Why WWE Scrapped Huge Intergender Match For Jon Moxley

What might have been for Jon Moxley in WWE?

In late 2018, WWE was in a hole creatively, and it seemed one of the worst affected by it was the man then known as Dean Ambrose. Ambrose suffered through excruciating promos where he had to don a gas mask and complain about fans’ personal hygiene, but he could have been a part of what would have been a huge match.

In early 2019, Dean Ambrose may well have had one foot out of the door of WWE, which might be why the company decided to have him interrupted and hit by female star Nia Jax. There was talk at the time that WWE wanted to have an intergender match between the two stars, but that never happened.

Jon Moxley Never Got Nia Jax Match In WWE

Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Nia Jax explained why the idea was scrapped:

So at the time, we did have something. I think I went to a storyline with Dean Ambrose right after, where I hit him, or I bumped him the ground or whatever. I think there was supposed to be something that went to into a storyline there, but it just kind of fell off.

There was promotion that we were promoted to have a match at a live event. I think in that state, it couldn’t be inter gender matches. So then they had to scrap it. Then after that, I think they just kind of let that story fade away.

Ambrose’s heel run was eventually dropped as he was reunited with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns in The Shield before his exit from the company in April 2019. He was then reborn as Jon Moxley with a run in New Japan Pro Wrestling, and he debuted for AEW at the company’s inaugural pay-per-view, Double Or Nothing, where he attacked Kenny Omega. During his time in AEW, Jon Moxley has held the AEW Men’s World Championship a record four times.