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Recently I've been doing a watch project for the year 2010, and in the middle of it I kind of lost the ambition to continue, but within in the past couple of days I picked it back up. Now on my spreadsheet I had an ongoing list of the best matches, but since it had been a while since I had watched them, I felt maybe it wasn't fair to compare them to the matches fresh on my mind. That led to me re-watching quite a few matches, but the one that stunned me was the one 5 star match I originally had for the year, Daniel Bryan vs. SHINGO from DGUSA. I remember absolutely loving the match, and even comparing it to Bryan vs. KENTA from ROH, but I wanted it to be fresh on my mind. Upon re-watching, it was a major let down, like I couldn't believe at one point I had the match as the best of the year. Not to say it's a bad match, but it certainly didn't hit the all-time classic mark I once had it at. So this led to me wondering, has anyone else ever experienced such a fall of an opinion for a match? I understand knocking a match down a peg, (or 1/4th star if you use it), as I do it all the time, but I really want to know if anyone has really felt let down by a second or third watching of a match.

Although my watching started past his main years, going back and seeing what he was capable of was truly something special. His personality also seemed so lovable, R.I.P Vader.

This may one of my favorite matches just because of the meaning behind everything done in the match. I love a simple wrestling match where every move has meaning. From the early lock up and Bryan getting off shots on the arm for the later Yes Lock to Styles getting damage off to Bryan's leg so he couldn't do the back flip. All of this leads up to the Running Knee / Styles Clash / Yes Lock sequence which was just so refreshing. The Nakamura interference makes sense, and keeps the champ and the returning Bryan looking strong. Lovely stuff. ****