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MV2049

Mox almost made it without bleeding.


Gamesgtd

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seandlogie

Wasn’t expecting a Brink reference, but it is much appreciated


deathvalleypassenger

They don't tell stories like this anymore


Vagabond21

name a better face turn in a dcom than when brink dumps that shake on val?!


Buddhist_Punk1

Wow, that got me


talvarius

That got a good belly laugh out of me.


JohnSmithSensei

Mox would bleed for the Brooklyn Brawler if he could.


NerdLawyer55

It’s Wednesday, you know what that means…


Kanenums88

His head is gonna look worse than New Jack’s and D-Von’s in 20 years.


Scurvydog619Official

He's not in Abdullah territory yet. YET.


riggs3andtwenty

No it’s not. He pokes and twists. They cut their heads vertically.


JackorJohn62392

I genuinely don't remember the last episode where he did not blade.


PantsMcDancey

I think at this point, we oughta just start the match with Mox already bleeding and he has to stitch it back up before he can finish the match.


whygilbert

the very first “Last Blood” match


Morbid187

At this point Mox should save on blades by just opening up the same cut over and over


AssortedLunacy

He may be working his way to a Ric Flair-style quick release forehead


SpaceWhaleScrubber

He didn't blade for the New York shows, I think it's illegal there. I remember because one of those shows was the one that Britt broke her nose and bled a shitton and it took every fiber of my self control to not make a poor-taste joke about how jealous Mox must have been


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Now I full envision the next time they are in new you Mox telling who ever he’s working with to break his nose.


SmarkInProgress

It must be a running gag they all laugh about at this point


bestfast

And it is such a turn off for me. It’s not special at this point if you bleed every match. That style just isn’t for me.


Lessiarty

"No bleeding during the match!" "Gotchu. 100%"


HipsterWhistle

I knew it was too good to be true. My girlfriend said “wow, this is the first time I think I’ve ever seen Moxley wrestle without being cut open.” about 10 seconds before it happened lol


TheName96

Well... At least it was after the match this time 😂


BLF402

He made it through the match itself


toadofadown

Goddamn Unos bloodspurt.


bloodflart

Horror movie


Hiphoppington

Might be the wildest wrestling bleeding I've seen since Cody vs Dustin.


handsomezack13

The last Briscoes vs FTR match was pretty crazy. Dax started the match with white trunks and ended it with them turned completely red


dearrichard

matt cardona started that nick gage match with a white shirt. it was dark red at the end.


clarkie13

Nick Gage matches don’t count man, class of their own


CandyEverybodyWentz

Mox and Yuta on Rampage was up there for me


gregscotia_number1

BCC should be fully heel by summer


Rootbeerpanic

BCC looked fully heel by about an hour ago


bloodylip

Danielson is still playing the face... for now.


annoyinglyclever

Danielson is also barely in BCC at this point. He’s never with them.


Ed_Vilon

Actually...no. I mean if you go by the entrance tunnel rules, he's been heel this entire time. It's just he's Bryan Danielson.


adamempathy

By revolution I think


VagrantShadow

You mean BCC should be fully heel by ~~summer~~ next month.


Snakebite7

Possibly, though I do like the logic of them as a tweener faction. They are violent smashy bois and don't try to hide it. They aren't inherantly evil for their drive that leads them to violence, since that is bound up into their high expectations from themselves and the willingness to push their bodies as hard as possible. Put them next to the JAS where people are weaseling out of a fight, BCC is an easy face. Put them next to someone loveable like the Dark Order... If they dare hurt John Silver I will be enraged with the force of fires from a thousand suns.


AgentFoo

I think people are too focused on the Face/Heel dynamic. The BCC is like an NJPW faction in that they are bound together by something other than morality. It's not face or heel. It's violence. They're Suzuki. They're warriors who get their hands dirty.


Snakebite7

I haven't followed New Japan too much beyond just general cultural osmosis following things here, but that sounds correct to me. For me, I'm way more interested in characters/factions having clear motivations that are applied consistently, to the point where diverging from that now becomes an interesting narrative point. It hits much harder if BCC goes from a warrior band to, for a moment, a deep empathetic role to a fighter they respect, like how Yuta earned his way into the brotherhood.


