Jon Moxley says ‘hard reset and complete restart’ of AEW has begun

During an interview with The New York Post, Jon Moxley discussed his current storyline in AEW and his hopes for the company’s future.
Moxley says he considers August 28, 2024—the day he returned from a hip injury—”Day Zero” and that AEW has been getting a “hard reset and complete restart” ever since. He appears to mean both in-storyline and backstage.
“I have a dream, a vision, something I can see,” Moxley said. “I see a world where everyone is successful, where everyone can be successful, where the talents are fostered and their growth is fostered, and talents are set up for success and set up for growth to be whatever it is they can be, where their strengths are brought to the forefront and utilized, and we mine their value out of them and give them the opportunity to be whatever it is they can be.”
Moxley discussed an incident from earlier this year when a “backstage person” said something that led him to believe AEW is not doing enough to develop its talent.
“This individual said, ‘Well, it’s the bottom of the card; it doesn’t matter. It’s the bottom of the card; it doesn’t matter,’” Moxley said. “Can you imagine saying that? ‘Like, you’re f–king fired. Yeah, you’re f–king fired. Go work at Sunglass Hut. You should be f–king pistol-whipped for saying that.”
“Everybody that’s on the top was at one time on the bottom. That’s how it works. You climb the ladder. You see a lot of frustration and confusion from some of these talents because there is no f–king ladder. They don’t know what to do. They’re kind of just wandering in the desert. We’re gonna grab them by the shoulder and were gonna walk ‘em.”
Moxley continued to say that it’s not time for AEW to celebrate despite recently signing a new media rights agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery. Instead, Moxley says signing the deal is only an opportunity for the company.
He continued:
“By signing this deal, we made a commitment to do something and to attempt something, to create something, to be successful at something. You know, this is not a time to celebrate. There is no time to do that. This is the time to get to work.”
“What are we going to do with this opportunity? That’s what I’m worried about. There’s been a lot of, kind of in the previous AEW, in the past, you know, there’s been a lot of sitting around celebrating, just treating it like this stuff just happens. Like, oh, it’s just success, just, you know, happens, and this is the way it’s supposed to be, and it’s not gonna go anywhere. Like, this can all go away tomorrow.”
He says he’s already starting to see the changes backstage.
“I’m just kind of excited about the new kind of attitude you’re feeling, the energy that you’re feeling in the locker room, backstage and the in the arena, just everything surrounding AEW. It’s a different kind of attitude.”
Moxley is advertised to “seize the Superstation TBS” on AEW Dynamite this week, as he prepares to defend his AEW World Championship against Orange Cassidy at Full Gear later this month.
Moxley’s full interview with The New York Post is available here.