Your ***** & **** 3/4 Matches

[TheU_2001]

Need to rewatch a few matches and see where they stand.

[Microstatistics]

Removed my list for now. Have to rework ratings.

[JerryvonKramer]

Updating to add these:

 

*****

 

The Great Muta vs. Hiroshi Hase (12/14/92)

Manami Toyota and Toshiyo Yamada vs Mayumi Ozaki and Dynamite Kansai (AJW 11/26/92)

 

****3/4

 

Hiroshi Hase and Kensuke Sasaki vs. Shiro Koshinaka and Takayuki Iizuka (12/13/90)

Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness (6/23/07)

Shinya Hashimoto vs. Riki Choshu (8/2/96)

[supersonic]

NOAH:

 

KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama - July 16, 2003 ****3/4

KENTA Kobashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama - April 25, 2004 *****

Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama - Departure 2004 ****3/4

KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Takeshi Rikio & Takeshi Morishima - July 16, 2006 ****3/4

 

ROH:

 

Low Ki vs. Bryan Danielson - Round Robin Challenge *****

Low Ki vs. Doug WIlliams vs. Brian Kendrick vs. Christopher Daniels - Crowning a Champion ****3/4

Paul London vs. Bryan Danielson - The Epic Encounter *****

AJ Styles vs. Paul London - Night of the Grudges *****

Briscoe Bros., John Walters, & Jimmy Rave vs. Alex Shelley, Austin Aries, Roderick Strong, & Jack Evans - Generation Next ****3/4

Samoa Joe vs. Colt Cabana vs. Mark Briscoe vs. Homicide vs. Austin Aries vs. Bryan Danielson - Survival of the Fittest 2004 ****3/4

Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson - Midnight Express Reunion *****

Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk - Joe vs. Punk II *****

Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk - All Star Extravaganza II *****

Austin Aries vs. CM Punk - Death Before Dishonor III ****3/4

Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi - Joe vs. Kobashi *****

Low Ki & Samoa Joe vs. Homicide & Kenta Kobashi - Unforgettable ****3/4

Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong - Vendetta *****

KENTA vs. Low Ki - Final Battle 2005 ****3/4

CIMA & Speed Muscle vs. Dragon Kid, Ryo Saito, & Genki Horiguchi - Supercard of Honor *****

Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong - Supercard of Honor ****3/4

Samoa Joe, BJ Whitmer, & Adam Pearce vs. Chris Hero, Super Dragon, & Necro Butcher - The 100th Show ****3/4

Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness - Weekend of Champions Night 2 ****3/4

Homicide vs. Necro Butcher - Ring of Homicide *****

Team ROH vs. Team CZW - Death Before Dishonor IV *****

Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness - Unified *****

Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA - Glory By Honor V Night 2 *****

 

TNA:

 

AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels - Against All Odds 2005 ****3/4

AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe - Turning Point 2005 ****3/4

 

WWE:

 

Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin - Survivor Series 1996 ****3/4

Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin - WrestleMania 13 *****

Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk - SummerSlam 2013 ****3/4

The Shield vs. The Wyatt Family - Elimination Chamber 2014 ****3/4

Triple H vs. Daniel Bryan - WrestleMania XXX ****3/4

Sasha Banks vs. Bayley - NXT Takeover: Brooklyn ****3/4

[JerryvonKramer]

Update (added):

 

*****

 

5-on-5 Gauntlet (4/19/84)

Ted DiBiase vs. Ric Flair (11/6/85)

Ricky Steamboat vs. Rick Rude (6/20/92)

Hiroshi Hase vs. Masa Chono (8/6/93)

Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (12/06/96)

Mitsuharu Misawa vs Kenta Kobashi (01/20/97)

Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama (07/24/98)

 

****3/4

 

Steve Grey vs. Jim Breaks (5/12/81)

Terry Taylor vs. Ric Flair (6/1/85)

Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town) (12/30/85)

Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (No DQ, Loser Leaves Town) (7/14/86)

Negro Casas vs. Mocho Cota (9/23/94)

Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (11/29/96)

Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Ohtani (2/9/97)

Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada (06/12/98)

[Cap]

I watched that DiBiase/Flair match on the Mid-South set a couple weeks ago and thought I might on an island in how much I loved it. I have it at ****3/4. It is so brilliant and so intense.

[JerryvonKramer]

I watched that DiBiase/Flair match on the Mid-South set a couple weeks ago and thought I might on an island in how much I loved it. I have it at ****3/4. It is so brilliant and so intense.

Not an island, it standardly gets five stars and ranked #3 on Mid-South set.

 

Just a question mark over how much of the awesome is match vs how much is angle.

[Cap]

I knew it ranked highly on the set, but hadn't seen it pop up on this thread before and really don't remember it being dropped much. Granted, my visits to and exploration of the board are spotty at best and my podcast listening isn't the most consistent. Plus, this is obviously a working list for everyone and can't be expected to be up an up to the minute account. It just didn't seem canonical like Duggan/DiBiase or any number of Flair matches. Whatever, that's all inconsequential. I am glad people like it as much as I do.

 

It is one of those where the angle and the match are inseparable to me. The angle informs and animates the match in really substantive ways. I was marking out over Bill Watts little promo before the match.

[cheapshot]

I've cleaned up the YT playlist and added a few more matches from peoples suggestions that I could find.

 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoeBY9gVL9d2CDl2QDoUf4FffEEWZTq04

 

[ShittyLittleBoots]

AWA

*****
Curt Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel (11/15/86)

****3/4
Rick Martel vs. Nick Bockwinkel (09/20/84)

 

Memphis

*****

****3/4
Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk (04/06/81)
Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (12/30/85)

NWA/WCW

*****
Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk (11/15/89)
Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. (10/26/97)

****3/4
Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum TA (11/28/85)
Ric Flair vs. Ricky Morton (07/05/86)
Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair (04/02/89)
Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair (05/07/89)
Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko vs. Dustin Rhodes & Ricky Steamboat (11/19/91)
Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat (02/29/92)

Arn Anderson, Beautiful Bobby, Larry Zbyszko, Rick Rude & Steve Austin vs. Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat & Sting (05/17/92)
Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat (06/20/92)
Vader vs. Ric Flair (12/27/93)

WWE

*****
Sgt. Slaughter vs. The Iron Sheik (06/16/84)
30-Man Royal Rumble (01/19/92)
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (03/20/94)
Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (03/23/97)
Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (10/05/97)
Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (04/05/09)
CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan (05/20/12)
Daniel Bryan, Kane & Ryback vs. Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins (12/16/12)
Brock Lesnar vs. CM Punk (08/18/13)
John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan (08/18/13)
Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn (02/27/14)
Daniel Bryan vs. Triple H (04/06/14)
Daniel Bryan vs. Roman Reigns (02/22/15)
Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (04/01/16)
Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson vs. Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa (11/19/16)

AJ Styles vs. Brock Lesnar (11/19/17)

Andrade Almas vs. Johnny Gargano (01/27/18)

****3/4
Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera (05/19/80)
Bret Hart vs. Ric Flair (01/09/93)
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (08/29/94)
Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (08/27/95)
Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind (09/22/96)

Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (11/17/96)
The Rock vs. Steve Austin (04/01/01)
Steve Austin vs. Chris Benoit (05/31/01)
Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle (08/19/01)
Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker (10/20/02)
Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels (12/29/03)
Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (06/23/05)
Ric Flair vs. Triple H (11/01/05)
Edge & Randy Orton vs. Shawn Michaels & Triple H (01/07/07)
Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (03/28/10)
John Cena vs. CM Punk (07/17/11)
Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose (08/11/11)
Dean Ambrose vs. William Regal (10/13/11)
Sheamus vs. Daniel Bryan (04/29/12)
Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena (04/29/12)
CM Punk vs. John Cena (09/16/12)
Kassius Ohno vs. William Regal (04/10/13)

Antonio Cesaro vs. William Regal (11/21/13)

Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton (12/16/13)
Daniel Bryan vs. Randy Orton (02/03/14)
Randy Orton vs. Batista vs. Daniel Bryan (04/06/14)
John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar (08/17/14)
Adrian Neville vs. Sami Zayn (12/11/14)

Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns (03/29/15)
Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles (05/22/16)
Brian Kendrick vs. Kota Ibushi (08/26/16)

Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns (04/30/17)

Bobby Roode vs. Hideo Itami (05/20/17)

TNA

 

*****

****3/4
Bobby Roode vs. AJ Styles (12/11/11)

NJPW

*****
Riki Choshu vs. Shinya Hashimoto (08/02/96)
Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (10/14/13)
AJ Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki (08/01/14)
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi (01/04/15)

Kazuchika Okada vs. Katsuyori Shibata (04/09/17)
Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega (08/12/17)

Kenny Omega & Kota Ibushi vs. Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson (03/25/18)

****3/4
El Samurai vs. Jushin Liger (04/30/92)
Jushin Liger vs. The Great Sasuke (04/16/94)
Shinya Hashimoto vs. Hiroshi Hase (12/13/94)

Shinya Hashimoto vs. Lord Steven Regal (04/16/95)

Nobuhiko Takada vs. Shinya Hashimoto (04/29/96)

Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani (02/09/97)

Genichiro Tenryu vs. Shinya Hashimoto (08/01/98)
Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Shinya Hashimoto (08/02/98)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki (10/08/12)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (04/07/13)

Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii (08/04/13)
Tetsuya Naito vs. Tomohiro Ishii (02/11/14)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (04/06/14)
Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Tomohiro Ishii (08/01/14)
Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki (08/08/14)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Katsuyori Shibata (09/21/14)
AJ Styles vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (08/14/15)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (08/16/15)
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tetsuya Naito (07/30/16)

Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito (08/13/16)
Hirooki Goto vs. Kenny Omega (08/14/16)
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto (01/04/17)

Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi (06/11/17)

Kazuchika Okada vs. Minoru Suzuki (08/08/17)

Tomohiro Ishii vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (08/11/17)
Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito (08/13/17)

Kenny Omega vs. Chris Jericho (01/04/18)

 

AJPW

*****
Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (09/01/90)
Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (05/22/92)
Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (05/25/92)

Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (12/03/93)
Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (05/21/94)
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (06/03/94)
Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (04/15/95)
Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (06/09/95)
Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa (12/06/96)
Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (01/20/97)
Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama (07/24/98)
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akiyama (02/27/00)
Kenta Kobashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (05/26/00)

 

****3/4
Terry Funk vs. Jumbo Tsuruta (06/11/76)
Dory Funk Jr. & Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (08/31/83)
Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (12/16/88)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa (06/08/90)

Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (10/19/90)
Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada (04/20/91)

Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada (02/28/93)

Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (07/24/95)

Toshiaki Kawada vs. Shinya Hashimoto (02/22/04)

Shuji Ishikawa vs. Kento Miyahara (08/27/17)

 

NOAH

 

*****
Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (04/25/04)
Kenta Kobashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (04/25/04)

****3/4
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (03/01/03)
Jushin Liger & Takehiro Murahama vs. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (07/16/03)
KENTA vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (06/27/04)
KENTA vs. Kenta Kobashi (10/09/04)
KENTA vs. SUWA (09/18/05)
Genichiro Tenryu vs. KENTA (10/08/05)
Katsuhiko Nakajima & Kensuke Sasaki vs. KENTA & Kenta Kobashi (06/14/08)
Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA (10/13/08)
KENTA vs. Jun Akiyama (05/17/09)

Kensuke Office

 

*****
Akihiko Ito, Atsushi Aoki, KENTA & Kenta Kobashi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kensuke Sasaki, Kento Miyahara & Takashi Okita (08/17/08)

****3/4

 

BJW

 

*****
Hideki Suzuki vs. Yuji Okabayashi (05/05/17)

****3/4

Stardom

 

*****

****3/4
Io Shirai vs. Viper (02/21/16)

Io Shirai vs. Shayna Baszler (02/23/17)

CMLL

*****

****3/4
MS-1 vs. Sangre Chicana (09/23/83)

Mocho Cota vs. Negro Casas (09/23/94)
El Dandy vs. El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas (12/06/96)

 

WWC

 

*****

****3/4
Carlos Colon vs. Stan Hansen (01/06/87)

IWA-MS

*****

****3/4
Chris Hero vs. CM Punk (02/09/02)

Chris Hero vs. CM Punk (02/07/03)
Necro Butcher vs. Samoa Joe (06/11/05)

ROH

*****

Bryan Danielson vs. Low Ki (03/30/02)
Bryan Danielson vs. Paul London (04/12/03)
Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk (12/04/04)
Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi (10/01/05)
Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness (08/12/06)
Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA (09/16/06)
Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness (06/09/07)
Takeshi Morishima vs. Bryan Danielson (08/25/07)
Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson (02/23/08)
Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson (11/22/08)

Bryan Danielson vs. Takeshi Morishima (12/27/08)
El Generico vs. Kevin Steen (12/18/10)

****3/4
AJ Styles vs. Bryan Danielson (11/09/02)
AJ Styles vs. Paul London (06/14/03)
AJ Styles vs. Bryan Danielson (11/01/03)
Austin Aries vs. Bryan Danielson (08/07/04)
Samoa Joe vs. Bryan Danielson (10/02/04)
Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk (10/16/04)
Samoa Joe vs. Austin Aries (12/26/04)
Austin Aries vs. CM Punk (06/18/05)
Bryan Danielson vs. Roderick Strong (11/05/05)
Bryan Danielson & Samoa Joe vs. KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji (03/25/06)

Adam Pearce, BJ Whitmer & Samoa Joe vs. Chris Hero, Necro Butcher & Super Dragon (04/22/06)
Ace Steel, Adam Pearce, BJ Whitmer, Bryan Danielson, Homicide & Samoa Joe vs. Chris Hero, Claudio Castagnoli, Eddie Kingston, Nate Webb & Necro Butcher (07/15/06)
Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA (06/23/07)
Takeshi Morishima vs. Bryan Danielson (11/30/07)

Nigel McGuinness vs. Austin Aries (12/29/07)
Nigel McGuinness vs. Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli vs. Tyler Black (08/02/08)
Davey Richards & Eddie Edwards vs. Bryan Danielson & Tyler Black (04/18/09)
Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly (06/24/12)
Kevin Steen vs. El Generico (12/16/12)

Dalton Castle vs. Jay Lethal (03/09/18)

PWG

*****
Chris Hero vs. Bryan Danielson (09/04/09)

****3/4
Bryan Danielson vs. Claudio Castagnoli (05/20/06)

Bryan Danielson vs. Necro Butcher (07/29/07)
Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson vs. Bryan Danielson & Roderick Strong (05/22/09)
Akira Tozawa & Kevin Steen vs. El Generico & Ricochet (05/27/11)
El Generico vs. Kevin Steen (08/20/11)
Kevin Steen vs. El Generico (10/22/11)
Roderick Strong vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (04/03/15)
Chris Hero vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (06/26/15)
Chris Hero vs. Timothy Thatcher (08/29/15)
Chuck Taylor & Trent vs. Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr. (03/18/17)

Chuck Taylor vs. Ricochet (10/21/17)

CHIKARA

*****

****3/4
Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Jigsaw & Mike Quackenbush (09/13/09)
Mike Quackenbush vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (04/01/17)

WWN

*****

Timothy Thatcher vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (02/25/17)

 

****3/4
Bobby Fish vs. Bryan Danielson (07/23/10)
Bryan Danielson vs. SHINGO (07/24/10)
Fit Finlay vs. Sami Callihan (07/26/11)

Fit Finlay vs. Sami Callihan (04/13/12)

Chris Hero & Tommy End vs. Sami Callihan & Zack Sabre Jr. (01/22/16)

Chris Hero vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (04/02/16)
Matt Riddle vs. Roderick Strong (07/16/16)
Chris Hero vs. Matt Riddle (10/16/16)

Chris Hero vs. Matt Riddle (11/13/16)
Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Lio Rush (05/21/17)

CWF Mid-Atlantic

*****

Trevor Lee vs. Chip Day (03/25/17)

 

****3/4
Trevor Lee vs. Brad Attitude (12/30/16)
Trevor Lee vs. Michael Elgin (06/03/17)

 

3-2-1 BATTLE!

 

*****

****3/4

Daniel Makabe vs. Timothy Thatcher (07/28/17)

 

wXw

*****

****3/4
Bryan Danielson vs. Chris Hero (03/09/08)

Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (03/07/09)
Chris Hero vs. KENTA (05/15/11)

David Starr & Jurn Simmons vs. Timothy Thatcher & WALTER (10/08/17)

Absolute Andy vs. David Starr (03/11/18)

Ilja Dragunov vs. WALTER (05/05/18)

 

RevPro

 

*****

 

****3/4

Chris Hero vs. Tomohiro Ishii (11/10/16)
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Matt Riddle (01/21/17)

 

PROGRESS

 

*****

WALTER vs. Timothy Thatcher (01/28/18)

WALTER vs. Zack Sabre Jr. (04/07/18)

****3/4
Marty Scurll vs. Chris Hero (06/19/16)
Matt Riddle vs. Will Ospreay (11/27/16)
Matt Riddle vs. Timothy Thatcher vs. WALTER (09/10/17)

[Bierschwale]

Redoing my list, keeping what I haven't relogged with "official" ratings:

 

*****

Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat (30-minute ironman match, Beach Blast, 6/20/92).

Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki vs. Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada (2/3 falls, WWWA Tag Team Championship, Dream Rush, 11/26/92).

Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori (DreamSlam I, 4/2/93).

Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki vs. Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada (2/3 falls, WWWA Tag Team Championship, DreamSlam II, 4/11/93).

Ric Flair vs. Vader (WCW Heavyweight Championship, Starrcade, 12/27/93).

Nobuhiko Takada vs. Vader (Pro-Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship, UWF-I, 8/18/94).

Megumi Kudo vs. Combat Toyoda (no rope explosive barbed wire death match, FMW Independent Women's Championship/WWA Women's Championship, FMW 7th Anniversary, 5/5/96).

Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart (Survivor Series, 11/17/96).

Jun Akiyama/Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue (Real World Tag League, 12/6/96).

Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart (submission match, WrestleMania 13, 3/23/97).

Yoshiko Tamura vs. Toshie Uematsu (WCW Women's Cruiserweight Championship, GAEA Junior All-Stars, 7/19/97).

Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (WCW Cruiserweight Championship, Halloween Havoc, 10/26/97).

Jeff Hardy vs. The Undertaker (ladder match, Undisputed WWE Championship, RAW, 7/1/02).

Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker (Hell in a Cell match, WWE Heavyweight Championship, No Mercy, 10/20/02).

Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar (WWE Heavyweight Championship, No Way Out, 2/15/04).

John Cena vs. John Bradshaw Layfield ("I Quit" match, WWE Heavyweight Championship, Judgment Day, 5/22/05).

Black Warrior vs. Místico (2/3 falls, CMLL 73rd Aniversario, 9/29/06).

John Cena vs. Umaga (Last Man Standing match, WWE Heavyweight Championship, Royal Rumble, 1/28/07).

LA Par-K vs. El Mesias (Guerra de Titanes, 12/5/10).

LA Par-K vs. El Mesias (TripleMania XIX, 6/18/11).

