20.10.2013, 10:12
Dave Meltzer`s bisherige 5 Star Matches sind folgende. Nach Promotions und die jeweilige Anzahl aufgelistet. AJPW dominiert, was wenig ueberraschen duerfte, danach AJW was auch nicht sonderlich ueberrascht. NJPW wird bald an #3 sein und holt auf, dank Okada und Tanahashi.
All Japan Pro Wrestling: 35 Matches
* 12/08/84 Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody vs. Dory Funk & Terry Funk
* 03/09/85 Tiger Mask II vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
* 01/28/86 Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu
* 12/16/88 Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (All Japan RWTL)
* 01/28/89 Genichrio Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Yoshiaki Yatsu & Masanobu Fuchi (JIP)
* 06/06/89 Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu
* 06/08/90 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
* 09/30/90 Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada
* 10/19/90 Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi
* 04/20/91 Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Mistuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi
* 05/22/92 Jumbo Tsuruta & Masanobu Fuchi & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi
* 05/25/92 Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
* 07/05/92 Masanobu Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
* 04/14/93 Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi
* 07/02/93 Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama
* 07/29/93 Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi
* 08/31/93 Steve Williams vs. Kenta Kobashi
* 12/03/93 Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi
* 02/13/94 Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, & Giant Baba vs. Masanobu Fuchi, Toshiaki Kawada, & Akira Taue
* 05/21/94 Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
* 06/03/94 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada
* 01/19/95 Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada
* 01/24/95 Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
* 03/04/95 Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace
* 04/15/95 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue
* 06/09/95 Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
* 06/30/95 Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Satoru Asako vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue & Tamon Honda
* 05/23/96 Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
* 06/07/96 Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace
* 12/06/96 Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama
* 06/06/97 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada
* 12/05/97 Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama
* 10/31/98 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi
* 06/11/99 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi
* 10/23/99 Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling: 17 Matches
* 08/22/85 Lioness Asuka vs. Jaguar Yokota
* 02/26/87 Chigusa Nagayo vs. Lioness Asuka
* 12/06/87 Lioness Asuka/Mika Komatsu/Kazue Nagahori/Mitsuko Nishiwaki/Etsuko Mita/Sachiko Nakamura vs. Chigusa Nagayo/Yumiko Hotta/Mika Takahashi/Mika Suzuki/Yachiyo Hirata/Yumi Ogura
* 01/04/91 Bull Nakano vs Akira Hokuto
* 05/18/92 Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue
* 08/15/92 Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada
* 04/02/93 Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori
* 04/02/93 Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue vs. Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki
* 04/11/93 Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada
* 12/06/93 Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki
* 08/24/94 Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue
* 11/20/94 Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota
* 12/19/94 Double Inoues vs Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada (2/3 Falls)
* 05/07/95 Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue
* 07/23/95 Manami Toyota vs. Mima Shimoda
* 08/30/95 Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa vs Double Inoues
* 09/02/95 Manami Toyota vs Akira Hokuto
National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling (NWA/WCW): 11 Matches
