It was a great week of wrestling, at least for what I watched. There were at least three matches that would've taken the top spot on most weeks and they came from outside the big two companies, proving that there's great wrestling all over the world.
With New Japan holding one of it's best shows of the year last Monday with Power Struggle, they had more spots than usual on my list but four companies were represented in the top 10. Topping the list was one of the best television matches of year and it came from TNA Impact with Moose winning the X Division title for the first time in his career over Mike Bailey. It's the second time Speedball has taken the top spot since I started doing this column with his title win over Zachary Wentz stealing the show at September's Victory Road show.
This match was taped the day after Speedball successfully defended his belt against El Hijo Del Vikingo at Bound for Glory and Moose challenged him for the title in a backstage segment to set it up. It aired on this past week's TV show and was a very different match than you usually see from Speedball. He was selling a leg injury but kept coming back from Moose's attack to the point where the big man was getting frustrated. Eventually he kept at it and it was too much and he won with a spectacular spear to become the new champ.
The other two matches were both from the Power Struggle show, which speaks to how good that show was. I also had one other match on that show in the top 10.
All told, I watched 70 matches for the week ended Nov 10, which included the following shows: WWE RAW, NJPW Super Jr Tag League Night 6 (aired Oct 31), ROH on Honor Club (aired Oct 31), WWE NXT, AEW Dynamite, NJPW Super Jr Tag League Night 7 (aired Nov 1), TNA Impact, WWE Smackdown, NJPW Tag League Night 8 (aired Nov 2), NXT Lvl Up (Aired Nov 1), WWE Main Event (aired Nov 1), AEW Rampage (aired Nov 1), AEW Collision (aired Nov 2) and NJPW Power Struggle.
Following are my top 10 for the week which include my personal star rating as well as the Cagematch score and Dave Meltzer star rating, where available.
1. 4.75* Moose wins the X Division title from Mike Bailey on TNA Impact Nov 7. 8.58/10 on Cagematch
2. 4.75* Robbie Eagles and Kosei Fujita win the NJPW Super Jr Tag league tourney, beating Catch 2/2 (TJP and Francesco Akira) at NJPW Power Struggle Nov 4. 8.74/10 on Cagematch. 4.75* from Dave Meltzer
3. 4.75* Zack Sabre Jr retained his IWGP World championship over Shingo Takagi at NJPW Power Struggle. 8.65/10 on Cagematch. 5.25* from Dave Meltzer
4. 4.5* Kyle Fletcher beat Komander on AEW Collision November 2. 8.07/10 on Cagematch
5. 4* Hiromu and Bushi beat Clark Connors and Drilla Moloney at NJPW Super Junior Tag League Night 7 on November 1. 6.4/10 on Cagematch
6. 4* Je'Von Evans beat Wes Lee on WWE NXT on November 6. 6.93/10 on Cagematch. 3.75* from Dave Meltzer
7. 4* Guilia/Stephanie Vaquer/Jordynne Grace/Kelani Jordan/Zaria beat Fatal Influence (Fallon Henley/Jacy Jayne/Jazmyn Nyx)/Cora Jade/Roxanne Perez on WWE NXT. 7.53/10 on Cagematch. 4* from Dave Meltzer
8. 4* Douki retained his IWGP Junior Heavyweight title over Master Wato at NJPW Power Struggle. 7.67/10 on Cagematch. 4.75* from Dave Meltzer
9. 4* Dragon Lee beat Chad Gable on WWE RAW on November 4. 7.68/10 on Cagematch. 3.5* from Dave Meltzer
10. 4* Damien Priest won a #1 contender's match over Dominik Mysterio, Seth Rollins and Sheamus on WWE RAW. 6.81/10 on Cagematch. 4* from Dave Meltzer
Also receiving 4* was Tomohiro Ishii, Kyle O'Reilly and Mark Briscoe beating the Learning Tree (Chris Jericho, Big Bill and Bryan Keith) on AEW Dynamite on November 6. 6.80/10 on Cagematch. 4* from Dave Meltzer
