Csonka’s Top 100 Major Shows of 2014

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Welcome one and all to a special day. Today I will share my final list of shows for the year 2014. Usually I have just been including PPV and or iPPV, but after some reader demand I also included the Pro Wrestling Guerrilla Battle of Los Angeles shows as well as the ROH Survival of the Fittest events. I was just going to review as many shows as I had been the last few years (50-70) and well, this thing started to take on a life of its own.

For the year 2014 I ended up reviewing 100 major shows; something I take great pride in. WWE, TNA, ROH, EVOLVE, DGUSA, New Japan, Dragon Gate, PWG, CHIKARA and more will be found on the list. The big list also includes links to the reviews of the shows (click the show’s score and it will take you to a review, report and or write up from that particular event. As a reminder, this is not a basic “how good was the show” number like a TV show, as I have always felt that a PPV and or special events are very different from a regular show. I have always judged PPV on how they built to a match, the match quality, crowd reactions to matches and angles, the overall booking, how the PPV leads into the future, PPV price and so on and so forth. Obviously your criteria may be different, and there is no issue with that.

I hope that you enjoy the list, and please feel free to share what you thought were the top 5 shows of the year, as well as what you thought were the worst events of the year.

* Only 10 shows were rated “not so good” or below in the rankings.
* 17 shows were scored in the average range.
* The other 73 shows were scored good and above. There was a lot of great wrestling in 2014.

As a reminder, I will be going by the 411 scale…

0 – 0.9: Torture
1 – 1.9: Extremely Horrendous
2 – 2.9: Very Bad
3 – 3.9: Bad
4 – 4.9: Poor
5 – 5.9: Not So Good
6 – 6.9: Average
7 – 7.9: Good
8 – 8.9:Very Good
9 – 9.9: Amazing
10: Virtually Perfect

Csonka’s Major Events/Shows For 2014

* NJPW G1 Climax Tournament (Day 8) – 10.0

* NJPW G1 Climax Tournament (Day 7) – 9.6
* Dragon Gate Dead or Alive 2014 – 9.5
* NJPW G1 Climax Tournament (Day 4) – 9.5
* EVOLVE 35 – 9.3
* NJPW G1 Climax Tournament (Day 11) – 9.1
* NJPW G1 Climax Tournament (Day 1) – 9.0
* Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s BOLA 2014 (Night Two) – 9.0

* ROH-NJPW War of the Worlds – 8.9
* NJPW Destruction in Kobe 2014 – 8.9
* NJPW Dominion 2014 – 8.85
* NJPW G1 Climax Tournament (Day 5) – 8.8
* NJPW Power Struggle 2014 – 8.8
* NJPW Invasion Attack – 8.8
* NJPW New Beginning in Osaka – 8.75
* Dragon Gate Gate of Destiny 2014 – 8.6
* NJPW G1 Climax Tournament (Day 6) – 8.5
* NJPW’s King of Pro Wrestling 2014 – 8.5
* WWE NXT Takeover: R Evolution – 8.5
* DGUSA – Open the Ultimate Gate 2014 – 8.5
* WWE Payback – 8.5
* WWE WrestleMania 30 – 8.4
* Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s BOLA 2014 (Night One) – 8.4
* ROH Final Battle – 8.3
* Dragon Gate Dangerous Gate 2014 – 8.2
* WWE NXT Takeover – 8.1
* ROH All Star Extravaganza VI – 8.1
* NJPW WrestleKingdom VIII – 8.0
* WWE NXT Arrival – 8.0
* NJPW Back to the Yokohama Arena 2014 – 8.0
* Dragon Gate Kobe Pro Wrestling Festival 2014 – 8.0
* NJPW G1 Climax Tournament (Day 9) – 8.0
* WWE Summerslam – 8.0
* CMLL 81st Anniversary Show – 8.0

* Pro Wrestling Guerrilla’s BOLA 2014 (Night Three) – 7.9
* SHIMMER 62 – 7.9
* DGUSA Way of the Ronin – 7.9
* EVOLVE 34 – 7.9
* EVOLVE 29 – 7.8
* EVOLVE 32 – 7.8
* NJPW G1 Climax Tournament (Day 2) – 7.8
* NJPW Best of the Super Juniors Finals 2014 – 7.8
* TNA One Night Only – Global Impact Japan – 7.8
* NJPW Fantastica Mania III – 7.7
* WWE Money in the Bank – 7.7
* EVOLVE 26 – 7.6
* CHIKARA: Tomorrow Never Dies – 7.5
* EVOLVE 27 – 7.5
* Dragon Gate KING OF GATE Kick Off 2014 – 7.5
* EVOLVE 25 – 7.4
* NJPW Fantastica Mania II – 7.4
* Dragon Gate: The Gate of Maximum 2014 – 7.3
* Csonka Reviews ROH Survival of the Fittest 2014 (Night One) – 7.3
* NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2014 iPPV – 7.2
* NJPW G1 Climax Tournament (Day 3) – 7.2
* NJPW 42nd Anniversary iPPV – 7.2
* NJPW Road to New Beginning – 7.1
* NJPW Road to the Tokyo Dome 12.19.14 – 7.1
* NJPW Fantastica Mania – 7.0
* Dragon Gate Truth Gate – 7.0
* NJPW New Beginning in Osaka – 7.0
* WWE Elimination Chamber – 7.0
* NJPW New Japan Cup Night One – 7.0
* NJPW New Japan Cup Night Three – 7.0
* ROH-NJPW Global Wars – 7.0
* CHIKARA: You Only Live Twice – 7.0
* TNA Slammiversary – 7.0
* ROH Best in the World 2014 – 7.0
* TNA One Night Only – X-Division Xtravaganza II – 7.0
* NJPW G1 Climax Tournament (Day 10) – 7.0
* NJPW G1 Climax Tournament (Day 12) – 7.0
* WWE NXT Takeover: Fatal Four-Way – 7.0
* WWE Survivor Series – 7.0

* TNA One Night Only – World Cup II – 6.9
* NJPW Road To Wrestling Dontaku 2014 (Day One) – 6.8
* DGUSA Revolt! – 6.75
* WWE Night of Champions – 6.7
* TNA Sacrifice – 6.6
* NJPW Kizuna Road (Day 2) – 6.7
* TNA One Night Only – Old School – 6.5
* EVOLVE 33 – 6.5
* 2014 – A Wrestling Odyssey – 6.5
* NJPW Road To Power Struggle 2014 – (Day 1) – 6.4
* WWE Extreme Rules – 6.3
* Dragon Gate Rainbow Gate 2014 – 6.1
* TNA One Night Only – Tag Team Tournament – 6.0
* TNA Lockdown 2014 – 6.0
* TNA One Night Only – Joker’s Wild II – 6.0
* EVOLVE 30 – 6.0
* EVOLVE 31 – 6.0

* WWE Royal Rumble – 5.9
* TNA Bound For Glory – 5.7
* WWE Battleground – 5.5
* EVOLVE 28 – 5.5

* Csonka Reviews ROH Survival of the Fittest 2014 (Night Two) – 5.5
* DGUSA – Mercury Rising 2014 – 5.0
* WWE Hell in a Cell – 5.0

* Dragon Gate Scandal Gate 2014 – 4.5

* WWE TLC – 3.5
* TNA One Night Only: Knockouts Knockdown II – 3.0

What were your best and worst shows of the year? Please share your lists in the comment section.

Thanks for checking out the lists and following the reviews.