Recommended Matches Roundup #65
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Are you short on time for watching wrestling this week? You’re in the right place. Welcome to the Recommended Matches Roundup, a regular feature at Violent People where we round up the matches you should be watching. This is a special edition covering the first month and a half or so of 2026.
- Mayu Iwatani vs. Takumi Iroha (Marigold, 1/3)
- Darby Allin vs. Wheeler YUTA (AEW, 1/3)
- El Hijo del Fishman vs. El Hijo de Máscara Sagrada (Cordero Producciones, 1/3)
- Miu Watanabe vs. Suzume (TJPW, 1/4)
- Aaron Wolf vs. EVIL (NJPW, 1/4)
- KONOSUKE TAKESHITA vs. Yota Tsuji (NJPW, 1/4)
- Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (NJPW, 1/4)
- El Sky Team (Máscara Dorada II & Místico) & Esfinge vs. Los Guerreros Laguneros (Gran Guerrero, Stuka Jr. & Último Guerrero) (CMLL, 1/6)
- Masanori Kanu Watanabe & Yuta Oya vs. Ali Najima & Ryutaro Ono (Sportiva, 1/7)
- Hechicero & Último Guerrero vs. Atlantis Jr. & Komander (CMLL & Invasión Indy, 1/8)
- Místico vs. Bárbaro Cavernario (CMLL, 1/9)
- El Clon vs. Komander (AEW, 1/10)
- Mark Briscoe vs. Hechicero (AEW, 1/10)
- Saya Iida vs. Chihiro Hashimoto (Sendai Girls, 1/11)
- AMAKUSA vs. Daiki Odashima (NOAH, 1/11)
- Mayu Iwatani & Victoria Yuzuki vs. Miku Aono & Utami Hayashishita (Marigold, 1/12)
- Shinya Aoki vs. Fuminori Abe (DDT, 1/12)
- Daichi Sato & HARASHIMA vs. Kazusada Higuchi & Yuya Koroku (DDT, 1/12)
- GUNTHER vs. AJ Styles (WWE, 1/12)
- Máscara Dorada II vs. Stuka Jr. (CMLL, 1/13)
- Mistico & Templario vs. Hechicero & Volador Jr. (CMLL, 1/13)
- Timothy Thatcher vs. Charlie Dempsey (WWE, 1/14)
- PAC vs. Darby Allin (AEW, 1/14)
- Adam Page vs. Bryan Keith (AEW, 1/14)
- Mad Dog Connelly vs. Timothy Thatcher (Warrior Wrestling, 1/16)
- Blue Panther vs. Último Guerrero (CMLL, 1/16)
- Hechicero vs. Roderick Strong (CMLL, 1/16)
- Lee Moriarty vs. Xelhua (CMLL, 1/17)
- Kzy vs. BIG BOSS Shimizu (Dragongate, 1/18)
- Takahiro Tababa vs. GAJO (H-Production, 1/18)
- Blue Panther & Xelhua vs. Lee Moriarty & Virus (CMLL, 1/18)
- Hajime Enshu & Yoichi Shinmei vs. Ali Najima & Masanori Kanu Watanabe (Sportiva, 1/21)
- The Death Riders (Jon Moxley, Daniel Garcia & Wheeler YUTA) vs. The Don Callis Family (Hechicero, Lance Archer & Rocky Romero) (AEW, 1/21)
- Jonathan Gresham vs. Ryan Clancy (Beyond Wrestling, 1/23)
- Capitán Suicida & Valiente Jr. vs. Raider & Vegas Depredador (CMLL, 1/23)
- El Sky Team (Máscara Dorada II & Místico) vs. Ángel de Oro & Averno (CMLL, 1/23)
- Victoria Yuzuki vs. Komomo Minami (Marigold, 1/24)
- Mayu Iwatani vs. Utami Hayashishita (Marigold, 1/24)
- AJ Styles vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (WWE, 1/24)
- Claudio Castagnoli vs. Roderick Strong (AEW, Aired 1/24)
- Shinya Aoki vs. Junta Miyawaki (DDT, 1/25)
- Capitán Suicida, El Hijo del Pantera & Valiente Jr. vs. Guerrero Maya Jr., Vegas Depredador & Virus (CMLL, 1/27)
- Mark Briscoe vs. El Clon (AEW, 1/28)
- Adam Priest vs. Anthony Henry (ROH, Aired 1/29)
- Mayu Iwatani vs. Komomo Minami (Marigold, 1/30)
- Claudio Castagnoli vs. Xelhua (CMLL, 1/30)
- GUNTHER vs. AJ Styles (WWE, 1/31)
- Darby Allin vs. Clark Connors (AEW, 1/31)
- Mark Briscoe vs. Tommaso Ciampa (AEW, 1/31)
- Shoma Kato vs. Katsuya Murashima (NJPW, 2/1)
- Boltin Oleg vs. Hartley Jackson (NJPW, 2/2)
- Hirooki Goto vs. Ryohei Oiwa (NJPW, 2/2)
- Adam Page vs. Mark Davis (AEW, 2/4)
- Andrade el Ídolo vs. Kenny Omega (AEW, 2/4)
- Ai Houzan vs. Mio Momono (Marvelous, 2/5)
- 1 Called Manders vs. Mad Dog Connelly (GCW & JCW, 2/6)
- Capitán Suicida vs. Yutani (CMLL, 2/6)
- Tommaso Ciampa vs. Roderick Strong vs. Claudio Castagnoli (AEW, 2/7)
- Bishamon (Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI) & Boltin Oleg vs. T.M.D.K. (Hartley Jackson, Ryohei Oiwa & Zack Sabre Jr.) (NJPW, 2/11)
- Andrade el Ídolo vs. Adam Page (AEW, 2/14)
- Orange Cassidy & Toni Storm vs. The Death Riders (Marina Shafir & Wheeler Yuta) (AEW, 2/14)
- Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe (AEW, 2/14)
- Jon Moxley vs. Mark Davis (AEW, 2/18)
- Kevin Knight vs. The Beast Mortos (AEW, 2/18)
- Atlantis Jr. vs. Averno (NJPW & CMLL, 2/26)
