In 2006 on an episode of WWE Sunday Night Heat, Jon Moxley teamed with Dick Rick in a handicap match against The Big Show (Paul Wight).
Moxley and Rick were opponents and partners in the Ohio wrestling independent scene.
Rick is known today as LA Knight.
"The thing I love about it is, it's the perfect example of an overnight success story that took 20 years. People think, in all walks of life, they have such impatience for stuff and they give up as soon as things turn hard and as soon as there are challenges in front of them, especially in this sport with such ups and downs. Nobody's road is consistent and good all the time to the top. They give up so quickly. No matter what anybody told him, he had his vision and intention and stuck with it for years and years and never wavered. All of a sudden, one day, people think they picked him up out of the blue like they had a WWE casting call one day and they hired him. No, it took 20 years of eating shit to get to that point. That's a lesson people should learn from," Moxley told CBS Sports' Shakiel Mahjouri.
Knight is the reigning WWE United States Champion.
Elsewhere during the interview, Moxley commented on his vision for AEW. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
If you use any of the quotes above, please credit and link to the original source with a h/t and link back to Fightful for the transcription.
