Chris Jericho addresses AEW‘s negative press.
During a recent appearance on Busted Open, former AEW World Champion Chris Jericho was asked about fans and media focusing on AEW’s backstage drama. CM Punk’s controversial exit was not named, but that was seemingly the subject of the conversation.
“People like to focus on negative,” Jericho said. “I remember when I got in a fight with Goldberg in Milwaukee, it was out on whatever version on the internet was. Then 10 minutes later, people were texting me. I was like, ‘Who the f*ck is saying this?’ So it’s not like this is the first time there’s been incidents backstage, it happens. I just think now with social media, people wanna jump on the negative, negative, negative. We know the issues and the issues have been rectified.
“But the point is, there’s so much positive things going on. And those things are always kind of a little bit downplayed. But it’s the negative that gets focused on. I know what’s going on in the locker room. We know what areas we need to work on. Negative press is negative press. Once again, you still got, out of those 81,000 people, how many people know what even happened or really care? The hardcore and the journalists and the guys who do this care, and we should.
“But there’s also fans — how about being number one on cable four weeks in a row? The number one show out of all shows is AEW. So to me, that’s a huge positive that also gets kind of lost in the shuffle because somebody’s in a bad mood one day or whatever it might be. It happens, it’s wrestling. We’re all gypsies, tramps, and thieves, and there’s gonna be issues from time to time.”
Co-host Bully Ray then bluntly asked Jericho if AEW as a company is better now than it was a month ago, and Jericho claimed it is.
“Yes, yes, absolutely,” Jericho said.
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