Marina Shafir Shares Best Advice She’s Received From Jon Moxley

Since August 2024, Marina Shafir has been aligned with Jon Moxley. She was technically the first member of the Death Riders as she was the first person by his side as he turned over a new leaf.

At AEW Full Gear, Marina will have the biggest match of her career when she challenges Mercedes Mone for the AEW Women’s Championship.

Speaking to Rob Wolkenbrod of Forbes, Marina shared the best piece of advice she’s received from Moxley.

“Simply, you’re supposed to have fun, and sometimes in the moment you have to work to have fun, and it may not happen imminently. It may not happen immediately. It may not happen within however much time frame you think it should happen. But like having fun is the goal, because if you’re having fun, that resonates. However it is you have fun. Maybe it’s silently. Maybe it’s conniving. I don’t want to say like kind of like in a criminal type of way, but outlaws have fun, right? They just have their own kind of fun, and that was the biggest piece of advice that he gave me from the beginning, and it helped me relax, and it helped me open up my mind to literally all the possibilities that have led up until this point, and then it opened up my mind for the future because that’s what we’re always like aiming for, the unknown. I like not knowing what the f**k is going on. I’ve become very addicted to not knowing what is going on. I don’t complain about not knowing what the f**k is going on because I love surprises, and like I’ve said before, in professional wrestling, it’s one of life’s greatest surprises if you choose to not be a f*****g know-it-all,” she said.

Asked if there was a moment where Moxley’s advice clicked, Marina replied, “I think Anarchy in the Arena was the first time I really felt it. Anarchy in the Arena was really the first time when I got to throw down with a frying pan. That was very fun for me. I got to pay respect to my mom. I wanted to let her know that a lot came through a pan. My parents came here with f*****g nothing but a cast-iron pan. And like I’m not lying. Like when we immigrated here, we could only take immediate things, and one of the things that she packed was her cast-iron pan. She still has it, and I just wanted to pay respect and let her know that her decision was not for nothing. And that was fun for me.”

Marina competed alongside the Death Riders in Anarchy in the Arena at AEW Double or Nothing 2025. Moxley will be part of Anarchy in the Arena at AEW Full Gear.

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