* 2/14/86 Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham (NWA Battle of the Belts 2)
* 4/19/86 Sheepherders vs. Fantastics (Bobby Fulton/Tommy Rogers)
* 1/20/87 Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham (NWA World)
* 4/11/87 Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham
* 2/20/89 Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair (NWA Chi-Town Rumble)
* 3/18/89 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (“5 ½ to 6 stars”)
* 4/2/89 Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair (2/3 falls, NWA Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun)
* 5/7/89 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA WrestleWar '89: Music City Showdown)
* 11/15/89 Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk ("I Quit" Match, NWA Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout)
* 2/24/91 Ric Flair, Larry Zbyszko, Barry Windham, & Sid Vicious vs. Sting, Brian Pillman, Rick Steiner, & Scott Steiner (WarGames Match, WCW WrestleWar 1991)
* 5/17/92 Sting, Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, & Dustin Rhodes vs. Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, & Larry Zbyszko (WarGames Match, WCW WrestleWar 1992)
New Japan Pro Wrestling: 10 Matches
* 04/23/83 Tiger Mask I vs. The Dynamite Kid (NWA Junior Heavyweight Title)
* 03/20/87 Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Mutoh vs. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada
* 09/21/89 Naoki Sano vs Jushin Liger
* 01/31/90 Naoki Sano vs Jushin Liger (unrated but “in another league” from AJPW’s ***** 10/19/90)
* 04/30/92 Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Samurai (Best of The Super Jr. Final)
* 04/16/94 "Wild Pegasus" Chris Benoit vs. Great Sasuke (Super J Cup '94 Final)
* 07/08/94 Jushin Liger vs. Great Sasuke
* 06/05/97 El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto (Best of the Super Jr. IV)
* 10/08/12 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki (NJPW King of Pro Wrestling)
* 04/07/13 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (NJPW Invasion Attack)
World Wrestling Federation/World Wresting Entertainment (WWF/WWE): 4 Matches
* 3/20/94 Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Ladder Match, WrestleMania X) WWF Intercontinental Championship
* 8/29/94 Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (Cage Match, SummerSlam 1994) WWF Championship
* 3/23/97 Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (Submission Match, WrestleMania 13)
* 10/5/97 Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker (Hell in a Cell Match, In Your House: Bad Blood) WWF Championship
Ring of Honor: 4 Matches
* 10/16/04 Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk (ROH Joe vs Punk 2)
* 10/1/05 Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi (ROH Joe vs Kobashi)
* 03/31/06 Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito vs. CIMA & Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino (ROH Supercard Of Honor)
* 03/31/12 Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin (ROH Showdown in the Sun Day 2)
Asistencia Asesorà a y Administración (AAA): 3 Matches
* 01/29/93 Rey Misterio Jr, Winners and Super Calo vs Psicosis, Heavy Metal and El Picudo
* 11/06/94 Los Gringos Locos vs. El Hijo del Santo & Octagon AAA When Worlds Collide; (hair vs. masks)
* 09/22/95 Rey Misterio Jr vs. Psicosis
Japan Women's Pro Wrestling: 2 Matches
* 04/18/93 Bull Nakano vs Devil Masami
* 07/31/93 Dynami Kansai & Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki & Hikari Fukuoka vs. Aja Kong & Sakie Hasegawa & Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue
Pro Wrestling NOAH: 2 Matches
* 3/1/03 Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
* 7/10/04 Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW): 1 Match
* 03/09/96 Rey Misterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera
Michinoku Pro Wrestling: 1 Match
* 10/10/96 Gran Hamada, Super Delfin, Tiger Mask, Gran Naniwa, & Masato Yakushiji vs. Dick Togo, MEN’s Teioh, Shiryu, TAKA Michinoku & Sho Funaki
Smokey Mountain Wrestling: 1 Match
* 5/9/93 Rock & Roll Express, Fuller, Golden & Lee vs. Lane, Prichard, Kyle, Tazmaniac & Sullivan (War Games Rules)
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA): 1 Match
