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Chris Jericho‘s been with AEW since day one, and 5 years later, the promotion’s rolling, and the wrestling legend’s nonetheless kickin’ ass … so, when the FTW Champ stopped by the TMZ places of work, we requested concerning the swirling Becky Lynch rumors — may “The Man” be All Elite?!
53-year-old Jericho, in Los Angeles for Dynamite, sat down with Babcock Tuesday morning … the place the fellows mentioned every part from Chris’ begin in professional wrestling, his massive transfer to All Elite Wrestling — the place he simply retained his FTW belt at Double or Nothing — how for much longer he desires to compete, and Tony Khan‘s efforts to proceed to construct their model, and far more.
Relating to Lynch, there’s been a ton of hypothesis about Becky’s future after she misplaced her WWE Ladies’s World Championship title to Liv Morgan on Monday’s ep of Uncooked. Lynch, whose WWE contract is reportedly up, was stated to be very emotional after the match … with many speculating she could possibly be headed elsewhere.
Elsewhere like … AEW.
We requested Jericho concerning the rumors … and whether or not there was any fact to ’em.
“5 years in the past, Becky would don’t have any different choices. Not saying that she’s coming [to AEW], however there may be an possibility. And who is aware of what may occur?” Jericho stated.
“Nobody thought that Jericho would come to AEW. Nobody thought that Moxley would come or Bryan Danielson or Adam Cole or any of those guys which have come over. So it is thrilling for the followers. And it is thrilling for the wrestlers, the expertise, as a result of now all of the sudden if there is a bidding conflict, that simply advantages [us wrestlers].”
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Chris stated the current-day rivalry between WWE and AEW reminds him of the old-school battles from the mid-90s.
“Pay attention, that was one of many issues of being within the Angle Period and the Monday Evening Wars with Nitro and Uncooked. You by no means knew who was going to point out up. And when anyone new would come from no matter aspect it was to the opposite, it made issues a lot extra thrilling.”
“So many extra matches that you may have. So many extra prospects of seeing guys go up towards one another that you just by no means thought of. So it is a actually thrilling time in wrestling.”
FYI, Becky, whose hubby is WWE Celebrity Seth Rollins, has not but addressed her future … and Chris says he does not have any intel on whether or not or not she is going to signal with the corporate.
As for a way for much longer he’ll wrestle, Jericho says he feels unbelievable — bodily, mentally, and emotionally — and he does not see himself stopping anytime quickly.
We additionally talked about Jericho’s band, Fozzy, working with (and generally mentoring) younger/proficient AEW wrestlers like Swerve Strickland, MJF, and Darby Allin (and plenty of others), and a lot extra.
Try the complete sit-down! AEW Dynamite goes down Wednesday evening!
