AEW’s Jon Moxley has grow to be synonymous with bleeding. While his pre-WWE days have been rooted in ultra-violent promotions like CZW, he started to totally embrace a extra violent fashion of professional wrestling as soon as he arrived in AEW in 2019. Now plainly a Moxley match cannot occur in an AEW, New Japan or GCW ring cannot occur with out the previous world champion getting busted open, even when he sometimes nonetheless wins the match. The newest instance got here this previous week when Moxley was again in Japan for the two-night NJPW Strong Independence Day occasion, which noticed him get stabbed with a handful of chopsticks in a “Doomsday No Disqualification” tag match earlier than beating El Desperado in a “Final Death” match the next night time.
But whereas Moxley’s bleeding has almost reached meme standing amongst AEW followers, he is nonetheless a sturdy supporter of blood in trendy professional wrestling. He defined his concept on the matter in a current interview with Sports Illustrated.
Why Jon Moxley Supports Blood in Wrestling
“The point of the dissertation is that this is a combat sport,” Moxley mentioned. “But we’re not allowed to have blood in a match unless it’s a personal grudge? We’re only allowed to have blood after a five-month grudge after someone slept with somebody’s wife or somebody ran over someone with a car? And then — and only then — are we allowed to have this dramatic crimson mask that looks the exact same every single time? For me, realism-wise, since this is a combat sport, that means there is the potential for blood in every match. Everything in wrestling is preposterous to some degree, but this helps with the suspension of disbelief.
“I’m truly for much less blood however extra usually. If each single match on the cardboard had a busted eyebrow or bloody nostril, it might simply be a part of the game. But some gory spectacle with blood taking pictures like a hose is fairly pointless. We’re elbowing one another in the face each single match. We’re kicking one another in the face each single match. What are these individuals fabricated from if they are not bleeding? People ask why there may be blood in the ring each time I depart it. It feels unnatural to exit of my manner to ensure nobody is bleeding. That looks like I’m taking my foot off the gasoline pedal. That would not curiosity me,” he continued.
AEW Dynamite Card (July 12, 2023)
- Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament: MJF & Adam Cole vs. Brian Cage & Big Bill
- Blind Eliminator Tag Team Tournament: Orange Cassidy & Darby Allin vs. Daniel Garcia & Sammy Guevara
- Owen Hart Cup Tournament: Ruby Soho vs. Skye Blue
- Chris Jericho vs. Komander
- Swerve Strickland vs. Nick Wayne
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