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What are matches you guys have given 5 stars? heres my list


-Ric Flair(c) vs Sting,NWA Title,NWA Clash Of The Champions

-Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat(c), NWA World Title ,Judges At Ringside,NWA/WCW WrestleWar 1989

-Bret Hart(c) vs Davey Boy Smith, WWF Intercontinental Title, WWF Summerslam 1992

-Bret Hart vs Owen Hart, WWF WrestleMania X

-Razor Ramon(c) vs Shawn Michaels,WWF IC Title,Ladder Match,WWF WrestleMania X

-Bret Hart(c) vs Shawn Michaels,WWF Title,60 Minute Iron Man Match,WWF Wrestlemania 12

-Megumi Kudo vs Combat Toyoda,Deathmatch,FMW 5-5-1996

-Rey Mysterio vs Psychosis,WCW Bash At The Beach 1996

-Bret Hart vs Steve Austin,Submission Match,WWF Wrestlemania 13

-Shawn Michaels(c) vs The Undertaker,WWF Title,Hell In A Cell,WWF Badd Blood 1997

-Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero(c),WCW CW Title vs Mask,WCW Halloween Havoc 1997

-Rob Van Dam(c) vs Jerry Lynn,ECW TV Title,ECW Hardcore Heaven 1999

-Bret Hart vs Chris Benoit,WCW Nitro 10-4-1999

-Triple H(c) vs Cactus Jack,WWF Title,Street Fight,WWF Royal Rumble 2000

-Triple H vs Steve Austin,2/3 Falls,WWF No Way Out 2001

-Edge And Christain vs The Hardy Boyz vs The Dudley Boyz(c),WWF Tag Titles,TLC,WWF WrestleMania X-Seven

-The Rock(c) vs Steve Austin,WWF Title,NO DQ,WWF WrestleMania X-Seven

-Kurt Angle vs Shane Mcmahon,Street Fight,WWF King Of The Ring 2001

-Kurt Angle vs Steve Austin(c),WWF Title,WWF Unforgiven 2001

-Shawn Michaels vs Triple H,Street Fight,WWE Summerslam 2002

-Kurt Angle and Chris Benoit vs Edge and Rey Mysterio,WWE Tag Titles(First),WWE No Mercy 2002

-Brock Lesnar(c) vs The Undertaker,WWE Title,Hell In A Cell,WWE No Mercy 2002

-Kurt Angle(c) vs Chris Benoit,WWE Title,WWE Royal Rumble 2003

-Kurt Angle(c) vs Brock Lesnar,WWE Title,Level Playing Field,WWE WrestleMania XIX

-Kurt Angle(c) vs Brock Lesnar,WWE Title,WWE Summerslam 2003

-Kurt Angle(c) vs Brock Lesnar,WWE Title,60 Minute Iron Man Match,WWE Smackdown 9-18-2003

-Kurt Angle vs Eddie Guerrero(c),WWE Title,WWE WrestleMania XX

-Brock Lesnar(c) vs Eddie Guerrero,WWE Title,WWE No Way Out 2004

-Triple H(c) vs Chris Benoit vs Shawn Michaels,WWE WHC,WWE WrestleMania XX

-Randy Orton(c) vs Cactus Jack,WWE IC Title,Hardcore Match,WWE Backlash 2004

-AJ Styles vs Chris Sabin vs Petey Williams(c),TNA X Title,Ultimate X,TNA Final Resolution 2005

-AJ Styles(c) vs Christopher Daniels,TNA X Title,30 Minute Iron Man Match,TNA Against All Odds 2005

-Kurt Angle vs Shawn Michaels,WWE WrestleMania 21

-John Cena(c) vs JBL,WWE Title,I Quit,WWE Judgment Day 2005

-AJ Styles vs Matt Hardy,IWC 7-29-2005

-AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe vs Christopher Daniels(c),TNA X Title,TNA Unbreakable 2005

-Samoa Joe vs Kenta Kobashi,ROH Joe vs Kobashi

-Kurt Angle(c) vs The Undertaker,WWE WHC,WWE No Way Out 2006

-Blood Generation vs Do Fixer,ROH Supercard Of Honor 3-31-2006

-John Cena vs Shawn Michaels,WWE Raw 4-23-2007

-Kurt Angle vs AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe vs Christain Cage vs ???,TNA World Title(First),KOM,TNA Slammiversary 2007

