Jon Moxley was set to take time off from All Elite Wrestling but as the old adage goes, plans are subject to change.
Speaking with Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated, AEW World Champion Jon Moxley confirmed that there were plans for him to step away from AEW TV after All Out, as the storyline with CM Punk called for it. Moxley said he went into All Out thinking he’d be gone for six weeks. After the post-show fight between Punk and The Elite, he said he knew by the end of the night he’d likely be sticking around.
“I was going to be gone and off TV for six weeks,” Moxley says. “It wasn’t that I needed a vacation. I was feeling good and feeling hot, but it had to do with what we were going to do for a story.
“Going into All Out, I was thinking, ‘After I get through this match, that’s it for a while.’ I wrestled the match, and we kicked each other’s ass. I was happy, Chicago was happy, everybody was happy. I went outside to smoke a cigarette with Eddie [Kingston] in celebration. That vacation lasted about 30 minutes,” Moxley stated. “By the time I went to bed that night, I was pretty sure we were going to pretend that vacation was never going to happen. But it’s all good; you just roll with the punches.”
Moxley lost the title to Punk at All Out, but Punk had the title stripped and Moxley ended up winning the title in a tournament final on September 2.
Moxley also spoke about his personal growth in the past year and shared how he is in a better place now. Moxley said that his head is clear and he has a better outlook than he did a year ago.
“A year ago, I wasn’t in the same head space,” Moxley said. “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—ed up. I have a clean headspace. My life is completely different than it was a year ago,” he noted, “and all for the better.”
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