Every dave meltzer five star match ranked from worst to best

@Wurzelknecht

3 жыл бұрын

That would be interesting, but also a long-ass list. Some of the 5-stars Meltzer gave out in the 80s were just confusing to me, and at times it seemed he threw a fiver at a match just for being chaotic and super violent and gory because of the novelty factor. Two matches that come to mind is the Sheepherders vs Fantastics, which in my memory just looked like your average ECW garbage brawl with lots of blood, and the other is the famous first 5-star match of Tiger Mask vs. Dynamite Kid from 83, which IMO is not their best match, and could be summed up as both of them spamming and no-selling Tombstones and Dynamite threatening to kill TM with a broken bottle out of frustration.

@ethanbenfield2285

3 жыл бұрын

@@Wurzelknecht Every one available on WWE network would make it a bit shorter and easier

@steelvader1852

3 жыл бұрын

@@ethanbenfield2285 there’s honestly many matches(mainly NXT) from WWE that I’m just baffled at the fact that they didn’t get five stars, based on the ones he’s thrown out in the past. If I’m not mistaken, Taker vs. Shawn at WM 25 didn’t hit 5 stars for some ungodly reason

@TimTE01

3 жыл бұрын

@@steelvader1852 The botched dive, maybe.

@charthistorian1690

3 жыл бұрын

@@steelvader1852 - Ricky Steamboat vs Randy Savage, WrestleMania III - Randy Savage vs The Ultimate Warrior, WrestleMania VII - Bret Hart vs Mr Perfect, Summerslam 1991 - Bret Hart vs The British Bulldog, Summerslam 1992 - Bret Hart vs Owen Hart, WrestleMania X - Razor Ramon vs Shawn Michaels, Summerslam 1995 - Bret Hart vs Diesel, Survivor Series 1995 - Bret Hart vs The British Bulldog, In Your House 5 - Owen Hart vs Shawn Michaels, In Your House 6 - Shawn Michaels vs Diesel, In Your House 7 - Shawn Michaels vs The British Bulldog, King of the Ring 1996 - Shawn Michaels vs Mankind, In Your House: Mind Games - 10 man tag team match, In Your House: International Incident - Mankind vs The Undertaker, King of the Ring 1998 - Triangle Ladder Match, WrestleMania 2000 - Triple H vs Cactus Jack, No Way Out 2000 - TLC 1, Summerslam 2000 - Triple H vs Steve Austin, No Way Out 2001 - TLC 2, WrestleMania X7 - The Rock vs Hulk Hogan, WrestleMania X8 - Chris Benoit vs Kurt Angle, Royal Rumble 2003 - Triple H vs Shawn Michaels vs Chris Benoit, WrestleMania XX - Kurt Angle vs Shawn Michaels, WrestleMania 21 - Kurt Angle vs The Undertaker, No Way Out 2006 - Shawn Michaels vs Ric Flair, WrestleMania XXIV - Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker, WrestleMania XV - Shawn Michaels vs The Undertaker, WrestleMania XXVI - Triple H vs The Undertaker, WrestleMania XXVII - Triple H vs The Undertaker, WrestleMania XXVIII - CM Punk vs John Cena, Raw February 2013 - CM Punk vs Brock Lesnar, Summerslam 2013 - Seth Rollins vs Brock Lesnar vs John Cena, Royal Rumble 2015 - John Cena vs AJ Styles, Royal Rumble 2017 - Braun Strowman vs Brock Lesnar vs Samoa Joe vs Roman Reigns, Summerslam 2017

My parents got cable in 1997 when I was 9 years old. I'll never forget stumbling upon RAW is WAR on Monday nights on the USA Channel. I instantly became obsessed with Taker, Kane, DX, Austin, the Hart Foundation, Pillman, The Patriot, Shamrock, etc. I found out about WCW shortly after and never understood how anybody thought it was anywhere close to being as good as WWF until just recently lol.

@dallascowboysnumber1fan

5 ай бұрын

I was 11 years old in 1997,started watching wrestling in 1992,but by 1997 it was a great time to be a wrestling fan.

@dallascowboysnumber1fan

5 ай бұрын

I was watching wcw because of the nwo,any kid or teenager who was a wrestling fan from mid to late nineties were more then likely rocking a nwo shirt.

This was a traditional year with an uneventful Survivor Series

It would be cool to see WCW, and ECW PPV lists ranked just like the WWE lists.

@lordtrigon1733

3 жыл бұрын

Tbf they already ranked every ECW PPV.

