The Great Matches

June 15, 2017June 22, 2017 by jamesdixonwriter, posted in Rankings & Ratings

Below is a list of every match we’ve rated **** or higher throughout the course of our books or on this website.

[PLEASE NOTE, THIS LIST CURRENTLY ONLY COVERS UP UNTIL 2004, AND 2015, 2016 AND 2017. IT IS A CONSTANT WORK IN PROGRESS]

*****

11.28.85 – Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum T.A. (Steel Cage)
01.20.87 – Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham
03.29.87 – Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage
04.02.89 – Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat
05.07.89 – Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat
11.15.89 – Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk (“I Quit” Match)
03.24.91 – Randy Savage vs. The Ultimate Warrior
01.19.92 – Royal Rumble Match
08.29.92 – Bret Hart vs. The British Bulldog
01.11.94 – The Steiner Brothers vs. Bret Hart & Owen Hart
03.20.94 – Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart
03.20.94 – Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Ladder Match)
08.29.94 – Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (Cage Match)
08.27.95 – Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Ladder Match)
09.22.96 – Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind
11.17.96 – Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin
10.05.97 – Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (Hell in a Cell)
10.26.97 – Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.
06.28.98 – Mankind vs. The Undertaker (Hell in a Cell)
01.23.00 – Triple H vs. Mankind (Street Fight)
08.27.00 – The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian (TLC Match)
04.01.01 – The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian (TLC Match)
04.01.01 – The Rock vs. Steve Austin
08.25.02 – Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H (Street Fight)
01.19.03 – Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit
01.04.15 – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi
01.04.15 – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada
08.22.15 – Sasha Banks vs. Bayley
04.01.16 – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn
01.04.17 – Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega
03.12.17 – Ilja Dragunov vs. WALTER
06.03.17 – Will Ospreay vs. KUSHIDA
06.11.17 – Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega

****3/4

04.05.92 – Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper
06.13.93 – Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect
09.28.94 – Shawn Michaels & Diesel vs. Razor Ramon & 1-2-3 Kid
03.31.96 – Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (Iron Man Match)
04.28.96 – Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel (No Holds Barred)
03.03.97 – Owen Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith
03.23.97 – Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (Submission)
07.06.97 – The Hart Foundation vs. Austin/Shamrock/Goldust/LOD
12.10.00 – Angle vs. Austin vs. Rock vs. Rikishi vs. Undertaker vs. Triple H (Hell in a Cell)
01.21.01 – Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit (Ladder)
02.25.01 – Steve Austin vs. Triple H (Three Stages of Hell)
05.21.01 – Steve Austin & Triple H vs. Chris Jericho & Chris Benoit
10.20.02 – Edge & Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit
12.03.02 – Edge vs. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero
03.14.04 – Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit
01.25.15 – Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins
11.07.15 – Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma
01.04.16 – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles
01.04.16 – Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
02.11.16 – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii
08.21.16 – AJ Styles vs. John Cena
11.19.16 – The Revival vs. #DIY
05.29.17 – Tyler Bate vs. Travis Banks

****1/2

11.26.87 – Team Strike Force vs. Team Demolition
11.24.88 – Team Powers of Pain vs. Team Demolition
02.16.89 – The Brain Busters vs. The Rockers
08.28.89 – The Brain Busters vs. The Hart Foundation
12.14.89 – The Hart Foundation vs. The Rockers
08.26.91 – Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect
04.05.92 – Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage
08.29.92 – Randy Savage vs. The Ultimate Warrior
10.12.92 – Bret Hart vs. Ric Flair
01.18.93 – Ric Flair vs. Mr. Perfect
06.21.93 – Doink the Clown vs. Marty Jannetty (2/3 Falls)
07.11.94 – Bret Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid
07.23.95 – Jeff Jarrett vs. Shawn Michaels
12.17.95 – Bret Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith
02.16.97 – Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin vs. Vader vs. The Undertaker
05.26.97   Owen/Davey vs. Michaels/Austin
06.08.97   Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels
09.20.97   Bret Hart vs. The Undertaker
08.30.98    The Rock vs. Triple H (Ladder Match)
10.04.99 Chris Benoit vs. Bret Hart
10.17.99    The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian (Ladder Match)
02.27.00    Triple H vs. Mick Foley (Hell in a Cell)
04.30.00   Triple H vs. The Rock
07.23.00    Triple H vs. Chris Jericho (Last Man Standing)
02.25.01   Kurt Angle vs. The Rock
08.19.01   Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle
09.23.01    Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho (Hardcore Match)
04.21.02   Edge vs. Kurt Angle
09.22.02 Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle
03.30.03 Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho
07.27.03 Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas vs. Rey Mysterio & Kidman
01.25.04 Royal Rumble Match
02.15.04 Brock Lesnar vs. Eddie Guerrero
05.20.15   Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch
05.31.15    John Cena vs. Kevin Owens
06.14.15    John Cena vs. Kevin Owens
06.29.15   John Cena vs. Cesaro
07.05.15 AJ Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada
07.06.15   John Cena vs. Cesaro
07.19.15   John Cena vs. Kevin Owens
08.22.15    Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens
08.28.15 – Zack Sabre Jr., Marty Scurll & Tommy End vs. Roderick Strong & The Young Bucks
08.29.15 – Chris Hero vs. Timothy Thatcher
08.29.15 – Super Dragon & The Young Bucks vs. Biff Busick, Andrew Everett & Trevor Lee
08.30.15 – Marty Scurll vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
09.20.15    Seth Rollins vs. John Cena
10.07.15    Bayley vs. Sasha Banks (Iron Woman Match)
01.04.16 Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata
07.24.16 Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens
09.03.16 – Will Ospreay, Ricochet & Matt Sydal vs. Adam Cole & The Young Bucks
09.14.16 Kota Ibushi vs. TJ Perkins
11.27.16 – Matt Riddle vs. Will Ospreay
12.11.16 – Pete Dunne vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
01.04.17 – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto
01.04.17 – Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
01.29.17 – South Pacific Power Trip vs. Ringkampf
01.29.17 – AJ Styles vs. John Cena
03.10.17 – WALTER vs. David Starr
03.11.17 – Axel Dieter Jr. vs. Jurn Simmons
03.19.17 – Will Ospreay vs. Mark Andrews
03.26.17 – Matt Riddle vs. WALTER
04.13.17 – Will Ospreay vs. Josh Bodom
05.18.17 – Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet
06.11.17 – Hiromu Takahashi vs. KUSHIDA

****1/4

02.23.87 Randy Savage, Harley Race & Adrian Adonis vs. Roddy Piper, Ricky Steamboat & Junkyard Dog
11.24.87   Jumping Bomb Angels vs. Glamour Girls
12.28.89    Roddy Piper vs. Rick Rude (Cage Match)
01.21.90   Royal Rumble Match
04.24.90   Ted DiBiase vs. Shawn Michaels
01.19.91   The Orient Express vs. The Rockers
12.02.91   Ric Flair vs. Shawn Michaels
07.21.92    Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (Ladder Match)
11.23.92   Marty Jannetty vs. Shawn Michaels
05.17.93   Marty Jannetty vs. Shawn Michaels
07.19.93   Marty Jannetty vs. Shawn Michaels
11.20.95   Bret Hart vs. Diesel
07.07.96   Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psychosis
07.21.96   Camp Cornette vs. Shawn Michaels, Sid & Ahmed Johnson
02.07.00    Triple H/Benoit/Saturn/Guerrero/Malenko vs. Rock/Cactus/Rikishi/Too Cool
05.21.00    Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit (Submission Match)
07.23.00   The Rock vs. Chris Benoit
06.11.01 Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle (Steel Cage)
10.21.01   The Rock vs. Chris Jericho
05.27.02 Eddie Guerrero vs. Rob Van Dam (Ladder Match)
10.20.02 Brock Lesnar vs. The Undertaker (Hell in a Cell)
11.17.02 Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Booker T vs. Chris Jericho vs. Rob Vam Dam vs. Kane (Elimination Chamber)
12.15.02 Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit
12.15.02 Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H (3 Stages of Hell)
03.30.03 Kurt Angle vs. Brock Lesnar
01.04.13 Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba
01.04.14 Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata
02.11.15   Finn Balor vs. Adrian Neville
02.11.15   Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens
03.29.15   Brock Lesnar vs. Roman Reigns
07.04.15   Kevin Owens vs. Finn Balor
07.05.15 Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Katsuyori Shibata
07.20.15 Kota Ibushi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi
08.28.15 – Mark Andrews vs. Will Ospreay
08.28.15 – Fenix vs. Matt Sydal
09.06.15 – Will Ospreay vs. Mark Haskins
11.15.15 – Drew Galloway vs. Grado
11.16.15    Cesaro vs. Roman Reigns
04.01.16    Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe
04.03.16 Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch
04.10.16 – El Ligero & Nathan Cruz vs. Mark Andrews & Eddie Dennis
05.01.16 Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn
05.22.16 The Miz vs. Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro vs. Sami Zayn
05.22.16 Roman Reigns vs. A.J. Styles
08.20.16 The Revival vs. #DIY
09.02.16 – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tommy End
09.03.16 – Tommy End & Chris Hero vs. Pentagon Jr. & Fenix
09.14.16 Gran Metalik vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
09.14.16 Gran Metalik vs. TJ Perkins
10.09.16 AJ Styles vs. John Cena vs. Dean Ambrose
11.27.16 – Jimmy Havoc vs. Matt Riddle vs. Pete Dunne vs. Trent Seven vs. Sebastian vs. Travis Banks vs. TK Cooper
12.30.16 – Jimmy Havoc vs. Will Ospreay
01.04.17 – KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi
01.15.17 – Pete Dunne vs. Tyler Bate
01.21.17 – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Marty Scurll
01.21.17 – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Matt Riddle
01.29.17 – Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns
02.26.17 – Mark Andrews vs. Shane Strickland
03.12.17 – Donovan Dijak & JT Dunn vs. ACH & Mike Bailey
03.19.17 – Pete Dunne vs. Jimmy Havoc
03.26.17 – Pete Dunne vs. Mark Andrews
04.01.17 – The Authors of Pain vs. #DIY vs. The Revival
04.13.17 – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. KUSHIDA
05.14.17 – Kairi Hojo vs. Mayu Iwatani
05.29.17 – Matt Riddle vs. Tyler Bate
06.18.17 – AJ Styles vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Baron Corbin (MITB)

