Kyle O’Reilly submits Jon Moxley in No Holds Barred match at AEW Full Gear

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Kyle O’Reilly defeated Jon Moxley by submission in a violent No Holds Barred match at Full Gear, marking the second consecutive time O’Reilly has forced the Death Riders’ leader to tap out. 

The match descended into a bloodbath involving forks, chains, and steel chairs.

Moxley initially tried to play mind games, fleeing to the outside early to retrieve a fork from Marina Shafir. He used the weapon to gouge O’Reilly’s forehead and chest, at one point disturbing the commentary team by stabbing O’Reilly with the fork in the nipple. 

O’Reilly eventually turned the momentum by catapulting Moxley into the ring post and hitting a diving knee from the apron while Moxley was seated on a chair.

The violence escalated when O’Reilly introduced a heavy steel chain. Both men wrapped the chain around each other’s necks, leading to a struggle that ended with a double suplex. 

Later, Moxley executed a Curb Stomp onto the chain and trapped O’Reilly’s left arm in a steel chair, stomping on it.

Moxley followed with a Death Rider and a Kimura lock, but O’Reilly countered the hold into an Ankle Lock, slamming Moxley’s leg onto the chain and torquing the hold until Moxley tapped out.

Following the bell, a frustrated Moxley offered a nod of respect to O’Reilly before immediately attacking him again as medical staff attempted to intervene. Roderick Strong and Orange Cassidy rushed the ring to help O’Reilly to the back.

The remaining members of the Death Riders appeared at ringside. PAC seemed visibly frustrated at the loss. Castagnoli took charge of the situation, directing Daniel Garcia to follow Moxley through the crowd while the rest of the group looked on.

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