So, this year we'll go with three lists. At the top will be the ongoing ranking of every 4 1/2+ and up matches I see this year.
Next, the WWE 4 star and up matches; previously, I've also included 4 star matches from TNA; if any occur, I'll include them as well.
Finally, a grab bag of 4 and 4 1/4 matches. They won't be ranked, nor should they be seen as comprehensive, just a list as I see them.
I'm done. This is the final list. The 34 best wrestling matches of 2015.
Matches of the Year
1. Nakamura v. Ibushi (NJPW, Jan) 5
2. Kushida v. O'Reilly (NJPW, June) 5
3. Harashima v. Ibushi (DDT, Feb) 5
4. Ishii v. Honma (NJPW, Feb) 5
5. Ishii v. Honma (NJPW, Nov) 4 3/4
6. Harada v. Kotoge (NOAH, Jan) 4 3/4
7. Yoshino/Boy v. Susumu/Kagetora (DG, Apr) 4 3/4
8. Strong v. Bailey (PWG, June) 4 3/4
9. Nakamura v. Tanahashi (NJPW, Aug) 4 1/2
10. Mochizuki v. Shingo (DG, Nov) 4 1/2
11. Suigura v. Suzuki (NOAH, Sep) 4 1/2
12. Ishii v. Elgin (NJPW, Aug) 4 1/2
13. Ishii v. Honma (NJPW, Aug) 4 1/2
14. Harada v. Kotoge (NOAH, Dec 2014) 4 1/2
15. Aero Star/Fenix v. Drago/Pentagon (PWG, Aug) 4 1/2
16. Okada v. Nagata (NJPW, Aug) 4 1/2
17. Tanahashi v. Styles (NJPW, Aug) 4 1/2
18. Tanahashi v. Okada (NJPW, Jan) 4 1/2
19. Okada v. Styles (NJPW, July) 4 1/2
20. Strong v. Lee (PWG, Feb) 4 1/2
21. Hero v. Sabre v. Bailey (PWG, Aug) 4 1/2
22. Hulk/Shingo/Tozawa v. T-Hawk/Eita/Shimizu (July DG) 4 1/2
23. Lesnar v. Rollins v. Cena (Royal Rumble, Jan) 4 1/2
24. Go v. Miyahara (AJPW, Mar) 4 1/2
25. Hero v. Gulak (PWG, July) 4 1/2
26. AJ Styles/Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson def. Cedric Alexander/ACH/Matt Sydal (ROH. Feb) 4 1/2
27. Kaz/Kondo v. Minoru Tanaka/Yoshioka (Wrestle 1, Feb) 4 1/2
28. Ibushi v. Shibata (NJPW, July) 4 1/2
29. Ibushi v. Harashima (DDT, Apr) 4 1/2
30. Nakamura v. Okada (NJPW, Aug) 4 1/2
31. Goto v. Ishii (NJPW, Aug) 4 1/2
32. Archer/DBS Jr. v. Nicholls/Haste (NOAH, Feb) 4 1/2
33. Ricochet v. O'Reilly (PWG, Dec 2014) 4 1/2
34. Tanahashi v. Shibata (NJPW, Aug) 4 1/2
Best WWE/TNA Matches
1. Lesnar v. Rollins v. Cena (Royal Rumble, Jan) 4 1/2
2. Zayn v. Neville (NXT, Dec 2014) 4 1/4
3. Cesaro v. Cena (RAW, July) 4 1/4
4. Zayn v. Owens (NXT, Feb) 4 1/4
5. Rollins v. Lesnar v. Reigns (Wrestlemania) 4
6. Lesnar v. Undertaker (HITC, Oct) 4
7. Owens v. Cena (Money in the Bank, June) 4
8. Bayley v. Sasha (NXT, Aug) 4
9. Owens v. Balor (NXT, July) 4
10. Zayn v. Neville (NXT, Jan) 4
11. Neville v. Balor (NXT, Feb) 4
12. Bryan v. Reigns (Fast Lane, Feb) 4
