Jon Moxley ended Orange Cassidy’s historical AEW International Championship reign on Sunday at AEW’s All Out pay-per-view. Moxley made history by becoming the first man to ever hold both the AEW World and International Championships. Cassidy’s record-breaking title run comes to an end at 327 days with a record 31 successful title defenses.
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“When I beat Pac for it in October last year, it was called the All-Atlantic [Championship], and then we decided to level it up and make it the International Championship,” Cassidy told The Wrestling Classic regarding his title reign back in May. “I didn’t really know what to do with it. I didn’t know what it was. My only goal was to beat Pac, and I did. When I beat him, I had this All-Atlantic Championship. So didn’t really have an identity to me, so I wanted to do with it what I do with everything. I just wanted to fight whoever, wherever, and whenever. I have been, and I hope it has that identity now, and I hope wrestling fans were able to see people that they usually wouldn’t see wrestle for a championship on AEW television.”
Despite the numerous injuries he had built up throughout his reign, Cassidy repeatedly rallied back from everything Moxley could throw at him. The bloody match only ended after Mox managed to hit a Paradigm Shift, knocking Cassidy out to get the pinfall.
The show was not only a clean sweep for the Blackpool Combat Club — Bryan Danielson returned from injury to beat Ricky Starks in a Strap Match while Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta beat Eddie Kingston & Katsuyori Shibata in a tag team match — but it also marked the first AEW pay-per-view to feature the International Championship in the main event. The title was first introduced at Forbidden Door 2022 as the All-Atlantic Championship and was renamed the International title back in March.
AEW All Out 2023 Results
- (Zero Hour) Adam “Hangman Page Wins the Over Budget Battle Royale
- (Zero Hour) Hikaru Shida, Willow Nightingale & Skye Blue def. Athena, Mercedes Martinez & Diamante
- (Zero Hour) AEW World Trios Championships: The Acclaimed def. Jeff Jarrett, Satnam Singh & Jay Lethal
- ROH World Tag Team Championships: MJF & Adam Cole def. The Dark Order
- ROH World Television Championship: Samoa Joe def. Shane Taylor
- AEW TNT Championship: Luchasaurus def. Darby Allin
- Miro def. Powerhouse Hobbs
- AEW TBS Championship: Kris Statlander def. Ruby Soho
- Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Starks (Strap Match)
- Claudio Castagnoli & Wheeler Yuta def. Eddie Kingston & Katsuyori Shibata
- Konosuke Takeshita def. Kenny Omega
- Bullet Club Gold def. The Young Bucks & FTR
- AEW International Championship: Jon Moxley def. Orange Cassidy
