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Originally Posted by .isolated
My 5* match list c/p from another site :
ROH:
Joe vs Kobashi
Bryan vs KENTA - GBH V Night 2
Punk vs Joe - Punk/Joe II & All Star Extravaganza II
Do Fixer vs Blood Generation - SuperCard of Honor
Morishima vs Bryan - Manahattan Mayhem II
Bryan vs London - Epic Encounter
Bryan vs Nigel - 6th Anniversary Show
Nigel vs Aries - Rising Above 2007
Briscoes vs Steenerico - Ladder match - Man Up
BJ Whitmer vs Jimmy Jacobs - Cage match - SuperCard of Honor II
PWG:
Young Bucks vs Super Smash Bros - Death to all but Metal
Young Bucks vs Super Smash Bros vs Future Shock - Ladder match - Threemendous III
Steen vs Generico - Ladder match - Steen Wolf
Elgin/Cage/Steen vs Ricochet/Swann/Fox - ASW 9 Night 2
Dragon Gate USA:
Richards vs Shingo
WWE:
Bret vs Austin - WM 13
Edge/Rey vs Angle/Benoit - No Mercy 2002
Punk vs Cena - MitB
Angle vs Austin - SummerSlam '01
HBK vs Undertaker - WM 25
TLC II & III
HBK vs Benoit vs HHH - WM 20
Austin/HHH vs Benoit/Jericho - 5/21/01
NWA/WCW
Flair vs Steamboat - Chi-Town Rumble & Clash & Wrestle War
Flair vs Funk - Great American Bash & Clash
Psychosis vs Rey - Bash at the Beach '96
Eddie vs Rey - Halloween Havoc '97
Flair vs Windham - Battle of the Belts II
TNA:
Joe vs Styles vs Daniels - Unbreakable 2005
AJPW:
Jumbo vs Tenryu - 6/5/89
Jumbo vs Misawa - 6/8/90
Jumbo/Taue vs Misawa/Kawada - 12/7/90
Kawada vs Misawa - 6/3/94
Kawada/Taue vs Misawa/Kobashi - 12/3/93 & & 5/21/94 & 6/9/95 (GOAT match and not close)
Kawada vs Hansen - 2/28/93
Jumbo/Taue/Fuchi vs Kawada/Kobashi/Misawa - 4/20/91
Misawa vs Kobashi - 1/20/97
Kobashi/Kikuchi vs Can-Ams - 5/25/92
Hansen vs Kobashi - 7/29/93
Taue vs Misawa - 4/15/95
Sasaki vs Kawada - 10/9/00
Kawada vs Tenryu - 10/28/00
NOAH:
Misawa vs Kobashi - 3/1/03
Kobashi vs Sasaki - 7/18/05
NJPW:
Okada vs Naito - 3/4/12
Okada vs Tanahashi - 6/16/12
Okada vs Tanahashi - 4/7/13
MiSu vs Tanahashi - 10/8/12
Goto vs Tanahashi - 11/11/07 & 6/18/10
Iizuka/Nagata vs Kawada/Fuchi - 12/14/00
Shinjiro Ohtani vs Ultimo Dragon - 8/4/96
El Samurai vs Kanemoto - 6/5/97
Jushin Liger vs Shinjiro Ohtani - 2/9/97
Jushin Liger vs Great Sasuke - 7/8/94
Okada vs Tanahashi - 1/4/15
Okada vs Omega - 1/4/17
I have more than this that I just haven't written down and some others I want to rewatch before I call them 5*. I know not many on this forum are huge into star ratings but if you want to watch some excellent wrestling, this list is perfect.
Before acknowledging my entry, I have to say that there were a bunch of great matches in NJPW last year that I just never rated and I'm sure there's one or two that are 5*. I've watched Nakamura vs. Zayn a handful of times but have never rated it
I have to add Okada vs Omega from The Dome. A brilliant match with tons of high spots. I posted ten of them in the awesome gif thread. There were so many more. I know that I didn't need a rewatch of this to rate it 5*...though I have watched it three times. I was more excited and more sucked into this match than the match I have as match of the decade, Tanahashi vs Okada 4/7/13. Does that mean that I rate Okada vs Omega as MotD? Perhaps I should, but I don't want to. I'm such a Tanahashi mark. They're two different types of matches! The Tanahashi match was a limb working match and the Omega match was an incredible high spot match. They're different, damnit! They're tied for MotD because they're different types of matches....
I was on the edge of my seat forever. I was hoping that the match would never end. Despite wanting Okada to win, I was disappointed when he did because it meant the match was over. After the match, I was also disappointed that Okada won because it would've propelled Omega to even more acclaim than he had after the match. It did make sense for Okada to win after christening him as The Ace of NJPW at the prior Wrestle Kingdom.
I have yet to rewatch Naito vs Tanahashi and I don't think I can even rule this out as 5* yet.