5 WWE backstage stories Jon Moxley revealed in his book

#2 Triple H asked Jon Moxley if he knew what a “paradigm shift” is

It emerged in Jon Moxley’s book that his Paradigm Shift finisher was likely named after a remark that Triple H once made to him.

Moxley uses a version of the double underhook DDT as his finisher. The move is called the Paradigm Shift in AEW and the Death Rider in NJPW. Before his WWE exit, Moxley’s move was known as the Dirty Deeds.

Recalling a conversation he had with Triple H, Moxley said he felt insulted when he was asked if he knew the term "paradigm shift."

“I remember Hunter talking to us in the early days of The Shield. We’re all standing on the ramp at TV. ‘Do you know what a paradigm shift is?’ he asks us in a patronizing way, like he’s talking to third graders. I found the way he said it insulting. I made some kind of small remark. I don’t remember what. I was real testy back then. What? You don’t think we know what words mean? ‘Yeah, we know what it means. … Go on,’” Moxley wrote.

Triple H went on to explain that he wanted The Shield to “be a paradigm shift” in WWE. In other words, he challenged the trio to change WWE’s atmosphere through their in-ring performances and desire to succeed inside and outside the ring.