Jon Moxley Was "Bending Over Backwards" to Accommodate Feud With CM Punk
Jon Moxley went above and beyond for AEW by agreeing to last summer's feud with CM Punk, according to Mox himself.
Last week, Punk responded to a report from Dave Meltzer, which stated that Punk had refused to lose to Moxley during their feud.
In his (deleted) Instagram post, Punk bashed Meltzer, called Chris Jericho a "liar" and a "stooge" and claimed that it was Moxley who refused to lose to him.
The Response
Punk's latest outburst on social media wasn't online for long but has had fans and those in the industry talking about his comments.
Speaking on the latest episode of The Sessions, Moxley was asked if he would like to comment on Punk's claim.
'No, because nothing has unfolded. It's f***ING annoying. Just because somebody said some stupid sh*t on social media, that's not news. But it is, and it ends up being a thing. I don't want to get dragged into this dumb sh*t. I could f***ING unload on a lot of f***ing people right now. And when I start getting dragged into this sh*t it tempts me to do that but I'm not going to f***ing sink to that level."
Punk's accusation that Moxley refused to lose to him is big, considering the fact that the two are arguably AEW's biggest stars.
On the podcast, Moxley shared more about his AEW situation at the time and revealed that he was not under contract.
"I will say this. I will give you a tid bit of information from my point of view. The entire summer, I was not under contract [with AEW.] No contract. Free agent. I was at Summerslam weekend wrestling Desperado and sh*t the day of Summerslam. F***ing suplexed him on a bunch of aluminum cans and sh*t cut in half. It was f***ing dope. I could have walked into Summerslam that night with the AEW f***ing belt, if had I been so inclined. Nobody knew that because I don't put my sh*t out there in the world and let everybody know every f***ing thing about my business."
Explaining why he wasn't under contract, Moxley said he did not feel ready to commit to a long term deal, following his time in alcohol-related rehab.
Moxley added that contrary to Punk's claim, he was open to the feud, despite not being contractually obligated.
"The night in what's-his-dicks [CM Punk] talking about, Minneapolis, is the night he came back, hopping on one foot after me and Jericho wrestled. Badass match by the way. We're talking later about stuff. Bear in mind, and this is my point, I basically don't work there. For all intents and purposes. I don't even work here. Tony [Khan] is not my boss. I don't even have to be in this room. I don't have to do shit. So even me being in this room and offering and agreeing to a storyline that puts you over at the Pay-Per-View [All Out 2022] if anything, I am bending over backwards for Tony and for this dude, and for the company. Because I didn't have to do sh*t. If anything, I was bending over backwards. So that's it. It's not even controversial. I'm just telling you [how it is.]"
It is believed that Punk (who reportedly hopes on returning to AEW) has only hurt his chances of a comeback with his Instagram post.
The "vast majority" of AEW talent do not want to see the suspended wrestler return.
