14 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Dynamite (20 Nov)

3. Who Got Bodied?

While every Up is at least "good" or "effective" by default, everything from this point onwards was downright excellent. Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin and the two entries above it were tremendous successes that contributed more to the show's all-round quality than anything else, and this was a great show.

AEW's freedom of expression is something else. Here, Darby called back to another spot from his indie days, introducing his "MOX" bodybag via a vignette that had him dragging it around town, taking it onstage at a gig, and more, before he was carried out inside it by a bunch of goons. The prop came into play in the match, too. Allin, from his own petard, was stuffed into it by Moxley who stomped the underdog until Bryce Remsberg pulled him away. It didn't play into the finish, but was effectively utilised nonetheless.

A bout that began with Darby diving through the ropes to spark a heated brawl had the crowd's attention throughout, particularly towards the end, when Allin started unloading near-fall after near-fall with crowd-popping offence. That Coffin Drop into the rear-naked choke was unreal. Darby reversed that into a cradle but couldn't snatch victory from the larger man, who bit his face then drilled him with a top rope Paradigm Shift for the W.

Moxley going to such lengths to secure the victory puts Allin over as a spirited, do-or-die performer once more. Only death can slow him down.