Reminder: I am not Kairi, and this not Kairi’s List.
I think that the best wrestling match ever is the singles match between Kota Ibushi and Kenny Omega in 2012 in DDT. Note: if you decide to watch this match, keep in mind that the best spot in this match, the incredibly dangerous Kota Ibushi moonsault from the balcony, has been removed from most ‘full match’ videos of this match on the internet (DDT remove the spot from the match due to how dangerous it was), but the complete match, featuring this moonsault, should be viewable on the internet somewhere if you search for it.
I think that the second best match ever is the 4.1.2017 bout between Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada in NJPW, which was the first in their legendary, and very special, series singles matches against one another.
Honorable mentions (unranked) – these are other matches which I think are the best matches ever (again, the following matches below are not ranked):
- Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa – NOAH 2003 (R.I.P Mitsuharu Misawa)
- AJW vs JWP Thunder Queen 60-minute iron man match 7/31/1993
- Rey Mysterio Jr vs Psicosis – 2/3 falls match – ECW 10/17/1995
- Mike Awesome vs Masato Tanaka – FMW 9/28/1997
- Kenny Omega vs Pac (30 minute iron man match – AEW Dynamite 2020)
- KENTA vs Kotaro Suzuki – NOAH 1/25/2009
- Kenta Kobash vs Jun Akiyama – NOAH 12/23/2000 (I think this is better than their higher-acclaimed 1998 and 2004 matches, which fans generally think are better than 12/23/2000)
- Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue – AJW 5/7/1995
- Yamada & Toyota vs Kansai & Ozaki – AJW 11/26/1992
- Kenny Omega vs Konosuke Takeshita – AEW All Out 2023
- Kenny Omega vs El Hijo Del Vikingo – AEW Dynamite
- Darby Allin vs Jeff Hardy – No DQ match Aew Dynamite 2022
- Jon Moxley vs Adam Copeland – Streetfight – AEW Dynamite 2025
- Young Bucks vs Lucha Bros – Cage Match – AEW All Out 2021
- Johnny Gargano vs Ricochet (NXT Takeover: Phoenix)
- Pac vs Will Ospreay AEW All Out 2024
Also, heavily recommended:
- All Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa singles matches apart from their last one
- All Kenny Omega vs Kota Ibushi singles matches
- All Kenny Omega vs Kazuchika Okada singles matches
- All KENTA vs Naomichi Marufuji singles matches
- All Katsuhiko Nakajima vs KENTA matches
- All Mike Awesome vs Masato Tanaka matches
- The 3 Johnny Gargano vs Tommaso Ciampa NXT PPV matches of 2018 (I think that the 2018 Ciampa vs Gargano feud is the best feud, and rivalry, in WWE’s history – even better than the Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker feud/rivalry.
I’ll add more matches to this list in the future.
R.I.P to legends Mitsuharu Misawa and Mike Awesome.