Any company you want obviously. Thought this could be a good reminder for some of some great matches that may have been forgotten/slipped the mind, especially in the last half of the year as crowds have returned and things have changed so much. Plus could help people possibly check out matches they might haven’t seen yet.
My two picks off the top of my head are Johnny/KUSHIDA and Pete/Finn, both from Takeover: Vengeance Day back in February. Both were incredible technical classics. Both dream matches for me and they delivered.
I'll open it up.
Race: Hanar
Class: Sea of P33ns
Abilities : Annihilation , Charge, Tentacle rape, barrier, weapons training
To expand, tentacle rape "looks" like an animation for tickling, but it's actually a series of penetrating thrusts stemming from the hips and arms, each limb has an augmented asari sword that looks like a pool toy. Each limb carries it's own equipment slot.
Edit- But seriously, annihilation / charge / lance
It's really hard sometimes.
For context, I ult Ateez and Stray Kids and I love them both so much. But seeing both fandoms have to fight so fucking hard to just keep their songs in the top 200 on one single domestic chart breaks my heart.
It blows my mind that they can top charts in other countries, have their albums rank high on an international scale, sell an insane amount of physical copies, millions of views on their MVs, have so much love shown to them on various social media platforms etc...I could talk about their achievements all day...and yet still struggle domestically. It's frustrating and really disheartening.
And the fact that music show wins aren't a guarantee because of charting when they both perform so well in every other measure sucks.
I was so insanely happy when Ateez won with Inception! It felt so satisfying to give something tangible back to the boys because they deserve it so much. But it was stressful as fuck leading up to it. I only became a fan of Stray Kids after God's Menu, but now that they're promoting Back Door it's the same stress and uncertainty all over again. All because of some stupid chart.
I know both groups are slowly improving with digitals and I know at the end of the day, things like music show wins or chart rankings don't matter as long as they keep making good music. I know they're objectively very successful. I know that. But is it really too much to want to see that same kind of success in their home country?
