 What's good, Josh, your boy Ross back again with another video. So I really wanted to check out this article that John Moxley. He did an interview for Sports Illustrated and he was talking about his use of blood in the wrestling. And I definitely wanted to check this out only because we know John Moxley loves his blood, especially in a wrestling sense. Like, I don't know is ever since he's left WWE, he has gotten his fix of bleeding dinner in every match since he's left WWE. That is his thing. So I believe he gave like his explanation on why he feels like, you know, wrestling should have a lot of blood involved in it, well, at least in his matches. So we're going to check this out should be an interesting one, because I really want to get his thought process of why he feels like every match that he's involved in should involve some type of blood being sprayed everywhere. So we're going to check this out, see what he has to say. Appreciate all love and support. And let's get right into this one. So I kind of scrolled through or not because I believe he was talking about a match he recently had in New Japan pro wrestling and he was bleeding in that match as well. So I believe I'm going to start right here. The tag bout ended with Moxley covered in his own blood, foreshadowing his death match against Desperado the next day. But unlike the tag, a defeat, Moxley was victorious in the singles bout and naturally covered in his own blood, as we expect with John Moxley. I have a whole dissertation on my theory about blood in modern wrestling, says Moxley. Do we have time for all that? So he's about to break it down. A resounding affirmative was the response to that inquiry. Moxley then proceed to offer his reasoning on why blood belongs in pro wrestling. Considering there's always logic embedded in Moxley's storytelling, it is no surprise that a hallmark of his philosophy is sound reasoning. This is a combat sport, Moxley says. College wrestling is a combat sport, too. They have blood timeouts to patch it up. The lowest pre-limbed bout of a UFC card or a boxing card, somebody might have a little blood on their eyebrow or blood coming out of their nose. But they're but they're not selling a blood sport. It's not tune in for the blood, tune in for the gore. It's part of the aesthetics. It had realism. A much shorter answer, Moxley explained, is that he has so much scar tissue on his eyebrows and head that he cuts very easily. Sometimes when I don't even want it to, says Moxley. But I only know one speed. That's with my foot on the gas pedal. If we're going to do something, let's effin do it. That can be detrimental when it comes to negative things like drugs or alcohol. But that's my mindset. If I'm doing it, I'm doing it. When it comes to blood, it's just going to happen sometimes. Like I said, it's foot to the gas pedal. Some people say this is just a random match. Why is there blood? I heard that last week versus, I can't even pronounce his name, Tomohiro Ishii. He's one of the greatest of all time. I'm not going to let that moment slip by. I'm going foot to the effing gas pedal. How can I not? Then I hear that I can have a good match without blood. Okay. Then you made my argument for me. I'll do it every time. Oh, he said, then I hear I can't have a good match without blood. Okay. Then you made my argument for me. I'll do it every time. Moxley's thesis is that blood will be shed. He backs it up with the solid arguments and willingness to question whether WWE's approach to blood is the correct method. The point of this dissertation is that this is a combat sport, says Moxley, but we're not allowed to have blood and matches in a match unless it's personal. It's a personal good grudge. We're only allowed to have blood after a five month grudge and someone slept with somebody's wife or somebody ran over somebody with the car and then and only then are we allowed to have this dramatic crimson mask that looks the exact same every single time. For me, realism wise, since this is a combat sport, that means there is a potential for blood in every match. Everything in wrestling is preposterous to some degree, but this helps with the suspension of disbelief. I'm actually for less blood more often. If every single match on a card had a busted eyebrow or a bloody nose, it would be just part of the sport, but some gory spectacle with blood shooting like a hose is pretty unnecessary. We're elbowing each other in the face every single match. We're kicking each other in the face every single match. What are these people made of if they're not bleeding? People ask why is there blood in the ring every time I leave it? It feels unnatural to go out of my way to make sure no one is bleeding. That feels like I'm taking the foot off the gas pedal that doesn't interest me. The blood also serves as a match for not just for the crimson variety, yet when looking closely underneath Moxley's blood visage, there is no longer a scowl instead, somewhat hidden among the sanguine fluids is a smile. Let's see, Jonathan Good has found happiness not only in the ring as John Moxley, a pioneer for AEW, but as a husband and father. And I think that's about it when he talked about his his takes on, you know, how how he views blood in modern wrestling. Now, after reading all that and hearing his his logic behind it, I get what he's saying. I'm not going to outward say Moxley is is losing his mind. You know, doesn't know what he's talking about. I get what he's saying in a sense of if you're out there fighting someone, you know, elbowing someone, there should be some type of bruising and there may be some blood. It would make sense. But the problem that I think he is kind of, I guess, mistaking it for, it's wrestling. It's professional wrestling. Yes, you're supposed to suspend your disbelief, but at the same time, if you're trying to see, if you're trying to create that realism or whatnot, then you might as well just watch UFC. Because if you watch wrestling, you know it's all the work for the most part. Some of it can be a shoot, but we know it's a word. So it doesn't make sense for guys out there to legitimately be busting themselves open over and over and over, you know what I'm saying? For the sake of a mundane match that most