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Top Rated Matches of 1986

All below match ratings come from Dave Meltzer of the highly respected Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Please note that this list only reflects matches entered into the database already and is therefore not necessarily a complete list.

Top Rated Matches in: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1963

rating	date	card name	winner(s)	loser(s)	match type
+5	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Butch Miller, Luke Williams	Bobby Fulton, Tommy Rogers
+5	Fri, Feb 14th 1986	CWF Battle of the Belts 2	Barry Windham	Ric Flair
+5	Tue, Jan 28th 1986	AJPW New Year Wars Super Battle '86 - Day 25	Genichiro Tenryu, Jumbo Tsuruta	Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu
+4.75	Thu, Mar 13th 1986	AJPW Exciting Wars 1986 - Day 14	Genichiro Tenryu	Yoshiaki Yatsu
+4.5	Fri, Sep 19th 1986	NJPW Challenge Spirit 1986 - Day 17	Shiro Koshinaka	Nobuhiko Takada
+4.5	Tue, Jun 17th 1986	NJPW IWGP Champion Series 1986 - Day 29	Nobuhiko Takada	The Cobra
+4.5	Thu, Jun 12th 1986	NJPW IWGP Champion Series 1986 - Day 25	Akira Maeda	Tatsumi Fujinami
+4.25	Sun, Dec 28th 1986	NWA Richmond Show (Dec '86)	Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff	Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard	steel cage (2 on 2)
+4.25	Fri, Nov 28th 1986	NWA Richmond Show (Nov '86)	Dusty Rhodes, Nikita Koloff	Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard	steel cage (2 on 2)
+4.25	Thu, Nov 27th 1986	NWA StarrCade '86	Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson	Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson	steel cage (2 on 2)
+4.25	Tue, Aug 5th 1986	NJPW Burning Spirit in Summer - Day 26	Akira Maeda, Osamu Kido	Kengo Kimura, Tatsumi Fujinami
+4.25	Sun, Feb 2nd 1986	NWA Superstars on the Superstation	Ric Flair	Ronnie Garvin
+4	Sun, Dec 28th 1986	NWA Richmond Show (Dec '86)	Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson	Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson
+4	Fri, Nov 28th 1986	NWA Richmond Show (Nov '86)	Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson	Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson
+4	Thu, Nov 27th 1986	NWA StarrCade '86	Ric Flair	Nikita Koloff
+4	Thu, Aug 28th 1986	WWF The Big Event	Jacques Rougeau, Raymond Rougeau	Brutus Beefcake, Greg Valentine
+4	Thu, Aug 28th 1986	WWF The Big Event	Ricky Steamboat	Jake Roberts	"Snake Pit"
+4	Thu, Aug 7th 1986	NJPW Burning Spirit in Summer - Day 27	Nobuhiko Takada	Kazuo Yamazaki
+4	Tue, Apr 22nd 1986	WWF MSG Show (Apr '86)	Randy Savage	Tito Santana	no disqualification
+4	Mon, Apr 7th 1986	WWF WrestleMania 2 (IL)	Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid	Brutus Beefcake, Greg Valentine
+4	Thu, Mar 13th 1986	AJPW Exciting Wars 1986 - Day 14	Riki Choshu	Tiger Mask II
+4	Thu, Mar 13th 1986	AJPW Exciting Wars 1986 - Day 14	Jumbo Tsuruta	Animal Hamaguchi
+4	Tue, Mar 4th 1986	AJPW Exciting Wars 1986 - Day 8	Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu	Genichiro Tenryu, Jumbo Tsuruta
+4	Sat, Feb 8th 1986	WWF Championship Wrestling Taping	Randy Savage	Tito Santana
+3.75	Thu, Nov 27th 1986	NWA StarrCade '86	Big Bubba Rogers	Ron Garvin	street fight
