Official Dave Meltzer 5 Star Rating Thread 2012.

[St. Jimmy]

The only ratings that matter in WRESTLING

Updated Dave Meltzer ****+ ratings for 2012:
01/04/2012 - Devitt & Taguchi vs Richards & Romero **** (NJPW WrestleKingdom)
01/04/2012 - Tanahashi vs Suzuki **** (NJPW WrestleKingdom)
01/27/2012 - Akira Tozawa vs. PAC **** (DGUSA Open the Golden Gate)
03/04/2012 - Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito ****3/4 (NJPW 40th Anniversary Show)
03/31/2012 - Davey Richards vs Michael Elgin ***** (ROH Showdown in the Sun, Night II)
04/01/2012 - Undertaker vs HHH ****3/4 (WWE WrestleMania)
04/29/2012 - Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus **** (WWE Extreme Rules)
04/29/2012 - Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena ****1/2 (WWE Extreme Rules)
05/13/2012 - Kurt Angle vs. AJ Styles **** (TNA Sacrifice)
05/20/2012 - Daniel Bryan vs. CM Punk ****1/2 (WWE Over the Limit)
06/10/2012 - Kurt Angle & AJ Styles vs. Daniels & Kazarian ****1/4 (TNA Slammiversary)
06/24/2012 - Adam Cole vs. Kyle O'Reilly (Hybrid Fighting Rules) **** (ROH Best in the World)
06/24/2012 - Kevin Steen vs. Davey Richards (Anything Goes) **** (ROH Best in the World)
07/08/2012 - AJ Styles vs. Christopher Daniels (Last Man Standing) ****1/4 (TNA Destination X)
07/08/2012 - Austin Aries vs. Bobby Roode ****1/2 (TNA Destination X)
10/08/12 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki ***** (NJPW King of Pro Wrestling 2012)

[Steveviscious89]

Glad he can make a living off of this, but I've truly never cared what he thinks.

[CSL]

The only ratings that matter in WRESTLING

lol, you keep plugging away god bless ya

[#BROKEN Hasney]

Glad he can make a living off of this, but I've truly never cared what he thinks.

Kind of like most peoples reactions to St. Jimmy posts, just without the making a living part.

[Gertner]

The only numbers that matter are the number that my Workrateometer comes up with.

[St. Jimmy]

Workrateometer is what produces stars, Gertie.

[Gertner]

Judging from the Indy shows I've seen Workrate produces high cholesterol.

[St. Jimmy]

Only in CZW, they put the filter on backwards.

[Big Vic]

04/29/2012 - Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus **** (WWE Extreme Rules)
04/29/2012 - Brock Lesnar vs. John Cena ****1/2 (WWE Extreme Rules)


DB vs Sheamus was better than Cenas match.

[Hanso Amore]

Seems like he tosses 4 and a half stars around too much.

5 stars is supposed to be a Perfect match that is a classic.

none of those were "almost" that.

Always hated these ratings as well. Kenta and Mitsuawa had basically the same match over and over, with the same spots, and they were just crapping out 5 stars

[St. Jimmy]

Davey vs. Elgin was a perfect match.

[Big Vic]

Taker vs HHH was no where near a 5 star match more like 3.5

[Nicky Fives]

I don't care what he says if he doesn't think HHH/Taker wasn't 5-star.....no match on that list can even compare, especially when they aren't on the biggest show in professional wrestling history.....

[MoFo]

So basically Meltzer is an indy mark.

[KIRA]

He gave Punk/Bryan A 4 1/2 wtf ?

that match was a wrestling dream come true.

[Seth82]

http://starratingslist.blogspot.com/2009/09/wrestling-observer-5-star-ratings-list.html

[Joesgonnakillyou]

Pfft

the Jericho - Punk matches from wrestlemania and extreme rules were four stars

[Gertner]

Richards vs Elgin was barely two stars. Everybody knew who was gonna win and it was basically two vanilla midget wrestling in front of fat, lazy basement dwelling virgins, no selling everything, while 50 people watched at home, because ROH is a bush league fed.

[St. Jimmy]

Gertner is Gabe Sapolsky

[Kapoutman]

Richards vs Elgin was barely two stars. Everybody knew who was gonna win and it was basically two vanilla midget wrestling in front of fat, lazy basement dwelling virgins, no selling everything, while 50 people watched at home, because ROH is a bush league fed.

Elgin is more like a vanilla tank, to be fair.

[Big Vic]

I don't care what he says if he doesn't think HHH/Taker wasn't 5-star.....no match on that list can even compare, especially when they aren't on the biggest show in professional wrestling history.....
Their one from the year before was much better this years was 85% about chair shots.

[Corporate CockSnogger]

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[Road Warrior]

Watched about half of the Elgin v. Richards "5 star" match. I'd tried to be as objective as possible and figured I could be as I've never really bothered to watch ROH. So I start watching this match and well......I really don't have the time to type up the amount of disdain I have for what I saw happen in that match, so I'll just say that I understand why no one watches. One small tidbit that was fucking astonishing, was watching Elgin no sell a superplex.

[CSL]

Davey vs. Elgin was a perfect match.

ahahahahahahaha

[Jordan]

HHH/Taker was MOTY so far and I doubt it gets beat. 5 Stars all the way

[MoFo]

Michael Elgin is such a shit wrestling name.

[MoFo]

'Hybrid fighting rules'

:lol:

[#1-norm-fan]

HHH/Taker was MOTY so far and I doubt it gets beat. 5 Stars all the way

I go back and forth between that and Cena vs Lesnar. Cena vs Lesnar had a ridiculous "big fight feel" especially for Extreme Rules and it didn't disappoint. It was pretty perfectly booked and the way they pulled the crowd in at the end to going crazy for Cena was beautiful.

Couple those with the brilliant matches between Sheamus/Bryan and Punk/Jericho at Extreme Rules and April was one of the best months for wrestling matches I can ever remember.

[#1-norm-fan]

Also,

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[Gertner]

Watched about half of the Elgin v. Richards "5 star" match. I'd tried to be as objective as possible and figured I could be as I've never really bothered to watch ROH. So I start watching this match and well......I really don't have the time to type up the amount of disdain I have for what I saw happen in that match, so I'll just say that I understand why no one watches. One small tidbit that was fucking astonishing, was watching Elgin no sell a superplex.

I remember when people used to give me shit for bashing ROH. Those were the days.

[SNLfunnyguy]

Glad he can make a living off of this, but I've truly never cared what he thinks.

THen did you open this thread to be ironic?

[St. Jimmy]

Updated with * 10/08/12 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki

[Joesgonnakillyou]

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[mike adamle]

Updated with * 10/08/12 Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Minoru Suzuki

Haven't seen this yet. Better than their Tokyo Dome match from January?

[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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[SlickyTrickyDamon]

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