â??Needless to say the last 8 years couldnâ??t have been any more successful, and Iâ??m full of gratitude to WWE for that. Now that I got that outta the way letâ??s just bury the company for the next two hours.â?
TIJ just dropped "The Emancipation of Jon Moxley", which is already the most talked about podcast since CM Punk sat down with Colt Cabana. I've listened to it myself, and I suggest you do as well, but here are a few bullet point highlights (any quotes from here out are not quite exact but not misleading);
- Gratitude to WWE for success and working closely with Make-A-Wish.
- Creative grievances dating back as early as being the babyface on Smackdown and the awkward promos he was given at the time.
- How uncomfortable he was using Roman's leukemia as cheap heat, and a line that creative written which he refused to say on RAW and wouldn't even repeat on the podcast. "Whoever wrote that should be ashamed."
- Disliking the inoculation segment and how Vince thought Ambrose's objection was that he thought it was supposed to be funny.
- The generic "all you people" promos being the moment he knew for sure that he wanted to leave.
- "My goals in AEW are to make a difference and to prove that the WWE's creative system sucks."
- Not even looking at the new contract.
- Being on board for intergender wrestling, but questioned the timing of putting him in a program with Nia Jax.
- Vince needing to control everything and own everything. "Thatâ??s why [Vince McMahon] pays Brock millions of dollars to come in and ruin this company...â?
- Being paid $500 for The Shield's Final Chapter special.
I'm still only scratching the surface with this list. I think a lot of fans' biggest WWE gripes has been the creative, and the picture that Moxley paints of their creative process certainly line up with that.