Top Rated Wrestling matches

36 matches have been awarded 5 stars, wrestling journalists assign ratings to professional wrestling events since the creation of Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 1982, and named his first 5-star match in 1989. Receiving a 5 star rating is considered by many to be a great achievement

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

As of January 9, 2023.

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## **Deviations that are less than 4 and a half stars**

**4.25**

* Sat, Dec 17th 2022 RevPro Uprising 2022 Will Ospreay beat Tomohiro Ishii
* May 29, 2022 AEW Fight for the Fallen 2022 Jericho Appreciation Society (Chris Jericho, Kevin Kross, Ryan Nemeth, Angelico and Jack Evans) beat Blackpool Combat Club (Jon Moxley, Wheeler Yutu, Eddie Kingston and Pound and Powerful (Ortiz & Santana)) in a Anarchy in the Arena match
* Mon, Mar 21st 2022 NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 Day 13 Zack Sabre Jr. beat Will Ospreay in the New Japan Cup quarterfinal
* Mon, Mar 7th 2022 NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 Day 3 Shingo Takagi beat Tomohiro Ishii
* Sun, January 16th, 2022 AEW Revolution 2022 "Hangman" Adam Page (c) defeated Adam Cole for the AEW World Championship
* Sun, January 16th, 2022 AEW Revolution 2022 Bryan Danielson beat Jon Moxley to determine the #1 contender to the AEW World Championship
* Tue, Jan 4th 2022 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 Night 1 Kazuchika Okada beat Shingo Takagi (c) for the NJPW World Heavyweight Championship
* Wed, Oct 27th 2021 AEW Dynamite #12 Bryan Danielson beat Eddie Kingston
* Wed, Oct 13th 2021 AEW Dynamite Bryan Danielson beat Minoru Suzuki
* Wed, Oct 6th 2021 AEW Dynamite #106 The Super Elite (Adam Cole, Kenny Omega, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson) beat Bryan Danielson, Christian Cage, Jungle Boy, Luchasaurus in an 8-Person Tag
* Sat, Sep 18th 2021 NJPW G1 Climax 2021 Night 1 Shingo Takagi beat Tomohiro Ishii
* Sun, Aug 1st 2021 PWG Mystery Vortex 7 Bandido beat Black Taurus
* Sun, May 30th 2021 AEW Double Or Nothing 2021 The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) beat Eddie Kingston and Jon Moxley
* Wed, Jan 6th 2021 AEW Dynamite #67 New Year's Smash Night 1 Kenny Omega (c) beat Rey Fenix
* Sun, Nov 22nd 2020 NOAH 20th Anniversary Go Shiozaki beat Katsuhiko Nakajima
* Wed, Feb 19th 2020 AEW Dynamite #20 Adam Page and Kenny Omega beat Lucha Bros (Pentagon Jr. and Rey Fenix)
* Sun, Aug 4th 2019 NJPW G1 Climax 29 Night 14 Tetsuya Naito beat Shingo Takagi
* NJPW G1 Climax 29 Kazuchika Okada beat Hiroshi Tanahashi
* Sun, Jun 9th 2019 NJPW Dominion 6.9 Will Ospreay vs Dragon Lee
* Fri, Jul 26th 2019 PWG Sixteen Bandido, Flamita and Rey Horus defeated Black Taurus, Laredo Kid, Puma King in a 6-Person Tag
* Thu, May 23rd 2019 NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors XXVI Day 8 Will Ospreay beat Bandido
* Sat, Dec 15th 2018 NJPW Road To Tokyo Dome 2019 Night 2 Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) beat Hiroshi Tanahashi and Will Ospreay
* Sun, Jul 15th 2018 NJPW G1 Climax 2018 Day 2 Kenny Omega beat Tetsuya Naito
* Sat, Jun 1st 2019 NXT TakeOver XXV Adam Cole beat Johnny Gargano
* Thu, Jun 21st 2018 NXT TV Taping #305 Kyle O'Reilly and Roderick Strong beat Moustache Mountain (Trent Seven and Tyler Bate)
* May 4, 2018 Wrestling Dontaku 2018 Night 2 Kazuchika Okada (c) beat Hiroshi Tanahashi for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
* Sun, Mar 25th 2018 NJPW Strong Style Evolved Golden Lovers (Kenny Omega and Kota Ibushi) beat The Young Bucks (Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson)
* June 11, 2017 KUSHIDA beat Hiromu Takahashi (c) for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship
* Sat, Aug 13th 2016 NJPW G1 Climax 26 #18 Kenny Omega beat Tetsuya Naito
* Sun, Jul 5th 2015 NJPW Dominion 7.5 Kazuchika Okada beat A.J. Styles
* Thu, Dec 11th 2014 NXT TakeOver: R Evolution Sami Zayn beat Adrian Neville
* Fri, Aug 1st 2014 NJPW G1 Climax 24 #7 A.J. Styles beat Minoru Suzuki
* Sat, Aug 3rd 2013 NJPW G1 Climax 23 #4 Shinsuke Nakamura beat Kota Ibushi
* Sat, Dec 29th 2007 ROH Rising Above 2007 Nigel McGuinness beat Austin Aries
* Fri, Mar 31st 2006 ROH Supercard Of Honor Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, Ryo Saito beat CIMA, Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi 6-Person Tag
* Sun, Feb 13th 2005 WCW SuperBrawl 15 A.J. Styles Christopher Daniels 30 Minute Ironman
* Sun, Mar 14th 2004 WWE WrestleMania XX Chris Benoit beat The Rock, Shawn Michaels and Triple H in a fatal four way
* Mon, May 21st 2001 WWE Monday Night Raw Triple H beat Chris Benoit and Chris Jericho in a triple threat match for #1 contendership to WWE Championship
* October 22, 2000 No Mercy 2000 Steve Austin beat Triple H Falls Count Anywhere
* Sun, March 29, 1998 WrestleMania 14 Steve Austin beat Shawn Micheals (c)
* 1997 In Your House 15: Cold Day in Hell The Undertaker (c) beat Steve Austin and Bret Hart Triple Threat
* Thu, Oct 10th 1996 Michinoku Pro Takewaki These Days Dick Togo, Men's Teioh, Shiryu, Shoichi Funaki, TAKA Michinoku beat Gran Hamada, Gran Naniwa, Masato Yakushiji, Super Delfin, Tiger Mask IV in a 10-Person Tag
* Fri, Sep 22nd 1995 AAA TV Taping Rey Misterio, Jr. beat Psicosis 2 Out Of 3 Falls
* Sat, Apr 16th 1994 NJPW Super J Cup '94 Wild Pegasus beat The Great Sasuke
* Sat, Jan 29th 1994 AJPW New Year Giant Series '94 Day 1 Giant Baba, Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa beat Akira Taue, Masanobu Fuchi, Toshiaki Kawada 6-Person Tag
* Fri, Dec 10th 1993 AJW Tag League - The Best '93 Akira Hokuto, Manami Toyota bt Kyoko Inoue, Toshiyo Yamada 2 out of 3 falls match
* Sat, Feb 29th 1992 WCW SuperBrawl II Brian Pillman beat Jushin Liger
* Fri, Jan 4th 1991 AJW Tokyo Show (Jan '91) Bull Nakano bt Akira Hokuto
* Wed, Jan 31st 1990 NJPW Spring Gold Series '90 Jushin Thunder Liger beat Naoki Sano
* Mon, Jun 5th 1989 AJPW Super Power Series 1989 - Day 18 Genichiro Tenryu vs Jumbo Tsuruta
* Sat, Mar 18th 1989 NWA Landover Show (Mar '89) Ricky Steamboat bt Ric Flair
* Wed, Dec 5th 1984 UWF (Original) Year-End Special Day 10 Kazuo Yamazaki v Nobuhiko Takada