****

05.04.81 Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter (Alley Fight)
11.24.83 Harley Race vs. Ric Flair (Steel Cage)
09.01.84   Tito Santana vs. Paul Orndorff
07.13.85   The British Bulldogs vs. The Hart Foundation
09.14.85   The Dynamite Kid vs. Bret Hart
03.08.86   Bret Hart vs. Ricky Steamboat
07.27.86   Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat
07.12.86    Bruno Sammartino & Roddy Piper vs. Randy Savage & Adrian Adonis (Cage Match)
11.27.86 The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express vs. The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Steel Cage)
03.12.88   The Jumping Bomb Angels vs. The Glamour Girls
04.01.90   Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior
02.18.91   Mr. Perfect vs. Roddy Piper
10.05.91   Ric Flair vs. The Texas Tornado
11.13.91   Ric Flair vs. Bret Hart
11.25.92   Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
06.17.93 The Hollywood Blondes vs. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson
08.16.93    The Steiner Brothers vs. Money Inc. (Cage Match)
11.24.93   The Rock N Roll Express vs. The Heavenly Bodies
01.22.94   The Quebecers vs. Bret Hart & Owen Hart
04.17.94 Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne vs. The Nasty Boys (Street Fight)
06.16.94   Owen Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid
08.15.94   Owen Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid
08.01.94   Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon
01.09.95   Bret Hart vs. Jeff Jarrett
01.22.95   Diesel vs. Bret Hart
02.20.95   Shawn Michaels vs. Davey Boy Smith
05.14.95   Owen Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith
10.16.95 Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero
11.20.95   Owen Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
01.21.96   The Undertaker vs. Bret Hart
02.18.96   Shawn Michaels vs. Owen Hart
05.28.96    Steve Austin vs. Savio Vega (Strap Match)
08.07.96 Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko
08.18.96   Shawn Michaels vs. Vader
11.17.96   Shawn Michaels vs. Sycho Sid
08.03.97   Owen Hart vs. Steve Austin
09.14.97 Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Jericho
09.20.97   Owen Hart vs. Vader
09.20.97   Shawn Michaels vs. Davey Boy Smith
01.18.98    The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels (Casket Match)
04.26.98   Steve Austin vs. Dude Love
05.31.98   Steve Austin vs. Dude Love
08.24.98    Mankind vs. Kane (Hell in a Cell)
02.14.99    Mankind vs. The Rock (Last Man Standing)
02.15.99    Mankind vs. The Rock (Ladder Match)
03.28.99   Steve Austin vs. The Rock
01.23.00    The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz (Tables Match)
04.02.00    The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian (Ladder Match)
05.21.00    The Rock vs. Triple H (60 Minute Iron Man Match)
09.25.00    The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian (Ladder Match)
05.20.01    Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle (2/3 Falls Match)
06.24.01    Kurt Angle vs. Shane McMahon (Street Fight)
07.22.01    Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam (Hardcore Match)
07.22.01   The WWF vs. The Alliance
11.03.01   Chris Jericho vs. Kurt Angle
12.09.01   The Rock vs. Chris Jericho
01.20.02   Royal Rumble Match
03.17.02   The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan
05.19.02 Edge vs. Kurt Angle
05.19.02 Triple H vs. Chris Jericho (Hell in a Cell)
05.28.02 Edge vs. Kurt Angle (Steel Cage)
09.22.02 Eddie Guerrero vs. Edge
09.24.02 Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit
10.07.02 Kane vs. Bubba Ray & Spike Dudley vs. Christian & Chris Jericho vs. Jef Hardy & Rob Van Dam (TLC)
11.17.02 Edge & Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit vs. Los Guerreros
07.27.03 Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit
11.16.03 Orton, Jericho, Christian, Henry & Steiner vs. Michaels, Dudley Boyz, Rob Van Dam & Booker T
03.14.04 Randy Orton, Batista & Ric Flair vs. The Rock & Mick Foley
03.14.04 Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle
04.18.04 Randy Orton vs. Cactus Jack (Hardcore)
04.18.04 Chris Benoit vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels
05.16.04 Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL
01.04.13 Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki
01.04.14 Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito
01.04.15 Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makabe
02.11.15   Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Becky Lynch
02.22.15   Daniel Bryan vs. Roman Reigns
03.30.15   Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler
05.04.15   Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose
07.04.15   Chris Jericho vs. Neville
07.05.15 Hirooki Goto vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
07.13.15   Cesaro vs. Rusev vs. Kevin Owens
07.20.15 AJ Styles vs. Katsuyori Shibata
07.23.15 Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomohiro Ishii
07.23.15 Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin
08.03.15    Seth Rollins vs. Neville
08.10.15    Randy Orton vs. Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens
08.23.15    Seth Rollins vs. John Cena
08.23.15    The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar
08.29.15 – Pentagon Jr. & Drago vs. Fenix & Aero Star
08.29.15 – Mike Bailey vs. Drew Galloway
08.30.15 – Pentagon Jr. vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
08.30.15 – Team Ciampa vs. Team Taylor
10.25.15    The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar (Hell in a Cell)
11.16.15    Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler
12.13.15    New Day vs. Lucha Dragons vs. Usos (Ladder Match)
12.16.15    Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe
01.24.16    Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens (Last Man Standing)
04.01.16    American Alpha vs. The Revival
04.01.16    Bayley vs. Asuka
04.03.16 – Owens vs. Zayn vs. Ziggler vs. Miz vs. Stardust vs. Sin Cara vs. Ryder (Ladder)
04.10.16 – Marty Scurll vs. Tommy End
04.11.16 AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn
05.01.16 AJ Styles vs. Roman Reigns
05.23.16 AJ Styles Kevin Owen
06.08.16 American Alpha vs. The Revival
06.19.16 AJ Styles vs. John Cena
07.24.16 Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns
08.20.16 Samoa Joe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
08.21.16 Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte
09.02.16 – Jeff Cobb vs. Ricochet
09.03.16 – Pete Dunne vs. Mark Andrews
09.04.16 – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Will Ospreay
09.04.16 – The Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. & Fenix
09.11.16 AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose
10.09.16 The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler
10.30.16 – Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks (Hell in a Cell)
11.19.16 Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe
11.27.16 – Trent Seven & Pete Dunne vs. The London Riots
12.11.16 – Marty Scurll vs. Jimmy Havoc
12.30.16 – Trent Seven & Tyler Bate vs. The London Riots vs. Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr.
01.15.17 – Pete Dunne vs. Mark Andrews
01.28.17 – #DIY vs. The Authors of Pain
02.05.17 – Josh Bodom vs. Oliver Carter
02.05.17 – Wolfgang vs. Trent Seven
02.12.17 – John Cena vs. AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose vs. The Miz vs. Baron Corbin vs. Bray Wyatt (Elimination Chamber)
02.26.17 – Jordan Devlin vs. Travis Banks
03.10.17 – Mike Bailey vs. ACH
03.11.17 – Matt Riddle vs. Mike Bailey
03.11.17 – David Starr vs. ACH vs. Paul London vs. Absolute Andy
03.19.17 – Trent Seven & Tyler Bate vs. South Pacific Power Trip
03.19.17 – Ringkampf vs. The Hunter Brothers
03.26.17 – Mark Haskins vs. Axel Dieter Jr.
04.02.17 – Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar
04.13.17 – Chris Brookes & Travis Banks vs. Sami Callihan & Martin Stone
04.13.17 – Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. Lio Rush, Shane Strickland & Ryan Smile
04.23.17 – South Pacific Power Trip vs. The London Riots
04.23.17 – British Strong Style vs. Ringkampf
04.30.17 – Daisuke Sekimoto, Kento Miyahara & Kengo Mashimo vs. Zeus, Ryoji Sai & KAI
04.30.17 – Joe Doering vs. Shuji Ishikawa
05.07.17 – #CCK vs. The London Riots
05.07.17 – Marty Scurll vs. Kyle O’Reilly
05.13.17 – Emil Sitoci vs. Angelico vs. Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr
05.14.17 – Tyler Bate vs. Matt Riddle
05.14.17 – Pete Dunne vs. Mark Haskins vs. Mark Andrews
05.17.17 – Marty Scurll vs. Will Ospreay
05.17.17 – Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee
06.03.17 – Taguchi Japan vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon
06.04.17 – Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns vs. Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe
06.11.17 – Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi

* Match was rated at both ***** and -***** by James Dixon in Volume 4.

Indy Star Ratings Year By Year

June 8, 2017June 20, 2017 by jamesdixonwriter, posted in Rankings & Ratings

2015

08.28.15 – Biff Busick vs. Andrew Everett ***3/4
08.28.15 – Mark Andrews vs. Will Ospreay ****1/4
08.28.15 – Ricochet & Rich Swann vs. Angelico & Jack Evans ***
08.28.15 – Trent? vs. Trevor Lee ***1/4
08.28.15 – Drago vs. Pentagon Jr. ***1/4
08.28.15 – Fenix vs. Matt Sydal ****1/4
08.28.15 – Zack Sabre Jr., Marty Scurll & Tommy End vs. Roderick Strong & The Young Bucks ****1/2
08.29.15 – Marty Scurll vs. Rich Swann ***1/4
08.29.15 – Angelico vs. Jack Evans ***1/2
08.29.15 – Chris Hero vs. Timothy Thatcher ****1/2
08.29.15 – Pentagon Jr. & Drago vs. Fenix & Aero Star ****
08.29.15 – Drew Gulak vs. Tommy End ***
08.29.15 – Mike Bailey vs. Drew Galloway ****
08.29.15 – Ricochet vs. Zack Sabre Jr. ***3/4
08.29.15 – Super Dragon & The Young Bucks vs. Biff Busick, Andrew Everett & Trevor Lee ****1/2
08.30.15 – Biff Busick vs. Chris Hero ***1/4
08.30.15 – Marty Scurll vs. Trevor Lee ***1/2
08.30.15 – Pentagon Jr. vs. Zack Sabre Jr. ****
08.30.15 – Mike Bailey vs. Tommy End ***3/4
08.30.15 – Will Ospreay vs. Matt Sydal ***3/4
08.30.15 – Roderick Strong, Super Dragon & The Young Bucks vs/ Angelico, Fenix, Ricochet & Rich Swann ***3/4
08.30.15 – Jack Evans vs. Chris Hero ***1/2
08.30.15 – Will Ospreay vs. Mike Bailey ***1/4
08.30.15 – Marty Scurll vs. Zack Sabre Jr. ****1/2
08.30.15 – Team Ciampa vs. Team Taylor ****
08.30.15 – Mike Bailey vs. Chris Hero vs. Zack Sabre Jr. ****

