A WWE match has received the famous five star rating from Wrestling Observer’s Dave Meltzer for the first time in seven years. The last match to receive such an honor was John Cena vs CM Punk’s famous Money In The Bank clash from 2011.
The match which received the five-star rating was, of course, the NXT Championship match between Andrade ‘Cien’ Almas and Johnny Gargano which headlined WWE NXT Takeover Philadelphia. Below are the full match ratings from the entire WWE Royal Rumble weekend.
WWE NXT Takeover Philadelphia:
Undisputed Era vs. AOP- 3.5Velveteen Dream vs. Kassius Ohno- 2.75Ember Moon vs. Shayna Baszler- 2.75Aleister Black vs. Adam Cole- 4.25Andrade Almas vs. Johnny Gargano-5
WWE Royal Rumble:
Kalisto/Metalik/Dorado vs. TJP/Gallagher/Gulak- 2.5Revival vs. Anderson and Gallows- 2.5Bobby Roode vs. Mojo Rawley- 1.75AJ Styles vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn- 3.5The Usos vs. Gable and Benjamin- 3Shinsuke Nakamura wins a Royal Rumble- 4.25Cesaro and Sheamus vs. Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan- 2.25Brock Lesnar vs. Kane vs. Braun Strowman- 2Asuka wins a Royal Rumble- 3.25Adam Cole Reacts To WWE Royal Rumble Weekend
It was an impressive weekend for the Undisputed Era’s Adam Cole, who competed in a brilliant Extreme Rules match at Takeover against Aleister Black, before being a surprise entrant in the men’s Royal Rumble the next night.
Whilst Cole came up short on both occasions, he tweeted about how this was him just scratching the surface of what he is capable of achieving in WWE.
This weekend, I scratched the surface of what I’m capable of here in @WWE…I’ll prove to the world that I am what I say I am…#Undisputed #AdamColeBayBay #NXTTakeover #RoyalRumble pic.twitter.com/tohLps26da
— Adam Cole (@AdamColePro) February 1, 2018