Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Jon Moxley to crown the interim AEW World Heavyweight Champion was booked at this year’s AEW x NJPW: Forbidden Door pay-per-view event. The following is the play-by-play coverage of the match:
They traded shots to open the bout. Moxley with a piledriver for 2. Mox with some submission attempts. Tanahashi put the boots to him. Mox with the slingblade and Mox was cut open. Tanahashi with a crossbody off the top rope. Tanahashi with a frog splash off the top rope for 2. Tanahashi rolled him up for 2 coming out of a submission. Mox with a clothesline then several elbow shots and a rear-naked choke. Moxley with the death rider for the win.
Winner: Jon Moxley
Post-match, Blackpool Combat Club and Jericho Appreciation Society brawled to end the show.
