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Chris Jericho explains why you don’t see him taking any extended breaks from AEW programming.
All Elite Wrestling‘s Chris Jericho was a recent guest on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet. When asked how he feels about wrestling now, Jericho said he wouldn’t still be doing it if he didn’t love it.
“Yeah it’s pretty crazy, 34 years, and listen, I always laugh when people will say do you still love it? If I didn’t love it, I wouldn’t do it,” Chris Jericho said. “I’m not doing it for money at this point. It’s the creative fulfillment, there’s a challenge.
“Contrary to popular belief, I don’t demand to be on every show every week. My boss books me for shows because of what I bring to the table, and still enjoying it and still really working on how can we make things better, how can we do more storylines, and what can I do this week that was different from last week.
“So yeah I do love wrestling still, especially now. I think probably from a financial standpoint, as a business, I think wrestling is the biggest it’s ever been. Maybe not from a complete ratings standpoint, but things have changed. Ratings don’t mean as much as they used to, and selling tickets in buildings don’t mean as much as they used to, because there’s so much money in television alone, and that’s never been that way before. It’s just ridiculous amounts of money towards the companies now, because of the popularity and because of the ratings that wrestling draws.”
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What do you make of Chris Jericho’s comments? Do you think an extended absence from AEW programming would help the perception of his on-screen character? Let us know your thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below.
