Anonymous
7/16/2025, 5:57:14 PM No.18272905
While speaking on 1035 KISSFM, Tony Khan was asked who in AEW plays the same role that Ric Flair did for the NWA and he said Jon Moxley:
>“Jon Moxley. He’s somebody who could be the top hero, the top fan favorite. He’s somebody who could be the top villain, as he’s proven. He bleeds buckets. They have very different mentalities in terms of, uh, they are very different. Jon Moxley is the ultimate blue-collar wrestler. Ric Flair is the ultimate white-collar wrestler. But they have this hard-hitting mentality.”
Khan said Moxley is the most decorated world champion of the modern era:
>“Jon Moxley was actually the last 200, 250-day-a-year world champion in wrestling. Wrestling became much more of a television-focused business in the past decade. But about, you know, ten years ago, nine years ago, Jon Moxley was the last person to do 200, 250 days a year as the world champion. Fact. And that is very much the Ric Flair mentality."
>"Also, Jon Moxley is the most decorated world champion. It’s a lot like Ric Flair because Jon Moxley is the only person ever to hold the AEW World Championship, the WWE World Championship, and the IWGP World Championship in New Japan. And Jon Moxley is the only four-time AEW World Champion.”
>“Now, there’s other aspects of Ric Flair. You say the white-collar profile. I think the mentality, you could go another way and say, is a pure villain. We’ve never seen now the versatility of Ric Flair to be a hero. We’ve seen a bit of him as a hero, and he’s done very, very well.”
>https://youtu.be/pfVNwnRATu4
>“Jon Moxley. He’s somebody who could be the top hero, the top fan favorite. He’s somebody who could be the top villain, as he’s proven. He bleeds buckets. They have very different mentalities in terms of, uh, they are very different. Jon Moxley is the ultimate blue-collar wrestler. Ric Flair is the ultimate white-collar wrestler. But they have this hard-hitting mentality.”
Khan said Moxley is the most decorated world champion of the modern era:
>“Jon Moxley was actually the last 200, 250-day-a-year world champion in wrestling. Wrestling became much more of a television-focused business in the past decade. But about, you know, ten years ago, nine years ago, Jon Moxley was the last person to do 200, 250 days a year as the world champion. Fact. And that is very much the Ric Flair mentality."
>"Also, Jon Moxley is the most decorated world champion. It’s a lot like Ric Flair because Jon Moxley is the only person ever to hold the AEW World Championship, the WWE World Championship, and the IWGP World Championship in New Japan. And Jon Moxley is the only four-time AEW World Champion.”
>“Now, there’s other aspects of Ric Flair. You say the white-collar profile. I think the mentality, you could go another way and say, is a pure villain. We’ve never seen now the versatility of Ric Flair to be a hero. We’ve seen a bit of him as a hero, and he’s done very, very well.”
>https://youtu.be/pfVNwnRATu4
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