5 Star Wrestling Matches

October 21st 2023. Total Nonstop Action presents 'Bound for Glory' from the Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois.
This match was rated 5.25 Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. This is the first 5-Star match TNA has had 2005 when Christopher Daniels defended the X-Division Championship against AJ Styles and an undefeated Samoa Joe.
CageMatch.com Rating: 9.23
This is Mike Bailey's only 5-Star Match.
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AEW. July 15th 2023. Calgary, Alberta Canada at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
PWI 2022 Tag-team of the Year FTR faces off against Bullet Club Gold (Juice Robinson and Switchblade Jay White) in a 2-out-of-3-Falls match for the AEW World Tag Team Championship.
This match was rated 5.25 Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.

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June 25th, 2023. All Elite Wrestling presents 'Forbidden Door' from the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario Canada featuring Kenny Omega VS Will Ospreay for the IWGP United States Championship.
This match was rated 6-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Cagematch.com Rating: 9.56
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With this match Will Ospreay beat Mitsuharu Misawa's record for the most 5-Star Matches with 26. In anticipation of this Ospreay wore Misawa'a colors for this match and would go on to deliver one of Misawa's signature moves, the Tiger Driver '91.

March 22nd, 2023, the main event of AEW 's Wednesday Night Dynamite.
Winner of the PWI 500 and multi-time World Heavyweight Champion Kenny Omega faces off against AAA Mexican World Champion El Hijo Del Vikingo in a match that would go on to be rated 5 stars in the Wrestling Observer.
CageMatch.com Rating: 9.12
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March 5th, 2023. All Elite Wrestling presents 'Revolution' from the Chase Center in San Francisco California. The Main Event of this presentation features AEW World Heavyweight Champion Maxwell Jacob Friedman (MJF) defending the championship against The 'American Dragon' Bryan Danielson in a 60-minute Iron-Man match.
This match was rated 5.75-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
This is the only 5-Star match MJF has been involved in.
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March 5th, 2023. All Elite Wrestling presents 'Revolution' from the Chase Center in San Francisco California.
This match was rated 5-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
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August 24th, 2022. All Elite Wrestling presents 'AEW Dynamite' Live on TBS from the Wolstein Center in Cleveland Ohio.
This semi-final of the World Trios Tag Tournament to crown the first AEW World Trios Tag Champions saw Will Ospreay, Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis (United Empire) face off against the Bastard Pac, Rey Fenix and Penta El Zero Meido (Death Triangle).
Cagematch.com Rating: 8.55
This match was awarded 5-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
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June 3rd, 2022. Broadcast live on TNT, All Elite Wrestling presents 'Rampage' from the Toyota Arena in Ontario California.
This is the only 5-Star Match to take place on AEW Rampage.
As of 9/18/23 this is the last 5-Star Tag-team match either team has been involved in.
This match was rated 5 Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
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April 1st 2022, Ring of Honor presents the 15th annual 'Supercard of Honor' from the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland Texas.
This is a one-fall, one-hour time limit match.
This match was rated 5 Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
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November 13th 2021. All Elite Wrestling presents 'Full Gear' from the Target Center in Minneapolis Minnesota featuring this Falls-Count-Anywhere match between SuperKliq (Adam Cole & The Young Bucks) and Christian with Jurassic Express (Jack Perry and Luchasaurus)
This match was rated 5-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
CageMatch.com rating: 7.84
This is Christian's only 5-Star match.
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February 29th 2020. All Elite Wrestling presents 'Revolution' from the Wintrust Arena in Chicago Illinois featuring this AEW Tag-Team Title match between reigning champions Kenny Omega & Hangman Adam Page defending the belts against The Young Bucks.
This match was awarded 2020 Match of the Year by both the Wrestling Observer Newsletter AND Pro Wrestling Illustrated.
CageMatch.com rating: 9.69
This match was awarded 6-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. This is only the 3rd match to ever be awarded a 6-star rating in the entire 5-decade publishing history of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
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January 4th 2020. New Japan Pro Wrestling presents 'Wrestle Kingdom 14' live in the Tokyo Dome from Tokyo Japan.
By winning the G1 Climax Tournament Kota Ibushi earned a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship, held by one of the greatest IWGP champions of all-time, Kaz Okada, in the main event at New Japan Pro Wrestling's biggest event of the year, the 14th annual Wrestle Kingdom.
Kaz Okada(C) vs Kota Ibushi for the International Wrestling Grand Prix Heavyweight Championship.

