Jon Moxley believes there's nothing better in wrestling right now than the rivalry between his Blackpool Combat Club and The Elite.
Ahead of his steel cage match with Kenny Omega on Wednesday's Dynamite, Moxley spoke with
Sports Illustrated about the ongoing feud between the two factions.
Moxley said:
“The BCC vs. The Elite, this rivalry is the absolute apex of professional wrestling right now. We’re going to have a great crowd and we have the steel cage. It’s got all the ingredients for a really memorable night.”
The Blackpool Combat Club was born at AEW Revolution 2022. Moxley defeated Bryan Danielson in singles competition that night and William Regal came out to break up a post-match brawl between the two. Wheeler Yuta would be invited into the faction the following month and Claudio Castagnoli would join that June.
“The BCC is real,” says Moxley. “It’s only been around for a year, but those guys have been my partners for like 10 years. I don’t have many close friends in the business. Danielson and Claudio, those two are on that list. They’re best friends, training partners, and I’ve spent so much time in the ring with them."
Wednesday's cage match between Moxley and Omega will renew a rivalry that was born on the first-ever edition of Dynamite in 2019. The two have wrestled three singles matches against each other, although their "Lights Out" match doesn't officially count toward their win/loss records.
“Another thing me and Kenny have in common is that no matter how our bodies feel, when people give us their time and money, we put it all on the line,” Moxley continued. “We just don’t know any other way to do it."
Moxley defeated Omega in the unsanctioned match at Full Gear 2019, Omega then beat Moxley for the AEW World title at Winter is Coming 2020. He then successfully defended the title against him in an Exploding Barbed Wire Deathmatch at Revolution 2021.
(Helped by the Bloodline getting very stale for me post-WM)