13. Wyatt v. Reigns (HIAC, Oct) 4
14. Angle v. Aries (Impact, June) 4
15. Ziggler v. Harper (TLC, Dec 2014) 4
16. Aries v. Richards (TNA Slammiversary , July) 4
17. Owens v. Cena (Elimination Chamber, May ) 4
18. Rollins v. Cena (Summer Slam, Aug) 4
19. Rollins v. Cena (Night of Champions, Sep) 4
Additional 4 Star Matches
Akiyama/Omori v. Go/Miyahara (AJPW, Dec) 4
Johnny Mundo v. Big Ryck/Prince Puma (Lucha Underground Dec)4 ¼
Battle Royal (Lucha Underground Jan) 4
Red Dragon v. Time Splitters (ROH, Dec 2014) 4 1/4
Jay Briscoe v. Adam Cole (ROH, Dec 2014) 4
Shingo v. Hulk (DG, December 2014) 4 1/4
Marufuji v. Kojima (NOAH, Jan) 4
Sugiura/Tanaka v. Nicholls/Haste (NOAH, Jan) 4 1/4
Red Dragon v. Forever Hooligans v. Time Splitters v. Young Bucks (NJPW, Jan) 4
Ishii v. Makabe (NJPW, Jan) 4
AJ v. Naito (NJPW, Jan) 4
Harashima/Takeshita/Endo v. Ibushi/Sekimoto/Okabayashi (DDT, Jan) 4
Hulk v Susumu (DG, Feb) 4 1/4
Tanahashi v. Styles (NJPW, Feb) 4
O'Reilly v. Strong (PWG, Dec) 4
Takeshita/Endo v. Sekimoto/Okabayashi (KOD, Feb) 4 1/4
Aoki v. Kotaro (AJPW, Feb) 4 1/4
Fish/O'Reilly v. Bucks (ROH, Mar) 4 1/4
Thatcher v. Hero (WWN, Mar) 4 1/4
Tanaka/Sugiura v. Sekimoto/Sato (Zero One Mar) 4
Kzy v. Tozawa (DG, Mar) 4 1/4
Yuji v. Nakamura (NJPW, Feb) 4
Ibushi v. Naito (NJPW, Feb) 4 1/4
Fenix v. Muertes (Lucha Underground, Mar) 4 1/4
Mark & Jay Briscoe & Raymond Rowe & Hanson & Roderick Strong beat The Bullet Club of A.J. Styles & Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows & Young Bucks (ROH, May) 4
ACH/Sydal v. Tanahashi/Naito (ROH, June) 4
Tanaka v. Shingo (Zero 1, Mar) 4
Sato/Ishikawa v. Sekimoto/Okabayashi (BJ, May) 4
Kodaka v. Hidaka (Union, May) 4
Styles/Bucks v. Okada/Romero/Barretta 4 (ROH, June) 4 1/4
Harashima v. Kudo (May DDT) 4 1/4
Hawk v Hulk (DG, June) 4
Ibushi b. Styles (NJPW Apr) 4
End v. Hero (PWG Apr) 4 1/4
Strong v. Sabre (PWG Apr) 4 1/4
Bullet Club v. Kingdom (ROH June) 4
Lethal v. Briscoe (ROH June) 4
Cima/Ricochet/Sydal v. Yamato/Doi/Yoshino (July, DG) 4 1/4
Kushida v. Omega (NJPW, July) 4
Goto v. Nakamura (NJPW, July) 4
Sydal v. Ricochet (PWG, Feb) 4
Sekimoto v. Okabayashi (BJ, July) 4 1/4
Hero v. Lee (Evolve, July) 4 1/4
Strong v. Sabre (Evolve, July) 4 1/4
Eita v. Tozawa (DG, July) 4
Yamato/Doi v. Ricochet/Sydal (DG, July) 4
Yoshino v. THawk (DG, July) 4 1/4
Okada v. Ishii (Aug NJPW) 4
Ibushi v. Naito (Aug NJPW) 4
Puma v. Muertes (Aug, Lucha Underground) 4
Bucks v. Romero/Barretta (ROH, Aug) 4
