Anthony’s Best of the Best.
It is now time for my January 2023 best matches of the month list. Please keep in mind these are just my opinion of the best matches I saw this month and is not a definitive list and is not the official Wrestling Republic ratings and rankings.
I’m sure there are matches that I may have missed but there are only so many hours in a day and only so much wrestling I can watch. So, please feel free to suggest matches in the comments, as it is possible, I haven’t seen them or maybe they just didn’t make my cut. If I haven’t seen it and I’m able to check it out, it may make my end of year top 25 matches list. If it just didn’t make my cut, if I have time and I’m able to I’ll re-watch the match and re-consider it for my end of the year top 25 matches list.
The top 25 list at the end of the year will be in order and will be made up of my Match of the Month winners, which are guaranteed a spot and the remaining 13 slots will be other top matches from my monthly lists.
Here is the listing in no particular order:
| Event | Match Type | Match |
| NOAH – The New Year 2023 | Singles | Great Muta vs Nakamura |
| NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17 | IWGP U.S. Championship | Ospreay (c) vs Omega |
| AEW Dynamite – 1-11-23 | Singles | Hangman vs Moxley |
| AEW Dynamite – 1-11-23 | AEW Trios Championship, Best of 7 Finals, Ladder | Lucha Bros & Pac (c) vs Elite |
| Impact Hard to Kill 2023 | Impact X-Division Championship | Trey Miguel (c) vs Black Taurus |
| Impact Hard to Kill 2023 | Impact World Championship, Full Metal Mayhem | Josh Alexander (c) vs Bully Ray |
| Impact Hard to Kill 2023 | Title vs Career, Impact Knockouts Championship | Jordynne Grace (c) vs Mickie James |
| Impact – 1-19-23 | Fight Pit | Mike Bailey vs Kenny King |
| NOAH – Great Muta Final Bye Bye | Six Man Tag Team | Darby Allin, Great Muta & Sting vs AKIRA, Hakushi & Naomichi Marufuji |
| AEW Dynamite – 1-25-23 | Singles – Jay Briscoe Tribute | Mark Briscoe vs Jay Lethal |
| ROH Jay Briscoe Tribute Show | Singles | Claudio vs Christopher Daniels |
| WWE Royal Rumble 2023 | Undisputed WWE Universal Championship | Reigns (c) vs Kevin Owens |
| WWE Royal Rumble 2023 | Men’s Royal Rumble | Men’s Royal Rumble |
| WWE Raw – 1-30-23 | Singles | Rollins vs Gable |
| WWE Raw – 1-30-23 | Singles | Cody vs Balor |
MATCH OF THE MONTH: Will Ospreay vs Kenny Omega – NJPW Wrestle Kingdom 17
For me, this was the match of the month and truly threw the gauntlet down to start the year where Ospreay and Omega told the world “follow that”. For me, Ospreay is the far superior talent than Omega as I personally think Omega is overrated as a talent. Ospreay deserved the win here but there is no question both these men put on a spectacle on NJPW’s biggest stage.
ITTMP