Daniel Bryan vs. John Cena (WWE Heavyweight Championship, SummerSlam, 8/18/13).

Dean Ambrose/Roman Reigns/Seth Rollins vs. Luke Harper/Erick Rowan/Bray Wyatt (Elimination Chamber, 2/23/14).

Don Kernodle/Sgt. Slaughter vs. Ricky Steamboat/Jay Youngblood (JCP, 3/12/83).

Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum T.A. (JCP, 11/28/85).

Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (WCW, 2/20/89).

Doug Furnas/Dan Kroffat vs. Tsuyoshi Kikuchi/Kenta Kobashi (AJPW, 5/25/92).

Antonio Honda vs. Dick Togo (DDT, 1/30/11).

John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar (WWE, 4/29/12).

Dean Ambrose/Roman Reigns/Seth Rollins vs. Daniel Bryan/Kane/Ryback (WWE, 12/16/12).

Kota Ibushi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura (NJPW, 8/4/13).

Hechicero vs. Charles Lucero (Poder y Honor, 8/4/13).

Matt Jackson/Nick Jackson vs. Candice LeRae/Joey Ryan (PWG, 7/27/14).

Atlantis vs. Ultimo Guerrero (CMLL, 9/19/14).

Kairi Hojo vs. Meiko Satomura (Stardom, 6/14/15).

Kamaitachi vs. Dragon Lee (CMLL, 8/30/15).

Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles (WWE, 5/1/16).

Canis Lupus vs. Trauma I (IWRG, 9/4/16).

HARASHIMA vs. Konosuke Takeshita (DDT, 3/20/17).

Chip Day vs. Trevor Lee (CWF Mid-Atlantic, 3/25/17).

****3/4

Shinya Hashimoto vs. Victor Zangiev (Battle Satellite, 4/24/89).

Bobby Eaton/Stan Lane vs. Robert Gibson/Ricky Morton (WrestleWar, 2/25/90).

Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman (WCW Light Heavyweight Championship, SuperBrawl II, 2/29/92).

Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori (St. Battle's Final, 12/6/93).

Arn Anderson vs. Lord Steven Regal (WCW Television Championship, SuperBrawl IV, 2/20/94).

Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (WrestleMania X, 3/20/94).

Dynamite Kansai vs. Mayumi Ozaki (street fight, Jazz & Soul, 3/17/95).

Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (ladder match, WWF Intercontinental Championship, SummerSlam, 8/27/95).

Johnny B. Badd vs. Brian Pillman (Fall Brawl, 9/17/95).

Diesel vs. Bret Hart (no disqualification match, WWF Heavyweight Championship, Survivor Series, 11/19/95).

Shoichi Funaki/Men's Teioh/TAKA Michinoku/Shiryu/Dick Togo vs. Gran Hamada/Gran Naniwa/Super Delfin/Tiger Mask IV/Masato Yakushiji (These Days, 10/10/96).

Keiji Mutoh vs. Genichiro Tenryu (Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship, Super Power Series, 6/8/01).

Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue (GHC Heavyweight Championship, Navigation Over the Dateline, 9/10/04).

Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (WWE Heavyweight Championship, SmackDown, 3/16/04).

Edge vs. Matt Hardy (cage match, Unforgiven, 9/18/05).

Jeff Hardy/Matt Hardy vs. Joey Mercury/Johnny Nitro (December to Dismember, 12/3/06).

Jimmy Jacobs vs. BJ Whitmer (no rope barbed wire match, April Bloodshowers, 4/12/08).

Blue Panther vs. Villano V (2/3 falls, CMLL 75th Aniversario, 9/19/08).

Guerrero Maya, Jr. vs. Virus (2/3 falls, CMLL World Lightweight Championship, Martes Arena México, 6/7/11).

John Cena vs. CM Punk (WWE Heavyweight Championship, Money in the Bank, 7/17/11).

Daniel Bryan vs. Roman Reigns (Fastlane, 2/22/15).

Tamon Honda vs. Kenta Kobashi (NOAH, 4/13/03).

Goldust/Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns/Seth Rollins (WWE, 10/6/13).

AJ Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki (NJPW, 8/1/14).

Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Katsuyori Shibata (NJPW, 7/5/15).

Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker (WWE, 10/25/15).

Sami Callihan/Zack Sabre, Jr. vs. Tommy End/Chris Hero (EVOLVE, 1/22/16).

Kamaitachi vs. Dragon Lee (CMLL, 3/4/16).

Chris Hero vs. Fred Yehi (EVOLVE, 4/2/16).

Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles (WWE, 5/22/16).

Matt Riddle vs. Timothy Thatcher (EVOLVE, 8/19/16).

[InYourCase]

This is most of my list. I think I have 95-99% of things down, somewhat organized.

 

**I should note these are all 5* matches. No way I could keep track of ****3/4

 

All Japan:

Riki Choshu & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta & Genichiro Tenryu: 1/28/86

Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada: 2/23/1989

Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta: 6/5/89

Jumbo Tsuruta, Masa Fuchi, & The Great Kabuki vs. Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, & Akira Taue: 5/26/90

Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Mitsuharu Misawa: 6/8/90

Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta, & Masa Fuchi vs. Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, & Toshiaki Kawada: 4/20/91

Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta, & Masa Fuchi vs. Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, & Toshiaki Kawada: 5/22/92

Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas: 5/25/92

Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi: 7/29/93

Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue: 12/3/93

Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue: 5/21/94

Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada: 6/3/94

Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams: 9/3/94

Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue: 6/9/95

Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue: 12/6/96

Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa: 1/20/97

Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada: 6/12/98

Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama: 7/24/98

Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa: 10/31/98

 

Big Japan:

Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Shuji Ishikawa: 3/31/15

 

DDT:

Antonio Honda vs. Dick Togo: 1/30/11

 

Dragon System:

Condotti Shuji, Milano Collection AT & YOSSINO vs. Dragon Kid, Kenichiro Arai & Masaaki Mochizuki vs. Genki Horiguchi, Magnum TOKYO & Susumu Yokosuka vs. CIMA, Don Fujii & SUWA: 8/30/03

CIMA, Naruki Doi, & Don Fujii vs. Ryo Saito, Dragon Kid, & Genki Horiguchi: 7/3/05

Bryan Danielson vs. Shingo Takagi: 7/24/10

Shingo Takagi vs. Susumu Yokosuka: 10/22/11

PAC & Dragon Kid vs. CIMA & Ricochet: 7/17/11

Shingo Takagi vs. Masaaki Mochizuki: 11/1/15

 

New Japan:

5 on 5 Gauntlet: 4/19/84

Antonio Inoki, Tatsumi Fujinami, Kengo Kimura, Umanosuke Ueda & Kantaro Hoshino vs. Akira Maeda, Yoshiaki Fujiwara, Osamu Kido, Nobuhiko Takada & Kazuo Yamazaki 3/26/86

El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani: 1/21/96

Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa vs. Koji Kanemoto & Minoru Tanaka: 6/25/00

Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi: 4/7/13

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi: 8/4/13

Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi: 10/14/13

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazuchika Okada: 8/10/14

Hirooki Goto vs. Tomohiro Ishii: 11/8/14

Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi: 1/4/15

Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi: 1/4/15

Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi: 1/4/16

 

NOAH:

Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa: 3/1/03

Kenta Kobashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama: 4/25/04

Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama: 10/7/04

Kenta Kobashi vs. Kensuke Sasaki: 7/18/05

KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs. Takeshi Morishima & Takeshi Rikio: 7/16/06

 

NWA/WCW:

Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat: 4/2/89

Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat: 5/7/89

Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk: 11/15/89

Barry Windham, Larry Zbyszko, Ric Flair & Sid Vicious vs. Flyin' Brian, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner & Sting: 2/24/91

Arn Anderson, Beautiful Bobby, Larry Zbyszko, Rick Rude & Steve Austin vs. Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat & Sting: 5/17/92

 

PWG:

Chris Hero vs. Bryan Danielson: 9/4/09

Young Bucks vs. Futureshock vs. Super Smash Brothers: 7/21/12

 

ROH:

Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi: 10/1/05

KENTA vs. Low Ki: 12/17/05

CIMA, Masato Yoshino, & Naruki Doi vs. Dragon Kid, Genki Horiguchi, & Ryo Saito: 3/31/06

Bryan Danielson vs. KENTA: 9/16/06

Kevin Steen & El Generico vs. The Briscoe Brothers: 11/30/07

CIMA, Dragon Kid, & Ryo Saito vs. Masato Yoshino, Naruki Doi, & Genki Horiguchi: 3/29/08

 

TNA:

Samoa Joe vs. AJ Styles: 12/11/05

 

WWE:

Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart: 3/23/97

Edge & Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit: 10/20/02

CM Punk vs. John Cena: 7/17/11

[JKWebb]

I track these here and update them as I remember, re-watch, or see new matches. 

This is a list of matches I consider all-time classics and would at least be in the discussion of some of the greatest matches of all-time. 

