List of professional wrestling matches rated 5 or more stars by Dave Meltzer

Dave Meltzer

Professional wrestling journalist and sports historian Dave Meltzer has assigned his ratings to professional wrestling events since the creation of his publication, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 1982, and named his first 5-star match in 1983. Receiving a 5 or higher star rating is considered by many to be a great achievement. ^[1] Meltzer's star ratings are widely considered the most authoritative match ratings in the wrestling industry.

The first match rated more than five stars by Meltzer was Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat in 1989. The highest-ever rating is seven stars, awarded to Kazuchika Okada vs Kenny Omega at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall in June 2018.

There have been 252 matches awarded 5 or more stars; Will Ospreay has the most individual matches with 37.

Matches

1980s

	Date	Match	Promotion	Event	Rating	Ref.
1	April 7, 1982	Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed [lower-alpha 1]	CWF	Miami Beach show	5	[2]
2	April 21, 1983	Dynamite Kid vs. Tiger Mask	NJPW	Big Fight Series II Night 19	5	[3]
3	December 5, 1984	Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Nobuhiko Takada	UWF	Year-End Special Day 10	5
4	December 8, 1984	Bruiser Brody and Stan Hansen vs. Dory Funk Jr. and Terry Funk	AJPW	Real World Tag League Night 15	5	[4]
5	March 9, 1985	Kuniaki Kobayashi vs. Tiger Mask		85 Gekitoh! Exciting Wars Night 14	5
6	August 22, 1985	Lioness Asuka vs. Jaguar Yokota	AJW	Summer Night Festival in Budokan	5
7	January 28, 1986	Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu	AJPW	New Years War Super Battle Night 25	5
8	February 14, 1986	Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham	CWF	Battle of the Belts 2	5	[3]
9	April 19, 1986	The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) vs. The Sheepherders (Butch Miller and Luke Williams)	JCP	Crockett Cup	5
10	January 20, 1987	Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham		World Wide Wrestling	5	[4]
11	February 26, 1987	Chigusa Nagayo vs. Lioness Asuka	AJW	Kawasaki show	5
12	March 20, 1987	Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada vs. Keiji Muto and Shiro Koshinaka	NJPW	Spring Flare Up Night 21	5
13	April 11, 1987	Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham	JCP	Crockett Cup	5
14	July 4, 1987	Paul Ellering, The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal), and The Super Powers (Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff) vs. The Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, and J. J. Dillon)		The Great American Bash	5	[3]
15	July 31, 1987	Paul Ellering, The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal), and The Super Powers (Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff) vs. The Four Horsemen (Arn Anderson, Lex Luger, Ric Flair, The War Machine, and Tully Blanchard)		The Great American Bash	5	[5]
16	December 6, 1987	Chigusa Nagayo, Mika Suzuki, Mika Takahashi, Yachiya Hirata, Yumi Ogura, and Yumiko Hotta vs. Etsuko Mita, Kazue Nagahori, Lioness Asuka, Mika Komatsu, Mitsuko Nishiwaki, and Sachiko Nakamura	AJW	Unknown	5	[4]
17	December 16, 1988	Genichiro Tenryu and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen and Terry Gordy	AJPW	Real World Tag League Night 23	5	[3]
18	January 28, 1989	Genichiro Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada, and Samson Fuyuki vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Yoshiaki Yatsu, and Masanobu Fuchi		New Year Giant Series Night 17	5	[6]
19	February 20, 1989	Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat	WCW	Chi-Town Rumble	5	[3]
20	March 18, 1989			Landover, MD show	6	[7]
21	April 2, 1989			Clash of the Champions VI	5	[3]
22	May 7, 1989			WrestleWar	5
23	June 5, 1989	Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu	AJPW	Super Power Series Night 18	5
24	November 15, 1989	Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk	WCW	Clash of the Champions IX	5

