Jon Moxley doesn’t take breaks unless he has to.
The current AEW World Champion was slated to take some time off after losing at AEW All Out to CM Punk. However, after a brawl took place and The Elite, along with CM Punk were suspended, Moxley’s time off was pushed back. Now he is a three time AEW World Champion and wants to set the record straight on those reports.
Moxley told Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated that while he was due to take some time off, it was for storyline purposes.
“I was going to be gone and off TV for six weeks, it wasn’t that I needed a vacation. I was feeling good and feeling hot, but it had to do with what we were going to do for a story. Going into All Out, I was thinking, ‘After I get through this match, that’s it for a while.’ I wrestled the match, and we kicked each other’s ass. I was happy, Chicago was happy, everybody was happy. I went outside to smoke a cigarette with Eddie [Kingston] in celebration. That vacation lasted about 30 minutes. By the time I went to bed that night, I was pretty sure we were going to pretend that vacation was never going to happen. But it’s all good; you just roll with the punches.”
Jon Moxley to Sports Illustrated
Jon Moxley is set to defend his AEW World Title vs Hangman Page next week in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio.
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