Jon Moxley has a ‘powerhouse’ to face at the upcoming Dynamite Maximum Carnage episode.
On the January 8th episode of Dynamite, fans witnessed multiple wrestlers enter the Casino Gauntlet match for a shot at Moxley’s World Championship next week. Earlier, it was confirmed that the leader of the Death Riders will defend his World title on the 15th January episode of Dynamite Maximum Carnage.
Tonight, outlasting several other talents, Powerhouse Hobbs earned the right to face Jon Moxley next week. Entering at number seven and pinning Kyle O’Reilly, following a spinebuster, Hobbs stood victorious.
Hobbs last faced Moxley for the IWGP World Championship on the April 24, 2024 episode of Dynamite. He was also recently involved in an International Championship match against Konosuke Takeshita at the Worlds End PPV, in a losing bout.
Other competitors for the Casino Gauntlet match included Ricochet, Adam Page, Jay White, Jeff Jarrett, Wheeler Yuta, Adam Cole, and more.
Jon Moxley Helped This WWE Star Get Hired
Former NXT Champion Karrion Kross was one of the top names in TNA. He later joined WWE in 2020 and became one of the biggest names in NXT. In a recent interview with Sam Roberts on Notsam Wrestling, Karrion Kross revealed how Jon Moxley helped him get hired.
“After the show, he basically says, ‘Listen, I’m not telling you where to go or where to make money. I’m just saying, you really should call Triple H. You could make a very very good living there. Work wherever you want. Go wherever you want. I just have a feeling that if you call him, things are going to be good for you.’ ‘What do you mean just call Triple H?’ ‘Just call him. Just call him. I’m giving you his number. I want you to call him.’
I sent him a text. He calls me. ‘Is this really Killer Kross?’ We talk and a few months later, I was in NXT. That’s kind of how it happened. Everything just aligned. I was getting messages from every direction of the universe to go to WWE.”
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