10 Things We Learned From Jon Moxley On Renee Paquette’s Sessions Podcast

10. Why Jon’s First Match Back Was “Weird”

Moxley checked himself into rehab on 31 October 2021, and he wouldn't return to AEW screens until January. His first match back, a 10-minute rudimentary back-and-forth effort vs. Ethan Page on the 21 Jan Rampage, was..."weird". Jon says it "felt like [his] legs were in quicksand throughout".

The returning fan favourite "didn't have any adrenaline" to speak of during the bout. His return promo had been a fine enough experience, but actually wrestling again took a while to get back up to speed with. Mox described the whole thing as being "chemically imbalanced".

"Oh no, do I suck now?".

That's also what went through his head as he celebrated a win over Page. Follow up matches against both Anthony Bowens and Wheeler Yuta also failed to light that fire in Moxley's belly post-comeback. It'd be months before he felt good about wrestling again.

Maybe he just needed the right opponent, eh?