Every Wrestler With 10 Or More Dave Meltzer 5 Star Rated Matches

12. Ric Flair - 11 Matches

An unsurprising start, The Nature Boy was part of the unofficial first 5 star Meltzer match when he took on Butch Reed at a Florida wrestling event in 1982. Flair would go onto have ten more perfect matches across his storied career, bringing his total to 11.

Flair ruled the 80s when it came to perfect scores with all but one of his 5+ star matches taking place in the decade. Yes, that is 5+ star matches, because Charlotte's Dad was part of the first ever 6 star match when he took on Ricky Steamboat in 1989. That's 28 years before a certain match in the Tokyo Dome.

Flair also owes some of his success to the WarGames format as two of his 5 star-ers came inside the dome. And one of those matches had Sid in it, so you know Ric was really working hard.

The fact that Flair is the only American on this list says a lot about the kind of wrestling Dave Meltzer likes and just how good Ric Flair was to overcome that. His technical, methodical style played right into Dave's hands at a time where matches outside of Japan struggled to impress him.