09.06.15 – Jimmy Havoc vs. Paul Robinson ***1/4
09.06.15 – Marty Scurll vs. Kris Travis ***
09.06.15 – The Sumerian Death Squad vs. Adam Cole & Roderick Strong ***3/4
09.06.15 – Will Ospreay vs. Mark Haskins ****1/4

11.15.15 – Rhino vs. Joe Coffey ***
11.15.15 – Cage Match: Legion vs. The New Age Kliq ***1/2
11.15.15 – Big Damo vs. Jack Jester ***
11.15.15 – Drew Galloway vs. Grado ****1/4

2016

04.10.16 – Pete Dunne & Damien Dunne vs. Trent Seven & Tyler Bate ***
04.10.16 – Flash Morgan Webster vs. Mark Haskins ***3/4
04.10.16 – WALTER vs. T-Bone ***
04.10.16 – Marty Scurll vs. Tommy End ****
04.10.16 – El Ligero & Nathan Cruz vs. Mark Andrews & Eddie Dennis ****1/4
09.02.16 – Marty Scurll vs. Pentagon Jr. ***3/4
09.02.16 – Jeff Cobb vs. Ricochet ****
09.02.16 – Will Ospreay vs. Fenix ***3/4
09.02.16 – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Tommy End ****1/4
09.02.16 – Chris Hero vs. Jushin Liger ***3/4
09.03.16 – Dalton Castle vs. Tommaso Ciampa ***
09.03.16 – Pete Dunne vs. Mark Andrews ****
09.03.16 – Tommy End & Chris Hero vs. Pentagon Jr. & Fenix ****1/4
09.03.16 – Kamaitachi vs. Trevor Lee ***1/4
09.03.16 – Cedric Alexander vs. Mark Haskins ***3/4
09.03.16 – Matt Riddle vs. Kyle O’Reilly ***
09.03.16 – Will Ospreay, Ricochet & Matt Sydal vs. Adam Cole & The Young Bucks ****1/2
09.04.16 – Marty Scurll vs. Cody Rhodes ***1/2
09.04.16 – Chris Hero vs. Mark Andrews ***1/2
09.04.16 – Mask Haskins vs. Kyle O’Reilly ***1/4
09.04.16 – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Will Ospreay ****
09.04.16 – The Young Bucks vs. Pentagon Jr. & Fenix ****
09.04.16 – Mark Andrews vs. Trevor Lee ***
09.04.16 – Mark Haskins vs. Marty Scurll ***1/2
09.04.16 – Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet ***3/4
09.04.16 – Will Ospreay vs. Marty Scurll vs. Trevor Lee ***1/2

11.20.16 – Lewis Girvan vs. Ricochet ***1/2
11.20.16 – Kurt Angle vs. Joe Coffey ***
11.27.16 – Eddie Dennis & Mark Andrews vs. The South Pacific Power Trip ***1/4
11.27.16 – Trent Seven & Pete Dunne vs. The London Riots ****
11.27.16 – Matt Riddle vs. Will Ospreay ****1/2
11.27.16 – Marty Scurll vs. Jimmy Havoc ***1/2
11.27.16 – Matt Riddle vs. Jimmy Havoc vs. Pete Dunne vs. Trent Seven vs. Sebastian vs. Travis Banks vs. TK Cooper ****1/4

12.11.16 – London Riots vs. The New Nation ***
12.11.16 – Atlas Championship Open Challenge ***1/2
12.11.16 – Marty Scurll vs. Jimmy Havoc ****
12.11.16 – Adam Cole vs. Will Ospreay ***3/4
12.11.16 – Pete Dunne vs. Zack Sabre Jr. ****1/2
12.30.16 – South Pacific Power Trip vs. FSU & Nixon Newell ***3/4
12.30.16 – Toni Storm vs. Kay Lee Ray ***1/2
12.30.16 – Trent Seven & Tyler Bate vs. The London Riots vs. Marty Scurll & Zack Sabre Jr. ****
12.30.16 – Pete Dunne vs. Fabian Aichner ***1/2
12.30.16 – Jimmy Havoc vs. Will Ospreay ****1/4

2017
01.15.17 – The London Riots vs. Ringkampf ***3/4
01.15.17 – South Pacific Power Trip vs. The Origin Banter Edition ***
01.15.17 – Rampage Brown vs. Matt Riddle ***3/4
01.21.17 – Josh Bodom vs. Ryan Smile ***1/2
01.21.17 – Joel Redman & Charlie Sterling vs. War Machine ***1/4
01.21.17 – Pete Dunne vs. YOSHI-HASHI ***1/2
01.21.17 – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Marty Scurll ****1/4
01.21.17 – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Matt Riddle ****1/4
01.29.17 – King Of The North vs. London Riots ***
01.29.17 – South Pacific Power Trip vs. Ringkampf ****1/2
01.29.17 – Pete Dunne vs. Jimmy Havoc ***1/2

02.05.17 – Lord Gideon Grey vs. Timothy Thatcher ***
02.05.17 – Marty Scurll vs. Luke Phoenix ***1/2
02.05.17 – Travis Banks vs. Ryan Smile ***1/2
02.05.17 – Dave Mastiff vs. Eddie Dennis ***
02.05.17 – Josh Bodom vs. Oliver Carter ****
02.05.17 – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Mike Bailey ***3/4
02.05.17 – Polo Promotions vs. The Marauders ***
02.05.17 – Kay Lee Ray vs. Kasey ***1/4
02.05.17 – Kenny Williams vs. Ricochet ***3/4
02.05.17 – Wolfgang vs. Trent Seven ****
02.05.17 – Square Go Match 2017
02.26.17 – Dahlia Black vs. Martina The Session Moth ***
02.26.17 – Jordan Devlin vs. Travis Banks ****
02.26.17 – Sebastian vs. William Eaver ***1/4
02.26.17 – Mark Andrews vs. Shane Strickland ****1/4
02.26.17 – El Ligero vs. Nathan Cruz ***
02.26.17 – Pete Dunne, Tyler Bate & Trent Seven vs. Jimmy Havoc, Mark Haskins & Flash Morgan Webster ***3/4

03.10.17 – Marius Al-Ani vs. JT Dunn ***
03.10.17 – Koji Kanemoto vs. Timothy Thatcher ***1/4
03.10.17 – The Avalanche vs. Ilja Dragunov ***1/2
03.10.17 – Matt Riddle vs. Donovan Dijak ***1/2
03.10.17 – Bad Bones vs. Paul London ***3/4
03.10.17 – Mike Bailey vs. ACH ****
03.10.17 – WALTER vs. David Starr ****1/2
03.11.17 – Jeff Cobb vs. Donovan Dijak ***1/4
03.11.17 – Matt Riddle vs. Mike Bailey ****
03.11.17 – Timothy Thatcher vs. Ilja Dragunov ***1/2
03.11.17 – WALTER vs. Marius Al-Ani ***3/4
03.11.17 – Bad Bones vs. Cody Rhodes ***3/4
03.11.17 – David Starr vs. ACH vs. Paul London vs. Absolute Andy ****
03.11.17 – Axel Dieter Jr. vs. Jurn Simmons ****1/2
03.12.17 – Ilja Dragunov vs. Bad Bones ***1/2
03.12.17 – WALTER vs. Matt Riddle ***3/4
03.12.17 – David Starr vs. Emil Sitoci vs. Jurn Simmons vs. Cody Rhodes ***1/4
03.12.17 – Alpha Kevin vs. Marius Van Beethoven ***1/2
03.12.17 – Donovan Dijak & JT Dunn vs. ACH & Mike Bailey ****1/4
03.12.17 – Ilja Dragunov vs. WALTER *****
03.19.17 – Trent Seven & Tyler Bate vs. South Pacific Power Trip ****
03.19.17 – Zack Gibson vs. El Ligero ***
03.19.17 – Will Ospreay vs. Mark Andrews ****1/2
03.19.17 – Ringkampf vs. The Hunter Brothers ****
03.19.17 – Nathan Cruz vs. Flash Morgan Webster ***3/4
03.19.17 – Jinny vs. Nixon Newell ***1/2
03.19.17 – Pete Dunne vs. Jimmy Havoc ****1/4
03.26.17 – Zack Gibson & Nathan Cruz vs. El Ligero & Dave Mastiff ***
03.26.17 – Travis Banks vs. Jack Sexsmith ***3/4
03.26.17 – Mark Haskins vs. Axel Dieter Jr. ****
03.26.17 – Will Ospreay vs. Jimmy Havoc ***1/2
03.26.17 – Trent Seven & Tyler Bate vs. The Hunter Brothers ***3/4
03.26.17 – Matt Riddle vs. WALTER ****1/2
03.26.17 – Pete Dunne vs. Mark Andrews ****1/4

04.13.17 – Chris Brookes & Travis Banks vs. Sami Callihan & Martin Stone ****
04.13.17 – Hiromu Takahashi vs. Marty Scurll ***3/4
04.13.17 – Will Ospreay vs. Josh Bodom ****1/2
04.13.17 – James Castle vs. Sha Samuels ***
04.13.17 – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. KUSHIDA ****1/4
04.13.17 – Kenny Omega & The Young Bucks vs. Lio Rush, Shane Strickland & Ryan Smile ****
04.16.17 – War Machine vs. Polo Promotions ***1/2
04.16.17 – The Marauders vs. Rampage Brown & Ashton Smith ***
04.16.17 – Trent Seven vs. Joe Coffey ***3/4
04.23.17 – Mike Bird vs. Flash Morgan Webster ***1/2
04.23.17 – South Pacific Power Trip vs. The London Riots ****
04.23.17 – Mark Haskins vs. Mark Andrews ***1/4
04.23.17 – Paul Robinson v. Jack Sexsmith ***
04.23.17 – British Strong Style vs. Ringkampf ****

