WrestlePurists Match Ratings August 1 – August 7 2022

WrestlePurists Match Ratings are worked out by getting the average score submitted by our list of contributors. Matches are rated on a star scale.

WRESTLER OF THE WEEK: WILL OSPREAY

MATCH OF THE WEEK: WILL OSPREAY VS SHINGO TAKAGI / CLAUDIO CASTAGNOLI VS KONOSUKE TAKESHITA

WWE RAW AUG 1 –

The Miz vs AJ Styles vs Mustafa Ali: ***.5

Seth Rollins vs Montez Ford: ***.25

Dolph Ziggler vs Ciampa vs Chad Gable: ***.25

Iyo Sky vs Bianca Belair: ***.5

Ciampa vs AJ Styles: ***.5

The Usos (c) vs Rey & Dominik Mysterio (Undisputed Tag Team Championships): ***

NJPW G1 CLIMAX DAY 10 AUG 2 –

Tomohiro Ishii vs Great O Khan: ***.25

Toru Yano vs Tom Lawlor: **.25

Tama Tonga vs SANADA: ***.25

Hirooki Goto vs KENTA: ***.25

Will Ospreay vs David Finlay: ****

WWE NXT 2.0 AUG 2 –

Kayden Carter & Katana Chance vs Toxic Attraction vs Diamond Mine vs Yulisa Leon & Valentina Feroz (NXT Womens Tag Team Championships): ***

Carmelo Hayes (c) vs Nathan Frazer (North American Championship): ***.5

Mandy Rose (c) vs Sarray (NXT Womens Championship: *.75

Creed Brothers (c) vs Tony D’Angelo & Stacks: **.75

Solo Sikoa vs Von Wagner: *.75

AEW DYNAMITE AUG 3 –

Orange Cassidy vs Jay Lethal: ***.5

Thunder Rosa & Toni Storm vs Jamie Hayter & Britt Baker: ***.5

Matt Hardy vs Christian Cage: ***

The Acclaimed vs Gunn Club: ***

Chris Jericho vs Wheeler Yuta: ***.5

NJPW G1 CLIMAX DAY 11 AUG 5 –

Juice Robinson vs Yujiro Takahashi: **.25

Taichi vs Chase Owens: **.5

Tetsuya Naito vs Aaron Henare: ***.25

Jonah vs Jeff Cobb: ***.5

Hiroshi Tanahashi vs EVIL: ***.25

WWE SMACKDOWN AUG 5 –

Corbin vs Ricochet: ***.25

Shinsuke Nakamura vs Ludwig Kaiser: **.75

AEW RAMPAGE AUG 5 –

Jon Moxley vs Mance Warner: ***.5

Swerve Strickland & Keith Lee vs Tony Nese & Josh Woods: ***.25

NJPW G1 CLIMAX DAY 12 AUG 6 –

El Phantasmo vs YOSHI-HASHI: ***.75

Lance Archer vs Toru Yano: **

Zack Sabre Jr vs Hirooki Goto: ****

Jay White vs Great O Khan: ***.75

Will Ospreay vs Shingo Takagi: ****.5

AEW BATTLE OF THE BELTS AUG 6 –

Wardlow (c) vs Jay Lethal (TNT Championship): **.5

Thunder Rosa (c) vs Jamie Hayter (AEW Womens Championship): ***.25

Claudio Castagnoli (c) vs Konosuke Takeshita (ROH World Championship): ****.5

NJPW G1 CLIMAX DAY 13 AUG 7 –

EVIL vs Aaron Henare: **

Tom Lawlor vs Bad Luck Fale: **

Juice Robinson vs El Phantasmo: **.5

Tomohiro Ishii vs Chase Owens: ***.5

Kazuchika Okada vs Jonah: ****