Jon Moxley Wins IWGP United States Championship at Wrestle Kingdom
AEW star Jon Moxley defeated Lance Archer to regain the IWGP United States Championship at Wrestle Kingdom 14. The former WWE Superstar took a microphone after the match and declared that he is a “gambler.” And that he wanted to leave “with nothing, or leave with everything.”
This bout was Moxley’s opportunity to regain the title that he never lost in-ring. There were severe weather conditions last year around the King Of Pro Wrestling event. This meaning that Moxley was unable to travel to Japan. Lance Archer took advantage of this and faced Juice Robinson in a bout for the then vacated title; taking the win and holding the belt all the way to Wrestle Kingdom. Robinson himself was part of a bout just minutes before Moxley’s match, winning the IWGP Tag Team Championships alongside David Finlay.
The match was a violent affair. Archer at one point choking Moxley with a plastic bag, looking to suffocate the former WWE Superstar. Moxley took the win after hitting his Death Rider DDT into a pair of tables on the outside. With Jon Moxley managing to rise before the 10 count as Archer laid on the tables.
Jon Moxley will now go on to face Juice Robinson at tomorrow night’s Wrestle Kingdom event. This year marks the first ever two-day iteration of Wrestle Kingdom, with Moxley now set to defend the IWGP United States Championship just a day after this hellacious Texas DeathMatch.
