Dave Meltzer's five-star matches

Dave Meltzer (born in 1961 on the 27th of October) is the editor of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON).

Matches given five stars by Dave Meltzer

All Japan Pro Wrestling

• Bruiser Brody & Stan Hansen vs. Dory Funk, Jr. & Terry Funk - December 8, 1984
• Tiger Mask II vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi - March 9, 1985
• Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenryu - June 5, 1989
• Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta - June 8, 1990
• Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue, & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, & Kenta Kobashi - October 19, 1990
• Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, & Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue, & Masanobu Fuchi - April 20, 1991
• Jumbo Tsuruta, Masanobu Fuchi, & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, & Toshiaki Kawada - May 22, 1992
• Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi - May 25, 1992
• Masanobu Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi - July 5, 1992
• Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi - April 14, 1993
• Toshiaki Kawada, Akira Taue, & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, & Jun Akiyama- July 2, 1993
• Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi - July 29, 1993
• Steve Williams vs. Kenta Kobashi - August 31, 1993
• Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi - December 3, 1993
• Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, & Giant Baba vs. Masanobu Fuchi, Toshiaki Kawada, & Akira Taue - February 13, 1994
• Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue - May 21, 1994
• Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada - June 3, 1994
• Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada - January 19, 1995
• Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue - January 24, 1995
• Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace - March 4, 1995
• Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue - April 15, 1995
• Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue - June 9, 1995
• Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Satoru Asako vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue & Tamon Honda - June 30, 1995
• Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue - May 23, 1996
• Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace - June 7, 1996
• Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama - December 6, 1996
• Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada - June 6, 1997
• Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama - December 5, 1997
• Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi - October 31, 1998
• Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi - June 11, 1999
• Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa - October 23, 1999

All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling

• Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue - May 18, 1992
• Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada - August 15, 1992
• Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori - April 2, 1993
• Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue vs. Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki - April 2, 1993
• Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki - April 11, 1993
• Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki - December 6, 1993
• Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue - August 24, 1994
• Manami Toyota vs. Aja Kong - November 20, 1994

Asistencia Asesoría y Administración

• Los Gringos Locos (Eddie Guerrero and Art Barr) vs. El Hijo del Santo & Octagón (hair vs. masks; 2-out-of-3 falls under elimination rules for each fall) – When Worlds Collide, November 6, 1994

Japan Women's Pro Wrestling

• Dynamite Kansai, Cutie Suzuki, Mayumi Ozaki, & Hikari Fukuoka vs. Aja Kong, Sakie Hasegawa, Kyoko Inoue, & Takako Inoue - July 31, 1993

National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling

• The Sheepherders vs. The Fantastics (Bobby Fulton and Tommy Rogers) - Crockett Cup Tournament, April 19, 1986
• Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham - Crockett Cup Tournament, April 11, 1987
• Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair - Chi-Town Rumble, February 20, 1989
• Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair (2/3 falls) - Clash of the Champions VI, April 2, 1989
• Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - WrestleWar, May 7, 1989
• Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk ("I Quit" match) - Clash of the Champions IX, November 15, 1989
• Ric Flair, Larry Zbyszko, Barry Windham, & Sid Vicious vs. Sting, Brian Pillman, Rick Steiner, & Scott Steiner (WarGames match) - WrestleWar, February 24, 1991
• Sting, Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, & Dustin Rhodes vs. Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, & Larry Zbyszko (WarGames match)- WrestleWar, May 17, 1992

New Japan Pro Wrestling

• Tiger Mask I vs. Dynamite Kid - April 21, 1983
• Jushin Liger vs. El Samurai - Best of the Super Juniors finals, May 9th, 1992
• Wild Pegasus vs. Great Sasuke - Super J Cup, April 16, 1994
• Jushin Liger vs. Great Sasuke - July 8, 1994
• El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto - Best of the Super Juniors finals, June 5, 1997

Pro Wrestling Noah

• Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa - March 1, 2003
• Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama - July 10, 2004

Ring of Honor

• Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk - October 16, 2004
• Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi - October 1, 2005
• Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, & Ryo Saito vs. CIMA, Naruki Doi, & Masato Yoshino - March 31, 2006 (Presented as a Dragon Gate production)

Total Nonstop Action Wrestling

• A.J. Styles vs. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels – TNA Unbreakable, September 11, 2005

Universal Wrestling Federation

• Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Nobuhiko Takada - December 5, 1984

World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment

• Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Ladder match) – WrestleMania X, March 20, 1994
• Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (Cage match) – SummerSlam, August 29, 1994
• Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (Submission match) – WrestleMania 13, March 23, 1997
• Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (Hell in a Cell match) – Badd Blood, October 5, 1997