-Kurt Angle(c) vs Yuji Nagata,IGF Title,Tokyo Dome Show 1-4-2008

-Kurt Angle(c) vs Samoa Joe,TNA Title vs Career,Cage,TNA Lockdown 2008

-Kurt Angle vs Jeff Jarrett,NO DQ,TNA Genesis 2009

-Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels,WWE WrestleMania 25

-Kurt Angle vs Matt Morgan,TNA Bound For Glory 2009

-Kurt Angle vs AJ Styles(c),TNA Title,TNA Impact 1-4-2010

-Kurt Angle vs Mr Anderson,Cage,Escape Only,TNA Lockdown 2010

-MCMG(c) vs Beer Money,2/3 Falls,TNA Tag Titles,TNA Whole F'N Show

-AJ Styles vs Bully Ray,Last Man Standing,TNA Slammiversary IX 2011

-Eddie Edwards(c) vs Davey Richards,ROH Title,ROH Best In The World 2011

-John Cena(c)vs CM Punk,WWE Title-WWE Money In The Bank 2011


Out of the thousands of matches i have seen i have 52 5 star matches. pretty special.

anyway id love to see ur guys's lists
 
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#1,255 ·
This thread can't die. I so badly wished this thread was stickied. So many great lists and matches that people probably haven't seen.

Even if you just post your favorite matches and give a little review. That would be great.When I'm bored I go to this thread and see what there is out there that I need to add to my "To watch list". If someone was trying to get into wrestling I would pull a list of matches straight from this thread. You can find one amazing match which will lead you to another which will lead you to another.

You have a swank Finlay match list. Mid-South and Memphis list. Great stuff to delve into you. I use to Google "5 Star Matches" and always would go to Meltzer's list because that's all I had. This thread proves there is so much more. I wish there was something like this for me years ago when I was looking for great matches to watch.
 
#1,257 ·
Ric Flair vs Terry Funk ~ Great American Bash 1989

I think i'm the only wrestling fan who might prefer Flair vs Funk from GAB '89 over their I Quit match from Clash in the same year. There is something about that match igniting the feud that I thought was stronger than when it finished. Flair returns from Funk's assault at WrestleWar so he's boiling. Funk is downright insane so there is the ingredients for a hot and wild World Championship match right there. I mean, man, all of it is done perfectly. Ahhh I love it. You know it rules right from the very start. Funk exits the ring trying to stall and jaw with fans. Flair removes the robe and blasts Funk to get it going. That's unlike Flair. This one was different than what Ric had done in his program with Steamboat. That was based purely on wrestling only. This one was based on revenge and brawling. That transition for Flair was unbelievable. Especially when he not only excelled in this feud, but got it to be AS good in quality as his phenomenal wreslting matches. Funk was semi-retired and announcing right prior to this feud. He jumps into a major program and shows why he is SO DAMN GOOD by being one of the best antagonists here. So crazy. So unpredictable. You weren't sure what he'd do to defeat Flair. He took him out once and he probably could do it again. Add in the trusty branding iron and then the match takes a new turn into very bloody territory. Which only ups the match to a different level of wow. Then the aftermath of it, oh my science, YES. As soon as Flair catches Funk in the small package counter, Muta hits the ring and ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE. Even the immediate aftermath was fantastic. Early sign of the Flair/Sting team and subsequently the Four Horsemen entry/big 1990 program.

Don't know if anyone else would rank this one at the full 5 stars like myself, but it's always been one I thought that hit that level. Personal favorite if there ever was one. My second favorite NWA/WCW Flair match from 1989 behind the obvious, and top of the 5 star wrestling list, two out of three falls match vs Steamboat. I'm sure most have...but watch this if you haven't. Or if it has been awhile, then give it another go. On Flair's Definitive DVD so it's available to own. On youtube as well. WATCH~!
 
#1,260 ·
Watched Hansen/Kobashi. Ever since I first watched I thought one of two things - either this match was overrated, or it was me. It was definitely me. I don't think this is five stars, the 93 match of the year or even still as good as Hansen/Kawada, but I don't know what I missed the first time. Just a mind-blowing match; has to be the best Kobashi singles behind 1/20/97 right? Anything I'm forgetting? #2 singles for Hansen behind Kawada 2/28/93 I'm thinking, too. The finish gave me goosebumps.
 
