By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
Jon Moxley made the mid match call to have Rey Fenix beat him for the AEW International Championship during Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite. Wade Keller of PWTorch.com reports that Moxley suffered what was later diagnosed as a concussion during the pre-match brawl. Referee Rick Knox botched the finish by stopping his count even though Fenix had Moxley pinned. Moxley clearly yelled and then they repeated the spot that resulted in Fenix getting the three count.
Powell’s POV: Despite the dangerous looking inverted piledrivers that Fenix used at the end of the match, it was apparently a pre-match dive onto Moxley that caused the concussion. Of course, the big question now is why the match even started if Moxley was concussed before the opening bell. The story also adds that Moxley is not expected to miss much if any ring time due to the concussion. Head trauma can be tricky, but for his sake one can only hope that it was minor and he won’t be sidelined long.
Moxley needs time off honestly.I read somewhere he apparently has arthritis so just imagine how he’ll feel in like 10 years if he keeps wrestling.
Glad it’s not more serious than that, but:
1. Don’t start so many matches with pre-match attacks, dives, etc.
2. Don’t hire incompetent refs just because they’re friends with the Bucks from the PWG days.
3. Don’t do unprotected head/neck bumps so often, especially if you’re already concussed.
I always cringe a bit when I see or hear “minor concussion.” Let’s face it, there’s no way of knowing for sure.
WTF is wrong with AEW?
Mox is going to be a vegetable in a few years, while half the roster will be crippled by 50.
I don’t understand why Mox changed the finish to the match since they wrestled a 10 minute anyways.