It had the best storytelling, but it was not that far ahead of Midnight vs. Fantastics in that realm, but did beat the All Japan match handily. EVIL, WWE SummerSlam 2017: What we're looking forward to the most, WWE SmackDown video highlights: Final build to WM Backlash, Fatal four-way IC title match set for next week's WWE SmackDown, NJPW Strong results: Eight-man tag team action, WWE 205 Live results: Tony Nese vs. Ari Sterling, Natalya & Tamina win WWE Women's Tag Team titles, New Jack passes away at 58 due to heart attack, WWE SmackDown live results: WM Backlash go-home show, ROH Survival of the Fittest tournament returning in June, Daily Update: New Jack, AEW ticket sales, UFC weigh-ins, Moxley & Kingston vs. "The show turned around with Takahashi’s junior title win over Ospreay in the best junior heavyweight match ever in the building. You could tell from the December Korakuen Hall shows that Takahashi hasn’t missed a beat. ", IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi  | Wrestle Kingdom 14 News. They knew there was a low ceiling for them in WWE as tag teams are slotted in a certain way and they had the handle of very good workers but not particularly charismatic: the kiss of death in WWE. English (US) ... Meltzer's star ratings are just one man's opinions of a subjective medium. A well respected journalist, at that, several claim. The story of the match is that, in the end, Page was to outshine the other three by design and win strongly at the end. While both of those matches would still be among the best, Midnight-Fantastics would be the fourth best match I’ve seen this year (better than Sabre-Ospreay in London but well below Okada-Ibushi and Ospreay-Hiromu Takahashi). Many remarked it was one of the best tag team matches ever held in the U.S., and some even ranked it above the Bucks vs. There was no guy along for the ride like Taue or Stan Lane (who both brought something to their matches but were clearly the least talented of the four). The Acclaimed set for AEW Dynamite. Takagi used a headbutt, punches and then a rainmaker for a near fall. The Bucks would sometimes wear FTR on their outfits. The Bucks won the titles in a match where you could see that both teams wanted to make a statement with and have an all-time classic. Ibushi finally connected on a jumping knee and hit the kamagoye for the pin. 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Triple H vs. Randy Orton (Elimination Chamber) ****1/4 Raw - January 24, 2005 They both vyed for a tag title shot at Adam Page & Kenny Omega, but Page cost the Bucks the match with the idea that FTR had manipulated him. This was explained by the respected journalist in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter: Dave Meltzer stars at WrestleMania 36. The Alexa Bliss/Randy Orton affair that ended with the debut of Bray Wyatt’s new Extra Crispy Fiend look came in third in the MotN voting, but that was also reflected in the Ratings where it had 91 five star votes and 129 zero star ones. Okada hit a spinning tombstone, put on the money clip and hit the rainmaker but Takagi came back with a pumping bomber. "Ever since The Revival broke out as the best working heel tag team in pro wrestling in NXT with matches against Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa and Chad Gable & Jason Jordan, there had been an underlying social media feud with The Young Bucks. Here are the ratings of WrestleMania 37, which aired April 10 and 11 from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. I’ve seen everyone on big stages who has been considered the all-time best of the last 50 years, whether that be Jack Brisco, Terry Funk, Ric Flair, Mitsuharu Misawa, Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Hiroshi Tanahashi, Kenny Omega, Ibushi, Ospreay, Jumbo Tsuruta, Genichiro Tenryu, Randy Savage, Ricky Steamboat or anyone else you want to throw in that mix. They spent months building for their first match on this PPV. Takagi hit last of the dragon for a near fall and a pumping bomber. ...Ibushi did the Urijah Faber-style jumping knee but Suzuki got the choke again. The results are in from WrestleMania 37 , the two night extravaganza that put WWE’s brand of sports entertainment in front of it’s biggest live crowd in over a year.. For all of his 2020 ratings, click this link. Then, the Bucks behaved heelish with the idea they weren’t turning heel but needed to get into the dark space for the match. Today at 8:27 AM. All actually left much shorter than they really were. The matches are listed in chronological order of when they occurred (airdate), but at the bottom of the page you will find rankings from highest to lowest rated. The event featured…, “We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.””