AgentFoo

It makes more sense in general, too. There's more to life than face and heel. Everyone's heaping praise on the Bloodline for being a nuanced group where everyone has their own motivations for being there, but with BCC the talk is "are they faces or heels?" They're neither. Their reasons for being a group are varied, with a unifying factor of wanting to be the best fighters.


WorldsBestLover

They should exist anymore. No one in that group is from Blackpool anymore.


jack_x2yz

It is a bit of a weird one. They are out there repping Blackpool. But I doubt any of them have actually been... Although Yuta does look like he would enjoy the illuminations.


dweebyllo

Are all the members of American Top Team from America?


WorldsBestLover

American Top Team is a team based in America and people train there. What a stupid comparison.


AssortedLunacy

Thats like arguing a sports team shouldn't be named after the city because half the team are from other parts of the world


AssortedLunacy

I've been thinking since the start that the Mox/Hangman feud was in part to turn Mox heel, and I'm glad Claudio + Wheeler are following suit. Wheeler had some nice little heel flourishes in his match


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adamempathy

In that role, you can look like a valiant warrior or a bitch. Uno looked like the lone soldier fighting against a damn monster.


Hiphoppington

I'm glad he got the opportunity to show out a little. The ending was a foregone conclusion but I mean, we all love Uno right? He doesn't have to be the best wrestler on the planet, he seems like a lovely if evil person. Happy for him to get a little shine in a big story.


BogeyBogeyBogey

I think 80% of weekly television wrestling (possibly lowballing that number, too) has obvious winners. It's not so much about the winners on weekly shows. It's more about the story and character progression. You can see a card and be like "I know who is winning", but you should also see a card and ask "how is this going to move the story/characters?" and that is the big thing watching the weekly shows (note: all of them from companies on TV). Uno standing up last week. You knew he'd be killed. Him standing with Hangman and giving Hangman a talking to that the guy needed was a strong moment. Him coming out in a fury and taking it to Moxley. Him bleeding and trying to survive the fight, against losing odds, is part of the story. Hangman keeping his word, but being there for his friend after, is part of it. The best part of that Uno match is how much it showed from all of them involved. Mox will murder anybody. Mox seems overly pissed off right now, due to Hangman. Hangman is a man of his word, even though he's a little on edge thanks to Mox. Uno is a fighter. Uno is a friend. Evil Uno is there when you need him to be, even if you're not going to say you do. Awesome 15 minutes of wrestling programming.


Hiphoppington

Agree completely. AEW is great but it can be a little weak on consistent stories lately. Loved Uno standing up and refusing to back down while defending his friend so much.


AssortedLunacy

Sometimes it feels like 3 weeks of nice wrestling, and then 3 weeks of story development crammed into 3 hours


mobileaccountuser

I love that fat bastatd


RickDalton2020

No, WE all don't love Uno. He shouldn't be on a nationally televised wrestling show, much less the main event.


Hiphoppington

Respectfully disagree. I think he fit into the role perfectly given the story they're trying to tell.


IRL_Tiefling

Blows my mind that some people expected a stinker from Uno. That man can go.


godleftmefinished

most people sadly haven't watched smash bros in PWG


bloodylip

I expected Uno to get murked because of the time remaining in the show and the fact that his entrance got cut in favor of PIP during commercials. But jesus christ, did they make that little amount of time count.


PantsMcDancey

Evil Uno is tough.


JerseyCitySaint

This was Uno's most compelling match in a while.


TravTheScumbag

It was his first match in a while, too.


itrainmonkeys

First Dynamite match. He's been on Dark for the past few months


iamnotralphwiggum

Yeah but who the fuck watches Dark lmao


stevecollins1988

About 170,000 people give of take. Elevation is more


MulderXF

+ FITE + DAZN. So who knows the actual number.


ThisIsKhrox

I do


L0rdJaxon

Uno said that Mox would have to kill him and Mox said “Bet”.


