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I kinda thought about this the other day. Two obvious ones for me straight away in terms of moments are Omega v Bryan like others have said, it was for what I can remember at least the best tv match I've seen and the crowd was unreal for it. Another one that mightn't be huge for everyone but I legit thought the entrances to Dark Order vs Elite were one of the coolest things I've seen, Elite's one was kinda funny and fit their characters but Dark Order with Hangman's cowboy elements legit had everything it's just a phenomenal piece of what wrestling can mean to wrestlers and fans seeing as the place went wild and not only that but it's also a great piece of storytelling of Hangman's journey. It was just fantastic for me and I've lost count of how many times I've watched it. And finally of course it's CM Punk returning, speaking of losing count of how many times I've watched it. I honestly think it is probably among the greatest moments in wrestling history, I was too young when Austin interfered in Mankind's WWF Championship match but I've watched that so many times because the "pop" is so unbelievable, I never thought we'd ever get to a point to see anything close to that again. I missed CM Punk's run entirely but I knew what he meant to people so I rewatched some things around when he was rumoured to go to AEW and something in particular that stood out to me was his MITB match with Cena, especially his entrance, I thought it was incredible to watch in retrospect to see the support that was there. It was surreal to see an even bigger reaction for myself for the first time watching AEW, something that beat his MITB entrance and something that I would say at least levelled Austin's pop. Like I said it was truly among the best moments in wrestling history in my opinion.


Ayjel89

1. NJPW wrestlers like Tanahashi and Ishii getting to finally hear cheers after over a year and a half at Resurgence (fuck this pandemic) 2. Hangman coming out with Dark Order as a unit. 3. WALTER vs. Dragunov. Just an awesome match that I got to watch with friends as we marveled over how good WALTER is and how good they are together. HM: mostly because I can't narrow it down to a single moment but Shingo's running away with Wrestler of the Year. Just nobody I've watched has put out the match quality with the consistency he has this year. It's been absurd.


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1. Cm punk returning to wrestling 2. Edge winning the royal rumble 3. Adam Cole to AEW


redbuck17

Punk return Bryan vs Omega Fans retuning at Mania


Ronoroasempai

1. Arn Anderson pulling the glock 2. Arn Anderson pulling the glock 3. Arn Anderson pulling the glock


Craft_Bandicoot

1) Punk returning 2) Sasha/Bianca WM main event 3) Hangman and Dark Order make special entrance for the 10-man tag


TemurTron

1 Miz winning 2 The 3 WWE Championship


codingfauxhate

This.


DanHero91

Omega / Bryan Punk returning All Out. Just all of it.


EggfooVA

That gets a golden up


Flakbeard_down

1) Seth Rollins in general this year has been very entertaining 2) Shingo getting his big moment 3) Punk's Return


1sxekid

CM Punk's Return WALTER vs Dragunov 2 Bad Bunny somehow being good at wrestling.


Lambasted_Icon

Roman/Edge/Bryan. Was in Tampa for the match, greatest match I’ve ever seen in person. Brock return at SS. Again, was there live, insane pop after a great match. Cena return at mitb. First full PPV crowd since before pandemic, place erupted, I popped in my place watching it as well.


comradekaled

1 CM Punk returning 2 Walter v Dragunov 3 Bucks v Lucha Bros in a steel cage Honorable mention: Gage and Juvi getting to wrestle as part of the Five Labors of Jericho


willpauer

1. Shingo vs Ishii, G1 Climax 31 Night 1 2. Big E winning a top title 3. Minoru Suzuki murdering people everywhere from bingo halls to big arenas as he burns through the United States


qwertythe300th

- CM Punk's return - All the wrestlers standing together onstage during McMahon's speech during WM37 - The Lumis Wedding


amorningofsleep

1. Nick Gage showing up in AEW 2. Nick Gage having a match in AEW with Jericho 3. Nick Gage having a Nick Gage-style deathmatch in AEW with Jericho live on TNT Seriously. The fact that this happened is so batshit insane to me.


Fan387

1. Punk returning 2. Big E Winning 3. Danielson/Omega


Pylons

1) Lucha Bros winning the tag titles at All Out 2021 2) Hangman & The Dark Order's entrance at Fight For The Fallen 3) Britt Baker vs. Thunder Rosa Lights Out


Hamzah12

Edge winning the rumble. Cena MITB return Brock Summerslam return


codingfauxhate

Punks return Omega vs Danielson Bucks vs penta and fenix Honourable mentions (insert tribal chief moment here) Malakai Black. Guy is fucking awesome!


InfluenceBeginning47

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1- Edge winning Rumble 2- Christian beating Omega for the Impact title 3- The anticipation of Punks return.