05.07.17 – Malik, Ash Draven & Cara Noir vs. Josh Wall, Ashley Dunn & Kurtis Chapman ***1/4
05.07.17 – Josh Bodom vs. Donovan Dijak ***3/4
05.07.17 – #CCK vs. The London Riots ****
05.07.17 – Marty Scurll vs. Kyle O’Reilly ****
05.13.17 – WALTER vs. Kim Ray ***1/2
05.13.17 – A4 vs. Lucky Kid & Tarkan Aslan ***1/4
05.13.17 – Julian Nero vs. Avalanche vs. Ilja Dragunov ***1/2
05.13.17 – Jurn Simmons vs. Matt Riddle ***1/2
05.13.17 – Emil Sitoci vs. Angelico vs. Fenix vs. Pentagon Jr ****
05.14.17 – James Drake vs. Flash Morgan Webster ***1/4
05.14.17 – Jinny vs. Martina The Session Moth ***1/4
05.14.17 – Trent Seven vs. Travis Banks ***3/4
05.14.17 – Tyler Bate vs. Matt Riddle ****
05.14.17 – Pete Dunne vs. Mark Haskins vs. Mark Andrews ****
05.29.17 – Flamita vs. Starr vs. Sexsmith vs. Andrews vs. Webster vs. Johnson vs. Eaver ***
05.29.17 – Zack Sabre Jr. vs. Travis Banks ***3/4
05.29.17 – Matt Riddle vs. Tyler Bate ****1/4
05.29.17 – Pete Dunne vs. Jeff Cobb ***3/4
05.29.17 – Tyler Bate vs. Travis Banks ****3/4

06.04.17 – El Phantasmo vs. David Starr ***1/2
06.04.17 – Eddie Dennis vs. Donovan Dijak ***1/2
06.04.17 – Zack Gibson vs. Angelico ***
06.04.17 – Zack Sabre Jr & Davey Boy Smith Jr vs. #CCK ***1/4
06.06.17 – Bowl-a-rama vs. #CCK ***
06.06.17 – Pete Dunne vs. Tyler Bate ***3/4
06.06.17 – Mike Boar & Wild Bird vs. Eddie Dennis & Nixon Newell ***
06.06.17 – The Anti-Fun Police vs. The Brothers of Construction & Mark Andrews ***1/2

Indy Show Rankings

June 8, 2017June 23, 2017 by jamesdixonwriter, posted in Rankings & Ratings

5* SHOWS

100 – PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2015 – Night 1
100 – PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2015 – Night 2
100 – PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2016 – Night 2
100 – wXw 16 Carat Gold 2017 – Night 3
100 – PROGRESS Chapter 39 – The Graps Of Wrath
100 – PROGRESS Chapter 45 – Galvanise
100 – PROGRESS Chapter 46 – I Like To Chill Out Here And Shoot Some Dinosaurs
100 – RevPro Epic Encounter 2017
100 – PROGRESS Super Strong Style 16 2017 – Night 3

INCREDIBLE SHOWS
98 – PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2015 – Night 3
98 – wXw 16 Carat Gold 2017 – Night 2
95 – PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2016 – Night 1
96 – wXw 16 Carat Gold 2017 – Night 1
93 – PROGRESS Chapter 41 – Unboxing Live
93 – RevPro High Stakes 2017
91 – PROGRESS Chapter 40 – Intercepted Angel
88 – PWG Battle Of Los Angeles 2016 – Night 3
86 – PROGRESS Chapter 44 – Old Man Yells At Cloud
85 – PROGRESS Chapter 28 – Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want
84 – PROGRESS Chapter 48 – Bang The Drum
82 – PROGRESS Chapter 43 – Tropic Thunderbastard
81 – RevPro Live At The Cockpit 13
81 – PROGRESS Chapter 47 – Complicated Simplicity

GREAT SHOWS
79 – ICW Square Go 2017
76 – RevPro Live At The Cockpit 16
74 – PROGRESS Chapter 21 – You Know We Don’t Like To Use The Sit Down Gun
70 – ICW Fear & Loathing VIII
69 – RevPro Live At The Cockpit 17
67 – Attack Pro Wrestling Press Start 5
65 – wXw Superstars Of Wrestling 2017

GOOD SHOWS
58 – PROGRESS Chapter 42 – Life, The Universe & Wresting

AVERAGE SHOWS
45 – ICW Fear & Loathing IX

POOR SHOWS

BAD SHOWS

THE WORST SHOWS

Japan Show Rankings

May 30, 2017June 25, 2017 by jamesdixonwriter, posted in Rankings & Ratings

5* SHOWS
100 – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom IX
100 – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom X
100 – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom XI
100 – NJPW Dominion 6.11 In Osaka-Jo Hall

INCREDIBLE SHOWS
94 – NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2017 Final
91 – NJPW Dominion 7.5 in Osaka-Jo Hall (2015)
83 – AJPW Champion Carnival 2017 Final
81 – NJPW Power Struggle 2015

GREAT SHOWS
79 – NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2017 Night One
78 – NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2016
72 – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom VIII
72 – NJPW G1 Climax 25 – Day 2
71 – NJPW G1 Climax 25 – Day 1
71 – NJPW Best of the Super Juniors 2017 Night Two
70 – Stardom Gold (May 2017)
64 – NJPW G1 Climax 25 – Day 3
64 – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom VII

AVERAGE SHOWS

POOR SHOWS

BAD SHOWS

THE WORST SHOWS

Japan Star Ratings Year By Year

May 28, 2017June 25, 2017 by jamesdixonwriter, posted in Rankings & Ratings

2013
01.04.13 – Yuji Nagata vs. Minoru Suzuki ****
01.04.13 – Prince Devitt vs. Low Ki vs. Kota Ibushi ***1/2
01.04.13 – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kazushi Sakuraba ****1/4
01.04.13 – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada ***3/4

2014
01.04.14 The Young Bucks vs. Forever Hooligans vs. TAKA Michinoku & Taichi vs. Time Splitters ***1/4
01.04.14 Hirooki Goto vs. Katsuyori Shibata ****1/4
01.04.14 Prince Devitt vs. Kota Ibushi ***1/2
01.04.14 Kazuchika Okada vs. Tetsuya Naito ****
01.04.14 Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ***3/4

2015
01.04.15 – reDRagon vs. The Young Bucks vs. Time Splitters vs. Forever Hooligans ***1/4
01.04.15 – Minoru Suzuki vs. Kazushi Sakuraba ***
01.04.15 – Tomohiro Ishii vs. Togi Makabe ****
01.04.15 – Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Kenny Omega ***1/4
01.04.15 – Karl Anderson & Doc Gallows vs. Katsuyori Shibata & Hirooki Goto ***1/2
01.04.15 – AJ Styles vs. Tetsuya Naito ***1/2
01.04.15 – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Kota Ibushi *****
01.04.15 – Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Kazuchika Okada *****
07.05.15 – Nagata, Nakanishi, Taguchi, Dorada & Tanaka vs. Tenzan, Kojima, Liger, Tiger Mask & Komatsu ***
07.05.15 – The Young Bucks vs. Roppongi Vice vs. reDRagon ***1/4
07.05.15 – Kazushi Sakuraba vs. Katsuyori Shibata ****1/4
07.05.15 – Kenny Omega vs. KUSHIDA ***1/2
07.05.15 – Togi Makabe vs. Tomohiro Ishii ***1/2
07.05.15 – Hirooki Goto vs. Shinsuke Nakamura ****
07.05.15 – AJ Styles vs. Kazuchika Okada ****1/2
07.20.15 – Honma, Dorada, Finlay & White vs. Nagata, Liger, Tiger Mask & Komatsu ***
07.20.15 – Satoshi Kojima, Ryusuke Taguchi & Michael Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada, Tomohiro Ishii & Gedo ***1/2
07.20.15 – AJ Styles vs. Katsuyori Shibata ****
07.20.15 – Kota Ibushi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ****1/4
07.23.15 – Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Katsuyori Shibata & Ryusuke Taguchi vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi, Tetsuya Naito & Mascara Dorada ***
07.23.15 – Satoshi Kojima vs. Tomohiro Ishii ****
07.23.15 – Tomoaki Honma vs. Yuji Nagata ***3/4
07.23.15 – Kazuchika Okada vs. Michael Elgin ****
07.23.15 – Karl Anderson vs. Shinsuke Nakamura ***1/2
07.24.15 – Honma, Nagata & Taguchi vs. Okada, Nakamura & Gedo ***1/4
07.24.15 – Doc Gallows vs. Kota Ibushi ***
07.24.15 – Toru Yano vs. AJ Styles ***1/4
07.24.15 – Tetsuya Naito vs. Katsuyori Shibata ***1/2
07.24.15 – Hiroyishi Tenzan vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ***3/4
11.07.15 – The Young Bucks, Chase Owens & Kenny Omega vs. Time Splitters & reDRagon ***3/4
11.07.15 – Roppongi Vice vs. Ricochet & Matt Sydal ***1/4
11.07.15 – Tomohiro Ishii vs. Tomoaki Honma ****3/4
11.07.15 – Hiroshi Tanahashi & Katsuyori Shibata vs. Kazuchika Okada & Kazushi Sakuraba ***1/4
11.07.15 – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Karl Anderson ***1/2

2016
01.04.16 – reDRagon vs. Matt Sydal & Ricochet vs. Roppongi Vice vs. The Young Bucks ***1/2
01.04.16 – Kenny Omega vs. KUSHIDA ***3/4
01.04.16 – Doc Gallows & Karl Anderson vs. Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma ***1/4
01.04.16 – Tomohiro Ishii vs. Katsuyori Shibata ****1/2
01.04.16 – Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles ****3/4
01.04.16 – Kazuchika Okada vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ****3/4
02.11.16 – TenCozy vs. Yuji Nagata & Manabu Nakanishi ***
02.11.16 – The Young Bucks vs. reDRagon vs. Ricochet & Matt Sydal ***1/2
02.11.16 – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Tomohiro Ishii ****3/4
02.11.16 – Omega, Anderson & Gallows vs. Tanahashi, Makabe & Honma ***
02.11.16 – Kazuchika Okada vs. Hirooki Goto ***1/4

2017

01.04.17 – The Young Bucks vs. Roppongi Vice ***1/4
01.04.17 – NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Team Gauntlet ***
01.04.17 – Kyle O’Reilly vs. Adam Cole ***1/4
01.04.17 – Guerrillas of Destiny vs. GBH vs. CHAOS ***3/4
01.04.17 – KUSHIDA vs. Hiromu Takahashi ****1/4
01.04.17 – Katsuyori Shibata vs. Hirooki Goto ****1/2
01.04.17 – Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ****1/2
01.04.17 – Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega *****

