50 Worst Wrestling Moments Of The 2020s (So Far)

10. Jon Moxley: Cat Burglar

Jon Moxley
AEW

The Death Riders was a disastrous idea for a stable, woefully executed.

Over two full years after the events of Brawl Out, AEW fans just wanted to escape into the fiction at long bloody last. In steps Mox and the gang to tell everybody that it sucks, and needs to change.

His violent rampage intensified when he broke the hand of Isiah Kassidy. Zay was in the same spot. He was complacent. He was everything wrong with AEW. Within weeks, he alongside Marq Quen captured the AEW World Tag titles. He stepped up!

Mox acknowledged neither this, nor Private Party’s subsequent fall-off. Instead, he directed his ire towards another emerging guy who had failed to fulfil his immense potential: that young delinquent hellraiser, Robert Gibson.

Heel Mox very quickly morphed into a guy who used tough love to summon the fight out of the young ‘uns into a man, dressed as a cat burglar, who went on a crime spree. He attempted to murder Orange Cassidy by pouring bleach down his throat. He kidnapped the beloved tag teams of yore. He has caused grievous bodily harm to Darby Allin on multiple occasions.

Mox’s reign of terror is even worse than Triple H’s. The only crime Triple H committed was the most boring wrestling matches ever held.

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Michael Sidgwick is an editor, writer and podcaster for WhatCulture Wrestling. With over seven years of experience in wrestling analysis, Michael was published in the influential institution that was Power Slam magazine, and specialises in providing insights into All Elite Wrestling - so much so that he wrote a book about the subject. You can order Becoming All Elite: The Rise Of AEW on Amazon. Possessing a deep knowledge also of WWE, WCW, ECW and New Japan Pro Wrestling, Michael’s work has been publicly praised by former AEW World Champions Kenny Omega and MJF, and current Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. When he isn’t putting your finger on why things are the way they are in the endlessly fascinating world of professional wrestling, Michael wraps his own around a hand grinder to explore the world of specialty coffee. Follow Michael on X (formerly known as Twitter) @MSidgwick for more!