Sugiura v. Marufuji (NOAH, Aug) 4
Harada v. Kotoge (NOAH, Aug) 4
Hero v. Sabre (PWG, June) 4 1/4
Bucks v. Everett/Lee (PWG, June) 4
Lee v. Ciampa (PWG, July) 4
Bailey v. Hero (PWG, July) 4 1/4
Tanahashi v. Ibushi (NJPW, July) 4 1/4
Shibata v. Naito (NJPW, July) 4
Honma v. Okada (NJPW, July) 4
Ibushi v. Styles (NJPW, July) 4
Tanahashi v. Naito (NJPW, July) 4 1/4
Goto v. Okada (NJPW, Aug) 4
Nakamura v. Honma (NJPW, Aug) 4
Lethal v. Strong (ROH, Sep) 4
Thatcher v. Sabre (Evolve, Aug) 4
Marufuji v. Sugiura (NOAH, Aug) 4 1/4 Red Dragon v. Young Bucks (NJPW, Aug) 4
Ricochet v. Kushida (NJPW, Aug) 4 1/4
Makabe v. Ibushi (NJPW, Sep) 4
Time Splitters v. Redragon (NJPW, Sep) 4 1/4
Nakamura v. Goto (NJPW, Sep) 4
Strong v. Okada (ROH, Aug) 4 1/4
Kotoge v. Marufuji (NOAH, Sep) 4
Ishii v. Makabe (NJPW, Oct) 4 1/4
Styles v. Okada (NJPW, Oct) 4 1/4
Sydal/Ricochet v. Shelley/Kushida (NJPW, Oct) 4
Busick v. Everett (PWG, Aug) 4
Andrews v. Ospreay (PWG, Aug) 4
Sydal v. Fenix (PWG, Aug) 4 1/4
Sydal/Ricochet v. Bucks (NJPW, Nov) 4
Thatcher v. Hero (PWG, Aug) 4
Bailey v. Galloway (PWG, Aug) 4 1/4
Sydal v. Ricochet (PWG, Aug) 4
Bucks/Super Dragon v. Busick/Everett/Lee (PWG, Aug) 4 1/4
Sydal v. Ospreay (PWG, Aug) 4 1/4
Bucks/Strong/SDragon v. Ricochet/Swann/Fenix/Angelico (PWG, Aug) 4
Benjamin v. Marufuji (NOAH, Nov) 4
Sydal/Ricochet v. Roppongi Vice (NJPW, Nov) 4
Nakamura v. Anderson (NJPW, Nov) 4
Yamato/Doi v. Yoshino/T-Hawk (DG, Nov) 4 1/4
Battle Royal (Lucha Underground Jan) 4
Red Dragon v. Time Splitters (ROH, Dec 2014) 4 1/4
Jay Briscoe v. Adam Cole (ROH, Dec 2014) 4
Shingo v. Hulk (DG, December 2014) 4 1/4
Marufuji v. Kojima (NOAH, Jan) 4
Sugiura/Tanaka v. Nicholls/Haste (NOAH, Jan) 4 1/4
Red Dragon v. Forever Hooligans v. Time Splitters v. Young Bucks (NJPW, Jan) 4
Ishii v. Makabe (NJPW, Jan) 4
AJ v. Naito (NJPW, Jan) 4
Harashima/Takeshita/Endo v. Ibushi/Sekimoto/Okabayashi (DDT, Jan) 4
Hulk v Susumu (DG, Feb) 4 1/4
Tanahashi v. Styles (NJPW, Feb) 4
O'Reilly v. Strong (PWG, Dec) 4
Takeshita/Endo v. Sekimoto/Okabayashi (KOD, Feb) 4 1/4
Aoki v. Kotaro (AJPW, Feb) 4 1/4
Fish/O'Reilly v. Bucks (ROH, Mar) 4 1/4
Thatcher v. Hero (WWN, Mar) 4 1/4
Tanaka/Sugiura v. Sekimoto/Sato (Zero One Mar) 4
Kzy v. Tozawa (DG, Mar) 4 1/4
Yuji v. Nakamura (NJPW, Feb) 4
Ibushi v. Naito (NJPW, Feb) 4 1/4
Fenix v. Muertes (Lucha Underground, Mar) 4 1/4
Mark & Jay Briscoe & Raymond Rowe & Hanson & Roderick Strong beat The Bullet Club of A.J. Styles & Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows & Young Bucks (ROH, May) 4
