May 25, 2019 – Las Vegas Nevada

"I said I demand a THANK YOU!" Chris Jericho said as he had just won the Main Event of the All Elite Wrestling Pay Per View Double or Nothing. The crowd was booing as Jon Moxley made his way to the ring from the audience. As he walked past a section the boos turned to cheers. When he rolled into the ring the crowd erupted. As Jericho turned to face Moxley he couldn't believe his eyes.

"What are you doing?" He asked. "You don't work here."

Moxley looked at him and just did his Moxley like wiggle. It was more controlled than his Dean Ambrose wiggle. As he meant business tonight he was here in AEW to make a statement.

"What's that?" Moxley asked Jericho over the loud cheers of the crowd. When Moxley looked at Jericho then DDT'd him right in the middle of the ring. Then he did the same to the official as everyone in the area was shocked and cheered him on.

"Moxley carving a path of here at All Elite Wrestling." Commentary said.

Jon Moxley stood on the bottom rope taking in this moment breathing a sign of relief and for the first time in a long long time he felt free to enjoy this moment. To enjoy the crowed reaction and to be a pro wrestler once again. Then Moxley set his sight on Kenny Omega. He stalked him around the ring as the crowd chanted "Moxley Moxley". He looked down at Omega who was still recovering from his loss against Jericho. Moxley started him down and gave him a little wave. He then grabbed Omega and set up for another DDT but this time Omega fought back. They spilled out of the brawled their way through the crowd chanting "AEW AEW". Each getting in a shot to the other. Omega tossed Moxley into the large poker chip that was on the stage towards the entrance ramp. The both climbed on top of the stack of chips. Moxley got the upper hand and delivered a DDT to Omega. But he wasn't done. He was here to make a statement. When Moxley grabbed Omega once again and delivered a standing fireman's carry takeover to Omega right through the stage!

Jon Moxley stood on top the poker chips in Las Vegas. Finally Free and ready to take on the pro wrestling world once again.

A Few Days before Double or Nothing.

Karen was holding Jagger in her arms as she opened the door.

"Hi Chris." Karen smiled welcoming Chris Jericho into their home.

"Hi Karen." He greeted her kissing her cheek. "Hey little dude. You are getting so big."

As Jagger stared at Chris he buried his head into his moms neck.

"He's a little shy." Karen said. "Please come in. Jon will be down in a minute. He said you can do the podcast from the kitchen table if that works for you." She said as she showed him into their home.

"Sounds good." Chris said as he put his recording stuff down on the kitchen table. He started to get things set up.

"Hey man." Jon said coming down the stairs and greeting Chris.

"Hey Moxley. You ready to tell all?" Chris laughed.

"Ready as I will ever be. Just want to say my peace I guess." He said as he looked over and winked at Karen who then took Jagger into the living room so he could play.

As they started the podcast they talked about things they would and wouldn't discuss.

"I'm very glad to be here because Chris, my friend, it is time to talk, finally. After a bizarre few months, it's been crazy because throughout all of this, I guess it's been five months or so since, uh, rumors or whatever leaked that I was planning on leaving WWE at the end of April and the world went into pandemonium and, ya know I'm sitting there listening to everybody giving their opinion, and all these different rumors and everybody's talking about it. The announcers are talking about it while I'm in the ring and the fans know and I haven't said a word. Throughout this whole process …." Jon said.

"Interesting, yeah" Jericho nodded.

"I didn't ask them to put out a weird press release or bring it up on commentary or none of that. I haven't said a word. The only thing that was close to a word I even said was, uh, we had the little interview with Michael Cole and I said something at the very end, and that was only out of self-preservation, because I had a feeling I was getting set up, so I was ready and I beat him to the punch. And even that I didn't really give any information out."

"What did you say?" Jericho asked him.

