10 Shocking Acts Of Violence In AEW

But unlike the previous entry, you don't always need months of personal build or bucketloads of blood to send shockwaves through your fanbase.

August 22nd, 2020. During the haunting months of the pandemic that spread through the world and left everyone on the edge of unease, Tony Khan presented possibly his best ever booking. Daily's Place was an eerie location, and although the workers in the crowd did their best to add atmosphere, lots of stuff played out to a creepy silence. But that atmosphere only added to the devastation that was coming that night.

As the inaugural TNT Champion, Cody Rhodes was beginning to believe his hype and set off at Brodie Lee from the bell. It was all he got. What followed was one of the most shocking squash matches ever witnessed, as Lee tossed Cody around ringside before obliterating him in the ring to win the title. It felt seismic. What followed felt ground-shaking.

Cutting a promo as Cody was helped onto a stretcher, the 'Exalted One' sent a terrifying message to the watching world and then set the Dark Order on the Rhodes family like a pack of dogs. Lee himself put down Arn Anderson, and then hurled the former champ from the stretcher. Dustin Rhodes was dragged out and beaten down by the Order, and even Brandi Rhodes found herself choked out as the shocked world watched on.

We lost Brodie Lee way too soon. Moments like this should be treasured.