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**Cactus** · 08-21-2011, 06:06 AM

Seeing as this thread is dying, I figured I will though in my updated list with some removals and additions. I removed a few matches because they weren't as good as I originally thought.

WWF/E:
Bootcamp Match: Sgt. Slaughter vs The Iron Sheik (6/16/1984)
Bret Hart Vs Mr. Perfect (6/13/1993)
Cage Match: Owen Hart Vs Bret Hart (8/29/1994)
Submission Match: Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs Bret Hart (3/23/1997)
TLC Match: The Hardyz Vs Edge & Christian Vs The Dudley Boyz (8/27/2000)
No DQ Match: Steve Austin Vs The Rock (4/1/2001)
Chris Benoit & Chris Jericho vs Triple H & Steve Austin (5/25/2001)
Chris Benoit Vs Kurt Angle (1/19/2003)
Shawn Michaels Vs Undertaker (4/5/2009)
John Cena Vs CM Punk (7/17/2011)

ROH:
Samoa Joe Vs Kenta Kobashi (10/1/05)

AJPW:
Jumbo Tsurata Vs Mitsuharu Misawa (6/8/1990)
Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas Vs Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi
Kikuchi (5/25/1992)
Masanobu Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa Vs Kenta Kobashi &
Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (7/5/1992)
Toshiaki Kawada Vs Mitsuharu Misawa (3/6/1994)
Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi Vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (6/9/1995)
Kenta Kobashi Vs Mitsuharu Misawa (10/31/1998)

NJPW:
Tiger Mask Vs The Dynamite Kid (4/23/1983)
Jushin Liger Vs Great Sasuke (7/8/1994)
Jushin Liger Vs The Great Muta (10/20/1996)

NOAH:
Kenta Kobashi Vs Mitsuharu Misawa (3/1/2003)
Kenta Kobashi Vs Jun Akiyama (7/10/2004)

Joshi:
Aja Kong Vs Manami Toyota (11/20/1994)

Fighter Daron · 08-21-2011, 01:18 PM

Two "new" additions:

WWF/E:
Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs Bret Hart - Wrestlemania XIII
Stone Cold Steve Austin Vs The Rock Vs Kurt Angle Vs Triple H Vs Rikishi Vs Undertaker - Hell in a Cell - Armageddon 2000
Steve Austin Vs The Rock - Wrestlemania X-7
First TLC - Wrestlemania X-7
Team WWF Vs Team Alliance - WWF: Survivor Series 2001
The Rock Vs Hulk Hogan - WWF: Wrestlemania X8
Triple H vs Chris Jericho - Hell in a Cell Match - WWE: Judgement Day 2002
Triple H Vs Shawn Michaels - Unsanctioned Match - WWE: Summerslam 2002
Triple H Vs Shawn Michaels Vs Chris Jericho Vs Booker T Vs Kane Vs Rob Van Dam - Elimination Chamber - Survivor Series 2002
Ric Flair Vs Shawn Michaels - Wrestlemania XXIV
Shawn Michaels Vs Undertaker - Wrestlemania XXV
Shawn Michaels Vs Undertaker - Wrestlemania XXVI
John Cena Vs CM Punk - MITB 2011

TNA
Samoa Joe Vs Christopher Daniels Vs AJ Styles - Unbreakable 2005
Samoa Joe Vs Christopher Daniels Vs AJ Styles - Turning Point 2009

ROH
Low Ki vs Doug Williams vs Spanky vs Christopher Daniels - Crowning a Champion
Samoa Joe Vs CM Punk - World Title Classic
Samoa Joe Vs CM Punk - Joe Vs Punk II
ROH(Claudio Castagnoli, Delirious, Rocky Romero & Austin Aries) Vs Dragon Gate(CIMA, Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito & Yokosuka) - ROH: All Star Estravaganza 3
Kenta Kobashi Vs Samoa Joe - Joe Vs Kobashi
Bryan Danielson Vs KENTA - Glory By Honor V Night 2
Nigel McGuinness Vs Bryan Danielson - Unified

PWG
Bryan Danielson Vs Chris Hero - Guerre Sans Frontieres
¡Peligro Abejas! Vs Young Bucks Vs Cutler Brothers – Guerrilla Warfare - PWG Seven