. With the wrestling new year officially kicking off with Wrestle Kingdom 15, here's a final look back at 2020's top-rated matches. One of those was Dave's top-rated match of the year, garnering six stars. November 7, 2020 | *****1/4. But, this was their best match together up to this point. Dave Meltzer Star Ratings – NJPW The New Beginning In USA 2021 . Receiving a 5 or higher star rating is considered by many to be a great achievement. This was totally different from the Ibushi-Suzuki match but every bit of the same level of a classic that would have won match of the year more years than not over the past 30. WrestleMania 37 has been in the archives for nearly a week, and as always Dave Meltzer has judged it by its stars (ranging from 1 to 5, but can go above or below these figures). To try and create the drama, FTR won every match since their arrival. He comes out now with that aura that you are seeing a guy like the Jordan of his sport which was really something only Kobashi had and Flair had and Tanahashi was maybe slightly shy of. 3, NJPW G1 Climax 29 night 15 results: Okada vs. All below match ratings come from Dave Meltzer of the highly respected Wrestling … After the show came word he was injured and may have broken his heel. Nevertheless, NXT would move to Tuesdays on April 13, after WrestleMania 37. It was the perfect battle of philosophies: old school vs. new school style, The Revival’s tagline of “no flips, just fists” was in response to the Young Bucks perception of doing flips, which at one point led to a spot doing a bunch of flips to do a back rake to play into the criticism. Dave gave his match with Kenta a -1. and the 18 second disaster against Goto a 0, whereas Grappl users were kind enough to at least give a positive number. There are those better at mentally putting a match together. Dave Meltzer’s WrestleMania 37 Ratings. "Okada vs. Ibushi was an all-time classic. The main trend here is clearly that Dave Meltzer has a lot less time for Toru Yano's schtick than the general public, at least in terms of how it impacts on match quality. The event featured some big matches, including…, The 2021 edition of the Royal Rumble took place on January 31st. All below match ratings come from Dave Meltzer of the highly respected Wrestling Observer Newsletter. It was a clear-cut match of the night on a show filled with great action. The ratings are from his Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscribe here). October 10, 2020 | *****1/4. January 4, 2020 | *****1/2. In desperation, Takagi got up, doing this incredible sell job on the money clip, grabbed the referee (Red Shoes Unno) and pulled him down. There are those at his level as athletes. He never reacted like he was hurt and continued to do two more spots landing on both feet, hitting a second space flying tiger drop over the next seconds. Dave Meltzer Star Ratings – NXT Takeover Vengeance Day 2021 . ", AEW Tag Team Champions Hangman Page & Kenny Omega vs. Young Bucks | Revolution All would transport into different eras and be among the best matches of the year. This was the third best match in Tokyo Dome history at this point, although that only lasted about an hour. This was the same stip that Cody used one year ago for his match with Chris Jericho which he lost, and at least thus far, has never reneged on. Styles. The people who … Page & Omega earlier this year (which I would still say is the best U.S. tag match I’ve ever seen). Even with the pandemic changing the way pro wrestling operated around the world, there were still plenty of outstanding matches in all organizations, 12 of which earned five stars or better in Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter. ", Kazuchika Okada vs. Shingo Takagi | New Japan G1 Climax 1.5M ratings 277k ratings See, that’s what the app is perfect for. Dave Meltzer Discusses Possibility Of WWE – AEW "Friday Night War" By Ross Kelly | August 8, 2020 The SmackDown ratings since it moved to … Dave Meltzer's 8 Most Controversial Star Ratings. Meltzer analyzed the change and how it would affect the NXT ratings, AEW Dynamite y Raw. Fantastics (which I always considered the beat American tag team match I ever saw, a match from Chattanooga where the Fantastics won the U.S. tag team titles) and Bucks vs. Omega & Page for the third time in four days. Okada hit another rainmaker and put on the money clip. Unno was screaming at him about giving up and then Takagi passed out without tapping, so Unno stopped the match. In fact, most of his… It is Dave Meltzer who popularized the star rating system in his Wrestling Observer Newsletter and people wait each week to see what Dave has given the latest matches. This was Okada’s record-setting 30th career title defense, breaking Hiroshi Tanahashi’s record of 28 when he beat Sanada in October. These are the recent words of everybody’s favourite wrestling journalist, Dave Meltzer. But Okada is unique in that a few years ago, he was a super wrestler who was clearly behind Shinsuke Nakamura and Tanahashi when it came to charisma. January 4, 2020 | *****1/2. New Year's Revolution 2005 - January 9, 2005 Batista vs. Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho vs. Copyright 2019 IWNerd.com....... We are NOT associated with the WWE in any way. The All Japan tag match would be about the same while Saturday’s would be first or second. During the ROH years, the Young Bucks & Cody would say “F*** the Revival” as a chant at the end of shows. Though the ratings themselves are ultimately just the opinions of Meltzer. The viewing numbers are not yet available but Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer has some good indicators for AEW, courtesy of Reddit user aguadovimeiro here is some of what Meltzer noted: - AEW was the 3rd highest / most watched show from Television on … ...As for Saturday’s match, watching it after the other two, it was clearly the best match of the three for a 2020 crowd. Dave Meltzer Star