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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 ...
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 ...
The event was highly praised by fans and critics with particular praise towards the Kenny Omega vs. Bryan Danielson match, which received a 5 star rating from wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer. The Rampage broadcast was also notable for CM Punk 's first wrestling match on cable television since facing Billy Gunn on the January 20, 2014, episode ...
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 ...
It was the first match in any promotion in over five years to receive the full five stars, and is the first of seven "main roster" (excluding NXT and NXT UK) matches to receive five stars in the 21st century, with the second occurring nearly 11 years later, the third achieved a few months after the second, the fourth and fifth happening at the ...
Sports journalist Dave Meltzer for the Wrestling Observer Newsletter assigned star ratings to the event, with the main event receiving a 5 1 ⁄ 2 rating, making it the tenth AEW match to be rated 5 stars or more by Meltzer, and the fifth to surpass his 5 star rating scale. The falls count anywhere match between Christian Cage and Jurassic ...
Meltzer has also given ratings that have exceeded five stars. 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 first Hell in a Cell match in 1997 between Undertaker and Shawn Michaels was highly acclaimed, with Dave Meltzer giving it 5 stars, a feat that no other Hell in a Cell match would accomplish until 2022 with Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes & 2024 with CM Punk and Drew McIntyre. [7]