Jon Moxley Explains How To ‘Properly Pop Somebody’s Eyeball From Their Skull’

Jon Moxley explains how people get trying to remove somebody’s eyeball from their skull wrong in pro wrestling, noting the ‘correct’ method.

Moxley is an AEW talent who is no stranger to the brutal parts of pro wrestling, with a wealth of hardcore wrestling experience throughout his career. In recent years, he has also showcased his visceral attacks, where he bites, rakes his nails across the back of wrestlers, as well as other wince inducing spots.

While speaking to Fox 19 Now Cincinnati in a new interview, Jon Moxley spoke about eye gouges and trying to ‘remove somebody’s eyeball from their skull’, explaining the correct way to do so.

“There are really no rules in professional wrestling, but under Continental Championship rules, it’s kind of a gentleman’s agreement to keep it relatively clean. But there are some ways to skirt very close to the line, and you need a ticket to be there live to see that kind of stuff. The mistake most people make when they’re trying to remove somebody’s eyeball from their skull is they come at it with their forefinger and their thumb like this. Like a pincer. This is not the way to do it, really. Like if you take your hand, like this is why grip strength is so important in professional wrestling. These four fingers on the back of the skull, and then you just use your thumb. There’s no pincing. It’s just a lot of pressure right here at the bottom of the eye socket. Pressure kind of like you’re popping a balloon. If you really commit. If you have the ambition and really commit to this, it’ll pop right out of there. Because they’ll cut away on camera. But if you’re there live to see it at the Brady Center, you can get a look at that and be like, ‘oh my’.”

Elsewhere in the same interview, Moxley spoke about AEW’s unique choice of venues. You can read more about that here.

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