When Jon Moxley signed with AEW back in 2019, he immediately became the talk of the wrestling industry. Since then, the man has earned multiple AEW World Championship victories and has established himself as perhaps the top star in the company.
While appearing on The Justin Kinner Show, Moxley spoke about how it was a risk for him to make the switch from WWE to AEW. He also discussed what makes AEW stand out from the competition.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On jumping to AEW: “It was a risk for everybody. Me and Chris [Jericho] always joked that we were getting in the raft and going down the river. We had no idea what was going to come. It was all just a shot in the dark, but we all had faith.”
On AEW being part of his legacy: “If I have a lasting impact on the business, it would probably be that I helped AEW get off the ground, and I absolutely refuse to let this place ever go to hell. I will ride or die with this place. I won’t ever let it go downhill or suck or anything like that.”
On what makes AEW stand out from other promotions: “I think the thing that sets it apart, and what we always have to remember, is that its an alternative. I think the other promotions in the past, that have tried to be the standard, kind of the WWE formula that people in North America think of as major league wrestling, and it comes off as ‘WWE Lite.’ I don’t think we should ever be that.”