@MR.__G

3 жыл бұрын

I’m already laughing at the thought of a wcw 2000/2001 ppv ranking lol

@michael6202

3 жыл бұрын

@matt fahringer yes

@solidcake3401

3 жыл бұрын

@@MR.__G it would still be better than anything the wwe have put out in the last 6 years

@MR.__G

3 жыл бұрын

@@solidcake3401 i wouldn’t know. I haven’t watched wrestling since 2005. But what I do know is that the ending of wcw was a wild time

1997 was truly the greatest wrestling year of the 90s. The Montreal Screwjob, The Dawn of The Attitude Era, Hell in A Cell was introduced, Heel Bret Hart, HHH becoming King of the Ring, Undertaker as WWF champion, Kane, D Generation-X, Rock joins The Nation, That year is *GOLD*

@cyrus2546

2 жыл бұрын

It’s really great, I recently rewatched all the Raw’s and PPVs from 97, it’s really great, the only thing that brings it down is the post-Montreal malaise. The Raws between Montreal and Tyson’s first appearance are awful. The only good thing during that time was Austin and Rocky feuding over the IC belt.

@13youngtazz

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

IDC what anyone says. 1997 was one of the greatest years in professional wrestling. Period!

@colourblind021

3 жыл бұрын

"idc what anyone says" I think most people agree that it is

@optimus2008

3 жыл бұрын

97 to 2000 was a great run, and it was going good until 2001. After that WWE started to stutter. I think the next truly great year was either 2005 or 2008.

1997 was a very underrated year, we’ll see how you rank the PPVs Mr. Adam Pacitti

@hendrxx9593

3 жыл бұрын

@Frank Adams I guess because I always see people praising it more often

@steelvader1852

3 жыл бұрын

@@hendrxx9593 I think they made a video not too long ago saying ‘97 was the greatest year in the history of wrestling. I haven’t watched it all the way through though so I wouldn’t know.

@optimus2008

3 жыл бұрын

@@steelvader1852 Honestly, I think 2000 was a great year for the company. Apart from 99, but 2001 turned disappointing after X-Seven and Triple H's injury with the Invasion storyline.

@MiguelAngelo-bi3um

3 жыл бұрын

@@optimus2008 2001 was a very great year for WWE , it even has the greatest WrestleMania of all time.

@optimus2008

2 жыл бұрын

@@MiguelAngelo-bi3um I meant, AFTER Mania X-Seven. The Invasion angle was a bummer.

Vader was in the Final Four main-event because he was one of three guys eliminated by Austin after Bret had eliminated HIM. Fake Diesel was legally eliminated from the match by Bret Hart.

@TimTE01

3 жыл бұрын

Loophole.

1997 was a true turning point for many things for wrestling

IYH Canadian Stampede must be number 1

1997 is my favorite WWE year of all time it was the start of everything

@dallasarnold1803

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite WWE years were 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2008.

Canadian Stampede is by far one of the very, very best PPVs that the WWE ever put together. I remember watching the entire show as well as recording it on VHS, and it never felt boring to me at all, the main event by itself was awesome and it's a shame that it often gets so overlooked. Watching wrestling in the spring/summer of '97 with WWF, WCW, and ECW brings back so many memories.

@SpaceGhost92

3 ай бұрын

Only thing that would have made it better is if hbk had worked the 10 man. Talk about nuclear heat

Canadian Stampede is so good...I actually have watched it several times.

So when do we get "Every ECW Champion Ranked from Worst to Best"

@Zombiekilleryamato

3 жыл бұрын

I be a list that never be dated

@SteRDLK

3 жыл бұрын

Number one: Ezekiel Jackson

@user-lp3rp5ok3j

3 жыл бұрын

@@SteRDLK excuse your mouth it's obviously the King of Extreme: Jack Swagger

@peytonoconnor5853

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-lp3rp5ok3j now, it’s Vince McMahon obviously

@malachiedwards1308

3 жыл бұрын

@@peytonoconnor5853 it's probably Christian

1997:Bu Bye New Generation Hi Attitude Era!

@dallasarnold1803

3 жыл бұрын

It's Not New. It's next.

@joshuahunter5996

3 жыл бұрын

The early 90s were the new generation, that's what he is talking about.

@MiguelAngelo-bi3um

3 жыл бұрын

Hell Yeah

@MiguelAngelo-bi3um

3 жыл бұрын

Hell Yeah

Of all the media that Taker has been doing lately, I can’t believe nobody has asked him if Sid actually did shit himself

@noahhaonsmith6963

Жыл бұрын

He said he did but it was a match before WrestleMania. It was a house show.

I knew Canadian Stampede would be the #1 pick, especially after watching the In Your House rankings. I remember watching that live. Austin had serious heat. The pop the Hart Foundation got, gave me and still gives me chills. As far as wrestling pops go, it is in my top five.

