15 Ups & 1 Down From AEW Dynamite (Oct 23)

4. Fight To The Finish

An enraged PAC destroyed Jon Moxley before the bell. Fuelled by last week's betrayal, 'The Bastard' ambushed Mox as he was making his entrance, nailing him with a perfectly-time chairshot that somehow coordinated with Jon's pyro. He took Moxley's leather jacket and choked the life out of him at ringside and by the end, PAC had set the tone for this violent, heated scrap.

Moxley struggled to get any kind of headway early on but found openings through his natural scrappiness and toughness. He got into it later on, putting his own body on the line to swim against PAC's tide of bastardry, and it was with great frustration that the former Neville kicked out of the Paradigm Shift seconds before TV time expired.

PAC and Moxley did a tremendous job of ramping up the urgency as the time limit crept closer and closer. Both were increasingly frantic in their attempts at victory and the commentators should be commended for this as well, with their input just as instrumental as the match worked through its gearbox. Afterwards, Mox coming unglued to drill the referee not only put his anger over, but his chaos factor as well. He is AEW's great disruptor.

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Andy has been with WhatCulture for eight years and is currently WhatCulture's Wrestling Channel Manager. A writer, presenter, and editor with 10+ years of experience in online media, he has been a sponge for all wrestling knowledge since playing an old Royal Rumble 1992 VHS to ruin in his childhood. Having previously worked for Bleacher Report, Andy specialises in short and long-form writing, video presenting, voiceover acting, and editing, all characterised by expert wrestling knowledge and commentary. Andy is as much a fan of 1985 Jim Crockett Promotions as he is present-day AEW and WWE - just don't make him choose between the two.