people are not going to remember. I know for a fact back in the day when people actually thought wrestling was real and the storylines were real, they weren't bleeding all the time because you didn't need to do that because when you're trying to protect the people that are involved, if you want to watch people bleed and break bones and tear ligaments, because we got UFC for it. You want to see people get busted open. That's what you got boxing for. You have those are the combat sports. There is some combat elements to professional wrestling, but at the same time, it's really just a show. It's a showcase. It's all a work. You know what I'm saying? Like I said, sometimes there are some shoot elements to give that little bit of realism to make the crowd think, wait, what's going on here? But outside of that, you're working with your opponent. So I get it. They have the matches where it can be some stiff shots. And I'm okay with matches even having a little bit of color. If it's a stiff, hard fought match, like, oh, damn, they're really going at it. I'm okay with that. But I don't think every match should have blood in it. And that's where I had to disagree with Moxley on that point. I don't think every match needs that because it does lose its, I guess, uniqueness. For example, I'm filming this before I think this is the week they do blood and guts. The match is pretty much what you expect. It's going to be blood and carnage. Imagine if blood and guts is announced and you don't see that much blood on AEW television. It would feel like all it's all hell is about to break loose because you don't see the blood and the carnage on a week to week basis. So I believe last week someone was bleeding on the show or the week before last. It's literally blood and guts almost all the time. Actually, it was blood. I believe they attacked the elite or whatever. And I think, hey, man, he was busted open. Multiple people were busted open. And that's when he announced blood and guts or whatever. So it was like, well, I mean, you kind of take away that extra element of danger for the crowd viewer because you know what to expect with blood and guts. But you get it all the time on the weekly show if that makes any sense. So it's not the same as if if you guys remember back in the day when someone would announce we're having a hell in a sale match or you knew competitors were about to bleed. You knew it was about to be a little bit on the extreme side because it was a hell in a sale. It makes sense to bleed in that situation because there's going to be weapons used. The cage is going to be used as a weapon. So it made sense. You didn't see it all the time. When you did see it, it was either to spurter an angle, maybe write somebody off a television. A feud has gotten really personal. Weapons gotten involved. Or even sometimes maybe it was accidental, but they turn it into an angle. It wasn't all the time thing. And when you did see it, it made you feel something a little bit more like, oh, oh, damn. Oh, this person is in big trouble right now. They're busted open. Oh man. Or maybe someone got revenge on somebody after they screwed them over and ended up causing them to bleed. Like it makes sense. It enhances the feud. And I get what he's saying. It shouldn't only be for that, but at the same time, I think it should be for those special moments, those special matches. Because once again, blood and guts, we know what to expect. It's going to be carnage. But you get carnage almost every single week. You get blood and destruction every single week on AEW television. So what would make the crowd go that much more crazy other than let's see how they can top themselves. Let's see how quick someone can bleed. Let's see what weapons they use to make each other bleed. You know what I'm saying? That's what it becomes at that point. And it's not as exciting as it is when you know, when you don't see someone getting busted open every single week on AEW television. Can you honestly, and this is not to hark on AEW and try to pick on them, but this is the only company I know that is like religiously right now, stay busting themselves open. I mean, hell, if you really want to take it back, ECW was a company just like that, too. Granted, that was a different time period. Oh, why not? And I mean, you expect to get blood there. So you could say, well, the argument there was, you know, even though they didn't bleed all the time, it was a more of a regular occurrence. You know, and that was a small niche or whatnot. You know, that wasn't even like a big, you know, that went like a big, you know, conglomerate like WWE. They were more of the smaller niche of people that was rocking with ECW on that level. So they kind of appreciated it. So I don't know me personally. I don't think it needs to be needed as much. You know, I would love if AEW kind of pulled back on that. So when you have the blood and guts matches or these crazy stipulation matches lined up, then it feels a little bit more special when someone ends up bleeding. Because now it's like, oh, what's going to happen here? But every week, if someone is bleeding or in John Moxley's case, if he can have a match and bleed every time, will it be a special? And that's what it's all about. Trying to keep some of the things in wrestling that's always been special, trying to keep it just as special as it is now in modern times. So I don't know. Comment down below. Let me know. Do you guys agree with John Moxley's way of thinking when it comes to bleeding and in modern wrestling? Do you agree with how he feels and it should be more of a regular occurrence thing? Or do you feel like it should be it should happen in in doses? It shouldn't happen as often. It should happen in certain situations where it feels special. Let me know down below. I want to get your thoughts and opinions on it because this has been always a kind of a controversial topic for AEW, John Moxley as a whole and wrestling as a whole. Whether blood should even be involved or is it too much or is it too little? So let me know down below. But I appreciate all the love and support. Road to 250K and I'm still here to speak to you to wrestling champion the world. Appreciate y'all kicking with me. See y'all next one. Peace.