AEW Dynamite on March 19 delivered one of many wildest AEW World Title matches in latest reminiscence, however it was a long-teased second that really shocked followers—and eventually made good on years of hardcore wrestling teases.
Jon Moxley defended the AEW World Championship in opposition to Adam Copeland (aka Cope) in a brutal Avenue Combat that began earlier than the bell and didn’t decelerate for a second. However the actual speak popping out of the Liberty First Credit score Union Enviornment in Omaha? Moxley taking a full-on suplex onto a mattress of nail-covered spikes. Yeah, it lastly occurred.
In line with Fightful Choose, the backstage response to the second was one in every of full disbelief, with one supply stating there was “lots of disbelief that this lastly occurred after over a decade of teasing that sort of factor on wrestling TV.” Followers on-line echoed that sentiment, with screenshots of Moxley’s blood-covered again rapidly going viral. The excellent news? “Moxley was mentioned to be okay after the spot.”
The chaos within the match was nonstop. Cope jumped Moxley throughout his entrance, and the 2 battled everywhere in the backstage space earlier than lastly coming into the ring. That’s the place issues went off the rails. The Rated R Celebrity hit Mox with Spike—a board stuffed with nails—earlier than suplexing him onto it. The nails caught in Mox’s pores and skin and left him bleeding, with Wheeler Yuta finally serving to to drag them out of his again.
The brawl changed into a full-on locker room battle, with interference from Yuta, Claudio Castagnoli, FTR, Marina Shafir, Willow Nightingale, and even Nick Wayne. It ended with Moxley hitting the Dying Rider on Cope for the win, however nobody left that ring unscathed.
Whereas Mox retained the title and can transfer on to face Swerve Strickland at Dynasty, followers will seemingly be speaking concerning the spike second for a very long time. It was one of the crucial graphic visuals AEW has ever aired on tv—and the sort of factor followers have been ready to see from Moxley since his WWE departure.
Was the spike suplex too far, or precisely what followers wished? And who ought to be subsequent to step into the chaos with Moxley? Drop your ideas within the feedback and tell us the way you felt about this all-out battle.