NWA/JCP/WCW

• Slaughter & Kernodle vs. Streamboat & Youngblood - 03/12/1983
• Roddy Piper vs. Greg Valentine - 07/09/1983
• Tommy Rich vs. Buzz Sawyer - 10/23/1983 (GCW/NWA)
• Roddy Piper vs. Greg Valentine - 11/24/1983
• Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - 03/17/1984
• Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - 05/29/1984
• Rock n' Roll Express vs. Russians - 07/09/1985
• Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard - 11/28/1985 - GOAT
• Ric Flair vs. Ricky Morton - 07/05/1986
• Rock n' Roll Express vs. The Andersons - 07/23/1986
• Midnight Express vs. Rock n' Roll Express - 08/18/1986
• Rock n' Roll Express vs. The Andersons 11/27/1986 (Starrcade - Cage Match)
• Rock n’ Roll Express vs. Raging & Ravishing - 12/06/1986
• Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham -1/20/1987
• First Ever War Games 1987 - July 4th
• Tully Blanchard vs. Dusty Rhodes - 06/13/1987
• Ron Garvin vs. Ric Flair (9/26/87) - Cage
• Tully Blanchard vs. Barry Windham - 01/23/1988
• NWA US Tag Team Champions Midnight Express vs Fantastics - Clash of the Champions I
• Lex Luger & Barry Windham vs. Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard - 03/27/1988
• Sting vs. Flair - Clash 1
• Midnight Express vs. The Fantastics - World Wide 5/14/1988
• Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger - Starrcade 1988
• Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - 02/20/1989
• Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - 04/02/1989 (Clash 6) 
• Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - 05/07/1989
• Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk - 07/23/1989
• Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk - 11/15/1989
• Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger - 02/25/1990
• Midnight Express vs. Southern Boys - GAB 1990
• War Games - 02/24/1991
• The Steiners vs. Sting & Lex Luger - 05/19/1991
• The Enforcers vs. Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes - 11/19/1991
• Ricky Steamboat vs. Rick Rude - 02/29/1992
• War Games - Sting's Squad vs. Dangerous Alliance - 05/17/1992
• Arn Anderson vs. Barry Windham 06/06/1992
• Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat - 06/20/1992
• Sting vs. Vader - 07/12/1992
• Sting vs. Vader - 12/28/1992
• Sting vs. Vader - 02/21/1993
• Ric Flair vs. Vader - Starrcade 1993
• Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat - 05/14/1994
• Randy Savage vs Ric Flair - Great American Bash 1995
• Sting, Luger & Savage vs. Flair, Benoit & Mongo - 07/29/1996 (Nitro)
• Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. - 10/26/1997 
• Sting vs. DDP - 04/26/1999

WWWF/WWF/WWE

• Bob Backlund vs. Greg Valentine - 02/19/1979
• Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera - 05/19/1980
• Bob Backlund vs. Sgt. Slaughter - 03/21/1981
• Sgt. Slaughter vs. Pat Patterson - 05/04/1981
• David Schultz & Roddy Piper vs. Snuka & Andre - 03/25/1984
• Sgt. Slaughter vs. The Iron Shiek - 05/21/1984
• Greg Valentine vs. Tito Santana - 06/16/1984
• Sgt. Slaughter vs. The Iron Sheik - 06/16/1984
• Roddy Piper vs. Jimmy Snuka - 07/15/1984
• Randy Savage vs. Tito Santana - 05/04/1986
• Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat - 02/15/1987
• Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat - 03/29/1987
• Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant - 03/29/1987
• Hulk Hogan vs. Randy Savage - 04/02/1989
• Royal Rumble Match - 1990
• Randy Savage vs. The Ultimate Warrior - 03/24/1991
• Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect - 08/26/1991
• Royal Rumble Match - 1992
• Roddy Piper vs. Bret Hart - 04/05/1992
• Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage - 04/05/1992
• Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect - KOTR 93
• Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon - 03/20/1994
• Bret Hart vs. 123 Kid - 07/01/1994
• Shawn Michaels & Diesel vs. Razor Ramon & 123 Kid - 10/30/1994
• Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon - 08/27/1995
• Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel - 04/28/1996
• Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind - 09/22/1996
• Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin - 11/17/1996
• Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin - 03/23/1997
• Canadian Stampede 10-Man - 07/06/1997
• Bret Hart vs. The Undertaker - Summerslam 1997
• Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker - 10/05/1997
• TLC II - 04/01/2001
• Steve Austin vs. The Rock - 04/01/2001
• Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle - 08/19/2001
• Hulk Hogan vs. The Rock - 03/17/2002
• Shawn Michaels  vs.  HHH - Summerslam 2002
• Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker - 10/20/2002
• First Elimination Chamber - Survivor Series 2002
• Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho - WM 19
• Steve Austin vs. The Rock - WM 19
• Team Austin vs. Team Bischoff - 11/16/2003
• Shawn Michaels vs. HHH - 12/29/2003
• Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels - 04/03/2005
• Batista vs. HHH - 06/26/2005
• Kurt Angle vs. The Undertaker 02/19/2006
• Edge vs. Mick Foley - 04/02/2006
• John Cena vs. Edge - 09/17/2006
• John Cena vs. Umaga - 01/28/2007
• Batista vs. Undertaker - WM23
• Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho - 10/05/2008
• Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker 04/05/2009
• Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker - 03/28/2010
• John Cena vs. CM Punk - 07/17/2011
• Christian vs. Randy Orton - Summerslam 2011
• John Cena vs. CM Punk - Summerslam 2011
• CM Punk vs. Chris Jericho - 04/01/2012
• John Cena vs. Brock Lesnar - 04/29/2012
• CM Punk vs. Daniel Bryan - 05/20/2012
• The Shield vs. Team Hell No & Ryback - 12/16/2012
• CM Punk vs. John Cena - 02/25/2013
• CM Punk vs. The Undertaker - 04/07/2013
• CM Punk vs. Brock Lesnar - 08/18/2013
• John Cena vs. Daniel Bryan - 08/18/2013
• HHH vs. Daniel Bryan - 04/16/2014
• Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar - 03/29/2015
• Sasha Banks vs. Bayley - 01/13/2016
• Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn - 04/01/2016
• Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles - 05/01/2016
• Roman Reigns vs. AJ Styles - 05/22/2016
• The Revival vs. #DIY - 11/19/16
• Pete Dunne vs. Tyler Bate - 05/20/2017
• AJ Styles vs. Brock Lesnar - 11/19/2017
• Johnny Gargano vs. Andrade Cien Almas - 01/27/18
• Johnny Gargano vs. Tommaso Ciampa - 04/07/18
• Undisputed Era vs. Mustache Mountain - aired July 11th, 2018 - NXT
• Daniel Bryan vs. Brock Lesnar - 11/18/2018
• Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks - 10/06/2019
• Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins - HIAC 2022
• Rhea Ripley vs. Charlotte Flair - 04/01/2023
• Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns - 04/02/2023
• Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns - WM XL
• CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre - Bad Blood - HIAC - 2024

AWA

• Nick Bockwinkel vs. Wahoo McDaniel - 08/28/1983
• Nick Bockwinkel vs. Rick Martel - 09/20/1984
• Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Rick Martel - 09/29/1985
• Stan Hansen vs. Leon White - 03/13/1986
• Stan Hansen vs. Curt Hennig - 05/31/1986
• Buddy Rose and Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers - 08/30/1986
• Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig - 11/21/1986
• Nick Bockwinkel vs. Curt Hennig - 12/25/1986
• Buddy Rose and Doug Somers vs. Midnight Rockers - 12/25/1986 and 01/17/1987

All Japan

• The Funks vs. Brody & Snuka - 12/13/1981
• Terry Funk vs. Stan Hansen - 04/14/1983
• The Funks vs. Stan Hansen & Gordy - 8/31/83
• Jumbo Tsuruta & Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu & Yatsu - 1/28/86
• Kawada and Tenryu vs. Hansen and Gordy - 12/16/1988
• Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Stan Hansen - 12/06/1989
• Jumbo Tsuruta & Yoshiaki Yatsu vs. Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada: 2/23/1989
• Jumbo Tsuruta vs. Genichiro Tenyru - 06/05/1989
• Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta - 09/01/1990
• Kobashi/Misawa/Kawada vs. Tsuruta/Fuchi/Taue - 10/19/1990
• Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta, & Masa Fuchi vs. Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, & Toshiaki Kawada - 04/20/1991
• Misawa/Kawada/Kobashi vs. Tsuruta/Fuchi/Taue - 05/22/1992
• Furnas & Kroffat vs. Kobashi & Kikuchi - 05/25/1992
• Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada - 02/28/1993
• Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi - 4/16/1993
• Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi - 07/29/1993
• Misawa and Kobashi vs. Kawada and Taue - 12/03/1993
• Steve Williams vs. Toshiaki Kawada - 04/16/1994
• Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada - 06/03/1994
• Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa- 04/15/1995
• Misawa and Kobashi vs. Kawada and Taue - 06/09/1995
• Kenta Kobashi vs. Akira Taue - 07/24/1995
• Toshiaki Kawada vs. Gary Albright - 10/25/1995
• Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi (AJPW 05/24/96)
• Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi - 09/05/1996
• Kawada & Taue vs. Misawa & Akiyama - 12/06/1996
• Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuhara Misawa - 01/20/1997
• Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (AJPW Real World Tag League 11/27/97)
• Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama - 07/24/1998
• Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi - 06/12/1998
• Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuhara Misawa - 10/31/1998
• Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs Vader & Stan Hansen (AJPW 12/05/98)
• Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada - 01/22/1999
• Jun Akiyama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa - 02/27/2000

New Japan

• Andre the Giant vs. Stan Hansen - 09/23/1981
• Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano - 01/31/1990
• Genichiro Tenryu vs. Shinya Hashimoto - 08/08/1993
• Steven Regal vs. Shinya Hashimoto - 04/16/1995
• Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - 04/16/2014
• AJ Styles vs. Minoru Suzuki - 08/01/2014
• Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi - 01/04/2015
• KUSHIDA vs. Kyle O’Reilly - 06/07/2015
• Kenny Omega vs. Tetsuya Naito - 08/13/2016
• Kota Ibush vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi - 11/05/2017 and 08/12/2018