Ratings – WWE Elimination Chamber 2021 . ", IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi vs. Will Ospreay, IWGP Champion Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi, AEW Tag Team Champions Hangman Page & Kenny Omega vs. Young Bucks, AEW Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Young Bucks, Dave Meltzer's 2020 5-star matches: Okada, WALTER, Naito, Shiozaki, NJPW G1 Climax 30 night five results: Ibushi vs. Ishii, Dave Meltzer's top-rated matches of 2018: Five stars, pt. Former AEW Wrestler Signing With NXT UK, More, Things That We Learned From WWE Smackdown (May 14, 2021), Rumor Roundup: Zelina Vega Returning To WWE? This was just insane. These two have wrestled in the past before Takahashi’s injury and, of course, it was great. Well, it turns out that, for the first time in history, Dave Meltzer will not give any rating to these struggles. It was Dave Meltzer who popularized the “star rating” system. As one of the greatest wrestlers to come from Japan, he is also the most decorated when it comes to star ratings. Takagi did an unreal struggle. "This may have … The 2021 edition of the Royal Rumble took place on January 31st. I decided to provide all of Dave Meltzer's ratings for WWE.com's "The 100 best matches to see before you die" I saw a comment on /u/GetDown90 post by /u/Avagantomos37 to see what Meltzler rated these matches, and also got asked if I could get possibly find the ratings for each match in the Top 100. The Revival turned down ridiculous money from WWE (at a time WWE didn’t want to lose anyone) to come to AEW, choosing fun and personal fulfillment. In many ways, it was the most healthy atmosphere because while the guys were going too far with the risks, without a doubt, the audiences appreciated them for what they were doing. Writing in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Meltzer described the match as ‘Among the top five matches of this year.’. There are very few fans who would call Hulk Hogan one of the best technical wrestlers of all time. It started with them as clear rivals but not enemies. ", AEW Tag Team Champions FTR vs. Young Bucks | Full Gear In case you missed it in yesterday's news, NXT reviews are returning ... dave meltzer Ratings star ratings Wrestling Observer Every Dave Meltzer Star Rating Of 2019 Published 10th February 2019 at 1:00pm by James Dixon. Dave Meltzer Star Ratings – Wrestlemania 37 (Night 1) Bobby Lashley vs Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship. Still, my reaction when it was over that it was the best tag team match ever in the U.S., and the only stuff that may have been comparable was early 90s All Japan stuff in the Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, Toshiaki Kawada and Akira Taue days, and the All Japan women stuff in the Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada days. The event featured… The key is that with the first two matches, if you transported them to 2020, decades after they both took place, and could bring the audience with them, they are still ***** matches. They traded sick headbutts and there was a double headbutt. In the most recent Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer has awarded five stars to Best Friends vs Santana and Ortiz in the Parking Lot Fight on this week's AEW Dynamite. Pardon the pun, but those were three fantastic matches and completely different -- different times, different places and different audiences. Please note that this list only reflects matches entered into the database already and is therefore not necessarily a complete list. IWGP Junior Heavyweight Champion Hiromu Takahashi vs. Will Ospreay | Wrestle Kingdom 14 It did not have the sports feel of the Japan match, but it had a very different and more respectful and smarter audience than the NWA match. Then they added the stip to where if the Bucks didn’t win, they would never challenge for the titles again. Ospreay was injured in the match landing on his feet in a crazy series of moves when doing a space flying tiger drop to the floor. At this point, most figured a 30:00 draw after this classic of a match. It was the most spectacular of the three, easily. After every WWE PPV, we ask you all to rank each match on the show using the star rating system made famous by Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer. "After the match was over, the immediate reaction was that it was one of the greatest, if not the greatest, tag team match of all-time. Then again, given they are AEW announcers, you have to temper that. Edge vs. Okada right now is a step above every single one of them. ", Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki | New Japan G1 Climax But that night he was really hurting bad. Last night, AEW Dynamite on TNT went up against WWE NXT on USA Network in the first of their Wednesday night head-to-heads. We’re keeping track of every star rating awarded by respected wrestling journalist and historian Dave Meltzer throughout 2021. Dave Meltzer has awarded Will Ospreay vs Shingo Takagi from the September 27 G1 Climax show five stars. There are those who execute as good. if(typeof __ez_fad_position != 'undefined'){__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-iwnerd_com-box-3-0')};Wrestlemania Backlash took place on May 16th, 2021. He works like a sort of a critic and rates wrestling matches on a scale