10/31 (match starts 13:00) - Fujita “Jr” Hayato & Kenou vs. Jinsei Shinzaki & The Great Sasuke, MichiPro 20th Anniversary, 11/4 - Keiji Mutoh, Satoshi Kojima, Seiya Sanada & Yasufumi Nakanoueno vs. Masayuki Kono, Ryoji Sai, Rene Dupree & KAZMA SAKAMOTO, 11/16- LEONA vs. Masakatsu Funaki, Leona Fujinami’s debut match, 11/19 - Jun Kasai vs. Yuko Miyamoto, Scaffold + Glass Board Deahmatch, 12/25