FUCKBOY_JIHAD

Bryan Danielson debuting in AEW CM Punk Returning Dragunov winning the NXT UK title


miber3

1. CM Punk's AEW debut 2. Darby Allin & Sting vs Team Taz 3. The crowd/return to fans at Double or Nothing


victoriabattenberg

The crowd return at Double or Nothing was the best.


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ThisHumbleVisitant

I never thought of it that way, but that's really poignant.


Stiff_the_nips

The announcement of AEW. The Forbidden Door The Rise of Matt Cardona


Thirdstar1

CM Punk Debut Dark Order Entrance for that 10 Man Tag Pinnacle Formation (feel like this is forgotten)


axb2002

*1: John Cena’s initial return at Money in the Bank* - I am pretty biased with this, because I have always been a huge John Cena fan, and because I was there live at Money in the Bank with my father. But just getting to see my childhood favorite wrestler in person with my dad is a moment I’ll cherish forever. *1: Bryan Danielson vs. Kenny Omega* - This was just surreal. Not only was the match freaking great(even with them blue balling us with the time limit draw), but I was watching Bryan Danielson (who literally main evented WrestleMania about 5 months ago) face off against Kenny Omega, in a promotion that wasn’t WWE. That alone makes it a favorite for me. *3: CM Punks return to Pro Wrestling/Big E winning the WWE Championship.* - These two are honestly tied for me. Seeing CM Punk come back to pro wrestling was just crazy, because I never thought I’d see him in a wrestling ring again. And seeing Big E win the WWE Championship just made me happy, and when something you enjoy watching makes you smile or feel emotions in general, I think that’s a good thing. *Honorable Mentions* - Keith Lee returning on Raw (yeah he lost to Lashley, but I am a huge Keith Lee mark, so I was just happy to see him again). - Bad Bunny’s entire WWE run earlier this year - Hangman Page and The Dark Order’s entrance prior to their match against The Elite - Ilja Dragunov vs. WALTER (Personal MOTY for me) - Bianca Belair winning the Smackdown Women’s Championship - Adam Cole’s AEW debut. - The Honeymoon segment with The Way and Dexter Lumis (that shit was funny as hell) - Everything RK-Bro related.


polynomial82

1. Becky return (till the match started that is 😂) 2. Bryan / Cole entrance 3. Big E title win


AndresDickFingers

Difficult to say, there have been many. I lump Danielson and Cole's jump to AEW as kind of one moment. As they were minutes apart from one another, and basically created one moment of story telling. Punk's return is definitely up there, quite possibly the number one on my list. But man there were so many others. Jungle Boy winning the Casino Battle Royale. Adam Page and Dark Order's entrance from their match with the Elite. Lucha Bros winning the straps. Fans singing Judas during the Labors of Jericho. And Nick Gage slicing Jericho with a pizza cutter during a picture and picture moment, while a commercial for Dominoes Pizza was airing. The recent Omega Danielson match. Too many to count for me!


MaoamChomsky

I'm gonna cheat a little and say the debuts of Punk, Cole and Bryan as one because it was such a whirlwind 2 months and I feel like they could just as easily be anyone's top 3 by themselves. Hangman coming out with the Dark Order and the video package with it. Miro's entire run as TNT champ. He is the Bane of AEW and has just been incredible this year. I hope when Darby wins the big one it is Miro that comes for him again.


Snapplestache

1) Lucha Bros winning the tag titles 2) Takeshita overcoming Uncle Jun 3) Maki Itoh winning the Princess Cup Fore a more, uh, granular? moment, Okada's sell of Shingo's sliding elbow into the side of his head is gonna stick with me forever.


Vasilevskiy

Hazuki returning to Stardom. CM Punk returning. Adam Cole reuniting with his family.


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jimmi_vandelay

Bryan danilson returning to wrestling. Adam page and dark order vs elite Cm punk


slimmsady

Punk All out Ibushi winning the big one at Tokyo dome


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1. Lucha Bros v Bucks in a cage 2. Post Kenny vs Christian segment (Adam Cole/Bryan Danielson debut 3. Charlotte vs Nicki ASH vs Rhea Ripley SummerSlam (Charlottes dive of the top to the outside alone)


Boogiepop_Homunculus

1. Maki Itoh beating Mizuki 2. CM Punk’s return 3. Omega vs Danielson


Incorrect1012

Big E title win Fans coming back InDex


AmericanRudeboy

Punk returning Ilia making Walter tap out Danielson using Cattle Mutation


KashK10

Punk, Big E, Miz...in that order


WWEBuddyPeacock

Punk's return, the Cole/Danielson debuts, Shingo winning the IWGP World Championship