CZW
John Zandig Vs Sick Nick Mondo - 2 Out of 3 Falls Log Cabin Deathmatch - CZW: Tournament of Death II
Ian Rotten Vs Necro Butcher - Fans Bring Weapons - CZW: Tournament of Death II

NJPW
Naoki Sano Vs Jushin Thunder Liger - 1-31-1990
Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs Hirooki Goto - Destruction 2007
Hiroshi Tanahashi Vs Satoshi Kojima - G1 Climax 2010 Final

AJPW
Jumbo Tsuruta Vs Genichiro Tenryu - 05/06/1989
Mitsuharu Misawa Vs Toshaki Kawada - 03/06/1994
Mitsuharu Misawa Vs Kenta Kobashi - 21/10/1997

NOAH
Kensuke Sasaki Vs Go Shiozaki - 24/07/10

Dragon Gate
YAMATO Vs Naruki Doi - Compilation Gate 2010

ViolenceIsGolden · 08-21-2011, 01:49 PM

If a 5 star match had to have amazing build up and back story as well as importance to the company or as a turning point in their product then I think MANY of the matches in the lists in this thread would not qualify. Even Cena/Punk as good of a match and build up as it was it didn't change the company or product forever YET at least. This is why I have so much trouble giving a match 5 stars because a 5 star match should qualify as GOAT not just something I enjoyed the hell out of. Then where would the cut off line be? I think anything oldschool is great wrestling with great build up but now most of those programs in oldschool southern promotions have been lost and burried deep in the archives.

**Brye** · 08-21-2011, 02:35 PM

Fuck it, I love this match.

Umaga vs John Cena - Royal Rumble 2007

This match should be considered a goddamn classic. Umaga comes into this match with just one loss and via a rollup nevertheless. Cena wrestles a majority of this match a bloody mess with possibly Cena's best blade job since Cena/JBL. Umaga pulls out all the stops to try and end the career of Cena. Cena is still showing the effect of his rib injury from Umaga splashing him through a table off the ropes. The steel steps play a big part in this match as Umaga and Cena destroy each other. They really play Umaga off as a huge threat. Umaga kicks his ass but unlike some of the Cena I Quit matches I don't quite enjoy, Cena gets a good amount of offense on Umaga as well, much of it using the steel steps and trying to outsmart Umaga. Cena nails Umaga's head with the moniter as it is right next to the ring post and the camera angle makes it look real as fuck, even on replay. SOMEHOW Umaga manages to get up from that. Umaga takes control again but misses his running splash through the ECW announce table and yet again, HE'S UP! Meanwhile JR is selling the fuck out of this match and putting over both guys big time. Estrada starts taking off the top rope and Umaga looks to use it to his advantage but NO! Cena finally hits the FU on Umaga and knocks Estrada off the apron. Cena locks in the STFU using the rope to choke Umaga. This goes on for quite a while until Cena lets go. BUT UMAGA IS GETTING BACK UP AT FOUR! Cena finally chokes him again in the STFU with the rope to put Umaga down. - *****

Unbelievable match, imo. Favorite LMS ever and one hell of a war. JBL puts it over as Cena's best performance after the match as well.

**Big Z** · 08-21-2011, 02:45 PM

Think I went down to ***1/4 on last watch of that match

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**Brye** · 08-21-2011, 02:47 PM

I remember you not being a big fan of the rope situation.

**Big Z** · 08-21-2011, 03:18 PM

Yeah lol, the build to the finish was just incredibly stupid and ONLY there so Cena could choke out Umaga. There were other things I didn't like about it too though, not just that, though it was a major annoyance for me

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**Brye** · 08-21-2011, 03:21 PM

I would've liked to have seen Umaga use the turnbuckle thing on Cena, only for him to get up at 9 and then do something from there but you're absolutely right about that.

topper1 · 08-21-2011, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by KingCal

Think I went down to ***1/4 on last watch of that match

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The match was a great monster vs face match you don't need to rate it insanely high but *** 1/4

**Big Z** · 08-21-2011, 04:38 PM

***1/4 is a great rating and... damn, you are fairly new so you won't remember the days of Austin101 constantly telling people that *** was a GREAT rating

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But yeah, I couldn't go any higher. Too much shit I hated about it, especially the end with was fucking dumb (not Cena choking out Umaga, but the set up to it).