WWE Star Asks If Guns Are Next After Sick Jon Moxley Spot
One WWE Hall of Famer was not happy with Jon Moxley being impaled by nails on AEW Dynamite and questions if a shooting will be next.
In a huge rematch from Revolution, Jon Moxley put his title on the line against Adam Copeland, but this time, in a Street Fight on the March 19 edition of Dynamite. When all was said and done the Death Riders star retained the gold, after a clash filled with violence, run-ins galore, and all-out chaos.
However, there was only one spot everyone was talking about. With the match in full swing, Cope suplexed Jon Moxley onto Spike — a bat filled with nails. These nails then became embedded in Moxley’s back as the referee and Wheeler Yuta struggled to get the bat free.
Booker T Not Happy With Jon Moxley Spot
Speaking on his Hall of Fame podcast, Booker T hit out at the spot, although was cautious about criticising AEW, and questioned if guns would be the next thing to be seen in a match:
It’s not my cup of tea, I’ll tell you that right now. I don’t think I’ve seen anything quite that gory inside of a match. I mean, come on, what are you gonna do next, shoot yourself? Bring a gun in and just shoot me? When you’re working with something like that and you have vital organs – because it looked like it hurt, alright? It looked like it was something that was very, very painful.
And my thing is this. I don’t care what these guys do. I don’t want to say anything negative to AEW or anything like that because I know I’m gonna get all kinds of crazy heat for doing that, but I do wanna caution these young guys that are going out there doing this kind of stuff.
Maybe they’re not thinking about what they’re gonna do after this wrestling thing is all over with, maybe they’re not thinking about their bodies and how they’re gonna feel when they do get a little bit older and carrying these scars for the rest of their lives, and one day they’re gonna wake up one day, ‘What the hell was I thinking, doing something like that?’
I questioned Darby Allin the first time I met him. He did the Coffin Drop. And I was like, ‘Kid, what are you thinking?’ So I’m cautious when anybody does this kind of stuff because I know how I feel at 60. Me personally, I’m gonna tell you right now, I feel pretty damn good in comparison to what these guys are gonna be going through when they hit that age.
I seriously caution going out and doing something like that. It looked like he would have had to go to the hospital to get himself checked out after something like that.
There was a wild backstage reaction to the spot in AEW but Jon Moxley was believed to be ok despite the gruesome cuts to his back.