In a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, Jon Moxley spoke about his passion for carving his own path in the wrestling industry and retaining the IWGP World Heavyweight Title at NJPW Resurgence 2024.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On reading Ozan Varol’s Awaken Your Genius and finding inspiration: “Yeah, we f—— like to read. The line is like, ‘A genius, in the words of Thelonious Monk, is the one most like himself. Genius, in its Latin origin, refers to the attendant spirit present at birth in every person. Each of us is like Aladdin, and our genie–or our genius–is bottled up inside of us waiting to be awakened.’ It’s kind of what I think of when I say there’s only one me.”
On being the only one of him: “That’s why I try to focus on what I’m doing. What’s the saying? Comparison is the death of happiness? I’m the only one of me. Forgive me for speaking in the third person, but I’m the only Jon Moxley there is. I don’t see another one walking in any f—— time soon. When it’s all said and done, and I’ve been eaten by a cougar or something and people look back on everything, I like the idea that you won’t know where to classify me in history. You don’t know where to put me on your lists or your rankings or whatever the f—. You have no idea where to classify me, but you can’t ignore me, so you’re going to have to give me my own space. I like that.”
Moxley defeated Shota Umino to retain the IWGP World Heavyweight Title at NJPW Resurgence 2024.
