There were only 2 months of shows in 2020 pre-pandemic, so of course the best show of the year was probably going to be one that happened in January or February. While we did mostly get used to watching wrestling with sparse crowds, no crowds, and no crowds with piped in crowd noise, those shows did suffer without a raucous crowd. One show that might be considered being a best of the year show amidst the pandemic was the AEW Brodie Lee tribute show, which was awesome, but kind of hard to watch at how sad it was. There was also one G1 show, Day 13, that some might consider the best show of the year. It was a great show, with Cobb/Ishii, Taichi/Ospreay, Ibushi/Suzuki, and Okada/Takagi all being good matches. Wrestle Kingdom, which is always at least one of if not the best show of the year, was split into 2 nights in 2020 and kind of suffered as a result. But there was one show that stood out. NXT usually always has great Takeover shows, and their show in Portland in February, in front of a packed, frenzied crowd, was spectacular. Dave Meltzer noted after the show on his podcast that it was one of the best WWE shows ever. Ever. Keith Lee and Dominik Dijakovic had an awesome, big-move-after-big-move, spot-fest of a match that had the crowd frothing at the mouth and on their feet. Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne faced Kyle O'Reilly and Bobby Fish for the tag titles in a spectacular, match of the year contender that was all action and drama. The main event was an epic with Adam Cole vs. Tommaso Ciampa for the title. And even the two women's matches were at least entertaining; Dakota Kai vs. Tegan Nox in a Street Fight and Rhea Ripley vs. Bianca Belair for the women's title. Every match was good to great, and it was seemingly non-stop high drama, devastating moves, near-falls, and a crowd roaring with approval for 3 hours. A truly legendary show.
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