Jon Moxley: Hangman Page Burning Down Swerve Strickland’s House Was Cool. Why Apologize? Own It
Jon Moxley is set to defend his AEW World Title against Hangman Page in a Texas Deathmatch at AEW All In.
Hangman has discussed his redemption arc, aiming to regain the AEW World Title that he lost in 2022 as he attempts to come to terms with his actions over the past three years.
Speaking to Justin Barrasso of Undisputed, Jon Moxley gave his unfiltered thoughts on Hangman and his story.
“I don’t care what he’s going through or what song he listens to on the way in. Unless he finds what he’s looking for and grows into a beautiful butterfly right in front of our eyes and beats me, then good for him. But that’s not going to happen.
“The Millennial Cowboy, the Emo Cowboy, that vulnerability, it’s what endeared himself to so much of the audience in wrestling. Those people will support you to the end of the earth. Now they’re asking more of him. Now he has to live up to that.
“The walls are closing in on Hangman Page. He’s about to reach the summit of a mountain, a personal mountain, he’s been climbing for the last two or three years. He created this out of his own emotional baggage, his own fuckups, and I couldn’t even explain the rest–you’d have to ask him. But he’s clearly been searching for something for a long time, and it would be a very long, very painful fall if it doesn’t happen for him. That’s exactly what’s going to happen.
“I don’t need a fancy entrance. I don’t need pyro. I don’t need shit. In fact, I don’t even need to wear the fucking belt. I’m inherently the AEW world champion. You can steal the belt, make your own, it doesn’t matter. You can’t take away what I’ve cultivated. Hangman is worried about who I’m bringing to the ring, or the type of weapons I’ll bring. None of that shit matters. Myself and my wits, that’s what I rely on to get the job done. Can he do what I do when you take away all that extra shit? What happens then? He ain’t got shit. He should worry about that more than his soul search from the past three years. I’m going to absolutely torture him, and I’m going to embrace and revel in it.
“The world will see the difference between him and me. He doesn’t want to win. He’s thinking about The Young Bucks and his apology for burning down Swerve’s house. That was cool. Why apologize? Fucking own it, man. He’s in his own head. I’m at peace with the world. I give less than zero fucks. I have less than zero sympathy for him. It’s going to be ugly, people are going to be sad, and I’m going to love it.”
Hangman defeated Moxley in a Texas Deathmatch at AEW Revolution 2023. In their only other bout for the AEW World Title, Moxley knocked Hangman unconscious at AEW Dynamite Title Tuesday 2022.
Fightful will have coverage of AEW All In on July 12th.
