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Introduction
Below you can see all known star ratings for wrestling matches featuring in Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Please note that ratings are given to the overall match; not to the performers within them. Therefore, high or low ratings may reflect aspects of the match including booking, length and performance of partners/opponents, over which the performers may have little or no control. Please also note that a match that received a particular rating many years ago may have been judged on a different criteria from today's.

Following the same rating system devised in part by Jim Cornette, matches are rated from the lowest rating of -***** (-5) through to the highest rating of ***** (+5), with a small number of matches being rated above that theoretical maximum. Matches with a rating of zero stars are referred to as a "DUD" and an average match tends to score around a ** (2) rating. All ratings can only be considered subjective and this page is designed purely for reference purposes.

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card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 2 Feb 24th 2024	El Desperado & Oleg Boltin & Shota Umino & Togi Makabe & YOH	def. (pin)	Dick Togo & EVIL & Ren Narita & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	10-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW The New Beginning In Sapporo 2024 - Day 1 Feb 23rd 2024	SHO	def. (CO)	El Desperado (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title (title change)	-* (-1)
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2024 Feb 11th 2024	EVIL & Ren Narita & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	El Desperado & Shota Umino & Tiger Mask IV & Tomoaki Honma	8-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW New Year Dash !! 2024 Jan 5th 2024	El Desperado & Master Wato & Shota Umino & Tama Tonga & Togi Makabe & Tomoaki Honma	def. (pin)	Dick Togo & EVIL & Ren Narita & SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi	12-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 18 Jan 4th 2024	Great O-Khan, Taiji Ishimori, Toru Yano, YOH	def.	Alex Coughlin, Chase Owens, DOUKI, Fujita Hayato, Gabe Kidd, Henare, Jeff Cobb, Master Wato, Mikey Nicholls, Shane Haste, SHO, Taichi, Takashi Iizuka, Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi	New Japan Rambo Match		** (2.00)
NJPW Super Junior Tag League 2023 ~ Power Struggle 2023 Nov 4th 2023	Francesco Akira & TJP	def. (pin)	SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Destruction In Ryogoku 2023 Oct 9th 2023	DOUKI & Taichi & Yuya Uemura	def. (pin)	SHO & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Yujiro Takahashi	6-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW Destruction In Kobe 2023 Sep 24th 2023	SHO	def. (pin)	Taichi	no time limit	NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling Title (title change)	-* (-1)
NJPW G1 Climax 2023 - Day 19 Aug 13th 2023	Dick Togo & EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	DOUKI & SANADA & Taichi & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	8-person tag		** (2.00)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2023 May 3rd 2023	Hirooki Goto & Toru Yano & YOH & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	Dick Togo & EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	8-person tag		¼* (0.25)
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2023 Apr 8th 2023	Aaron Henare & Francesco Akira & Jeff Cobb	def. (pin)	EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	6-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2023 - Day 12 Mar 21st 2023	Dick Togo & EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	El Desperado & Ren Narita & Ryusuke Taguchi & Toru Yano	8-person tag		DUD (0)
NJPW The New Beginning In Osaka 2023 Feb 11th 2023	El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki & Ren Narita	def. (sub)	EVIL (c) & SHO (c) & Yujiro Takahashi (c)	6-person tag	NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title (title change)	***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 Jan 4th 2023	Great O-Khan, Shingo Takagi, SHO, Toru Yano	def.	Aaron Henare, DOUKI, El Phantasmo, EVIL, HIKULEO, Jeff Cobb, KENTA, Mikey Nicholls, Rocky Romero, Ryusuke Taguchi, Shane Haste, Taichi, Tomohiro Ishii, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yujiro Takahashi	New Japan Rambo Match		** (2.00)
NJPW World Tag League 2022 & Super Junior Tag League 2022 - Day 17 Dec 14th 2022	DOUKI & Lance Archer & Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	def. (pin)	Dick Togo & EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	8-person tag		*½ (1.5)
NJPW/STARDOM Historic X-over 2022 Nov 20th 2022	Lio Rush & Tomohiro Ishii & YOH & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	Dick Togo & EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	8-person tag		** (2.00)
NJPW Rumble On 44th Street Oct 28th 2022	SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	def.	Rocky Romero & YOH			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Declaration of Power Oct 10th 2022	HIKULEO & Hiroshi Tanahashi & Ryusuke Taguchi	def. (pin)	EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	6-person tag		** (2.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2022 - Day 20 Aug 18th 2022	Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii & YOH & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	Dick Togo & EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	8-person tag		**¼ (2.25)
NJPW New Japan Road 2022 - Day 8 Jul 5th 2022	Hirooki Goto & YOH & YOSHI-HASHI	def. (pin)	EVIL (c) & SHO (c) & Yujiro Takahashi (c)	6-person tag	NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title (title change)	*** (3.00)
