Jon Moxley Says Jeans-Wearing Days Are Over, Because Wrestling In Jeans 'Sucks'
John Castro Jon Moxley has revealed that he won't be wrestling in jeans again because, well, it sucks.
The AEW star, who's also started a career with New Japan Pro Wrestling, wrestled under the name Dean Ambrose at WWE and seemed to enjoy doing his thing in jeans. As it turns out, though, he didn't really enjoy being clad in denim.
Moxley has found a new appearance after fighting in jeans for years. And, speaking to NJPW in a recent interview, the 33-year-old explained his reason for wearing them, as well as why he won't be anymore.
“I wanted to change my look, for sure," he said. "When I was in WWE, I always wrestled in jeans, and there was a reason for that; everybody else had fancy tights and I wanted to be the opposite. More grungy, a street fighter type. But wrestling in jeans, honestly, it sucks. They’re hot, sweaty, hard to move in.
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"I’m done with wrestling in jeans! It’s so much easier to wrestle in tights. My boots situation was a nightmare before I wrestled. I had a pair I bought that I was trying to break in, but they didn’t fit right. I tried another pair, they didn’t fit, either. They were too clunky. So I just went with regular wrestling shoes. When I looked in the mirror before I went out, I felt naked because I was so used to wrestling in jeans. So I knew then that it would cause a reaction, and be a bit of a shock.”
Moxley won the IWGP United States Championship on his NJPW debut earlier this month and also opened up on the experience.
“I loved the whole thing," he declared. "I love being in intense blood and guts stuff like that. It was a tooth and nail fight, and I loved that. When the crowd and the announcers are saying to each other ‘this is crazy!’ I love that. Those matches where you just go all out, everything on the line, be it for five minutes or 20 minutes. Just wild stuff. I love watching that."
Well, he certainly had all of us fooled. Mox seemed quite comfortable wrestling in jeans and it's amazing how he managed to perform that good wearing something he wasn't very fond of. Maybe he'll be even better once he's grown used to not having them on.
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