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2023 AEW Matches of the Year.


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Third year running for AEW. A top five for now which will turn to a top ten as the year goes on:

5. Ruby Soho/Willow Nightingale vs. Tay Melo/Anna Jay. AEW Rampage, 13th January.

4. Darby Allin vs. Samoa Joe. AEW Dynamite, 4th January.

3. Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley. AEW Dynamite, 11th January.

2. Athena vs. Marina Shafir. AEW Dark, 10th January.

1. Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita. AEW Dynamite, 11th January.

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My Top 5 for the short amount of time we've had 2023 rolling.

 

1.  Danielson/Bandido

2.  Danielson/Takeshita

(1 and 2 are interchangeable depending on my mood, both are just so far above anything else AEW has done so far)

3.  Willow/Ruby v Tay Melo/Anny JAS

4.  Moxley/Hangman

5.  Darby/Kushida

 

Honorable mention to Darby v Joe, The Acclaimed v Jarrett/Lethal(the non street fight)

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Update:

5. Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley. AEW Dynamite, 11th January.

4. Darby Allin vs. Kushida. AEW Dynamite, 18th January.

3. Athena vs. Marina Shafir. AEW Dark, 10th January.

2. Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita. AEW Dynamite, 11th January.

1. Bryan Danielson vs. Bandido. AEW Dynamite, 18th January.

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29 minutes ago, StuntmanCrowley said:

My Top 5 for the short amount of time we've had 2023 rolling.

 

1.  Danielson/Bandido

2.  Danielson/Takeshita

(1 and 2 are interchangeable depending on my mood, both are just so far above anything else AEW has done so far)

3.  Willow/Ruby v Tay Melo/Anny JAS

4.  Moxley/Hangman

5.  Darby/Kushida

 

Honorable mention to Darby v Joe, The Acclaimed v Jarrett/Lethal(the non street fight)

 

Just now, The Natural said:

Update:

5. Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley. AEW Dynamite, 11th January.

4. Darby Allin vs. Kushida. AEW Dynamite, 18th January.

3. Athena vs. Marina Shafir. AEW Dark, 10th January.

2. Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita. AEW Dynamite, 11th January.

1. Bryan Danielson vs. Bandido. AEW Dynamite, 18th January.

Check out how similar we are. You said it best about #1-2. So close between both and yes, both way ahead of everything else in AEW this year. Be interesting to see when the first ***** match of the year arrives.

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3 minutes ago, StuntmanCrowley said:

I need to watch the Athena/Shafir match since you have it so highly ranked.  I haven't seen it.

Here it is:

34:34. I didn't expect the match to turn out as well as it did so that's helped it's cause getting bonus marks.

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5 hours ago, The Natural said:

Here it is:

34:34. I didn't expect the match to turn out as well as it did so that's helped it's cause getting bonus marks.

Man, that was pretty damn great.  It's easily the best I've ever seen Shafir look and Athena always brings the goods.  It's not going to crack my top 5, but if i extended it to a top 10, it's 100% in it.  I loved it.  I keep saying i need to watch Dark more and this cements it.

 

Appreciate you ranking it and linking it, it made me put eyes on it.

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7 hours ago, StuntmanCrowley said:

Man, that was pretty damn great.  It's easily the best I've ever seen Shafir look and Athena always brings the goods.  It's not going to crack my top 5, but if i extended it to a top 10, it's 100% in it.  I loved it.  I keep saying i need to watch Dark more and this cements it.

 

Appreciate you ranking it and linking it, it made me put eyes on it.

Pleasure. Glad you liked it. I'll be going from a top five to a top ten also.

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My top 5 as of now: 

1. Bryan Danielson vs. Bandido - AEW Dynamite (January 18)

2. Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page - AEW Dynamite (January 11)

3. Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley vs. Top Flight - AEW Rampage (January 6)

4. Young Bucks vs. Top Flight - AEW Dynamite (January 18)

5. Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita - AEW Dynamite (January 11)

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1 hour ago, ThatTCGuy said:

My top 5 as of now: 

1. Bryan Danielson vs. Bandido - AEW Dynamite (January 18)

2. Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page - AEW Dynamite (January 11)

3. Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley vs. Top Flight - AEW Rampage (January 6)

4. Young Bucks vs. Top Flight - AEW Dynamite (January 18)

5. Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita - AEW Dynamite (January 11)

Thank you and great avatar!

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First February AEW show in the books with AEW Dynamite, 1st February. Great show. Top ten time.

10. Adam Page vs. Jon Moxley. AEW Dynamite, 11th January.

9. Darby Allin vs. Kushida. AEW Dynamite, 18th January.

8. Jon Moxley vs. Adam Page. AEW Dynamite, 1st February.

7. Jamie Hayter vs. Emi Sakura. AEW Rampage, 27th January.

6. Athena vs. Marina Shafir. AEW Dark, 10th January.

5. Bryan Danielson vs. Bandido. AEW Dynamite, 18th January.

4. Samoa Joe vs. Darby Allin. AEW Dynamite, 1st February.

3. Bryan Danielson vs. Timothy Thatcher. AEW Dynamite, 1st February.

2. Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal. AEW Dynamite, 25th January.

1. Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita. AEW Dynamite, 11th January.

