5 WWE backstage stories Jon Moxley revealed in his book

#1 Jon Moxley thought Big E was going to be part of The Shield

Jon Moxley made his main-roster debut alongside fellow Shield members Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins in November 2012 at WWE Survivor Series.

A month before the pay-per-view, all three men were ready to debut at WWE Hell in a Cell. Big E, who had yet to appear on the main roster, was also backstage at the event.

Moxley recalled how all four up-and-coming superstars thought they were going to become a faction on RAW and SmackDown:

“The first we heard of it was in October: rumors, rumblings, some kind of angle involving new callups. Could be bad. Could be good. Could be some jobber s***, but it was something. Interests were piqued. Me, Seth, Roman and Big E were all in Atlanta for the Hell in a Cell PPV. If there was truth to these rumors, this mystery angle would likely involve some or all of us — we didn’t know who,” he wrote.

As it turned out, WWE’s decision-makers opted to separate Big E from Jon Moxley, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins.

Big E, then known as Big E Langston, had to wait another two months for his main-roster debut. The former NXT Champion attacked John Cena on the December 17, 2012 episode of RAW, forming an alliance with AJ Lee and Dolph Ziggler in the process.