Q1 CLIMAX: Happy Wrestling Land’s Best Matches of Q1 2021

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Captain Lou’s Top 10 for Q1 2021

Promotions Watched: DDT, Dragon Gate, AJPW, Ganbare Pro, NOAH

1. KO-D Tag Team Title: Kazusada Higuchi & Yukio Sakaguchi [c] vs. Konosuke Takeshita & MAO (DDT 2/23/21)
2. Open the Dream Gate: Shun Skywalker [c] vs. Kaito Ishida (DG 3/7/21)
3. Triple Crown: Suwama [c] vs. Yuma Aoyagi (AJPW 1/3/21)
4. DDT Universal Title: Yuki Ueno [c] vs. Yusuke Okada (DDT 3/14/21)
5. KO-D Openweight Title: Jun Akiyama [c] vs. Kazusada Higuchi (DDT 3/28/21)
6. KO-D Openweight Title: Tetsuya Endo [c] vs. Jun Akiyama (DDT 2/14/21)
7. Kid’s Room Death Match – DDT Extreme Title: Shunma Katsumata [c] vs. MAO (DDT 2/28/21)
8. GWC 6-Man Tag Team Title: Keisuke Ishii, Koki Iwasaki & HARUKAZE [c] vs. Asuka, Hagane Shinno & Shoichiro Tominaga (Ganbare Pro 2/20/21)
9. AJPW Jr. Heavyweight Title: Koji Iwamoto vs. Fuminori Abe (AJPW 1/24/21)
10. Triple Crown: Suwama [c] vs. Yoshitatsu (AJPW 3/21/21)

BeMcCooley’s Top 10 for Q1 2021

Promotions Watched: DDT, Dragon Gate, AJPW, Ganbare Pro, NOAH, BJW, Ice Ribbon, ROH, RIOT, FREEDOMS

1. BJW Strong World Heavyweight Championship: Yuji Okabayashi [c] vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue (BJW 1/2/21) ****3/4
2. GWC Six-Man Tag Team Championship: Keisuke Ishii, Kouki Iwasaki & HARUKAZE [c] vs. ASUKA, Hagane Shinno & Shinichiro Tominaga (Ganbare Pro 2/21/21) ****1/2
3. DDT Universal Championship: Yuki Ueno [c] vs. Yusuke Okada (DDT 3/14/21) ****1/4
4. Death Match Survivor: Abdullah Kobayashi vs. Violento Jack (BJW 3/8/21) ****1/4
5. Konosuke Takeshita, Yuki Ueno, MAO & Shunma Katsumata vs. Keisuke Ishii, Shota, Akito & Kazuki Hirata (DDT 1/3/21)
6. ICExInfinity Championship: Suzu Suzuki [c] vs. Tsukasa Fujimoto (Ice Ribbon 1/23/21) ****
7. ROH Pure Championship: Jonathan Gresham [c] vs. Dax Draper (ROH 3/26/21) ****
8. RIOT Championship: Arez [c] vs. El Hijo del Vikingo – (RIOT 3/21/21) ****
9. King of FREEDOM Championship: Toru Sugiura [c] vs. Toshiyuki Sakuda – (FREEDOMS 2/9/21) ****
10. DDT Universal Championship: Yuki Ueno [c] vs. Shota (DDT 1/9/21) ****

Dum Dum Daniels’ Top 10 for Q1 2021

Promotions Watched: WWE, AEW, NJPW

1. Unsanctioned Lights Out Match: Thunder Rosa vs. Britt Baker (AEW Dynamite 3/17/21)
2. WWE Universal Title: Roman Reigns [c] w/ Paul Heyman vs. Daniel Bryan (WWE Fastlane 3/21/21)
3. NEVER Openweight Title: Shingo Takagi [c] vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (NJPW The New Beginning in Nagoya 1/30/21)
4. IWGP Heavyweight Title & IWGP Intercontinental Title: Tetsuya Naito [c] vs. Kota Ibushi (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1/4/21)
5. NEVER Openweight Title: Shingo Takagi [c] vs. Jeff Cobb (NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 1/5/21)
6. Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus (WWE RAW 3/1/21)
7. Shaq & Jade Cargill vs. Cody Rhodes & Red Velvet (AEW Dynamite 3/3/21)
8. No DQ Falls Count Anywhere Match: Jon Moxley & Lance Archer vs. Kenny Omega & KENTA (AEW Dynamite 2/10/21)
9. AEW Women’s World Title Eliminator Tournament – Final: Nyla Rose vs. Ryo Mizunami (AEW Dynamite 3/3/21)
10. Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic – Final: MSK vs. The Grizzled Young Veterans (NXT TakeOver: Vengeance Day 2/14/21)