Jon Moxley going to rehab worked out TREMENDOUSLY for AEW. Moxley going to rehab was such a shock to the wrestling world because how quietly it happened. When was the last time a superstar at Moxley’s level of popularity went to rehab without a massive story? To my knowledge there was no DWI or his being arrested for drunk and disorderly or anyone getting hurt. There was just a simple announcement on social media and that was it. AEW didn’t have to debate firing one of the best and most popular wrestlers in the world right now.

Moxley coming back was a huge announcement. I was a little surprised that AEW even announced his return. I figured it would just be a wrestler is out giving a promo and BAM Moxley returns. AEW crushed it in the ratings that Dynamite because of his return.

In Moxley’s absence, Eddie Kingston was involved in a series of matches with Daniel Garcia, 2.0 and the Inner Circle, which were all great matches and give Garcia and 2.0 big named feuds.

So, Moxley announced his rehab that didn’t result in a black stain for AEW, nobody got fired, AEW killed it in the ratings with his return, a lot of wrestlers got featured in big matches because of it, Moxley gave the best speech of his career AND brought awareness to substance abuse and getting people the help they need. AEW got extremely lucky with how this situation turned out and the company is now doing better because of it.

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