Recommended Matches Roundup #39: Best of 2024 Edition

Are you short on time for watching wrestling this week? The Violent People crew has you covered with the Recommended Matches Roundup. Each week, we create a list of matches you should check out. This is a special edition of the roundup where we’ll cover the best of 2024.

Bryan Danielson vs. Kazuchika Okada (NJPW, 1/4)
Sareee & Mio Momono vs. Chihiro Hashimoto & Mika Iwata (Sendai Girls, 1/7)
Sareee vs. Chihiro Hashimoto (Sareee Produce, 1/16)
HOOK vs. Samoa Joe (AEW, 1/17)
Yukio Sakaguchi vs. HARASHIMA (DDT, 2/7)
Team 200kg (Chihiro Hashimoto & Yuu) vs. Bobu Bobu Momo Banana (Mio Momono & Yurika Oka) (Sendai Girls, 2/11)
Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (NJPW, 2/11)
Eddie Kingston vs. Bryan Danielson (AEW, 3/3)
Darby Allin & Sting vs. The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson) (AEW, 3/3)
Yuki Ueno vs. HARASHIMA (DDT, 3/17)
Fuminori Abe vs. Hikaru Sato (Hikaru Sato Produce, 3/28)
The Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli & Jon Moxley) & Matt Sydal vs. Blue Panther, Místico, Último Guerrero & Volador Jr. (CMLL, 3/29)
Adam Priest vs. Slim J (ACTION Wrestling, 4/4)
Demus vs. Mad Dog Connelly (ACTION Wrestling, 4/4)
Timothy Thatcher vs. Daniel Makabe (ACTION Wrestling, 4/4)
Eddie Kingston vs. Mark Briscoe (ROH, 4/5)
Blue Panther vs. Bryan Danielson (CMLL, 4/5)
GUNTHER vs. Sami Zayn (WWE, 4/6)
Shinya Aoki vs. Chihiro Hashimoto (DDT, 4/7)
Daniel Makabe vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Prestige Wrestling, 4/14)
Mayumi Ozaki vs. Mio Momono (OZ Academy, 4/28)
GUNTHER vs. Sheamus (WWE, 5/6)
Alex Shelley vs. Timothy Thatcher (Prestige Wrestling, 5/16)
Roderick Strong vs. Fuminori Abe (DPW, 5/19)
Calvin Tankman vs. Kevin Ku (DPW, 5/19)
Randy Orton vs. GUNTHER (WWE, 5/25)
Jake De Leon vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Dexcon, 5/26)
Blue Panther vs. Hechicero (CMLL, 6/11)
Mistíco & Heddi Karaoui vs. Freelance & Virus (Lucha Memes, 6/16)
Josh Barnett vs. Jon Moxley (Josh Barnett Presents, 6/22)
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hechicero (CMLL, 6/22)
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Virus (CMLL, 6/24)
Adam Page vs. Jeff Jarrett (AEW, 7/3)
Daniel Makabe vs. Nicole Matthews (DUSK Pro Wrestling, 7/6)
Kenichiro Arai vs. Crusher Takahashi (Mutoha Pro-Wrestling, 7/7)
Bryan Danielson vs. Adam Page (AEW, 7/10)
Daniel Makabe vs. Kevin Ku (SCI, 7/12)
Alex Shelley vs. Chris Sabin (Prestige Wrestling, 7/12)
Timothy Thatcher vs. Roderick Strong (Prestige Wrestling, 7/12)
Fugo Fugo Yumeji, Hiroshi Yamato, Keita Yano, Sanshu Tsubakichi & Yuki Ishikawa vs. Buki, Jota, Kikujiro Umezawa, Nyudo & Thunder Summers (Ginza Pro-Wrestling, 7/20)
Mark Briscoe vs. Roderick Strong (ROH, 7/26)
Bryan Danielson vs. Jeff Jarrett (AEW, 8/7)
Kaito Kiyomiya vs. Ryohei Oiwa (NOAH, 8/9)
Yuki Ueno vs. Shinya Aoki (DDT, 8/25)
Bryan Danielson vs. Swerve Strickland (AEW, 8/25)
La Escuadra (El Hijo del Villano III & Villano III Jr.) vs. Los Muñecos de Moda (Halcón Rojo Jr. & Aztlán III) (PYCV, 9/1)
Mayu Iwatani & Sareee vs. VENY & Chihiro Hashimoto (Sareee Produce, 9/2)
1 Called Manders vs. Adam Priest (SCI, 9/7)
Chikayo Nagashima, DASH Chisako, Drake Morimatsu & ZAP-T vs. Magenta (Maria & Riko Kawahata), Mio Momono & Takumi Iroha (Netflix Produce, 9/12)
Hechicero vs. Valiente vs. Euforia vs. Esfinge (CMLL, 9/13)
LaBron Kozone vs. Timothy Thatcher (DPW, 9/15)
Nanae Takahashi vs. Sareee (Marigold, 9/23)
Darby Allin vs. Jon Moxley (AEW, 9/25)
Bryan Danielson vs. Jon Moxley (AEW, 10/12)
Shinya Aoki vs. HARASHIMA (DDT, 10/20)
1 Called Manders vs. Adam Priest (ACTION Wrestling, 11/22)
Darby Allin vs. Komander (AEW, 12/7)
Andrew Everett vs. Trevor Lee (DPW, 12/8)
Adam Priest vs. LaBron Kozone (DPW, 12/8)
Sareee vs. Nanae Takahashi (Marigold, 12/13)
Will Ospreay vs. Darby Allin (AEW, 12/18)
Darby Allin vs. Claudio Castagnoli (AEW, 12/21)