The tides turned for the WWF in 1997, so it was a very important year for them, but 1998 was my favorite year for the Attitude Era overall.

1997 was a great year ! WWE was awesome during that year and the 1998-2006 period!

WWE In Your House Canadian Stampede waa the best PPV for the WWE in 1997, awesome show, short but sweet PPV! The main event was wild, HHH VS Mankind was good, The Undertaker vs Vader was a great WWE title match, really fantastic show!

I like how Stone Cold has been in the thumbnail for the last 5 of these videos

@colourblind021

3 жыл бұрын

Well he was only on top for about 5 years so that's over with

@broken75.20

3 жыл бұрын

He was over of only 5 years so

Please keep these full year PPV rankings coming! For both WWF and WCW! Great stuff!

1997 is my favorite year watching both WCW and WWF was good. The build thru out the year of Attitude was great. NWO and STING in WCW was great build. Fun times.

Wait a minute, other things happened at Survivor Series that weren’t involved with the main event?

Paul wasn't taker's dad just kane's

HBK vs. Undertaker is a fantastic brawl and deserves so much more credit than it gets for being how a grudge match should play out. And while a non-finish is usually groan-inducing, for this match it made sense and gave logic to the need for the Hell in a Cell structure.

@optimus2008

2 жыл бұрын

It wasn't even a real no finish, ended with pinfall. I mean yeah, distraction, but it is even more significant considering that Brock Lesnar attacked both Reigns and Strowman at HIAC 2018, and the match was called off. At Bad Blood, HBK was bleeding for God sake, yet he won via pinfall.

Channeling Jerry Lawler with that Piñata line.

Woo hoo I was in attendance at Canadian Stampede. What an amazing night to be in the crowd.

1997 was underrated for the WWF despite the WCW winning the ratings, Canadian Stampede the best PPV for me followed by KOTR and Summerslam.

Every match between John Cena and Randy Orton ranked from worst to best

@rickisgrate

3 жыл бұрын

That video would be about 5 hours long

I wonder if they will have the 80's ppvs lumped together since there was a couple a year.

@Zombiekilleryamato

3 жыл бұрын

They should and they need to figure what to do after 95 as 95 the year they started in your house ppvs the start of b rate ppvs

@heisensaul5538

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zombiekilleryamato well I think in 1985 they only had 1 or 2 ppvs a year . By the end of the 80s I think it was up to 4. It wasnt until 1995 they had a ppv every month.

@Zombiekilleryamato

3 жыл бұрын

@@heisensaul5538 basically what I said

@mcq413

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea. I'd love to watch that list. 😊

@billywhitewolf

3 жыл бұрын

they should put 1990-94 together then 85-89

Canadian Stampede is and should be the best PPV in 97. What a show.

This is way better than 2006-2010 imo.

@brianburnswildcat

3 жыл бұрын

2008 was better than 06 07 09 and 10 still imo.

1. In Your House: Canadian Stampede: 10/10 Ughhh!! Don't remember!! 😡😡😤😤

1997 is the best year for 2 five star matches

Chapter 3: The War to Settle the Score in 97' I.E. WWE Turf Wars! DX vs The Hart Foundation vs The Nation Of Domination and etc. 1997 continues the road to my birth year 1991! Can't wait to see how that plays out. But more or less I'm giddy to see all the In Your House PPVs Ranked for each year

Canadian stampede was truly the last great moment of the hart foundation just to think Pillman will be gone by the end of the year, it's even more sad to see Brett is the only one alive now, it remind me of Von Erich family

The best year of wwe

1997 was the fulcrum which changed WWE's fortunes for the better.

Yes to another in depth detail of the Montreal screwjob

These videos are going to get interesting when we get to 1994.

@MJMilz14

3 жыл бұрын

5. King of the Ring 4. Survivor Series 3. Royal Rumble 2. Summerslam 1. Wrestlemania 10 and a very short video!

@KenRising1996

3 жыл бұрын

1995 is gonna be interesting

I love y'all videos

I always wanted kane to win a royal rumble would of been soo funny if he did as the real diesel

1997 The Dawn of the Attitude Era!!!

Possibly the greatest year in WWE history in terms of storytelling. The midcard was mostly shit, but there were some stars on the rise that were destined for greatness like Triple H, Mankind and The Rock, as well as a stacked main event roster who each seemed to have at least two feuds at once, and all were somehow interlinked with each other or led into the next feud. Bret feuded with Austin and HBK, the first leading to USA vs. Canada and Austin vs. Owen, and the feud between HBK/Bret led to HBK feuding with Taker, who at the same time was feuding with Paul Bearer and Mankind, which led to the Taker/Kane feud, which also resulted in a split between Bearer and Mankind, and so on and so forth. And despite all that went down in real life with HBK and Bret fighting backstage, Austin getting injured, the Montreal Screwjob and all that chaos, I don't think I have ever seen another year in wrestling where ALL the pieces fell into each other so perfectly. Well apart from gang warfare and the Junior-heavyweight division. That was shit. But hey, at least it introduced me to Taka Michinoku and Great Sasuke back then. Business-wise and in terms of the overall cards, 97 wasn't a strong year on first glance. But man oh man did it leave it's mark on history!

