WrestlePurists Match Ratings January 2 – January 8 2023

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

WWE RAW JAN 2 –

Austin Theory (c) vs Seth Rollins (U.S Championship): ***.5

WWE NXT JAN 3 –

Carmelo Hayes vs Apollo Crews: ***.5

AJPW NEW YEAR GIANT SERIES JAN 3 –

Kento Miyahara (c) vs Takuya Nomura (Triple Crown Championship): ****.25

NJPW WRESTLE KINGDOM 17 JAN 4 –

Francesco Akira & TJP (c) vs Lio Rush & YOH (IWGP Jr Tag Team Championships): ***.75

KAIRI (c) vs Tam Nakano (IWGP Womens Championship): ***.5

FTR (c) vs Hirooki Goto & YOSHI-HASHI (IWGP Tag Team Championships): ***.75

Zack Sabre Jr vs Ren Narita (NJPW World TV Championship): ***.75

Karl Anderson (c) vs Tama Tonga (NEVER Openweight Championship): ***.5

Hiroshi Tanahashi, Keiji Muto & Shota Umino vs Tetsuya Naito, BUSHI & SANADA: ***.5

Taiji Ishimori (c) vs El Desperado vs Master Wato vs Hiromu Takahashi (IWGP Jr Heavyweight Championship): ****

Will Ospreay (c) vs Kenny Omega (IWGP US Championship): *****

Jay White (c) vs Kazuchika Okada (IWGP World Heavyweight Championship): ****.25

TJPW JAN 4 –

Yuka Sakazaki (c) vs Miyu Yamashita (Princess of Princess Championship): ****

AEW DYNAMITE JAN 4 –

Ricky Starks vs Chris Jericho: ***.75

The Acclaimed vs Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett (AEW Tag Team Championships): ***.5

Swerve Strickland vs AR Fox: ***.5

Samoa Joe (c) vs Darby Allin (TNT Championships): ****

NJPW NEW YEARS DASH JAN 5 –

Kenny Omega & Kazuchika Okada vs Jeff Cobb & Aaron Henare: ****

WWE SMACKDOWN JAN 6 –

The Usos (c) vs Sheamus & Drew McIntyre (Undisputed Tag Team Championships): ***.75

AEW RAMPAGE JAN 6 –

Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley vs Top Flight: ****.25

Darby Allin (c) vs Mike Bennett (TNT Championship): ***.75



AEW BATTLE OF THE BELTS JAN 6 –

The Acclaimed (c) vs Jay Lethal & Jeff Jarrett (AEW Tag Team Championship): ****

Orange Cassidy (c) vs Kip Sabian (All-Atlantic Championship): ***.25

GLEAT JAN 8 –

El Lindaman (c) vs Kaito Ishida (G-REX Championship): ****.25