04.30.17 – Atsushi Aoiki vs. Koji Niizumi ***
04.30.17 – Jun Akiyama & Daichi Hashimoto vs. Suwama & Hikaru Sato ***1/2
04.30.17 – Jake Lee & Naoya Nomura vs. Takao Omori & The Bodyguard ***
04.30.17 – Daisuke Sekimoto, Kento Miyahara & Kengo Mashimo vs. Zeus, Ryoji Sai & KAI ****
04.30.17 – Joe Doering vs. Shuji Ishikawa ****

05.14.17 – Hiroyo Matsumoto & Jungle Kyona vs. Jessicka Havok & Tessa Blanchard ***1/2
05.14.17 – Kairi Hojo vs. Mayu Iwatani ****1/4
05.14.17 – Io Shirai vs. Toni Storm ***3/4
05.17.17 – TAKA Michinoku vs. Jushin Liger ***1/4
05.17.17 – Ricochet vs. Taichi ***1/4
05.17.17 – El Desperado vs. KUSHIDA ***1/2
05.17.17 – Marty Scurll vs. Will Ospreay ****
05.17.17 – Hiromu Takahashi vs. Dragon Lee ****
05.18.17 – Satoshi Kojima, Juice Robinson, Ryusuke Taguchi & KUSHIDA vs. Tetsuya Naito, EVIL, SANADA & BUSHI ***
05.18.17 – Dragon Lee vs. Marty Scurll ***1/2
05.18.17 – Jushin Liger vs. Hiromu Takahashi ***1/2
05.18.17 – Will Ospreay vs. Ricochet ****1/2

06.03.17 – Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Jado vs. Togi Makabe, Hiroyoshi Tenzan & Hirai Kawato ***
06.03.17 – Bullet Club vs. War Machine, ACH & David Finlay ***
06.03.17 – Taguchi Japan vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon ****
06.03.17 – Will Ospreay vs. KUSHIDA *****
06.11.17 – NEVER Openweight Championship Gauntlet ***1/2
06.11.17 – Roppongi Vice vs. The Young Bucks ***3/4
06.11.17 – Michael Elgin vs. Cody Rhodes ***
06.11.17 – Hiromu Takahashi vs. KUSHIDA ****1/2
06.11.17 – Tetsuya Naito vs. Hiroshi Tanahashi ****
06.11.17 – Kazuchika Okada vs. Kenny Omega *****

WWE VHS/DVD Rankings

May 12, 2017May 23, 2017 by jamesdixonwriter, posted in Rankings & Ratings

The following is a list of every (non major show) VHS covered in the HoW books, ranked in order of the overall score they received. (Covers 1984-2004)

5* TAPES

100 #WF055 – Hulkamania 3
100 #WS921 – WrestleMania’s Greatest Matches
100 #WF130 – Monday Night Raw – Prime Cuts (US Version)
100 #52106-3 – Raw Hits
100 #52100-3 – Slamfest
100 #05-08624 – WrestleMania – The Greatest Matches
100 #WWF218 – The Three Faces of Foley
100 #WWF826 – Most Memorable Matches 2000
100 #WWE1082 – The Ultimate Ric Flair Collection
100 #WWE56552 – Mick Foley – Greatest Hits and Misses
100 #WWE57016 – The Rise + Fall Of ECW

INCREDIBLE

96 #WF074(UK) – The Year in Review 1992
96 #WWE58227 – From The Vault – Shawn Michaels
95 #WWF238 – Andre the Giant – Larger Than Life
94 #WWE56553 – Hard Knocks – The Chris Benoit Story
92 #WWF283 – Triple H – That Damn Good
90 #WF003 – Best of the WWF Volume #1
90 #630 216-3 German Fan Favorites
90 #05-08748 – Shawn Michaels – Best Hits from the Heartbreak Kid
90 #WWF54129 – Stone Cold Steve Austin – What?
90 #WF298(UK) – Best of the WWF 2001 – Viewers’ Choice
88 #P106 – Best of WWF Steel Cage Matches
87 #WF136 – WrestleFest ‘94
87 #05-08897 – Bret “Hit Man” Hart (Pink & Black Attack)
84 #WWF277 – Mick Foley – Hard Knocks & Cheap Pops
83 #WWE59069 – Eddie Guerrero – Cheating Death, Stealing Life
80 #WF009 – Rowdy Roddy Piper’s Greatest Hits
80 #WWF256 – Eve of Destruction

GREAT

79 #WWF216 – The Undertaker – The Phenom
78 #WF067 – More Saturday Night’s Main Event
78 #WS916(UK) – Bret Hitman Hart – His Greatest Hits
78 #WF136(UK) – Shawn Michaels – Hits From The Heartbreak Kid
78 #WF123(UK) – The Year In Review 1993
77 #WWF236 – Best of Raw Vol. 1
76 #P105 – Best of SummerSlam
76 #WS915 – WWF Wrestling’s Greatest Steel Cage Matches Ever!
76 #WWF234 – The Rock – Know Your Role
75 #WWF288 – The Undertaker – This Is My Yard
74 #P113 – Best Of Intercontinental Championship Matches
73 #P101 – Best of WrestleMania
73 #WF081 – Supertape II
73 #WWF279 – Lita – It Just Feels Right
73 #WWF286 – Best of Raw Vol. 3
72 #WF069 – Best of the WWF Volume #19
72 #WWF259 – TLC – Tables Ladders Chairs
72 #874463 – Tough Enough – The First Season Boxset
70 #P110 – Best of the Ultimate Warrior
70 #WWF262 – Chris Jericho – Break Down The Walls
70 #WWF59327 – Funniest Moments
69 #WWE55893 – The Monday Night War
68 #WWE56547 – Bloodbath – Most Incredible Steel Cage Matches
68 #WWE57019 – Hall Of Fame 2004 Induction Ceremony
67 #WS914 – SummerSlam’s Greatest Hits
67 #52105-3 – Big Daddy Cool Diesel
66 #WF506 – 1996 Slammy Awards
66 #WF178(UK) – Best of Raw 5
65 #WF018 – WWF Grudge Matches
65 #WF114 – Smack ‘Em Whack ‘Em
65 #P102 – Best of Hulkamania
65 #WWF210 – Cause Stone Cold Said So
64 #WF030 – The British Bulldogs
64 #WF037 – The Hart Foundation
64 #WF036 – The History of the Intercontinental Belt
64 #WF129(UK) – The History of SummerSlam
63 #WF029 – Inside the Steel Cage
63 #WF043 – The Ken Patera Story
63 #P112 – Best of Bret Hitman Hart
63 #WF166(UK) – The Year In Review 1996
63 #WWF54105 – Hardy Boyz – Leap of Faith
62 #WF059 – Macho Madness
62 #WF026 – The Macho Man Randy Savage & Elizabeth
62 #WWE59377 – The Best Of WWE Confidential
61 #WF038 – Best of the WWF Volume #11
61 #WF200(UK) – Best of Raw 11
61 #WWF54111 – The Rock – Just Bring It!
61 #WWE59383 – Rey Mysterio – 619
60 #WS918 – The Immortal Hulk Hogan
60 #WF188(UK) – The Fab 4
60 #WWF239 – It’s Our Time
60 #WWE54119 – Triple H – The Game

GOOD

59 #WS906 – The Best of Hulkamania
59 #WWE55895 – The Stone Cold Truth
58 #WF007 – Best of the WWF Volume #2
58 #WF050 – Saturday Night’s Main Event – The Greatest Hits
58 #WS920 – Wrestling World Tour
58 #WF135(UK) – The Year In Review 1994
58 #P115 – Best of Heroes of the Squared Circle
58 #WF167(UK) – Best of Raw 2
58 #WF171(UK) – Best of Raw 3
58 #WWF254 – The Rock – The People’s Champion
57 #WF063 – The Brains Behind the Brawn
57 #WF019 – Ricky The Dragon Steamboat
57 #WWF240 – Austin vs. McMahon
57 #WWF9998 – Castrol Presents Best of SummerSlam
56 #WF065 – Best of the WWF Volume #18
56 #WF143(UK) – UK Fan Favourites
56 #WS939 – Greatest Matches! Ever!
56 #WWF825 – Most Memorable Matches 1999
55 #WF101 – Invasion ‘92
55 #WF186(UK) – Best of Raw 7
54 #WS903 – High Flyers
54 #WS928 – Bret Hart – Excellence Of Execution
53 #WF080 – WrestleFest ‘90
53 #WF500 – Canadian Fan Favorites
52 #WF133 – Inside The WWF
52 #WF143 – Razor Ramon – Oozing Machismo
51 #WF054 – The Women of the WWF
51 #P107 – Best of the WWF’s World Tour
51 #WS911 – WWF Champion Hulk Hogan’s Greatest Matches (US)
51 #633 328-3 German Fan Favorites Folge 2
51 #WF189(UK) – Best of Raw 9
51 #WWF213 – Austin 3:16 Uncensored
51 #WWF280 – Best of Raw Vol. 2
50 #WS930 – Most Unbelievable Matches
50 #WF505 – Terminators ‘96
50 #WF174(UK) – Best of Raw 4
50 #WWF260 – Steve Austin – Lord of the Ring