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So I think this year, I'm going to be morecurrent in updating my lists as the year goes on, so here goes

 

1.  Mark Briscoe v Jay Lethal.  I struggled with where to rank this one, as ive liked other stuff in-ring better, but the catharsis, emotion.  This is going to be tough to beat.

2. Danielson v Timothy Thatcher.  I loved every single goddamn aspect of this match.

3.  Darby/Joe, February 1st

4.  Danielson/Bandido

5.  Moxley/Hangman, February 1st

6.  Danielson/Takeshita

7.  Willow/Ruby v Anna Jay-AS/Tay Melo

8.  Athena/Marina Shafir

9.  Darby/Kushida

10.  Mox/Danielson v Top Flight (Thank you ThatTCGuy for reminding me about this!)

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2 hours ago, StuntmanCrowley said:

So I think this year, I'm going to be morecurrent in updating my lists as the year goes on, so here goes

 

1.  Mark Briscoe v Jay Lethal.  I struggled with where to rank this one, as ive liked other stuff in-ring better, but the catharsis, emotion.  This is going to be tough to beat.

2. Danielson v Timothy Thatcher.  I loved every single goddamn aspect of this match.

3.  Darby/Joe, February 1st

4.  Danielson/Bandido

5.  Moxley/Hangman, February 1st

6.  Danielson/Takeshita

7.  Willow/Ruby v Anna Jay-AS/Tay Melo

8.  Athena/Marina Shafir

9.  Darby/Kushida

10.  Mox/Danielson v Top Flight (Thank you ThatTCGuy for reminding me about this!)

Glad you plan on doing more updates. Yeah, I had the same thing with Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal. We have similar opinions with 8/10 matches on both our lists.

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UPDATE: 

1. Samoa Joe vs. Darby Allin, Dynamite (February 1)

2. Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page, Dynamite (February 1)

3. Bryan Danielson vs. Bandido, Dynamite (January 18)

4. Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page, Dynamite (January 11)

5. Bryan Danielson & Jon Moxley vs. Top Flight, Rampage (January 8 )

6. Young Bucks vs. Top Flight, Dynamite (January 18)

7. Bryan Danielson vs. Timothy Thatcher, Dynamite (February 1)

8. Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita, Dynamite (January 11)

9. Darby Allin vs. KUSHIDA, Dynamite (January 18)

10. Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal, Dynamite (January 25)

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Just now, StuntmanCrowley said:

This might be receny bias, but RUSH v Danielson is #1.

(I decided that Briscoe/Lethal has too much behind it to be put on my list and will be an honorary #1 for the year)

I think Bryan Danielson vs. RUSH is my new #1 as well.

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6 minutes ago, StuntmanCrowley said:

Danielson is on a f'n INCREDIBLE run, and that's not to take anything away from his opponents.   I'm not big on MJF, but man, Danielson/MJF 60 min Ironman im all on board for it.

AEW Revolution is 5th of March in America but will be the 6th at 1am where I'm from. The 6th of March is my birthday. MJF/Danielson 60 minute Iron Man match will be a birthday present to me made better by Danielson winning the AEW World Championship even though he won't.

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11 minutes ago, StuntmanCrowley said:

I have other wrestlers ranked higher than Danielson(my personal preference, as no one will ever beat Foley for me in terms of "favorites"), but i truly think we're watching the legit greatest wrestler of all time when we see him go.

I've felt since 2013 Bryan Danielson is legitimately the greatest wrestler of all time and even more now since he was cleared to wrestle again. 1999-2015 and 2018-2023. Danielson can truly do it all. Danielson is a genius at what he does. Love to meet the American Dragon.

Mick Foley is a favourite of mine also. I got to meet Mick Foley 20 years ago. it was a once in a lifetime opportunity as wrestlers rarely came to the biggest town closest to where I am. Mick was a class act. Thanked Foley a few years ago on Facebook and he in turn thanked me.

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Update:

10. MJF vs. Konosuke Takeshita. AEW Dynamite, 8th February.

9. Darby Allin vs. Kushida. AEW Dynamite, 18th January.

8. Jamie Hayter vs. Emi Sakura. AEW Rampage, 27th January.

7. Athena vs. Marina Shafir. AEW Dark, 10th January.

6. Bryan Danielson vs. Bandido. AEW Dynamite, 18th January.

5. Samoa Joe vs. Darby Allin. AEW Dynamite, 1st February.

4. Bryan Danielson vs. Timothy Thatcher. AEW Dynamite, 1st February.

3. Mark Briscoe vs. Jay Lethal. AEW Dynamite, 25th January.

2. Bryan Danielson vs. Konosuke Takeshita. AEW Dynamite, 11th January.

1. Bryan Danielson vs. Rush. AEW Dynamite, 8th February.

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So, updated list with the removal of Briscoe/Lethal.  There is so much raw emotion behind it, it isn't fair to rank it against other matches or other ,atches against it.

 

1.  Danielson/Rush, February 8th

2. Danielson v Timothy Thatcher.  I loved every single goddamn aspect of this match.

3.  Darby/Joe, February 1st

4.  Danielson/Bandido

5.  Moxley/Hangman, February 1st

6.  Fox Flight (Credit whoever coined this in the Dynamite Thread) v The Elite

7.  Danielson/Takeshita

8.  Willow/Ruby v Anna Jay-AS/Tay Melo

9. Takeshita/MJF

10.  Athena/Marina Shafir

 

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