Jon Moxley stepped away from All Elite Wrestling last year to enter rehab.
During a recent interview with Sports Illustrated, the AEW World Champion opened up on his mindset prior to going into treatment, how stepping away helped his equilibrium, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the interview below:
On his headspace pre-rehab: “A year ago, I wasn’t in the same head space. I was all f—ed up. I hated traveling. I was living in Vegas, felt like I was always in an airport, flying coast to coast, and I was sick of leaving my family. I thought about freelancing when my deal was up. Not that I would leave AEW, but I didn’t want to be there every week. I was in a bad place. Then I went to rehab and all that, and now I’m in a totally different headspace. We’re living in Cincinnati, too, which is great. I look forward to going to TV every week. I get to see my friends in the Blackpool Combat Club. I’m not f**ked up. I have a clean headspace. My life is completely different than it was a year ago, and all for the better.”
On his goals in AEW: “I want to be better tomorrow than today, and I want to be better next week. Our roster in AEW has so much talent. Men and women, it’s f**king crazy. I’m jealous of most of them, and I want to work with all of them. Now there’s plenty of time to do it. I’m very excited about the future and what could possibly happen. I have no idea what will happen, just like I had no f**king idea what was going to happen in 2019. So I can’t wait for what’s next.”
Moxley recently signed a five-year contract extension that will keep him with the company until 2027. As the only three-time AEW World Champion, “Mox” will face Adam Page on Tuesday night’s episode of AEW Dynamite.
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