ACH/Sydal v. Tanahashi/Naito (ROH, June) 4
Tanaka v. Shingo (Zero 1, Mar) 4
Sato/Ishikawa v. Sekimoto/Okabayashi (BJ, May) 4
Kodaka v. Hidaka (Union, May) 4
Styles/Bucks v. Okada/Romero/Barretta 4 (ROH, June) 4 1/4
Harashima v. Kudo (May DDT) 4 1/4
Hawk v Hulk (DG, June) 4
Ibushi b. Styles (NJPW Apr) 4
End v. Hero (PWG Apr) 4 1/4
Strong v. Sabre (PWG Apr) 4 1/4
Bullet Club v. Kingdom (ROH June) 4
Lethal v. Briscoe (ROH June) 4
Cima/Ricochet/Sydal v. Yamato/Doi/Yoshino (July, DG) 4 1/4
Kushida v. Omega (NJPW, July) 4
Goto v. Nakamura (NJPW, July) 4
Sydal v. Ricochet (PWG, Feb) 4
Sekimoto v. Okabayashi (BJ, July) 4 1/4
Hero v. Lee (Evolve, July) 4 1/4
Strong v. Sabre (Evolve, July) 4 1/4
Eita v. Tozawa (DG, July) 4
Yamato/Doi v. Ricochet/Sydal (DG, July) 4
Yoshino v. THawk (DG, July) 4 1/4
Okada v. Ishii (Aug NJPW) 4
Ibushi v. Naito (Aug NJPW) 4
Puma v. Muertes (Aug, Lucha Underground) 4
Bucks v. Romero/Barretta (ROH, Aug) 4
Sugiura v. Marufuji (NOAH, Aug) 4
Harada v. Kotoge (NOAH, Aug) 4
Hero v. Sabre (PWG, June) 4 1/4
Bucks v. Everett/Lee (PWG, June) 4
Lee v. Ciampa (PWG, July) 4
Bailey v. Hero (PWG, July) 4 1/4
Tanahashi v. Ibushi (NJPW, July) 4 1/4
Shibata v. Naito (NJPW, July) 4
Honma v. Okada (NJPW, July) 4
Ibushi v. Styles (NJPW, July) 4
Tanahashi v. Naito (NJPW, July) 4 1/4
Goto v. Okada (NJPW, Aug) 4
Nakamura v. Honma (NJPW, Aug) 4
Lethal v. Strong (ROH, Sep) 4
Thatcher v. Sabre (Evolve, Aug) 4
Marufuji v. Sugiura (NOAH, Aug) 4 1/4 Red Dragon v. Young Bucks (NJPW, Aug) 4
Ricochet v. Kushida (NJPW, Aug) 4 1/4
Makabe v. Ibushi (NJPW, Sep) 4
Time Splitters v. Redragon (NJPW, Sep) 4 1/4
Nakamura v. Goto (NJPW, Sep) 4
Strong v. Okada (ROH, Aug) 4 1/4
Kotoge v. Marufuji (NOAH, Sep) 4
Ishii v. Makabe (NJPW, Oct) 4 1/4
Styles v. Okada (NJPW, Oct) 4 1/4
Sydal/Ricochet v. Shelley/Kushida (NJPW, Oct) 4
Busick v. Everett (PWG, Aug) 4
Andrews v. Ospreay (PWG, Aug) 4
Sydal v. Fenix (PWG, Aug) 4 1/4
Sydal/Ricochet v. Bucks (NJPW, Nov) 4
Thatcher v. Hero (PWG, Aug) 4
Bailey v. Galloway (PWG, Aug) 4 1/4
Sydal v. Ricochet (PWG, Aug) 4
Bucks/Super Dragon v. Busick/Everett/Lee (PWG, Aug) 4 1/4
Sydal v. Ospreay (PWG, Aug) 4 1/4
Bucks/Strong/SDragon v. Ricochet/Swann/Fenix/Angelico (PWG, Aug) 4
Benjamin v. Marufuji (NOAH, Nov) 4
Sydal/Ricochet v. Roppongi Vice (NJPW, Nov) 4
Nakamura v. Anderson (NJPW, Nov) 4
Yamato/Doi v. Yoshino/T-Hawk (DG, Nov) 4 1/4
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