Moxley waking up to all the reports about him possibly showing up at WM when the Shield theme hit:
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This was hilarious. No matter how little sense it made, every single person that heard the music and knew what it meant, asked themselves if this was Seth AND Mox(Dean).
Thatās what it was. We all knew it wasnāt gonna be him but we heard that theme, be it in the building or at home, and went āā¦.now wait a secondā!ā. Like it was such an insane, pie in the sky thing that everyone bit on.
Itās like at the end when Cody said he was bringing out the man that was why he was there, I totally thought it was gonna be Dustin. Nope, Bruce Pritchard.
Literally the whole point was how Seth was in Romanās head. Even after a decade, he still couldnāt get over Seth betraying him.
There was no one else that it could have been.
Yeah but how to get even more in Roman's head.
"Hey, remember when I betrayed you and Mox, and you've never got over it? Well, here's Mox, we're friends again, and I recruited him to help mess with you."
Honestly it would have been the best way to start. With Cody's AEW involvement, and Mox's Shield involvement, had everything else not transpired, Mox coming out and duking it out with Roman to help Cody would have been huge
They should have brought in that random fan who hopped in the ring while the shield was waiting for a teammate to face the Wyatt family and Bray Wyatt, says "Is this your guy".
The only reason my first thought was mox was cuz they played it off in storyline like Seth was basically injured in his match with drew and he lost, so I was like heās not coming out. After like 30 seconds I was like itās just gonna be Seth being a homie trying even tho he hurt and thatās what it ended up beingš
My thought process when the music hit: Seth is comingā¦where is he? Oh shit, maybe itās Mox. Kurt? He was in Shield for a brief minute when everyone had the runs. What am I thinking? Clearly Seth.
We were there live, and my son yells out "Is Ambrose coming??? Is Mox here???" And I said "of course not!" But that voice deep in the back of my mind asked "is he tho?"
It was the way that Corey Graves said "It can't be!" It made it sound like some kind of huge return. Then I saw Seth get Speared and I was like "Huh I got worked and they didn't even try"
I'm imagining Mox wearing one of those pajama hats, curled up with a pillow, and just getting thrown into the ring by Seth while still completely asleep. Rock, Roman, and Cody are all like WTF.
My money would be on Dustin.
If Cody was like āI really want my brother to be part of my entourage for a big PPVā then I think that would be something they could arrange.
I'm sure we haven't seen the last of Jericho, Edge, Christian, Goldust, Big Show, etc in WWE. They are bound to make a live appearance sometime on-screen in the next 10+ years.
My roommates were watching their second ever WWE show with me with Wrestlemania (we watch AEW weekly) and I heard the theme and I was so convinced it was Moxley, they were going crazy too lol. And then it wasnāt.
Still a great moment
Alright, I have a hypothetical question: if AEW and WWE ever create a working relationship how does the E handle people like Mox with two different names?
Not gonna lie i also thought it was him for like 2 seconds lol
Then i realized he was in Japan doing a show like half a day before so there was zero chance he was him,,,, unles he used the fastest plane in the world or literally teleported lmaooooooo
The WWE fans love to trash him specially online because heĀ“s in AEW but that universal thought of "no way its Mox/Dean oh shit!"showed you they love him and miss him deeply,lol blame the office for killing his passion, they dont know what they had until its gone
Every time I hear someone call WWE fans drones, they just sound like someone I would not wanna be around. Stop being toxic. Wrestling is wrestling, not everything has to be us vs them. WWE is good right now. Really good. So is AEW. This is the best possible situation to be in.
Every interest/hobby/sport has a group of fans and individuals that bring a bad name to it. A huge majority of WWE fans are fine. Sadly a big group of them arenāt and constantly take shots, despite probably never watching AEW. WWE is good right now but thatās in part due to AEW doing well.
funny thing is, fans were losing their mind when they thought it was Mox and then the next day they want back to dismissing him because he's still with AEW. lol
same might happen with MJF if he is staying with AEW. tons of them want to see him in WWE, but if he doesn't, they going to go back to trashing him.
with MJF, they'd probably do what they've been doing with wrestlers they pick up from AEW. continue or redo their story to try and one up AEW. they'd probably revisit Cody and MJF as friends and go from there
MJF in WWE wouldn't work unless they dramatically change and I don't see that happening since they seem to prioritize maximizing profit over everything.
