Anthony’s Best of the Best.
It is now time for my March 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 |
AEW Dynamite – 3-1-23 | Face of the Revolution Ladder | Konosuke Takeshita vs. Ortiz vs. Komander vs. Eddie Kingston vs. AR Fox vs. Action Andretti vs. Sammy Guevara vs. Powerhouse Hobbs |
ROH – 3-2-23 | NJPW TV Championship | Zack Sabre Jr. (c) vs. Blake Christian |
ROH – 3-2-23 | Singles | Konosuke Takeshita vs. Josh Woods |
ROH – 3-2-23 | ROH World Championship | Claudio Castagnoli (c) vs. AR Fox |
AEW Revolution | Final Burial | Jack Perry vs Christian Cage |
AEW Revolution | 60-Minute Ironman, AEW World Championship | MJF (c) vs Bryan Danielson |
AEW Revolution | Texas Deathmatch | Hangman Page vs Jon Moxley |
BCW: A Champion Shall Rise | Tournament | Johnny Battleground vs Tony Nese |
AEW Dynamite | Singles | Kenny Omega vs El Hijo Del Vikingo |
Impact Sacrifice | Singles | Mike Bailey vs Jonathan Gresham |
Impact Sacrifice | Impact X-Division Championship | Trey Miguel vs Lince Dorado |
Impact Sacrifice | Busted Open | Dreamer vs Bully Ray |
Impact/NJPW Multiverse United | Fatal 4-Way, Impact Tag Team Championship | Bullet Club (Ace Austin and Chris Bey) (c) vs Aussie Open (Kyle Fletcher and Mark Davis) vs The Motor City Machine Guns (Alex Shelley and Chris Sabin), vs TMDK (Bad Dude Tito and Shane Haste) |
ROH Supercard of Honor | AAA Mega Championship | Vikingo vs Komander |
ROH Supercard of Honor | ROH TV Championship | Samoa Joe (c) vs Mark Briscoe |
ROH Supercard of Honor | Ladder, ROH Tag Team Championship | The Lucha Brothers (Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fénix) vs Top Flight (Dante Martin and Darius Martin) vs The Kingdom (Matt Taven and Mike Bennett) vs Aussie Open (Mark Davis and Kyle Fletcher) vs La Facción Ingobernable (Rush and Dralístico) |
Mark Hitchock Memorial Show 2023 | AAA Mega Championship | El Hijo del Vikingo (c) vs Black Taurus vs Komander |
MATCH OF THE MONTH: MJF vs Bryan Danielson – AEW Revolution
These men absolutely delivered in this Iron Man match and set the standard in the modern era for what an Iron Man match will be held to. This was not the same build or delivery of the iconic HBK/Bret Hart WM 12 match, but they delivered something both traditional and new at the same time. MJF proved once again he isn’t just great on the mic but can deliver in the ring.
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