Jon Moxley has been one of the top stars in AEW since the beginning and he’s the first man in company history to become a three time AEW World Champion. It looks like Moxley will be with AEW for the long haul as it was announced last week that he signed a five-year contract extension that will keep him with AEW through 2027.
The current AEW World Champion recently spoke to Sports Illustrated about his decision to sign a multi-year deal while explaining why All Elite Wrestling is the perfect fit for him.
“I don’t plan on going anywhere else. It’s the best job in the world, and I’m very lucky to have it. In AEW, all I worry about is wrestling. That’s my focus, and that’s a joy. I love storytelling, I love promos, I love wrestling. I love coming up with ideas for other people, I love learning. For me, it’s a perfect fit.”
Moxley also talked about breaking into the business and he how he used different mediums to his advantage when he added, “I’m a good gap between the old generation and the new generation. I come from the Les Thatcher system, so I understand paying your dues and respecting veterans. I’m also old enough to know what it was like to go to the post office and send stacks of my videotapes—ones I had to make—to promoters. I was also there for the advent of YouTube, and I was one of the first indie wrestlers to gain a buzz doing that. My friend had a video camera and a laptop, so I would cut promos every week on my indie shows and used YouTube to my advantage.”
One way or another it seems that we can expect to see Jon Moxley on AEW programming for years to come. Stay tuned for more updates as they become available.
