Top Five AEW Matches

[johnnyhanson21]

Thought with today being the 5th anniversary that it would be a good time to post what are your top five AEW matches of all time.For a company that's been around for such a short amount of time have put on a ton of quality match ups and I would say even with all the issues the company has had the past two years or so that they've put on the best bell to bell matches of any company since their debut in '19.Anyways my fav five would be,

1)Cody Vs Dustin Rhodes-Double or Nothing '19

2)Kenny Omega & "Hangman" Adam Page Vs The Young Bucks-AEW Tag Team Titles-Revolution '20

3)Dr.Britt Baker Vs Thunder Rosa-Lights Out Match-Dynamite 3/17/21

4)"Hangman" Adam Page Vs Swerve Strickland-Texas Death Match-Full Gear '23

5)Will Ospreay Vs Konosuke Takeshita-Revolution '24

[CM Tusk]

1. CM Punk vs Samoa Joe All In 2023
2. Bryan Danielson vs Eddie Kingston Revolution 2024
3. CM Punk vs Eddie Kingston Full Gear 2021
4. Orange Cassidy vs Jon Moxley All Out 2023
5. Jon Moxley vs Hangman Revolution 2023

[ASR (therockisback)]

Kenny vs Bryan 2021 Dynamite
Punk vs Joe 2023 All In
Christian vs Kenny 2021 Rampage
Kenny vs MJF 2023 Collision
Adam Copeland vs Christian Cage 2024 Dynamite

[X-27]

So yeah...I know I've said this before, Lol but imo the best matches in AEW history have involved Bryan Danielson. So I'm gonna have to break this down into my top 5 Danielson matches, and my top 5 matches that don't include Danielson...just to be fair to the other wrestlers who have worked for it.

Danielson Top 5:

vs Hangman - Winter is Coming 2021
vs Ospreay - Dynasty
vs Shibata - Collision
vs Sabre Jr - Wrestledream
vs Starks - All Out 2023

Almost went with the Omega or MJF match instead of the Starks match...but that strap match just hit me different. Could probably change depending on the day...


The other Top 5:

Hangman vs Strickland - Full Gear 2023
Ospreay vs Konosuke - Revolution 2024
Guevara vs Rhodes - Beach Break
Jericho vs Kingston - Revolution 2022
FTR vs Bullet Club Gold 2/3 Falls - Collision


Honorable mentions:

Hangman/Omega vs Bucks - Revolution 2020
Cody vs Dustin - Double or Nothing 2019

[switchbladeera]

Oh god, 5 is so few, and within the next twelve months they'll likely all be ospreay matches.


Ospreay/Danielson Dynasty 2024
Ospreay/Omega Forbidden Door 2023
Omega& Hangman/Bucks Revolution 2020
Danielson/MJF Revolution 2023
Bucks/Lucha Bros cage match Revolution 2021.

[ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕋𝕠 𝕂𝕚𝕝𝕝]

Lucha Bros Vs Young Bucks Steel Cage at All Out 2021

MJF Vs Danielson Iron Man Match at Revolution 2023

Dustin Vs Cody DoN 2019

Ospreay Vs Omega Forbidden Door 2023

Hangman/Kenny Vs Young Bucks at Revolution 2020

Just off the list has to be MJF Vs Punk Dog Collar from Revolution 2022, FTR Vs Jay White and Juice from Collision, and Hangman Vs Danielson from Dynamite Dec. 15th 2021.

[X-27]

I always forget to include Ospreay vs Omega from FD when doing these lists. Incredible match.

[Back to the Codyverse]

In no order. Only listing matches that I've seen to date. There's some good others that I've yet to view.

Ospreay - Omega Forbidden Door
Cody - Dustin DON
Danielson - Omega Grand Slam
Danielson vs Page - I forget the particular show
Punk vs Joe All In

[Crane]

In no particular order (A little biased as my top 5 are all matches I've seen in person):
Bryan Danielson Vs. Zack Sabre Jr. - WrestleDream 2023
Bryan Danielson Vs. Kenny Omega - Grand Slam 2021
Lucha Bros. Vs. Young Bucks - All Out 2021 (I attended)
Will Ospreay Vs. Kenny Omega - Forbidden Door 2023 (I attended)
Will Ospreay Vs. Bryan Danielson - Dynasty 2024 (I attended)

Honorable Mentions:
Jamie Hayter Vs. Hikaru Shida - Dynamite 12/21/22 (Personally think this is the best women's match in AEW history)
Cody Rhodes Vs. Sammy Guevara - Dynamite: Beach Break 2022 (I attended)
Kenny Omega Vs. Konosuke Take$h!ta - All Out 2023
CM Punk Vs. MJF - Revolution 2022
FTR Vs. Young Bucks 2 - Dynamite 4/6/22 (My personal favorite of their 4 matches)
Young Bucks Vs. Hangman/Omega - Revolution 2020
Hangman Page Vs. Swerve Strickland - Full Gear 2023
Hangman Page Vs. Swerve Strickland - WrestleDream
Konosuke Take$h!ta Vs. Will Ospreay - Revolution 2024

[LK3]

Omega/Hanger vs. Young Bucks
Omega vs. Ospreay
Ospreay vs. Danielson
Punk vs. MJF- Dog Collar
Hangman vs. Swerve- Death Match

[jk1979nc]

Cody Rhodes vs Dustin Rhodes
Jon Moxley vs Kenny Omega
Jon Moxley vs Hangman Adam Page
FTR vs Jay White & Juice Robinson
Sting & Darby Allin vs The Young Bucks
Darby Allin vs Samoa Joe