How would Jon Moxley be booked in the Attitude Era?

[Fake Jesus]

Although obviously he's had a variety of gimmicks, Moxley's current character in AEW is clearly very indebted to the Stone Cold/Brian Pillman-type characters of the WWF attitude era. With most guys it's pretty easy to tell how they'd do in the attitude era - Seth Rollins would probably be firm midcarder who becomes a cult hero to later generations, Cena would be doing his rapper gimmick, Drew McIntyre would be Scottish Kevin Nash - but I'm not really sure about Moxley/Ambrose. He's obviously not becoming a top main event face with Austin around, but he's probably too tapped into the zeitgelst of that era to be a midcarder, he'd probably have ECW hardcore cred too. I think the most likely role for him would be the same slot a living Pillman could've got as a heel mirror/foil to Austin, probably topping out with a Mankind-level career. How about the rest of you?

[The Ichi]

At best, probably a Brian Pillman loose cannon type. At worst, Godfather's drug-dealing sidekick.

[TOK Hehe'd Around & Found Out]

He'd be at the Foley/HHH level right under the top guys. A lot of the comparisons to Austin are due to them both being heavily influenced by Terry Funk, but they both have a lot more depth to them. There's no way that someone with Mox's charisma, mic work, and size wouldn't be at least at the top of the midcard.

[ChitownKnight]

He would def be more successful than his shield counterparts

[Jacy Jayne Atomic Dog AMV]

I can't believe they booked that 14 year old from Ohio to be Droz's 4th stoner friend

[OVO 40 hunched over like he 80]

As a crack head art imitating life.

[4real]

As the titty master of course!

[-Lithium-]

WM 7. Savage vs Warrior should have absolutely main evented. It was by far the better match and more importantly the culmination of like 4 WMs. Macho turning on Hogan set everything in motion to lead to the ending of Savage and Elizabeth reuniting. Elizabeth leaving with Macho Man would have been a fantastic ending to the show. Instead we got shitty, stale Hogan vs shitty Sgt Slaughter. Same old bullshit Hogan match. All to "end" a war that was already over. Awful.

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May 27, 2020 17:56:15 GMT -5 4real said:

As the titty master of course!

The Puppy Master*

[Jumpin' Jesse Walsh]

May 27, 2020 19:09:07 GMT -5 -Lithium- said:

WM 7. Savage vs Warrior should have absolutely main evented. It was by far the better match and more importantly the culmination of like 4 WMs. Macho turning on Hogan set everything in motion to lead to the ending of Savage and Elizabeth reuniting. Elizabeth leaving with Macho Man would have been a fantastic ending to the show. Instead we got shitty, stale Hogan vs shitty Sgt Slaughter. Same old bullshit Hogan match. All to "end" a war that was already over. Awful.

Wait, Jon Moxley would be booked like WM7? Like, he’d be booked at the LA Memorial Coliseum, then moved to the L.A. Sports Arena due to “Slaughter getting bomb threats”?

[Deleted]

Who knows. Maybe he'd be similar to his current self, or maybe like Dean Ambrose...or maybe he'd be given a silly gimmick we wouldn't associate him with like other Attitude Era people.

[Squirrel Master]

Roddy Piper v2.0, ideally managed by Piper himself.

[Deleted]

The Raccoon comes out of trash bin @ WWF Rock's Bottocks and steals Kane's cookie jar.

[Push R Truth]

The Horny Hobo with Street Skank Renee vs Crash and Molly Holly in a Bindle on a Pole Match.

[thehottag]

Racoon King, complete with vermin army & Davy Crockett hat. Would feud with the King of the Ring winner in a 'possom on a pole' match.

After Russo leaves, would probably fit right in with the Cactus Jack/Dudley Boyz hardcore WCW-lite stuff in 2000. Possibly an ally or an antagonist of the APA in their bar-room brawls.

[fw91]

not too well assuming Austin is around.

[mattyy]

losing to Essa Rios on Metal.

[Cela]

Goofy loose cannon.

["Gizzark" Mike Wronglevenay]

He would be DDTing women a lot.

[Cyno]

I'd see him coming off as a cross between Austin and Mankind. He wouldn't be THE guy like Austin or the Rock, but he'd definitely be involved in the Hot Potato game that was the WWF Championship scene of the Attitude Era. Probably someone on Foley's, Angle's, or Triple H's level. He'd also be someone who could switch alignments pretty easily. I dunno if WWF was in that weird "don't let IRL significant others be with each other" phase, but if not, Renee Young would be his valet.

He'd also have at least one stint in a faction like DX, the Corporation, or the McMahon-Helmsley facgime.