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#1. Jon Moxley reveals why he chose AEW over WWE

Two years ago today... What a moment and AEW debut for Jon Moxley. Who's ready for #DoubleOrNothing 2021? pic.twitter.com/Df0a0LdVYi

— All Elite Wrestling on TNT (@AEWonTNT) May 25, 2021

AEW Double or Nothing 2019 provided fans with one of the best debuts seen in the company's history. Jon Moxley came through the crowd after the main event between Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega and laid out both men as the crowd went berserk.

2 years ago today, Jon Moxley made his AEW debut at Double or Nothing. The crowd went insane. #AEW #AEWDoN pic.twitter.com/Dd0OzVXTTF

— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) May 25, 2021

Mox recently revealed what his motivations were behind going to AEW over staying in WWE. The former AEW champion stated that the opportunity to build something new that would benefit the wrestling industry as a whole was too alluring for him to pass up on.

"[The company's bright future] was the hope, otherwise I wouldn’t have come here,” Moxley said. “Coming here was like ‘well this an opportunity to help and really do something and create something and be part of a thing that’s helping wrestling.’ Creating something new, being on a team from the ground floor. I could’ve just waited around and been like ‘let’s see if this thing works out and then maybe see what they’re doing.’ (H/T: WrestlingInc)

Jon Moxley went on to say that the energy was palpable from the first show itself and now AEW has all the momentum on its side.

"I was like 'no. If I’m going to be in, I’m in. If I’m going to commit, I’m going to come in at the ground floor and if we fail, we fail. But we’re going to try to succeed.' I could feel the momentum, I could just feel the energy from the very first night in at the very first Double or Nothing. It was like, you could feel it man."