At AEW All Out 2024, Bryan Danielson retained the AEW World Championship against Jack Perry. After the match, a shocking heel turn played out featuring Jon Moxley, who utilized a spot older fans may remember from the NWA.
After retaining his title, Danielson was jumped by The Patriarchy and it appeared Christian Cage was going to cash in his guaranteed World Title match that he won at All In: London. While Moxley and Claudio Castagnoli fended them off, they turned on Danielson and Moxley used a plastic bag in an attempt to suffocate the American Dragon. The spot was so graphic, that AEW has opted not to share it on social media.
This was a shocking moment to AEW All Out but this isn’t the first time there’s been a plastic bag suffocation spot in wrestling. At Clash of the Champions VIII in September 1989, Terry Funk used a bag to suffocate Ric Flair during the Nature Boy’s tag-team main event. Fair and Sting won by DQ over The Great Muta and ‘Dirty’ Dick Slater.
We’ve now seen our first plastic bag suffocation spot in AEW but Eddie Kingston hoped to use the spot during his 2022 feud with Chris Jericho. Speaking in July of this year to The Ringer, Kingston said he asked several times about using a plastic bag, only to be rejected every time by Tony Khan.
Moxley recently aligned himself with Marina Shafir and has spoken of AEW not being the company it once was. Now, the former AEW World Champion has plans to hold the gold again, and will hold nothing back in his feud with former ally Bryan Danielson.
