Jon Moxley Feels He Was Lying To WWE Fans In His Promos

Jon Moxley Feels He Was Lying To WWE Fans In His Promos

The former WWE star Dean Ambrose and now AEW star Jon Moxley hasn’t been afraid of voicing his criticism of his former employers since he left WWE at the end of April this year.

He famously took part in an interview on Chris Jericho’s podcast in which he trashed WWE’s creative system, and he’s now taken his latest swipe at the company.

Speaking to Still Real To Us, Moxley admitted that he felt as though he was lying to fans in his promos for WWE.

“I think since I’ve left WWE–I don’t think I’ve been told ‘no’ once. Usually, they say, ‘Do whatever you want to do.’ For instance, with Joey Janela at Fyter Fest. At first, I was like, ‘Okay, cool. We’ll do some nutty stuff.’ I thought we would be somewhere in the middle of the card. Then I realized, we were going to be in the main event.

“Once I started learning more about Joey Janela, and what he means to the death match scene; I realized that this was a dream match. Now we’re in the main event. I realized the expectations are so high. I told [management], ‘You realize, just by putting my name with Joey’s together, you’ve created an expectation for insanity. Anything less than balls-out would be a disappointment, and I’m not going to be in the business of disappointing fans anymore.’

“I had to do that for years, when I had to do these stupid scripts. I’d have to say stuff like, ‘I’m going to eviscerate your skull at Hell In A Cell!’ It’s like, no…I’m not. I know I’m not. I know that there’s not going to be any blood. I’m lying. I’m lying to the fans. I’m selling this violence that’s just not going to happen.”

He went on to explain how much creative freedom he now has in AEW compared to WWE.

“I haven’t had to shoot down any bad ideas from anybody, which is great. ‘Cause, you know. I used to go to TV, and it’s like starting in a hole. I’d think, ‘How bad is it? Oh God, maybe if we could make this crap passable, it would be a victory.’ Everything so far is great. It’s almost too good to be true. But, it’s so simple. We’ve got, no pun intended, some of the most elite wrestlers in the world. All guys who are veterans, in their primes with huge fanbases. They understand their fanbases.

“We know what’s good, and what’s not. We don’t need writers or producers, or anything like that. We know what we are doing. You’ve got myself, Jericho, Kenny, Cody, The Bucks, PAC, and Spears. We’re all at the top. If we wanted to be in WWE right now–we could, and make huge money. Any one of us. We’re all actively choosing to do this, instead.”

4 years ago by Andy Datson

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