AEW

• Cody Rhodes vs. Dustin Rhodes - 05/25/2019
• Bryan Danielson vs. Eddie Kingston - 10/27/2021
• CM Punk vs. Eddie Kingston - 11/13/2021
• Bryan Danielson vs. Hangman Page - 12/15/2021 & 01/05/2022
• CM Punk vs. MJF - 02/02/2022 & 03/06/2022 (Dog Collar) 
• CM Punk vs. Mox - All Out 2022

Memphis

• Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk - 03/23/1981
• The Fabulous Ones vs. The Moondogs - 05/02/1983
• Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee - 06/06/1983
• Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee - 12/30/1985
• Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee - 07/14/1986
• Jerry Lawler vs. Bam Bam Bigelow - 09/07/1986
• Jerry Lawler vs. Austin Idol - 04/27/1987

Mid-South

• Magnum TA vs. Ted Dibiase - 05/27/1984 (OKC)
• Magnum TA vs. Ted Dibiase - 05/27/1984 (Tulsa)
• Ted Dibiase vs. Jim Duggan - 03/22/1985
• Dick Murdoch vs. Butch Reed - 09/22/1985
• Dick Murdoch vs. Butch Reed - 10/14/1985
• Ric Flair vs. Ted Dibiase - 11/06/1985
• Jim Duggan vs. Buzz Sawyer - 11/11/1985

WCCW

• Ric Flair vs. Kerry Von Erich - 08/15/1982
• The Fabulous Freebirds vs. The Von Erichs - 07/04/1983
• Kerry Von Erich vs. Michael Hayes (LLT Cage) - 11/24/1983
• Terry Gordy vs. Killer Khan (Texas Death Match) - 11/22/1984

PNW

• Rick Martel vs. Buddy Rose - 04/26/1980
• Roddy Piper and Rick Martel vs. Buddy Rose and Ed Wiskowski - 08/02/1980

Lucha

• MS-1 vs. Sangre Chicano - 09/23/1983
• El Dandy vs. Angel Azteca - 06/01/1990
• El Dandy vs. El Satanico - 10/26/1990
• Pirata Morgan vs. El Faraon - 11/16/1990
• El Dandy vs. El Satanico - 12/14/1990
• El Dandy vs. Negro Casas - 07/03/1992
• El Satanico vs. Pirata Morgan -11/26/1993
• El Hijo del Santo vs. Negro Casas vs. El Dandy - 12/06/1996
• Negro Casas vs El Hijo del Santo (Hair vs Mask 9/19/1997)
• Atlantis vs. Villano III - 03/17/2000
• Canis Lupas vs. Trauma I - 09/04/2016

NOAH

• Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa - 03/01/2003 
• Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama - 08/06/2000

ROH

• CM Punk vs. Samoa Joe II - 10/16/2004
• Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi - 10/01/2005
• FTR vs. Briscoes - 04/01/2022
• FTR vs. Briscoes - Dog Collar - 12/10/2022

Puerto Rico

• Stan Hansen vs. Carlos Colon - 01/10/1987

AJW

• Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori - 04/02/1993

OTHER:

• Vader vs Nobuhiko Takada - UWFI - 08/18/94
• Eddie Kingston vs. Chris Hero - IWA-MS - 09/29/2007
• Bloodsport:  Minoru Suzuki vs. Josh Barnett - 04/05/2019 
• Bloodsport 6:  Josh Barnett vs. Jon Moxley - 04/08/2021

[Cap]

Updated: 8/13/2018

 

Five Star Matches (*****)

1960s

Gilbert Cesca vs Billy Catanzarro (1960s)

1970s

Adrian Street vs Jim Breaks (2/12/1973)

Steve Grey vs Clive Myers (11/20/1975, [air11/22/1975])

Terry Funk vs Jumbo Tsuruta  (NWA Title – 6/11/1976)

Billy Robinson vs Giant Baba (PWF Title – 7/24/1976)

Billy Robinson vs Jumbo Tsuruta (NWA United National Title – 3/5/1977)

Terry Funk vs Harley Race (NWA Title – 7/1/1977)

1980s

Steve Grey vs Johnny Saint (1/28/1980 [air: 2/2/1980])

Pat Patterson vs Sgt. Slaughter (Alley Fight – 5/4/1981)

Stan Hansen vs Andre The Giant (9/23/1981)

Ricky Steamboat/Jay Youngblood vs Sgt. Slaughter/Don Kernodle (Cage Match – NWA Tag Titles – 3/12/1983)

Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee (Loser Leaves Town – Southern Heavyweight Title – 6/6/1983)

Greg Valentine vs Roddy Piper (7/9/1983)

Sangre Chicana vs MS-1 (Hair vs Hair – 9/23/1983)

Buzz Sawyer vs Tommy Rich (Cage Match – 10/23/1983)

Sgt. Slaughter vs Iron Sheik (Bootcamp Match -6/1/1984)

El Satanico vs Gran Cochise (NWA Middleweight Title – 9/14/1984)

Ted Dibiase vs Jim Duggan (Loser Leaves Town – Coal Miners Glove – Tuxedo – Cage Match – 3/30/1985)

Devil Masami vs Chigusa Nagayo (WWWA All Pacific Title – 8/22/1985)

Tully Blanchard vs Magnum TA (Cage Match – US Title – 11/28/1985)

Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee (Loser Leaves Town  - Southern Heavyweight Title – 12/30/1985)

Jumbo Tsaruta and Genichiro Tenryu vs Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu (NWA International Tag Titltes – 1/28/1986)

Sangre Chicana vs Perro Aguayo (Hair vs Hair – 2/28/1986)

El Hijo Del Santo vs Espanto Jr (Mask vs Mask – 8/31/1986)

Jim Duggan vs Buzz Sawyer (No DQ – 11/11/1985)**

Nick Bockwinkel vs Curt Hennig (AWA Title – 11/21/1986)

Stan Hansen vs Carlos Colon (Texas Bullrope Match – 1/6/1987)

Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy vs Genichiro Tenryu/Toshiaki Kawada (AJ Tag Titles – Real World Tag Finals – 12/16/1988)

Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (NWA Title – 2/20/1989)

Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (NWA Title – 3/18/1989)

Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (2/3 Falls – NWA Title – 4/2/1989)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu (Triple Crown Title – 6/5/1989)

Ric Flair vs Terry Funk (NWA Title – 7/23/1989)

1990s

El Dandy vs Angel Azteca (NWA Middleweight Title – 6/1/1990)

Mitsuhara Misawa vs Jumbo Tsuruta (9/1/1990)

Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Nobuhiko Takada (10/25/1990)

El Satanico vs El Dandy (Hair vs Hair – 12/14/1990)

El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas (UWA World Heavyweight Title – 5/17/1991)

Jushin Thunder Liger vs El Samurai (Super Juniors Final – 4/30/1992)

Negro Casas vs El Dandy (CMLL Middleweight Title – 7/3/1992)

Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki (WWWA Tag Titles – 11/26/1992)

Stan Hansen vs Toshiaki Kawada (2/28/1993)

Shinobu Kandori vs Akira Hokuto (4/2/1993)

Manami Toyota/Toshiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansai/Mayumi Ozaki (WWWA Tag Titles – 4/11/1993)

Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (4/16/1993)

Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi (7/29/1993)

Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams (8/31/1993)

El Satanico vs Pirata Morgan (Hair vs Hair – 11/26/1993)

Aja Kong vs Yumika Hotta (WWWA World Championship  - 1/24/1994)

Shinobu Kandori/Akira Hokuto vs Bull Nakano/Aja Kong (3/27/1994)

Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (Triple Crown Title – 6/3/1994)

Shinobu Kanori vs Bull Nakano (Chain Match – 7/14/1994)

Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (Champions Carnival Final – 4/15/1995)

Holy Demon Army vs Kenta Kobashi/Mitsuharu Misawa (Tag League Final – 6/9/1995)

Shinjiro Otani vs El Samurai (UWA World Jr LHW Title – 1/21/1996)

Volk Han vs Kiyoshi Tamura (9/25/1996)

El Hijo del Santo vs Negro Casas vs El Dandy (Hair vs Hair vs Mask – 12/6/1996)

Holy Demon Army vs Mitsuharu Misawa/Jun Akyama (Tag League Final – 12/6/1996)

Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa  (Triple Crown Title – 1/20/1997)

Volk Han vs Kiyoshi Tamura (Mega Battle Final – 1/22/1997)

Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (I Quit Match – 3/23/1997)

Koji Kanemoto vs El Samurai (Super Juniors Final – 6/5/1997)

Negro Casas vs El Hijo del Santo (Hair vs Mask – 9/19/1997)

Kiyoshi Tamura vs Tsuyoshi Kohsaka (6/27/1998)

Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (Triple Crown Title – 10/31/1998)

Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu  Misawa (Triple Crown Title – 6/11/1999)

Kiyoshi Tamura vs Yoshihisa Yamamoto (6/24/1999)

2000s

Atlantis vs Vilano III (Mask vs Mask – 3/17/2000)

Bryan Danielson vs Low Ki (3/30/2002)

Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (GHC Title – 3/1/2003)

Eddie Guerrero vs John Bradshaw Layfield (WWE Title – 5/16/2004)

Kenta Kobashi vs Samoa Joe (10/2/2005)

Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness (ROH Title vs ROH Pure Title – 8/12/2006)

John Cena vs Umaga (Last Man Standing – WWE Title – 1/28/2007)

2010s

El Hijo Del Santo and Villano IV vs Angel Blanco and El Hijo Del Solitario  (2/25/2012)

Daniel Bryan vs John Cena (WWE World Title – 8/18/2013)

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kota Ibushi (IWGP IC Title – 1/4/2015)

Black Terry vs Wotan (8/21/2016)

Canis Lupus vs Trauma I (Mask vs Mask – 9/4/2016)

Andrade Almas vs Johnny Gargano (NXT Title – 1/18/2018)