1990s

	Date	Match	Promotion	Event	Rating	Ref.
1	January 31, 1990	Jushin Thunder Liger vs. Naoki Sano	NJPW	New Year Golden Series	5	[4]
2	June 8, 1990	Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa	AJPW	Super Power Series Night 19	5	[3]
3	September 30, 1990	Jumbo Tsuruta and Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa and Toshiaki Kawada		October Giant Series Night 2	5	[8]
4	October 19, 1990	Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, and Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Masanobu Fuchi, and Akira Taue		October Giant Series Night 16	5	[9]
5	January 4, 1991	Akira Hokuto vs. Bull Nakano	AJW	Korakuen Hall show	5	[10]
6	February 24, 1991	The Four Horsemen (Barry Windham, Larry Zbyszko, Ric Flair, and Sid Vicious) vs. Brian Pillman, Sting, and The Steiner Brothers (Rick Steiner and Scott Steiner)	WCW	WrestleWar	5	[3]
7	April 20, 1991	Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, and Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Masanobu Fuchi, and Akira Taue	AJPW	Fan Appreciation Day	5	[9]
8	August 9, 1991	Big Van Vader vs. Keiji Mutoh	NJPW	G1 Climax 1991 Night 2	5	[3]
9	April 24, 1992	Kyoko Inoue vs. Manami Toyota	AJW	Wrestlemarinepiad	5	[11]
10	April 30, 1992	El Samurai vs. Jushin Thunder Liger	NJPW	Explosion Tour Night 13	5
11	May 17, 1992	Dangerous Alliance (Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, Larry Zbyszko, Rick Rude, and Steve Austin) vs. Sting's Squadron (Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat, and Sting)	WCW	WrestleWar	5	[11]
12	May 22, 1992	Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, and Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Masanobu Fuchi, and Akira Taue	AJPW	Super Power Series Night 6	5	[9]
13	May 25, 1992	Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Can-Am Express (Doug Furnas and Dan Kroffat)		Super Power Series Night 8	5	[11]
14	July 5, 1992	Kenta Kobashi and Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Masanobu Fuchi and Yoshinari Ogawa		Summer Action Series Night 2	5
15	August 15, 1992	Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada	AJW	Mid Summer Typhoon	5
16	April 2, 1993	Kyoko Inoue and Takako Inoue vs. Cutie Suzuki and Mayumi Ozaki		Dream Slam I	5	[12]
17		Shinobu Kandori vs. Akira Hokuto			5
18	April 11, 1993	Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki		Dream Slam II	5
19	April 18, 1993	Bull Nakano vs. Devil Masami	JWP	Korakuen Hall show	5	[13]
20	April 25, 1993	Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada	AJPW	Champion Carnival	5	[14]
21	July 2, 1993	Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, and Jun Akiyama vs. Yoshinari Ogawa and Holy Demon Army (Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue)		Summer Action Series Night 1	5	[9]
22	July 29, 1993	Kenta Kobashi vs. Stan Hansen		Summer Action Series Night 22	5	[11]
23	July 31, 1993	Aja Kong, Kyoko Inoue, Takako Inoue, and Sakie Hasegawa vs. Cutie Suzuki, Dynamite Kansai, Mayumi Ozaki, and Hikari Fukuoka	JWP	Thunder Queen Battle in Yokohama	5	[15]
24	August 31, 1993	Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams	AJPW	Summer Action Series II Night 10	5	[16]
25	December 3, 1993	The Holy Demon Army (Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue) vs. Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa		Real World Tag League Night 18	5	[11]
26	December 6, 1993	Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai and Mayumi Ozaki	AJW	St. Battle Final	5	[17]
27	December 10, 1993	Manami Toyota and Akira Hokuto vs. Toshiyo Yamada and Kyoko Inoue		Tag League The Best	5	[18]
28		Manami Toyota and Akira Hokuto vs. Toshiyo Yamada and Kyoko Inoue			5
29	January 29, 1994	Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, and Giant Baba vs. Masanobu Fuchi and Holy Demon Army (Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue)	AJPW	New Year Giant Series Night 20	5	[19]
30	March 20, 1994	Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels	WWF	WrestleMania X	5	[11]
31	April 16, 1994	The Great Sasuke vs. Wild Pegasus	NJPW	Super J-Cup	5
32	May 21, 1994	Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. The Holy Demon Army (Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue)	AJPW	Super Power Series Night 6	5	[9]
33	June 3, 1994	Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada		Super Power Series Night 16	5	[20]
34	July 8, 1994	The Great Sasuke vs. Jushin Thunder Liger	NJPW	Summer Struggle	5	[21]
35	August 29, 1994	Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart	WWF	SummerSlam	5	[11]
36	October 9, 1994	Kyoko Inoue and Takako Inoue vs. Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada	AJW	Wrestlemarinpiad	5	[22]
37	November 6, 1994	Los Gringos Locos (Art Barr and Eddy Guerrero) vs. El Hijo del Santo and Octagón	AAA	When Worlds Collide	5	[11]
38	November 20, 1994	Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota	AJW	Doumu Super Woman Great War	5
39	November 30, 1994	Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Juventud Guerrera	AAA	Matamoros show	5	[23]
40	January 19, 1995	Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada	AJPW	New Year Giant Series Night 14	5	[24]
41	January 24, 1995	Mitsuharu Misawa and Kenta Kobashi vs. The Holy Demon Army (Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue)		New Year Giant Series Night 17	5	[9]
42	March 4, 1995	Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Johnny Ace and Steve Williams		Excite Series Night 12	5	[11]
43	April 15, 1995	Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa		Champion Carnival Night 19	5
44	May 7, 1995	Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue	AJW	G*Top 2nd	5
45	June 9, 1995	Kenta Kobashi and Mitsuharu Misawa vs. The Holy Demon Army (Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue)	AJPW	Super Power Series Night 15	5
46	June 27, 1995	Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong	AJW	Zenjo Movement Night 40	5
47	June 30, 1995	Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, and Satoru Asako vs. Tamon Honda and Holy Demon Army (Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue)	AJPW	Summer Action Series Night 1	5	[9]
48	July 23, 1995	Manami Toyota vs. Mima Shimoda	AJW	Japan Grand Prix Night 8	5	[25]
49	August 30, 1995	Kyoko Inoue and Takako Inoue vs. Manami Toyota and Sakie Hasegawa		WWWA Champions Night	5	[26]
50	September 2, 1995	Akira Hokuto vs. Manami Toyota		Destiny	5
51	September 22, 1995	Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis	AAA	Mexico City show	5
52	March 9, 1996	Juventud Guerrera vs. Rey Misterio Jr.	ECW	Big Ass Extreme Bash	5	[27]
53	May 23, 1996	Mitsuharu Misawa and Jun Akiyama vs. The Holy Demon Army (Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue)	AJPW	Super Power Series Night 5	5	[9]
54	June 7, 1996	Jun Akiyama and Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Johnny Ace and Steve Williams		Super Power Series Night 15	5	[11]
55	October 10, 1996	Kaientai DX (Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, Shiryu, Shoichi Funaki, and Taka Michinoku) vs. Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa, Masato Yakushiji, Super Delfin, and Tiger Mask IV	Michinoku Pro	3rd Anniversary	5	[28]
56	December 6, 1996	Holy Demon Army (Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue) vs. Jun Akiyama and Mitsuharu Misawa	AJPW	Real World Tag League Night 16	5	[11]
57	March 23, 1997	Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin	WWF	WrestleMania 13	5	[29]
58	June 5, 1997	Koji Kanemoto vs. El Samurai	NJPW	Best of the Super Juniors IV Night 17	5
59	June 6, 1997	Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada	AJPW	Super Power Series Night 16	5
60	October 5, 1997	Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker	WWF	In Your House 18: Badd Blood	5
61	December 5, 1997	The Holy Demon Army (Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue) vs. Jun Akiyama and Mitsuharu Misawa	AJPW	Real World Tag League Night 15	5
62	June 27, 1998	Kiyoshi Tamura vs. Tsuyoshi Kosaka	RINGS	Fourth Fighting Integration	5	[30]
63	October 31, 1998	Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa	AJPW	26th Anniversary Show	5	[29]
64	June 11, 1999	Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi		Super Power Series Night 14	5
65	October 23, 1999	Mitsuharu Misawa and Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Burning (Kenta Kobashi and Jun Akiyama)		October Giant Series Night 11	5	[31]

