Several fans criticized Jon Moxley for being suplexed onto a spiked bat during last week’s episode of AEW Dynamite. However, not everyone seems to be against the brutal, bloody match.
During a recent edition of the “Busted Open After Dark” podcast, ECW legend Tommy Dreamer evaluated the AEW World Title Street Fight between Jon Moxley and Cope on last week’s episode of AEW Dynamite.
The match featured numerous interference moments, including Wheeler Yuta, PAC, and Claudio Castagnoli helping Moxley regain the upper hand after Cope suplexed him onto a spike, which got stuck in his back.
Dreamer praised the match and how Moxley performed throughout, especially during the controversial spiked bat spot.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On how Jon Moxley sold the match: “His selling was phenomenal throughout. They got me on every one of their false finishes. When I say I would love ref pulls or ref bumps, I thought ‘1-2 [ref pull].’ Kickouts are cool, but if it’s a ref pull, and you have all the other people coming in…It still worked, and it was a great match. It was a great hardcore match.”
On the spot with the spiked bat: “It was a sick-ass hardcore match where, again, [it was] elevated to the next level with that type of violence. We watched a man basically get suplexed onto a bed of nails. And that’s not really a parlor trick, that’s just ‘Hey, you’re going to get stabbed. You’re going to get hurt. Let’s see where that takes us.’”
