Dave Meltzer Awards Sami Zayn Vs. Kevin Owens ***** | WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 Star Ratings
Full WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 star ratings revealed as Meltzer goes BIG on Zayn vs. Owens.
Dave Meltzer has awarded Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn's Unsanctioned Match at WWE Elimination Chamber 2025 ***** in his latest star ratings.
Meltzer scored Elimination Chamber 2025 in this week's Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Owens vs. Zayn becomes the 21st match to meet or exceed ***** in WWE history, and the first since CM Punk and Drew McIntyre's acclaimed Hell in a Cell match at Bad Blood 2024 (5 October).
Beyond Zayn and Owens, Meltzer scored the following EC 2025 matches:
- Women's Elimination Chamber: Bianca Belair d. Liv Morgan, Naomi, Alexa Bliss, Bayley and Roxanne Perez: ****1/2
- Trish Stratus and Tiffany Stratton d. Nia Jax and Candice LeRae: **3/4
- Men's Elimination Chamber: John Cena d. CM Punk, Damian Priest, Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre and Logan Paul: ****3/4
Owens defeated Zayn in just over 27 minutes at Elimination Chamber. He was accosted after the match by a returning Randy Orton, who had been on the shelf through an injury angle since KO attacked him in October. Orton teased booting Kevin with his heavily-protected Punt, generally received amongst the most feared finishing moves in WWE, without actually executing. This may be paid off down the line - a future WWE PLE match between the two, possibly at WrestleMania 41, has been rumoured.
Elsewhere, Jacob Fatu vs. Andrade from the 28 February SmackDown was awarded ***1/2. Meltzer's colleague, Bryan Alvarez, gave the same score to War Raiders vs. the Creed Brothers from the 3 March Raw show, along with ****1/4 for IYO SKY's Women's World Title win over Rhea Ripley at the same event.