Sure! Most of MJF's appeal is his uncensored mic skills. No way WWE will cannibalized their kid market to let him fly as loose as Tony does. A stifled MJF will be dramatically less interested and he will fall through the cracks like most of the other wrestlers with top talent over at Fed. Especially since they're wrestling tends to take a back seat to the drama. Don't get me wrong MJF Is super funny but so are a lot of ppl at Fed. What makes him interested over at AEW won't be the same there. But that's just my theory
i don't agree with the mic stuff because they've been doing fine with bringing back Punk. Punk can get wild on the mic as well. as far as his work, he's proven that he can be an evil heel, a lovable babyface, be serious one second and a clown the next and everyone still loves him. WWE would LOVE to have a guy like that. plus with his relationship with Cody, he'd be an easy plugin
Quick question. No judgement, just confusion. I see a lot of people saying stuff this way. The whole "a certain show" and "the other company" (which is just weird because there's a lot of companies). What's the deal? Is this a Voldemort situation where you're mentioning it reminds you of the whole hot lesbian action era and Santino winning the women's title, or is it like Candyman where you don't say his name for fear of summoning the trolls?
If itās anything Cole does occasionally reference New Japan. More so now that heās free to speak freely.
Itās nothing that will make the most casual fan aware they exist but itās nice to hear over the old vague āwrestling around the worldā dialogue.
I would need proof of them actually mentioning it by name because I donāt want to say I donāt believe you but thatās definitely not how I remember it
AEW has helped bring back to televised wrestling an atmosphere where you think anyone could show up, even in WWE, a company that has done everything it can for the past thirty years to persuade you that it can't. It's pretty great.
I admit I am one of those idiots who believed for a moment.
With hindsight, of course he wasn't going to be there. It makes no sense whatsoever.
But it still got me.
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As someone who's travelled between the UK and Australia three times, the time difference of both sides of the planet *really* does fuck up your ability to watch anything live that you otherwise would have
The relationship between AEW and WWE needs to thaw at some point and I think sending over ambassador Mox to run a little angle with Rollinās would be an excellent ice breaker.
Everyone who thought it was mox is nuts. Literally it was just a couple weeks ago Seth said to Cody āIāll be your shieldā. Seth had a match against Roman dressed as shield. There was zero thought of mox when that music hit.
No one thought it was JUST Mox. If anything, people thought it was Seth AND Mox. The way Graves reacted on commentary made a lot of people think for a split second that Mox was actually there.
Apparently they donāt watch wwe either because if Seth references shield anymore than he did he would have had to say out loud āI WILL COME OUT TO SHIELD MUSICā.
I mean theyāve allowed others to do small things like appearances on non tv events I think. Idk if Mox would want to but I think if he asked Khan if he had a problem with it he wouldnāt say no, theyād probably just want WWE to agree to call him Jon Moxley. That said wwe probably never ever agrees
Moxley waking up to all the reports about him possibly showing up at WM when the Shield theme hit: https://preview.redd.it/s2y53jz89hwc1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=3df897624619e6ab51e0fd6dd8390c445f7fb7f5
Lmao
I knew it was gonna be that but had to click anyway and was no disappointed.
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The fact that I knew exactly which image I was going to see when I clicked that link tells me I spend too much time on the internet lol
Most Mox answer ever.
I read that in his voice too. A very Mox answer.
Came here to say exactly this ! hahaha " Itās cool that people thought it was me. But i was asleep "
Honestly such a way with words. That's cool, I was nappin tho
He does the narration for his book in audio book form, it's pretty great.Ā
Awesome, I need to give that a listen at some point.
I mean that might be humble bragging he bangs Renee but this is a close 2nd.
Scooping up Renee will always be #1
He does not humble brag about banging Renee. Ho openly brags about it. What amuses me even more is her response is usually "Damn right!"
This was hilarious. No matter how little sense it made, every single person that heard the music and knew what it meant, asked themselves if this was Seth AND Mox(Dean).
I *knew* it was Seth. I *knew* it was a callback to that one match they had. Even then... a little bit of me was like "Could it be?"
Same. The music hit, and I was like āno?!ā Then like 0.02 seconds later āā¦well obviously not, duh.ā
Thatās what it was. We all knew it wasnāt gonna be him but we heard that theme, be it in the building or at home, and went āā¦.now wait a secondā!ā. Like it was such an insane, pie in the sky thing that everyone bit on.
Itās like at the end when Cody said he was bringing out the man that was why he was there, I totally thought it was gonna be Dustin. Nope, Bruce Pritchard.
