Chris Jericho is ready to steal the show.
During an appearance on FITE in Focus, Chris Jericho spoke about his AEW Revolution match with Eddie Kingston, who some might refer to as a “brawler.” Jericho said that he doesn’t understand that term, then went on to talk about match quality being wrongfully linked to how many high spots they might include.
“I don’t even know what that means. I hate the term brawler. I don’t even know what a brawler is. Who’s a brawler? Bruiser Brody? What does that mean? It means he has great f-ckin’ matches every night? I don’t know if that’s a brawler or a high-flyer. I don’t know, you tell me. My point is they’re either the good matches or the bad matches. I never categorize anybody because wrestling is wrestling. And you have to be able to do all different styles to be a great worker,” Jericho explained. “I find in AEW, one of the kind of things that’s been misconstrued is that a good match is in accordance to how many high-flying high spots there are. Now obviously there’s a place for that. Just like there’s a place for a deathmatch and there’s a place for a cage match, but to me, what is a five-star match? And that’s what grips the crowd. Both in storytelling and in delivery.”
Jericho referenced the promo he cut on Eddie Kingston on Dynamite where he spoke about his opponent never winning the “big one” yet. He said that the match itself will be a bit different than some might expect, adding that he believes they will steal the show but it won’t be because of a star rating.
“I knew from the start that Eddie Kingston and I would be able to create something that’s a little bit different from the norm, that’s a little more intense because there is a little bit of dislike between. There has been since day one. Now we’re both professionals and we work together, but I really don’t like him. And I’m not saying that as a gimmick or a work. I just don’t care for the guy as a person, I feel he’s a bleeding heart with the smallest violin, oh I had so many hardships, and bullshit, we all have hardships.
“Basically what I said in my promo last night about him, I really believe. I’m not saying he’s a failure, I think he believes he’s destined to be a failure because of his lineage,” Jericho explained. “So I think there is some jealousy there with Eddie Kingston. But I also knew it would be very intense and it would be different. Now when you talk about the match, I expect it to be very hard-hitting. I expect it to be very impactful because there is some real-life animosity between us. So if you want to call that brawling or you want to call that just a hard-hitting fight or you wanna call it fisticuffs, whatever you want to call it, I think it’s gonna be different from everything else on the show.
“Both of us know how to have a great match, and both of us have had many great matches, me way more than him, because I’ve been doing it at the highest of levels for so many years. So I’m expecting it to be a show-stealer, but in a completely different way than someone who’s rating matches by how many high spots there are. I don’t think there’s gonna be a lot of high spots with Eddie Kingston and Chris Jericho. I think there’s gonna be a lot of animosity, a lot of hard-hitting, violence is cliched but I think it’s gonna be a fight that everybody can feel while they’re watching. And there’s a difference between a match you can feel and a match that you can stand up and cheer for because it blows your mind from an athletic standpoint. There is a difference between the two.”
Chris Jericho faces off with Eddie Kingston at AEW Revolution on Sunday, March 6 in Orlando.
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