The July 30 episode of AEW Dynamite from Chicago featured a brutal and bloody AEW World Championship match, but the single most talked-about moment of the night came from a man who wasn’t even in the match. During the chaotic main event between “Hangman” Adam Page and Jon Moxley, Darby Allin created a jaw-dropping viral moment, launching himself from a balcony onto a pile of wrestlers below in a stunning display of reckless abandon.
Darby Allin Steals the Show During World Title Bout
The AEW World Title match between Page and Moxley had a special stipulation: all outside parties were banned from ringside to ensure a one-on-one contest. That plan went out the window after the referee was inadvertently taken out. Moxley’s Death Riders faction hit the scene, looking to illegally give their leader the advantage. As security tried to intervene, Darby Allin appeared high above the floor in a balcony section of the Byline Bank Aragon Ballroom. In a moment that stunned the Chicago crowd, Allin took a running start and leaped from the balcony, crashing down like a human missile onto the pile of Death Riders and security guards below. The dive was a shocking, spectacular high spot that completely changed the complexion of the match and blew the roof off the arena.
A Brutal and Bloody Championship Encounter
Even before Darby Allin’s shocking dive, the championship match itself was an absolute war. As expected from two of AEW’s toughest competitors, Page and Moxley battered each other all over the arena. The violence escalated when Moxley hit Page with a vicious piledriver on the steel ring steps, splitting the champion’s head open and covering his face in blood. The match was a chaotic brawl filled with stiff strikes and dramatic near-falls, living up to the brutal standard set by their previous encounters. It was a testament to the wildness of Allin’s stunt that it managed to overshadow such a physically intense and bloody main event.
The Aftermath: Page Retains, Darby Makes His Mark
Darby Allin’s insane dive served its purpose, neutralizing the Death Riders’ interference and evening the odds for the champion. Back in the ring, with the chaos contained on the outside, Hangman Page dug deep and found a way to put the challenger away. After surviving everything Moxley threw at him, Page hit a Dead Eye and followed it up with two consecutive Buckshot Lariats to secure a clean and hard-fought pinfall victory, retaining his AEW World Championship. While Page left with the title, it was Darby Allin who created the night’s most unforgettable highlight.
The image of Darby Allin flying through the air is destined to be one of the most replayed moments in AEW history and will undoubtedly dominate wrestling discourse online for days to come. While Hangman Page walked out of Chicago with his championship intact, Darby Allin’s reckless abandon has once again solidified his reputation as AEW’s most fearless daredevil and has inserted him directly into the bad blood between Page and the Death Riders.
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