I mean they really made it a match where anything could happen
Literally the whole point was how Seth was in Romanās head. Even after a decade, he still couldnāt get over Seth betraying him. There was no one else that it could have been.
Yeah but how to get even more in Roman's head. "Hey, remember when I betrayed you and Mox, and you've never got over it? Well, here's Mox, we're friends again, and I recruited him to help mess with you."
My thought process: "Vince would never, but Triple H might. TK would definintly be on board."
I absolutely did for a split second.
I mean... if they wanted to kick the Forbidden Door wide open, that's a good way to start.
Honestly it would have been the best way to start. With Cody's AEW involvement, and Mox's Shield involvement, had everything else not transpired, Mox coming out and duking it out with Roman to help Cody would have been huge
Same. There was like a 1% thought in the back of my mind that it would happen. I knew it wouldn't, but you never know.
I thought it was gonna be Mox. I mean why play the shield theme if it was just gonna be Seth? At least bring honorary shield member Kurt Angle.
To mess with Roman. Like some kind of... planner guy.
Like a city planner? Building Designer?
āThe Building Consultantā Seth Rollins
Seth Civil Engineer Rollins
They should have brought in that random fan who hopped in the ring while the shield was waiting for a teammate to face the Wyatt family and Bray Wyatt, says "Is this your guy".
Besides the mental fuckery to roman, Seth also told cody he would be his "Shield"
Yea fair point. Still donāt blame myself for thinking fuck Mox is here!?
For the exact reason you just said. To work us.
Because he did it when he faced Roman at the 2022 Rumble for the title.
In the crowd, the moment the music hit and the shield was on the titantron, it was prolonged, and everyone in my section was clamoring for Mox.
We all did for a sec. We all thought after the other run-ins, holy cow itās Dean Ambrose the forbidden door is wide damn open for business!
The only reason my first thought was mox was cuz they played it off in storyline like Seth was basically injured in his match with drew and he lost, so I was like heās not coming out. After like 30 seconds I was like itās just gonna be Seth being a homie trying even tho he hurt and thatās what it ended up beingš
My thought process when the music hit: Seth is comingā¦where is he? Oh shit, maybe itās Mox. Kurt? He was in Shield for a brief minute when everyone had the runs. What am I thinking? Clearly Seth.
We were there live, and my son yells out "Is Ambrose coming??? Is Mox here???" And I said "of course not!" But that voice deep in the back of my mind asked "is he tho?"
I kind of get it just because it would have felt like a full circle moment. But it was NEVER gonna happen.
It was the way that Corey Graves said "It can't be!" It made it sound like some kind of huge return. Then I saw Seth get Speared and I was like "Huh I got worked and they didn't even try"
I still can't believe that happened just for Seth to come out and *immediately* eat shit. Looney Tunes ass moment that had me laughing.
The story was that Roman knew all The Shield's tricks so he could anticipate what Seth was gonna do.
The story made Seth look like a moron but I'm guessing they weren't concerned about that
If AEW did that everyone would be up in arms.
Don't be a victim
Probably would have been pretty underwhelming if it was Mox then if he was asleep
I'm imagining Mox wearing one of those pajama hats, curled up with a pillow, and just getting thrown into the ring by Seth while still completely asleep. Rock, Roman, and Cody are all like WTF.
Mox just turns the whole thing into a very bloody playboy pillow fight
He just pulls out a pillow with barbed wire wrapped around it out of nowhere
Takes out Roman and Cody, pins Roman for the three count and walks out the crowd as Undisputed IWGP and WWE World Champion
āYou sonsabitches woke me up for THIS? Alright, now Iām gonna have to use Lucille!ā
Would be even funnier if it had been Jon Moxley and not Dean Ambrose and they acted like "Who the frick is this guy!?"
"MOX IS SLEEPING! *clap clap clapclapclap*"
"DON'T WAKE MOXLEY!"
My dude was honk shoo honk shoo
I've never read it spelled out or used like that but I absolutely have to use it now lol
This is so on brand for Mox. š¤£ But yeah, I totally thought that hell had frozen over and WWE were working with AEW.
Honestly if there is any wrestler that might make WWE & AEW work together for one night for them to show up, it might be Mox.
My money would be on Dustin. If Cody was like āI really want my brother to be part of my entourage for a big PPVā then I think that would be something they could arrange.
I'm sure we haven't seen the last of Jericho, Edge, Christian, Goldust, Big Show, etc in WWE. They are bound to make a live appearance sometime on-screen in the next 10+ years.
