Jon Moxley on his scrapped Mick Foley feud and his new book: Wrestling Observer Radio

Jon Moxley talks to Dave and Garrett about his scrapped feud with Mick Foley in WWE and the process of writing his new book, which is out November 2. More info: amzn.to/2ZyNtw6 [October 29, 2021]
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[@Tzgrey77]

Christian Cage on his aew unrestricted podcast said he didn't want to do a book, because he read some of Jon moxely's and was like holy crap this is super good, can't believe Jon wrote this. Maybe jon can write mine.

[@ShinSuperSaiyajin]

Thank you Bryan Danielson for making Mox's book possible LOL

[@DolFunDolhpinVtuber]

This is going to be a good read.

[@the_real_ch3]

I’m holding out for an audible version read by Mox

[@haloichigo1]

Agreed. I never buy wrestling books, but I will pick this one up.

[@omrmajeed]

I could hear the pain in dave's voice when he was trying his hardest to let others speak.

[@philiphaller1018]

Haha

[@sethfreakinrollins9889]

Is there going to be an audio version of the book eventually with Jon Moxley reading it? Genuinely asking.

[@kyranlatham783]

I asked this on twitter and was told it was coming soon

[@coreylineberry8557]

Then I'll get it on Audible.

[@greyfox4838]

that's how it should be, because it's written how he speaks and not written like a book, which means without the intonation, accent and mannerism it's just average quality literature, an audio book would make it infinitely more higher quality

[@cassiusfelix2805]

That would be wonderful

[@daveborder7751]

Dave is doing the audio version-scheduled for a 2050 release.

[@TheKhaosDemon]

I just came out of rehab to learn Mox went in. People, face your demons today. Don’t push the pain further into the future. There’s no better time to clean up!

[@johnmancini4403]

I don't think Dave takes long enough to ask a f**king question.

[@dreamxhollow]

LmfAo

[@justinl8791]

Man, I should get it. Seems like an interesting read, regardless. Also if the tournament finals are between Bryan & Jon(all things considered, highly likely), it's gonna be one helluva match.

[@Kingofweasles]

Nah, it'll be Orange Cassidy versus Joey Janella out of nowhere, with Cassidy getting the win via roll-up pinfall.

[@jamesnewberrymusic8231]

Best part of this is Mox is clearly in the middle of eating lunch

[@AE24N]

Hearing David on a phone brings back nostalgia lol

[@DarthKotEI]

Part of this interview about his book is Mox saying he hates the interviews he is going to do about the book. I love him omg

[@KJayPlays]

Mox is, and has been since the first time I saw him, my favorite 🤍

[@Accluk]

He's my favorite too😀

[@michaelkelley7826]

90's Foley vs 10 years ago Mox up there with 90's Austin vs 10 years ago Punk. Both woulda been awesome

[@brizliongooner3086]

Firstly this book sounds like it's going to be a great read, can't wait to read it. Second, why do Dave Meltzer's questions take 10 minutes before we can hear the answer?

[@brizliongooner3086]

@THIS WORLD NEEDS AN ENEMA IN THE WORST WAY He always interrupts Alverez as well, then talks or rambles for 20 minutes and argues on every reply. I'd be like "We'll give you your own show & you can ramble on for as long as you want". Pretty much what he does anyway!

[@Verse84]

Ideally so he gets everything in and then the person being interviewed can take a long as they need to answer without being interrupted.

[@wrestlingtapes2036]

Bret Hart’s book is the greatest book of all-time.

[@alexreadscomics6607]

100% yes 👍

[@X_Blake]

I think this will be a very good read. Can't wait to get my hands on it.

[@SuhSpenceMusic]

Already preordered it

[@RapturousBulge]

A question from Dave Meltzer lasts as long as a Raw women's match.

[@Excremental_Discharge]

This is 100% fact

[@mrwhippy101]

Meltzer really struggles with the whole talking thing 🤣

[@rocky5000100]

oh god I know.

[@ogpetway5147]

Struggles!!!! That's why he was writing all those years I guess.

[@michaelramone9262]

Is more articulate than most of the marks out there, especially making stupid comments

[@JCJHn]

@@michaelramone9262 seems like you might be hangry, eat a snickers 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@michaelramone9262]

@@JCJHn angry??? Just made a comment

[@ramsinoshana9863]

I can listen to Uncle Dave ask a question all day. Appreciate you Dave. See you at PWG November 21st.

[@LawsonPhoenix89]

Dave spoke for so long at the beginning of this and didn't even ask a question at the end.

[@win-wd3hj]

Always good to hear Moxley

[@OscillatorCollective]

I’ll totally read this book.