NJPW Dominion 6.12 In Osaka-Jo Hall Jun 12th 2022	EVIL (c) & SHO (c) & Yujiro Takahashi (c)	def. (pin)	El Desperado & Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr.	6-person tag	NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title	*½ (1.5)
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors 29 - Day 13 Jun 3rd 2022	Yoshinobu Kanemaru & Zack Sabre Jr.	def. (sub)	EVIL & SHO			*½ (1.5)
NJPW Hyper Battle 2022 - Day 5 Apr 9th 2022	El Desperado (c)	def. (pin)	SHO		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	**** (4.00)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2022 - Day 3 Mar 7th 2022	Hiromu Takahashi	def. (pin)	SHO			**½ (2.5)
NJPW 50th Anniversary Event Mar 1st 2022	EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	Ryohei Oiwa & Tiger Mask IV & YOH	6-person tag		*¾ (1.75)
NJPW New Years Golden Series 2022 - Day 15 Feb 20th 2022	EVIL (c) & SHO (c) & Yujiro Takahashi (c)	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & YOH & YOSHI-HASHI	6-person tag	NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title	** (2.00)
NJPW/NOAH Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Day 3: New Japan vs. NOAH Jan 8th 2022	SHO	def. (pin)	Atsushi Kotoge			**½ (2.5)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Day 2 Jan 5th 2022	EVIL (c) & SHO (c) & Yujiro Takahashi (c)	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & YOH & YOSHI-HASHI	6-person tag	NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title	**½ (2.5)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 16 - Day 1 Jan 4th 2022	YOH	def. (pin)	SHO			*** (3.00)
NJPW Power Struggle 2021 Nov 6th 2021	EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto (c) & Tomohiro Ishii (c) & YOSHI-HASHI (c)	6-person tag	NEVER Openweight Six Man Tag Team Title (title change)	**¼ (2.25)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 19 Oct 21st 2021	EVIL & SHO & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 2 Sep 19th 2021	SHO	def. (sub)	Kosei Fujita			* (1.00)
NJPW G1 Climax 2021 - Day 1 Sep 18th 2021	SHO	def. (sub)	Ryohei Oiwa			** (2.00)
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam 2021 in MetLife Dome - Day 1 Sep 4th 2021	SHO	def. (sub)	YOH			**** (4.00)
NJPW Wrestle Grand Slam In Tokyo Dome Jul 25th 2021	Chase Owens	def. (sub)	BUSHI, Dick Togo, DOUKI, Great O-Khan, Hirooki Goto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, KENTA, Master Wato, Minoru Suzuki, Satoshi Kojima, SHO, Tiger Mask IV, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano (c), YOH, YOSHI-HASHI, Yoshinobu Kanemaru, Yuji Nagata, Yujiro Takahashi	dark handcuffed battle royal	NJPW King Of Pro-Wrestling Title (title change)	*¼ (1.25)
NJPW Kizuna Road 2021 - Day 7 Jun 23rd 2021	El Phantasmo & Taiji Ishimori	def.	SHO (c) & YOH (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (title change)	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Dominion 6.6 In Osaka-Jo Hall Jun 7th 2021	Chase Owens & El Phantasmo & EVIL & Taiji Ishimori & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	Hirooki Goto & Hiroshi Tanahashi & SHO & Tomohiro Ishii & YOSHI-HASHI	10-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Wrestling Dontaku 2021 - Day 1 May 3rd 2021	Kazuchika Okada & SHO & YOH	def. (pin)	El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	6-person tag		*** (3.00)
NJPW Sakura Genesis 2021 Apr 4th 2021	SHO & YOH	def.	El Desperado (c) & Yoshinobu Kanemaru (c)		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship (title change)	***½ (3.5)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 13 Mar 21st 2021	EVIL & KENTA & Yujiro Takahashi	def. (pin)	SHO & Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW New Japan Cup 2021 - Day 12 Mar 20th 2021	SHO & Toru Yano & YOSHI-HASHI	def.	Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens & Jado	6-person tag		** (2.00)
NJPW 49th Anniversary Show Mar 4th 2021	Kazuchika Okada & SHO & Tomohiro Ishii	def. (pin)	BUSHI & SANADA & Shingo Takagi	6-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Day 2 Feb 11th 2021	Master Wato & SHO & Tomoaki Honma	def. (pin)	El Desperado & Minoru Suzuki & Yoshinobu Kanemaru	6-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW The New Beginning in Hiroshima 2021 - Day 1 Feb 10th 2021	Hiromu Takahashi (c)	def. (pin)	SHO		IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title	****¼ (4.25)
NJPW The New Beginning In Nagoya Jan 30th 2021	Kota Ibushi & Master Wato & SHO & Tomoaki Honma	def.	BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA & Tetsuya Naito	8-person tag		**¾ (2.75)
NJPW Road to The New Beginning '21 - Day 5 Jan 23rd 2021	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Master Wato & SHO & Tomoaki Honma	def. (pin)	BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA & Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito	10-man tag elimination		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW New Year Dash!! 2021 Jan 6th 2021	BUSHI & Hiromu Takahashi & SANADA & Shingo Takagi & Tetsuya Naito	def. (pin)	Hiroshi Tanahashi & Kota Ibushi & Master Wato & Rocky Romero & SHO	10-person tag		***¼ (3.25)
NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 15 - Day 1 Jan 4th 2021	Bad Luck Fale, BUSHI, Chase Owens, Toru Yano	def.	DOUKI, Gabriel Kidd, Hirooki Goto, Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Minoru Suzuki, Rocky Romero, SHO, Tiger Mask IV, Toa Henare, Togi Makabe, Tomoaki Honma, Tomohiro Ishii, YOSHI-HASHI, Yota Tsuji, Yuji Nagata, Yujiro Takahashi, Yuya Uemura	New Japan Rambo Match		*¾ (1.75)
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors XXVII & World Tag League 2020 - Day 17 Dec 11th 2020	Bad Luck Fale & Chase Owens & Taiji Ishimori	def.	Robbie Eagles & SHO & Toru Yano	6-person tag		**½ (2.5)
NJPW Best Of The Super Juniors XXVII & World Tag League 2020 - Day 16 Dec 6th 2020	Taiji Ishimori	def. (pin)	SHO			**** (4.00)

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