Allin-Moxley Feud Heads to I Quit Match at WrestleDream

Darby Allin and Jon Moxley renewed a public clash this week during an All Elite Wrestling panel at New York Comic Con, a flare up that underscored a yearlong rivalry set to reach a climax at WrestleDream on October 18 at the Chaifetz Arena in St. Louis. After Moxley finished taking questions at the panel, Allin approached him, smashed a glass of water over his head and the two immediately began fighting as the crowd watched. The confrontation adds to a string of violent encounters that have defined the feud and will be settled in an I Quit match on pay per view next weekend.

The animosity between the two has been marked by increasingly dangerous theatrics on AEW programming. In August, Moxley defeated Allin in a coffin match at All Out; Allin later struck Moxley with fire in a postmatch incident. On a recent episode of AEW Dynamite, Allin brandished a flamethrower and attempted to ignite a Molotov cocktail before being stopped by security. A member of venue security, who tackled Allin during that melee, said on social media that his actions were motivated by concern for public safety, writing, "My actions had nothing to do with the show and everything to do with the safety of...