#1,263 ·
The one with the Northern Lariat off the turnbuckle? Yeah, amazing fucking match, in my top 5 for 90's AJPW probably (maybe). Definitely behind 1/20/97 Misawa match, but I can't think of another better Kobashi singles match.

Kawada/Tenryu '00 is the latest 5* match I've seen. Just beautiful.
 
#1,261 ·
I don't think it's as good as Hansen/Kawada from '93, either. And I like Hansen/Andre more than it, too. But yeah, it's a fucking great match and probably the second best Kobashi match ever behind the 1/20/97 Misawa match.

Watch Tenryu/Yatsu if you haven't already, btw.
 
#1,265 ·
I definitely like Hansen/Andre more personally, but that's probably one of my five favourite matches ever and I don't think I'd say it's better.

Which Schneider Comp is Tenryu/Yatsu on? Don't think I have it.

Also, I hear that megaupload will be back soon. They've got servers set up and have almost completed the new code for the site, so either the end of the year or early next year me thinks.
You better not be fucking. :mark:

The one with the Northern Lariat off the turnbuckle?
Yep~


 
#1,262 ·
Re-watched Angle/Undertaker/Rock from vengeance 02 the other day. Still one of my favourite matches, but I didn't like it nearly as much as before. No longer ***** :(.

Also, I hear that megaupload will be back soon. They've got servers set up and have almost completed the new code for the site, so either the end of the year or early next year me thinks.
 
#1,266 ·
That might be the single greatest strike Hansen threw in his entire career, well that or the absolutely FILTHY forearm/slap strike he throws at Tenryu on the floor in the famous 'nobody potatoes me' All Japan match.

Agree with the consensus, Kobashi/Misawa 1/20/97 is Kobashi's best singles match, but that Hansen match, Takayama in NOAH 2004, Akiyama in NOAH 12/23/00 and maybe one of the Dr Death matches would round out his top 5. Actually the Honda NOAH 2003 match could sneak into the top 5 as well.

Kawada/Hansen is better though, just the ultimate meeting of uncontained stiff violence vs uncontained stiff violence.

Think Tenryu/Yatsu was the first match I actually reviewed in the Puro thread, adored it to bits and its definitely one of the more violent Tenryu matches I can recall seeing (which says an awful lot given its Tenryu and 'violence').
 
#1,267 ·
Kobashi's 5 best singles is something neato to think about. I'd probably agree with WOOLCOCK's top 5, but I think I watched only one Kobashi/Williams years ago and I don't think it was their supposed best one (8/31/93). I'm nearly up to that on the 93 yearbook (which you'd know if I wasn't a Lazy Writes-Nothing jackass), and I have good hopes for it after the match with Hansen. Any other Misawa matches that'd make his top five? 3/31/96 is probably their second best match together, but I didn't *love it* love it (you know?) and didn't think it was even as good as Kawada/Taue from the same night. Their 98, 99, and 03 matches I don't even think come within a galaxy of 1/20/97. Not even in the same dimension.

Anything else? Maybe 6/12/98 v Kawada?
 
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Tbh a lot of their matches which aren't the most famous sort of blend together so its hard to think off the top of my head. I remember thinking the October 98 match (10/31?) was a clear step and a half below their 1/20/97 match, and the remaining end of the decade matches didn't come close to improving their 1997 masterpiece. GHC NOAH 2003 match is one of their weaker matches to me, just something I find to be too excessive in terms of the Puro Main Event style. I do recall really digging one of their Champions Carnival matches, I might be mistaking it but one that spings to mind is a 30 minute draw which ultimately leads to Kawada winning the tournament due to the Misawa/Kobashi draw basically fucking up their stamina. It might not be the match I recall thinking was super nifty, but that's the only one that springs to mind.

Kobashi/Takayama 5/26/00 also needs some loving. Feels like a lesser version of their 2004 match in terms of spectacle and atmosphere, largely because its Takayama's coming out party whereas by 04 he's a monster and reveared throughout Japan. At one point I found it a better match than the 04 encounter in terms of the sum of its parts (think Kobashi's arm selling was more succint here than in the 04 one) but I'll probably rewatch both in order to reassess that view when it comes to the BOTD poll.