"Ya know I just gave him the line that, ya know, I walked into this casino eight years ago and now I'm cashing in my chips. That didn't give any information and that was only out of self-preservation because I thought that was some kind of like setup where they were going to try to, like, "Breaking news: Jon Moxley can't hack it in WWE so he's going to go pursue a career in the minor leagues!" or something like that, you know? So I was ready for that. But hey, man, ya know, we're sitting here at my kitchen table and on my beautiful home my beautiful wife and son right over their in the living room. I have never been happier. I am at the absolute apex of life right now. I feel so good, I feel like the weight of the world has been lifted off of my shoulders, and nothing but gratitude toward WWE." Moxley said.

He went on to explain that he had nothing but gratitude for that place. He was really grateful for his run and how it changed his life. He walked in a kid and now he is an adult. Moxley mentioned how he got to live out 8 years of his dream mentioning his drive from Philly to Tampa all those years ago. He's a different person now than when he started working for WWE all those years ago. He got to do so many great things. Moxley talked about how he was proud to be apart of the Make A Wish. That he got to connect with those fans all over the world and meet them.

"I always took that responsibility very seriously, ya I was always very grateful for that, and if nothing else over all these past eight years I met my wife while in WWE. Who is my best friend. She is my soul mate. We were blessed with our son while I was still there. If I got nothing else out of this run I got them. I always tell her I am like "Hey, If things ever get too weird, we'll just sell all this stuff and we we'll just pop in an RV and we'll hit the road, babe, because all we need is each other." So... needless to say, the last eight years couldn't be any more successful, and full of gratitude to WWE for that. But now that I've got that out of the way, let's just bury the company for the next two hours." Moxley said with a chuckle as he glanced over to the living room as Jagger was giggling as he was playing with his toys.

"For you, because like you mentioned, I hadn't seen you for a couple years, since my last run there you got hurt and you were gone and then I was gone. What and where did you start to realize that "Maybe I don't want to stay here and continue in this system?" Chris asked.

"I knew, pretty much knew that I was gone in July of 2018. And at that point I was out with an injury. I, uh, tore my tricep my wife was actually almost 9 months pregnant when I first got hurt. I had surgery when my son was just a few weeks old. Normally with that kind of injury one would only be like a four months. But for me it was so banged up and bruised because I had been working on it hurt for a long time. It was just, the tendon was all mangled and everything so then it was, like, minimum six months. Then I got staph infection, then I had to go in for surgery again. It turned into nine months. It was a mess, a very miserable time in my life. Very challenging. There were times I couldn't hold my new born son because of this injury. I mean it was nice being home with him but it was a hard time when I couldn't hold him because I was still in pain. My wife and I talked about so it was in July that I knew. But before we get into all that let's dive right into some good stuff, alright? I kinda want to tell a couple stories, and I'm gonna try to tell them almost from like an objective third person standpoint, you know, and just kinda let the viewer decide if this is ridiculous or not, and gonna kind of shine a light on the creative process that goes on in WWE. What... to give the fans a glimpse into what it was actually like, a day in the life of Dean Ambrose, right?" Moxley said.

Over the next hour Jon began to talk about the creative process and the writing that came along with WWE. Mostly creative and how he would have to go into Vince's office. He went into detail about his heel run and how unhappy he was. About the weekly concerns he had with the script he was handed. The story telling didn't make sense to him. When he would go to Vince he talked about how it was "good shit". Moxley mentioned the Vince could use his Jedi mind tricks and it would on occasion work. He knew in July 2018 he was done but the night he had to do the Doctor scene in Milwaukee he almost walked out because he had enough. He went on to explain how he left before Raw was even over because his was a pre taped segment got an earlier flight home. Went to the hotel bar had a couple drinks and went home to his family. Moxley talked about how their was a line about his best friend Roman Reigns he wasn't going to say it was a line so bad that someone would get fired for hit. They could even lose sponsors. He told Chris he wouldn't even say it on air it was so bad. He talked about how he would have to go to Vince's office all the time. It was physically and emotionally exhausting.