AVERAGE

49 #WS905 – Wrestling Superheroes
49 #WS922 – WWF Wrestling’s Hottest Matches
49 #05-08627 – Confirmed Hits
49 #05-08625 – SummerSlam – The Greatest Hits
49 #WWF255 – Mick Foley – Madman Unmasked
49 #WWF808 – Hulk Hogan Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Volume 4
48 #P108 – Best of WWF Most Unusual Matches
48 #WF157 – Winter Combat ‘96 (IYH 4 & 5)
48 #WWF165(UK) – Best of Raw Volume One
48 #WWF287 – Action!
47 #WF031 – Best of the WWF Volume #9
47 #WF074 – Hulkamania 4
47 #WF040 – Jake The Snake Roberts
47 #WWF278 – Hardcore
46 #CS0001 – WWF Greatest Matches
46 #WF084 – Hottest Matches
46 #P104 – Best of Saturday Night’s Main Event
46 #WS910 – Greatest Hits
46 #WF149(UK) – The Year In Review 1995
46 #P116 – Best of Mega Matches
46 #WF146 – Paul Bearer’s Hits From The Crypt
45 #WF010 – Best of the WWF Volume #3
45 #WF023 – Bruno Sammartino: Living Legend
45 #WF032 – The WWF’s Grand Slams
45 #WF025 – The WWF’s Explosive TNT Show
45 #WS913(UK) – Davey Boy Smith – The British Bulldog
45 #WF118(UK) – UK Fan Favourites
45 #WS912 – WrestleMania – The Greatest Hits (US)
45 #WF140 – Bret Hitman Hart
45 #WWF806 – Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Volume 2
44 #WF071 – Demolition
44 #WF085 – Hulkamania Forever
44 #WF183(UK) – Best of Raw 6
44 #WWF212 – D-Generation X
43 #WF034 – Best of the WWF Volume #10
43 #WF060 – Best of the WWF Volume #17
43 #WS902 – WrestleMania’s Greatest Matches
43 #WF503 – WrestleFest 95
43 #WWE57003 – John Cena – Word Life
42 #WF024 – Best of the WWF Volume #7
42 #WF052 – Best of the WWF Volume #15
42 #WF121(UK) – Monday Night Raw – Prime Cuts (UK)
42 #52107-3 – Super Slams
41 #CS0002 – The Hulkster Hulk Hogan
41 #WF099 – Supertape 92
41 #05-08626 – Most Unusual Matches Ever
40 #WF020 – Best of the WWF Volume #6
40 #WF045 – Piledriver: The Music Video
40 #WF097 – Hulkamania 6
40 #WWF214 – Best of WrestleMania I-XIV
40 #WWF805 – Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Volume 1
40 #WWF233 – Hell Yeah
40 #WWF59331 – nWo – Back in Black
40 #WWF809 – Hulk Hogan Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Volume 5
40 #WWF810 – Hulk Hogan Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Volume 6
40 #WWE58267 – Brock Lesnar – Here Comes The Pain

POOR

39 #WF033 – Hulkamania 2
39 #52101-3 – Off The Top Rope
39 #WF128 – The History of WrestleMania
39 #WF168 – Shawn Michaels – Heartbreak Express Tour
39 #WF193(UK) – Best of Raw 8
39 #WWE59379 – Before They Were WWE Superstars 2
38 #WF017 – Best of the WWF Volume #5
38 #WF044 – Best of the WWF Volume #13
38 #WF108 – Rampage ‘92
37 #WF022 – Villains of the Squared Circle
37 #WF068 – Ultimate Warrior
37 #WF104 – 1992 Battle of the WWF Superstars
37 #WW103 – WrestleMania – The Greatest Hits (UK)
37 #WWE59339 – Hollywood Hulk Hogan – Hulk Still Rules
36 #WF117 – Invasion of the Bodyslammers
36 #P111 – Best of Battle of the WWF Superstars
36 #WS923 – Ultimate Warrior
36 #WF137 – Bloopers, Bleeps & Bodyslams
36 #WWF807 – Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Volume 3
35 #WF509 – 1997 Slammy Awards
35 #05-08799 – In Your House – Greatest Matches
35 #867864 – Behind WWF Tough Enough
34 #WF048 – Best of the WWF Volume #14
34 #WF039 – The WWF’s Even More Unusual Matches
34 #WF002 – Hulkamania
34 #WW1901 – WrestleFest ‘93
34 #WS916 – Wrestling’s Greatest Champions (US)
34 #WF123 – Grudges Gripes and Grunts (US Version)
34 #WWE59381 – Raw Tenth Anniversary
33 #P103 – Best of WWF Superheroes
33 #WF120 – Global Warfare
32 #WF011 – The WWF’s Amazing Managers
32 #WS919 – WWF Wrestling’s Fan Favorite Matches
32 #05-08628 – Free For All
32 #NW001 – Wild in the UK
31 #WS901 – Hulk Hogan – Real American
31 #WS904 – WWF Strong Men
31 #WF082 – Battle of the WWF Superstars
31 #WS913 – WWF Wrestling Superheros (In Action)
31 #WW104 – WWF Champion Hulk Hogan’s Greatest Matches (UK)
31 #WF151 – Brawl In The Family
30 #WF149 – Wham Bam Bodyslam
30 #WWF801 – Raw Attitude

BAD

29 #WF013 – Best of the WWF Volume #4
29 #WF027 – Best of the WWF Volume #8
29 #WF015 – Tag Team Champions
29 #WF106 – World Tour 1992
28 #WF056 – Best of the WWF Volume #16
28 #WF093 – WrestleFest ‘91
28 #WF094 – World Tour ‘91
28 #05-08800 – Action Zone!
27 #WF046 – WWF Wrestling’s Most Embarrassing Moments
26 #WF072 – Best of the WWF Volume #20
26 #WF051 – Brutus The Barber Beefcake
26 #WF091 – Supertape IV
26 #WWF54107 – Before They Were WWF Superstars
25 #WF064 – Hacksaw Jim Duggan
25 #WF092 – 2nd Annual Battle of the WWF Superstars
25 #WF103 – Crunch Classic
25 #WWF802 – Jesse “The Body” Ventura
25 #WWF257 – Chyna Fitness
25 #WWF263 – Kurt Angle – It’s True It’s True
24 #WF089 – Mega Matches
24 #WS916 – Wrestling’s Greatest Champions (UK)
24 #WWF843 – Hits and Disses
24 #WWE55875 – Trish Stratus – 100% Stratusfaction Guaranteed
23 #WF070 – Fan Favorites
23 #WF042 – The History of the WWF Heavyweight Championship
23 #WF096 – Rampage 91
23 #WF116 – Bashed in the USA
23 #WF501 – Mega Matches 95
23 #05-08798 – World Tour ’96
23 #WWF54127 – Divas – Tropical Pleasure
20 #WF001 – Wrestling’s Bloopers, Bleeps & Bodyslams
20 #WF006 – Andre the Giant
20 #WF105 – WrestleFest ‘92

THE WORST

19 #WS907 – The Ultimate Warrior
19 #05-08747 – Most Amazing Matches
18 #WF047 – George The Animal Steele
18 #CS0003 – Highlights of WrestleMania
18 #WF197(UK) – Best of Raw 10
18 #WWF802(CAN) – Raw Banned In Canada
17 #WS908 – Wrestling Tough Guys
17 #WS929 – The Undertaker – The Face of Fear…
17 #WWE59385 – Divas – Desert Heat
17 #WWE55901 – Divas – South Of The Border
16 #WF041 – Best of the WWF Volume #12
16 #WF005 – The WWF’s Most Unusual Matches
16 #WF008 – Biggest, Smallest, Strangest, Strongest
16 #P114 – Best of European Rampage Tour
15 #P117 – Best of WWF Fan Favorites
15 #WF134(UK) – WWF Mania – The Video
15 #WWF804 – Raw Attitude Vol. 2
15 #WWF281 – Divas in Hedonism
15 #WWE59345 – Divas – Undressed
14 #P109 – Best of WWF Tag Team Champions
14 #WF126 – Undertaker – His Gravest Matches
14 #52102-3 – The Undertaker – He Buries Them Alive
13 #WW1902 – Wrestling Grudge Matches
13 #WF079 – World Tour
11 #WF087 – Supertape III
10 #WWF261 – Divas – Postcard From the Caribbean
9 #WF077 – Supertape
8 #WWF217 – Sable – Unleashed
7 #WF016 – The Life and Times of Captain Lou Albano
6 #WWF211 – Mayhem In Manchester
5 #WS934 – WWF WrestleMania – The Arcade Game
5 #05-08835 – Sunny – What Sunny Wants Sunny Gets!
4 #WF926 – Superstars The Music Video
4 N/A – Stone Cold Demolition
2 #WS932 – Raw Strategies & Secrets: The Video Guide
2 #WWF800 – WrestleMania XIV Highlights
2 #WWF803 – WrestleMania XV Highlights
2 #WWF235 – Come Get Some – The Women of the WWF
1 #WF909 – WWF’s Funniest Moments
0 #WF012 – Wrestling’s Country Boys
0 #WS931 – Countdown to SummerSlam 94
0 #WS937 – Superstar Entrance Music Videos
0 #WWF215 – Best of Survivor Series 1987-1997
0 #WWF827 – Taking it 2 Xtremes

N/A

N/R #WWE59335 – The Videos Vol. 1 – Ramped Up

WCW Star Ratings Hub

May 12, 2017May 12, 2017 by jamesdixonwriter, posted in Rankings & Ratings

Below is a list of every NWA/WCW match we’ve rated **** or higher throughout the course of our books or on this website. Because wrestling is subjective, the team at History of Wrestling have different opinions on some matches, so they are ranked by whatever the highest rating it received from any member of the team was.

Please remember, these are just our opinions and a way of sharing with you how much we enjoyed (or didn’t enjoy) what we saw. They are not to be taken too seriously, but will hopefully act as a resource when you consider what matches you should be seeking out in your own wrestling viewing.

[PLEASE NOTE, THIS LIST CURRENTLY ONLY COVERS UP UNTIL 2004, AND 2015, 2016 AND 2017. IT IS A CONSTANT WORK IN PROGRESS]

*****

11.28.85 Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum T.A. (Steel Cage)
01.20.87 Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham
04.02.89 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat
05.07.89 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat
11.15.89 Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk (“I Quit” Match)
10.26.97 Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr.

