Jon Moxley Talks Having ‘One Of The Last Old-School Matches In WWE’

One of the best matches in the careers of both Jon Moxley and Triple H was their match at WWE Roadblock in 2016. The Network special was only notable for this WWE Championship match.

Now, Moxley has discussed the match on My Mom’s Basement. He said this was one of the last old-school matches you will see in WWE. Here is the quote, courtesy of Fightful:

“It was a unique, old-school wrestling match. It wasn’t a regular pay-per-view, it was a Network special, basically a beefed-up house show on a Saturday night. They brought in some cameras, some lights, maybe an extra producer and that was it. It had an old NWA Mid-South feel. I always heard he was the great ring general. I worked with him in six-mans but never got in the ring, didn’t say a word, and see what happens.

The way I was taught, if you got caught in the ring going over a spot before the show by like Les Thatcher, it was looked at like a weakness, which is the exact opposite of the way the business is now. That’s the way I was brought up; call it in the ring, work, build it from the ground up. It takes a different level of patience. I think I’m very good at that. This guy is supposed to be, Harley Race and Ric Flair say that this guy is like the new top ring general. Okay, let’s see what you got.”

Moxley then discussed how they came up with the match. Not much was said between them, leading to a match mostly improvised in the ring.

“I showed up really late and there’s this weird gamesmanship that goes on with old school workers where nobody wants to be the first guy to blink or be like, ‘what do we want to do, what’s our spots?’ Nobody wants to be the first guy to blink and it’s like ‘I’m the inferior worker’ I got there really late and just hung out. It’s like 5:30 or 6, Michael Hayes is looking for me, ‘Hunter is in his locker room and wants to talk.’ I go there and he’s like, ‘What do you want do?’ ‘Whatever you want to do.’ That game.

We basically came up with a finish, a table spot, and a false finish. The rest of it, we basically called in the ring. For me, I’d rather have that than a WrestleMania in front of a stadium. The unique, old-school setting where I’m in control. That was unique and one of the last old-school matches you’ll see in WWE probably. I’ll take that over a ‘created moment’ that we overproduced. That was a pure wrestling moment.”

Moxley did not win the match and WrestleMania 32 say Triple H face Roman Reigns and Moxley face Brock Lesnar. Fans did not end up being happy with either of those matches.

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