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 covering 2025’s essential matches.

• Blue Panther vs. Hechicero (CMLL, 1/10)
• Meiko Satomura vs. Sareee (Sareee-ISM, 1/23)
• Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Hirooki Goto (NJPW, 2/11)
• Shinya Aoki vs. Keigo Nakamura (DDT, 2/14)
• Mushuku (CHANGO, PSYCHO & Kenichiro Arai) vs. GENTARO, Akira Jo & Taro Yamada (Mutoha Pro-Wrestling, 2/16)
• Meiko Satomura vs. Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls, 3/19)
• Star Jr. vs. Zandokan Jr. (CMLL, 3/21)
• Mercedes Moné vs. Athena (AEW, 4/16)
• El Sky Team (Neón Máscara Dorada II) & Blue Panther vs. Los Guerreros Laguneros (Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr. & Último Guerrero) (CMLL, 4/18)
• Meiko Satomura & Manami vs. Aja Kong & Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls, 4/29)
• Shinya Aoki vs. Kazusada Higuchi (DDT, 5/6)
• Mark Briscoe vs. Ricochet (AEW, 5/25)
• Matt Tremont vs. Mad Dog Connelly (DPW, 6/15)
• FTR (Cash Wheeler & Dax Harwood) vs. The Outrunners (Truth Magnum & Turbo Floyd) (AEW, 7/5)
• Jon Moxley vs. Adam Page (AEW, 7/12)
• Kazusada Higuchi vs. HARASHIMA (DDT, 7/13)
• Adam Priest vs. Anthony Henry (DPW, 8/8)
• Último Guerrero vs. Blue Panther (CMLL, 8/8)
• Mad Dog Connelly vs. Dominic Garrini (DPW, 8/10)
• Claudio Castagnoli vs. Darby Allin (AEW, 8/27)
• Kazusada Higuchi vs. Jun Akiyama (DDT, 8/30)
• Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin (AEW, 9/20)
• Charles Lucero & Erick Ortiz vs. Virus & Xelhua (CMLL & Promo Star, 9/27)
• Hikaru Sato vs. Keita Yano (Tenryu Project, 10/17)
• Keita Yano vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Tenryu Project, 11/4)
• Darby Allin vs. Daniel Garcia (AEW, 11/5)
• Yasu Urano vs. Akito (FP☆S, 11/16)
• Jon Moxley vs. Kyle Fletcher (AEW, 12/27)