A Couple of Moxley Title Defenses I Missed

AEW Dynamite 08/05/20: Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin
A bit of too much melodramatic TALKING by Moxley for my liking, but other than that, this was a pretty darn awesome underdog bout. The opening of the match with Moxley making Darby bleed with the very first punch delivered was badass, Moxley's control section was solid - of course made all the better by Darby's great bumping & good selling, as well as his always lovely, explosive comebacks. The finishing stretch after the MJF interference was real good too, with nice urgency by Darby & great selling by Mox. ***1/2

AEW All Out 2020: Jon Moxley vs. MJF
This actually ruled so much, damn. The dynamic was that MJF is the better pure wrestler of the two, while Moxley destroys him when it comes to brawling on the outside. They played that dynamic brilliantly into the match throughout, and I thought it was a really cool, clear, interesting narrative between two different characters. There's also some pretty great armwork by MJF throughout, which Moxley sells wonderfully + the whole stip w/ the Paradigm Shift being banned was played extremely nicely into the match with that one sequence where Moxley almost went for it, but as he contemplated a little too long, MJF took advantage & went back to that arm with his Fujiwara Armbar finish. I do think it dragged a LITTLE BIT towards the end, and that's what separates it from being "great" rather than "very good" - I'd actually say it's one of the best very-good matches of the year. ***3/4

AEW Dynamite 10/14/20: Jon Moxley vs. Lance Archer
Wow, this sure was a disappointment. Their Wrestle Kingdom match remains one of the best matches of the year, but this was such a far cry from the greatness of that bout. Slow, painfully unenergetic & plodding. Literally nothing good or interesting about this one. *