by Samoa Joe is the current AEW World Champion. He won the title by defeating MJF at AEW Worlds End 2023.
Jon Moxley recently fought Shingo Takag at NJPW Battle In The Valley 2024. It was a brutal match, eventually Moxley defeated Shingo Takag.
Jon Moxley issued a challenged to current IWGP Champion Tetsuya Naito for a non-title match. Naito accepts the challenge. The match is set to happen at NJPW City Riot 2024.
Samoa Joe recently was interviewed by Justin Barrasso of Sports Illustrated, where he talked about Moxley challenging IWGP Champion.
“Moxley doing that, it doesn’t surprise me at all. If I were Mox, I’d look to take someone else’s belt, too. He wants to fight any other champion in the world but me. There was thought behind what he did. Let’s not deny that.”
And that gets back to the wonder of AEW: it’s a worldwide marketplace. You can compete against champions from around the world, not just hidden in your own pocket dimension where no one else can get it. If Mox wants to parade that belt around the real world’s champion, I’d be more than happy to give him a better perspective on where his championship reign really stands.”
