Professional wrestling journalist and sports historian Dave Meltzer has assigned ratings to professional wrestling matches since the creation of his publication, the Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 1982, and named his first 5-star match in 1983. Receiving a 5 or higher star rating is considered by many to be a great achievement. The first match rated more than 5 stars by Meltzer was Ric Flair vs Ricky Steamboat in 1989. A match hasn’t been rated so high until Kazuchika Okada vs Kenny Omega at Wrestle Kingdom 11 in 2017.