{"id":27529,"date":"2024-01-04T09:14:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T09:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/?page_id=27529"},"modified":"2024-12-22T12:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-22T12:00:53","slug":"2024-contenders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/2024-contenders\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Contenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a new year &#8211; and a fresh list of our Match of the Year Contenders. All of these matches either got ****\u00bc and above in our reviews, our would have (if we reviewed it, for shows we don\u2019t do full-show reviews on).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tama Tonga vs. Shingo Takagi (New Japan, WrestleKingdom 18, January 04, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>El Desperado vs. Hiromu Takahashi (New Japan, WrestleKingdom 18, January 04, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>David Finlay vs. Jon Moxley vs. Will Ospreay (New Japan, WrestleKingdom 18, January 04, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson (New Japan, WrestleKingdom 18, January 04, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Trent Seven vs. Connor Mills (Rev Pro, Live in London 82, February 04, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>JJ Gale vs. Luke Jacobs (Rev Pro, High Stakes 2024, February 18, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Connor Mills vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Rev Pro, High Stakes 2024, February 18, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Michael Oku vs. Will Ospreay (Rev Pro, High Stakes 2024, February 18, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Connor Mills vs. Luke Jacobs (Rev Pro, Live in Sheffield, February 25, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Jordon Breaks vs. Leon Slater (Rev Pro, Live in London 83, March 03, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Mike D Vecchio vs. Gringo Loco (wXw, 16 Carat Gold 2024 &#8211; Night One, March 08, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Mike D Vecchio, Shigehiro Irie, Hektor Invictus &amp; Dennis Dullnig vs. Gringo Loco, YOICHI, El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. &amp; Galeno Del Mal (wXw, 16 Carat Gold 2024 &#8211; Night Three, March 10, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Laurance Roman vs. Peter Tihanyi (wXw, 16 Carat Gold 2024 &#8211; Night Three, March 10, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Alex Windsor vs. Dani Luna (Rev Pro, Revolution Rumble 2024, March 31, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Shigehiro Irie vs. Luke Jacobs (Rev Pro, Live in Southampton 29, April 01, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Timothy Thatcher vs. Daniel Makabe (ACTION Wrestling, DEAN~!!!, April 04, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Zozaya vs. Michael Oku (Rev Pro, Live in Barcelona, April 13, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Zozaya vs. Michael Oku (Rev Pro, Epic Encounter 2024, April 20, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Luke Jacobs vs. Zozaya (Rev Pro, Live in Southampton 30, June 09, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>MJF vs. Will Ospreay (AEW, Dynamite #250, July 17, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Hechicero vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (Rev Pro, 12 Year Anniversary, August 24, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Luke Jacobs vs. Michael Oku\u00a0(Rev Pro, 12 Year Anniversary, August 24, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>1 Called Manders vs. Luke Jacobs (Rev Pro, British J Cup 2024, September 28, 2024)<\/li>\n<li>Leon Slater vs. Zozaya (Rev Pro, Uprising 2024, December 21, 2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a new year &#8211; and a fresh list of our Match of the Year Contenders. All of these matches either got ****\u00bc and above in our reviews, our would have (if we reviewed it, for shows we don\u2019t do full-show reviews on). Tama Tonga vs. Shingo Takagi (New Japan, WrestleKingdom 18, January 04, 2024)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-27529","page","type-page","status-publish"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P73vbt-7a1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27529"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28292,"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27529\/revisions\/28292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/backbodydrop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}