Jon Moxley was right about Triple H and the indies

Jon Moxley has been on top of the world since his departure from WWE. In a recent interview, he comments on Triple H “buying up” the indies.

I know, I know. Everyone has something to say about Jon Moxely, especially after his eye opening interviews with Chris Jericho –and more recently — Wade Keller.

During a recent interview with Andrew Gervas of 25 Years Later, Moxley noted that Triple H was “buying the indies”, and that it was a bad idea. And you know what, I’m inclined to agree with him. Moxley brought up that Triple H was essentially buying up the indies for NXT, one of the few fan favorites under the WWE umbrella.

"He basically started buying the indies. I remember thinking that it might not be a good idea. Then where are all of these good ideas going to come from? If they signed Daniel Bryan at 21, he never would’ve become Bryan Danielson and you never would’ve had WrestleMania 30. If they signed me at 21, I never would’ve become anything good. I had to develop first before getting brought in."

Moxley brings up an excellent point with this, especially his point on Daniel Bryan. Bryan’s time in New Japan Pro Wrestling and Ring of Honor helped shape and mature him into the seasoned pro he is today. Plus, his run in ROH is just plain fun to watch.

But what if Triple H had signed a young Danielson during his enhancement talent days? Would he have become the savior of planet Earth that we know and love to hate today? But more importantly, would he have had the Yes! movement in 2013/2014? Probably not. There was a good ten year gap between his enhancement talent days, and his triumph at Wrestlemania 30.

We can see that a lot of NXT talent flounders once they’re brought onto the main WWE roster. Wrestlers who are NXT darlings — Sanity, EC3 — have all but disappeared from the main roster, or they fall flat before they even get a fair shot.

Obviously there are exceptions. Lacey Evans, for example, is certainly getting a push before the rest of the talented women’s roster.

That all being said, I think it’ll be harder for WWE to eat up indie darlings.

Social media has certainly helped a lot of indie wrestlers gain and maintain a healthy following, and with promotions such as NJPW and All Elite gaining a lot of momentum with stars such as Chris Jericho, Cody, Tetsuya Naito, and Kenny Omega (to name a few), people are seeing that there is wrestling — great wrestling — outside of WWE.

What do you think? Will it be harder for Triple H to buy up indie wrestlers? Let us know in the comments below!