So Double Talk Dave gave Okada vs Omega 6 stars.

[MenacingMonk]

First fukkery of 2017

 

[Scottie Drippin]

It's ridiculous.

It was a fantastic match. Meltz just loves New Japan and overreacts.

I saw this random highspots thing with Meltz and Hero and someone else just talking about wrestling, and after listening to what Meltz actually enjoyed as a kid, and seeing him get excited about certain things, it’s easy to see that NJ from 2010 on just ticks all of his boxes. He loves high character, doesn’t mind stylistic excess as long as it’s within the precedent set by the characters at play, and likes grandiose displays of drama. If people can get that across without crash tv fukkery, he’s going to love it.


People get caught up on all the AJPW 5 star joints and think that that’s his particular measuring stick for greatness, but the real tell is in his US five-star stuff. Bret/Austin, Bret/Owen, Taker/Shawn HIAC, WarGames ’92, SMW WarGames ’93, Barr/Guerrero v Octagon/Hijo del Santo, dude is all about grand stories executed through action. He also hates wasteful work (limb work that goes nowhere, stalling etc), and escalating finishing runs that don’t overstay their welcome.


So when you think about all of that, you get why he became such a massive Tanahashi fan when Tana levelled up in 2010, and as NJ has fallen in line with Tana’s ethos, why he connects with the company as a whole.

 

[Buggsy Mogues]

If da gawd says it's 6 stars than it's 6 stars.

Thank you Meltzer

 

[The Rainmaker]

 

[3Rivers]

Good ol' Dave:sidheh:

 

[Dark is the night]

And this is who you idolize?

Nothing but a mark for Japanese wrestling

The fact that be ever rated a young bucks match 5 stars exposed him

 

[Adam3000]

The match deserved 5 stars without question, and it most certainly was one of the best matches ever wrestled so if Meltzer takes it 1 step further then so be it.

It wasnt perfect, but lets not put blinders on and act like all the other 5 star matches in history were perfect either

 

[Silkk]

The match deserved 5 stars without question, and it most certainly was one of the best matches ever wrestled so if Meltzer takes it 1 step further then so be it.

It wasnt perfect, but lets not put blinders on and act like all the other 5 star matches in history were perfect either

Then how should it be given a score BEYOND perfect

 

[ThePsydeFX]

That Tokyo Dome add-on



No doubt it was a great match, but it's a 5-star match at most

 

[Ed MOTHERFUCKING G]

Then how should it be given a score BEYOND perfect

Straight up, unless something CHANGED THE INDUSTRY OF WRESTLING and maybe enduced TEARS then 6 is ridiculous.

Sometimes there is a match that is everything we love....like for me, i like maybe a table spot, i like heroes overcoming odds, i like great entrances and a show, i like bad guys getting their come uppins, i like crowd hype

Based on that, if i give SIX stars to anything it would be to hbk/taker 1, and rock/hhh backlash 2000, maybe austin / hbk mania...thats it.

This match was just everything meltz adores, thus, its his goat

 

[GOATpernick]

for me, i like maybe a table spot, i like heroes overcoming odds, i like great entrances and a show, i like bad gets getting their come uppins, i like crowd hype

rock/hhh backlash 2000

You forgot turnaround chairshots to Briscoe's skull on your list

 

[Straw Hat Luffy]

Lmao wwe marks in this thread.

Good luck with Goldberg vs reigns or reigns vs Braun

I'm a be chillen with this 6 star match.

 

[PopOnCloud9]

This match was awesome, it's always refreshing to see a main event show it's worthiness of being a main event and living up to the hype. Meltz is just being Meltz, let him live or just pay him no mind

 

[Adam3000]

Then how should it be given a score BEYOND perfect

5 stars does not mean 'perfect'

You should be ashamed and so should all the people that dapped you

 

[Silkk]

5 stars does not mean 'perfect'

You should be ashamed and so should all the people that dapped you

His rating scale is 1-5. How is 5 NOT perfect?