of ‘zero to five’ sometimes the star goes into negative and sometimes it crosses too. Part of that is that the person who would be thought to be ahead of time as the guy on that spot in this week’s tag match, Page, was the key player in the key story. Dave Meltzer agreed, considered all of the 5 star matches he had seen in recent years, and decided that this was better than all of them. Dave Meltzer Star Ratings. Jim Ross called it the greatest tag match he could remember broadcasting and Tony Schiavone said it was the greatest tag team match he’d ever seen. It was more like a one-take movie fight scene with the hero of the movie facing the monster that won’t die. "This may have been the best match of Suzuki’s career and he’s had match of the year wins with Tanahashi and A.J. ... Philadelphia opened the floodgates for NXT's recent … So this past week, I watched in a row: Misawa & Kobashi vs. Kawada & Taue, Midnight Express vs,. WWE Raw Results (06/04/2020). This was again where time calls are effective especially when everyone knows that every win or loss makes a difference because this race is going down to the wire. He said he didn’t feel that bad when he got up two days later and worked New Year’s Dash. ... New Day vs Styles & Omos 2.25* Braun Strowman vs Shane McMahon 1.5* Bad Bunny & Damien Priest vs Miz & Morrison 3.5* Sasha Banks vs Bianca Belair 4.00* The Fiend vs Randy Orton -1* Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax vs Tamina & Natalya 2.25* Sometimes, they’d be featured at a certain level and other times they’d be ignored. There was no con involved, no attempt to pull the wool over the eyes of the audience or pretend, which you can’t do in a modern world. So, Suzuki laid on his back like he was knocked out cold and got a big smile on his face. There are websites and podcasts dedicated to these ratings with people arguing about whether Dave was too high, too low, or just right. This was, of course, no exception, when on June 14th, 2018, Dave Meltzer shattered his own ratings scale when he awarded the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship bout between Kenny Omega and Kazuchika Okada from New Japan Pro Wrestling ‘s Dominion event, held on June 9th, a record seven stars. Star Rating System. Dave Meltzer provided the most 4 and 5-star ratings to Kenta Kobashi during his career in AJPW and was widely considered to be one of the biggest draws in Japanese wrestling history. All were close to perfect for their audiences. As we do at the end of every year, we present Dave's top-rated matches from the past 12 months with a slightly edited excerpt from the corresponding linked WON. Dave Meltzer Star Ratings – WWE Royal Rumble 2021 . That changed recently when Variety called out the promotion for its declining ratings as well as their creative process. Rating: 3.75 stars; Women’s Tag Team Turmoil Match: Triple H vs. Randy Orton (Elimination Chamber) ****1/4 Raw - January 24, 2005 October 10, 2020 | *****1/4. October 10, 2020 | *****1/4. February 29, 2020 |  ******. After starting with those which attained five stars, we now move onto the seven matches that went above five stars: five of which were in New Japan and two of which were in AEW and involved the Young Bucks. The scene was spectacular because the idea was the only way to stop Suzuki in a fight was to knock him out cold. FTR then won the gauntlet and beat Page & Omega to win the titles. Professional wrestling journalist and sports historian Dave Meltzer has assigned ratings to professional wrestling matches since the creation of his publication, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 1982, and named his first 5 star match in 1983. He underwent X-rays and had suffered a fractured heel. Dave Meltzer recaps the AEW Blood and Guts special, both nights of NJPW's Wrestling Dontaku, and more. Rumor Roundup: WWE Superstar Switching Brands? There are those with more natural charisma. But this match not only had more stories and more layers, but also far more depth to the storytelling. Okada used a neck snapper and put on the money clip again. He went for the Gotch piledriver, but Ibushi used a jumping knee which Suzuki caught. BACK ISSUE: May 24, 2004 Observer Newsletter: WWE Judgment Day, career of Pepper Gomez A review of WWE Judgment Day, a look at the career of Pepper Gomez, more. In leaving WWE, they played on the feud, changing their ring names to FTR. Nobody had an edge in pacing and none of the three bouts, all over 30 minutes, had a second of down time or ever dragged or felt too long. Note: Originally, Dave rated this five and 1/4 stars watching it live. New Year's Revolution 2005 - January 9, 2005 Batista vs. Chris Benoit vs. Chris Jericho vs. The match was only the second-ever singles match between the two competitors. After watching all the WK matches back on TV, he bumped it up 1/4 star. Edge vs. Kota Ibushi vs. Minoru Suzuki | New Japan G1 Climax. WrestleTalk. Recent Post by Page. He rates them on a 5-star scale [here are all of the five-star ratings that he has ever given out]. The above tweet is one of many passive aggressive, meandering, contextless posts he publishes on a daily basis. "Okada vs. Takagi was not the best match of either man’s career, but would have won match of the year in the vast majority of years. 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