#### 4 stars

* Fri, Dec 16th 2022 WWE Friday Night Smackdown Gunther (c) beat Ricochet for the WWE IC Championship
* Bron Breakker (c) beat Ilja Dragunov and JD McDonagh for the NXT Championship
* Wed, Jan 26th 2022 AEW Battle for the Belts Ricky Starks beat Cody Rhodes (c) and Sammy Guevara in a 3-way Ladder
* Wed, Jan 26th 2022 AEW Battle for the Belts Jurassic Express (Christian Cage, Jungle Boy and Luchasaurus) (c) beat Superkilq (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson, Nick Jackson) in a Falls Count Anywhere 6-man tag team match for the AEW World Tag Team Championships
* Sep 4 2021 NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In MetLife Dome Night 1 Jeff Cobb bt Kazuchika Okada
* Sun, May 30th 2021 AEW Double Or Nothing 2021 Kenny Omega beat Orange Cassidy and PAC in a Triple-Threat
* Sun, April 25th, 2021 WCW Spring Stampede 2021 Kenny Omega beat Rich Swann
* Thu, Mar 11th 2021 AEW Dynamite #77 St. Patrick's Day Slam Thunder Rosa beat Dr. Britt Baker, D.M.D. in an Unsanctioned "Lights Out" match
* Sun, January 16th, 2022 AEW Revolution 2022 AEW Revolution 2022 Eddie Kingston beat Chris Jericho
* Mon, Jan 4th 2021 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 Night 1 Kazuchika Okada beat Will Ospreay
* Sun, Sep 27th 2020 NJPW G1 Climax 30 #5 Shingo Takagi beat Will Ospreay
* Sat, Oct 26th 2019 OTT Fifth Year Anniversary David Starr beat Jordan Devlin
* Mon, Aug 12th 2019 NJPW G1 Climax 29 #19: Finals Kota Ibushi beat Jay White
* Sat, Aug 10th 2019 NJPW G1 Climax 29 #17 Kota Ibushi beat Kazuchika Okada
* Sat, Jul 20th 2019 NJPW G1 Climax 29 Night 7 Kazuchika Okada beat Will Ospreay
* Sat, May 4th 2019 NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2019 Night 2 Kazuchika Okada beat Sanada
* Fri, Jan 4th 2019 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 13 Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Kenny Omega
* Thu, Jan 4th 2018 NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 12 Kenny Omega beat Chris Jericho No Disqualification
* Sat, Aug 11th 2018 NJPW G1 Climax 2018 #18 Kota Ibushi beat Kenny Omega
* Sun, Sep 3rd 2017 PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2017 #3 Keith Lee beat Donovan Dijak
* Sat, Jun 3rd 2017 NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 2017 #14 KUSHIDA beat Will Ospreay
* Sun, Jun 19th 2016 NJPW Dominion 6.19 Michael Elgin beat Kenny Omega Ladder
* Sun, Sep 21st 2014 NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2014 Hiroshi Tanahashi beat Katsuyori Shibata
* Sat, Jun 21st 2014 NJPW Dominion 2014 Kota Ibushi beat Ricochet
* Sun, Apr 1st 2012 WWE WrestleMania 28 The Undertaker beat Triple H in a Hell In A Cell match
* Sun, June 1, 2008 Extreme Rules '08 Edge beat The Undertaker TLC
* Sun, November 6, 1997 Survivor Series 1997 Steve Austin (c) beat Owen Hart
* Sun, April 20, 1997 In Your House 14: Revenge of the 'Taker Steve Austin vs Bret Hart
* Sun, Jul 23rd 1995 AJW Japan Grand Prix '95 Day 8 Manami Toyota vs. Mima Shimoda ended in a draw
* 11/27/92 Giant Baba & Kobashi vs. Misawa & Kawada

