Jon Moxley explains why he bleeds in almost every match

AEW star Jon Moxley bleeds a lot while he’s wrestling. He’s so synonymous with blood in wrestling that sometimes we have an entire rumor dedicated to how long it takes to clean up his blood stains.

Moxley’s blood-soaked tendencies were on full display this week wrestling in Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall, where he even had his head skewered.

In an interview with Sports llustrated, Moxley gave his dissertation on why he bleeds so much in his matches:

“...I only know one speed. That’s with my foot to the gas pedal. If we’re going to do something, let’s f---ing do it. That can be detrimental when it comes to negative things, like drugs or alcohol. But that’s my mindset. If I’m doing it, I’m doing it.

When it comes to blood, it’s just going to happen sometimes. Like I said, it’s foot to the gas pedal. Some people say, ‘This is just a random match. Why is there blood?’ I heard that last week vs. Tomohiro Ishii. He’s one of the greatest of all time. I’m not going to let that moment slip by. I’m going foot-to-the-f---ing-gas-pedal. How can I not? Then I hear that I can’t have a good match without blood. O.K., then, you made my argument for me. I’ll do it every time.

The point of the dissertation is that this is a combat sport. But we’re not allowed to have blood in a match unless it’s a personal grudge? We’re only allowed to have blood after a five-month grudge after someone slept with somebody’s wife or somebody ran over someone with a car? And then—and only then—are we allowed to have this dramatic crimson mask that looks the exact same every single time? For me, realism-wise, since this is a combat sport, that means there is the potential for blood in every match. Everything in wrestling is preposterous to some degree, but this helps with the suspension of disbelief.

I’m actually for less blood but more often. If every single match on the card had a busted eyebrow or bloody nose, it would just be part of the sport. But some gory spectacle with blood shooting like a hose is pretty unnecessary. We’re elbowing each other in the face every single match. We’re kicking each other in the face every single match. What are these people made of if they’re not bleeding?

People ask why there is blood in the ring every time I leave it. It feels unnatural to go out of my way to make sure no one is bleeding. That feels like I’m taking my foot off the gas pedal. That doesn’t interest me.”

“What are these people made of if they’re not bleeding?” might be the best argument one can make for seeing blood in a wrestling match.

Mox is scheduled for a Blood & Guts match on the July 19 episode of AEW Dynamite, so things will only get bloodier from here.

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