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Jon Moxley and Darby Allin – Dynamite 10/15/25

I really appreciate AEW trying something different here with Mox and Darby having this prison-type sitdown behind the glass.

When Mox first started talking, you could see Darbyâ€s reflection in the glass and I thought that was a really cool visual. I also liked Mox starting off the conversation by asking, “What are we going to do here?†That line struck me as a guy who is at the end of his rope with Darby and is still trying to figure out how all this is going to end.

I also liked Darby admitting he thinks about joining the Death Riders every day but then thinks about how Mox turned his back on Bryan Danielson, and Darby saying to Mox, “Why would I want to go to war with someone who would stab his brother in the back?†Mox also had a line about chasing ghosts and how it never ends well. I thought that was a good look into Moxâ€s mentality and how heâ€s not trying to please anyone anymore.

I really loved everything about this sit down, until Pac came into the room with Darby and attacked him. I just feel like the attack was over-the-top, and Mox and Darby had already done enough with their words to really get their motives across. It doesnâ€t always have to end with the over-the-top violence and blood.

Overall, though, this was great work between Mox and Darby, and I really loved AEW trying something different with the glass separating them.

With Darby making Moxley quit at WrestleDream, you would think there needs to be a change in leadership for the Death Riders, right? When your leader has now quit to both “Hangman” Adam Page and now to Darby Allin, his leadership must come into question. Iâ€m just not sure who would take over the Death Riders, though.

I donâ€t think any of the current Death Riders are compelling enough to take over the leadership of the group. Do the Death Riders turn on Mox and go with Darby? Or is there a wildcard who comes in to take over the group? Iâ€m interested to see what happens on Dynamite this week.

Toni Storm and Kris Statlander with Renee Paquette – Dynamite 10/15/25

I thought the sit down with Toni Storm and Kris Statlander was well done this week, and I liked them going to the ring right after the sit down portion.

Statlander still needs to pick a lane with her character and go with it, but I thought this sitdown between the two helped push forward the respect they have for each other.

Storm as always had some great lines in this. I liked when she told Statlander, “I donâ€t know who I am without the title, but darling who the hell are you?†(I think we are all thinking that right now with Statlander)

Statlander came out of the gates strong the first two weeks after her shocking title win, I thought, but it’s clear they are still trying to figure out what her character is. Iâ€m worried that they are just going to pull the trigger and put this Womenâ€s World Title on Mercedes Moné at Full Gear.

When Storm and Statlander got to the ring to fight, I really loved the spot where they both got on their knees and dared the other one to hit them with the belt.

What I appreciate the most with Toni Storm is that her rivalries are never boring. There is always a layered story that comes with it and the promos leading up to the eventual match with her opponent are always entertaining. Sheâ€s been the MVP of AEW for a long time, in my opinion.

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Honorable Mentions

Callis Family Dinner – Dynamite 10/15/25

Iâ€m putting this here solely for the fact Kazuchika Okada shut off the TV when Komosuke Takeshita was on it. “I hit the wrong button†was such a good line. Iâ€m also including Don Callis introducing Hechicero in the proceeding match after this promo. When Callis starts doing the hand motionâ€s that Hechicero does, it’s so ridiculous and funny.

The Acclaimed? Maybe… – Collision 10/15/25

I know a lot of people, including me, think breaking up The Acclaimed to begin with was a terrible move. Almost as terrible as allowing Billy Gunn to stick around with them as long as he did.

I am also someone who then really didnâ€t have an interest in seeing them get back together.

You really have to give Max Castor credit here, though, for getting his singles character over and lighting the spark for this Acclaimed reunion to have any life.

No offense to Anthony Bowens, but his singles career in AEW was dead on arrival. I thought this quick backstage segment they had was really good, and now Iâ€m in for the reunion and the lead up to it. Max Castor telling Tony Khan, “I have autonomy over my body†was the line of the night for both Dynamite and Collision.

