MOX

by Jon Moxley

Overview

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER!

A vivid trip through the mind of the top professional wrestler in the business—a nobody from nowhere who achieved his ambitions and walked away with the gold and the girl of his dreams.

Ride alongside Jon Moxley as he retraces some of the highways traveled on his remarkable journey. Revel in the never-before-told stories about his early life in Cincinnati, Ohio; the gritty independent wrestling scene where he cut his teeth; the complicated corporate landscape of the WWE where he bucked against authority; and the rebellious upstart AEW, where he won the championship in 2020 and was finally free to achieve the vision of the wrestler he’d always wanted to be.

With plenty of pitstops and revelatory insights, including grisly ultraviolent encounters, crazy characters who became lifelong friends, and his unforgettable matches in Japan, MOX is the riveting account of the life of a brawler. It is a tale written in blood and soaked in debauchery, with a good dose of wisdom accumulated along the way.

More than a backstage pass into the arena, MOX is a ticket into the ring. Once inside, you’ll never look at pro wrestling the same again.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781637580387
Publisher:	Permuted Press
Publication date:	11/02/2021
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	128,982
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Jon Moxley is one of the top professional wrestlers in the world. He is Pro Wrestling Illustrated’s 2020 Wrestler of the Year and was Sports Illustrated’s 2019 Wrestler of the Year. He was a WWE Grand Slam Champion, holding all WWE titles at least once, an IWGP Champion, and AEW World Champion. Known for his renegade style and hard-hitting interviews, he has seen it all and done it all in the wild business of pro wrestling—the sport he has loved since he was a child. He lives in Las Vegas with his wife Renee, their child, and two dogs.

Table of Contents

Prologue By Mox 8

We're the Good Guys 10

Backup Plans 14

The G1 16

Personal Story 28

Foley 34

Why I Don't Ride a Motorcycle 40

Travel and Favorite Cities 45

Tone It Down 51

Favorite Cities: Homes Away from Home 56

FCW 57

The Greatest Three-Man Lucha Spare Dance of All Time 65

True Villains 67

Brodie Lee 73

Sandwiches 77

December 31, 2020 81

December 31, 2018 82

Cincinnati 87

Brio 95

HWA Chunk, Late 2003 102

Training 114

Tag Match 128

Home Away from Home: Toronto 132

2008 Chunk 142

Jacksonville Marriott, March 1, 2021, 1:21 P.M. 150

Las Vegas, March 13, 2021, 2:22 P.M. 152

Home away from Home: Philadelphia 155

CZW Chunk 156

More CZW 160

Zandig 167

Tournament of Death 172

November 2010 180

The Shield 183

Interlude Nd. 1 202

January 2019 204

May 2019 207

May 25, 2019, Las Vegas 211

Interlude No. 2 217

Omaha, Nebraska 220

Puerto Rico, 2006 225

A WWE Story 229

Grant 233

Jon Moxley's Guide to Marriage 238

Interlude No. 3 248

May 14, 2021, Chicago ORD, Admirals Lounge, 12:39 P.M. 251

Money in the Bank 2011, to Garden, Boston 254

T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, June 2016 256

Cincinnati, Piccadilly 1996 259

… Vegas, 2016 260

End of the Book 263

Photo Credits 268

About the Author 269