2000s

	Date	Match	Promotion	Event	Rating	Ref.
1	December 14, 2000	Masanobu Fuchi and Toshiaki Kawada vs. Takashi Iizuka and Yuji Nagata	NJPW	The 2nd Judgement!!	5	[32]
2	March 1, 2003	Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi	Noah	Navigate For Evolution	5	[29]
3	July 10, 2004	Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama		Departure	5
4	October 16, 2004	Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk	ROH	Joe vs. Punk II	5
5	September 11, 2005	Christopher Daniels vs. AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe	TNA	Unbreakable	5
6	October 1, 2005	Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi	ROH	Joe vs. Kobashi	5
7	March 31, 2006	Cima, Masato Yoshino, and Naruki Doi vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, and Ryo Saito		Supercard of Honor	5

2010s

	Date	Match	Promotion	Event	Rating	Ref.
1	July 17, 2011	CM Punk vs. John Cena	WWE	Money in the Bank	5	[29]
2	March 31, 2012	Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin	ROH	Showdown in the Sun	5
3	October 8, 2012	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki	NJPW	King of Pro Wrestling	5
4	April 7, 2013	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada		Invasion Attack	5	[33]
5	August 4, 2013	Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii		G1 Climax 23 Night 4	5
6	October 14, 2013	Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi		King of Pro Wrestling	5
7	September 21, 2014	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata		Destruction in Kobe	5
8	January 4, 2015	Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi		Wrestle Kingdom 9	5
9	February 14, 2015	Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii		The New Beginning in Sendai	5
10	August 16, 2015	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura		G1 Climax 25 Final	5
11	November 1, 2015	Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Shingo Takagi	Dragon Gate	Gate of Destiny	5
12	January 4, 2016	Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 10	5	[33]
13	August 6, 2016	Kazuchika Okada vs. Tomohiro Ishii		G1 Climax 26 Night 13	5
14	August 13, 2016	Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito		G1 Climax 26 Night 18	5
15	September 3, 2016	Superkliq (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Matt Sydal, Ricochet, and Will Ospreay	PWG	Battle of Los Angeles Night 2	5
16	January 4, 2017	Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 11	6
17	February 11, 2017	Tetsuya Naito vs. Michael Elgin		The New Beginning in Osaka	5
18	April 9, 2017	Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata		Sakura Genesis	5
19	June 3, 2017	Kushida vs. Will Ospreay		Best of the Super Juniors Final	5
20	June 11, 2017	Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega		Dominion 6.11 in Osaka-jo Hall	6.25
21	August 11, 2017	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito		G1 Climax 27 Night 17	5
22	August 12, 2017	Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega		G1 Climax 27 Night 18	6
23	August 13, 2017	Tetsuya Naito vs. Kenny Omega		G1 Climax 27 Final	5.75
24	September 3, 2017	Donovan Dijak vs. Keith Lee	PWG	Battle of Los Angeles Night 3	5
25	October 21, 2017	Walter vs. Zack Sabre Jr.		All Star Weekend 13 Night 2	5
26	January 4, 2018	Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 12	5	[34]
27	January 27, 2018	Andrade "Cien" Almas vs. Johnny Gargano	WWE	NXT TakeOver: Philadelphia	5
28	March 25, 2018	Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)	NJPW	Strong Style Evolved	5
29	April 1, 2018	Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll		Sakura Genesis	5
30	April 7, 2018	Adam Cole vs. EC3 vs. Killian Dain vs. Lars Sullivan vs. Ricochet vs. Velveteen Dream	WWE	NXT TakeOver: New Orleans	5
31		Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa			5
32	April 14, 2018	A-Kid vs. Zack Sabre Jr.	La Triple W	Total Rumble 8	5
33	May 4, 2018	Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi	NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku	5.5
34	June 4, 2018	Taiji Ishimori vs. Hiromu Takahashi		Best of the Super Juniors Final	5.5
35	June 9, 2018	Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega		Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	7
36	July 11, 2018	Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate) vs. The Undisputed Era (Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong)	WWE	NXT	5
37	July 15, 2018	Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito	NJPW	G1 Climax 28 Night 2	5
38	July 19, 2018	Hirooki Goto vs. Kenny Omega		G1 Climax 28 Night 4	5
39	July 21, 2018	Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii		G1 Climax 28 Night 6	5
40	August 4, 2018	Kenny Omega vs. Tomohiro Ishii		G1 Climax 28 Night 14	5.5
41	August 10, 2018	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada		G1 Climax 28 Night 17	5
42	August 11, 2018	Kenny Omega vs. Kota Ibushi		G1 Climax 28 Night 18	5.5
43	August 12, 2018	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kota Ibushi		G1 Climax 28 Final	5.75
44	September 23, 2018	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada		Destruction in Kobe	5
45	September 30, 2018	Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) vs. Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi)		Fighting Spirit Unleashed	5
46	December 15, 2018	Hiroshi Tanahashi and Will Ospreay vs. Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi)		Road to Tokyo Dome Night 2	5
47	January 4, 2019	Kenny Omega vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi		Wrestle Kingdom 13	5.75 [lower-alpha 2]	[35]
48	March 24, 2019	Kazuchika Okada vs. Sanada		New Japan Cup Final	5
49	April 5, 2019	Adam Cole vs. Johnny Gargano	WWE	NXT TakeOver: New York	5.5
50	May 23, 2019	Bandido vs. Will Ospreay	NJPW	Best of the Super Juniors Night 8	5
51	May 25, 2019	Cody Rhodes vs. Dustin Rhodes	AEW	Double or Nothing	6.25
52	June 1, 2019	Johnny Gargano vs. Adam Cole	WWE	NXT TakeOver: XXV	5.25
53	June 5, 2019	Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay	NJPW	Best of the Super Juniors Final	5.75
54	June 9, 2019	Dragon Lee vs. Will Ospreay		Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall	5
55	July 18, 2019	Kota Ibushi vs. Will Ospreay		G1 Climax 29 Night 5	5
56	July 19, 2019	Jon Moxley vs. Tomohiro Ishii		G1 Climax 29 Night 6	5
57	July 20, 2019	Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay		G1 Climax 29 Night 7	5.75
58	July 26, 2019	Bandido, Flamita, and Rey Horus vs. Black Taurus, Laredo Kid, and Puma King	PWG	Sixteen	5
59	August 3, 2019	Sanada vs. Kazuchika Okada	NJPW	G1 Climax 29 Night 13	5
60	August 4, 2019	Tetsuya Naito vs. Shingo Takagi		G1 Climax 29 Night 14	5
61	August 8, 2019	Shingo Takagi vs. Tomohiro Ishii		G1 Climax 29 Night 16	5.5
62	August 10, 2019	Kota Ibushi vs. Kazuchika Okada		G1 Climax 29 Night 17	5
63	August 12, 2019	Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White		G1 Climax 29 Final	5.5
64	August 31, 2019	Walter vs. Tyler Bate	WWE	NXT UK TakeOver: Cardiff	5.25
65		Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fenix) vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)	AEW	All Out	5.25
66	September 22, 2019	Bandido vs. Dragon Lee	PWG	Battle of Los Angeles Night 3	5
67	October 26, 2019	David Starr vs. Jordan Devlin	OTT	5th Year Anniversary	5