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Former AEW coach Sarah Stock has criticized a spot from the Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin I Quit match at AEW WrestleDream.

Stock, who departed AEW in April, took issue with Moxley shoving Allin’s head into an aquarium filled with water on Saturday’s pay-per-view, saying it could lead to kids trying to mimic the move.

AEW posted a clip of the spot along with the caption, “SOMEBODY STOP THIS!”

Stock responded to the post:

“You know who should stop this? Mothers. With their remote control. This is worse than the plastic bag over the head. Kids are going to end up dead trying this stuff at home.”

Fightful Select reported in April that Stock was no longer with AEW, although the nature of her departure was not revealed. It was reported that she had raised issues regarding AEW’s “mental health program and department being shifted,” but it was unclear if this was related to her leaving the company.

Stock first joined AEW as a coach in 2023 after having worked in a similar role for WWE from 2015 until being released at the onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic in 2020.

You know who should stop this? Mothers. With their remote control. This is worse than the plastic bag over the head. Kids are going to end up dead trying this stuff at home. @aew https://t.co/DjCBNr4KiY

— Sarah Stock (@SSDarkAngel) October 19, 2025

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Darby Allin defeated Jon Moxley in an “I Quit” match at AEW WrestleDream on Saturday with some help from an old friend, Sting.

The match was simply brutal, with both wrestlers dishing out a ton of pain.

Moxley gained the advantage, thanks in part to the Death Riders.

However, Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis then went dark.

Sting emerged with his patented bat, choked Moxley and attacked the Death Riders. He then literally passed the bat to his old partner-in-crime, who used it to his advantage.

Allin eventually won with the Scorpion Deathlock, forcing Moxley to quit.

The rivalry between Moxley and Allin dates back almost exactly a year, as Allin attempted to prevent The Death Riders’ brutal attack of Bryan Danielson last October at WrestleDream.

Allin ended up paying the price for his intervention, as The Death Riders threw him down a stairwell in December, knocking him out of action for nearly seven months.

That decision came back to haunt Mox and The Death Riders, though, as Allin resurfaced at All In back in July, helping “Hangman” Adam Page beat Moxley for the AEW World Championship in the main event.

That set the stage for a showdown between Allin and Moxley last month at All Out, and they met in a coffin match, which has become something of a signature stipulation for Darby over the years.

Allin took the fight to Moxley and seemed to be trending toward victory, but Pac made a surprise return from injury by attacking Allin and helping Mox put him inside the coffin.

While Moxley came out on top, Allin got some retribution later in the night by emerging from the coffin and a body bag, putting Moxley inside of it and shooting him with a flamethrower.

At the conclusion of the Sept. 24 episode of Dynamite, Allin confronted Moxley with the flamethrower once again, and he challenged him to a match at WrestleDream in the process.

Allin vs. Moxley was made official for WrestleDream shortly thereafter with the added “I Quit” stipulation.

Given Allin’s penchant for absorbing punishment without giving up, it wasn’t particularly surprising that he showed his grit and finally got the better of Moxley at WrestleDream.

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AEW WrestleDream 2025 was main evented by the match that had everyone worried about what they were about to witness, the “I Quit” match between Jon Moxley and Darby Allin. After a war that saw the two men stab each other with skewers, drown each other in aquariums, and strangle each other with flags, Darby forced Moxley to say the words “I Quit.”

Darby kicked things off by laying the AEW flag he waved at the top of Mount Everest in the middle of the ring, which Moxley wiped his feet on. This angered Darby who kicked Moxley out of the ring and hit a Tope Suicida immediately. Moxley responded with a dropkick of his own, kicked the ring ropes into Darby’s teeth, and landed a series of strikes with a chain wrapped around his fist. Moxley continued to use the ropes, guardrail, and the ring steps as a weapon while the blood flowed from Darby’s mouth and ear. Marina Shafir pulled wooden skewers from under the ring, but instead of all them, Moxley pulled one from the bunch and stabbed it under Darby’s fingernail, before continuing to work over Darby’s arm, hands and fingers.