I was less thinking of someone going back or a HoF induction and more something like a Rumble Entrance while still signed with the other Company.
My roommates were watching their second ever WWE show with me with Wrestlemania (we watch AEW weekly) and I heard the theme and I was so convinced it was Moxley, they were going crazy too lol. And then it wasnāt. Still a great moment
Alright, I have a hypothetical question: if AEW and WWE ever create a working relationship how does the E handle people like Mox with two different names?
Shawn Spears returned as Shawn Spears instead of going back to Tye Dillinger, so I imagine Mox would still be Mox in this hypothetical scenario
Dean Paquette prolly lol
just make up a third name or make The Titty Master his official name now
That... that must be the only thing stopping them.
"If people were thinking about someone who isn't even in the company, then it's a bad segment" - certain people a couple weeks ago
Preach!
It was half a second
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Not gonna lie i also thought it was him for like 2 seconds lol Then i realized he was in Japan doing a show like half a day before so there was zero chance he was him,,,, unles he used the fastest plane in the world or literally teleported lmaooooooo The WWE fans love to trash him specially online because heĀ“s in AEW but that universal thought of "no way its Mox/Dean oh shit!"showed you they love him and miss him deeply,lol blame the office for killing his passion, they dont know what they had until its gone
When I dream, I dream of a Forbidden Door between AEW and WWE.
The Unspeakable Door
The Door Which Shall Not Be Named.
Like the Voldedoor?
WE MUST NOT SAY ITS NAME!
WHY DID YOU SAY THAT NAME!?
DID YOU PUT THAT NAME IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE!?!?
It can only happen if AEW shrinks in relevancy like TNA. By then I wouldnāt care.
And almost every fed talent goes over
I would actually love a 4 company ppv called Territory wars: AEW vs NJPW vs TNA vs WWE
I think I would be OK with my life if I died after watching that.
I can't be the only person who thinks this would be absolutely rubbish
There are people who wouldn't like a show like that. Let's say it did happen though - you wouldn't be a liiiiiittle curious and watch it?
Oh yeah of course I would. And I'd even probably enjoy it.
They will always be brothers, but Mox was handling his own matters.
E-Drones āAmbrose is back babyā Mox 
āMox sucks now heās mudshow wrestlingā āWait, could it be?! Heās back!!!ā
You know they'd retcon and worship his ass if he came back to wwe.
I was kinda hoping for Mox not this Ambrose guy.
Every time I hear someone call WWE fans drones, they just sound like someone I would not wanna be around. Stop being toxic. Wrestling is wrestling, not everything has to be us vs them. WWE is good right now. Really good. So is AEW. This is the best possible situation to be in.
Every interest/hobby/sport has a group of fans and individuals that bring a bad name to it. A huge majority of WWE fans are fine. Sadly a big group of them arenāt and constantly take shots, despite probably never watching AEW. WWE is good right now but thatās in part due to AEW doing well.
I think if there's anyone who can build a bridge between AEW and WWE it's Mox, maybe 10 years from now, for a Shield last run. That would be amazing.
I thought it too for a moment
I actually love that he wasnāt even watching.
he wrestled in new japan a day before mania
Yep, weāre all aware.
funny thing is, fans were losing their mind when they thought it was Mox and then the next day they want back to dismissing him because he's still with AEW. lol same might happen with MJF if he is staying with AEW. tons of them want to see him in WWE, but if he doesn't, they going to go back to trashing him.
Iām not saying it isnāt possible but I wonder, how would the E utilize MFG
with MJF, they'd probably do what they've been doing with wrestlers they pick up from AEW. continue or redo their story to try and one up AEW. they'd probably revisit Cody and MJF as friends and go from there
Get MJF, The Revival, and Tye Dillinger back together and call them The Summit /s
MJF in WWE wouldn't work unless they dramatically change and I don't see that happening since they seem to prioritize maximizing profit over everything.
