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As per Wrestling Observer Radio, the situation with Jon Moxley is that his contract with AEW does allow him to work for New Japan, much like Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega. Despite this, there is no working relationship between the two promotions even though logic would seem to suggest for both companies is for them to work together in some capacity in the future. NJPW currently has a relationship with ROH, which is a major hurdle in any future workings with AEW.
Moxley signed separate deals with AEW and NJPW but because he hadn't yet made his debut with AEW, New Japan was forced to advertise/tease a "mystery man" who would face Juice Robinson at the Best of Super Juniors Final. Once All Elite Wrestling's weekly TV show begins in the fall timeframe, it is expected that Moxley will wrestle almost exclusively for AEW though Tony Khan confirmed that until that happens, Moxley will be working both "international and indie dates."
Some more details on Moxley working for both AEW and NJPW.
AEW have also confirmed on Twitter who he will face first in AEW, and it's not Kenny Omega like people expected. Although this could just be a one off kinda deal before they Moxley and Omega start a proper feud, which will be fun.
- AEW also announced that Jon Moxley will face Joey Janela at the upcoming Fyter Fest event which takes place on June 29 in Daytona Beach, FL.
On Wednesday morning, Jon Moxley captured his first championship since parting ways with WWE and leaving his Dean Ambrose character in the rear-view mirror.
"Death Rider" Moxley defeated Juice Robinson to become the new IWGP United States Champion.
Moxley used two Dirty Deeds double-arm DDTs to pin Robinson this morning to win the title in Japan at the New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW) Best of the Super Juniors Finals event.
Death Rider is a cool as fuck finisher as well. Much better than his Dirty Deads finisher, even if it is similar in a way. Mainly because it looks vicious. I always found his finisher to be pretty weak, but this one I love.
You can check it out here: https://twitter.com/smarcyuri/status/11 … 4192695296
Here is the match if anyone hasn't seen it yet.
I thought it was a fantastic match. Moxley looks and works like an entirely different wrestler than he was in WWE.
Awesome, I'll have to watch that. Thanks!
If it wasn't for that Will Ospreay Vs Shingo Takagi match that night (candidate for match of the year), Moxley's match would have been the best of the night. You can tell that this is the style that Moxley wanted to use in the WWE.
After making his AEW dedut this weekend, Moxley (formerly Deam Ambrose (formly Jon Moxley 😋)) has a bit of a wait on his hands for AEW to sort out their TV deal. So in the mean time, he'll be wrestling with NJPW! So far it's just the one date, but who knows how many appearances he can make between now and whenever AEW get a TV deal tied up.
Could also be some good exposure for AEW with Japanese fans.