El Samurai

Introduction
Below you can see all known star ratings for wrestling matches featuring in Dave Meltzer's Wrestling Observer Newsletter. Please note that ratings are given to the overall match; not to the performers within them. Therefore, high or low ratings may reflect aspects of the match including booking, length and performance of partners/opponents, over which the performers may have little or no control. Please also note that a match that received a particular rating many years ago may have been judged on a different criteria from today's.

Following the same rating system devised in part by Jim Cornette, matches are rated from the lowest rating of -***** (-5) through to the highest rating of ***** (+5), with a small number of matches being rated above that theoretical maximum. Matches with a rating of zero stars are referred to as a "DUD" and an average match tends to score around a ** (2) rating. All ratings can only be considered subjective and this page is designed purely for reference purposes.

El Samurai during 1997

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AJPW World Junior Heavyweight Title GHC Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles IWGP Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Championship IWGP Junior Heavyweight Title IWGP World Tag Team Titles

J-Crown Championship NWA Junior Heavyweight Title UWA Junior Heavyweight Title UWA Middleweight Title UWA Welterweight Championship

UWA World Lightheavyweight Title WAR International Junior Heavyweight Tag Team Titles WWA Junior Lightheavyweight Title WWF Light Heavyweight Title

card/ date	match			match type	title(s)	Rating
NJPW Super Grade Tag League VII - Day 14 Dec 5th 1997	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		**** (4.00)
NJPW Super Grade Tag League VII - Day 11 Nov 30th 1997	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Super Grade Tag League VII - Day 5 Nov 22nd 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin	6-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Typhoon '97 - Day 17 Oct 31st 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Kendo Kashin	6-person tag elimination		****½ (4.5)
NJPW Typhoon '97 - Day 9 Oct 22nd 1997	Koji Kanemoto	def.	El Samurai			**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax Special '97 - Day 5 Sep 17th 1997	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai			***½ (3.5)
NJPW The Four Heaven Aug 10th 1997	Shinjiro Otani	def. (pin)	El Samurai (c)		J-Crown Championship	**** (4.00)
NJPW G1 Climax '97 - Day 3 Aug 3rd 1997	Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def. (pin)	El Samurai			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Summer Struggle '97 - Day 12 Jul 6th 1997	El Samurai	def.	Jushin Thunder Liger (c)		J-Crown Championship (title change)	***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors IV - Day 17 Jun 5th 1997	El Samurai	def. (pin)	Koji Kanemoto			***** (5.00)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors IV - Day 9 May 25th 1997	Chris Jericho	def.	El Samurai			***½ (3.5)
NJPW Best of the Super Juniors IV - Day 2 May 17th 1997	El Samurai	def.	Yoshihiro Tajiri			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Strong Style Evolution May 3rd 1997	Dick Togo & Hanzo Nakajima & Koji Kanemoto & Men's Teioh & Shinjiro Otani	def. (pin)	El Samurai & Gran Hamada & Norio Honaga & Super Delfin & The Great Sasuke	10-person tag (2 out of 3 falls)		**** (4.00)
NJPW Battle Line Kyushu '97 - Day 6 Apr 23rd 1997	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		***½ (3.5)
NJPW Battle Formation 1997 Apr 12th 1997	El Samurai	def. (pin)	Shinjiro Otani			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Hyper Battle '97 - Day 1 Mar 5th 1997	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Wild Pegasus	def.	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	6-person tag		****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '97 - Day 10 Feb 8th 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger			****¼ (4.25)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '97 - Day 7 Feb 2nd 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani & Tatsuhito Takaiwa	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger & Norio Honaga	6-person tag		****½ (4.5)
NJPW Fighting Spirit '97 - Day 4 Jan 29th 1997	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger	def.	Chris Jericho & Koji Kanemoto			***¾ (3.75)
NJPW Naha Show (Jan '97) Jan 20th 1997	Koji Kanemoto & Shinjiro Otani	def.	El Samurai & Jushin Thunder Liger			***¾ (3.75)

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