* 9/11/05 AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels (TNA Unbreakable 2005)
Universal Wrestling Federation: 1 Match
* 12/05/84 Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Nobuhiko Takada
World Wrestling Association: 1 Match
* 11/14/92 Terry Funk vs Eddie Gilbert (Texas Death Match)
All Japan Pro Wrestling: 35 Matches
* 12/08/84 Stan Hansen & Bruiser Brody vs. Dory Funk & Terry Funk
* 03/09/85 Tiger Mask II vs. Kuniaki Kobayashi
* 01/28/86 Jumbo Tsuruta and Genichiro Tenryu vs. Riki Choshu and Yoshiaki Yatsu
* 12/16/88 Genichiro Tenryu & Toshiaki Kawada vs. Stan Hansen & Terry Gordy (All Japan RWTL)
* 01/28/89 Genichrio Tenryu, Toshiaki Kawada & Samson Fuyuki vs. Jumbo Tsuruta, Yoshiaki Yatsu & Masanobu Fuchi (JIP)
* 06/06/89 Jumbo Tsuruta vs Genichiro Tenryu
* 06/08/90 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Jumbo Tsuruta
* 09/30/90 Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada
* 10/19/90 Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi
* 04/20/91 Jumbo Tsuruta & Akira Taue & Masanobu Fuchi vs. Mistuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi
* 05/22/92 Jumbo Tsuruta & Masanobu Fuchi & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Toshiaki Kawada & Kenta Kobashi
* 05/25/92 Dan Kroffat & Doug Furnas vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
* 07/05/92 Masanobu Fuchi & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Kenta Kobashi & Tsuyoshi Kikuchi
* 04/14/93 Toshiaki Kawada vs. Kenta Kobashi
* 07/02/93 Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue & Yoshinari Ogawa vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama
* 07/29/93 Stan Hansen vs. Kenta Kobashi
* 08/31/93 Steve Williams vs. Kenta Kobashi
* 12/03/93 Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi
* 02/13/94 Mitsuharu Misawa, Kenta Kobashi, & Giant Baba vs. Masanobu Fuchi, Toshiaki Kawada, & Akira Taue
* 05/21/94 Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
* 06/03/94 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada
* 01/19/95 Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada
* 01/24/95 Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
* 03/04/95 Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace
* 04/15/95 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Akira Taue
* 06/09/95 Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
* 06/30/95 Mitsuharu Misawa & Kenta Kobashi & Satoru Asako vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue & Tamon Honda
* 05/23/96 Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue
* 06/07/96 Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama vs. Steve Williams & Johnny Ace
* 12/06/96 Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama
* 06/06/97 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Toshiaki Kawada
* 12/05/97 Toshiaki Kawada & Akira Taue vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Jun Akiyama
* 10/31/98 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi
* 06/11/99 Mitsuharu Misawa vs. Kenta Kobashi
* 10/23/99 Kenta Kobashi & Jun Akiyama vs. Mitsuharu Misawa & Yoshinari Ogawa
All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling: 17 Matches
* 08/22/85 Lioness Asuka vs. Jaguar Yokota
* 02/26/87 Chigusa Nagayo vs. Lioness Asuka
* 12/06/87 Lioness Asuka/Mika Komatsu/Kazue Nagahori/Mitsuko Nishiwaki/Etsuko Mita/Sachiko Nakamura vs. Chigusa Nagayo/Yumiko Hotta/Mika Takahashi/Mika Suzuki/Yachiyo Hirata/Yumi Ogura
* 01/04/91 Bull Nakano vs Akira Hokuto
* 05/18/92 Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue
* 08/15/92 Manami Toyota vs. Toshiyo Yamada
* 04/02/93 Akira Hokuto vs. Shinobu Kandori
* 04/02/93 Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue vs. Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki
* 04/11/93 Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada
* 12/06/93 Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada vs. Dynamite Kansai & Mayumi Ozaki
* 08/24/94 Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue
* 11/20/94 Aja Kong vs. Manami Toyota
* 12/19/94 Double Inoues vs Manami Toyota & Toshiyo Yamada (2/3 Falls)
* 05/07/95 Manami Toyota vs. Kyoko Inoue
* 07/23/95 Manami Toyota vs. Mima Shimoda
* 08/30/95 Manami Toyota & Sakie Hasegawa vs Double Inoues
* 09/02/95 Manami Toyota vs Akira Hokuto