I was about to comment on how you didn't mention the steel cage match at Summerslam 97... but you mentioned it last hahaha absolute classic match for me, that whole event I had on a fucked up vhs tape held together with tape, it had a consistent outline of white noise around the screen, and had the word "battle royal" scribbled on it in byro, not sure why? But it is to this day one of the most memorable objects of my childhood... the other being the BB bullet I lodged in my earhole

If they do WCW by year they need to roll 2001 in to 2000

Half of the PPVs I missed during the VHS era of rental stores. Surprised watching this list, I only saw the bottom half of PPVs. One of my goals to watch on the Network 😊

Wait wait wait... so Austin won the Rumble in 97, Bret won the WWE title before Mania, Austin eliminated Bret controversially to win the Rumble, yet they somehow turned the Mania title match into Sid v Taker?? How did Vince not see that easy booking opportunity back then? I could understand 2020 Vince doing something like that, but back then? Austin v Bret at Mania was epic, but imagine how much more special it would’ve been had the title been on the line. Just doesn’t make any sense to me

Ironic that number 4 is The Final Four

Austin didn’t retain the IC title at summerslam he won it

We going way back! XD

good video

1. WrestleMania 13 (entirely due to Bret vs Austin) 2. Badd Blood 3. SummerSlam 4. Canadian Stampede 5. One Night Only 6. Final Four 7. Royal Rumble 8. Ground Zero 9. King of the Ring 10. Survivor Series 11. A Cold Day in Hell 12. Revenge of the Taker 13. DeGeneration X

I think Survivor Series is the start of the Attitude Era. It is the first time we ever see the WWF scratch logo, the first time we get a WWF Attitude commercial (which ironically included Bret Hart), and the first time we ever hear the D-Generation X music (which was used to promote the December PPV). It’s also the last time we see Bret Hart, the man who is the most synonymous with the New Generation Era, and he gets screwed for real on his way out the door. That’s as Attitude as it gets.

I have a feeling that the D-Generation X PPV should've be named Disqualification-X.

Lol did you just call Paul Bearer Undertaker's Dad?😂😂🤣🤣

Bearer isn’t Undertakers dad. He’s Kane’s dad. They have the same mother, but different fathers.

Is there ever going to be a WCW equivalent to this series I'd love to see that from the good old days to even the most interesting days in the company's final years

13. Survivor Series 12. D-Generation X 11. Ground Zero 10. Bad Blood 9. King of the Ring 8. Royal Rumble 7. Wrestlemania 13 6. A Cold Day in Hell 5. Revenge of the Taker 4. Final Four 3. One Night Only 2. Summerslam 1. Canadian Stampede

Never forget Jim neidhart NOT shaving his goatee off after Owen and Brian losing there matches

Next is the year I was born

I could be wrong, but I think Pillman was supposed to wrestle Dude Love at Badd Blood and not Goldust. I'm really enjoying these rankings videos.

1997 And 2000 are the best years in WWF history

Funny that the screwjob wasn't mentioned when SS was brought up

love thease seires r u gunna do wcw too ?

I'ma make a prediction and think Canadian stampede is number 1

Brian Pillman was scheduled to face Dude Love at Badd Blood not Goldust

It be interesting what they do when they get to 1994 with only 5 ppvs

@heisenberg9240

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting just cuz there is only 5 events? Ooooooook

@Zombiekilleryamato

3 жыл бұрын

@@heisenberg9240 well it be when the videos starts to be interesting if they they just make shorter videos or start grouping years Edit Its really going to be interesting when they hit the 80s

@SteRDLK

3 жыл бұрын

@@Zombiekilleryamato 1986 is the one with one PPV I think, but if they split the three cities into separate shows

"I thought he was a flag" lulz That's tremendous and true

You left out Chyna's debut at Final Four after the Helmsley/Rocky Maivia Match, was a rather significant note. Also, Austin didn't retain the IC title, he won it from Owen.

"The Montreal Screwjob has been dissected to death over the last 20+ years" *Months later* "Hey, we made another feature-length Screwjob documentary!" Hmmm.

