Chris Jericho talks AEW haters, how criticism against WWE is helping the company

Chris Jericho has become the hottest names in wrestling after leaving WWE and going on to work in New Japan and now AEW. Jericho, who is 48, joined the new promotion despite having the option to still work with the WWE.

 


 

He talked about the reason behind his departure from WWE and why he decided to work with the AEW.

Speaking on his Talk is Jericho podcast (h/t WrestlingInc), Jericho said:

“It is exciting to actually see this taking off and getting off the ground because once again we are starting from scratch. This is not something where there was 30 years of history like there was in WCW, which used to be the NWA or the WWE that was the WWF that was the WWWF, where Vince McMahon’s grandfather, Jess McMahon, had a company going on before that. So, we have never seen the actual start of a legit, big-time, big money organization.”

He also addressed the critics of AEW who equate the promotion to a t-shirt company. Jericho believes that they’re gonna get more haters now that AEW is hitting it off so successfully.

“Make no mistake about it; there are lots of jokes about us being a t-shirt company and all these different things, or a soda company where you can go to my Instagram and we are selling AEW Root Beer. Now, we are actually getting rolling. I think that it is a long time coming and a lot of haters. They say that AEW sucks and that they are never going to get off the ground and meanwhile we have a roster of over 50 talents with some of the greatest performers in the world and some of the greatest performers you have never heard of before, which is another thing I love about this.”

Jericho says that the criticism against WWE’s current product and the disconnect between its fans and the company are helping AEW tremendously.

“A lot of [our coverage] has to do with what is going on in the WWE lately. This isn’t bagging on the WWE because I love the WWE. I have a great history there and great respect for everybody involved,” revealed Jericho. “But when you are reading the reports online about what critics are thinking and long-time fans are complaining about the booking and some of the booking decisions where things aren’t making sense, there is a whole kind of a real cloud over the WWE’s head at this point which in turn is giving AEW so much coverage and we haven’t even had to do anything. It is unbelievable when you actually think about it.”

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