Former AEW World Champion Chris Jericho recently spoke with Casey Pratt ahead of this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite.
During his appearance on the show, Jericho discussed his Undisputed Championship victory still resonating with fans. Jericho would also speak on how COVID-19, and AEW’s relative youth as a company mean they’re still getting to put on shows in various locations for the first time.
You can check out some highlights from Jericho’s interview below:
On becoming the first-ever WWE Undisputed Champion: “I mean, something that happened 20 years ago still resonates, which is cool. But that hardly pushed me into GOAT status, if that’s what I am. I would never say that. But it was definitely one of many accolades, accolades that led me to where we are today with AEW. And you know, that’s part of the longevity and the diversity of Chris Jericho’s career, for sure.”
On AEW running shows in San Francisco for the first time: “That’s one of the things about our company, is that we started only just over three years ago, and about three months into our existence we got hit with a worldwide lockdown. So we wrestled for about nine months in Jacksonville, you know, in front of no people. And then there was a little amount of people, and then we finally started going back on the road only about a year and a half ago, maybe almost two years ago.
“So there’s so many cities and so many markets that we’ve never been to, especially on the west coast. I mean, we were just in Seattle for the first time this year, Portland for the first time. We were only in L.A. for the second time, which is crazy when you think about how big of a city L.A. is. So for us to come to San Francisco with its great wrestling tradition, great wrestling history, for not just one show, not just two shows, but
three shows. You know it’s been a long time coming for us to come to the Bay Area, and for people who want to see us. So it’s going to be a great week, and kind of cap it off with a show in Sacramento, so we basically have four shows up in the northern California area over the next 10 days. So I’m really looking forward to it.”
