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Click the link here to vote in the poll and help decide the next edition of the 5 Star Series. Welcome to another edition of the 5 Star Series, the series that covers the greatest wrestling matches of all time to see what truly is the best match ever. This week, we'll be making our first venture into the world of joshi puroresu in this series, as I'll be looking at Jaguar Yokota defending the WWWA World Championship at All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling's Summer Night Festival In Budokan. This match holds the distinction of being the first women's match, and the first of 19 All Japan Women's matches, that Dave Meltzer ever rated 5 stars. The Match The Match: Jaguar Yokota (c) vs Lioness Asuka The Event: Summer Night Festival in Budokan The Stipulation: Singles match for the WWWA World Championship Meltzer Rating: 5 Stars Cagematch.net Rating: 9.20/10 Where to Watch: Vimeo How We Got Here Rimi "Jaguar" Yokota graduated as part of All Japan Women's trai...

Click the link here to vote in the poll and help decide the next edition of the 5 Star Series. Welcome to another edition of the 5 Star Series, the series that covers the greatest wrestling matches of all time to see what truly is the best match ever. This week, we'll be delving into a company I've never discussed on the blog, as I'll be covering a match between Ilja Dragunov and WALTER. Most people are probably familiar with the two's pair of matches in WWE's developmental systems, first in NXT UK in 2020 and then in NXT in 2021. However, their series of elite matches actually started back in 2017, when they faced off in German promotion Westside Xtreme Wrestling in the finals of the 2017 16 Carat Gold tournament. The Match Facts The Match: Ilja Dragunov vs WALTER The Event: Night 3 of 16 Carat Gold 2017 The Stipulation: Singles match, Finals of the 16 Carat Gold Tournament Meltzer Rating: N/A Cagematch.net Rating: 9.01/10 Where to Watch: wXwNow (subscription requi...

Click the link here to vote in the poll and help decide the next edition of the 5 Star Series. Welcome to another edition of the 5 Star Series, the series that covers the greatest wrestling matches of all time to see what truly is the best match ever. There are over 200 matches from New Japan Pro-Wrestling on my list of potential matches for this series, and for our first venture into the company, I'll be looking at the main event of Wrestle Kingdom 11, as Kazuchika Okada defends the IWGP Heavyweight Championship against Kenny Omega. This match is not only the company's highest-rated match on Cagematch.net, but is tied for the highest-rated match on the entire site (with more votes.) The Match Facts The Match: Kazuchika Okada (c) vs Kenny Omega The Event: Wrestle Kingdom 11 The Stipulation: Singles match for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship Meltzer Rating: 6 stars Cagematch.net Rating: 9.80/10 (#1 on Cagematch's Top 100 Matches) Where to Watch: NJPW World ( The match is av...

Click the link here to vote in the poll and help decide the next edition of the 5 Star Series. Welcome to another edition of the 5 Star Series, the series that covers the greatest wrestling matches of all time to see what truly is the best match ever. We started this series with Johnny Gargano vs Adam Cole at NXT TakeOver: New York a month ago, and now, we'll look at the rematch, with Gargano defending the NXT Championship against Cole in the main event of NXT TakeOver: XXV. The Match Facts The Match: Johnny Gargano (c) vs Adam Cole The Event: NXT TakeOver: XXV The Stipulation: Singles match for the NXT Championship Meltzer Rating: 5 1/4 stars Cagematch.net Rating: 9.11/10 Where to Watch: Various Services Depending on Region (Peacock, WWE Network, Binge, etc.) How We Got Here Gargano came out on top of their Two out of Three Falls match at TakeOver: New York, but Cole, who won the first fall, had a legitimate claim to a rematch, setting up their second encounter two months later. ...

Click the link here to vote in the poll and help decide the next edition of the 5 Star Series. Welcome to another edition of the 5 Star Series, the series that covers the greatest wrestling matches of all time to see what truly is the best match ever. For the second entry in the series, I'll going back to All Japan Pro Wrestling's Super Power Series 1994 and looking at Mitsuharu Misawa defending the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship against Toshiaki Kawada in the main event of Day 16. The Match Facts The Match: Mitsuharu Misawa (c) vs Toshiaki Kawada The Event: Day 16 of the Super Power Series 1994 The Stipulation: Singles Match for the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship  Meltzer Rating: 5 stars (Cagematch.net lists it at 6 stars, but Dave Meltzer himself has stated it's 5 stars) Cagematch.net Rating: 9.72/10 (#11 on Cagematch's Top 100 Matches) Where to Watch: YouTube How We Got Here Misawa and Kawada would both debut for All Japan Pro Wrestling in the early 80s...