Six months after crowning their first-ever AEW World Champion, they officially have their second as Jon Moxley pinned Chris Jericho at AEW Revolution Saturday in Chicago, IL, to win the title.
The match was the culmination of a feud that started on the Dynamite after November’s Full Gear pay-per-view. It was a wild and bloody brawl with the two fighting inside and outside the ring. Moxley bled from behind his eye patch and bit Jericho’s stitches that were earned on last Wednesday’s Dynamite courtesy of a Moxley headbutt.
The challenger took his share of abuse, getting powerbombed through a ringside table among other attacks, nearly hitting the back of his head on the bell for good measure. He also got beat up by The Inner Circle who were eventually ejected from ringside after loads of interference.
The finish came when Moxley ducked a Judas Effect and hit a Paragdim Shift, then revealing that his right eye was recovered by taking off his eye patch. He then hit a second Paradigm Shift for the pin and win.
For the full match recap and the night’s events, check out Ethan Renner’s live coverage.
This isn’t the first world title for the 34-year-old, who signed with AEW and New Japan Pro Wrestling last year following a long stint in WWE. He held the WWE Championship for just under three months in 2016 before losing it to AJ Styles.
This was the fourth title defense for the 49-year-old Jericho after wins over Darby Allin, Scorpio Sky, and Cody Rhodes. He became the inaugural titleholder at All Out on August 31st with a win over Hangman Page.
With the Moxley win, all three AEW championships have changed hands once since the company’s inception.