[@cassiusfelix2805]

Such a smart man

[@Radeo]

1:12 fast-forward past long-winded question to Mox actually speaking

[@akshayraghav9340]

Thanks you are doing god's work

[@jonathanallen3497]

Get well soon Jon Moxley.

[@rigsby1454]

Big Daddy Mox

[@danielmelo7146]

Get well soon, Mox.

[@diagtot8310]

you can truly hear here, that he´s drunk.. and with the news about him going in treatment it seems like a deeper problem with him :/ already had a strange feeling about him with his wheeler yuta match, that was even for mox a bit harsh

[@ismailzabi5296]

Love you Jon ❣️

[@OscillatorCollective]

MOX is in the line of TERRY FUNK, CACTUS JACK and FMW…

[@thepolarphantasm2319]

Once it's out, hope Mick gets to sit down with Moxley and discuss their stories, have them kinda interview each other... maybe at starrcast. After all, Foley and "good" always went together like PB+J 😂 Destiny calls, Jon

[@OWlsfordshire]

Fair warning, the book is kayfabe from the character Jon Moxley. For example, he had no idea AEW existed or that it was a televised promotion. We all know that's a lie because WWE had been putting talent on notice not to attend events such as All In/All Out and Mox was friends with a lot of the indie guys that were involved with AEW.

[@26bigfella]

He's slurring his words in the interview 🤔🤔🤔

[@IllyrianHighlander]

My man sounds blitzed

[@Will-h7h]

He seems drunk here or is going through withdrawals as he's having a seriously hard time getting proper sentences together. Hope he gets better.

[@stevenblythe8360]

Go away Fight Game

[@smellslikewrasslin]

Dave’s one question was equivalent to the length of three tv commercials

[@jjayp1]

Does Mox have a bit of social anxiety? His character is over the top brute to the point that the kayfabe joke is not believing dude can actually read. But you can tell he thinks a lot. His mind seems to be moving super fast along with pausing often midsentence almost as if he's trying to think of a diff word or how to phrase something. Which can then be distracting. I'm interested to read his book I know he's been through a lot of shit. He has no problem cutting a promo for millions but often doesn't sound comfortable in an interview. As we all are, he's def more layered than he pretends to be. The world would be a boring place w out people like Moxley.

[@daveborder7751]

The book looks like a Vic Venom editorial from Raw Magazine in the late 1990's.

[@daveborder7751]

Kind of incredible that all these guys are releasing mediocre books-yet we have never had a book, or a proper book on Flair, Cornette or Heyman-which would be incredible reads.

[@uttermanbo]

Cornette has a book out. Most of the biographies are mediocre because the wrestlers have ghostwriters write for them. A guy like Moxley has a really interesting backstory that if he has that in his book, will make it something I would buy. I don't buy any wrestler books either.

[@daveborder7751]

@@uttermanbo I mean a proper bio/autobiography like Bret's book-lengthy & detailed. Cornette had the scrapbook & has the stories book.

[@jessewahwah]

Mox sounds like he's drunk.

[@2Xboti]

He always sounds drunk even in TV haha

[@diagtot8310]

you called it...

[@HitKingAssassin4444]

12YAN

[@alberttwangle893]

I’d love a few drinks with Mox

[@nielgregory108]

When his music hits, I hit the concession stand and merch. Couldn't give 2 shites about him.

[@Almaraz15]

and yet you here.

[@ajboyd9389]

The fact you think anyone gives a shit about what your think about him, speaks volumes about your character.

[@daveborder7751]

He was great in WWE, but without the people who know how to promote him properly with the All Egotistical Wankers executives, he is exposed for the outlaw mudshow gore freak he is in AEW.

[@treebudz]

Free promo baby

[@wjuice2020]

We complain and complain about Melters “umms and uhhh” but Moxley gets a pass?

[@anthonyvillanueva5226]

Mox doesn't do a show

[@halfwaydowntheroad]

That's exactly what i was thinking. "Why do I...ahhhhhhh" He, just like his least favorite opponent, Brock, seems to have a tough time with interviews and promotion. He sounds like goat boy.

[@daveborder7751]

Do you think he is the Gino Hernandez to Dave's Paul Boesch?

[@treebudz]

Mox doesn’t interview people for a living

[@shoto7948]

Meltzer really can't get to the point lol

[@shahidnyker2900]

Mox is a great promo, but boring as hell on regular interviews.

[@gypsymorning8558]

I see why he was heavily scripted. Dude can't string together a thought. C'mon man.

[@daveborder7751]

Is he related to Dave?

