1991

Best of 1991: An Ongoing Retrospective by Cactus This is still a WIP. I'll probably expand the list to a top 50 once I've seen more. Top 20 Matches of 1991: Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 4/20/91) ★★★★¾ Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect (WWF Summerslam 8/26/91) ★★★★½ Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Masa Fuchi & Akira Taue (AJPW 1/27/91) ★★★★½ Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior (WWF Wrestlemania 3/24/91) ★★★★½ Vader vs. Keiji Muto (NJPW 8/10/91) ★★★★½ Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen (AJPW 9/4/91) ★★★★¼ El …

I ranked 275 matches in all and this is where the top 100 aligned. 1991 as I have said before may not have been a year where the top flight stuff was truly elite in wrestling history, but it had some really good depth. For instance, I have the WM 7 opening tag ranked #163 and I think that match is a ton of fun. Even though it took me longer to watch this footage than any other year, I fully enjoyed doing it. I would be very pleased to hear comments from others based on this list on rankings you agree/disagree with and were surprised by my ranking of. ***** 1. Randy Savage vs. Ultimate Warrior (Mania 3/24/91) ****3/4 2. Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko vs. …

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January: #1 - El Hijo del Santo vs Brazo de Oro (UWA 01/13/91) ****1/2 #2 - Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJPW 01/15/91) ****1/4 #3 - Manami Toyota vs Akira Hokuto (AJW 01/11/91) **** #4 - Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 01/27/91) **** #5 - La Fiera vs Jerry Estrada (Monterrey 1991) **** #6 - Akira Hokuto vs Bull Nakano (AJW 01/04/91) ***3/4 #7 - Jeff Jarrett vs Eddie Gilbert (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 01/05/91) ***3/4 #8 - The Rockers vs Orient Express (WWF Royal Rumble 01/19/91) ***3/4 #9 - Jerry Lawler vs Terry Funk (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 01/05/91) ***1/2 #10 - Eric Embry vs Gary Young (US…

#100 - Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 04/05/91) #99 - Lex Luger vs Ron Simmons (WCW Halloween Havoc 10/27/91) #98 - Riki Choshu, Tatsumi Fujinami, Shinya Hashimoto, Keiji Muto & Masa Chono vs Vader, Bam Bam Bigelow, Samu, Great Kokina & TNT (NJPW 07/24/91) #97 - The Scorpion vs Cutie Suzuki (JWP 10/10/91) #96 - Ric Flair & Barry Windham vs Ricky Morton & Tommy Rich (WCW Worldwide 04/06/91) #95 - Keiji Muto & Masa Chono vs Vader & Bam Bam Bigelow (NJPW 07/29/91) #94 - Rick & Scott Steiner vs Hiroshi Hase & Kensuke Sasaki (WCW/NJPW Starrcade In Tokyo 03/21/91) #93 - Fabulous Freebirds & Badstreet vs Young Pistols & Dus…

New matches in blue. January: Manami Toyota vs Akira Hokuto (AJW 01/11/91) El Hijo del Santo vs Brazo de Oro (UWA 01/13/91) Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue (AJPW 01/15/91) Bull Nakano vs Yumiko Hotta (Cage Match) (AJW 01/23/91) Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue & Masa Fuchi (AJPW 01/27/91) February: Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Larry Zbyszko & Sid Vicious vs Sting, Brian Pillman, Rick & Scott Steiner (WCW Wrestle War 02/24/91) Atsushi Onita vs Tarzan Goto (FMW 02/26/91) March: Jeff Jarrett vs Tom Pritchard (USWA Dallas Sportatorium 03/01/91) Akira Hokuto vs Bat Yoshinaga (AJW 03/07/91) Manami Toyota vs Suzuka M…