2020s

	Date	Match	Promotion	Event	Rating	Ref.
1	January 4, 2020	Will Ospreay vs. Hiromu Takahashi	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 1	5.5 [lower-alpha 3]	[35]
2		Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi			5.5
3	January 5, 2020	Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito		Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 2	5 [lower-alpha 4]
4	February 14, 2020	Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr.	RevPro	High Stakes	5
5	February 29, 2020	Kenny Omega and "Hangman" Adam Page vs. The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)	AEW	Revolution	6
6	September 16, 2020	Best Friends (Chuck Taylor and Trent) vs. Santana and Ortiz		Dynamite	5
7	September 27, 2020	Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay	NJPW	G1 Climax 30 Night 5	5
8	October 10, 2020	Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki		G1 Climax 30 Night 13	5.25
9		Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi			5.25
10	October 29, 2020	Walter vs. Ilja Dragunov	WWE	NXT UK	5
11	November 7, 2020	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood)	AEW	Full Gear	5.25
12	December 6, 2020	Go Shiozaki vs. Takashi Sugiura	Noah	The BEST ~Final Chronicle 2020~	5
13	January 4, 2021	Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 15 Night 1	5.25	[36]
14		Tetsuya Naito vs. Kota Ibushi			5
15	January 5, 2021	Shingo Takagi vs. Jeff Cobb		Wrestle Kingdom 15 Night 2	5
16		Kota Ibushi vs. Jay White			5.25
17	January 6, 2021	Kenny Omega vs. Rey Fenix	AEW	Dynamite New Year's Smash: Night 1	5
18	January 30, 2021	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shingo Takagi	NJPW	The New Beginning in Nagoya	5
19	March 14, 2021	Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr.		New Japan Cup Night 8	5
20	March 21, 2021	Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi		New Japan Cup Night 13	5.5
21	April 14, 2021	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Death Triangle (Pac and Rey Fenix)	AEW	Dynamite	5
22	May 4, 2021	Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi	NJPW	Wrestling Dontaku 2021 Night 2	6
23	June 12, 2021	Syuri vs. Utami Hayashishita	Stardom	Tokyo Dream Cinderella	5.5
24	July 25, 2021	Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shingo Takagi	NJPW	Wrestle Grand Slam in Tokyo Dome	5
25	August 22, 2021	Ilja Dragunov vs. Walter	WWE	NXT TakeOver 36	5.25
26	September 5, 2021	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Rey Fenix)	AEW	All Out	5.75
27	September 18, 2021	Tomohiro Ishii vs. Shingo Takagi	NJPW	G1 Climax 31 Night 1	5.5
28	September 22, 2021	Bryan Danielson vs. Kenny Omega	AEW	Dynamite Grand Slam: Night 1	5
29	October 9, 2021	Lucha Brothers (Pentagón Jr. and Fénix) vs. Jinetes del Aire (El Hijo del Vikingo and Laredo Kid)	AAA	Héroes Inmortales XIV	5
30	November 13, 2021	Superkliq (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Christian Cage and Jurassic Express (Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus)	AEW	Full Gear	5
31		Kenny Omega vs. "Hangman" Adam Page			5.5
32	December 15, 2021	"Hangman" Adam Page vs. Bryan Danielson		Dynamite Winter Is Coming	5
33	January 5, 2022	Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 16 Night 2	5.75
34	January 26, 2022	Cody Rhodes vs. Sammy Guevara	AEW	Dynamite Beach Break	5
35	January 29, 2022	Will Ospreay vs. Michael Oku	RevPro	High Stakes	5
36	March 21, 2022	Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr.	NJPW	New Japan Cup Night 13	5
37	March 26, 2022	Shingo Takagi vs. Zack Sabre Jr.		New Japan Cup Night 14	5
38	April 1, 2022	Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe) vs. FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood)	ROH	Supercard of Honor XV	5
39	May 29, 2022	Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Daniel Garcia, Jake Hager, Angelo Parker and Matt Menard) vs. Blackpool Combat Club (Bryan Danielson and Jon Moxley), Eddie Kingston, and Santana and Ortiz	AEW	Double or Nothing	5
40	June 3, 2022	The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) vs. Lucha Brothers (Penta Oscuro and Rey Fenix)		Rampage	5
41	June 5, 2022	Cody Rhodes vs. Seth "Freakin" Rollins	WWE	Hell in a Cell	5
42	July 23, 2022	FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) vs. Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)	ROH	Death Before Dishonor	5
43	August 6, 2022	Shingo Takagi vs. Will Ospreay	NJPW	G1 Climax 32 Night 12	5.5
44	August 18, 2022	Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay		G1 Climax 32 Night 20	5.75