This match was rated 5.5-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
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Wrestle Kingdom 14, Jan 4th, 2020 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Japan.
Will Ospreay (Champion) vs Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP Jr. Heavyweight Championship.
This match was rated 5.5-Stars by Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
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May 25th, 2019. All Elite Wrestling presents' Double or Nothing from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada.
AEW's very first 5-Star Match.
Pro Wrestling Illustrated awarded this match 2019 Match of the Year.
This match was awarded 5-Stars by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
This match set another 5-Star Record; the wrestler with the longest amount of time between their first 5-Star match and their last 5-Star match; 27 years by Dustin Rhodes. His first 5-Star Match was the 5/7/92 WarGames match I uploaded 3 days ago.
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Omega vs Okada IV
Greatest Match of All-Time?
This match received a rating of 7 Stars from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the highest rating ever given to a wrestling match in the history of the publication.
No Time-Limit, Best-of-3 Falls Match for the IWGP World Heavyweight Championship.
CageMatch.com Rating: 9.79
This is the 3rd highest rated match of all-time at CageMatch.com
June 9th 2018. New Japan Pro Wrestling presents 'Dominion' from Osaka-jo Hall in Osaka Japan.
This match was voted '2018 Match-of-the-Year' by both Pro Wrestling Illustrated and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Backstory:
Going into this match Kaz Okada has held the IWGP Heavyweight Title for a record 720 days. Will he retain, or will Kenny Omega win his first ever World Championship?
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NXT's First 5-Star Match
January 27th, 2018. World Wrestling Entertainment presents 'NXT TakeOver' from the Philly Spectrum in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. This match was rated 5-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter. This was WWE's first 5-Star match in 7 years, since 2011 when CM Punk faced John Cena at Money in the Bank.
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October 21st 2017. Pro Wrestling Guerilla presents 'PWG All Star Weekend 13' Night 2 from the American Legion Post 308 in Reseda, California.
This match was rated 5-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
CageMatch.com rating: 9.44
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This was both competitors first 5-Star match.

January 4th, 2015. New Japan Pro Wrestling presents 'Wrestle Kingdom 9' from the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo Japan, featuring champion Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kota Ibushi for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship in one half of a double main event.
This was voted 2015 Match of the Year by subscribers to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
This match was rated 5-Stars by Dave Meltzer in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
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April 7th, 2013. New Japan Pro Wrestling presents 'Invasion Attack' from the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo Japan. Kazuchika Okada won the 2013 New Japan Cup thereby earning a shot at the IWGP Heavyweight Championship held by the Ace of New Japan, Hiroshi Tanahashi.
This match was rated 5-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
CageMatch.com rating: 9.66
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This was Kaz Okada's first 5-Star match.

March 31st, 2012. Ring of Honor presents 'Showdown in the Sun' from the War Memorial Auditorium in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
This match was rated 5-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
CageMatch.com rating: 8.90
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This is Davey Richards only 5-Star match.

June 17th, 2011. World Wrestling Entertainment presents 'Money in the Bank' live on PPV from the Rosemont Horizon in Chicago Illinois.
This match was awarded 2011 Match of the Year by both Pro Wrestling Illustrated and the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
This is John Cena's only 5-Star Match.

Backstory:
One month before Money in the Bank CM Punk defeated WWE Heavyweight Champion John Cena in a non-title match and then became the #1 contender to the WWE Heavyweight Title by winning a triple threat Falls Count Anywhere match on the June 20 episode of Raw. After the match, Punk revealed that his WWE contract would expire at midnight on July 17, immediately after the Money in the Bank PPV ended; Punk vowed to win the championship and leave the company with it. On the next episode of Raw, Punk cost Cena a tables match against R-Truth, then delivered the infamous 'PipeBomb' promo where Punk berated WWE for not promoting him properly, called Cena an "ass-kisser" and insulted WWE management—including chairman Vince McMahon and executive John Laurinaitis and saying the fact that Dwayne Johnson was main eventing next year's WrestleMania made him sick. While breaking the fourth wall by talking to the camera, Punk proposed that he could defend the WWE Championship by wrestling in other companies such as Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro-Wrestling after leaving the company with the title. As a result, Punk was suspended and stripped of his title opportunity at MITB. Cena confronted McMahon and threatened to walk out on him and return the WWE Championship if Punk were not reinstated. McMahon relented on the condition that if Cena lost the title, he would be fired. On the following episode of Raw, McMahon tried to persuade Punk to sign a new contract to ensure the WWE Championship would stay in WWE; McMahon agreed to Punk's demands and apologized to Punk before Cena interrupted the proceedings, resulting in Cena punching Punk and Punk tearing up the agreed upon contract.
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March 31st 2006. Ring of Honor presents the first annual 'Supercard of Honor' from the Frontier Fieldhouse in Chicago Illinois.
This match was rated 5-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
CageMatch.com Rating: 9.47
This match was voted '2006 Match of the Year' by readers of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
This would be the last match rated 5-Stars or higher for more than 5 years, in any promotion, anywhere.
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October 1st, 2005. From the New Yorker Hotel Grand Ballroom in New York City, Ring of Honor presents: 'Joe vs Kobashi'.
This match was awarded 5-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
This is Kenta Kobashi's final 5-star match, and is the last 5-Star match Samoa Joe was a participant in. This match was also the sixth of only seven 5-star matches awarded in the decade of the 2000's.
This match was awarded Match of the Year by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
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TNA's only 5 Star Match
September 11 2005. TNA Unbreakable, held in Orlando Florida at the Impact Zone,
The Fallen Angel Christopher Daniels defends his TNA X-Division Championship against AJ Styles and an undefeated Samoa Joe in an incredible triple threat match.
Cagematch.com Rating: 9.65
This match was awarded 5-Stars in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
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October 16, 2004, Ring of Honor presents 'Punk vs Joe II', live from Frontier Fieldhouse Arena in Chicago Ridge, Illinois.
The first 5-Star Match in Ring of Honor.
Can CM Punk finally defeat the undefeated Ring Of Honor Heavyweight Champion Samoa Joe?
This is both CM Punk and Samoa Joe's first 5-Star Match.
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-This match was the second of only two 5-Star Match ratings given in the year of 2004.
-This match was the fourth of only seven 5-Star Match ratings given for the entire decade of the 2000's.