Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page (AEW Revolution 3/5/23) {English}
Jon Moxley vs. Hangman Page - Texas Death Match - AEW Revolution (3/5/2023)
The last time these two stepped into the ring, it wasn't just a match, it was a psychological WAR. Moxley basically baited Hangman into a maze of his own temper, proving that if you can’t keep your head in, someone else is going to take it for you. It was a brutal lesson in self-control. but now we already knew Mox had the higher IQ, but this match was about something Bigger: who has the thicker skin, who's more VIOLENT.
What followed was a beautiful, chaotic UGLY wrestling match. It’s easy to throw weapons around and do some cool violent spots, but all that "plunder" is just scrap metal if you don’t have the emotional grit to back it up. Moxley is a different animal in a texas death match; he’s the king of the gutter, and he knows exactly how to use sudden bursts of cruelty to dictate the rhythm of a fight. The energy shifted the second he pulled out that fork. Watching him drive steel into Hangman’s head while trapped in a triangle choke was the kind of thing that makes you jump off your couch and scream. Whether it’s theatrical magic or just pure insanity, the sight of Page’s head turned into a crimson fountain was a grotesque masterpiece, which gives me some deja vu now that im watching this match 4 years later...
What followed was a beautiful, chaotic UGLY wrestling match. It’s easy to throw weapons around and do some cool violent spots, but all that "plunder" is just scrap metal if you don’t have the emotional grit to back it up. Moxley is a different animal in a texas death match; he’s the king of the gutter, and he knows exactly how to use sudden bursts of cruelty to dictate the rhythm of a fight. The energy shifted the second he pulled out that fork. Watching him drive steel into Hangman’s head while trapped in a triangle choke was the kind of thing that makes you jump off your couch and scream. Whether it’s theatrical magic or just pure insanity, the sight of Page’s head turned into a crimson fountain was a grotesque masterpiece, which gives me some deja vu now that im watching this match 4 years later...
The structure of the match was brilliant because of the "sleight of hand" involved. i really loved how they kept dangling a threat in front of us, only to hit from a completely different angle, when Mox sets up a chair, and you’re just waiting for someone’s spine to snap against it. he uses the distraction to hurl Hangman off the turnbuckle and through a barbed-wire board. Later, Page stacks some bricks vertically like he’s setting up a complex "tower of doom" spot, but then he just says "to hell with it," grabs a brick, and caves Mox’s skull in with it. Simple, UGLY, and effective.
The structure of the match was brilliant because of the "sleight of hand" involved. i really loved how they kept dangling a threat in front of us, only to hit from a completely different angle, when Mox sets up a chair, and you’re just waiting for someone’s spine to snap against it. he uses the distraction to hurl Hangman off the turnbuckle and through a barbed-wire board. Later, Page stacks some bricks vertically like he’s setting up a complex "tower of doom" spot, but then he just says "to hell with it," grabs a brick, and caves Mox’s skull in with it. Simple, UGLY, and effective.
It wasn’t just the big stunts that got me; it was the "micro-violence." The way fingers were getting crushed against bricks, the sickening sight of hair getting snagged in the barbed wire, and the map of a thousand tiny cuts opening up across their backs. This wasn't just "hardcore" for the sake of it, it felt like a physical dialogue about how much a human being can actually take to get what he wants and to PROVE he's better than someone.
The ending was a poetic reversal of everything that came before. Moxley had the match won with the sleeper hold, but his own ego became the noose. He let go of the win to reach for the chain, wanting to prove a point in the most violent way possible. That decision was his undoing.
It wasn’t just the big stunts that got me; it was the "micro-violence." The way fingers were getting crushed against bricks, the sickening sight of hair getting snagged in the barbed wire, and the map of a thousand tiny cuts opening up across their backs. This wasn't just "hardcore" for the sake of it, it felt like a physical dialogue about how much a human being can actually take to get what he wants and to PROVE he's better than someone.
The ending was a poetic reversal of everything that came before. Moxley had the match won with the sleeper hold, but his own ego became the noose. He let go of the win to reach for the chain, wanting to prove a point in the most violent way possible. That decision was his undoing.
Seeing Moxley suspended by the chain is the best sight any Hangman Adam Page fan Could see, and for the first time in many times to come, Hangman Page wasn't the anxious millennial cowboy, he was the coolest, most dangerous man in the building. It turns out that if you want to kill the king, you have to be willing to act as the executioner.
this match was the closest thing to perfection without quite reaching it, yet.
4.75*
Seeing Moxley suspended by the chain is the best sight any Hangman Adam Page fan Could see, and for the first time in many times to come, Hangman Page wasn't the anxious millennial cowboy, he was the coolest, most dangerous man in the building. It turns out that if you want to kill the king, you have to be willing to act as the executioner.
this match was the closest thing to perfection without quite reaching it, yet.
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