6 Positive statements from AEW’s Double or Nothing

#1 An anti-authoritarian wrestler

Moxley has all the attributes to being an anti-authoritarian figure for the company.

One of the primary reasons that the WWE’s Attitude Era is arguably the best era the WWE has ever had is primarily due to having so many anti-authoritarian wrestlers notably The Rock, D-Generation X, and most importantly, Stone Cold Steve Austin.

It was evident throughout his ongoing feud with Vince McMahon that this was a representation of an employee who was unhappy with their bosses and seeking vengeance however they can.

Some of Stone Cold’s key highlights include attacking Vince in a hospital with a bedpan, pouring cement in his convertible and giving the Chairman and others a beer bath with a hose.

In today’s PG-era WWE, a wrestler like that simply wouldn’t be allowed to do such outlandish things on a weekly basis.

Whilst there have been some wrestlers who are currently defying authority such as Roman Reigns gate-crashing Raw before the Wildcard rule was put into place and The Miz attacking Shane McMahon (due to what happened with The Miz’s father), it’s still considerably tamer than what the WWE Universe has seen in the past.

However, throughout the PG-Era, one of the few people that have managed to successfully portray themselves as anti-authoritarian was The Shield, who ended up feuding with another stable called ‘The Authority’. One of these three members that were in The Shield has now found his way to AEW.

Moxley’s debut consisted of gate-crashing AEW, attacking a referee, Chris Jericho and then throwing Kenny Omega off a set all in the space of five minutes.

With a TV-14 rating for AEW combined with the unpredictability of Jon Moxley’s persona, there is a lot of potential excitement for wrestling fans that anything could happen in the future.