Kenny Omega vs Kazuchika Okada (2/3 Falls – IWGP Title – 6/9/2018)

 

 

 

Four and Three Forth Star Matches (****3/4)

1970s

Johnny Saint vs Jim Breaks (British Lightweight Title – 3/5/1973 [air 5/5/1973])

Jim Breaks vs Vic Faulkner (UK Welterweight Title – 7/5/1977 [air: 7/16/1977])

1980s

Bob Backlund vs Ken Patera (Texas Death Match – WWF World Title – (5/18/1980)

Devil Masami vs Jackie Sato (11/27/1980)

Nick Bockwinkel vs Billy Robinson (12/11/1980)

Terry Funk vs Jerry Lawler (No DQ – 3/23/1981)

Steve Grey vs Jim Breaks (5/12/1981 [air: 5/16/1981])

Steve Grey vs Jon Cortez (7/27/1981)

Jerry Lawler vs Dutch Mantell (Barbwire Match - Southern Heavyweight Title – 3/29/1982)

Stan Hansen vs Terry Funk (4/14/1983)

Ric Flair vs Jumbo Tsuruta  (NWA Title – 6/8/1983)

Nick Bockwinkel vs Wahoo McDaniel (AWA Title – 8/26/1983)

Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy vs The Funks (8/31/1983)

Greg Valentine vs Roddy Piper (Dog Collar Match – U.S. Title – 11/24/1983)

Nick Bockwinkel vs Rick Martel (AWA Title – 9/20/1984)

Terry Gordy vs Killer Khan (Texas Death Match – 11/22/1984)

Yoshiaki Fujiwara vs Super Tiger (Real Death Match  - 12/5/1984)

Chigusa Nagayo vs Dump Matsumoto (Hair vs Hair – 8/28/1985)

Jumbo Tsuruta vs Rick Martel (AWA Title – 9/29/1985)

Ric Flair vs Ted DiBiase (NWA Title – 11/6/1985)

Ric Flair vs Barry Windham (NWA Title – 2/14/1986)

Stan Hansen vs Curt Hennig (AWA Title – 5/31/1986)

Jerry Lawler vs Bill Dundee (Loser Leaves Town – 7/14/1986)

Riki Choshu vs Killer Khan (Death Match – 7/31/1986)

La Fiera vs Babyface (Hair vs Hair – 8/15/1986)

Buddy Rose/Doug Sommers vs Midnight Rockers (8/30/1986)

Bam Bam Bigelow vs Jerry Lawler (Texas Death Match – 9/7/1986)

Terry Gordy vs Ted DiBiase (Cage Match – 10/17/1986)

Invader I vs Al Perez (Street Fight – 10/26/1986)

Buddy Rose/Doug Sommers vs Midnight Rockers (Cage Match – 1/17/1987)

Randy Savage vs Ricky Steamboat (IC Title – 2/15/1987)

Ric Flair vs Barry Windham (NWA Title 4/11/1987)

Jerry Lawler vs Austin Idol (Cage Match – Southern Heavyweight Title – 4/27/1987)

Barry Windham vs Dick Murdoch (Western States Heritage Title – 7/11/1987)

Negro Casas vs El Hijo del Santo (Hair vs Mask – 7/18/1987)

Midnight Express vs Fantastics (US Tag Team Titles – 4/26/1988)

Shinobu Kandori vs Devil Masami (7/14/1988)

El Dandy vs Pirata Morgan (Hair vs Hair – 9/23/1988)

Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (NWA Title – 5/7/1989)*

Sangre Chicana vs El Satanico (5/26/1989)

El Dandy vs Emilio Charles (Hair vs Hair – 7/28/1989)

Ric Flair vs Terry Funk (I Quit Match – 11/15/1989)

1990s

Jushin Thunder Liger vs Naoki Sano (IWGP Jr. HW Title – 1/31/1990)

Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jumbo Tsuruta (6/8/1990)

Southern Boys vs Midnight Express (NWA US Tag Titles – 7/7/1990)

Hiroshi Hase vs The Great Muta (9/14/1990)

Aja Kong vs Bull Nakano (Cage Match – 11/14/1990)

Pirata Morgan vs El Faraon (Hair vs Hair – 11/16/1990)

Randy Savage vs Ultimate Warrior (Retirement Match – 3/24/1991)

Vader vs Keiji Muto (G1 Match – 8/10/1991)

Keiji Muto vs Masahiro Chono (G1 Final – 8/11/1991)

Enforcers vs Dustin Rhodes and Ricky Steamboat (WCW Tag Titles – 11/19/1991)

Sting’s Squadron vs The Dangerous Alliance (WarGames – 5/17/1992)

Can-Am Express vs Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi (All Asia Tag Title – 5/25/1992)

Arn Anderson vs Barry Windham (2/3 falls – NWA Title – 6/6/1992)

Ricky Steamboat vs Rick Rude (Iron Man Match – 6/20/1992)

Hiroshi Hase vs The Great Muta (12/14/1992)

Sting vs Big Van Vader (White Castle of Fear Strap Match – 2/21/1993)

Holy Demon Army vs Kenta Kobashi/Mitsuharu Misawa (Real World Tag League Final – AJ Tag Title – 12/3/1993)

Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (3/20/1994)

Holy Demon Army vs Kenta Kobashi/Mitsuharu Misawa (Tag League Final – 5/21/1994)

Super Vader vs Nobuhiko Takada (Pro Wrestling World HW Title – BotW Final – 8/18/1994)

Kenta Kobashi vs Steve Williams (Triple Crown Title – 9/3/1994)

Mocho Cota vs Negro Casas (Hair vs Hair – 9/23/1994)

Los Gringos Locos vs El Hijos del Santo/Octagon (Double Hair vs Double Mask – AAA Tag Title – 11/6/1994)

Shinya Hashimoto vs Hiroshi Hase (IWGP HW Title – 12/13/1994)

Aja Kong vs Dynamite Kansai (WWWA Title – 8/30/1995)

Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (11/17/1996)

Cicloncito Ramirez vs Damiancito El Guerrero (CMLL Mini Estrella Title – 1/7/1997)

Jushin Thunder Liger vs Shinjiro Otani (J Crown Title – 2/9/1997)

LCO vs Karou Ito/Tomoko Watanabe (Cage Match – 9/21/1997)

Volk Han vs Kiyoshi Tamura (9/26/1997)

Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels (Hell in a Cell – WWF World Title – 10/5/1997)

Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (Triple Crown Title – 10/21/1997)

Eddie Guerrero vs Rey Misterio Jr (Title vs Mask – WCW Cruiserweight Title – 10/26/1997)

Shinobu Kandori vs Yumiko Hotta (LLPW Title vs WWWA Title – 3/21/1998)

Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama (Triple Crown Title  - 7/24/1998)

El Hijo Del Santo vs Felino (10/18/1998)

2000s

Bryan Danielson vs Low Ki (7/21/2001)

Brock Lesnar vs Undertaker (Hell in a Cell – WWE World Title – 10/20/2002)

Eddie Guerrero vs Brock Lesnar (WWE Undisputed Title – 2/15/2004)

Kenta Kobashi vs Yoshihiro Takayama (GHC Title – 4/25/2004)

Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue (GHC Title – 9/10/2004)

Samoa Joe vs CM Punk (ROH Title – 10/16/2004)

Bryan Danielson vs James Gibson (ROH Title – 9/17/2005)

Bryan Danielson vs Roderick Strong (ROH Title – 11/5/2005)

Necro Butcher vs Super Dragon (No DQ – 2/9/2006)

Bryan Danielson vs KENTA (ROH Title – 9/16/2006)

Bryan Danielson vs Takeshi Morishima (ROH Title – 8/25/2007)

2010s

LA Park vs el Mesias (AAA – 12/5/2010)

CM Punk vs John Cena (WWE World Title – 7/17/2011)

Eddie Kingston vs Mike Quackenbush (Chikara Grand Title– 11/13/2011)

Walter vs Daisuke Sekimoto (wXw Unified Championship – 3/3/2012)

John Cena vs Brock Lesnar (Extreme Rules Match – 4/29/2012)

LA Park vs Dr. Wagner Jr. (TXT – 5/11/2013)

Daniel Bryan vs HHH (4/6/2014)

 Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kazuchika Okada (G1 Final – 8/10/2014)

Atlantis vs Ultimo Guerrero (Mask vs Mask – 9/19/2014)

Roderick Strong vs Zack Sabre Jr. (PWG Title – 4/3/2015)

Chris Hero vs Zack Sabre Jr. (6/26/2015)

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kazuchika Okada (8/15/2015)

Sasha Banks vs Bayley (NXT Women’s Title – 8/22/2015)

Atlantis vs La Sombra (Mask vs Mask – 9/18/2015)

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Sami Zayn (4/1/2016)

Black Terry vs el Barbaro Cavernario (6/11/2016)

Trevor Lee vs Andrew Everett (Mid Atlantic HW Title – 6/18/2016)

Kenny Omega vs Tetsuya Naito (G1 Climax Semi-Final – 8/13/2016)

The Revival vs DIY (NXT Tag Titles - 11/19/2016)

Trevor Lee vs Chip Day (Mid Atlantic HW Title – 3/25/2017)

Katsuyori Shibata vs Kazuchika Okada (IWGP HW Title – 4/9/2017)

Kento Miyahara vs Shuji Ishikawa (Triple Crown Championship – 8/27/2017)

Walter vs Zack Sabre Jr. (10/21/2017)

Walter vs David Starr (10/28/2017)

Brock Lesnar vs AJ Styles (WWE Universal Title – 11/19/2017)

Walter vs Timothy Thatcher (Atlas Title – 1/28/2018)