Kawada/Kobashi is a really dark area for me, only their broadway 95 match is something I have a proper recollection of. Would rank it far lower than a lot of the big singles bouts from that era, but as far as 60 minute draws go I've seen a lot worse. Still I find Kobashi/Kawada to be a far better pairing when they go for shorter but more impactful matches rather than 30 minute plus matches.

Might actually try and watch that 96 Misawa match soon, be interesting to try and watch a match or two of theirs which I've forgotten/struggle to remember much about.
 
#1,270 ·
Top 5 Kobashi singles matches is pretty hard I think when you get past the Misawa and Hansen matches. Probably be something like...

vs Misawa 1/20/97
vs Hansen 8/15/93
vs Kawada 6/12/98 (can't remember a lot about this, but I remember thinking it was brilliant)
vs Akiyama 7/10/04
vs Takayama 4/25/04

Not a huge fan of the Kobashi/Williams matches I've seen, although I'm not sure if I've seen their supposed best match together. I have seen the one were Kobashi almost gets fucking killed with a couple backdrop drivers at the end if that's the one, and I thought it was alright but nothing amazing. I know the Akiyama match might be an unpopular choice, pretty sure everyone knows I love that match by now lol.

Top 5 Kawada matches...GO!
 
#1,271 ·
WWF/E
Owen Hart vs Bret Hart - Wrestlemania 10
Bret Hart vs Owen Hart - Summerslam 1994
Stone Cold Steve Austin vs Bret Hart - Wrestlemania 13
Chris Benoit vs HBK vs HHH - Wrestlemania 20
Kurt Angle vs HBK - Wrestlemania 21
John Cena vs CM Punk - MITB 2011

TNA
Samoa Joe vs Christopher Daniels vs AJ Styles - Unbreakable 2005

ROH
Samoa Joe vs CM Punk - Joe Vs Punk II
Kenta Kobashi vs Samoa Joe - Joe vs Kobashi
Dragon Kid & Ryo Saito & Genki Horiguchi vs CIMA & Masato Yoshino & Naruki Doi - ROH Supercard of Honor
Bryan Danielson vs KENTA - Glory By Honor V Night 2
Nigel MacGuinness vs Bryan Danielson - Unified
Davey Richards vs Tyler Black - Death Before Dishonor VIII
Davey Richards vs Eddie Edwards - Best in the World 2011
Davey Richards vs Michael Elgin - SitS Night 1 2012

NJPW
Tiger Mask I vs The Dynamite Kid - 04/23/83
Naoki Sano vs Jushin Thunder Liger - 1/31/1990
Chris Benoit vs Great Sasuke - Super J Cup 1994
El Samurai vs Koji Kanemoto - BOSJ 1997

AJPW
Tiger Mask II vs Kuniaki Kobayashi - 03/09/85
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu - 06/06/89
Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jumbo Tsuruta - 06/08/90
Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi 05/25/92
Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi - 04/14/93
Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi - 07/29/93
Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi - 08/31/93
Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada - 06/03/94
Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada - 01/19/95
Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue - 01/24/95
Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue - 04/15/95
Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue - 06/09/95
Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Steve Williams & Johnny Ace - 06/07/96
Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada - 06/06/97
Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi - 10/31/98
Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi - 6/11/99

NOAH
Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuhara Misawa - 03/01/03
Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama - NOAH Departure 2004
Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima vs Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiozaki - 11/05/05
Kenta Kobashi vs Kensuke Sasaki - NOAH Destiny 2005
Naomichi Marufuji vs KENTA - 10/29/06

AAA
Los Gringos Locos vs El Hijo del Santo & Octagon - 11/06/94

AJW
Manami Toyota vs Toshiyo Yamada - 08/15/92
Akira Hokuto vs Shinobu Kandori - 04/02/93
Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki vs Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada - 04/11/93
Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki - 12/06/93
Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue - 08/24/94
Aja Kong vs Manami Toyota - 11/20/94
Manami Toyota vs Kyoko Inoue - 5/7/1995
 
#1,272 ·
I feel like a five star match should be a perfect match with everything.

For me personally its always been:
Flair vs. Steamboat COTC match

Flair vs. Windham 1/20/87,they kept you on the edge of the seats.

Austin vs. Hart WM and Survivor Series,without these matches there would be no Austin or WWE.