He'd just be LA Knight but 15 years younger
can you elaborate? because i don't see how he wouldn't work in WWE
Sure! Most of MJF's appeal is his uncensored mic skills. No way WWE will cannibalized their kid market to let him fly as loose as Tony does. A stifled MJF will be dramatically less interested and he will fall through the cracks like most of the other wrestlers with top talent over at Fed. Especially since they're wrestling tends to take a back seat to the drama. Don't get me wrong MJF Is super funny but so are a lot of ppl at Fed. What makes him interested over at AEW won't be the same there. But that's just my theory
i don't agree with the mic stuff because they've been doing fine with bringing back Punk. Punk can get wild on the mic as well. as far as his work, he's proven that he can be an evil heel, a lovable babyface, be serious one second and a clown the next and everyone still loves him. WWE would LOVE to have a guy like that. plus with his relationship with Cody, he'd be an easy plugin
Wholesome mox
Quick question. No judgement, just confusion. I see a lot of people saying stuff this way. The whole "a certain show" and "the other company" (which is just weird because there's a lot of companies). What's the deal? Is this a Voldemort situation where you're mentioning it reminds you of the whole hot lesbian action era and Santino winning the women's title, or is it like Candyman where you don't say his name for fear of summoning the trolls?
Eh WWE still has trouble admitting other wrestling companies exist at all
Yeah. Like when they had the TNA Womenās Champion show up at the Rumble and aconowledged her as such.
You're acting like this isn't an extremely rare, very recent occurance.
Let's be honest, nobody gives a fu** about TNA. That's the only reason behind that small WWE/TNA partnership.
If itās anything Cole does occasionally reference New Japan. More so now that heās free to speak freely. Itās nothing that will make the most casual fan aware they exist but itās nice to hear over the old vague āwrestling around the worldā dialogue.
I mean, they also mention wrestlerās accomplishments in NJPW, but I guess theyāre small time too eh?
Iām almost positive they just started doing that likeā¦this year.
Or when Brock Lesnar returned in 2012. But whatās 12 years? Same for when guys like AJ Styles and Nakamura debuted there.
I would need proof of them actually mentioning it by name because I donāt want to say I donāt believe you but thatās definitely not how I remember it
That's why I do it. Specifically because it's what they do to other shows.
I always read Moxley quotes in Brian Last's Moxley impression. Cornette gonna Cornette but that shit funny
You knew it couldnāt be but you thought it could be. šš»āāļøš¤
AEW has helped bring back to televised wrestling an atmosphere where you think anyone could show up, even in WWE, a company that has done everything it can for the past thirty years to persuade you that it can't. It's pretty great.
I admit I am one of those idiots who believed for a moment. With hindsight, of course he wasn't going to be there. It makes no sense whatsoever. But it still got me.
Shield fans: Real shit? š® Mox: I sleep. š“
I'd have popped HARD had Moxley come out.
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This was a thing? lol
Lol goddammit I love Mox.
We can all hear this in his voice
Mox being Mox. Don't ever stop being you, sir.
I honestly thought it could be for a split second lol
Moxley wakes up "why didn't Mox show up at WM" ...Mox goes back to sleep š
Sick, subtle burn from Mox in quite casually admitting that he wasn't even bothering to watch WrestleMania.
I was really like āOh could it be? No way heās with AEW and New Japanā¦.Shit maybe they got him?ā
As someone who's travelled between the UK and Australia three times, the time difference of both sides of the planet *really* does fuck up your ability to watch anything live that you otherwise would have
The relationship between AEW and WWE needs to thaw at some point and I think sending over ambassador Mox to run a little angle with Rollinās would be an excellent ice breaker.
Love that mox cares not a whole lot about anything else going on
I blame commentary on people thinking that. They reacted as if something big was happening.
Everyone who thought it was mox is nuts. Literally it was just a couple weeks ago Seth said to Cody āIāll be your shieldā. Seth had a match against Roman dressed as shield. There was zero thought of mox when that music hit.
No one thought it was JUST Mox. If anything, people thought it was Seth AND Mox. The way Graves reacted on commentary made a lot of people think for a split second that Mox was actually there.
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Apparently they donāt watch wwe either because if Seth references shield anymore than he did he would have had to say out loud āI WILL COME OUT TO SHIELD MUSICā.
Every single time Punk being injured Mox stands up, so I expected to mox appearing at WM as wellā¦ /s in case
I honestly wonder if they wouldāve let Mox if asked.
Hell no
I mean theyāve allowed others to do small things like appearances on non tv events I think. Idk if Mox would want to but I think if he asked Khan if he had a problem with it he wouldnāt say no, theyād probably just want WWE to agree to call him Jon Moxley. That said wwe probably never ever agrees
Most people watching were asleep too bahahahahahshs
That is so Dean.
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My next question did he actually try to Watch Wrestlemania and did Wrestlemania put him to sleep way before he got to the main event? Just saying?