+3.75	Fri, Aug 29th 1986	NJPW Challenge Spirit 1986 - Day 1	Akira Maeda, Osamu Kido	Kengo Kimura, Tatsumi Fujinami
+3.75	Wed, Aug 20th 1986	AJPW Summer Action Series II 1986 - Day 3	Genichiro Tenryu, Jumbo Tsuruta	Rusher Kimura, Tiger Jeet Singh
+3.75	Tue, Aug 5th 1986	NJPW Burning Spirit in Summer - Day 26	Nobuhiko Takada	Shiro Koshinaka
+3.75	Sat, Jun 28th 1986	AWA Battle by the Bay	Curt Hennig, Marty Jannetty, Shawn Michaels	Alexis Smirnoff, Buddy Roberts, Doug Somers	6-person tag
+3.5	Thu, Nov 27th 1986	NWA StarrCade '86	Ivan Koloff, Krusher Kruschev	Bobby Jaggers, Dutch Mantel
+3.5	Thu, Nov 27th 1986	NWA StarrCade '86	Animal, Hawk	Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey	scaffold (tag)
+3.5	Sat, Sep 13th 1986	WWF Saturday Night's Main Event Taping	Ricky Steamboat	Jake Roberts	"Snake Pit"
+3.5	Sat, Sep 13th 1986	WWF Saturday Night's Main Event Taping	Davey Boy Smith, Dynamite Kid	Brutus Beefcake, Greg Valentine	tag (2 out of 3 falls)
+3.5	Thu, Jun 19th 1986	NJPW IWGP Champion Series 1986 - Day 31	Antonio Inoki	Dick Murdoch
+3.5	Sun, May 4th 1986	WCWA Parade of Champions III	Rick Rude	Bruiser Brody
+3.5	Thu, May 1st 1986	WWF Saturday Night's Main Event Taping	Hulk Hogan, Junkyard Dog	Hoss Funk, Terry Funk
+3.5	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Animal, Hawk	Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey
+3.5	Mon, Apr 7th 1986	WWF WrestleMania 2 (CA)	Hoss Funk, Terry Funk	Junkyard Dog, Tito Santana
+3.5	Fri, Feb 14th 1986	CWF Battle of the Belts 2	Bruiser Brody	Wahoo McDaniel
+3.5	Sun, Feb 2nd 1986	NWA Superstars on the Superstation	Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey	Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson
+3.25	Tue, Dec 30th 1986	NWA San Francisco Show (Dec '86)	Animal, Hawk	Bobby Eaton, Dennis Condrey
+3.25	Thu, Nov 27th 1986	NWA StarrCade '86	Sam Houston	Bill Dundee
+3.25	Mon, Oct 20th 1986	WWF MSG Show (Oct '86)	Greg Valentine	Davey Boy Smith
+3.25	Wed, Aug 20th 1986	AJPW Summer Action Series II 1986 - Day 3	Riki Choshu, Yoshiaki Yatsu	Killer Khan, Super Strong Machine
+3.25	Mon, May 19th 1986	WWF MSG Show (May '86)	Jake Roberts	Ricky Steamboat
+3.25	Sun, May 4th 1986	WCWA Parade of Champions III	Kerry Von Erich, Lance Von Erich, Steve Simpson	Buddy Roberts, Michael Hayes, Terry Gordy	6-man tag lumberjack strap elimination
+3.25	Thu, May 1st 1986	WWF Saturday Night's Main Event Taping	Adrian Adonis	Paul Orndorff
+3.25	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Ric Flair	Dusty Rhodes
+3.25	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Butch Miller, Luke Williams	Chavo Guerrero, Hector Guerrero
+3.25	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Butch Miller, Luke Williams	Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson
+3.25	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Steve Williams, Terry Taylor	Bill Dundee, Buddy Landel
+3.25	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Ivan Koloff, Nikita Koloff	Steve Williams, Terry Taylor
+3	Sun, Dec 28th 1986	NWA Richmond Show (Dec '86)	Wahoo McDaniel	Manny Fernandez	strap
+3	Fri, Nov 28th 1986	NWA Richmond Show (Nov '86)	Wahoo McDaniel	Manny Fernandez	strap
+3	Thu, Nov 27th 1986	NWA StarrCade '86	Nelson Royal, Tim Horner	Don Kernodle, Rocky Kernodle
