Jon Moxley: I’ve Never Seen A Belt Get Anyone Over In My Life, I’ve Seen People Get Belts Over
Jon Moxley believes the man makes the belt.
Jon Moxley is currently competing in the AEW Continental Classic, a round robin tournament that will end at AEW Worlds End with the winner capturing the ROH World Title, NJPW Strong Openweight Title, and the AEW Continental Title to become a triple crown champion.
Speaking to Chris Mueller of Bleacher Report, Moxley commented on the number of titles the winner will walk away with and the tournament as a whole.
“There’s a lot of belts,” Moxley said. “Belts come and go. They’re what you make them. I’ve never seen a belt get anyone over in my life, personally. I’ve seen people get belts over. They come and go, and they’re devices. If you treat them as important, they become important. If you treat them like a joke, they become a joke. People don’t pack arenas to look at shiny pieces of metal and jewels.”
Speaking about the tournament itself, Moxley said, “Maybe this will be the only one, maybe it’s a Brawl for All situation that only happens one time, or maybe it becomes an annual thing. There are those things like G1s and stuff like that. Those prestige tournaments that build up a reputation. King of the Ring used to be like that where it was a destination to prove yourself for young guys. Being the first one, I think everybody involved in it wants it to be good. You’ll always be connected to it, being the first one to win it, so that would be cool. Especially if it becomes a big important thing people look forward to in the future. I think there’s a little bit of competitiveness and a little bit of pride-in-your-work kind of thing. Even though we’re all competitors against each other, there’s almost like a team spirit attitude. Everybody is going in to bust their ass and make this the best tournament possible.
“The main comparison is going to be the G1 because, at its core, it’s basically the same idea. It’s a round-robin tournament. We have to be different from what the competition does, what WWE does, what everyone else on TV does. We have to always be different and give things you can see nowhere else. We don’t want to do the same thing as the G1 so whenever we can do something that will make it different, we should, especially for a Western audience.”
It has already been confirmed that the AEW Continental Classic will be an annual event and the person holding the Triple Crown Title when the tournament comes around will be automatically entered.
Fans can check out the standings for the AEW Continental Classic by clicking here.
