Q2 SWEET: Happy Wrestling Land’s Best Matches of Q2 2021

The first quarterly top 10 lists by the Happy Wrestling crew went so well that we’re back for seconds, and I think it’s a good bet we’ll be back for at a minimum two more.

All Japan, New Japan, NOAH, Dragon Gate, DDT, WWE, AEW, Ganbare Pro, Big Japan, Ice Ribbon, Ring of Honor, RIOT, and FREEDOMS are all considered below.

Captain Lou’s Top 10 for Q2 2021

Promotions Watched: AJPW, NOAH, Dragon Gate, DDT

1. Kento Miyahara vs. Jake Lee – Champion Carnival Finals (AJPW 5/3/21)
2. Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Masa Kitamiya – Hair vs. Hair Cage Match (NOAH 6/26/21)
3. Takashi Sasaki vs. Ken Ohka – Fluorescent Light Tubes Death Match (GanPro 4/7/21)
4. Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura (CyberFight 6/6/21)
5. Kzy vs. Kota Minoura – King of Gate Finals (DG 6/3/21)
6. Takashi Sugiura vs. Kazuyuki Fujita – GHC National Title (NOAH 4/29/21)
7. Yuki Ueno vs. Akito – DDT Universal Title (DDT 5/28/21)
8. Suwama vs. Kento Miyahara – Champion Carnival (AJPW 4/25/21)
9. Konosuke Takeshita & Shunma Katsumata vs. Jun Akiyama & Makoto Oishi – Ultimate Tag League (DDT 5/27/21)
10. Kzy vs. Susumu Yokosuka – King of Gate (DG 5/14/21)

BeMcCooley’s Top 10 for Q2 2021

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

1. KO-D Openweight Championship: Jun Akiyama [c] vs. HARASHIMA (CyberFight 6/6/21) ****1/2
2. Hardcore Determination Series: Suzu Suzuki vs Jun Kasai (Ice Ribbon 5/5/21) ****1/2
3. Konosuke Takeshita & Yuki Ueno vs. Kaito Kiyomiya & Yoshiki Inamura (CyberFight 6/6/21) ****1/2
4. Fluorescent Light Tubes Death Match: Ken Ohka vs. Takashi Sasaki (Ganbare Pro 4/7/21) ****1/4
5. Princess of Princess Championship: Rika Tatsumi [c] vs. Maki Itoh (TJPW 4/17/21) ****
6. King of Gate: Kzy vs. Jason Lee (Dragon Gate 5/21/21) ****
7. GHC National Championship: Kazuyuki Fujita [c] vs. Takashi Sugiura (NOAH 4/29/21) ****
8. WWE SmackDown Women’s Championship: Sasha Banks [c] vs. Bianca Belair (WWE 4/10/21) ****
9. Tournament of Survival 666: Alex Colon vs. Atticus Cogar (GCW 6/5/21) ****
10. King of Gate: Kzy vs. Susumu Yokosuka (Dragon Gate 5/14/21) ****

Dum Dum Daniels’ Top 10 for Q2 2021

Promotions Watched: WWE, AEW, NJPW

1. IWGP World Heavyweight Title: Kazuchika Okada [c] vs. Shingo Takagi (NJPW Dominion 6/7/21)
2. SmackDown Women’s Title: Sasha Banks [c] vs. Bianca Belair (WWE WrestleMania 37 4/10/21)
3. IWGP World Heavyweight Title: Will Ospreay [c] vs. Shingo Takagi (NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 5/4/21)
4. NEVER Openweight Title: Hiroshi Tanahashi [c] vs. Jay White (NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 5/3/21)
5. NXT UK Title: WALTER [c] vs. Tommaso Ciampa (NXT TakeOver: Stand & Deliver 4/7/21)
6. Blood & Guts: The Inner Circle (Chris Jericho, Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana & Ortiz) vs. The Pinnacle (MJF, Wardlow, FTR & Shawn Spears) (AEW Dynamite 5/5/21)
7. Triple Threat Match – WWE Universal Title: Roman Reigns [c] w/ Paul Heyman vs. Edge vs. Daniel Bryan (WWE WrestleMania 37 4/11/21)
8. If Reigns Wins, Bryan Leaves SmackDown – WWE Universal Title: Roman Reigns [c] w/ Paul Heyman vs. Daniel Bryan (WWE SmackDown 4/30/21)
9. NWA Women’s World Title: Serena Deeb [c] vs. Riho (AEW Double or Nothing Buy-In 5/30/21)
10. AEW World Title: Kenny Omega [c] w/ Don Callis vs. Jungle Boy w/ Jurassic Express (AEW Dynamite 6/26/21)