****3/4

****1/2

10.04.99 Chris Benoit vs. Bret Hart

****1/4

07.07.96 Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psychosis ****1/4

****

11.24.83 Harley Race vs. Ric Flair (Steel Cage)
11.27.86 The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express vs. The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Steel Cage)
06.17.93 The Hollywood Blondes vs. Ric Flair & Arn Anderson
04.17.94 Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne vs. The Nasty Boys (Street Fight)
10.16.95 Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero
08.07.96 Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko
09.14.97 Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Jericho

WCW Star Ratings Year By Year

May 12, 2017May 12, 2017 by jamesdixonwriter, posted in Rankings & Ratings

1983

11.24.83 Harley Race vs. Ric Flair (Steel Cage) ****

1985

11.28.85 Tully Blanchard vs. Magnum T.A. (Steel Cage) *****

1986

11.27.86 The Rock ‘n’ Roll Express vs. The Minnesota Wrecking Crew (Steel Cage) ****

1987

01.20.87 Ric Flair vs. Barry Windham *****

1989

04.02.89 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat *****
05.07.89 Ric Flair vs. Ricky Steamboat *****
11.15.89 Ric Flair vs. Terry Funk *****

1992

06.20.92 Cactus Jack vs. Sting ****1/2

1993

02.21.93 Chris Benoit vs. 2 Cold Scorpio ***1/2
04.06.93 Cactus Jack vs. Vader ***1/2
06.17.93 The Hollywood Blondes vs. Arn Anderson & Ric Flair ****

1994

04.17.94 Cactus Jack & Maxx Payne vs. The Nasty Boys (Street Fight) ****
06.23.94 Ric Flair vs. Sting ***1/4
07.17.94 Ric Flair vs. Hulk Hogan ***1/2

1995

09.04.95 Jushin Liger vs. Brian Pillman ***1/4
10.02.95 Arn Anderson vs. Ric Flair ***1/2
10.09.95 Sabu vs. Mr. JL ***
10.16.95 Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero ****
10.23.95 Chris Benoit & Dean Malenko vs. Mr. JL & Eddie Guerrero ***1/2
11.06.95 Sting vs. Ric Flair ***
11.13.95 Dean Malenko vs. Sting ***
11.27.95 Cutie Suzuki & Mayumi Ozaki vs. Bull Nakano & Akira Hokuto ***3/4
12.11.95 Ric Flair & Arn Anderson vs. Sting & Hulk Hogan ***
12.18.95 Ric Flair vs. Eddie Guerrero ***1/2
12.25.95 Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair ***3/4

1996

06.16.96 Chris Benoit vs. Kevin Sullivan (Falls Count Anywhere) ***1/2
06.16.96 Dean Malenko vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. ***1/4
07.07.96 Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Psychosis ****1/4
08.07.96 Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Dean Malenko ****

1997

09.14.97 Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Jericho ****
10.26.97 Eddie Guerrero vs. Rey Mysterio Jr. *****

1998

06.14.98 Chris Benoit vs. Booker T ***3/4
07.12.98 Eddie Guerrero vs. Chavo Guerrero ***

1999

10.04.99 Chris Benoit vs. Bret Hart ****1/2

2001

03.26.01 Scott Steiner vs. Booker T ***

WWE Show Rankings

May 5, 2017June 22, 2017 by jamesdixonwriter, posted in Rankings & Ratings

5* SHOWS

100   WrestleMania X
100   Survivor Series ’96
100   In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede
100   Royal Rumble 2000
100   Backlash 2000
100   WrestleMania X-Seven
100 SummerSlam 2002
100 NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn
100 NXT TakeOver: Dallas
100 Cruiserweight Classic Finale
100 NXT TakeOver: Toronto
100 Royal Rumble 2017

INCREDIBLE SHOWS

98   Judgment Day 2000
98   Royal Rumble 2001
97 NXT TakeOver: Rival
94 NXT TakeOver: Orlando
93   Survivor Series 1987
93   One Night Only (1997)
93 NXT TakeOver: Respect
92 NXT TakeOver: The End
92 NXT TakeOver: San Antonio
90 NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn II
89 NXT TakeOver: London
89   No Way Out 2001
89   WrestleMania 31
89 Battleground 2016
89 UK Tournament Night 2
87   SummerSlam 1998
87    Royal Rumble 2016
86 WrestleMania XIX
85 WrestleMania III
85   WrestleMania XII
85   Fully Loaded 2000
85 Survivor Series 2002
84   Royal Rumble ’92
84   SummerSlam 2000
83    The Beast in the East
83 Payback 2016
81   SummerSlam ’94
81   In Your House 13: Final Four
81   SummerSlam 2001
81 Vengeance 2003
81    Hell in a Cell 2015
80 NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable

GREAT SHOWS

79   Royal Rumble ’95
79    Night of Champions 2015
79 SummerSlam 2016
78   Survivor Series ’95
78    In Your House 8: Beware of Dog
78 No Mercy 2002
78 Survivor Series 2016
77   No Way Out 2000
77 Unforgiven 2002
76   No Mercy 2001
76 Clash of Champions 2016
75   Royal Rumble 2002
75   Elimination Chamber 2015
73 Money in the Bank 2016
72   King of the Ring ’98
72 Extreme Rules 2016
71   SummerSlam ’92 (US Version)
71 Roadblock 2016
70   King of the Ring ’93
70    In Your House 6: Rage In The Cage
70    TLC 2015
70 Backlash 2016
70 WrestleMania 33
69   Survivor Series ’88
69   WrestleMania VIII
69 WrestleMania XX
68    In Your House 9: International Incident
68   In Your House 10: Mind Games
68 Royal Rumble 2004
68 No Way Out 2004
67    In Your House 7: Good Friends… Better Enemies
67    In Your House 11: Buried Alive
67   Payback 2015
67 Payback 2017
66   Rebellion 2001
66 Hell In A Cell 2016
65   Royal Rumble ’90
65   Royal Rumble ’91
65   Survivor Series ’93
65   InVasion
65   Battleground 2015
65 Elimination Chamber 2017
64   Royal Rumble ’94
64   King of the Ring ’96
64 Backlash 2004
64 No Mercy 2016
63   In Your House 5: Seasons Beatings
63   Survivor Series ’94
63   Unforgiven 2001
63 Judgment Day 2002
63   Money in the Bank 2015
63 – Extreme Rules 2017
62 – Royal Rumble ’93
62 – Money In The Bank 2017
61 – Royal Rumble ’96
61 – Vengeance 2002
60 – Rebellion 2002
60 – Fastlane 2016

GOOD SHOWS

58   SummerSlam ’95
58   Judgment Day 2001
58   King of the Ring 2001
58 Royal Rumble 2003
58 Bad Blood 2004
58 UK Tournament Night 1
57   WrestleMania VII
57   Survivor Series 2001
56   SummerSlam ’97
56    St. Valentines Day Massacre
56   Armageddon 2000
56    SummerSlam 2015
55   SummerSlam ’92 (UK Version)
55   Backlash ’99
55   Backlash 2001
55 King of the Ring 2002
55   Royal Rumble 2015
55 Fastlane 2017
54   SummerSlam ’89
54   SummerSlam ’93
54   No Mercy ’99
54   Vengeance 2001
53   King of the Ring ’94
53   Royal Rumble ’98
53   No Mercy 2000
52   WrestleMania XIV
51   SummerSlam ’91
51   In Your House 3: Triple Header
51    In Your House 2: The Lumberjacks
51   Fastlane 2015
50 Royal Rumble ’88
50 Backlash 2002
50    Live From MSG (2015)
50 Backlash 2017

AVERAGE SHOWS

49   Survivor Series ’89
49   WrestleMania XI
49   King of the Ring ’97
49 No Way Out 2003
49 SummerSlam 2003
49 Survivor Series 2004
48 This Tuesday In Texas
48   WrestleMania 13
47    In Your House 17: Ground Zero
47 Global Warning Tour: Melbourne
46    No Way Out of Texas
45   Royal Rumble ’89
45    Breakdown
45   WrestleMania XV
44   Survivor Series ’92
44   Fully Loaded ’99
44   Rebellion 2000
44 Armageddon 2002
43   SummerSlam ’96
43   SummerSlam ’99
42    In Your House 18: Badd Blood
42   Over The Edge ’98
42   Insurrextion 2000
42   Extreme Rules 2015
40   WrestleMania VI
40   Survivor Series ’98
40   In Your House 15: A Cold Day In Hell

POOR SHOWS

39 Insurrextion 2003
39 Survivor Series 2003
38   UK Rampage ’92
38    In Your House 14: Revenge of the ‘Taker
38   Judgement Day ’98
38   No Way Out 2002
38 No Mercy 2004
37   Fully Loaded ’98
37   Capital Carnage
37 No Mercy 2003
36   WrestleMania 2
36 Judgment Day 2004
36 Unforgiven 2004
35   Royal Rumble ’99
35   WrestleMania X8
35 SummerSlam 2004
34   SummerSlam ’88
34   Battle Royal at the Albert Hall
34   Survivor Series ’91
34   In Your House 12: It’s Time
34   Unforgiven ’98
34   Rock Bottom
34   Survivor Series ’99
34   WrestleMania 2000
34 Backlash 2003
34    Survivor Series 2015
33   The Big Event
33   The Wrestling Classic
33   Rebellion ’99
33   King of the Ring 2000
33   Unforgiven 2000
33 Judgment Day 2003
32   In Your House 4: Great White North
32   Survivor Series 2000
32   Insurrextion 2001
32 Taboo Tuesday 2004
31   WrestleMania V
31 Vengeance 2004
30   No Mercy (UK)

BAD SHOWS

29   Rampage Bercy ‘93
29   SummerSlam ’90
29   In Your House
29   In Your House 19: D-Generation-X
28   WrestleMania
28   WrestleMania IV
27   Royal Rumble ’97
27 Armageddon 2003
26   WrestleFest ’88
26 WrestleMania IX
25   Survivor Series ’97
25   Armageddon ’99
24   Survivor Series ’90
24   Insurrextion 2002
23   Unforgiven ’99
23 Bad Blood 2003
22   UK Rampage ’91
22 The Great American Bash 2004
22   King of the Ring 2015

THE WORST SHOWS

19   King of the Ring ’99
16   UK Rampage ‘93
16 Unforgiven 2003
14 Armageddon 2004
13   King of the Ring ’95

WWE Star Ratings Hub

May 3, 2017June 22, 2017 by jamesdixonwriter, posted in Rankings & Ratings

Below is a list of every WWE match we’ve rated **** or higher throughout the course of our books or on this website. Because wrestling is subjective, the team at History of Wrestling have different opinions on some matches, so they are ranked by whatever the highest rating it received from any member of the team was.