Moxley whipped Darby into the ring steps, but Darby leaped over them and countered with a big dropkick, leading to a strike exchange in the ring which ended with Darby landing a Code Red. Darby then wrapped the flag around Moxley’s neck and tried to hang him in the same way Hangman Page did at All In Texas, but Moxley escaped by jamming his thumb into Darby’s eye. Darby went high risk once more but missed the Coffin Drop on the apron, and after rolling back in the ring, Moxley started whipping Darby with his own belt before landing a staling Piledriver.Â

Darby decided to embrace the whipping and mounted a brief comeback before being cut off with a German Suplex. However, Darby went into the backpack he brought the ring and covered Moxley in lighter fluid, before brandishing a lighter. The Death Riders tried to cut Darby off, but they were sprayed as well. With that said, Moxley recovered in time and landed a cutter.

It was then Moxley’s turn to go in the backpack and he put Darby down with a taser, before hitting Darby with a Paradigm Shift on a steel chair. Claudio Castagnoli then got involved and launched Darby from the ring and on to the announce table, with PAC dragging Darby back to the ring where Moxley was waiting to deliver a Paradigm Shift off the apron through two tables. Moxley tried to tell referee Bryce Remsburg that Darby is out of his mind and won’t quit, meaning that there is nothing he can do to stop him. However, Moxley had an idea.

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Darby Allin defeated Jon Moxley in an “I Quit” match at AEW WrestleDream on Saturday with some help from an old friend, Sting.

The match was simply brutal, with both wrestlers dishing out a ton of pain.

Moxley gained the advantage, thanks in part to the Death Riders.

However, Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis then went dark.

Sting emerged with his patented bat, choked Moxley and attacked the Death Riders. He then literally passed the bat to his old partner-in-crime, who used it to his advantage.

Allin eventually won with the Scorpion Deathlock, forcing Moxley to quit.

The rivalry between Moxley and Allin dates back almost exactly a year, as Allin attempted to prevent The Death Riders’ brutal attack of Bryan Danielson last October at WrestleDream.

Allin ended up paying the price for his intervention, as The Death Riders threw him down a stairwell in December, knocking him out of action for nearly seven months.

That decision came back to haunt Mox and The Death Riders, though, as Allin resurfaced at All In back in July, helping “Hangman” Adam Page beat Moxley for the AEW World Championship in the main event.

That set the stage for a showdown between Allin and Moxley last month at All Out, and they met in a coffin match, which has become something of a signature stipulation for Darby over the years.

Allin took the fight to Moxley and seemed to be trending toward victory, but Pac made a surprise return from injury by attacking Allin and helping Mox put him inside the coffin.

While Moxley came out on top, Allin got some retribution later in the night by emerging from the coffin and a body bag, putting Moxley inside of it and shooting him with a flamethrower.

At the conclusion of the Sept. 24 episode of Dynamite, Allin confronted Moxley with the flamethrower once again, and he challenged him to a match at WrestleDream in the process.

Allin vs. Moxley was made official for WrestleDream shortly thereafter with the added “I Quit” stipulation.

Given Allin’s penchant for absorbing punishment without giving up, it wasn’t particularly surprising that he showed his grit and finally got the better of Moxley at WrestleDream.

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AEW WRESTLEDREAM PPV RESULTS
OCTOBER 18, 2025
ST. LOUIS, MI AT CHAIFETZ ARENA
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(Pre-Show Match In Progress) FTR (Dax Harwood & Cash Wheeler) vs. JET SPEED (Kevin Knight & “Speedball” Mike Bailey)

They joined the match in progress, noting that it didn’t end within the pre-show window. No one has been more excited about anything ever than Tony Schiavone was about this match carrying over into the PPV portion. For the finish, Cash covered Speedball and got the three count when Stokely Hathaway held his feet from ringside out of the referee’s view.

