MJF walked into 2023 with the AEW World Championship firmly in his grasp, and he has no intentions of relinquishing it anytime soon. Who will eventually dethrone MJF as AEW world champion? Credit: All Elite Wrestling His feud with The Usos has definitely delivered, and all signs point to him staying unbeaten one-on-one until WrestleMania 40 at the earliest. Thanks to outside interference from the rest of The Bloodline, though, he was able to beat Cody Rhodes, too.Īlthough The Tribal Chief has lost his last two matches in tag team action, including Money in the Bank where he was pinned for the first time since 2019, he's still the most must-see aspect of WWE right now. That led to one of the hottest pay-per-view main events in years with Reigns defending against Zayn in the Canadian's hero hometown of Montréal at Elimination Chamber.īoth there and at the Royal Rumble, Roman reigned supreme, but it was a lot less likely he'd emerge from WrestleMania 39 with his record-setting run intact. The Bloodline storyline has been the centerpiece of the WWE product since its start three years ago, but the group reached their apex at the onset of the year when Sami Zayn turned on The Tribal Chief.
Having wrestled a mere five matches so far, "workhorse" wouldn't be an accurate term to describe Roman Reigns in 2023, but his status as the biggest star in all of wrestling remains undeniable. Roman Reigns continues to smash records as undisputed WWE universal champion. These are WWE and AEW's biggest winners of the year thus far, with tag teams and stables counting as a single selection. The second half of the year promises to be every bit as eventful as the first, but as we surpass the halfway mark of 2023, those who have dominated the last six months deserve to be recognized. Similar to Reigns, MJF has remained atop the totem pole as AEW world champion, but the product has been bolstered by equally entertaining acts as well. Plenty of AEW stalwarts have had similar success.
A number of those shows have featured fresh faces on top and have been the lifeblood of the company this year. While the quality of its weekly programming remains inconsistent, WWE's stellar string of pay-per-views has not gone unnoticed. Roman Reigns has continued to rule the roost as undisputed WWE universal champion, but many others in the company have risen to the occasion and been recurring highlights on TV. Credit: WWE.comįrom outstanding in-ring performances to exemplary character work, it's been a landmark year for several stars in WWE and All Elite Wrestling. Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes have been two of WWE's most valuable players in 2023.
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