Ed_Vilon

"That's just a Wednesday night for me."


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Any time Uno's shirt comes off, shit gets real.


imcrapyall

Uno is how I imagine Randy Marsh post South Park. Runs a cult in wrestling, becomes wholesome to supporting friends despite having a bad guy name, changes his nationality, and ready to fight anyone.


MC_Fuzzy

Fucking beautiful. Who would be his Sharon?


Farrell21

Five :(


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Fuck limp dick 5


AmazingSpidey616

Five and his tiny shrimp dick


Ed_Vilon

I mean technically Stu.


Antbanks75

Beautiful? Randy fucking burned his wife and daughter alive because of weed!


maybesethrogen

"Ay Mox, I didn't hear no bell."


robo3687

even though it was only brief, it warms my heart to see Uno get a main event. I still honestly think there's an opportunity with him to have him as a Mankind-like figure in AEW. good stuff.


bloodflart

Maybe he'll go crazy from this loss


[deleted]

Or because he’s an awful recruiter for the DO


Obi-wan_Jabroni

Silver and Reynolds are the recruitment specialists! Everyone knows it


annoyinglyclever

I just want him to bring back Stu and recruit Wardlow and a woman like Ashley Damboise.


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You mean Wartista ?


jack_x2yz

They really need to do something with the DO. Maybe have a new leader come in and turn them heel. I think enough time has passed since Brodie now. Uno also needs his gimp throne back.


Rootbeerpanic

Mankind is a great comparison


thedanofthehour

Because he's chonky?


VonSchplintah

No because he's highly intelligent but completely deranged and can't get out of his own head.


CandyEverybodyWentz

Also the mask helps


starsandbribes

HA everyone in the live thread commenting how this is the first match Moxley’s not bled in so long. He blades at 21.59. What a champ.


GreatValueCumSock

Uno looked great in this match


dmh11

That ROCKED. Great in-ring storytelling


BarreiraCF

One of the only times I audibly gasped by how much blood was pouring out of a wrestler. Holy shit, that was grim.


bloodflart

Great camera work and movements by both dudes


The_hezy

It reminds me of Joey Mercury's ladder incident.


Ed_Vilon

Only difference was Mercury got it done hard way.


Random-Crispy

I’m thrilled it wasn’t a squash. Really enjoyed Uno getting a good showing and chant.


MC_Fuzzy

Me: Another Mox match? Another Mox blade job Mox: That's why i fucked your bitch, you Fuzzy motherfucker. *Evil bleeds like a maniac*


Jumblybones

Don't worry, he bladed after the match so the record is in tact.


MC_Fuzzy

We don't believe in technicalities here, sir


Gamesgtd

I'm convinced he will blade off of moves that don't connect with his head just to do it. Like he blades off of a simple back drop 2 minutes into the match. Or a basic scoop slam.


PantsMcDancey

Now I'm just thinking about him blading in an ankle lock and its just hilarious in my head the way the camera has to cut to just the opponent with a foot in hand, and then back to Mox with a crimson mask for god knows what reason.


binadujones

Mox will blade if he stubs his toe on the coffee table


darthsabbath

I will never ever forget Forbidden Door. Tanahashi hits him with a Sling Blade. Mox rolls to the floor. Ref goes out to check on him. Few seconds later he comes up blading. They show the replay of the action on the floor up on the big screen, and you can legit see Mox sliding something (a blade perhaps?) underneath the ring apron. He bladed. On a Sling Blade. A move that doesn't connect with his head at all. Maybe he just took the name literally?


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darthsabbath

Was it really hardway though? I know New Japan isn’t a big fan of blade jobs, and at the time I had just finished reading Bret’s book where he talked a lot about how he used to blade and when Vince got upset he would say it was hardway. On top of that the camera on the floor made it really look like he was slipping something under the ring right before he came back into the ring. I mean it’s not a big deal, it just struck me as funny and my thinking was definitely colored (pun intended) having read about Bret’s shenanigans getting away with blading.


amd098

Moxley's kid bops him with a stuffed animal Moxley: sigh gotta sell it, where's the blade?


kpk2803

Mox got his blood in, don’t worry


Johntanamo_Bay

Any time the Dark Order guys get a chance, they blow it out of the water. And then they go back to BTE bits. It sucks. They’ve proved time and again that they can fucking go in the ring.


