MJF
With MJF, it’s easy to miss just how thoroughly great he is in the ring. His voice is so loud, and his matches are so sporadic, that you’d be forgiven for questioning his place on the card, especially as a top champion. I even hesitated placing him outside the Honorable Mentions. Yet, his motormouth sold his matches in March like he was David Ogilvy (look him up).
During this third month of the year, MJF retained his title against Kevin Knight in a close match. Later that night, he cost Knight of the AEW Men’s Trios World Championship against the Don Callis Family. This sparked a transactional relationship between the champ and the heel stable.
Not only did he rub salt in Knight’s wound, but he spat in the face of AEW Men’s World Championship challenger Hangman Adam Page. When he and Page squared up in a Texas Death Match at AEW Revolution, much was on the line for the begrudging title holder.
Fortunately for him, the stakes were also high for Page. The Anxious Millennial Cowboy, if he lost, would no longer be able to challenge for the title ever again, per a verbal agreement. Watching him fight so hard and winning that match so cleanly, I had to include MJF in this list: that, and his fighting back against disgusting promotional tactics.
Brawling Birds (Jamie Hayter & Alex Windsor)
Neither Hayter nor Windsor had a singles match in March, but regardless, they’ve had a solid month. Nothing too extensive, but definitely starting strong. Together, these Brits demolished former TNA and WWE tag team The IInspiration in less than two minutes on March 4’s Dynamite in El Paso, Texas.
Windsor and Hayter then entered the Triangle of Madness’s orbit when they faced Skye Blue and Julia Hart of Sisters of Sin. The Birds concluded that bout in under 10 minutes in Fresno, California, on March 18.
Triangle of Madness leader Thekla’s machinations would bring Hayter and Windsor into alignment with Mina Shirakawa. Uniting as a trio, Shirakawa and the Birds decisively defeated Aminah Belmont, Haven Harris & Nixi XS, ending March as it started, in under two minutes. Heading into AEW Dynasty, these English powerhouses are heading into April on separate paths for the time being.
Hayter is focused on Thekla for the pay-per-view. Meanwhile, Windsor joins husband Will Ospreay in his blood feud against the Death Riders, particularly opposing Marina Shafir. I expect them to reunite on the road to All In.
