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'''Dave Meltzer''' (born in 1961 on the 27th of October) is the [[editing|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
*[[Mitsuharu Misawa|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
*[[Philip Lafond|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
*[["Dr. Death" Steve Williams|Steve Williams]] vs. Kenta Kobashi - August 31, 1993
*Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi - December 3, 1993
*Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, & [[Shohei Baba|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 & [[John Laurinaitis|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]] ([[Lucha libre#Luchas de apuestas|hair vs. masks]]; 2-out-of-3 falls under elimination rules for each fall) – ''[[AAA When Worlds Collide|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 Bushwhackers|The Sheepherders]] vs. [[Fantastics|The Fantastics]] ([[James Hines|Bobby Fulton]] and [[Thomas Couch|Tommy Rogers]]) - [[Jim Crockett Promotions#Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup|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#Clash of the Champions VI: Rajin' Cajun|Clash of the Champions VI]], April 2, 1989
*Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - [[WrestleWar#1989|WrestleWar]], May 7, 1989
*Ric Flair vs. [[Terry Funk]] ([["I Quit" match]]) - [[Clash of the Champions#Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout|Clash of the Champions IX]], November 15, 1989
*Ric Flair, [[Larry Zbyszko]], Barry Windham, & [[Sid Eudy|Sid Vicious]] vs. [[Steve Borden|Sting]], [[Brian Pillman]], [[Rick Steiner]], & [[Scott Steiner]] ([[WarGames match]]) - [[WrestleWar#1991|WrestleWar]], February 24, 1991
*Sting, [[Nikita Koloff]], Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, & [[Dustin Rhodes]] vs. [[Rick Rude]], [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]], [[Arn Anderson]], [[Bobby Eaton]], & Larry Zbyszko ([[WarGames match]])- [[WrestleWar#1992|WrestleWar]], May 17, 1992
===[[New Japan Pro Wrestling]]===
*[[Satoru Sayama|Tiger Mask I]] vs. [[Dynamite Kid]] - April 21, 1983
*[[Jushin Liger]] vs. [[El Samurai]] - [[Best of the Super Juniors#1992|Best of the Super Juniors finals]], May 9th, 1992
*[[Chris Benoit|Wild Pegasus]] vs. [[Great Sasuke]] - [[Super J Cup#1994|Super J Cup]], April 16, 1994
*Jushin Liger vs. Great Sasuke - July 8, 1994
*El Samurai vs. [[Koji Kanemoto]] - [[Best of the Super Juniors#1997|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. [[Nobuhiko Oshima|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 (Japan)|Universal Wrestling Federation]]===
*[[Kazuo Yamazaki]] vs. [[Nobuhiko Takada]] - December 5, 1984
===[[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment]]===
*[[Shawn Michaels]] vs. [[Scott Hall|Razor Ramon]] ([[Ladder match]]) – [[WrestleMania X]], March 20, 1994
*[[Bret Hart]] vs. [[Owen Hart]] ([[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Cage match]]) – [[SummerSlam (1994)|SummerSlam]], August 29, 1994
*Bret Hart vs. [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] ([[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Submission match]]) – [[WrestleMania 13]], March 23, 1997
*Shawn Michaels vs. [[The Undertaker]] ([[Hell in a Cell]] match) – [[Badd Blood]], October 5, 1997
<ref>[http://www.a1wrestling.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=7&topic_id=101451&mesg_id=101451&page= Section reference].</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==Matches given five stars by Dave Meltzer==
===[[All Japan Pro Wrestling]]===
*[[Bruiser Brody]] & [[Stan Hansen]] vs. [[Dory Funk, Jr.]] & [[Terry Funk]] - December 8, 1984
*[[Mitsuharu Misawa|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
*[[Philip Lafond|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
*[["Dr. Death" Steve Williams|Steve Williams]] vs. Kenta Kobashi - August 31, 1993
*Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi - December 3, 1993
*Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, & [[Shohei Baba|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 & [[John Laurinaitis|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]] ([[Lucha libre#Luchas de apuestas|hair vs. masks]]; 2-out-of-3 falls under elimination rules for each fall) – ''[[AAA When Worlds Collide|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 Bushwhackers|The Sheepherders]] vs. [[Fantastics|The Fantastics]] ([[James Hines|Bobby Fulton]] and [[Thomas Couch|Tommy Rogers]]) - [[Jim Crockett Promotions#Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Cup|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#Clash of the Champions VI: Rajin' Cajun|Clash of the Champions VI]], April 2, 1989
*Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - [[WrestleWar#1989|WrestleWar]], May 7, 1989
*Ric Flair vs. [[Terry Funk]] ([["I Quit" match]]) - [[Clash of the Champions#Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout|Clash of the Champions IX]], November 15, 1989
*Ric Flair, [[Larry Zbyszko]], Barry Windham, & [[Sid Eudy|Sid Vicious]] vs. [[Steve Borden|Sting]], [[Brian Pillman]], [[Rick Steiner]], & [[Scott Steiner]] ([[WarGames match]]) - [[WrestleWar#1991|WrestleWar]], February 24, 1991
*Sting, [[Nikita Koloff]], Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, & [[Dustin Rhodes]] vs. [[Rick Rude]], [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]], [[Arn Anderson]], [[Bobby Eaton]], & Larry Zbyszko ([[WarGames match]])- [[WrestleWar#1992|WrestleWar]], May 17, 1992
===[[New Japan Pro Wrestling]]===
*[[Satoru Sayama|Tiger Mask I]] vs. [[Dynamite Kid]] - April 21, 1983
*[[Jushin Liger]] vs. [[El Samurai]] - [[Best of the Super Juniors#1992|Best of the Super Juniors finals]], May 9th, 1992
*[[Chris Benoit|Wild Pegasus]] vs. [[Great Sasuke]] - [[Super J Cup#1994|Super J Cup]], April 16, 1994
*Jushin Liger vs. Great Sasuke - July 8, 1994
*El Samurai vs. [[Koji Kanemoto]] - [[Best of the Super Juniors#1997|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. [[Nobuhiko Oshima|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 (Japan)|Universal Wrestling Federation]]===
*[[Kazuo Yamazaki]] vs. [[Nobuhiko Takada]] - December 5, 1984
===[[World Wrestling Entertainment|World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment]]===
*[[Shawn Michaels]] vs. [[Scott Hall|Razor Ramon]] ([[Ladder match]]) – [[WrestleMania X]], March 20, 1994
*[[Bret Hart]] vs. [[Owen Hart]] ([[Professional wrestling match types#Cages|Cage match]]) – [[SummerSlam (1994)|SummerSlam]], August 29, 1994
*Bret Hart vs. [[Stone Cold Steve Austin|Steve Austin]] ([[Professional wrestling match types#Variations of singles matches|Submission match]]) – [[WrestleMania 13]], March 23, 1997
*Shawn Michaels vs. [[The Undertaker]] ([[Hell in a Cell]] match) – [[Badd Blood]], October 5, 1997
<ref>[http://www.a1wrestling.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=7&topic_id=101451&mesg_id=101451&page= Section reference].</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}