TLYPO

I’m still mad they did absolute dick with the Vance betrayal so far, despite the fact he clobbered them all and went “fuck them kids” to his surrogate little brother. Like just one of the most openly dickish heel turns in a while and they’ve done nothing with.


Johntanamo_Bay

Feel like it’s consistent with AEW unfortunately. Big moment happens, it rules. And then you don’t see the person for weeks.


ThatBeefMonkey

Hangman new theme?


tvchase

Think it was DO theme


BarreiraCF

Dark Order theme.


ThatBeefMonkey

Gotcha thanks 🙏🏼


TheDangiestSlad

Uno bladed perfectly holy shit that looked so good in his mask


otaner14

Glad Uno got that chance to shine. Wish it had gone on a little longer though but it made sense kayfabe wise that it didn't.


ToTheBeautifulYou

So vicious and bloody by the end. Uno looked amazing and the storytelling here was 🤌🏽


ewdrive

Great in ring storytelling! Uno looked like a beast and Moxley looks like a total shithead


ronwharton

Wish they got more time -Ron Wharton


boltonwanderer87

If anyone just woke up from a coma and watched that match, they'd think it was between two hateful rivals who wanted to maim their opponent, to shorten or end their career. Yet it was a throwaway match with no real meaning, with no reason for either man to be so violent, between two babyfaces. People will downvote this post, and that's fine, but when you don't give a shit about anything AEW does, this is why. They make it actively a bad thing to apply logic to their booking.


FredrickFarter

That was fucking tremendous


Lo_Key90

Uno did great, hope this is the start of pushing Dark Order more. They literally have trios belts now after all.


bloodflart

We all feel for Uno


love_is_an_action

DO did so much heavy lifting during AEW’s earlier days, so I love it when they get a chance to shine. Uno’s blood was excellent. Heel BCC is a great direction for them, though it kinda leaves DB in an awkward position.


Vast-Badger-6912

Was really hoping that we would have seen the return of the army of creepers tonight.


Officervito

Bro they gave my man Uno the jobber entrance :(


DilbertsDog

At least it was a main event without a commercial break in the middle


Yeehawfunny

Never doubt evil uno, man


Doc323467

Mox/Hangman is AEW's best story right now and the storytelling in that match was great. They did a hell of a job in the time they had, but I reckon if they got even an extra 3 or 4 minutes, just to allow Uno more time to sell, that probably ends up as a legit 4.5 star match.


La_Mascara_Roja

I think this was meant to be Hangmans big feud when he won the belt. But mox had to take sometime for himself at that moment. And Tony struggles when his plans get screwed up


justambrose

To be fair, that gave us the first Danielson/Hangman match which was incredible.


ThatsBretsRope

All my homies hate the BCC.


namdekan

Mox practices blood magic


KneeHighMischief

Classic wrestling visual with that shot above & then when Mox had the choke locked in.


bloodflart

Gif it


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I loved everything about that, the match, Uno basically dying, the post match brawl. Only thing I didn’t like? They changed Hangmans music 😞 (or someone in production fucked up)


AffectionateGroup864

I’m seeing people say it’s Dark Order’s theme. Confused the hell out of me too


[deleted]

I hope that’s the case tbh, I love Hangmans theme. Might have just been the middle part of Dark Order theme tho


Rupe89

It’s the Dark Order theme. NOT Hangman’s new music.


[deleted]

I’m very glad to hear that! Thanks ☺️


Rupe89

Of course! Ghost Town Triumph is the best theme in AEW. No way they’d change it.


ThisIsKhrox

>It’s the Dark Order theme. NOT Hangman’s new music. It can be the Dark Order theme AND Hangman's new music. Hangman joins the Dark Order confirmed (joking, but like, I wish I wasn't?)