+3	Sun, Sep 7th 1986	WWF Toronto Show (Sep '86)	Ricky Steamboat	The Iron Sheik
+3	Thu, Aug 28th 1986	WWF The Big Event	Dick Slater	Iron Mike Sharpe
+3	Thu, Aug 28th 1986	WWF The Big Event	Hulk Hogan	Paul Orndorff
+3	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Animal, Hawk	Mark Youngblood, Wahoo McDaniel
+3	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Animal, Hawk	Magnum T. A., Ronnie Garvin
+3	Mon, Apr 7th 1986	WWF WrestleMania 2 (CA)	Ricky Steamboat	Hercules Hernandez
+2.75	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Jim Duggan	Dick Slater	no disqualification
+2.75	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Nelson Royal, Sam Houston	Bart Batten, Brad Batten
+2.5	Tue, Dec 30th 1986	NWA San Francisco Show (Dec '86)	Ric Flair	Dusty Rhodes
+2.5	Sun, Dec 28th 1986	NWA Richmond Show (Dec '86)	Brad Armstrong	Jimmy Garvin
+2.5	Sun, Dec 28th 1986	NWA Richmond Show (Dec '86)	Bill Dundee	Hector Guerrero
+2.5	Fri, Nov 28th 1986	NWA Richmond Show (Nov '86)	Brad Armstrong	Jimmy Garvin
+2.5	Fri, Nov 28th 1986	NWA Richmond Show (Nov '86)	Bill Dundee	Hector Guerrero
+2.5	Thu, Nov 27th 1986	NWA StarrCade '86	Baron Von Raschke, Hector Guerrero	Shaska Whatley, The Barbarian
+2.5	Sun, Sep 7th 1986	WWF Toronto Show (Sep '86)	Dynamite Kid	Jimmy Jack Funk
+2.5	Sun, Sep 7th 1986	WWF Toronto Show (Sep '86)	Koko B Ware	Steve Lombardi
+2.5	Thu, Aug 28th 1986	WWF The Big Event	Billy Jack Haynes	Hercules
+2.5	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Buzz Sawyer, Rick Steiner	Italian Stallion, Koko Ware
+2.5	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Black Bart, Jimmy Garvin	Brett Sawyer, Dave Peterson
+2.5	Sun, Feb 2nd 1986	NWA Superstars on the Superstation	Animal, Hawk	Ivan Koloff, Nikita Koloff
+2.25	Tue, Dec 30th 1986	NWA San Francisco Show (Dec '86)	Ricky Morton, Robert Gibson	Arn Anderson, Ole Anderson
+2.25	Sun, Dec 28th 1986	NWA Richmond Show (Dec '86)	Bobby Jaggers, Dutch Mantel	Ivan Koloff, Krusher Kruschev	elimination tag
+2.25	Fri, Nov 28th 1986	NWA Richmond Show (Nov '86)	Bobby Jaggers, Dutch Mantel	Ivan Koloff, Krusher Kruschev	tag (elimination)
+2.25	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Magnum T. A., Ronnie Garvin	Giant Baba, Tiger Mask II
+2	Thu, Aug 28th 1986	WWF The Big Event	B. Brian Blair, Jim Brunzell	Hoss Funk, Jimmy Jack Funk
+2	Thu, Aug 28th 1986	WWF The Big Event	Harley Race	Pedro Morales
+2	Sun, May 4th 1986	WCWA Parade of Champions III	Brickhouse Brown, Chris Adams	John Tatum, The Grappler
+2	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Giant Baba, Tiger Mask II	Black Bart, Jimmy Garvin
+2	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Magnum T. A., Ronnie Garvin	Buzz Sawyer, Rick Steiner
+2	Sat, Apr 19th 1986	NWA Jim Crockett Sr. Memorial Tag Team Tournament	Mark Youngblood, Wahoo McDaniel	Bobby Jaggers, Mike Miller
+2	Mon, Apr 7th 1986	WWF WrestleMania 2 (NY)	Jake Roberts	George Wells
+2	Mon, Apr 7th 1986	WWF WrestleMania 2 (IL)	Andre the Giant	B. Brian Blair, Big John Studd, Bill Fralic, Bret Hart, Bruno Sammartino, Danny Spivey, Ernie Holmes, Harvey Martin, Hillbilly Jim, Jim Brunzell, Jim Neidhart, Jimbo Covert, King Tonga, Pedro Morales, Russ Francis, Ted Arcidi, The Iron Sheik, Tony Atlas, William Perry	Battle Royal