Jon Moxley On What He Thinks Is The Hardest Part Of Wrestling

Former AEW World Champion Jon Moxley has revealed what he thinks is the hardest part of elite level pro-wrestling.

Moxley has had an eventful career. Taking some rough bumps over the years for both WWE and AEW, Moxley has reminded fans that being beaten up is the fun part.

Speaking with Inside The Ropes’ Gary Cassidy for BBC The Social, Moxley stated that wrestling is the easiest part about being a wrestler. He noted that traveling is the most taxing part, so traveling feels like the actual job.

Explaining that it takes years off of your career, Moxley pointed out that wrestlers are willing to travel to do what they love:

Here is the full quote:

“When you’re doing it at a high level, yeah, the travel is definitely the hardest part. I used to say, like, and a lot of people say that you get paid to travel, the wrestling is the fun part. It’s the bonus part. Being in the ring for 15-20 minutes every night is your release.”

“I usually feel like crap most of the day, every day. The best I ever feel is usually right after a match, even if it was a very physically demanding match. My adrenaline is high, I’m loose, I’m on a high, I’m feeling good. When I walk into the back and I’m bleeding and sweating and everything and all busted up, that’s usually when I actually feel the best.”

“When you’re on the road every single night, that’s kind of the high you’re chasing at the end of the night. The travel’s the hard part. It’ll take years off your career, and when you’re going on well over ten years of just being in chronic pain all the time now, you just get used to it. It’s part of the deal. That’s I guess a byproduct of the whole thing – but travel is probably the biggest component of breaking your body down, but it’s part of what you have to do because you can’t Zoom in a f**king pro wrestling match. You’ve got to, you got to get there. You’ve got to go to Scotland, you’ve got to Japan and wrestle in these places live – and it’s all worth it, man.”

Moxley teamed with Eddie Kingston on Monday’s episode of AEW Dark: Elevation. Last week, Moxley appeared at GCW Draft Day to confront Nick Gage.

The former AEW Champion has competed on AEW, NJPW and Bloodsport cards this year. Despite pandemic restrictions, Moxley has been busy for most of 2021 so far.

On tonight’s episode of AEW Dynamite, the full card for Double or Nothing will be revealed.

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