#### **3.75 stars**

* Wed, Dec 21st 2022 AEW Dynamite #169 Holiday Bash Jamie Hayter (c) beat Hikaru Shida for the AEW Women's Championship
* Sat, Nov 6th 2021 NJPW Power Struggle 2021 Shingo Takagi beat Zack Sabre Jr.
* Sat, Sep 4th 2021 NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam 2021 In MetLife Dome Night 1 Jeff Cobb beat Kazuchika Okada
* Sun, May 30th 2021 AEW Double Or Nothing 2021 Adam Page beat Brian Cage
* Fri, May 27th 2016 NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors XXIII #6 Will Ospreay beat Ricochet
* Backlash '09 Edge beat John Cena in a Last Man Standing
* Sun, August 22, 1999 Summerslam Chyna beat Steve Austin (c) and Triple H
* Sun, December 7, 1997 In Your House 17: D-Generation X The Rock beat Steve Austin (c) by DQ
* Sun, Oct 24th 1993 WCW Halloween Havoc '93 Vader beat Cactus Jack in a Texas Death match
* Thu, Apr 30th 1992 NJPW Explosion Tour '92 - Day 13 Jushin Thunder Liger beat El Samurai

#### **3.5 stars**

* Sat, Mar 26th 2022 NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 Semifinals Tetsuya Naito beat Kazuchika Okada 2022 New Japan Cup Semifinal
* NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2022 Kazuchika Okada [c] beat Tetsuya Naito for the NJPW World Heavyweight Championship
* AEW Full Gear 2021 CM Punk beat Eddie Kingston
* April 5, 2019 NXT TakeOver: New York Johnny Gargano beat Adam Cole in a 2 Out Of 3 Falls match for the vacant NXT Championship
* April 7, 2018 NXT TakeOver: New Orleans 2018 Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa
* Sat, Sep 3rd 2016 PWG BOLA Night 2 Matt Sydal, Ricochet and Will Ospreay beat Superkliq (Adam Cole, Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson) 6-Person Tag
* Sun, Sep 30th 1990 AJPW October Giant Series '90 - Day 2 Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada vs. Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta
* Sat, Jun 27th 1998 RINGS Fourth Fighting Integration Kiyoshi Tamura beat Tsuyoshi Kohsaka
* Steve Austin (c) beat The Sandman, Kane and The Undertaker Fatal four-way
* September 24, 2000 Unforgiven Steve Austin beat Rikishi

#### **3.25 stars**

* Sat, Oct 26th 2019 OTT Fifth Year Anniversary David Starr bt Jordan Devlin (c) for the OTT Championship
* Sat, Dec 8th 1984 AJPW Real World Tag League '84 #15 Bruiser Brody, Stan Hansen bt Dory Funk, Jr., Terry Funk

**3 stars**

* +3 November 14, 2021 AEW Fight for the Fallen The Inner Circle beat American Top Team & Men Of The Year in a 10-Man Minneapolis Street Fight
* +3 Shawn Michaels vs Jeff Jarrett: In Your House: Lumberjacks
* +3 BULLET CLUB Vs. Suzuki-gun NJPW Road To The New Beginning 2021

2 stars

* +2.75 Keith Lee vs. Donovan Dijak – PWG BOLA 2017
* +2 The Fantastics vs. The Sheepherders – NWA Crockett Cup 1986