Chris Jericho Reveals What ‘Tony Khan Has Never Given To Anybody’

Chris Jericho Reveals What ‘Tony Khan Has Never Given To Anybody’ AEW

Chris Jericho has appeared on the Kurt Angle show podcast to discuss the creative freedom that talent in All Elite Wrestling have compared to other promotions.

Discussing being an original AEW roster member, Jericho said:

“When AEW first came up as a concept, I was like I’ve heard this a million times before, this is never going to work. Then I talked to Tony Khan and realized like we have a chance here. I talked to Kenny and The Bucks because I got really close to Kenny and The Bucks and Cody working in New Japan. I was there for 2 years before AEW started and I thought this might work.

“Low and behold, it got off the ground really quickly and we were a part of it. It was my company because I knew if this works, this adds to Chris Jericho’s legacy. If it doesn’t, then I figure out what I’m going to do but I really want to take a chance. The biggest difference is creative freedom, not creative control, nobody has that.”

Jericho fascinatingly points out there is a difference between creative freedom and creative control however, control is not an option that Tony Khan has ever given anybody, going on to add:

“Tony Khan has never given that to anybody, but the creative freedom to be a pro. Tony gives you the space to be an artist and it feels like it’s our company and I think the fans feel that too. We’re in this together and my analogy is that I started listening to Metallica in 1984 when no one knew who they were and I stuck with them until they became the biggest band in the world, till they became the new Rolling Stones.

“I’ll always feel a special closeness to them and a loyalty to Metallica because we started it together. I think our fans in AEW feel the same way, they’re not just watching a show, they’re a part of a show and they believe in it. As more people come to watch, there’s a different vibe. We let artists be artists.”

Chris Jericho debuted a new faction on this past week’s episode of AEW Dynamite, dubbing the stable comprised of Jake Hager, 2point0, Daniel Garcia, and himself as the ‘Jericho Appreciation Society’ in a heel turn which saw the complete disbandment of the Inner Circle after Jericho and Hager beat down Santana and Ortiz and draped their Inner Circle vests over their immobile bodies.

Sammy Guevara however went on to later in the evening wear his Inner Circle vest out to the ring in advance of his loss of the TNT Championship to Scorpio Sky.

Transcription via Wrestling Inc.

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