[@ezio_auditore5425]

Bro, have you heard him on AEW? His promo game is great. Mox is an introvert he doesn't enjoy casual conversations

[@indymudshow]

I miss the mox from the start of aew. He was so over. Hella good shape. He was carrying the company. Now he's just like floating around doing random stuff while the elite are goofing off.

[@20Minutes40Years]

Except as a character he has NEVER been as focused as he is right now. Maybe you meant to post this a month ago?

[@Deadguy2322forreal]

Yeah, tearing up the eliminator tournament is sure nothing!

[@zerozeeros]

I think you're way off the mark mate

[@lanagievski1540]

This would of made sense before he was killing it basically facing New Japan by himself and now the eliminator tourney

[@JUnior-ot1xu]

@@20Minutes40Years have u not watched the last month lol

[@krodriguez0055]

I can't wait to count how many grammatical and punctuation errors there are

[@Jason_from_cal]

Moxley has to be one of the most terrible interviewers. Especially for his status in the business.

[@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo]

He's awful at most things all he has is a charisma that I don't personally see, Mick is my favourite of all time he's been my boy since 1990 & Mox doesn't have 1 oz of that talent, the psychology,the humour the empathy towards him I see none of that I just see a guy who never grew out if his CZW phase trying to make every match like that not realising Mick didn't have deathmatches,I quit,hell in a cell ALL the time. Look at how many people actually even know who necro butcher & Masada even are to see how popular that crap is it's not 2004 anymore.

[@levels1937]

@@WhatwouldRoddyPiperdo I kinda like Mox but yeah he has no clue put himself in the same level as Foley or Funk. Seems pretty delusional. He has not reached legendary status yet let alone 10 years ago.

[@ghatmen300]

He’s like stone cold if Austin never got laid or had a drink.

[@ayayay16]

You mean he's like stone cold if he didn't abuse his wife

[@doug2731]

Angry, balding plumber garbage "wrestler". Holy shit Mox is so great!

[@Anderwilso]

Sure drone

[@constablekennedy7705]

Jon Moxley has always seemed like a Fella with a Bad Attitude to Me yet nobody ever really says anything about it except for his Interview on the Stone Cold Podcast which caused him Issues in the WWE … 👀

[@gqn2]

It seems Jon Moxley is doing pretty well in AEW. Maybe the problem is with WWE.

[@GotAnUmbrella]

Everyone I've ever read has said he's fine. My memory suddenly lapses on who it was, but someone said their only complaint about being his roommate was he microwave weird food in the microwave. Big Cass or W Morrissey whichever you prefer talks about how Morissey almost burned their entire house down when a pizza caught fire, nothing was mentioned about Mox getting upset despite all his clothes smelling like pizza. He only said he was worried he might be. As as young Mox I'm sure he was horrific with all the things happening in his life and stuff. Everyone describes him and quiet and shy. And Seth Rollins says he is super safe in the ring. Nobody describes him currently as having a bad attitude. Fans that meet him describe him and being quiet, laid back, super private, but nice. People that know him also describe him as very private. He himself admits to being a very private person.

[@ShinSuperSaiyajin]

speaking of the Stone Cold Podcast... still waiting for Steve and Mox to make that return podcast as both of them said publicly that they would want another podcast to erase the first podcast out of existence.

[@benjaminkelln8597]

Haha you think someone with a bad attitude would have done half the goofy stuff he did in his heel run?

[@GotAnUmbrella]

@@benjaminkelln8597 all the goofy stuff ha has done period. The Sweet Caroline gifs exist for a reason and it wasn't just because of a drinking problem. He's willing to be silly and seemingly always has been. The guy made money from literally calling himself a street dog and dunking on himself for having a shitty upbringing.

[@TheSaxon.]

I don't dislike Mox but he's not half as interesting, tortured, edgy or as cool, as he thinks he is.

[@constablekennedy7705]

No offence to Jon Moxley but he and Mick Foley is NOT a Dream Match unless for the IWC Marks … 🕳

[@123myballsitch]

you are the iwc mark

[@paulrobinson3213]

Yet you took.time to.watch a video about it and comment. You are either pathetic or a hypocrite. Most likely both

[@pawanprabal]

It doesn't matter if it isn't dream match for you but it is dream match for many of us, for mox and maybe even for foley.

[@radicalstanza3614]

If someone is so heavily into pro wrestling that they're dreaming up scenarios in which wrestlers from different eras face off against each other, chances are you're an internet wrestling fan. So that's a real dumb burn.

[@JUnior-ot1xu]

Do u not realize ur the Iwc mark lol

[@trentboyer8596]

Not paid by AEW right, have a WWE guy on your show and I might believe you.

[@bradshawranger8459]

WWE won't allow their guys on the show. Been like that for years.