Chris Jericho was a recent guest on Busted Open Radio. During the appearance, he discussed AEW and his career after he left the WWE. He also went into detail on knowing that his time with the WWE was up when he and Kevin Owens wrestled in the second match of Wrestlemania 33. Here are the highlights:
On When He Knew He Needed To Leave WWE:
When you work for Vince, he has a certain way of doing things. I realized it was the end of the road for me. In 2017 the best story was Kevin Owens versus Chris Jericho. The whole teaming up, the festival of friendship and breaking up. There was a time that the main event of WrestleMania was penciled in to be Jericho versus Owens for the Universal Title. I’m not going to blame Brock Lesnar or Goldberg, that Vince decided to change his mind and go with Goldberg versus Lesnar for the title. Now, you have the hottest story in the company without a title. It doesn’t matter, it should not have been the second match on the card.
When I saw where we were slotted there, I didn’t realize it at the time, but in retrospect, I knew my time was over. Because if you have the best story on the show, everyone is excited, and we are second? There isn’t much more I can do to get higher on that card. So, it was time to leave.
On The Wide Range Of Wrestling Options Available:
I left WWE and went to Japan, Mox left and came to AEW. Look at what happens when a guy that was treading water in WWE, was in a creative slump, shows up in 10 seconds and becomes the hottest guy in the business. At the end of Double or Nothing, everyone was talking about Moxley, everyone was talking about Dustin Rhodes. That’s why it is good to have an alternative because it is a good opportunity to go and revitalize your career, in one night, in one minute. That’s what happened to both of those guys.
On Tony Khan:
The thing about Tony Khan, he knows everything about wrestling. He will say ‘Hey Chris, remember when you and Bubba worked in Omaha and you did this finish?’ He remembers all this stuff. When he says he has seen every wrestling Pay-Per-View, he has seen every wrestling Pay-Per-View. When he was 14 he did really good in school, his father said you can do anything you want or have anything you want. All he wanted to do was go see Chris Jericho last 2 ECW matches at the LuLu temple against Sabu and the ECW Arena versus 2 Cold Scorpio. He will tell me when people were yelling you sold out, he was screaming, ‘He didn’t sell out, he is going to be the biggest star in wrestling, you should be happy for him.’ Here we are twenty years later, he is my boss and he really went out of his way to lock me down and have a face for AEW.
You can listen to the podcast below:
EXCLUSIVE: "It can revitalize your career in one night…in one minute!"
On the heels of the bombshell @TalkIsJericho interview, @IAmJericho explains why alternatives in the wrestling business can transform guys like @JonMoxley & @dustinrhodes' careers overnight. pic.twitter.com/f1Tb2SfItD— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) May 30, 2019
