![]() ![]() That was the first glimpse of Jericho’s vulnerability and was the announcers’ reasoning for how Moxley was able to kick out of a bat shot and a Judas Effect, explaining that Jericho’s difficulty breathing meant he couldn’t fully execute the move. ![]() Jericho went for his springboard dropkick and got tossed hard to the floor, which Moxley followed up with a Macho Man–style axe handle dive to the floor, rebreaking Jericho’s nose. They exchanged hard shots and submissions until Jericho locked on the Walls of Jericho and held it through an entire commercial break they really milked a ton of drama out of that move, and when Moxley finally broke the hold he really looked like he had wrung every bit of energy out of his body. Jericho has a great sociopathic vibe when he gets violent: the smiling and joking slip a bit and you get a glimpse of the emptiness underneath. Jericho lasered in on the ear and ripped, punched, and stomped it, damaging Mox’s equilibrium. Mox rolled to the floor and came up with the entire side of his head covered in blood. The match really kicked into gear when Jericho grabbed Moxley’s earring and ripped it out of his lobe. It is a fun idea that Jericho has these different versions of himself he can call back to, although in the ring it mainly consisted of a couple of arm drags and some lucha submissions in the opening minutes. Jericho came out to “White Zombie” (his ECW theme music), clean-shaven and wearing his old tights and leather vest. The story leading up to this match is that Moxley called out Chris Jericho’s mid-’90s persona “Lionheart” Chris Jericho, who billed himself as the last survivor of the Hart family dungeon. That match was followed by a lucha dream tag between the Lucha Brothers and Los Ingobernables, and the show was closed out with a long, hard-fought, and bloody world title match between Interim AEW world champion Jon Moxley and Chris Jericho: the kind of classic that would have fit as well in 1973 as it did in 2022. It opened with a fun car crash brawl with the casket match between Darby Allin and Brody King-those two are really well-matched opponents and there were some huge moments and a pretty grody blade job by King. “Quake by the Lake” seemed a little like a response to the post-Vince momentum that the WWE has had in recent weeks, and did a great job showcasing the variety that AEW excels at. AEW put on a hell of a big show this past Wednesday. ![]()
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