WINNERS: FTR.

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Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s live coverage for AEW WrestleDream on October 18, 2025, coming to you live from the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis, Missouri at a special start time of 8 PM ET!

Darby Allin will be competing in an AEW ring for the first time since the October 1 episode of “Dynamite” as he collides with the leader of The Death Riders, Jon Moxley. The two men have had no shortage of issues with one another over the past few months including a win Moxley scored over Allin in a Coffin Match at AEW All Out on September 20, culminating this past Wednesday on “AEW Dynamite” and “AEW Collision” when Moxley left Allin beaten down following a backstage verbal confrontation between them.

“Hangman” Adam Page will be putting the AEW World Championship on the line for the first time since retaining against Lee Moriarty on the September 24 episode of “Dynamite” as he defends against Samoa Joe. Tensions between the two men have been on the rise over the course of the past few weeks, with Page staring down Joe after Joe and his Opps stablemates Powerhouse Hobbs and Katsuyori Shibata retained the AEW World Trios Championship against La Faccion Ingobernable this past Wednesday.

Kris Statlander puts the AEW Women’s World Championship on the line against Toni Storm. Statlander and Storm met one another in a verbal confrontation turned physical in the opening moments of Wednesday’s show, with the former having previously dethroned the latter as AEW Women’s World Championship at All Out in a Four-Way Match that also involved Jamie Hayter and Thekla.

Two other championships will be on the line tonight, as Brody King and Bandido put the AEW World Tag Team Championship on the line for the first time since retaining against Gates Of Agony’s Toa Liona and Bishop Kaun on September 24 when they defend against reigning AEW Continental Champion Kazuchika Okada and Konosuke Takeshita as cracks in the relationship between the two Don Callis Family members continue to grow. Elsewhere, Mark Briscoe will be challenging another member of The Don Callis Family, Kyle Fletcher, for the TNT Championship in what will mark Fletcher’s first defense since retaining against Kyle O’Reilly on October 7.

Ricochet, the aforementioned Liona, and the aforementioned Kaun of The Demand will be going head-to-head with The Hurt Syndicate’s Shelton Benjamin, MVP, and Bobby Lashley in trios competition. Not only did The Demand defeat The Hurt Syndicate at All Out only for The Hurt Syndicate to later score a win of their own in a Street Fight on the October 7 episode of “Dynamite”, but Kaun and Liona also emerged victorious against Benjamin and Lashley in a tag team match this past Wednesday.

After defeating Skye Blue this past Wednesday in singles competition, the aforementioned Hayter will be returning to action as she goes one-on-one with another member of Triangle Of Madness in the aforementioned Thekla. Thekla blindsided Hayter with an attack a number of months ago back in May, explaining that her reason for doing so was because Hayter happened to be in close proximity to her in a video message she sent to Hayter following her win against Blue. Elsewhere, The Young Bucks’s Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson look to earn some extra cash when they take on Jack Perry and Luchasaurus in a $500,000 match as the four men look to put the rising tensions between them to rest once and for all.

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The October 15, 2025 edition of AEW Dynamite featured several major moments, including a tense jailhouse segment between Jon Moxley and Darby Allin that ended with Allin being laid out in brutal fashion. The episode was part of a three-hour AEW broadcast, with the first two hours dedicated to Dynamite and the third hour serving as AEW Collision.

According to Dave Meltzer, AEW Dynamite averaged 534,000 viewers, up from the 321,000 viewers recorded on October 7, 2025. In the key P18–49 demographic, the show scored a 0.11 rating, a notable increase from last weekâ€s 0.07 rating.

These figures reflect linear television audiences only and do not include any streaming viewership from MAX or delayed digital viewing.

