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Professional wrestling journalist and sports historian Dave Meltzer has assigned his ratings to professional wrestling events since the creation of his publication, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 1982, and named his first 5-star match in 1983. Receiving a 5 or higher star rating is considered by many to be a great achievement. [1]
This list may not reflect recent changes. ... List of professional wrestling matches rated 5 or more stars by Dave Meltzer; List of Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards;
Meltzer popularized the star rating system (devised by Jim Cornette and his childhood friend Norm M. "Weasel" Dooley), [8] [9] [10] which rates matches on a scale of zero to five stars (sometimes going into negative stars in the case of very bad matches) in a similar manner to that used by many movie critics. [6]
I actually compiled a few 'five star matches' lists together into one list, although I don't know if that counts as a credible source.ItsMichaelRay 01:04, 18 July 2019 (UTC) You also need to be careful of matches that are often reported as 5 stars, but did not receive 5 stars from Meltzer himself.
TNA promoted the match as an X Division "Dream Bout" pitting the top competitors in the division against each other for the championship. [22] Styles won the match and the title by pinning Daniels. [23] Wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer bestowed a rare 5 Star match rating to the bout between A.J. Styles, Christopher Daniels and Samoa Joe. [24]
In 2021, Stardom introduced the World of Stardom challenge rights certificate, in which the winner of 5 Star Grand Prix receives a contract for a future World of Stardom Championship match. Like NJPW's Tokyo Dome IWGP Heavyweight Championship challenge rights certificate, the contract is kept in a briefcase and can be defended until the title ...
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The Stardom 5 Star Grand Prix is a professional wrestling tournament held each summer by Stardom.Similar to Bushiroad-owned male counterpart New Japan Pro-Wrestling with the G1 Climax tournament, it is currently held as a round-robin tournament with wrestlers split into two pools.