Hart vs. HBK IronMan, this match always had its critics. They say its not enough falls or excitement. That's why I think its great. Its similar to the Flair/Windham in the sense that it will take more than the time limit to just get one pin over me,COMPETITION. In the early days of wrestling when it was LEGIT real, it would take 60-70 minutes just for one fall in the big matches. I think if there are more than 3 falls in a 60 minute IronMan match, it defeats the purpose.

Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles Sacrifice 2005 match is just amazing too me.
 
#1,274 · (Edited)
Hart vs. HBK IronMan, this match always had its critics. They say its not enough falls or excitement. That's why I think its great. Its similar to the Flair/Windham in the sense that it will take more than the time limit to just get one pin over me,COMPETITION. In the early days of wrestling when it was LEGIT real, it would take 60-70 minutes just for one fall in the big matches. I think if there are more than 3 falls in a 60 minute IronMan match, it defeats the purpose.
I really wouldn't say its close to Flair/Windham at all. Flair/Windham is superb for many reasons, the ever present story where Windham is established as good enough to continually dominate Flair only for his inexperience to always seemingly give Flair an opportunity to turn the tide, Windham having some of the best offence in history whilst being a sensational seller and pure babyface, Flair working his charisma and character into every exchange and selling the match beautifully through his mannerisms and emotions whilst Windham sells the wear and tear, the pacing being fluid and marvellous and the battle between young phenom vs star veteran always providing for smooth transitions and engaging nearfalls.

HBK/Bret just feels like a badly done 60 minute match. The first half presents what could have been a great story with Michaels outwrestling Hart and taking the initiative, only to resort to his usual high flying in an attempt to win the match and providing Hart with an escape route to regain control...but the problem is Bret blows off all the armwork Shawn utilises to the point where it removes any drama from the match, Bret doesn't come off as a wounded champion and that significantly affects the drama needed for a match of that length. HBK and Bret's personal problems also seem to affect the match, neither really looks committed to trying to make the other look as good as they can, as evidenced by Bret's lack of desire to sell Michaels' armwork from the first half of the match. Neither are my favourite workers of all time but I just think its a dry match and lacks that truly engaging story and performance from either man that someone like a Flair was capable of. Say what you will about some of his theatrics but he was always working and reacting to each big moment in a match and making it work, and the likes of Windham and Steamboat were far better babyfaces for him to work off than Michaels was against Bret.

Backlund/Valentine from 1979 is still WWF/E's greatest Broadway match by some distance. Largely in no small part because of the respective performances from both men, as well as the story of Valentine's inability to lock on the figure four and him slowly driving himself neurotic in trying to incapacitate Backlund long enough for him to not be able to counter the hold.
 
#1,275 ·
Michael Elgin vs Davey Richards Showdon in the sun 2012

CM Punk vs John Cena Money in the Bank 2011

Naomichi Marufuji vs KENTA AJPW Jr. & GHC Jr. Heavyweight championships

Davey Richards vs Roderick Strong Finnal Battle 2010

Kevin Steen vs El Generico Final Battle 2010

Future Shock vs Super Smash Bros vs Young Bucks Ladder Match
 
#1,289 ·
Gonna add Tanahashi vs Goto from 11/11/07 as many others have said.
Also adding Tanahashi vs Goto from 6/18/11. This match is at least as good as their '07 encounter and I think it's better. A classic for sure.
 
#1,292 ·
As I said in the puro thread that match would've benefited from the finish of the 11/11/07 Tana/Goto match with the HFF into a Texas Cloverleaf and a tapout. I really think that could've sent it through the roof.
 
#1,296 ·
Gave my first ***** match after rating matches for about a year. Gave it to Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels at WrestleMania 26. I loved the whole build up to it, and it showed how important the match up was to both men, and that justified the finisher heavy match. I loved how Undertaker had to utilize the jumping tombstone piledriver to finally but Shawn down in the end after the whole match. The work on Taker's knee and selling of it was great throughout the match and it made many spots logical, although the work didn't directly impact the finish I was very pleased with this. I felt like everything had a meaning and the match was just a spectacle. I've probably watched this 5 times now. I saw it live and didn't like it much, just thought of it as a finisher heavy match. On my first rewatch I didn't like it but on the second I thought it was good. After that I watched it again and thought it was a near classic, and now I feel it deserves a special place as my only ***** match.
 
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