Walter vs Darby Allin (6/23/2018)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kota Ibushi (G1 Climax Final – 8/12/2018)

 

 

 

* Moved from 5 to 4.75

** Moved from 4.75 to 5

Added

[World's Worst Man]

Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada 1/4/2017 ****3/4
Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano vs. The Revival 11/19/2016 ****3/4
Kota Ibushi vs. Shinsuke Nakamura 1/4/2015 ****3/4
Kenta Kobashi & Go Shiosaki vs. Kensuke Sasaki & Katsuhiko Nakajima 11/5/2005 ****3/4
CM Punk vs. Samoe Joe 10/16/2004 ****3/4
Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada 6/12/1998 ****3/4
Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama 12/5/1997 ****3/4
Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa 10/21/1997 *****
Bret Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin 3/23/1997 ****3/4
Jushin Liger vs. Shinjiro Otani 2/9/1997 ****3/4
Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa 1/20/1997 *****
Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama 12/6/1996 *****
El Samurai vs. Shinjiro Otani 1/21/1996 ****3/4
Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada vs Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa 6/9/1995 *****
Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi 1/19/1995 ****3/4
Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada 6/3/1994 *****
Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada 5/21/1994 ****3/4
Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi 4/10/1994 ****3/4
Aja Kong vs Yumiko Hotta 1/24/1994 ****3/4
Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue 12/3/1993 *****
Stan Hansen vs Kenta Kobashi 7/29/1993 ****3/4
Toshiyo Yamada & Manami Toyota vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki 4/11/1993 ****3/4
Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori 4/2/1993 *****
Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki 11/26/1992 ****3/4
Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada vs. Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue 11/29/1991 ****3/4
Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada, Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Akira Taue, Masa Fuchi 4/20/1991 ****3/4
Jumbo Tsuruta vs Mitsuharu Misawa 4/18/1991 *****
Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta 6/5/1989 ****3/4
Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat 5/7/1989 ****3/4
Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair 2/20/1989 ****3/4
Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada 12/16/1988 ****3/4

 

I'm a stingy son of a bitch apparently.

 

Awesome work with the YouTube playlist. I'm grabbing a bunch of those as we speak.

 

Updated May 11 2018.

[NintendoLogic]

After going over my list of 100 favorite matches and putting some more thought into it, I've decided to update and expand my list. Here are my picks:

*****
Jerry Lawler vs. Terry Funk (3/23/81)
Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (6/6/83)
MS-1 vs. Sangre Chicana (9/23/83)
Jumbo Tsuruta/Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu/Yoshiaki Yatsu (1/28/86)
Midnight Rockers vs. Buddy Rose/Doug Somers (8/30/86)
Stan Hansen/Terry Gordy vs. Genichiro Tenryu/Toshiaki Kawada (12/16/88)
Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (2/20/89)
Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk (7/23/89)
Stan Hansen/Genichiro Tenryu vs. Jumbo Tsuruta/Yoshiaki Yatsu (12/6/89)
Mitsuharu Misawa/Toshiaki Kawada/Kenta Kobashi vs. Jumbo Tsuruta/Akira Taue/Masanobu Fuchi (10/19/90)
Vader vs. Sting (7/12/92)
Vader vs. Sting (12/28/92)
Stan Hansen vs. Toshiaki Kawada (2/28/93)
Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori (4/2/93)
Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect (6/13/93)
Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi (7/29/93)
Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue (12/3/93)
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (6/3/94)
Mitsuharu Misawa/Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada/Akira Taue (6/9/95)
Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (11/17/96)
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi (1/20/97)
Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (3/23/97)
Eddy Guerrero vs. Rey Misterio Jr. (10/26/97)
Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar (2/15/04)

****3/4
Bob Backlund vs. Ken Patera (5/19/80)
Sgt. Slaughter vs. Iron Sheik (6/16/84)
Jerry Lawler vs. Bill Dundee (12/30/85)
Riki Choshu vs. Yoshiaki Fujiwara (6/9/87)
Tatsumi Fujinami/Riki Choshu/Akira Maeda/Kengo Kimura/Super Strong Machine vs. Antonio Inoki/Yoshiaki Fujiwara/Seiji Sakaguchi/Kantaro Hoshino/Keiji Mutoh (8/19/87)
Jushin Liger vs. Naoki Sano (8/10/89)
El Hijo del Santo vs. Brazo de Oro (1/13/91)
Dustin Rhodes/Ricky Steamboat vs. Enforcers (11/19/91)
Dustin Rhodes/Barry Windham vs. Steve Austin/Larry Zbyszko (2/29/92)
Kenta Kobashi/Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs. Doug Furnas/Dan Kroffat (5/25/92)
Rick Rude vs. Ricky Steamboat (6/20/92)
Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (3/20/94)
Dustin Rhodes vs. Bunkhouse Buck (4/17/94)
Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota (11/20/94)
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue (4/15/95)
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada (7/24/95)
Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind (9/22/96)
El Hijo del Santo/Scorpio Jr./Bestia Salvaje vs. Negro Casas/El Dandy/Hector Garza (11/29/96)
Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama (7/24/98)
Shinya Hashimoto vs. Kazuo Yamazaki (8/2/98)
Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jun Akiyama (2/27/00)
Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle (8/19/01)
Kenta Kobashi vs. Yoshinari Ogawa (11/1/03)
Kenta Kobashi vs. Yoshihiro Takayama (4/25/04)
Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio (6/23/05)
John Cena vs. Umaga (1/28/07)
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (4/7/13)
CM Punk vs. Brock Lesnar (8/18/13)

[Jobbs]

AJPW

*****

Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue, Jumbo Tsuruta, Masanobu Fuchi (5/22/92)

Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Danny Kroffat & Doug Furnas (5/25/92)

Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi vs Masanobu Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa (7/5/92)

Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (12/3/93)

Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue (5/21/94)

Mitsuharu Misawa vs Toshiaki Kawada (6/3/94)

Steve Williams vs Kenta Kobashi (9/3/94)

Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa vs Johnny Ace & Steve Williams (3/4/95)

Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue (4/15/95)

Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa vs Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada (6/9/95)

Akira Taue & Toshiaki Kawada vs Jun Akiyama & Mitsuharu Misawa (12/6/96)

Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (1/20/97)

Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama (7/24/98)

Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (6/11/99)

Jun Akiyama vs Mitsuharu Misawa (2/27/00)

Kenta Kobashi vs Yoshihiro Takayama (5/26/00)

Kento Miyahara vs Shuji Ishikawa (5/21/17)

 

****3/4

Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy vs Toshiaki Kawada & Genichiro Tenryu (12/16/88)

Genichiro Tenryu vs Jumbo Tsuruta (6/5/89)

Kenta Kobashi, Mitsuharu Misawa, Toshiaki Kawada vs Akira Taue, Masanobu Fuchi, Jumbo Tsuruta (4/20/1991)

Akira Taue & Jumbo Tsuruta vs Kenta Kobashi & Mitsuharu Misawa (6/5/92)

Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (10/25/1995)

Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (10/21/1997)

 

NJPW

*****

Shinya Hashimoto vs Hiroshi Hase (12/13/94)

Shinya Hashimoto vs Nobuhiko Takada (4/29/96)

Riki Choshu vs Shinya Hashimoto (8/2/96)

Shinya Hashimoto vs Kazuo Yamazaki (8/2/98)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Minoru Suzuki (10/10/12)

Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (4/7/13)

Katsuyori Shibata vs Tomohiro Ishii (8/4/13)

Kazuchika Okada vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (10/14/13)

AJ Styles vs Minoru Suzuki (8/1/14)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Katsuyori Shibata (9/21/14)

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kota Ibushi (1/4/15)

AJ Styles vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (8/14/15)

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (8/15/15)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada (1/4/16)

Kenny Omega vs Tetsuya Naito (8/13/16)

Kazuchika Okada vs Katsuyori Shibata (4/9/17)

 

****3/4

Jushin Thunder Liger vs Great Sasuke (4/16/94)

Masahiro Chono vs Riki Choshu (08/06/96)

Shinjiro Otani vs Jushin Thunder Liger (2/9/97)

Koji Kanemoto vs El Samurai (6/5/97)

Koji Kanemoto vs El Samurai (6/03/98)

Apollo 55 vs Motor City Machine Guns (7/5/09)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Kazuchika Okada (6/6/12)

Katsuyori Shibata vs Hirooki Goto (6/22/13)

Tomohiro Ishii vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (8/2/13)

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kota Ibushi (8/4/13)

Tomohiro Ishii vs Tetsuya Naito (2/14/14)

KUSHIDA vs Ricochet (06/08/14)

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (4/6/14)

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Tomohiro Ishii (8/1/14)

Tomohiro Ishii vs Tomoaki Honma (2/14/15)

KUSHIDA vs Kyle O’Reilly (6/13/15)

AJ Styles vs Shinsuke Nakamura (1/4/16)

Hirooki Goto vs Katsuyori Shibata (1/4/17)

Tetsuya Naito vs Hiroshi Tanahashi (1/4/17)

Kazuchika Okada vs Minoru Suzuki (2/5/17)

Tomohiro Ishii vs Kenny Omega (5/3/17)

Hiromu Takahashi vs KUSHIDA (6/11/17)

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Tetsuya Naito (6/11/17)

 

WWF/E

*****

Sgt. Slaughter vs Iron Sheik (6/16/84)

Bret Hart vs Owen Hart (3/20/94)

Shawn Michaels vs Mankind (9/22/96)

Bret Hart vs Steve Austin (3/23/97)

Ric Flair vs HHH (11/1/05)

John Cena vs Umaga (1/28/07)

CM Punk vs John Cena (7/17/11)

