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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]
The first 6 and 6.5 star matches took place in 1981 (as rated by Dooley, not Meltzer). [11] The highest he has ever rated a match was seven stars, given to Kazuchika Okada and Kenny Omega for their match at Dominion 6.9 in Osaka-jo Hall in June 2018.
The event received universal acclaim from wrestling fans and critics and both the NXT North American Championship match and the Unsanctioned match between Gargano and Ciampa both received five-star ratings by wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer. It was the first time Meltzer gave five stars to two matches on the same North American show.
The event received generally positive reviews, with the Hell in a Cell match between CM Punk and Drew McIntyre being singled out for praise, and was awarded a 5-star rating by Dave Meltzer, becoming both Punk's third five-star match and his first since his match against John Cena at Money in the Bank, and McIntyre's second ever five-star match ...
This is a list of both active and inactive Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards created by professional wrestling and mixed martial arts (MMA) journalist Dave Meltzer.The first fourteen awards were created in 1980 as an informal poll between Meltzer and his friends and others he corresponded with on the subject of professional wrestling at the time.
List of professional wrestling matches rated 5 or more stars by Dave Meltzer; List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards; Live Audio Wrestling; M. Dave Meltzer; S.
The main event was given a 5-star match rating by Dave Meltzer, [6] which would be the last WWF/WWE match to receive the honor until the John Cena vs. CM Punk match at the 2011 Money in the Bank event. The next time a Hell in a Cell match would get a five-star rating would occur nearly 25 years later in a match between Cody Rhodes, and Seth ...
You also need to be careful of matches that are often reported as 5 stars, but did not receive 5 stars from Meltzer himself. To wit: the SMW rage in a cage, Cactus Jack vs Eddie Gilbert, and the FMW in LA six-man were not given 5 stars by Dave but from readers who submitted their reports, and are mixed up on sources like Cagematch and ProFight.