Josh Barnett vs Jon Moxley (GCW - 4/8/2021)

My current and running MOTY as of this writing because it is hard to top two dudes just beating the hell out of each other in my book.

Holy shit. This match is absolutely right in my wheelhouse, the Moxley and the Barnett match that I have been ween waiting for. Moxley walks out taking shots out of a bottle and it turns out he is going to need it. They go at it early and have some nice grappling exchanges. Sure enough that escalates really quickly. Moxley does some joint manipulation that seemed to piss Barnett off. Moxley busts Barnett open after a pretty exciting exchange featuring knee bars and so on. He busts him open with some stiff knees, hard way. Barnett goes outside and Moxley just launches into him. It is fucking ON. They keep going at it and a few minutes later Barnett busts Moxley open with some stiff elbows… again, hard way. Barnett hits a German Suplex, and the bloody Moxley falls to the outside where his blood starts covering his entire top half. Back inside both bloody men start ferociously attacking each other, Barnett hits a suplex, but Moxley hangs on trying to hit a DDT. Barnett fights out and hits a Death Valley Driver, followed by stomps to the face of Moxley as the referee stops the match. This match also really benefits from having knowledgeable people calling the match. They are actually calling the match and the moves correctly. It was absolutely brutal and visceral. It was awesome. This is exactly what I like in my wrestling. I like people taking a shot, gritting their teeth, and taking no shortcuts. Fuck yes.