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Sleazy_Martinez

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RedDragonUK

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Fun fact from Reddit:

In the last 4 years, NJPW has had more Dave Meltzer rated 5-star matches than the WWE has had in it's entire history. (self.SquaredCircle)

submitted 1 year ago by benjaminkicksGo 2 Sleep

WWE/F 5-star matches:

  • Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels (WrestleMania 10)
  • Owen Hart vs. Bret Hart (SummerSlam '94)
  • Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (WrestleMania 13)
  • Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (IYH 18: Badd Blood)
  • CM Punk vs. John Cena (Money in the Bank '11)
NJPW 5-star matches since 2012:

  • Minoru Suzuki vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (King of Pro Wrestling '12)
  • Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (Invasion Attack '13)
  • Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata (G1 Climax 23 Day 4)
  • Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (King of Pro Wrestling '13)
  • Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (Destruction in Kobe '14)
  • Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi (Wrestle Kingdom 9)
  • Tomoaki Honma vs. Tomohiro Ishii (New Beginning in Sendai '15)

All those WWE matches have been posted now, I will try get to all the NJPW matches, some are in the thread already : )
 
BeardOfKnowledge

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Thanks you so much for these contributions RedDragonUK @RedDragonUK . I can't believe how quickly this forum (not to mention this thread) is turning into a tremendous video archive of sorts.
 
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No worries, I'm enjoying making the thread. Some of these matches I haven't seen for years and some are new to me so it's great to see why they're so special.
 
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Meltzer popularized the "star rating" system (devised by Jim Cornette and his childhood friend Norm M. Dooley), which rates matches on a scale of zero to five stars (sometimes going to negative five stars in the case of bad matches) in a similar manner to that used by many movie critics.[5] As in the field of film, a rating is a largely subjective affair that may take into account the amount of action, as opposed to restholds ("workrate"), the difficulty and variety of moves used, the history of the workers and their feud, the development of an in-match storyline based on the wrestling moves and how they affect the wrestlers, and the overall reaction of the crowd.

Five star matches, as rated by Meltzer, are extremely rare. The latest was Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi on January 4, 2016, at the New Japan Pro Wrestling show Wrestle Kingdom 10 in Tokyo Dome. 78 matches have received the honor since Dynamite Kid and Tiger Mask I were the inaugural 'five star match'. Mitsuharu Misawa has the most five star matches with 26 (including one match wrestling as Tiger Mask II).

Despite this rating system representing only the subjective opinion of one individual, wrestlers, such as Bret Hart,[16] have written how proud they were when their performances were praised in the WON.

 
BeardOfKnowledge

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RedDragonUK said:
Somebody on Reddit said this match left them with chills and in tears by the end, all I know is it has five stars from most reviews and I'm going to watch it now.

Nakamura who recently got signed to WWE features and if you don't know who he is then he's well worth a look. Charismatic son of a gun.


View: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2qnx33_2015-01-04-shinsuke-nakamura-c-vs-kota-ibushi-wrestle-kingdom-9_sport
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Holy fucking Christ. That match was tremendous. If they could manage to avoid turning it into "Suplex City" I'd love to see Lesnar and Nakamura work a program together. I was able to check out their match from 06, seems like the dude can really work with anyone.
 
BeardOfKnowledge

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By the way RedDragonUK @RedDragonUK After watching his 06 match against Brock I watched his 2014 match against KO. Tremendous stuff. Thatnks for inspiring me. I'm going to start tracking down more NJPW.
 
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JohnyHendricksBeard said:
By the way RedDragonUK @RedDragonUK After watching his 06 match against Brock I watched his 2014 match against KO. Tremendous stuff. Thatnks for inspiring me. I'm going to start tracking down more NJPW.
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No worries glad it's showing some new wrestlers to people but also their styles outside WWE as they can get diluted a bit once they get there.
 
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