#3 Toshiaki Kawada – 18 five-star matches and 1 six-star match
Did you know that Kenny Omega vs. Kazuchika Okada was not the first match that Dave Meltzer has rated six stars? Well, that honour DOESN’T EVEN belong to number three on our list, Toshiaki Kawada for the culmination of his monstrous feud against Mitsuharu Misawa in June 1994. Misawa and Kawada had the 2nd ever six-star match.
However, the first actual six-star match is for Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat in 1989.
One of the original practitioners of Strong Style, Kawada was widely regarded as one of the best during his time with All Japan Pro Wrestling where he wrestled between 1982 and 2005. Since leaving the promotion, he has been working on a freelance basis for a number of promotions in Japan.
He was also long-time partners with the first entry on this list, Akira Taue.
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