AEW Dynamite October 15, 2025: Viewership and Highlights

This weekâ€s episode of AEW Dynamite saw Darby Allin and Jon Moxley meet face-to-face in jail, which ended in PAC ambushing Darby Allin and beating him bloody while Moxley watched on.

The Hurt Syndicate also took their first pinfall loss in traditional tag team action as Gates of Agony pinned Shelton Benjamin for the massive win. This and many other moments took place throughout the night.

AEW Dynamite week-to-week viewership comparison

MetricOctober 7, 2025October 15, 2025Change% ChangeTotal Viewers321,000534,000+213,000+66.4%P18–49 Demo Rating0.070.11+0.04+57.1%

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Jon Moxley made sure to gain the psychological edge over Darby Allin just days before their I Quit match at AEW WrestleDream. Instead of confronting each other in the ring or backstage, the two met in a prison-style visitation room during the October 15 AEW Dynamite, separated by a thick glass wall.

Moxley was the first to speak, acknowledging that Allin wasnâ€t going to quit—but making it clear that he wouldnâ€t either. He admitted that he was out of options and appeared visibly frustrated. He offered Allin one final opportunity to join the Death Riders, pushing the idea that it was still not too late to align with him.

Allin didnâ€t back down. In a surprising reveal, he admitted that he thinks about joining the Death Riders every day. However, he refused the offer, saying that he couldnâ€t bring himself to follow someone he no longer respects—especially after how Moxley treated Bryan Danielson.

The mention of Danielson struck a nerve. Moxley lashed out verbally, insisting that his actions were necessary and that Danielsonâ€s pain served a bigger purpose. To Moxley, this wasnâ€t about friendships—it was about fighting a war for the future of professional wrestling.

Allin fired back with confidence, vowing to make Moxley say “I Quit†at WrestleDream. He claimed that once that happens, the rest of the Death Riders would lose faith in their leader and abandon his path.

Just as the conversation seemed to end, PAC blindsided Allin from behind and left him bloodied. Moxley remained on the other side of the glass, silently watching the assault unfold, sending a chilling reminder that Allin isnâ€t just walking into a fight—heâ€s walking into a war filled with ghosts and unfinished business.

The final image of Allin lying in a pool of his own blood makes one thing clear: Moxley isnâ€t just trying to win at WrestleDream—heâ€s trying to destroy him.

Will Darby Allin be able to overcome Moxleyâ€s mind games and violence, or has the war already taken a toll before the match even begins? Drop your thoughts below.

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AEW DYNAMITE REPORT
OCTOBER 15, 2025
INDEPENDENCE, MO. AT CABLE DAHMER ARENA
AIRED ON TBS & HBO MAX
REPORT BY WADE KELLER, PWTORCH EDITOR

Commentators: Excalibur, Taz, Bryan Danielson

Ring Announcer: Justin Roberts

Attendance: WrestleTix reported that 2,069 tickets had been distributed; arena is set up for 2,514. The arena has a capacity of 7,000 spectators when configured for pro wrestling.

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Announced Matches & Other Notes

• Kenny Omega & Jurassic Express (Jack Perry & Luchasaurus) vs. Mark Davis & Hechicero & Josh Alexander – Trios match
• The Opps (Samoa Joe & Katsuyori Shibata & Powerhouse Hobbs) vs. La Facción Ingobernable (Rush & Sammy Guevara & Dralistico) (with “Hangman†Adam Page on commentary) – AEW World Trios Championship match
• Orange Cassidy & Kyle Oâ€Reilly vs. Death Riders (Daniel Garcia & Wheeler Yuta)
• The Hurt Syndicate (Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) vs. Gates of Agony (Bishop Kaun & Toa Liona)
• Megan Bayne vs. Harley Cameron
• Claudio Castagnoli vs. Roderick Strong
• Skye Blue vs. Jamie Hayter
• Kris Statlander and Toni Storm Famous Last Words segment
• Jon Moxley and Darby Allin face-to-face

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