Jon Moxley vs. Jake Doyle (3/10/2026)

everyone griefes different.

this has been a very exhausting month in pro wrestling, and this has been a very sad week in all of our lifes, we all try to grief death in our own special way that works with us, some of us talk to our loved ones, some of us try to help eachother out, but Jon Moxley heals in the ring, and he heals us with him in his own special way, it's really poetic how he can translate his words into the work that he does, we'll get to that later, for now, Jake Doyle is our enemy, he's destroying our ace, he's a tough, rough son of a bitch that wants to take everything that the fans have, he wants to destroy their fighting champion, he literally said in the middle of the match that he wants to take Mox's place. and Doyle is not a man to trust to be a fighting champion, unlike something, he's a dickhead, he's a mountain that our champion has to climb, a challenge that he must defeat, a bump that he has to drive over, even in grief, he must keep fighting. we must keep fighting.

you look at this match as a "hell yeah" match where 2 beefy guys slug it out. but to me, and many others it was a chance to grief, a much needed match that translated our emotions into a language that we all can speak, a much needed chance to let your tears go if you kept holding them back after last Wednesday's show, or a chance to cheer for our champion and ace after crying your tears out after that show.

Jon Moxley's a leader, not just in the locker room, but to us, he takes our place, a person who keeps fighting whether in good or sad times, a person who makes us believe, a leader for us to follow and a role model whether in wrestling or even more, he's fighting a monster in this match, a challenge that is far from easy, we see as he keeps getting destroyed and broken in the match, Doyle throws him over whenever he tries, one elbow from Doyle is equal to 3 from Mox, Mox gathers his energy outside while Doyle laughs in the ring, he's fighting a losing battle, but the keyword is fighting, he's fighting through it all. 

Mox wins but does it matter? slightly, i think that the magic in this match isn't in the destination but the journey, ask yourself; did you get emotional because Mox won or because he fought? the slight wins through the match are the biggest wins and those slight wins wouldn't have been possible without the times Mox got fucked over, they wouldn't have been possible if the crowd didn't believe in Mox, he gave them a reason to believe in him and they did, but he always kept fighting and believing, they kept fighting and believing, through grief and pain, we kept fighting and believing.

there's a lesson to be learned here on how you can deal with bumps in life, tough days, weeks or month, keep fighting, surround yourself with people that you care about and help them out, because they'll help you when you need them to do so, they'll be the fuel that pushes you to keep fighting, never. stop. fighting.

in the words of Jon Moxley:

"we get up and we do it all again because what else can you do? whatever you do, you have to give a shit about it."