Posted May 15, 20187 yr comment_5849536 Talking about Regal's 2013 matches in the Longest Period Between Great Matches thread got me thinking what are the best final matches in a career, whether they're proper retirement matches or just final matches by circumstance?
May 15, 20187 yr comment_5849549 Yuta Yoshikawa's tag match with Katsumi Usuda vs. Munenori Sawa & Ikuto Hidaka.
May 15, 20187 yr comment_5849557 Victor Zangiev in UWFi? He was by far the best of the Russians who came into Pro Wrestling in that NJPW deal and disappeared afterwards. Outside of his last bunch of matches in UWFi I've never heard anything bout him since.
May 16, 20187 yr comment_5849583 Mike Awesome (RIP) at One Night Stand 2005. He and Tanaka did their thing which isn't everybody's cup of tea, but they were the best match of the show on a night where a lot of guys that generally worked really well together previously were given the same chance to shine. And as it stands right now, Batista's last match with the Evolution-Shield elimination match was good. But I'd guess he'll be back at some point.
May 16, 20187 yr comment_5849585 Did Yoshihasa Yamamoto do any works after the 6/99 Tamura match? If not, that would be my pick. Kenta Kobashi 5/13 retirement tag Yoshiko Tamura 12/10 vs. Kurihara El Santo 9/82 retirement tag
May 16, 20187 yr comment_5849586 Was the Worlds Collide tag match Art Barr's last match? If it is then it qualifies.
May 16, 20187 yr comment_5849587 Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 26. I never thought the retirement stipulation would stick.
May 16, 20187 yr comment_5849595 Hey Boricua good to see you back around here. When Worlds Collide was Art Barr's last match. Good call with that one. He died 2 weeks later. I'm going to throw out Tenryu's retirement match vs Okada. Loved the drama
May 16, 20187 yr comment_5849608 Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania 26. I never thought the retirement stipulation would stick. I was talking with a friend yesterday about how this was 8 years ago. It feels like just a few minutes, but that's practically a lifetime ago.
May 16, 20187 yr comment_5849611 As of right now, it is Shibata for me as I can't think of another final match I have at *****.
May 16, 20187 yr comment_5849617 Shibata and Barr are easily the top for me (as of matches I am thinking of right now).
May 16, 20187 yr comment_5849639 Barr is a great call. And as broken-down as Tenryu was, I thought he and Okada put together a pretty solid match.
May 16, 20187 yr comment_5849731 I really liked Lee Valiants retirement match last year against Damien Wayne, we reviewed it over at SC http://segundacaida.blogspot.com/2018/05/bcwcwf-mid-atlantic-tap-out-cancer.html
May 21, 20187 yr comment_5850397 Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazuchika Okada (NJPW Sakura Genesis 2017) Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (WWE WrestleMania XXVI) Genichiro Tenryu vs. Kazuchika Okada in 2015
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