Chris Jericho Details How AEW Backstage Role Has Changed

Chris Jericho Details How AEW Backstage Role Has Changed AEW

Chris Jericho has explained how the AEW backstage environment has changed since the promotion was first starting up.

Jericho has been a big name for the promotion on and offscreen since the formation of AEW, notably winning the AEW World Championship at the company’s second ever pay-per-view, All Out 2019.

Speaking on The Sessions with Renee Paquette podcast, Jericho noted that he, Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson effectively act as locker-room leaders nowadays.

Discussing backstage changes, Jericho said:

“Well I think just being Chris Jericho backstage, like I have the most experience out of anybody in the company with the exception of Dustin Rhodes, but also because I came in as kind of the flagship guy.

“When AEW first started, it was on my back for the first few months and we knew this. How many stars can we make? Let’s bring in Mox. Cody wasn’t as big as he was. No one really knew who Kenny and The Bucks were. Hangman Man Page, Darby Allin, Jungle Boy.

“Those were some of the guys that I can recall working with right out of the gate, like we have to get more plates spinning here.

“So backstage, there’s a lot of advice given out, a lot of listening, a lot of bartender listening, you know, ‘I’ve got a problem with this. I got a problem with that.’

“There’s a lot of working closely with Tony Khan. A lot of locker room leading, you know, especially over the last six months or so when we kind of had to take the reins back when there was a lot of bad publicity and a lot of uncertainty in the dressing room.

“Your man (Jon Moxley), Danielson, and myself were kind of like, we have to really take charge here because we’re going to lose the dressing room, and if you lose the dressing room, you’re f**ked.

“So there’s a lot of that sort of thing going on. Basically everything, you know, I think it’s kind of almost like a real general.

“Tony Khan’s probably got a lot of right-hand men, but I think I’m probably one of them, and also too, kind of just helping out the locker room.

“I produce probably half the backstage promos that you see. Just trying to help as much as I can.”

Jericho also revealed that he’s working on several creative pitches for other wrestlers, which you can read more about right here.

Transcription via WrestlingNews.co.

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