When we return from the break, we hear the familiar sounds of Jon Moxley’s new theme song and out he comes accompanied by Marina Shafir through the crowd inside Arthur Ashe Stadium for our final match of the evening, where the winner moves on to become the next challenger for Bryan Danielson’s AEW World Championship. Darby Allin is out next.

We see Moxley get the early offensive upper-hand, as he gets the quick jump on Allin. He beats Allin down and focuses on the arms and legs of his opposition. He sends Allin into the corner with authority with a hammer throw. Darby flies through and crashes and burns on the floor at ringside.

Back inside the ring, Mox has Darby’s mouth opened up and on the ring ropes. He begins kicking the crap out of the ring ropes and we see a super close-up camera shot of an absurd amount of dark, thick blood pouring out of Darby’s mouth.

Darby eventually starts to fight back, bloody as hell and all, as the action spills out to the floor. As it does, we see Darby get briefly distracted by Marina Shafir. This allows Mox to take over. Mox heads into the ring and distracts the referee while Shafir puts the boots to Allin.

Mox heads out to the floor, grabs Darby’s hand from inside the ring and pulls it forward so his shoulder is on the ring post and being yanked by Mox, who pulls back like he’s trying to rip it directly out of the socket. As Mox continues to deliver punishment to Allin, we shift gears and head into our final commercial break of the evening.

When we return, we see Mox still very much in a comfortable offensive lead. He is dominating Allin with relative ease this point, and being arrogant while doing it. Allin surprises him with an offensive comeback and slaps Mox in a near match-ending guillotine choke.

Mox hangs in there and the fight continues on the floor. Mox takes over and starts tearing up the protective mats surrounding the ringside area, exposing the unforgiving solid floor beneath it. He plants Allin face-first into it and heads into the ring to taunt the fans.

Allin won’t stay down, however, and fans break out in a loud “You can’t kill him!” chant. The commentators even point it out on the broadcast. Mox slaps Allin in a rear naked choke and begins squeezing the hell out of it. Allin looks to be out, but upon fans chanting his name, he shows some movement and tries again to escape.

Mox switches to the bulldog choke and squeezes for all he’s got again. Darby seemed to be fading again, but again hung in there, grit his teeth and made it to the ropes to force the hold to be released. The “You can’t kill him!” chants break out again.

Darby fights back and he and Mox end up on the middle rope trading shots as the crowd comes to life in the background once again. Allin looks for something big, but Mox counters in mid-air with an Avalanche Death Rider for the pin fall victory.

Winner and NEW No. 1 Contender: Jon Moxley

With the win, Mox will now move on to challenge Bryan Danielson next for the AEW World Championship. Speaking of whom, Danielson comes out with a hoodie on and attacks Mox from behind. He has a neck tie, which he puts around Moxley’s neck.

No firing here, this ain’t Justin Roberts and this ain’t WWE. Marina Shafir immediately jumps on Danielson’s back to try and help Mox. Claudio Castagnoli and PAC also run out. Private Party come out to try and even up the numbers game. They do enough to get everyone out of the ring but Mox and Danielson, but get laid out on the floor for their efforts.

Danielson has Mox in position for his running knee, but Mox’s crew pulls him under the ropes to the floor to save him. Danielson gets on the mic and says he declares war against Mox. He says it will be the two of them fighting for the AEW World Championship at AEW Wrestle Dream.

He vows to kick his ass, but says so in more colorful fashion than that. Europe’s “Final Countdown” plays again as Excalibur confirms Mox-Danielson for the AEW title for the October 12 AEW Wrestle Dream pay-per-view. That’s how the 2024 installment of AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam goes off the air. Thanks for joining us!

–– Here is what’s in store for tonight’s show ––

• AEW World Tag Team Championship: The Young Bucks (Matthew & Nicholas Jackson) (c) vs. Will Ospreay & Kyle Fletcher
• Darby Allin’s AEW World Title Shot: Jon Moxley vs. Darby Allin
• AEW Women’s World Championship: Mariah May (c) vs. Yuka Sakazaki
• Bryan Danielson vs. Nigel McGuinness (if Bryan Daielson is cleared)
• Prince Nana to provide an update on Swerve Strickland
• FTW Championship: HOOK (c) vs. Roderick Strong

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