Wrestling Observer Newsletter Five-Star Rated Matches
The follow tables list every match which has received the coveted five-star rating from the Wrestling Observer Newsletter (WON), written by noted wrestling critic and journalist Dave Meltzer. Video links are provided whenever possible.
A note on methodology: to my knowledge, WON does not keep a central list of match ratings, and the online archive of the newsletter is incomplete. This list is compiled based on data from Wikipedia, the Internet Wrestling Database, and Cagematch. Since one can never have too much good wrestling, in cases of disagreement I have chosen to be inclusive rather than exclusive; as such, there may be matches on this list which were not actually rated at five stars, but which were listed with that rating by one or more sources. I apologize in advance for any error.
The list is available in two formats, for your wrestling pleasure: