Darby Allin and Jon Moxley clash at NYCC ahead of WrestleDream I Quit

Darby Allin and Jon Moxley engaged in a physical altercation at New York Comic Con on Friday in the latest escalation of a monthslong rivalry, a confrontation AEW presented as a staged promotional angle ahead of their scheduled I Quit match at the WrestleDream pay per view. The incident took place during an AEW panel at the convention, where Allin approached Moxley, struck him with a glass of water and the two exchanged punches before security and stage personnel separated them and Moxley shoved Allin through a backdrop bearing AEW and DC Comics logos.

The segment at New York Comic Con follows a sustained, violent storyline between the two wrestlers since Allin returned to All Elite Wrestling earlier this year after recovering from injuries and completing a personal expedition to climb Mount Everest. Their feud has included weekly confrontations, a Coffin match at All Out on September 20 in which Moxley defeated Allin, and a postmatch angle at that event in which Allin attacked Moxley backstage, placed him in a body bag and set the bag on fire. On the September 24 episode of AEW Dynamite, Allin confronted Moxley while holding what was portrayed as a flamethrower and challenged...