AEW Star Chris Jericho Reacts To Recent WWE Talent Releases

During a recent interview with TV Insider, former AEW Champion Chris Jericho gave his thoughts on the recent WWE releases.

Jericho said he was hopeful that many of the released stars will be picked up by new promotions, but explained he didn’t know if AEW were interested in anyone.

“It’s an interesting time right now, because a lot of guys got released,” said Jericho. “By proxy, you went from a business that was very profitable in many different levels to everything grinding to a halt. Hopefully, many of them will get picked up by the different companies. Some guys may have to go overseas. I don’t know what AEW has planned. That’s not really my wheelhouse. But I’m sure everybody is going to land where they should land. It’s just how it goes.”

He also discussed whether he thought an Elite Deletion match would happen in AEW now that Matt Hardy has arrived with his Broken gimmick.

“I haven’t thought much about it because we’re not at that point,” revealed Chris Jericho. “I think it’s great Matt is in AEW. I think it has made such a big impact. Right now, we’re just keeping the lights on and doing the best we can to make sure everybody is involved and continues their storylines. Then when the time is right, if there is an ‘Elite Deletion,’ we’ll do it. We still have ‘Blood and Guts’ [the postponed March special that was to feature Hardy and The Elite vs. The Inner Circle] to do and a lot of other stuff. For right now, we have to continue just being as creative as we can and come up with as many ideas as we can to keep the ball moving.”