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Jon Moxley Faces New AEW Title Challenge After Choke Out

By Lyle Kilbane • Published 24th April 2025
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Jon Moxley faces another stiff test for his AEW World Championship after being choked out by his next challenger.

AEW Spring BreakThru saw Dynamite overtake WCW’s flagship Nitro show in terms of number of episodes as Tony Khan’s company sails past a milestone some never thought possible.

On that show, it was revealed that PAC suffered an injury, which led to Jon Moxley replacing him in the Death Riders team as the AEW World Champion partnered with Claudio Castagnoli and Wheeler Yuta to defend the AEW Trios Title against The Opps – Samoa Joe, Katsuyori Shibata, and HOOK. However, another spanner in the works was announced at the start of the show as commentary revealed HOOK had been taken out by the Death Riders and was unable to compete.

When The Opps came to the ring, however, they had their own suitable replacement as Powerhouse Hobbs joined Joe and Shibata.

In the end, Samoa Joe locked the Coquina Clutch in on Jon Moxley, making the AEW World Champion pass out with the referee stopping the match and new AEW Trios Champions were crowned.

Samoa Joe Hunting Jon Moxley’s Gold

On the following episode of Collision, Jon Moxley issued a huge challenge to Samoa Joe and on Dynamite in New Orleans, they came to blows again with Joe again catching Moxley in the Coquina Clutch.

Later in the show, the AEW World Championship match between Samoa Joe and Jon Moxley was made for the Beach Break edition of Dynamite on May 14.

Samoa Joe previously held the AEW World Title between December 2023 and April 2024. He lost the gold to Swerve Strickland at Dynasty.