"The other story I want to tell is one that almost ruined my life." Moxley said. "This was back in 2016. I had just asked my beautiful wife to marry me. I was on cloud nine. I was still on Smackdown and at the time a good run. I get a script in my hand. It says Renee and Miz. Now I have nothing against either of them so I am hoping this comes off the way it's suppose too. But basically Renee and I are now in a story line together. She smacks the Miz because he says we are sleeping together. Then it's suppose to be this whole thing. I know I work for a TV show and we are telling a story. I just thought the timing was odd I just got engaged and now … now is when my character Dean Ambrose is getting a woman in a story line. It didn't make sense to me. I called Karen and I told her all about it. She of course understood wasn't thrilled but understood. So let me take a minute to say how much I love my wife she has put up with a lot of crap over the last several years. So the story line went on we did Talking Smack. The more this story line went on the more it was tweeted about the more it drove a wedge between me and Karen. Not that I blame her at all but when the company you work for puts you and a coworker on a Valentines day poll and we win. Then having the co-work do an acceptance speech for this. It was a lot. Karen actually moved out of our home for a little bit. It's things like that creative doesn't think logically. They have to control and have their hand in every damn thing. I know some may think she or even I over reacted but until the day I left and probably even now there are some that think what Renee and I had was real. Karen has gotten a lot of crap for "breaking" us up. When in reality my ...well our reality is that she almost broke up with me because of the stress it put on us. I am grateful everyday she gave me another chance. We are happily married now with an amazing 1 year old son. Life if good but I guess my point is don't believe everything you see on TV." Moxley said.

As Jon and Chris sat at the kitchen table he really opened up about his frustrations about his injury and about his come back. He told his side of things how he felt going into his come and what he really wanted. He wanted a change not more of the same. He talked about how hard recovery was as a new father and husband. He then went on to talk about his last several months in WWE. He talked about the odd press release that WWE issued to official announce he would not be resigning. Jon talked about his twitter change and his video idea. He went into detail about how he would get home from the loop get the family in the truck and drive to LA for two days. He talked about when the video dropped the twitter responses how his wife fan girled a little bit and was so proud of him. They ended the podcast with talking about how he told Seth and Roman he was leaving. Then about his new journey in AEW.

"Dadddyyyy!" Jagger said starting to whine.

"Sorry I know you're not done." Karen said trying to hold on to Jagger.

"It's alright baby. Come here little man." Jon said as Jagger ran to his daddy. Jon scooped him up and put him on his lap.

"You look happy Moxley." Jericho said.

"Beyond happy. I am starting a new journey in my career with AEW and other things I want to do this year. I have two amazing people in my corner. I love my wife and son with my everything in me. Everything I do is for them." Jon said.

"So any finally words to end this epic pod cast?" Jericho asked.

"If you want to be a dentist and you're an elf, be a dentist." Jon said.

Jon knew this Podcast was going to drop in a week or so. He was prepared for what was to come but this was his truth his experience. How the WWE treated him and his family. He just wanted his story to be heard.

Days Later: Double or Nothing.

"One day they will all come to my funeral just to make sure that I stay dead but today is not that day. I am a live my heart is still beating and I am breathing fresh air for the first time in a long time. My name is Jon Moxley and I am on a mission to reclaim my soul and I know I am not the only one who thinks you know it's about time this industry got a face lift. So make no mistake about it. This is an official deceleration of war tonight. To anyone who wants to get in my way and anybody who stands in AEW's way. We have a mission to knock the pillars of this industry on their ass. We ain't reading history books any more baby we written' them. This is what you call a paradigm shift." Jon said.

"That was all so amazing love. I am so proud of you! That pop you got gave me chills." Karen smiled hugging her husband.

"It's a paradigm shift baby." He smiled pulling his wife into a passionate kiss.

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I know this chapter was mostly the podcast but I feel like it was important to the over all story that is Karen and Mox in this story.

Please forgive any errors I did my best when editing but I am sure I missed something here or there.