45	August 21, 2022	Will Ospreay vs. Ricky Knight Jr.	RevPro	Tenth Anniversary Night 2	5	[37]
46	August 24, 2022	United Empire (Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) vs. Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero M and Rey Fenix)	AEW	Dynamite	5	[38]
47	September 3, 2022	Gunther vs. Sheamus	WWE	Clash at the Castle	5	[39]
48	October 2, 2022	FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) vs Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis)	NJPW	Royal Quest II Day 1	5	[40]
49	October 15, 2022	Rey Fenix vs El Hijo del Vikingo	AAA	Triplemanía XXX	5
50	October 23, 2022	Laredo Kid vs El Hijo del Vikingo		Showcenter	5
51	November 5, 2022	Will Ospreay vs. Tetsuya Naito	NJPW	Battle Autumn '22	5
52	December 10, 2022	FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) vs. Briscoe Brothers (Jay Briscoe and Mark Briscoe)	ROH	Final Battle	5.5
53	December 19, 2022	Shingo Takagi vs. Taichi	JTO	50th Anniversary for TAKATaichi Together	5
54	January 4, 2023	Will Ospreay vs. Kenny Omega	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 17 Night 1	6.25	[41]
55	January 11, 2023	Death Triangle (Pac, Penta El Zero M and Rey Fenix) vs. The Elite (Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)	AEW	Dynamite	5
56	March 5, 2023	"Hangman" Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley		Revolution	5
57		MJF vs. Bryan Danielson			5.75
58	March 22, 2023	Kenny Omega vs. El Hijo del Vikingo		Dynamite	5
59	April 1, 2023	Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn vs. The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso)	WWE	WrestleMania 39 Night 1	5
60	April 2, 2023	Gunther vs. Drew McIntyre vs. Sheamus		WrestleMania 39 Night 2	5
61		Shingo Takagi vs. Aaron Henare	NJPW	Road to Sakura Genesis	5.25
62	May 28, 2023	Master Wato vs. Titán		Best of the Super Juniors Finals	5
63		Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Bryan Danielson, Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta) vs. The Elite (Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) and Adam Page)	AEW	Double or Nothing	5
64	June 4, 2023	Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli) and Shota Umino vs. Chaos (Kazuchika Okada and Tomohiro Ishii) and Hiroshi Tanahashi	NJPW	Dominion 6.4 in Osaka-jo Hall	5
65	June 25, 2023	Kenny Omega vs. Will Ospreay	AEW/NJPW	Forbidden Door	6
66	July 15, 2023	Kento Miyahara vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima	Noah	One Night Dream	5.25
67		FTR (Cash Wheeler and Dax Harwood) vs Bullet Club Gold (Jay White and Juice Robinson)	AEW	Collision	5.25
68	August 12, 2023	Tetsuya Naito vs. Will Ospreay	NJPW	G1 Climax 33 Night 18	6
69	August 13, 2023	Tetsuya Naito vs. Kazuchika Okada	NJPW	G1 Climax 33 Night 19	5.25
70	August 26, 2023	Will Ospreay vs. Shingo Takagi	RevPro	11th Anniversary	5
71	September 3, 2023	Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Starks	AEW	All Out	5
72		Kenny Omega vs. Konosuke Takeshita
73	September 24, 2023	Will Ospreay vs. Yota Tsuji	NJPW	Destruction in Kobe	5
74	October 1, 2023	Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.	AEW	WrestleDream	5.5
75	October 14, 2023	Will Ospreay vs. Zack Sabre Jr.	NJPW	Royal Quest III	5.5
76	October 21, 2023	Mike Bailey vs. Will Ospreay	Impact	Bound for Glory	5.25
77	November 4, 2023	Will Ospreay vs. Shota Umino	NJPW	Power Struggle	5.75
78	November 5, 2023	Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Yuma Aoyagi	AJPW	Giant Series 2023: Hokkaido Edition Day 6 (Evening Show)	5.25
79	November 18, 2023	Swerve Strickland vs. "Hangman" Adam Page	AEW	Full Gear	5
80	November 25, 2023	Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins, Jey Uso, Sami Zayn & Randy Orton vs The Judgement Day	WWE	Survivor Series: War Games	5.75	[42]
81	December 31, 2023	Katsuhiko Nakajima vs. Kento Miyahara	AJPW	ManiaX	5.25
82	January 4, 2024	Kazuchika Okada vs. Bryan Danielson	NJPW	Wrestle Kingdom 18	5.25
83	January 5, 2024	Máscara Dorada 2.0 vs. Templario	CMLL	Super Viernes	5	[43]
84	January 13, 2024	Jon Moxley vs. Shingo Takagi	NJPW	Battle in the Valley	5
85		Kazuchika Okada vs. Will Ospreay			5
86	January 18, 2024	Josh Alexander vs. Will Ospreay	TNA	Impact!	5.5	[44]
87	February 11, 2024	Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Bryan Danielson	NJPW	The New Beginning in Osaka	5.5	[45]
88	February 18, 2024	Michael Oku vs. Will Ospreay	RevPro	High Stakes	6	[46]
89	March 3, 2024	Will Ospreay vs. Konosuke Takeshita	AEW	Revolution	5.75	[47]
90	March 6, 2024	Will Ospreay vs. Kyle Fletcher		Dynamite	5
91	April 7, 2024	Cody Rhodes vs Roman Reigns	WWE	WrestleMania XL	6.75

