Nothing in Chris Jericho’s life was a bigger risk for the wrestling veteran quite like leaving WWE for All Elite Wrestling.
Jericho joined AEW when the company launched in January 2019, ending his time with WWE which saw Y2J compete for Vince McMahon for close to two decades.
During a recent appearance on “The Allison Hagendorf Show,” Jericho was asked about the biggest risk he’s ever taken. He said,
“Probably leaving WWE to go with AEW. We didn’t even have TV at the time. Just my boss, Tony Khan, had a lot of passion, and he had the money for it, and we had a roster of guys that I felt could do something. When I got involved, we were able to get on TBS and kind of went from there. So I just think it was one of those things where I thought, ‘I’ve done all I can do in WWE, and I can stay here, but I don’t want to just stay here. I don’t want to just be a guy. Let’s try and change history. Let’s make wrestling a better industry.'”
Jericho became the first AEW World Champion in 2019 and added the ROH World Championship to his vast trophy cabinet last year.
