Chris Jericho, a former AEW World Champion, has recalled the first ideas for the Inner Circle faction.
Jericho, Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager, Santana, and Ortiz united to attack Cody Rhodes, Dustin Rhodes, and the Young Bucks on the Dynamite series premiere episode on October 2, 2019.
While speaking on Talk Is Jericho, the former AEW World Heavyweight Champion said that there had been pitches for MJF, the Lucha Brothers, and Anthony Ogogo to be founding members of the group:
“Nobody that was actually in the Inner Circle was pitched first. I suggested MJF, but he was doing something with Cody and he wasn’t the right guy, and I had seen Sammy Guevara on an NWO pay-per-view and I called Cody and Tony and, ‘We should sign this guy, he looks really good’.
“I was thinking Fenix and Pentagon and then Tony had suggested Santana and Ortiz who I didn’t even know. I didn’t know their work, but I knew they were good. So, I was like, ‘Okay, let’s use those guys.’”
“(Tony Khan) had suggested Anthony, Ogogo, Ogogo as the heater and I had been training at a kickboxing gym where Jake Hager also trained. (WWE) didn’t use (Hager) up to his potential. They just never found a thing for him. Vince didn’t like him because he has a lisp. Vince doesn’t like Cesaro because he is from Switzerland.”
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