AEW Dynasty 2025 Dave Meltzer Star Ratings: Review of the event

AEW Dynasty 2025 took place last weekend (Sunday April 6 2025), and now that F4W’s own Dave Meltzer has released the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter, we now know what his star ratings are for the matches that took place.

AEW Dynasty Ratings

Here are all of the star ratings that Dave gave the matches at the AEW Dynasty 2025 event:

Dynasty Pre-Show

• Nick Wayne, Action Andretti & Lio Rush vs AR Fox & Top Flight: ****1/4
• Anthony Bowens vs. Max Caster (No rating given)

AEW Dynasty Main Show Ratings

• Will Ospreay vs. Kevin Knight – Owen Hart Cup: ****1/2
• The Hurt Syndicate (c) vs. The Learning Tree – World Tag Team Titles: **1/2
• Mercedes Mone vs. Julia Hart – Owen Hart Cup: **1/2
• Death Riders (c) vs. Rated FTR – World Trios Titles: ****1/2
• “Timeless” Toni Storm (c) vs. Megan Bayne – Women’s World Title: ****
• Kyle Fletcher vs. Mark Briscoe – Owen Hart Cup: ****3/4
• Bandido vs. Chris Jericho (c) – ROH World Title: ***1/4
• Adam Cole vs. Daniel Garcia (c) – TNT Title: ***1/4
• Kenny Omega (c) vs. Ricochet vs. “Speedball” Mike Bailey – International Title: ****3/4
• Jon Moxley (c) vs. Swerve Strickland: ***3/4

What was the highest rated match of the night at AEW Dynasty?

The highest rated match of the night by Dave was actually a tie, with the Owen Hart Cup match between Kyle Fletcher and Mark Briscoe getting ****3/4 as well as the International Title match between Kenny Omega, Ricochet and Mike Bailey getting a ****3/4.

What was the worst match at AEW Dynasty?

In Dave’s opinion, the “worst” match at AEW Dynasty 2025 was again a tie, with Mercedes Mone vs. Julia Hart and The Hurt Syndicate (c) vs. The Learning Tree both getting **1/2, which is still 2.5/5 so not a horrific rating.

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