11 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Double Or Nothing 2020

2. Moxley & Lee Drag Each Other To Hell

Jon Moxley vs. Brodie Lee had to rule. After hot-shotting the Dark Order leader into a World Championship programme and dragging him through a mediocre build, AEW needed 'The Exalted One' and his dance partner to deliver to prevent Lee from behind labelled a bust after his first major pay-per-view, and hey, guess what? They did it.

This was a face-stomping hardcore punk album in wrestling form. Lee and Moxley beat the sh*t out of each other here and never let up from a hot start, working with stiffness, urgency, and massive chips on their shoulders, perhaps knowing the criticism their feud had come in for prior to the event. Either way, they nailed it and each other.

Exemplary environment manipulation saw Mox suplexed into a propped-up barricade and Lee crumpled into a box on the outside. At one point, Mox was too fatigued to even stand, slumping into the ring like a dying animal - such was the physicality. His second wind came though, and Brodie was busted open after a Paradigm Shift sent him and the AEW Champion through the goddamn ramp.

What hell remained inside Jon was put on Brodie after that, with Lee eating two further Paradigm Shifts, some concussive ground-and-pound (broken only by Mox biting his wound), and the rear-naked choke that eventually choked him unconscious, with the referee stopping the fight. One of the best finishes of the year to cap an ugly, nasty war.

Lee is rehabilitated, Moxley looks like a killer, and they put each other through hell. A huge, unexpected success.