Chris Jericho Calls Out Triple H For ‘Changing The Narrative’ With AEW Vs NXT Comments

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Chris Jericho has responded to Triple H’s comments about NXT conceding the ‘Wednesday Night Wars’ to AEW.

As previously noted, in an interview with Ariel Helwani, Triple H shot down rumors that AEW winning the ratings war was a catalyst for NXT’s reboot in September 2021, arguing that it wasn’t actually competitive.

Speaking with Alex McCarthy for Inside The Ropes, Chris Jericho has argued that NXT at the time was considered a third brand, claiming that Triple H is changing the narrative.

Jericho said:

“Once again it is just changing the narrative and changing the history, which makes me laugh. Because when it started, it was not developmental, it was a third brand, it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon, and all the other bulls**t that they said, so of course we [AEW] beat the developmental or whatever you want to call it, but who gives a s**t?

“It’s such old news, and the show sucks, NXT sucks, it’s not a good show, and they know it. Whether they were punished or not, they probably were punished. That’s probably why Triple H said those things because he is angry that we beat them, and he is probably angry that we exist.

“But you know, we don’t care about WWE, we care about our show, we care about putting on the best stories that we can put on, we care about building our fanbase and building our ratings.

“We will continue to exist and I will tell you this, my boss has a lot more money than his boss does. A lot more. So you want to go to that and, we are not going anywhere, we will continue to grow. That pisses them off and why wouldn’t it?

“They had a monopoly for so long and don’t like the fact that we exist and that’s fine. We don’t care that they exist, God bless them. They are running a show in front of 50,000 people, why would he care about us? But you know, he should, and he does, and that’s why he said those things.”

Jericho recently indicated that WWE approached him while he was with AEW, following reports that WWE had contacted an AEW star.

The former AEW World Champion is slated to face Bryan Danielson at All Out on September 4. Check out the announced lineup for the event right here.

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