Jon Moxley’s Creative Involvement in Death Riders Faction Unveiled

Jon Moxley surprised fans at WrestleDream 2024 by winning the AEW World Title from Bryan Danielson and then shocking everyone by putting a plastic bag over Danielson’s head. He has been dominating AEW alongside his new faction and now Moxley’s involvement in the creative direction of his faction has been revealed.

Jon Moxley’s current faction, known as the Death Riders, includes himself, Claudio Castagnoli, PAC, Wheeler Yuta, and Marina Shafir. Together, they’ve been causing chaos in AEW, taking down many top stars over the past few months. So far, there’s no sign that their destructive path is slowing down.

While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer revealed that Jon Moxley has full creative control over his new Death Riders faction in AEW. Tony Khan still approves everything, but Moxley is largely in charge of driving the direction and impact of the faction, with the goal of bringing fresh energy to AEW through this new persona.

“Tony [Khan] is letting him do what he wants. Tony has to approve everything but he’s pretty much in charge of turning this place around with this gimmick.”

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We have also reported that AEW has no plans to add more members to the Death Riders at the moment. Jon Moxley is set to defend his AEW World Championship against Orange Cassidy in the main event of the Full Gear pay-per-view. Fans are anticipating that Moxley’s faction will ruin Cassidy’s chances but it’s clear AEW will continue this storyline well into 2025, so we’ll have to see what kind of direction they will take in the end.