Wrestlers with the most 5-or-higher-star matches

As of April19, 2024.

Rank	Wrestler	No. of ≥5★ matches	Highest rating
1	Will Ospreay	37	6.25
2	Kazuchika Okada	27	7
3	Kenny Omega	25	7
4	Mitsuharu Misawa		5 [20]
5	Kenta Kobashi	23	5
6	Toshiaki Kawada	21	5
7	Shingo Takagi	18	6
8	Hiroshi Tanahashi	16	5.75
9	Akira Taue	15	5
10	Kota Ibushi	13	5.75
10	Manami Toyota		5

Wrestlers with the most higher-than-5-star matches

As of April19, 2024.

Rank	Wrestler	No. of >5★ matches	Highest rating
1	Will Ospreay	18	6.25
2	Kazuchika Okada	13	7
3	Kenny Omega	12	7
4	Shingo Takagi	8	6
5	Kota Ibushi	6	5.75
6	Cody Rhodes	4	6.5
7	Matt Jackson		6
	Nick Jackson
9	Bryan Danielson		5.75
10	Tetsuya Naito	3	6
11	Hiroshi Tanahashi		5.75
12	Tomohiro Ishii		5.5
	Jay White
	Cash Wheeler
	Dax Harwood
	Zack Sabre Jr.
17	Katsuhiko Nakajima		5.25

Promotions with the most 5-or-higher-star matches

As of April19, 2024.