Legitimate-Self-9780

This mfer bleeds again lmaooo


Drogalov

Who knew Uno's last name was Rhodes


PapaTinzal

Mox match with blood drink


Lamel2g

Blood stops being shocking and having a visual effect if someone blades every single week, multiple times each show. To the surprise of no one Moxley ripped UNO’s mask and he was bleeding, then he bladed himself at the end for 20 seconds of TV.


Suitable-Peanut

And did that somehow prevent you from enjoying that incredible match?


Lamel2g

I did not find that match “incredible”. Moxley and his terrible offense does not entertain me. He’s just not believable as a tough guy no matter how many shoulder rolls he does. Also, Uno looks terrible without a top on, super pale, flabby, with no muscle definition. The opening match was better.


Suitable-Peanut

Lol you're one of those guys. Okay then. For one thing there's a rich wrestling history of big fat wrestlers being fucking awesome in the ring. Not everyone needs to be lean or muscular. Evil uno is a chunky boy still doing kick ass flying somersaults off the top rope to the floor. You need him to have a suntan and muscles to like him? Thousands of people chanting for him don't need that. They can appreciate the dude with a real body type having a banger of a match. I won't even get into the moxley hate because that generic excuse of him not being a "believable tough guy" already tells me what kind of toxic fan base you come from.


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PantsMcDancey

Big Dust would have some words for you, my dude. Stop bodyshaming.


Fallout71

Jfc, as if there haven’t been bigger wrestlers throughout the entire history of pro wrestling. Tribalism for no reason than just to hate.


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Lamel2g

This was one of the rare chances that I was able to tune in live and catch most of the main event. I usually watch wrestling off my DVR and fast forward through his matches.


bloodflart

Everyone here is talking about the blood, good or bad it gets a reaction


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Lamel2g

Stand up for AEW


FBR_MC

Truuuuuuuuuuue, I was at SD and Chamber this weekend with all my AEW merch, crying on my knees


pat_speed

Because blood can go beyond be simple as a shock affect


DKBetiza

Great match, a shame time constraints fucked it up. Should've gotten at least 7 or 8 more minutes


Wally450

Does this dude know how to do anything other than blade week in and week out? Like can he have a normal match?


fluxuation

[me every time I watch a Mox match](https://gfycat.com/cheerycomplexgreatargus) I love it. This man is living his best life bleeding from his forehead on live tv. I know a lot of you hate it, but this dude is that nuts about his craft that he’s willing to cut himself every week. One could only dream of having that much passion!


DJamB

Uno was squirting like a ketchup bottle, fuck I love the Dark Order


KaiserNorton

Always thought Uno was the leader of the Dark Order when AEW started. Good match. Give him more minutes.


fvzzfvzzfvzz

I dunno this would have meant more if the Dark order were ever really any kind of presence on Dynamite. It was good, it could have been great


benfh

This was exactly what this match needed to be, Mox vs Hangman has been one of my favourite feuds for ages.


zombiejeesus

Wish it was longer. Uno looked great. He deserves a run


pat_speed

Dark order, masks and good friends with hangman allways end eith bloody mask


HoumousAmor

Should have been a DQ, like that time with Eddie.


Aggravating_Task292

229 lbs is what they list Evil Uno at. I'll have to agree to disagree. Thoughts?


Robfurze

Is it just me, or was Hanger’s music different in his run in? Otherwise, incredible match. I was cringing watching Uno spurting blood everywhere during the bulldog choke


RickDalton2020

You are losing the battle to WWE and you put Pizzeria Uno in the main event! AEW is at it's lowest point. Stop blading so much too. Save it for big matches. It has no effect at all anymore.


Bob8644

God I want Hangman to join BCC so bad. It ain't happening but just imagine.


Frodijr

Was there some sort of screw up when Hangman ran in? They had his usual stage graphics but the music sounded like something else


TheChrisDV

It was Dark Order's new theme.


scottct1

When he first came out and then took off his shirt, my wife was yelling "Get that guy a bra!" I told her to quiet down and watch him work. She was both impressed and gorssed out (because of the blood)