The Owen Hart Foundation Tournament will be kicking off on this week’s episode of AEW Dynamite.
During the latest episode of his “The Extreme Life of Matt Hardy” podcast, AEW star Matt Hardy commented on Chris Jericho playing a huge part in getting the Owen Hart Tournament established in AEW, his brother qualifying for the tournament, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On Chris Jericho’s part in getting the Owen Hart Tournament established in AEW: “I heard about it from Chris Jericho, he was kind of the guy who made this a reality in a lot of ways. He was like the inner connection between Martha, the family, and AEW. I know he talked about things they were wanting to do and it just sounded so cool, and he knew I was one of the guys who worked with Owen and knew him personally, so he was pretty excited to share that. And I thought it was a very cool detail. I’m so happy because I know AEW and I have all the confidence in the world that Tony Khan is going to do his best to make Owen Hart out to be the legend and lay in front of you the legacy of his career and all his contributions. All of his contributions led to the formation of AEW and the style of AEW.”
On Jeff Hardy qualifying for the tournament: “It’s cool, it’s very cool. Jeff is the only one in the Owen Hart Tournament [so far] that wrestled with Owen Hart back in the day. There are four people now [in AEW], myself, Jeff, Christian, and Chris Jericho. There are others, Dustin has, Mark Henry. I think it’s very cool that Jeff is in this Owen Hart Tournament and I think it’s a cool story going with that story that he’s one of the guys who worked with Owen, and Owen was like a mentor and one of his role models growing up. I think that’s a great story with Jeff having a run and winning this thing.”
(h/t – Wrestling Inc)
