{"id":63812,"date":"2020-02-29T12:00:38","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T17:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprowrestling.com\/?p=63812"},"modified":"2020-03-02T10:26:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T15:26:26","slug":"jericho-moxley-scripted-to-unscripted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2020\/02\/29\/jericho-moxley-scripted-to-unscripted\/","title":{"rendered":"Jericho Vs. Moxley: Scripted Rivalry To Unscripted Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a number of hours, Chris Jericho<\/strong> will defend his AEW World Championship against his biggest rival to date, Jon Moxley<\/strong>. This, however, it not the first time that they have met each other. The tale of their rivalry is really two completely different roads, with the first encounters being mostly comedy with a side of psychotic. The current run between these two is about betrayal. Jericho made it clear when he asked Moxley to join The Inner Circle that their relationship started as somewhat of a student and teacher relationship. Fast forward and these two may go to hell together if that means being the AEW World Champion at the end of Revolution<\/em>. Let us explore this rivalry that was once about a plant and has developed into the biggest and best feud in pro wrestling today.<\/p>\n

Minor Meetings and Teaming<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley, formerly Dean Ambrose<\/strong>, first met as members of the WWE roster. The first time they ever stepped inside the ring together saw Moxley as a member of The Shield<\/strong> and Jericho teaming with Ryback<\/strong> and Sheamus<\/strong> in 2013. Two years later, they teamed up as Jericho teamed with Moxley and Roman Reigns<\/strong> against The Wyatt Family<\/strong> at Night of Champions<\/em> 2015. These could be seen as the years that Jericho was more of a teacher to Moxley, as their rivalry finally started in 2016 following WrestleMania.<\/p>\n

A Jacket, Plant, and entering an Asylum<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Moxley\"<\/p>\n

The basis of the rivalry between Jericho and Moxley, while they were members of the WWE roster, was something unique that only two talents like them could manage to deliver. It was a lot of comedy, as Moxley destroyed the famous light-up jacket that Jericho used during his entrances. Jericho has not stopped demanding him to pay for the jacket, with him bringing it up well after their rivalry came to a close. But what made it so incredible was the fact that Jericho continuously changed the amount of money as he yelled his demands at Moxley. They had two PPV matches, with the first coming at Payback<\/em> 2016 simply because he replaced Jericho’s highlight reel with “The Ambrose Asylum” talk show. In a 20 minute battle, Moxley walked out victorious. This did not mean Jericho was done with him.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1215105365349523456<\/p>\n

During this time, Moxley introduced us to a plant which he named Mitch. That was essentially his co-host on “The Ambrose Asylum.” But Jericho went overboard, smashing Mitch the potted plant over the head of Moxley. With a jacket and plant destroyed, there was only one place for these heated rivals to go. The first and only ever Ambrose Asylum match. Weapons hung from above, as did a plant, as these two went to war one final time. After almost 30 minutes, Moxley walked out as the winner again while Jericho had to pull out 69 thumbtacks from his body.<\/p>\n