National Wrestling Alliance/World Championship Wrestling (NWA/WCW): 11 Matches
* 2/14/86 Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham (NWA Battle of the Belts 2)
* 4/19/86 Sheepherders vs. Fantastics (Bobby Fulton/Tommy Rogers)
* 1/20/87 Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham (NWA World)
* 4/11/87 Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham
* 2/20/89 Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair (NWA Chi-Town Rumble)
* 3/18/89 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (“5 ½ to 6 stars”)
* 4/2/89 Ricky Steamboat vs. Ric Flair (2/3 falls, NWA Clash of the Champions VI: Ragin' Cajun)
* 5/7/89 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat (NWA WrestleWar '89: Music City Showdown)
* 11/15/89 Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk ("I Quit" Match, NWA Clash of the Champions IX: New York Knockout)
* 2/24/91 Ric Flair, Larry Zbyszko, Barry Windham, & Sid Vicious vs. Sting, Brian Pillman, Rick Steiner, & Scott Steiner (WarGames Match, WCW WrestleWar 1991)
* 5/17/92 Sting, Nikita Koloff, Ricky Steamboat, Barry Windham, & Dustin Rhodes vs. Rick Rude, Steve Austin, Arn Anderson, Bobby Eaton, & Larry Zbyszko (WarGames Match, WCW WrestleWar 1992)
New Japan Pro Wrestling: 10 Matches
* 04/23/83 Tiger Mask I vs. The Dynamite Kid (NWA Junior Heavyweight Title)
* 03/20/87 Shiro Koshinaka & Keiji Mutoh vs. Akira Maeda & Nobuhiko Takada
* 09/21/89 Naoki Sano vs Jushin Liger
* 01/31/90 Naoki Sano vs Jushin Liger (unrated but “in another league” from AJPW’s ***** 10/19/90)
* 04/30/92 Jushin Thunder Liger vs. El Samurai (Best of The Super Jr. Final)
* 04/16/94 "Wild Pegasus" Chris Benoit vs. Great Sasuke (Super J Cup '94 Final)
* 07/08/94 Jushin Liger vs. Great Sasuke
* 06/05/97 El Samurai vs. Koji Kanemoto (Best of the Super Jr. IV)
* 10/08/12 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki (NJPW King of Pro Wrestling)
* 04/07/13 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada (NJPW Invasion Attack)
World Wrestling Federation/World Wresting Entertainment (WWF/WWE): 4 Matches
* 3/20/94 Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Ladder Match, WrestleMania X) WWF Intercontinental Championship
* 8/29/94 Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (Cage Match, SummerSlam 1994) WWF Championship
* 3/23/97 Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (Submission Match, WrestleMania 13)
* 10/5/97 Shawn Michaels vs. Undertaker (Hell in a Cell Match, In Your House: Bad Blood) WWF Championship
Ring of Honor: 4 Matches
* 10/16/04 Samoa Joe vs. CM Punk (ROH Joe vs Punk 2)
* 10/1/05 Samoa Joe vs. Kenta Kobashi (ROH Joe vs Kobashi)
* 03/31/06 Dragon Kid & Genki Horiguchi & Ryo Saito vs. CIMA & Naruki Doi & Masato Yoshino (ROH Supercard Of Honor)
* 03/31/12 Davey Richards vs. Michael Elgin (ROH Showdown in the Sun Day 2)
Asistencia Asesorà a y Administración (AAA): 3 Matches
* 01/29/93 Rey Misterio Jr, Winners and Super Calo vs Psicosis, Heavy Metal and El Picudo
* 11/06/94 Los Gringos Locos vs. El Hijo del Santo & Octagon AAA When Worlds Collide; (hair vs. masks)
* 09/22/95 Rey Misterio Jr vs. Psicosis
Japan Women's Pro Wrestling: 2 Matches
* 04/18/93 Bull Nakano vs Devil Masami
* 07/31/93 Dynami Kansai & Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki & Hikari Fukuoka vs. Aja Kong & Sakie Hasegawa & Kyoko Inoue & Takako Inoue
Pro Wrestling NOAH: 2 Matches
* 3/1/03 Kenta Kobashi vs. Mitsuharu Misawa
* 7/10/04 Kenta Kobashi vs. Jun Akiyama
Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW): 1 Match
* 03/09/96 Rey Misterio Jr vs Juventud Guerrera
Michinoku Pro Wrestling: 1 Match
* 10/10/96 Gran Hamada, Super Delfin, Tiger Mask, Gran Naniwa, & Masato Yakushiji vs. Dick Togo, MEN’s Teioh, Shiryu, TAKA Michinoku & Sho Funaki
Smokey Mountain Wrestling: 1 Match
* 5/9/93 Rock & Roll Express, Fuller, Golden & Lee vs. Lane, Prichard, Kyle, Tazmaniac & Sullivan (War Games Rules)
Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA): 1 Match
* 9/11/05 AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe vs. Christopher Daniels (TNA Unbreakable 2005)
Universal Wrestling Federation: 1 Match
* 12/05/84 Kazuo Yamazaki vs. Nobuhiko Takada
World Wrestling Association: 1 Match
* 11/14/92 Terry Funk vs Eddie Gilbert (Texas Death Match)