Jon Moxley left WWE at the beginning of 2019, choosing not to re-sign with the company when his contract expired. He would join AEW at AEW Double or Nothing, signing a three-year contract with the promotion.
In October 2022, Moxley signed a five-year extension with AEW and took on extra duties such as coaching.
Moxley has become one of the top stars in wrestling during his time in AEW and is a multi-time AEW World Champion.
Speaking to Tony Pike and Rick Ucchino on Cincy 360, Moxley discussed betting on himself by leaving WWE and wanting to give back to wrestling.
"It's really cool to be on the ground floor and I guess I bet on myself to a degree, that's a good way to put it, when I left WWE. The last three years have been the best three years of my career, for sure. A lot of that mindset is like...I don't know if selfish is the right word, but self-interested. Where am I going to have the best matches? Where can I do this, that, and the other? Now, looking forward to the next five years, I think a lot of that has shifted to, how can I give back to wrestling? How can I perpetuate wrestling going forward? Wrestling gave me everything I have in life. I would be, the cliche is 'You'd be dead or in jail,' I can't think of another way to put it. I would have nothing without wrestling. It's the thing that brought me life and gave me purpose and is a thing that's mine. It brought me everything I have in life from my wife to my family to my house, my truck, my friends, my life experiences. It's my entire life. If there are other people out there who come from where I come from or the place I come from, it could be the same thing for them. Even just being a fan or being inspired by some wrestlers or even if I can just perpetuate the joy of the inspiration that wrestling provides or perpetuate everything wrestling has given to me and pay it forward and back to the universe, it'll come back to me in spades. I've had plenty of success, and I want to continue having that success, I'm not nearly done, but I'm already looking forward to the future of giving back over the next however many years. Being in AEW is the perfect place to do that," he said.
Moxley is set to defend the AEW World Title against Hangman Page on Tuesday's AEW Dynamite.
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