All Elite Wrestling (AEW) star Chris Jericho was interviewed by Cheddar to talk about several professional wrestling topics. Jericho discussed his decision to sign with AEW, providing an alternative product for fans, doing mixed martial arts (MMA) training for his in-ring return, and WWE having its first-ever women’s main event at WrestleMania this year.
Here are the highlights:
Jericho deciding to sign with AEW:
It was just the right move for me knowing that I would be doing something that I had never done before, which was starting a company from scratch,” Jericho said.
Providing an alternative product for fans:
It’s something that I think people and wrestling fans have been waiting for because it’s been a long time with just the WWE,” he said.
If he’d ever consider fighting in MMA:
No, it’s funny though, I have been doing MMA training to get ready for our big show, Double Or Nothing May 25 in Vegas. It’s so cool to do a different type of training and when I’m in there I feel like I’m going to fight Conor McGregor, ‘I can do this.’ Obviously, you can’t. But just to be in there and do something different, it’s a lot of fun. Cause you’re kicking and you’re punch, elbow, punch elbow. Get the tackle dummy, beat the tackle dummy up. So, it’s fun to do it when you’re practicing, but to do it in real life, I’d probably take one punch and start crying. Maybe. But the concept of it is – invigorating is the word I use.
WWE having its first-ever women’s WrestleMania main event:
I think the fact that you had the first-ever women’s main event in the league is just basically the way things are now for the sport of wrestling as they should be,” Jericho said. “If you go back 10 years ago women were wrestling in bra and panties matches and water gun fights, which is fine too, but this brings a much more serious slant to it as well.
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