Amazing how the product got better when Vince Russo started writing which of course he will never get credit for

@SteRDLK

3 жыл бұрын

The product quickly deteriorated once he got more control. 1999 is a fucking mess.

Bret vs Taker at SummerSlam is the best wrestling match ever, and shows why you don't need to do 500 movez a minute to have a good match. Shawn Michaels plays the role of referee to perfection. Every single thing that happens in the match matters and makes sense. Bret gives Undertaker by far his best match of his first 15 years. And damn, that finish. Bret Hart in 97 is the best single year any wrestler ever had.

It was Dude Love Pillman was facing at Bad Blood.

Soldiers in Spandex should be a new stable version reminiscent of Misfits in Action.

Please do "EVERY NXT call-up ranked from WORST to BEST"

Wasn’t the reason for the Final Four match because Austin eliminated Undertaker, Brett and Vader illegally not the last 4 in rumble? I can’t remember the reasoning for the match

My favorite year in wwe

Every member of NWO ranked from worst to best

Undertaker was not Paul Bearer's son though. Kane was. Kane and Undertaker had the same mom.

The description of the guys in the Rockabilly match from Revenge of the Taker is 95% of their roster today. "Drifting off aimlessly towards nothing." And the performers are at no fault for that. Talking Smack and RAW talk are proof that these people can give themselves some direction if they were allowed to.

Every Raw after Wrestlemania ranked from worst to best

You love it

I think it’s very telling how many times Michaels main evented over Bret, even when Bret was champ. Tells you all you need to know

@calebbonds4632

3 ай бұрын

U could definitely tell with the hart heel turn too, Vince had already sown the seeds of letting Bret Walk.

Only slightly disappointed as I read the title wrong. I didn’t see WWE and wanted to see a ranking of all PPVs including the ECW and WCW ones

Keep falling asleep during the Harris twins matches and they might just have a “word” with you in the shower Mr. Pacitti

Difference between marks and wrastlin fans is marks only care about a ppv's in ring work, wrastlin fans like all the build up before, during and after a ppv.

Montreal Screwjob = wrong actions but necessary. Bret is morally right but Vince did what was necessary and I will never blame him for that. Could other things have happened? Yes. But the fact is Shawn stuck to his heels and Bret insisted on entering Montreal and leaving the place as Champion.

How is One Night Only higher rated than Rumble '97 and Badd Blood???

If that's true imagine how undertaker felt giving that tombstone on sid

Not sure how Vince wasn't 100% in the right regarding Survivor Series '97...

I hate beating this horse, but eh whatevs. I fail to see how people can think Vince was in the wrong. He did what he had to do to protect his promotion. Yea, his own fuck up for not getting the belt off Bret before freeing him up, but that's neither here nor there. That's coming from someone who considers Bret his personal GOAT. My all time favorite, and even I'm saying Vince wasn't wrong. I hated it, it sucked beyond belief, but it was a necessary evil that had to happen. Special mention, the DX PPV has Russo's diarrhea all over it.

How Owen didn't become a main event mega face after the screw job boggles the mind... (looking at you HBK and HHH). 1997 royal rumble could of been awesome. Owen and British Bulldog only lasted like 7 minutes if they were 2 of the final competitors with Bret Taker Mankind Vader it would of made it a lot more anticlimactic. They were the biggest stars in that rumble other then those guys so idk why eliminate them so early

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Even the worst ppv DX was good too me

To me One Night Only would of been in a different place. All because of the ending. The British Bulldog dedicated his match to his sister for fighting cancer. At the time he was supposed to go over. Somehow Shawn Michaels convinced Vince to let Shawn go over. Then he rubbed it in their faces. I was angry about the screw job already but I didn't have the facts. Same with the end of the One Night Only but I felt bad for the heels here. Of course British Bulldog wasn't a heel but the Hart's were. And it made Americans look bad. It made what Bret Hart said about America look true. But years later when I found out Shawn knew about the screw job. I was not much of a fan of his or Vince. But then I heard he begged to win the match that British Bulldog dedicated to his sister that was it. I didn't like Shawn Michaels until he and Bret made mends. I don't care who he wrestled I would fast forward because he made me sick. Now I have went back and watched some of his matches.

1997 was way better than 1996

Diesel wasn’t In the final four because he was eliminated by Bret hart who was still legal in the match Vader taker and Bret were in the match because they were all illegally eliminated by Austin who came back in the ring that was the whole point 🤦🏻‍♂️

@achammer8135

3 жыл бұрын

@@kamarichristie4346 still got eliminated by Bret and not Austin

Survival serious 1997