[PLEASE NOTE, THIS LIST CURRENTLY ONLY COVERS UP UNTIL 2004, AND 2015, 2016 AND 2017. IT IS A CONSTANT WORK IN PROGRESS]

*****

03.29.87    Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage
03.24.91    Randy Savage vs. The Ultimate Warrior
01.19.92    Royal Rumble Match
08.29.92    Bret Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith
01.11.94    The Steiner Brothers vs. Bret Hart & Owen Hart
03.20.94    Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart
03.20.94    Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Ladder Match)
08.29.94    Bret Hart vs. Owen Hart (Cage Match)
08.27.95    Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon (Ladder Match)
09.22.96    Shawn Michaels vs. Mankind
11.17.96    Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin
10.05.97    Shawn Michaels vs. The Undertaker (Hell in a Cell)
06.28.98    Mankind vs. The Undertaker (Hell in a Cell)
01.23.00    Triple H vs. Mankind (Street Fight)
08.27.00    The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian (TLC Match)
04.01.01    The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian (TLC Match)
04.01.01    The Rock vs. Steve Austin
08.25.02 Shawn Michaels vs. Triple H (Street Fight)
01.19.03 Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit
08.22.15    Sasha Banks vs. Bayley
04.01.16    Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sami Zayn

****3/4

04.05.92    Bret Hart vs. Roddy Piper
06.13.93    Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect
09.28.94    Shawn Michaels & Diesel vs. Razor Ramon & 1-2-3 Kid
03.31.96    Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels (Iron Man Match)
04.28.96    Shawn Michaels vs. Diesel (No Holds Barred)
03.03.97    Owen Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith
03.23.97    Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (Submission)
07.06.97    The Hart Foundation vs. Austin/Shamrock/Goldust/LOD
12.10.00    Angle vs. Austin vs. Rock vs. Rikishi vs. Undertaker vs. Triple H (Hell in a Cell)
01.21.01    Chris Jericho vs. Chris Benoit (Ladder)
02.25.01    Steve Austin vs. Triple H (Three Stages of Hell)
05.21.01    Steve Austin & Triple H vs. Chris Jericho & Chris Benoit
10.20.02 Edge & Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit
12.03.02 Edge vs. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit vs. Eddie Guerrero
03.14.04 Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Benoit
01.25.15    Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena vs. Seth Rollins
08.21.16 AJ Styles vs. John Cena
11.19.16 The Revival vs. #DIY

****1/2

11.26.87   Team Strike Force vs. Team Demolition
11.24.88   Team Powers of Pain vs. Team Demolition
02.16.89   The Brain Busters vs. The Rockers
08.28.89   The Brain Busters vs. The Hart Foundation
12.14.89   The Hart Foundation vs. The Rockers
08.26.91   Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect
04.05.92   Ric Flair vs. Randy Savage
08.29.92   Randy Savage vs. The Ultimate Warrior
10.12.92   Bret Hart vs. Ric Flair
01.18.93   Ric Flair vs. Mr. Perfect
06.21.93   Doink the Clown vs. Marty Jannetty (2/3 Falls)
07.01.94   Bret Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid
07.23.95   Jeff Jarrett vs. Shawn Michaels
12.17.95   Bret Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith
02.16.97   Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin vs. Vader vs. The Undertaker
05.26.97   Owen/Davey vs. Michaels/Austin
06.08.97   Steve Austin vs. Shawn Michaels
09.20.97   Bret Hart vs. The Undertaker
08.30.98    The Rock vs. Triple H (Ladder Match)
10.17.99    The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian (Ladder Match)
02.27.00    Triple H vs. Mick Foley (Hell in a Cell)
04.30.00   Triple H vs. The Rock
07.23.00    Triple H vs. Chris Jericho (Last Man Standing)
02.25.01   Kurt Angle vs. The Rock
08.19.01   Steve Austin vs. Kurt Angle
09.23.01    Rob Van Dam vs. Chris Jericho (Hardcore Match)
04.21.02   Edge vs. Kurt Angle
09.22.02 Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle
03.30.03 Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho
07.27.03 Shelton Benjamin & Charlie Haas vs. Rey Mysterio & Kidman
01.25.04 Royal Rumble Match
02.15.04 Brock Lesnar vs. Eddie Guerrero
05.20.15   Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch
05.31.15    John Cena vs. Kevin Owens
06.14.15    John Cena vs. Kevin Owens
06.29.15   John Cena vs. Cesaro
07.06.15   John Cena vs. Cesaro
07.19.15   John Cena vs. Kevin Owens
08.22.15    Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens
09.20.15    Seth Rollins vs. John Cena
10.07.15    Bayley vs. Sasha Banks (Iron Woman Match)
07.24.16 Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens
09.14.16 Kota Ibushi vs. TJ Perkins
01.29.17 AJ Styles vs. John Cena

****1/4

****

05.04.81 Pat Patterson vs. Sgt. Slaughter (Alley Fight)
09.01.84   Tito Santana vs. Paul Orndorff
07.13.85   The British Bulldogs vs. The Hart Foundation
09.14.85   The Dynamite Kid vs. Bret Hart
03.08.86   Bret Hart vs. Ricky Steamboat
07.27.86   Randy Savage vs. Ricky Steamboat
07.12.86    Bruno Sammartino & Roddy Piper vs. Randy Savage & Adrian Adonis (Cage Match)
03.12.88   The Jumping Bomb Angels vs. The Glamour Girls
04.01.90   Hulk Hogan vs. The Ultimate Warrior
02.18.91   Mr. Perfect vs. Roddy Piper
10.05.91   Ric Flair vs. The Texas Tornado
11.13.91   Ric Flair vs. Bret Hart
11.25.92   Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
08.16.93    The Steiner Brothers vs. Money Inc. (Cage Match)
11.24.93   The Rock N Roll Express vs. The Heavenly Bodies
01.22.94   The Quebecers vs. Bret Hart & Owen Hart
06.16.94   Owen Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid
08.15.94   Owen Hart vs. 1-2-3 Kid
08.01.94   Shawn Michaels vs. Razor Ramon
01.09.95   Bret Hart vs. Jeff Jarrett
01.22.95   Diesel vs. Bret Hart
02.20.95   Shawn Michaels vs. Davey Boy Smith
05.14.95   Owen Hart vs. Davey Boy Smith
11.20.95   Owen Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
01.21.96   The Undertaker vs. Bret Hart
02.18.96   Shawn Michaels vs. Owen Hart
05.28.96    Steve Austin vs. Savio Vega (Strap Match)
08.18.96   Shawn Michaels vs. Vader
11.17.96   Shawn Michaels vs. Sycho Sid
08.03.97   Owen Hart vs. Steve Austin
09.20.97   Owen Hart vs. Vader
09.20.97   Shawn Michaels vs. Davey Boy Smith
01.18.98    The Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels (Casket Match)
04.26.98   Steve Austin vs. Dude Love
05.31.98   Steve Austin vs. Dude Love
08.24.98    Mankind vs. Kane (Hell in a Cell)
02.14.99    Mankind vs. The Rock (Last Man Standing)
02.15.99    Mankind vs. The Rock (Ladder Match)
03.28.99   Steve Austin vs. The Rock
01.23.00    The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz (Tables Match)
04.02.00    The Dudley Boyz vs. The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian (Ladder Match)
05.21.00    The Rock vs. Triple H (60 Minute Iron Man Match)
09.25.00    The Hardy Boyz vs. Edge & Christian (Ladder Match)
05.20.01    Chris Benoit vs. Kurt Angle (2/3 Falls Match)
06.24.01    Kurt Angle vs. Shane McMahon (Street Fight)
07.22.01    Jeff Hardy vs. Rob Van Dam (Hardcore Match)
07.22.01   The WWF vs. The Alliance
11.03.01   Chris Jericho vs. Kurt Angle
12.09.01   The Rock vs. Chris Jericho
01.20.02   Royal Rumble Match
03.17.02   The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan
05.19.02 Edge vs. Kurt Angle
05.19.02 Triple H vs. Chris Jericho (Hell in a Cell)
05.28.02 Edge vs. Kurt Angle (Steel Cage)
09.22.02 Eddie Guerrero vs. Edge
09.24.02 Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit
10.07.02 Kane vs. Bubba Ray & Spike Dudley vs. Christian & Chris Jericho vs. Jef Hardy & Rob Van Dam (TLC)
11.17.02 Edge & Rey Mysterio vs. Kurt Angle & Chris Benoit vs. Los Guerreros
07.27.03 Eddie Guerrero vs. Chris Benoit
11.16.03 Orton, Jericho, Christian, Henry & Steiner vs. Michaels, Dudley Boyz, Rob Van Dam & Booker T
03.14.04 Randy Orton, Batista & Ric Flair vs. The Rock & Mick Foley
03.14.04 Eddie Guerrero vs. Kurt Angle
04.18.04 Randy Orton vs. Cactus Jack (Hardcore)
04.18.04 Chris Benoit vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels
05.16.04 Eddie Guerrero vs. JBL
02.11.15   Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Bayley vs. Becky Lynch
02.22.15   Daniel Bryan vs. Roman Reigns
03.30.15   Daniel Bryan vs. Dolph Ziggler
05.04.15   Seth Rollins vs. Dean Ambrose
07.04.15   Chris Jericho vs. Neville
07.13.15   Cesaro vs. Rusev vs. Kevin Owens
08.03.15    Seth Rollins vs. Neville
08.10.15    Randy Orton vs. Cesaro vs. Kevin Owens
08.23.15    Seth Rollins vs. John Cena
08.23.15    The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar
10.25.15    The Undertaker vs. Brock Lesnar (Hell in a Cell)
11.16.15    Dean Ambrose vs. Dolph Ziggler
12.13.15    New Day vs. Lucha Dragons vs. Usos (Ladder Match)
12.16.15    Finn Balor vs. Samoa Joe
01.24.16    Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens (Last Man Standing)
04.01.16    American Alpha vs. The Revival
04.01.16    Bayley vs. Asuka
04.03.16 Owens vs. Zayn vs. Ziggler vs. Miz vs. Stardust vs. Sin Cara vs. Ryder (Ladder)
04.11.16 AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn
05.01.16 AJ Styles vs. Roman Reigns
05.23.16 AJ Styles Kevin Owen
06.08.16 American Alpha vs. The Revival
06.19.16 AJ Styles vs. John Cena
07.24.16 Dean Ambrose vs. Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns
08.20.16 Samoa Joe vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
08.21.16 Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte
09.11.16 AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose
10.09.16 The Miz vs. Dolph Ziggler
10.30.16 Charlotte Flair vs. Sasha Banks (Hell in a Cell)
11.19.16 Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Samoa Joe
01.15.17 Pete Dunne vs. Mark Andrews
01.28.17 #DIY vs. The Authors of Pain
02.12.17 John Cena vs. AJ Styles vs. Dean Ambrose vs. The Miz vs. Baron Corbin vs. Bray Wyatt (Elimination Chamber)
04.02.17 Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar
06.04.17 Bray Wyatt vs. Roman Reigns vs. Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins vs. Samoa Joe

* Match was rated at both ***** and -***** by James Dixon in Volume 4.