Best Match Ratings

[Gunslinger]

I've been looking for how to get the best ratings out of my matches. For instance, with the following all foil and using managers :

Feud "Top Dogs" with Mercenary 90s vs. Ace of Spades 90s, tends to give me a 5 star match most of the time.

Feud "Hard Headed" with Hardhat Bud Duncan vs. Savai'i tends to always give me a 4 star match.

So figured we could discuss best matches for better ratings, especially if there are any "thinking outside the box" where there's no actual Feud card

Edit: was going to post a few more, but wanted to leave more options for others to be able to get involved in this thread.

[TeenyNorman]

I think it's been mentioned to death but "Turf Warriors" without foil has a pretty high chance of a 4 star match and with foils they usually produce a 5 star classic no matter what.

[branana06]

Sept 5, 2023 15:04:24 GMT -5 TeenyNorman said:

I think it's been mentioned to death but "Turf Warriors" without foil has a pretty high chance of a 4 star match and with foils they usually produce a 5 star classic no matter what.

Turf Warriors and Tag Team Clinic are insane with how they always get ridiculous ratings for guys that are midcard and below. To be fair, Tag Team Clinic is a +2 star rating, but it's still ridiculous

[Gunslinger]

Yeah I left "Turf Warriors out as I knew someone4 would bring that in.

Side Note: my phone auto-corrected "Turf Warriors" to be "Turd Warriors"

[cabb4president]

I got a four star match out of Magnus and Padlock (Iron Man Match) and one between Grand Manga and King V.

Those are two off the top of my head that aren’t feud cards.

Otherwise: Firefly (Upper Midcard) vs Dragonfly, ladder match, will occasionally get me 5 stars. Magnifico and Tonto Loco (promote Tonto to midcard status) or Tonto vs Curt Grunge (Solo) booked in a ladder or coal miners glove match may produce 5 stars as well.

Max Attack (90s) vs Johnny Kobra (90s) also regularly put out 4-5 star matches.

This just in: Got a 4 star between Strongarm and Jordy Hoss in a heated rematch for the ABCW TV title. Jordy won the title from Strongarm.

Update: I just got a 5 star match out of Cabb (non foil) and King V w/ Queen of Mean (admittedly, I did spend a token on giving Cabb a push) in a heated rematch scenario.

[cabb4president]

On one ultra rare occasion I managed to get a four star P4V. It was Survival of the Fittest in the 1980s, at the Lunar Bowl

American Heroes vs High Command (ring of fire) 4 stars
Chance, Hairy, Orion vs Invader, Death Star Boy, & Moon Trooper (Prison Cell Match) 4 stars.
Ramblin Men vs Van Winkles (falls count anywhere) 5 stars
Main Event: Dude Brohan vs Valedictorian (regular) 4 stars.

Definitely going to run that card again on my next play through.

[Gunslinger]

Thanks, I'll have to try some of those