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)

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