CM Punk vs Daniel Bryan (5/20/12)

CM Punk vs Brock Lesnar (8/18/13)

Daniel Bryan vs John Cena (8/18/13)

Cesaro vs William Regal (12/25/13)

Sami Zayn vs Cesaro (2/27/14)

Daniel Bryan vs HHH (4/6/14)

Daniel Bryan vs Roman Reigns (2/22/15)

Sami Zayn vs Shinsuke Nakamura (4/1/16)

AJ Styles vs Roman Reigns (5/22/16)

Revival vs Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa (11/19/16)

 

****¾

Bob Backlund vs Ken Patera (5/19/80)

Ric Flair vs Bret Hart (1/9/93)

Kurt Angle vs Steve Austin (8/19/01)

Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit vs Edge & Rey Mysterio (10/20/02)

Brock Lesnar vs Undertaker (10/20/02)

Chris Benoit vs Kurt Angle (1/19/03)

Kurt Angle vs Brock Lesnar (9/18/03)

Brock Lesnar vs Eddie Guerrero (2/15/04)

Chris Benoit vs HHH vs Shawn Michaels (3/14/04)

Batista vs HHH (6/25/05)

Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker (4/5/09)

Shawn Michaels vs Undertaker (3/28/10)

Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose (9/18/11)

Dean Ambrose vs William Regal (11/6/11)

Brock Lesnar vs John Cena (4/29/12)

CM Punk vs John Cena (9/16/12)

CM Punk vs John Cena (2/25/13)

CM Punk vs Undertaker (4/07/13)

Shield vs Wyatt Family (2/23/14)

Daniel Bryan vs Batista vs Randy Orton (4/6/14)

Sami Zayn vs Adrian Neville (12/11/14)

Brock Lesnar vs Roman Reigns (3/29/15)

Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn (07/24/16)

John Cena vs AJ Styles (1/29/17)

Braun Strowman vs Roman Reigns (4/30/17)

Bobby Roode vs Hideo Itami (5/21/17)

 

ROH

*****

Bryan Danielson vs Paul London (4/12/03)

CM Punk vs Samoa Joe (10/16/04)

CM Punk vs Samoa Joe (12/4/04)

Samoa Joe vs Austin Aries (12/26/04)

Samoa Joe vs Kenta Kobashi (10/1/05)

Roderick Strong vs Bryan Danielson (11/5/05)

Roderick Strong & Austin Aries vs The Briscoes (8/12/06)

Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness (8/12/06)

Bryan Danielson vs KENTA (9/16/06)

Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness (6/9/07)

Bryan Danielson vs KENTA (6/23/07)

Bryan Danielson vs Takeshi Morishima (8/25/07)

Kevin Steen & El Generico vs The Briscoes (9/11/07)

Austin Aries vs Nigel McGuinness (12/29/07)

Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness (2/23/08)

Brent Albright vs Adam Pearce (8/2/08)

Bryan Danielson vs Nigel McGuinness (11/22/08)

Kevin Steen vs El Generico (12/18/10)

 

****3/4

Bryan Danielson vs AJ Styles (11/9/02)

Bryan Danielson vs Samoa Joe (10/2/04)

CM Punk vs Austin Aries (6/18/05)

CM Punk vs James Gibson (7/16/05)

CM Punk vs James Gibson vs Christopher Daniels vs Samoa Joe (8/12/05)

Samoa Joe & Low Ki vs Kenta Kobashi & Homicide (10/2/05)

BJ Whitmer vs Jimmy Jacobs (3/30/07)

Motor City Machine Guns vs Briscoes (4/23/07)

Bryan Danielson vs Takeshi Morishima (12/27/08)

Bryan Danielson & Tyler Black vs American Wolves (4/18/09)

Jay Briscoe vs Roderick Strong (1/15/11)

Matt & Jeff Hardy vs Matt & Nick Jackson (4/1/17)

 

PWG

*****

Bryan Danielson vs Chris Hero (9/4/09)

Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr vs Chuck Taylor & Trent (3/18/17)

 

****¾

Bryan Danielson & Roderick Strong vs Matt Jackson & Nick Jackson (5/28/09)

Kevin Steen & Akira Tozawa vs El Generico & Ricochet (5/27/11)

Kevin Steen vs El Generico (8/20/11)

Kevin Steen vs El Generico (10/22/11)

Roderick Strong vs Zack Sabre Jr. (4/3/15)

Chris Hero vs Zack Sabre Jr. (6/6/15)

 

 

 

WWNLive

*****

Bryan Danielson vs Shingo Takagi (7/24/10)

 

****3/4

Fit Finlay vs Sami Callihan (7/26/11)

Fit Finlay vs Sami Callihan (4/13/12)

Johnny Gargano vs Shingo Takagi (4/6/13)

Chris Hero vs Zack Sabre Jr. (4/2/16)

Matt Riddle vs Roderick Strong (7/16/16)

Matt Riddle vs Chris Hero (10/16/16)

Matt Riddle vs Chris Hero (11/13/16)

Zack Sabre Jr vs Timothy Thatcher (2/25/17)

Kyle O’Reilly vs Fred Yehi (4/23/17)

Zack Sabre Jr vs Lio Rush (5/21/17)

NOAH

*****

KENTA & Naomichi Marufuji vs Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa (4/25/04)

Kenta Kobashi vs Yoshihiro Takayama (4/25/04)

Kenta Kobashi vs Jun Akiyama (7/10/04)

Kenta Kobashi vs Mitsuharu Misawa (3/1/03)

 

****¾

KENTA vs Naomichi Marufuji (10/29/06)

KENTA vs Takashi Sugiura (5/7/13)

 

RevPro

*****

Chris Hero vs Tomohiro Ishii (11/10/16)

 

****3/4

Katsuyori Shibata vs Matt Riddle (1/21/17)

 

AWA

*****

Curt Hennig vs Nick Bockwinkel (11/15/86)

 

****3/4

 

WCW/NWA

*****

Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (4/2/89)

Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat (5/7/89)

Ric Flair vs Terry Funk (11/15/89)

Rey Mysterio vs Eddie Guerrero (10/26/97)

 

****3/4

Ric Flair vs Ricky Morton (7/5/86)

Arn Anderson & Larry Zbyszko vs Ricky Steamboat & Dustin Rhodes (11/19/91)

Rick Rude vs Ricky Steamboat (2/29/92)

Arn Anderson, Beautiful Bobby, Larry Zbyszko, Rick Rude & Steve Austin vs. Barry Windham, Dustin Rhodes, Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat & Sting (5/16/92)

Ric Flair vs Vader (12/27/93)

 

Dragon Gate

*****

Shingo Takagi vs BxB Hulk (7/11/10)

 

****3/4

 

IWA-MS

*****

CM Punk vs Chris Hero (2/7/03)

 

****3/4

CM Punk vs Chris Hero (2/9/02)

Necro Butcher vs Samoa Joe (6/11/05)

 

PROGRESS

*****

Chris Hero vs Marty Scurll (6/19/16)

 

****3/4

 

CHIKARA

*****

 

****3/4

Bryan Danielson & Claudio Castagnoli vs. Jigsaw & Mike Quackenbush (09/13/09)

Zack Sabre Jr vs Mike Quackenbush (4/1/17)

 

CWF Mid-Atlantic

*****

Trevor Lee vs Chip Day (4/26/17)

 

****3/4

Trevor Lee vs Brad Attitude (1/18/17)

Trevor Lee vs Michael Elgin (7/5/17)

 

TNA/Impact Wrestling

*****

 

****¾

AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe vs Christopher Daniels (9/11/05)

AJ Styles vs Bobby Roode (12/11/11)

Kurt Angle vs Mr. Anderson (4/18/10)

 

STARDOM

*****

Io Shirai vs Mayu Iwatani (6/21/17)

 

****¾

Io Shirai vs Shayna Baszler (2/26/17)

Io Shirai vs Mayu Iwatani (12/22/16)

 

Kensuke Office

*****

Akihiko Ito, Atsushi Aoki, KENTA & Kenta Kobashi vs. Katsuhiko Nakajima, Kensuke Sasaki, Kento Miyahara & Takashi Okita (8/17/08)

 

BJW

*****

 

****¾

Hideki Suzuki vs Yuji Okabayashi (5/5/17)

 

wXw

*****

 

****¾

Chris Hero vs Bryan Danielson (3/9/08)

KENTA vs Chris Hero (5/5/11)

 

OTT

*****

 

*****¾

Matt Riddle vs Kyle O’Reilly (5/06/17)

[JerryvonKramer]

Any reason this was unpinned?

[El-P]

Probably the same as last time, because it's just a bunch of subjective lists using a goofy snowflake system.

 

Funny though to see so many matches pimped as *stars. And then people make fun of Da Metlz for his infamous 6*. I don't think I would have more than ten matches I would give ***** to after 25 years+ of watching pro-wrestling. I'm not sure I have ten at this point.

[WingedEagle]

It is all very subjective and goofy, but still fun. Handy reference for checklist purposes and such.

[Loss]

Any reason this was unpinned?

 

Just trying to unclog some of the pinned stuff at the top of the page. No ideological reason.

[JerryvonKramer]

It's just one I tend to reference a lot and it's slightly difficult to search for because search engines don't like asterisks.

[Loss]

I can re-pin it. No biggie.

[Cap]

Thumbs up to this re-pin.

 

I use this for reference a lot as well.

[Cap]

Just updated my list after catching up with and ratings some of 2016s best matches over the past 3 months and re watching a few things that I had as borderline.

 

I know nothing gets more eye rolls these days than star ratings, but do others update their lists? I really like this as a reference for what people think is high end, so I was just curious.