Chris Jericho Needed Magician’s License For AEW Spot

AEW

Chris Jericho has commented on his ‘wizard’ gimmick, revealing the the issues he faced when planning the AEW ‘fireball’ spots.

After Jericho threw a fireball into Eddie Kingston’s face during a brawl on the April 27 edition of Dynamite, the inaugural AEW World Champion declared himself ‘The Wizard’.

Speaking on AEW Unrestricted, Jericho recalled having to leave the Las Vegas area so that he could throw a fireball, despite being a wizard, noting:

“Memphis, someone threw a fireball. Okay, I’ll throw a fireball in your face. It worked. Then we were at commentary and I was thinking, ‘Who throws a fireball? A wizard, maybe. I’m a wizard!’ Read the room. Back in the day, everyone brings signs.

“There are no signs anymore. You go on Twitter and everyone is like, ‘Wizard, wizard, memes, GIFs.’ ‘That’s a thing. All I need to do is throw a fireball one more time.’ We went to Vegas, there was a problem. I had my magician’s license.

“You need that to throw a fireball in the vicinity of Vegas. The problem was it didn’t come in time, so we had to go outside the boundaries of Vegas to throw the fireball at the stagehand. ‘Guys, don’t tell me why it’s not going to work.’

“My internal, ‘(Wayne) Gretzky stay ahead’ is we needed to throw another fireball today. It’s at the peak. Next week would be too late. We figured it out, made it happen, the kid took the fireball, and now it’s a thing. I did it one more time with Shota Umino. That’s it. I never have to throw it again. I can fake it, I can tease it, or maybe I do. It’s now part of Chris Jericho canon.”

Jericho is currently the ROH World Champion after winning the gold from Claudio Castagnoli at AEW Dynamite: Grand Slam.

After recently stating that he will beat every former ROH titleholder, former World Champion Davey Richards has issued a challenge to the Sports Entertainer.

Check out WrestleShop.com for all your favorite WrestleTalk merch, the WrestleTalk Magazine, wrestling shirts for grown-ups, and more!

• Fireball
• eddie kingston
• chris jericho
• AEW

Share this article with friends