Very good point about Ishikawa/Sato being awesome as a tag team this year but not much in singles. I kept wanting to mention the Young Bucks and Usos but really can't unless we did a top tag teams list.
Naito spent most of the first half of the year facing Ishii so thats probably why I overrate him. I do think he is on his way to being one of the top wrestlers in NJPW in the next year or two.
Also have to agree on Sheamus being the guy right now in WWE. Pretty much guaranteed to have a good match with anyone on the roster.
Here are some NOAH recommendations:
Atsushi Kotoge vs. Daisuke Harada 1/5
Taiji Ishimori vs. Hajime Ohara 1/19
Takashi Sugiura vs. Atsushi Kotoge 2/3
Naomichi Marufuji & Atsushi Kotoge vs. Takashi Sugiura & Masato Tanaka 2/22
Taiji Ishimori vs. Daisuke Harada 3/8
Yoshinari Ogawa & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori 3/21
Yoshinari Ogawa & Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori 4/12
Daisuke Harada vs. Atsushi Kotoge 4/19
Mikey Nicholls & Shane Haste vs. Atsushi Kotoge & Taiji Ishimori 5/17
Konley has been really good in EVOLVE/etc. and getting better as a heel. Also in PWX he had a great match against Cedric Alexander 2/15 and if anyone does seek out that match make sure to watch the Jake Manning vs. John Skyler I Quit Match, seriously one of my favorite matches this year,
I think Gargano is awesome. One of my other favorite matches of the year was Gargano vs. Roderick Strong from DGUSA 2/23. He also had good title defenses against Uhaa Nation (EVOLVE 27), Trent Baretta (DGUSA 2/22), and Ricochet (WM Weekend) plus probably had my favorite Elgin match this year in SMASH on 1/26. I could name more but obviously none of this matters if you hate Gargano.
The last thing I want to mention is that I'm not sure how many reading this thread are aware that IWA-MS is back and lately has been having almost weekly cards. It is starting to remind me of old school IWA-MS where they had 40+ shows a year and all kinds of unique matchups plus up and coming guys from the midwest (and Ian fighting a guy wear a yarmulke in a Taipei Barbed Wire Bat Death Match) Some new/sorta new guys to keep an eye out for: Danny Cannon, Shane Mercer, Christian Rose, Reed Bentley, Gary Jay and Matt Cage.