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Escaping prison
Jon Moxley has admitted he is a better person for leaving the WWE and revealed he used to watch matches from the locker room and think they sucked.
Moxley, formerly known as Dean Ambrose in WWE, says he felt restricted working under Vince McMahon, but now has more freedom to wrestle how he likes since joining AEW.
Moxley told ScreenGeek, how orders would be yelled at him by the WWE chairman and led to him growing disillusioned with the company.
“Literally, like ‘No!’ I mean [WWE] is literally telling me what to do, barking orders at me. [McMahon voice] ‘Sell! ‘Lay down!’ It really, truly feels like I was asleep, mentally checked out, for like years. Like, I became a lapsed fan,” admitted Moxley. “I’d be watching the product that I’m a part of in the locker room and going, ‘This show sucks.’
“I became a lapsed fan, so I know they exist and it really was like there was this completely separate guy that existed who got outta prison and it’s just like I woke up and it was crazy. I just feel like a better person all around – just back to being me, in and out of the ring, not necessarily just the character.”
Not for me
Unlike Tyson Fury, Andy Ruiz Jr has revealed he turned down the chance to appear in the WWE to focus on his rematch with Anthony Joshua.
Fury is making his wrestling debut later this month in Saudi Arabia, while the defending world heavyweight champion is putting his WBA ‘Super’, WBO and IBF world titles on the line – also in Saudi Arabia – December 7 against the Brit.
The Mexican said: “They invited me to go a while back when I won the title – they invited be to go over there and check it out.
“But you know what; boxing is my life so this is the only thing I know how to do besides being with my family.
Here forever
John Cena has admitted he will never retire from the WWE as he sees them like a family.
The 16-time world champion has been with the company since 2002, but has had a reduced role for the past two years as his acting career in Hollywood has begun to gather pace.
He has been in Daddy’s Home 2, BumbleBee and the upcoming Fast & Furious 9 film, but credits WWE for allowing him to explore new avenues he may not have been able to without wrestling.
Cena said to Good Housekeeping: “WWE is my family, they’ll always be my family and none of any of this exists without them, and I will never forget that.
“I don’t think I’ll ever retire, because I don’t look at it like that … You don’t retire from your family. I will never, ever stop waving the WWE flag … I don’t think I’ll ever separate myself from them.”
He added: “As a 42-year-old, going to be 43 in April … I already know that I’m a little lighter, I’m a little slower, I’m not as strong, so all of the physical signs are like, ‘I’m here, I’m here, I’m here.’
“I can’t lie to myself and say those things aren’t happening. They are.
“And either I accommodate my performance, or just say, ‘Hey, it’s time to do something different.’”
A Ken do attitude
UFC legend Ken Shamrock still looks in fighting shape at the age of 55.
Informally known as ‘The World’s Most Dangerous Man,’ Shamrock, who wrestled in WWE between 1997 and 1999 made his return to the ring at TNA PPV event ‘Bound for Glory’.
He took on Moose, a former NFL offensive lineman, but ultimately came up short.