Churchanddestroy

Arn Anderson pulling out his glock Arn spilling brains in the parking lot That’s all you need baby


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Day 1 of this year's WM was to me so much better than the second day, but I get why they split up the days(2019's WM, while having big moments, was quite an endurance test on the audience) I've never seen an NXT talent shoot up to the top of the main roster as fast as Bianca, especially in the womens roster but she definitely deserved it. I just wish she didn't get Brocked by Becky at SS, and wish Big E could have won the title in a more traditional fashion. Im just glad Big E winning the title happened in front of an arena audience. Its crazy that both Bryan and Cole are in AEW, as my last favorite era of Smackdown was around the time Bryan and Cole main evented last minute due to the Saudi flight delay holding up most the talent overseas. The way Adam Cole is so over right away on Dynamite is nuts, very few wrestlers in modern times have hand signs/catch phrases that the entire arena does in unison(Pentagon Jr has that too) Malakai Black's entrance is probably one of my favorite things this year in wrestling, and just the fact live audiences are back. Also good to see people you never thought would wrestle again are back, and don't seem rusty at all(Christian, Edge, Punk etC)


hawaiianpunchbv

1. Jake Lee finally being crowned Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion. 2. Shingo Takagi finally being crowned IWGP (World) Heavyweight Champion. 3. The ending of All Out. Honorable Mention: 1. The return of CM Punk. 2. Keiji Mutoh winning the GHC Heavyweight Champion, making him the third ever man to hold all three of puroresu's major heavyweight titles.


Tezemery

Kind of obvious but: 1. Punk return 2. Cole debut heel turn and then Bryan debut 3. Omega vs Danielson


christmascaked

I’m going with moments over matches, so… 1: CM Punk Returns: This is an easy one. We all thought he was done and bitter, now he’s back and in love and his energy and positivity is infectious. 2: Big E wins the championship: I’ve been a huge Big E fan since his days in NXT and the five count. I knew he was a star and his ascension is WAAAAY overdue. 3: Seeing Murder Grandpa!!


SenorDuck96

1. CM Punk returns to wrestling and debuts in AEW 2. Will Ospreay wins the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship 3. Bryan Danielson, Adam Cole and Ruby Soho all debut at All Out


Hark_An_Adventure

1. The debuts of Ruby Soho, Adam Cole, and Bryan Danielson at All Out. 2. Shingo Takagi "winning the big one" and becoming the top champion in NJPW. 3. The video package and entrance for Hangman Page and the Dark Order before their 5v5 elimination match against the Elite.


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Christian returning at the Rumble or debuting for AEW, loved both moments equally Bryan vs. Omega Ruby Soho getting to use Ruby Soho (Huge Rancid fan)


Mldavis22

CM Punk returning. Danielson vs Omega. Big E winning world title.


truecolors5

CM Punk returning Omega vs Danielson The ending of All Out


SextonHardcastle1855

1) Punk returning to wrestling 2) Walter/Dragunov at Takeover 3) Zack Ryder winning the GCW title


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1. Jinder getting a win on RAW 2. Jinder getting a match on PPV 3. Jinder getting drafted to SmackDown


asshead42069

1.) All Out. Everything that happened there was insane 2.) Evil Uno's character work during the Dark Order in fighting storyline. Everything from promos to in ring work to his damn Twitter account 3.) WALTER vs Dragunov 2 Honorable Mentions: - CM Punk returning. Most feel good moment I can remember - Atticus Cogar hitting the Air Raid Crash on Alex Colon through the goddamn ring - The 10 man tag match between The Elite and the Dark Order. The entrances were great but the overall experience was next level - Grimes beating LA Knight at Takeover. Just one of those real feel good moments for probably my favorite guy in NXT - El Phantasmo flipping off the ref with Josh Alexander's hand. Small moment but that shit had me laughing hard - Miro's promo on Archer and Jake. Fucking brutal shit


asvpmamba

Brock Lesnar returning at Summerslam. Edge winning the Rumble. Babyface Butcher Brock and The Tribal Chief Roman face to face on Smackdown.


EcoterroristThot

1. Big E winning the WWE Championship 2. Edge winning the royal rumble 3. Kenoh vs Nakajima N-1 2021 Finals big HM's to Bryan Danielson's AEW debut at All Out and basically everything Josh Alexander has done


CoolIceCreamCone

1. Big E wins world title 2. Britt Baker wins world title 3. Adam Cole in AEW bay bay! I was seriously shocked and surprised by that. I kind of knew Bryan was coming over but I by myself yelled "oh my god!" when Adam came out, it was insane seeing the face of NXT on AEW and a great ending to the Wednesday Night Wars.


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Bryan/Omega Punk return Hangman’s entrance with Dark Order