10 Wrestlers Who Overdelivered In 2023

10. Bryan Danielson

Danielson features low on this list because overdelivery is relative. Fans know what to expect from him to some extent. That he’s one of the best wrestlers on the planet goes without saying; that he’s a true locker room leader is obvious.

Even by his own lofty standards, though, 2023 has been pretty fantastic for the American Dragon. From the off he’s put on a bevy of spectacular TV matches: a bloodbath against Rush, show stealing bouts against Swerve, Andrade, and Kingston.

On PPV, he levels up further. The MJF Iron Man match. The technical spectacular with Zack Sabre Jr, a match with impossible hype that it somehow lived up to. Perhaps most impressively of all, the strap match against Ricky Starks, a masterclass on how to shine a spotlight on a younger star while still looking like a killer.

All that, and he’s expertly hyped fans for 2024, his final full time year. Tony Khan is clearly enamoured of Danielson, and will likely let him do whatever he wants for his swansong. For a lot of superstars, that would be cause for concern - not for this guy, wrestling’s purest man.