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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] 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 253 matches awarded 5 or more stars; Will Ospreay has the most individual matches with 38.
Matches
1980s
| Date | Match | Promotion | Event | Rating | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | April 7, 1982 | Ric Flair vs. Butch Reed[a] | 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 |