9 Highest-Rated WWE WrestleMania Matches According To Dave Meltzer’s Star System

9. Bret Hart Vs. Owen Hart (****3/4 - WrestleMania X)

It is fitting to open this list with the best opener in WrestleMania history, as the Hart brothers put on a technical masterpiece over 20 minutes at Madison Square Garden.

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Not only was this mat wrestling at its finest, the narrative was outstanding as Owen, having recently turned on his more glamorous, more successful older sibling, worked the injured leg of Bret, even going as far as to lock in ‘The Hitman’s’ own sharpshooter finisher on him.

The night would finish with Bret holding aloft the WWF Championship, but started with a coronation of sorts for Owen who would counter a victory roll for what would go down as the biggest win of a career tragically cut short by his death at Over The Edge in 1998.

This was the first WrestleMania match to earn a 4.75-star rating from Meltzer, and Bret and Owen would join the 5-star club with their Steel Cage bout at SummerSlam later that year.

And yet, this was not even Meltzer’s highest-rated match of the night...

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