Rank	Promotion	Abbreviation	No. of ≥5★ matches	Highest rating
1	New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW	96	7
2	All Japan Pro Wrestling	AJPW	37	5.25 [20]
3	All Elite Wrestling	AEW	29	6
5	World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment	WWF/WWE	22	6.75
4	All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling	AJW	19	5
6	World Championship Wrestling	WCW	7	6
	Ring of Honor	ROH		5.5
8	Asistencia Asesoría y Administración/Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide	AAA	6	5
9	Revolution Pro Wrestling	RevPro	5	6
10	Pro Wrestling Guerrilla	PWG		5
	Jim Crockett Promotions	JCP
12	Pro Wrestling Noah	Noah	4	5.25
13	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling/Impact Wrestling	TNA/Impact	3	5.5
14	World Wonder Ring Stardom	Stardom	1	5.5
15	Professional Wrestling Just Tap Out	JTO		5
	Over the Top Wrestling	OTT
	Extreme Championship Wrestling	ECW
	White Wolf Wrestling	La Triple W
	Michinoku Pro Wrestling	Michinoku Pro
	Dragon Gate
	Fighting Network RINGS	RINGS
	Championship Wrestling from Florida	CWF
	Universal Wrestling Federation	UWF
	Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre	CMLL

Promotions with the most higher-than-5-star matches

As of April19, 2024.

Rank	Promotion	Abbreviation	No. of >5★ matches	Highest rating
1	New Japan Pro-Wrestling	NJPW	35	7
2	All Elite Wrestling	AEW	10	6
3	World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment	WWF/WWE	8	6.75
4	All Japan Pro Wrestling	AJPW	3	5.25
5	Total Nonstop Action Wrestling/Impact Wrestling	TNA/Impact	2	5.5
6	Revolution Pro Wrestling	RevPro	1	6
	World Championship Wrestling	WCW
8	World Wonder Ring Stardom	Stardom		5.5
	Ring of Honor	ROH
10	Pro Wrestling Noah	Noah		5.25

List of wrestlers with 5-or-higher-star matches by nationality

As of April19, 2024.

Rank	Country	No. of wrestlers
1	Japan	104
2	United States	89
3	Mexico	19
4	Canada	16
5	United Kingdom	10
6	New Zealand	4
7	Ireland	2
8	Puerto Rico	2
9	Australia	2
10	Russia	2
11	Austria	1
12	Spain	1
13	Switzerland	1

See also

• Professional wrestling in Canada
• Professional wrestling in Japan
• Professional wrestling in Mexico
• Professional wrestling in the United Kingdom
• Professional wrestling in the United States
• Professional wrestling match types

Notes

1. Occurred before the creation of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter
2. Originally 5.5, but later revised
3. Originally 5.25, but later revised
4. Originally 4.75, but later revised

