AEW: Injury Updates on Jon Moxley and Adam Cole Following AEW Grand Slam
AEW's Adam Cole and Jon Moxley both left Grand Slam with injuries...
Jon Moxley and Adam Cole both left AEW Grand Slam on Wednesday night with injuries. Moxley saw his AEW International Championship reign come to a sudden end midway through the show after Rey Fenix hit him with back-to-bac Fire Thunder Drivers. He was able to leave the ring under his own power, but fans immediately knew something was wrong when medical trainers rushed over to him after the pinfall. Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer reported he was diagnosed with a minor concussion.
The speculation surrounding the match is that Moxley called an audible to have Fenix win the match after he was injured. There's still some debate over whether or not the injury was a result of him landing on his head after taking the first piledriver or if it was earlier in the match when Mox tried to catch him on a dive.
It wasn't the Fire Thunder driver. Mox was hurt in the first minute of the match catching Fenix on the outside dive.
— cozy superkick ♻️ (@cozysuperkick) September 21, 2023
Now go watch the finish again. You can tell Mox was trying his best to get through. He just didn't have the reaction time to kick out. pic.twitter.com/x0FEOrVszZ
The slo-mo of that Moxley/Fenix finish looks like Mox may have hit his head on the way down. Hope he’s alright. pic.twitter.com/UmjFvOzlgW
— Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) September 21, 2023
As for Adam Cole, the reigning ROH World Tag Team Champion rushed down to the ring during the main event to help MJF in his world title bout with Samoa Joe. Cole was noticeably limping after jumping off the entrance ramp and, according to Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp, had to be taken to the hospital and leave on crutches after the show. There's no word yet on the severity of his injury, but he and Friedman are currently booked to defend their tag titles at WrestleDream on Oct. 1.
Adam Cole landed awkwardly and came up limping 😬 pic.twitter.com/rwIfuENcEA
— BATTLE (@battleonair) September 21, 2023
AEW Dynamite Grand Slam 2023 Results
- ROH World Championship & NJPW Strong Openweight Championship: Eddie Kingston def. Claudio Castagnoli
- Chris Jericho def. Sammy Guevara
- AEW International Championship: Rey Fenix def. Jon Moxley
- AEW Women's World Championship: Saraya def. Toni Storm
- AEW World Championship: MJF def. Samoa Joe
AEW Rampage Grand Slam 2023 Card
- AEW World Trios Championships: The Acclaimed vs. The Dark Order
- ROH World Six-Man Tag Team Championships: Mogul Embassy (Brian Cage & The Gates of Agony) vs. The Elite (Hangman Page & The Young Bucks)
- Darby Allin & Sting vs. Christian Cage & Luchasaurus
- Orange Cassidy, Hook & Kris Statlander vs. Anna Jay, Matt Menard & Angelo Parker
- The Kingdom vs. The Hardys vs. The Righteous vs. The Best Friends (ROH Tag Title match at WrestleDream)
- Julia Hart vs. Sky Blue
- Santana in Action
AEW Collision Card (Sept. 23, 2023)
- AEW World Tag Team Championships: FTR vs. The WorkHorsemen (JD Drake & Anthony Henry)
- AEW TNT Championship: Luchasaurus vs. Christian Cage vs. Darby Allin
- Bryan Danielson vs. Ricky Starks (Texas Death Match)
- Jay White vs. Andrade El Idolo
- Rob Van Dam in action
AEW WrestleDream 2023 Card
- Bryan Danielson vs. Zack Sabre Jr.
- AEW World Tag Team Championships: FTR vs. Aussie Open
- "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Swerve Strickland
- Konosuke Takeshita vs. Kota Ibushi (Rumored)
- ROH World Tag Team Championships: MJF & Adam Cole vs. TBD