Former WWE star Chris Jericho who is also the inaugural AEW World Champion recently talked about his match against Maxwell Jacob Friedman MJF and he said he was ready to put his career on the line.
Chris Jericho started his professional wrestling career back in 1990 at the age of 19 only. He started his professional wrestling career on the independent circuit. After traveling in various promotion like ECW and others, he went to WCW in 1996 where he got his first recognition.
Chris Jericho On Facing MJF At AEW All Out
Jericho made his debut in WWE in the year 1999. His debut is still considered as one of the best debuts in the history of WWE. He went on to become one of the biggest stars in the history of the promotion as he won a total of six World Championships in his two decade long WWE career. He is also in nine times WWE Intercontinental Champion which is a record.
In 2018 he left WWE with a lot of pain in his chest to join the newly formed promotion AEW which is currently the biggest rival of WWE. Currently, he’s one of the biggest names of the promotion and it looks like he still has a long way to go.
Chris Jericho who is currently an Elite in the All Elite Wrestling recently spoke on Sports Illustrated where he talked about his match against Maxwell Jacob Friedman MJF and he said he was ready to put his career on the line. He said;
“I thought it was a really important detail that I tap out to MJF,” Jericho says. “In pro wrestling, a clean submission for a babyface is something that never happens. It’s a sign of weakness if you tap out, even though we see it all the time in UFC.
“Sometimes, submission losses are even worse because you’re making this decision to tap. In WWE, babyfaces don’t tap out. If they do, they’re lower-level babyfaces. Star babyfaces don’t give up; they pass out.
“That all started a long time ago [at WrestleMania 13] when Bret Hart had Steve Austin in the Sharpshooter and he passed out. So it was different with me and MJF. This was not me passing out, it was a legit tapping out and a facial expression afterward.
“It’s an important part of the story. Not every show can be Return of The Jedi. There needs to be some Empire Strikes Back in there, too. I remember Empire Strikes Back, seeing Han Solo go into the carbonite and Luke getting his hand chopped off.
“Then I had to wait three years, all pissed off. But it’s all part of it. So I thought, in our match, what we did added a different layer—not only did MJF win, he made me tap. That paints an even more desperate picture for me entering this rematch at All Out.”