News Roundup: Reported gimmick tweak for Jon Moxley, top star teases character change, WWE Hall of Famer recreates D Generation X in AEW

Welcome to the AEW news roundup for November 10, 2021. Today's edition will feature news involving Jon Moxley, a host of top AEW stars, and a WWE Hall of Famer.

Jon Moxley was due to undergo a significant tweak in his gimmick, prior to Tony Khan's announcement about his break. A top star teased a character change in an exciting interview.

A WWE Hall of Famer and Attitude Era legend was asked to recreate D Generation X using AEW stars. Darby Allin spoke about his relationship with Sting and a former AEW world champion gave his thoughts on MJF's scathing promos in recent weeks.

Without any delay, let's jump right into it.

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#5. Jon Moxley was set to undergo a 'personality change' in AEW

As has been widely covered, Jon Moxley checked himself into an inpatient program for alcohol treatment. Tony Khan made the announcement a week back that the former AEW world champion will be taking time off.

It has now been reported by Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that prior to the change of plans, Jon Moxley was set to undergo a personality change. It wasn't specified if it was going to be a new babyface gimmick or a full-blown heel turn.

The signs were there for a heel turn, as Moxley squashed Wheeler Yuta before destroying 10 of the Dark Order in the AEW World Title Eliminator Tournament.

Jon Moxley's promos also hinted towards a heel turn as he was more unhinged than ever. He was truly intent on doing as much damage as possible without caring about who got in his way.

Orange Cassidy and Jon Moxley were set to square off on AEW Dynamite but the latter was replaced by Miro. The Redeemer won the match to set up a date against Bryan Danielson at AEW Full Gear. The winner becomes the number one contender for the AEW World Championship.

Fans were extremely excited at the prospect of Jon Moxley vs Bryan Danielson at Full Gear but some things are more important than wrestling. Jonathan Good has overcome everything in his life and there's no doubt he'll make a thunderous return in the near future

#4. AEW star Malakai Black teases a big change to his character

AEW star Malakai Black will be making changes to his character soon. A few members could also be added to the House of Black.

Speaking about his character Black said:

"In the next two weeks, you're going to see a very interesting change in the aesthetics and behavior within the character," said Malakai Black. (h/t: Fightful)

While talking about the House of Black and the potential addition of new members, he said the following:

“Is there plans for it? Absolutely. Can you expect it? I don’t know. That’s not a decision that I can completely make. Is that something I want? Absolutely. I think that the idea of the House of Black is obviously, when you say a house, it needs multiple people. A house isn’t a house until people live in it. You know what I mean? So there’s definitely an idea that I have, more so than I’ve revealed, even to Tony, with the House of Black. But like I said, in due time. Everything comes in steps, we don’t want to rush anything,” said Malakai Black. (h/t: Mandatory)

After coming out of his feud with Cody Rhodes, it will be interesting to see where the feud between Black/Andrade and Rhodes/PAC goes.

After Andrade defeated the American Nightmare at AEW Dynamite. Could we see a titanic tag team clash at Full Gear?

#3. WWE Hall of Famer reveals how he'd recreate D Generation X in AEW

AEW boasts several talented stars who would be great in any era of wrestling. Among their ranks is the popular star from the Attitude Era, Billy Gunn.

The WWE Hall of Famer was a part of the iconic D Generation X stable that was a huge hit with the WWE audience during its heyday. AEW has a lot of factions, most notably the Inner Circle and the Pinnacle. Billy Gunn is in the Gunn Club himself.

Riju Dasgupta of Sportskeeda Wrestling had the opportunity to pick the two-time WWE Hardcore Champion's brain and asked him to choose members from the AEW roster to create a modern-day D Generation X. This was his response:

"Woah, thats a good one. Wow, you've put me on the spot. So let's start with the leader. Who would be our leader, other than of course me, I'd be the most likely one. Let's take me out of that," said Gunn.