References

1. Hart, Bret (2009). Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Wrestling. Grand Central Publishing. p. 214. ISBN   978-0-446-54528-0.
2. Meltzer, Dave [@davemeltzerWON] (April 1, 2018). "Dave Meltzer on Twitter: "I was there. Nothing on the undercard was anything special. Main event was easy *****. Best match I'd ever seen live up to that point."" (Tweet). Retrieved January 8, 2020– via Twitter.
3. "Dave Meltzer 5 Star Matches List (1983 to 2019)". IWNerd.com. January 1, 2018.
4. "Meltzer's Classics". RamblingsAboutWrestling.com.
5. Meltzer, Dave [@davemeltzerWON] (June 23, 2022). "Dave Meltzer on Twitter: "Atlanta War Games was *****"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
6. "In Search of Five Star Matches Part Two". PlaceToBeNation.com.
7. Meltzer, Dave [@davemeltzerWON] (June 15, 2017). "In 1989, Flair & Steamboat did 10.25 stars working an afternoon and evening show in Landover & Philly on house shows" (Tweet). Retrieved January 8, 2020– via Twitter.
8. Observer Staff (August 21, 1991). "August 21, 1991 Observer Newsletter More WWF steroid troubles, Billy Graham lawsuit" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
9. "Hall of Fame season: The best matches of Akira Taue". F4WOnline. September 22, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
10. Observer Staff (February 25, 1991). "February 25, 1991 Wrestling Observer Newsletter Full Wrestlemania card released" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
11. "Dave Meltzer 5 Star Matches List (1983 to 2019) – Page 2 of 6". IWNerd.com. January 1, 2018.
12. Observer Staff (January 17, 1994). "Jan. 17 1994 Observer Newsletter: The 1993 Wrestling Observer Reader Awards issue" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
13. "Bull Nakano vs. Devil Masami". Cagematch. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
14. Observer Staff (May 10, 1993). "May 10, 1993 Observer Newsletter: Konnan retires, Hogan buries WWF, Heyman new promotion, tons more" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
15. Observer Staff (August 30, 1993). "August 30, 1993 Observer Newsletter: Wrestling recovery?, Terry Gordy collapses,Gene Okerlund leaves WWE" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
16. "Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams". Cagematch. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
17. Observer Staff (April 19, 1993). "April 19, 1993 Observer Newsletter: Von Erich death fallout, Hogan title update, Mania buyrate, more" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
18. Observer Staff (March 7, 1994). "March 7, 1994 Observer Newsletter: Lawler case finished, WWE leaks finish that didn't end up the finish" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
19. Observer Staff (March 21, 1994). "March 21, 1994 Observer Newsletter: Tonya Harding and wrestling, Hogan/WCW, Mania X preview, more" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
20. Dave Meltzer and Garrett Gonzales (January 6, 2023). "Wrestling Observer Radio: Vince McMahon is back, Dana White, Omega vs. Ospreay" . Wrestling Observer Radio. Retrieved January 7, 2023. I [Meltzer] did not give that [Misawa vs Kawada from June 3, 1994] six stars. That would be incorrect. I gave that five stars.
21. Observer Staff (August 8, 1994). "August 8, 1994 Observer Newsletter: Back to business after trial, a huge week for pro-wrestling internationally, new promotion starting up, tons more" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
22. Observer Staff (December 19, 1995). "Dec. 19, 1994 Observer Newsletter: Epic Rickson Gracie vs. Yoji Anjoh story which ultimately led to the creation of PRIDE, UFC IV set, Real World Tag League tournament, tons more" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
23. Observer Staff (January 30, 1995). "Jan. 30, 1995 Observer Newsletter: 1995 Royal Rumble, angle to bring Ric Flair back to WCW, "Nu Jack" legal issues, business trends of past three years, more" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
24. "Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada". Cagematch. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
25. Observer Staff (October 23, 1995). "Oct. 23, 1995 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Bill Watts already gone from WWE after three weeks, New Japan/UWFi update, Ultimate Ultimate tournament pairings, tons more" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
26. Observer Staff (January 22, 1996). "Jan. 22, 1996 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Results of the 1995 Observer Newsletter Awards, 1995 Record Book, tons more" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
27. Observer Staff (January 13, 1997). "Jan. 13, 1997 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: 1997 Annual Awards Issue, a look at all the major shows of the year, tons more" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
28. Observer Staff (November 11, 1996). "Nov. 11, 1996 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Infamous angle where Austin broke into Pillman's house, thoughts on Hall of Fame issue, Pancrase PPV, tons more" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
29. "Dave Meltzer 5 Star Matches List (1983 to 2019) – Page 3 of 6". IWNerd.com. January 1, 2018.
30. Observer Staff (August 3, 1998). "August 3, 1998 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: More on Leno and WCW, WWF Fully Loaded review, death of June Byers, more" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
31. Observer Staff (November 15, 1999). "November 15, 1999 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: ECW November to Remember review, Dynamite Kid book, more" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
32. Observer Staff (January 1, 2001). "January 1, 2001 Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Candidates for Wrestler of the Year, Sakuraba Defeats Another Gracie, More" . Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
33. "Dave Meltzer 5 Star Matches List (1983 to 2019) – Page 4 of 6". IWNerd.com. January 1, 2018.
34. "Dave Meltzer 5 Star Matches List (1983 to 2019) – Page 5 of 6". IWNerd.com. January 1, 2018.
35. "Dave Meltzer 5 Star Matches List (1983 to 2020) – Page 6 of 6". IWNerd.com. January 1, 2018.
36. "Dave Meltzer 5 Star Matches List (1983 to 2021) - Page 7". IWNerd. January 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
37. "Will Ospreay vs Ricky Knight Jr Awarded 5 Star Rating By Dave Meltzer". ATLETIFO. August 26, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
38. "Will Ospreay Awarded TWO Five Star Matches In One Week". ATLETIFO. August 26, 2022. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
39. "Dutch Mantell sugiere a WWE preste mayor atención al uso de Gunther". IWNerd. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
40. "EVERY DAVE MELTZER 5-STAR RATING OF 2022". WrestleTalk. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
41. "Every Dave Meltzer 5-Star Rating of 2023". WrestleTalk. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
42. Meltzer, Dave (January 5, 2024). "January 8, 2024 Observer Newsletter: The Rock vs. Roman Reigns, Worlds End & WK18 reviews". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW results. Retrieved January 5, 2024.
43. Meltzer, Dave (January 19, 2024). "January 22, 2024 Observer Newsletter: Kazuchika Okada leaving NJPW". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW results. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
44. Meltzer, Dave (January 26, 2024). "January 29, 2024 Observer Newsletter: Vince McMahon allegations, WWE Raw to Netflix". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW results. Retrieved January 26, 2024.
45. Meltzer, Dave (February 16, 2024). "February 19, 2024 Observer Newsletter: Ashley Massaro affidavit, NJPW New Beginning in Osaka review". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW results. Retrieved February 16, 2024.
46. Meltzer, Dave (February 23, 2024). "February 26, 2024 Observer Newsletter: 2023 Observer Awards issue". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW results. Retrieved February 23, 2024.
47. Meltzer, Dave (March 8, 2024). "March 11, 2024 Observer Newsletter: Sting's retirement, AEW Revolution review". WON/F4W - WWE news, Pro Wrestling News, WWE Results, AEW News, AEW results. Retrieved March 8, 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Top 100 Matches on Cagematch
• Top Rated Matches of All Time on The Internet Wrestling Database