It seems that former World Heavyweight Champion Jake Hager (Jack Swagger in WWE) has accidentally spoiled that the former Dean Ambrose – who’s going back to his indie name Jon Moxley – is indeed heading to All Elite Wrestling. Hager spoke on Ariel Helwani’s MMA show, and revealed that Moxley has been in contact with All Elite Wrestling. This piece of information was clearly not meant to come out as Hager tried to back track his words (transcript courtesy from
fightful):
"We've spoken. I think that will progress in the future. As of now, I can't tell you (if there's an offer on the table). I don't want to step in Jon Moxley's shadow. That's going to be a great debut him, hopefully. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that's where we see him at."
Speculation has been quiet on Moxley’s future in pro wrestling, though the former WWE champion did make it clear that he’s here to stay in the business by releasing a video when his contract expired, symbolizing that he was finally a free man from his time with the WWE. It’s been noted that AEW does have interest in the former WWE star, though there haven’t been any reports about Moxley being in talks with AEW management until now.
As for Hager, he spoke about his future in wrestling himself and has stated that he’s in been contact with AEW, though the talks haven’t been deep:
"Those guys are awesome. It's really impressive what they're doing. It's something I can relate to because Cody and the Young Bucks invested and took a gamble on themselves and they bet big. It shows that they were right and they were ahead of the game," said Hager.
"It's fun to be a part of, how they're doing their story-telling and really moving the needle of the first time in decades. It's awesome to be a part of this. It's definitely why I left in 2017 because I knew that pro wrestling was going to have such big opportunities and new platforms for young businessmen who are serious to come out and excel and build your brand the way you want to. Whether you're a pro wrestler or pro fighter, you want leverage. This gives me the opportunity to increase leverage for myself."