"I'm a big MJF fan. So, I'll go with MJF as the Triple H guy. X-Pac we'd have to go for Darby Allin. The New Aged Outlaws we'd have to go, let's go Young Bucks. Got to put them in there. They're kind of New Age Outlaw-ish. Our Chyna would have to be, let's go Ruby Soho as our Chyna," declared Gunn.

MJF as the leader would make sense. The Salt of the Earth is unquestionably the most detestable heel in AEW and has a great future ahead of him as a top star. The Young Bucks are an all-time great tag team so their spot is justified as well.

Chyna's role could be debated. As talented and impressive as Ruby Soho is, Jade Cargill resembles Chyna quite spectacularly. Both women were physical specimens, capable of taking down anyone.

Regardless, if AEW decides to venture down this route someday, it will be incredibly fascinating to see how Tony Khan executes such a stable.

#2. Chris Jericho felt MJF's promo on AEW Dynamite made people uncomfortable

MJF has been cutting some scathing promos on AEW programming over the past few weeks. The Dynamite Diamond Ring winner has been dangling on the line of what is acceptable.

MJF went hard at Brian Pillman Jr. during their feud, often insulting his family. The former went as far as bringing up Brian Pillman's death. MJF went down the controversial route again when he spoke about Lex Luger being in a wheelchair while addressing Sting.

In a recent interview on Sports Media with Richard Deitsch, AEW star Chris Jericho spoke about these comments about Lex Luger, saying he believes those comments made people feel uncomfortable.

“People at this point know that this is show business. There’s only so deep you can go. I think that, for example, there was a line a few weeks ago that MJF used about Lex Luger being in a wheelchair to Sting. I don’t think that gets heat, I think it makes people feel uncomfortable. I think it makes people feel bad, and you don’t want that," Chris Jericho said.

MJF is extremely committed to his character. So much so that he doesn't break character outside the ring either. He also viciously insulted his parents in another display of his heel character.

It's up for debate as to how far is too far. There is no doubt that if there's one man in AEW who people love booing, it is MJF.

#1. Darby Allin spoke about his relationship with Sting in AEW

Sting and Darby Allin have become an inseparable duo in AEW. The Icon has been both a friend and a mentor to the former Evolve star. Sting even made an in-ring return alongside Darby Allin, with the duo winning every match together so far.

Darby Allin was full of praise for Sting, especially the former WCW stalwart's humility. The former TNT champion went on to say that he played a crucial hand in convincing the Vigilante to wrestle in front of live crowds again.

"He's so chill in the sense that, there is no ego with him. The more I'm around the best of the best, whether that's skateboarding when I'm around Tony Hawk or Travis Pastrana, it's Sting. The guys that have done the most shit are the most humble. They have nothing to prove. It's all the fake ass wannabe people that never made it that have this ego. 'You know who I am, right?' No, I don't fucking know who you are. That's what I learned from Sting. Just be a fucking good human being. Be humble and cool," Darby said to Chris Van Vliet on Insight when discussing his relationship with Sting. (h/t: Fightful Select)

"Me and Sting have grown so much together outside of what people have seen on TV. Our personalities outside of the ring, we've come so close and the fans don't see that part. Originally, he was supposed to come in for some cinematic matches and I went to his house in Texas where he had a ring set up and we started rolling around and training and I convinced him to actually wrestle in front of a live crowd. Nobody gets to see those moments behind the scenes. It's just us talking. 'You got this. I'm training with you and seeing what you're doing, let's fucking do it.' Double or Nothing against Scorpio Sky and Ethan Page meant a lot because we never thought it would happen," said Darby. "He gives other people confidence and it's cool that I can help go, 'You got this.' It's cool to do that in all aspects of life."

Sting and Allin have wrestled with some of the biggest teams in AEW. Their first match together was a cinematic match at AEW Revolution when they took on Team Taz's Ricky Starks and Brian Cage in a street fight.

The Stinger wrestled a live match for the first time at AEW Double or Nothing when him and Darby defeated the Men of the Year. Their last win came against the current AAA tag team champions FTR.

Darby Allin will face MJF at Full Gear in what promises to be a cracker of a match.