Jon Moxley talks his legacy in wrestling, BCC Book Club

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member of the BCC book club, Moxley is constantly inspired by the written word.

“Yeah, we f------ like to read,” said Moxley, who recently found an excerpt from Ozan Varol’s Awaken Your Genius that perfectly describes his career. “The line is like, ‘A genius, in the words of Thelonious Monk, is the one most like himself. Genius, in its Latin origin, refers to the attendant spirit present at birth in every person. Each of us is like Aladdin, and our genie–or our genius–is bottled up inside of us waiting to be awakened.’ It’s kind of what I think of when I say there’s only one me.

“That’s why I try to focus on what I’m doing. What’s the saying? Comparison is the death of happiness? I’m the only one of me. Forgive me for speaking in the third person, but I’m the only Jon Moxley there is. I don’t see another one walking in any f------ time soon.”

Though Moxley was one-third of the iconic Shield group, he has crafted a very different career than Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins. Moxley paved his own path outside of WWE, and now he is carving a new chapter of his legacy in Japan.

“When it’s all said and done, and I’ve been eaten by a cougar or something and people look back on everything, I like the idea that you won’t know where to classify me in history,” said Moxley. “You don’t know where to put me on your lists or your rankings or whatever the f---.

“You have no idea where to classify me, but you can’t ignore me, so you’re going to have to give me my own space. I like that.”

 

[Death By Looch]

“Yeah, we f------ like to read,” said Moxley,

Now there's an interesting version of Reading Rainbow right there...

 

[Bad News Booty]

It’s just copies of his autobiography