Jon Moxley hopes that the AEW Continental Classic will help set them apart from what their competition does.
All Elite Wrestling‘s Jon Moxley recently sat down with Chris Mueller of Bleacher Report. When asked about the AEW Continental Classic, Moxley said it might be a one-off, but it has the potential to become an annual thing like the G1 is for New Japan.
“Maybe this will be the only one, maybe it’s a Brawl for All situation that only happens one time, or maybe it becomes an annual thing,” Jon Moxley said. “There are those things like G1s and stuff like that. Those prestige tournaments that build up a reputation. King of the Ring used to be like that where it was a destination to prove yourself for young guys.
“Being the first one, I think everybody involved in it wants it to be good. You’ll always be connected to it, being the first one to win it, so that would be cool. Especially if it becomes a big important thing people look forward to in the future.
“I think there’s a little bit of competitiveness and a little bit of pride-in-your-work kind of thing. Even though we’re all competitors against each other, there’s almost like a team spirit attitude. Everybody is going in to bust their ass and make this the best tournament possible.
“The main comparison is going to be the G1 because, at its core, it’s basically the same idea. It’s a round-robin tournament. We have to be different from what the competition does, what WWE does. What everyone else on TV does. We have to always be different and give things you can see nowhere else. We don’t want to do the same thing as the G1, so whenever we can do something that will make it different, we should, especially for a Western audience.”
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