Folks, if you thought Jon Moxley was going to take it easy before his AEW World Title defense at Revolution—you clearly don’t know Jon Moxley.
At AEW Grand Slam Australia, Mox and his Death Riders squad turned a standard tag match into a brutal, bloody, borderline felony-level beatdown, with Cope getting the worst of it. After barbed wire, steel chairs, and more chaos than an unsupervised ECW reunion, Mox locked in the bulldog choke and refused to let go, leaving Cope lifeless in the ring.
Oh, and the crowd? Not happy.
Brisbane Brawl Breakdown: How Moxley & Castagnoli Took Down Cope & Jay White
- Weapons everywhere. Barbed wire chairs, tables, trashcans—you name it. If it wasn’t nailed down, it was probably getting thrown at someone’s face.
- Cope was this close to finishing Moxley with a barbed wire Conchairto, but Claudio Castagnoli saved the day with a Gotch-style Neutralizer.
- Jay White? Completely neutralized. Thanks to Wheeler Yuta & Marina Shafir, the numbers game was not in Cope & White’s favor.
- Mox saw an opening—and that was all he needed. A bulldog choke in the center of the ring left Cope with nowhere to go.
Referee stoppage. Match over. Cope left gasping for air.
Post-Match: Moxley Makes a Statement—And Fans Aren’t Happy
After the bell? Moxley wasn’t done.
He kept wrenching Cope’s neck, sending a very clear message ahead of their AEW World Title match at Revolution. The Brisbane crowd? They weren’t having it. A loud “BULLSH” chant** rang through the arena as Mox finally walked away.
So now, the stage is set:
🔥 Moxley vs. Cope at Revolution
🔥 Moxley just choked him out on live TV
🔥 Cope now has to prove he can survive Mox’s world