Wrestle Kingdom is the biggest event of the year for New Japan Pro Wrestling. This was the first time that the event has taken place on two nights (January 4th and 5th). Both nights featured some big matches, including Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi and Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Chris Jericho. This page will be your hub for all of the Dave Meltzer star ratings for Wrestle Kingdom 14. That includes ratings for both nights.
The ratings are from his Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscribe here). He rates them on a 5-star scale [here are all of the five-star ratings that he has ever given out].
Dave Meltzer Star Ratings – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 14 (2020)
Night 1
— Hiroyoshi Tenzan and Satoshi Kojima vs Yuji Nagata and Manabu Nakanishi in a tag team match.
- Rating: 1.5 stars
— Jyushin Thunder Liger, Tatsumi Fujinami, The Great Sasuke & Tiger Mask vs Naoki Sano, Shinjiro Otani, Tatsuhito Takaiwa & Ryusuke Taguchi in an 8-man tag team match.
- Rating: 2.75 stars
— Los Ingobernables de Japon (Sanada, Evil, Shingo Takagi & Bushi) vs Suzuki-gun (Zack Sabre Jr., Minoru Suzuki, Taichi & El Desperado) in an 8-man tag team match.
- Rating: 2.75 stars
— Chaos (Hirooki Goto, Tomohiro Ishii, Toru Yano & Yoshi-Hashi) vs The Bullet Club (Kenta, Bad Luck Fale, Yujiro Takahashi & Chase Owens) in an 8-man tag team match.
- Rating: 2.5 stars
— Guerrillas of Destiny vs David Finlay & Juice Robinson for the IWGP tag team championships
- Rating: 3 stars
— Will Ospreay vs Hiromu Takahashi for the IWGP junior heavyweight championship
- Rating: 5.25 stars
- Later changed to 5.5 stars
— Lance Archer vs Jon Moxley for the IWGP United States championship
- Rating: 3.5 stars
- Later changed to 3.75 stars
— Jay White vs Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP Intercontinental championship
- Rating: 4.5 stars
— Kazuchika Okada vs Kota Ibushi for the IWGP heavyweight championship
- Rating: 5.5 stars
Night 2
— Kenta vs Hirooki Goto for the NEVER Openweight championship
- Rating: 2.5 stars
- Later changed to 4.25 stars
— Jon Moxley vs Juice Robinson for the IWGP United States championship
- Rating: 2.75 stars
— Zack Sabre Jr. vs Sanada for the British heavyweight championship
- Rating: 4 stars
— Taiji Ishimori & El Phantasmo vs Roppongi 3K for the IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team championships
- Rating: 3.5 stars
— Hiroshi Tanahashi vs Chris Jericho in a singles match
- Rating: 4.25 stars
- Later changed to 4.5 stars
— Jyushin Thunder Liger & Naoki Sano vs Hiromu Takahashi & Ryu Lee in a tag team match
- Rating: 3.5 stars
— Kota Ibushi vs Jay White in a singles match
- Rating: 3 stars
- Later changed to 3.25 stars
— Kazuchika Okada vs Tetsuya Naito for the IWGP heavyweight championship and the IWGP Intercontinental championship
- Rating: 4.75 stars
- Later changed to 5 stars
How did you rate the matches? Let me know in the comment section below.
On a related note, check out the ratings for every match in the 2019 G1 Climax tournament.