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Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have now watched (or at least tried to watch) the first twenty matches that Dave Melzer has rated five stars. This also happens to take them to end of the 80s, so what better time is there to compare notes, see which matches they rate the best individually before creating a consensus top 5? Well, yeah, after ten matches, but that episode didn't record properly.Lorcan and Simon also look at a pair of matches from around the time period of the first twenty that Meltzer didn't give a perfect score to and debate their merits and see if one or both of them would personally give them the perfect score.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) round out the first twenty matches and the decade of the 80s with the first gimmick match to get the perfect rating from Dave Meltzer, and the last five-star match from Ric Flair's annus mirabilis of 1989 as he looks to gain final revenge on Terry Funk after he attacked him and broke his neck. In the words of Gordon Solie, it's five letters, two words - I Quit.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) return to Japan to witness the early days of the championship that became a magnet for the Meltzer five stars, as Jumbo Tsuruta defends the recently created Triple Crown Championship against his perennial second-in-command Genichiro Tenryu. Can Tenryu finally usurp his superior? Like Robin beating Batman in a fight, Jamie Murray beating Andy Murray in a tennis match, or Simon outwitting Lorcan in a battle of wits!Yes, it is me, Lorcan, that writes these up.lmtsypod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) end their self-contained journey within the longer narrative, as the feud capper between Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat produced not only another Meltzer endorsed five-star match at WrestleWar'89, but perhaps wrestling's closest thing to a definitive Citizen Kane-esque Greatest Match of All Time. Let's see if Simon dares to not give this one his own five-star rating!lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The venue may not be close to capacity, but that didn't stop Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat attempting to tear the house down at the New Orleans Superdome. Steamboat defends his recently acquired NWA World Heavyweight Championship against Ric Flair under two out of three falls rules. This marathon match warranted a marathon discussion. Could Dave's five-star rating finally be a mutual opinion with Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3)? Download and listen to find out!lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Like Endless, Nameless, Her Majesty and Mr. E's Beautiful Blues we're in secret track territory here, as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) discover a house show title defence between the first and second chapters of the televised trilogy of Flair-Steamboat classics that Dave Meltzer happened to attend in person. It was also the first match that really made Meltzer question whether a five-star system could limit the amount of love that he had for one wrestling match.Will Lorcan and Simon agree? Let's find out!lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) embark on a short mini-voyage within their larger narrative as they watch the first of four (that's right, FOUR!) consecutive matches between Ric Flair and Ricky Steamboat that formed, in the eyes of many, the greatest rivalry and some of the greatest matches in wrestling history. Do our two hosts agree with that assessment? Listen on to find out!lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcanc (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) return to Japan and watch their first match with a man with a perennial of five-star matches over the next decade, as the young and spunky Toshiaki Kawada teams up with Genichiro Tenryu against the monster gaijin team of Stan Hansen & Terry "Bamm Bamm" Gordylmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The third and final match between Ric Flair and Barry Windham. This time, Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) are reliant on a Good Samaritan who was willing to lug around a big 80s camcorder in order to capture the NWA World Championship match that main evented this year's Crockett Cup tournament. Will Windham finally be able to fulfill his potential and wrest the title away from the perennial champion? No. But he had another five-star match whilst attempting it!lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sorry for the slight delay, a planned episode had to be aborted and we're back to the list as we return to New Japan Pro Wrestling for the first time since our first episode. Whilst Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have already covered matches involving the great All Japan wrestlers of the 90s (Misawa, Kawada, Kobashi, Taue) this is the ONLY match in the series that includes a member of the other infamous collection of Japanese wrestlers to revolutionise wrestling in the 90s. Whilst Chono and Hashimoto never even got one, Keiji Mutoh of the NJPW Three Musketeers was able to take part in one perfect match in the eyes of Dave Meltzer only three years in his career as he and Shiro Koshinaka challenge the returning UWF shoot fighting team of Akira Maeda and Nobuhiko Takada to try to reclaim the IWGP Tag Team titles for New Japan.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross) reach the double-digits as they return to the world of Joshi with a clash of tag team partners that felt every bit as seismic as when the Mega Powers exploded a few years later. Let's see if Lorcan and Simon's hearing has improved enough to hear themselves talk after watching a match that might have had the most rabid crowd in wrestling history!lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) watch the second of three matches between NWA World Champion Ric Flair and pretender to the throne Barry Windham that Dave Meltzer rated five stars. This time we're live and in colour for Mid-Atlantic's World Wide Wrestling show. The crowd was certainly pumped at the event, does that carry over to watching it more than thirty years later?lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have a quick chat about the highlights package for the match with perhaps the most unlikely wrestlers to gain a five-star rating from Dave Meltzer.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apologies for the poor quality audio on this one. We had to rely on our backup recording. It's the first five-star match to take place outside of Japan as Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) get to watch Ric Flair, arguably the greatest wrestler of all time, in his prime defend his NWA World Heavyweight Championship against the Florida local hero Barry Windham in a clash of generations and the early stages of a classic rivalry.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) return to AJPW to see an ultra-heated match in the feud between All Japan natives and the invading forces of Riki Choshu's Ishigun stable.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross) dip their toes into the joshi waters for the first time in this series.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) watch the first 5-star match to feature the wrestler to have taken part in the highest number of perfect matches in the eyes of Dave Meltzer - the late, great Mitsuharu Misawa. In his first match, Misawa still wrestled under the hood of the second incarnation of Tiger Mask to face Kuniaki Kobayashi, the "Tiger Hunter" from the invading Riki Choshu-led Ishin Gundan faction.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) have a job on their hands trying to keep sense of the chaos going on in this one. It's the All Japan Real World Tag League and it's as close to a tavern brawl as it is a wrestling match.Get in touch with us at lmtyspod@gmail.com. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter and tell your friends! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross3) enter the world of shoot-style wrestling, for a short period of time perhaps the hottest style in the entire industry. One of us really hated it! Listen to find out which one!lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Lorcan (@lorcanmullan) and Simon (@simoncross) begin their journey through the 5-star matches with a match that can be argued to be the most artistically influential in modern wrestling.lmtyspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.