Jon Moxley Upset With Backstage AEW Complainers
Jon Moxley thinks somebody at AEW should be “f**king pistol-whipped” for complaining about their spot on the card.
As the AEW World Champion and the only man to hold the AEW World Title four times, Jon Moxley is considered by many people to be the company’s biggest star.
The current storyline involving Moxley has seen him and his group known as the Death Riders take control of AEW. Moxley is joined in the group by AEW Trios Tag Team Champions Claudio Castagnoli, Pac & Wheeler Yuta, along with women’s wrestler Marina Shafir, who is known for being a badass. In Yuta’s case, there is some reluctance to be in the group, but he’s there because Moxley wants him there.
In an interview with Joseph Staszewski of the New York Post, Jon Moxley spoke about how he views AEW along with his role with the Death Riders group.
“It’s going to be whatever we make it. Whatever we stand up and take ownership of this opportunity. It can be whatever the f**k we want it to be. There are no rules. Any rules we have, ‘We have to have interviews on the set that look like this. We have to have this at this time. We have to put this up.’ Any rules we have are just things we put on ourselves. It’s pro wrestling and it’s always evolving.
You have to stay evolving with it or you get left behind. You’re always learning and always growing. The attitude that we’re building around, the attitude that you’re feeling and the energy that you’re feeling in the locker room, backstage, and in the arenas, everything surrounding AEW is a different kind of attitude. Very exciting.”
Jon Moxley Was Furious With AEW Backstage Worker For Negative Attitude
The interview with Moxley continued with the AEW World Champion recalling a negative opinion expressed by somebody backstage, which infuriated Moxley.
“There will be a lot of stuff that won’t be a part of this AEW. For example, earlier in the year, I was having a conversation or was around the conversation, earlier in the year, I heard a backstage type person talking about interviews or pre-tapes or something. It was a situation where talents were not put in a position to succeed due to lack of preparation, framework, direction, and things like that. This individual said, ‘Well, it’s bottom of the card, it doesn’t matter.’ Can you imagine saying that? You’re f**king fired. Go work at Sunglass Hut. You should be f**king pistol-whipped for saying that.
For one, everybody that is on the top of the card was at one time on the bottom of the card. That’s how it works. You climb the ladder. You see this frustration or confusion from some of these talents because there’s no f**king ladder. They don’t know what to do. They are just wandering in the desert. We’re going to grab them and we’re going to walk them.”
Next up for Jon Moxley is an appearance on the November 13th episode of AEW Dynamite where the company claims that he will “seize the Superstation” referring to TBS.
AEW also presents the Full Gear PPV on November 23rd with Jon Moxley defending the AEW World Title against Orange Cassidy, who has stepped up as a leader in the company.