The following twelve matches earned a five-star rating from Dave Meltzer of F4WOnline.com/The Wrestling Observer Newsletter in 2019, according to F4WOnline.com:

1. Kazychika Okada vs. Seiya SANADA | New Japan Cup Finals March 24, 2019

2. Will Ospreay vs. Bandido | New Japan Super Juniors Tournament May 23, 2019

3. Dustin Rhodes vs. Cody Rhodes | AEW Double or Nothing May 25, 2019

4. Dragon Lee vs. Will Ospreay | New Japan Dominion June 9, 2019

5. Kota Ibushi vs. Will Ospreay | New Japan G1 Climax July 18, 2019

6. Jon Moxley vs. Tomohiro Ishii | New Japan G1 Climax July 19, 2019

7. Black Taurus, Laredo Kid and Puma King vs. Bandido, Flamita and Rey Horus | PWG 16th Anniversary Show July 26, 2019

8. Kazuchika Okada vs. Seiya SANADA | New Japan G1 Climax August 3, 2019

9. Shingo Tagaki vs. Tetsuya Naito | New Japan G1 Climax August 4, 2019

10. Kazuchika Okada vs. Kota Ibushi | New Japan G1 Climax August 10, 2019

11. Bandido vs. Dragon Lee | PWG BOLA Night 2 September 22, 2019

12. David Starr vs. Jordan Devlin | OTT October 26, 2019