Scrapped Plans For AEW Star’s Response To ‘Please Retire’ Chants Revealed

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AEW’s Chris Jericho has revealed how he originally planned to respond to ‘please retire’ chants from the fans.

The ROH World Champion has previously stated that he’s currently enjoying working in something that he enjoys with no sign of retirement in his near future.

Fans, however, have been chanting “please retire” at the AEW star, something that he reflected upon in an appearance on Insight with Chris Van Vliet.

Unfortunately, despite Jericho’s apparent enthusiasm for the chant, it appears to have ebbed in popularity, though the AEW star could have turned it into merch, as he explains to Van Vliet, saying:

“I mean, it’s one of those things. When they were really at their peak, of course I’m always thinking. Okay, I can make a t-shirt out of that. I can make a whole angle out of this. But it kind of went away, they kind of stopped.

“Plus, I was really good at being able to shut people down. Like New York, please retire. I take the mic and say, I know why you want me to retire. Because you want me to go pitch for the New York Yankees so they could possibly win a World Series, but that’s not going to happen. Boo! And then they stop.

“It’s something that Seinfeld said years ago, or any great stand-up comedian, I’ve got the mic. You can’t heckle somebody when the guy has the louder voice. So, yeah, the please retire was a good one. That was fun.”

Jericho would go on to reveal that he doesn’t take the chants personally and that he’s well aware that his popularity extends beyond that AEW reaction, stating:

“I don’t take it personally. Nobody who really knows me that says that stuff. And probably, if I saw them on the street they’d probably say hi. Whenever I do a convention or something like that, my lines are down the street.

“That’s not from an egotistical standpoint, but I’ve been doing this a long time, and a lot of people have great memories from the different eras that I’ve been in..”

In the interview, Jericho would also counter the perception of the ‘Jericho Vortex‘, exploring how he has helped elevate fellow AEW stars despite suggestions that he does the opposite among some fans.

Jericho has also recently opened up about the possibility of a WWE Hall of Fame induction, casting doubt that it would be likely to happen.

Outside of AEW, Jericho stars in the wrestling-themed horror movie ‘Dark Match‘ which was recently released on Shudder.

Transcript from chrisvanvliet.com.