Chris Jericho sat down with Toymaker and Jazwares Partner Jeremy Padawer where they talked about the process behind how the AEW action figures are made during a recent episode of Talk Is Jericho.
AEW unveiled their first action figures at Toy Fair 2020 in New York City. It turns out Jericho was turned away at WWE’s booth.
“Talking about about the Toy Fair, we, being AEW, had a really big display in the back of the convention center,” Jericho recalled. “I was there. Kenny [Omega] was there. Cody [Rhodes], Hangman [Page], The Bucks, I remember Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy. We had kind of our A crew was there. It was so funny. Typical WWE bulls**t, they wouldn’t let us up there to see their display, and so one of the guys let me in. And then I was filming something.
“He goes, ‘You can’t film.’ I go, ‘Why?’ He goes, ‘Because I’ll get in trouble if they know you’re up here.’ I’m like, ‘I’ve made these guy f**king 200 Chris Jericho WWE action figures! And I can’t come look at your display?’ But their display was in the back of the room in a corner. They had nobody there. None of the talent was there and I thought, this is pretty lame in comparison to what AEW has, which really surprised me especially at the Toy Fair in New York City.”
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