Former WWE star and a former six times WWE World Champion Chris Jericho who is also the inaugural AEW World Champion recently talked about a potential agent or coaching role. He explained why he is not interested in such a role.
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 travelling in various promotion like ECW and others, he went to WCW in 1996 where he got his first recognition.
Chris Jericho On Why He Is Not Interested In An Agent Or Coaching Role
Jericho made his debut in WWE in the year 1999. His debut is still considered as one of the best debut 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 also the inaugural AEW World Champion recently spoke to Sports Media with Richard Deitsch where he talked about a potential agent or coaching role. He explained why he is not interested in such a role. He said;
“The plan was for me to be a guest commentator that week [of the COVID shutdown] and I said, ‘Well instead of just doing it for the week, I’ll just do it the whole time’ and then you got me locked in so that’s what we did and it worked out good. Tony Schiavone and I had great chemistry, it was a lot of fun, I enjoyed it.
“I took a real Bobby Heenan-Jesse Ventura mindset towards it and I think Tony Khan really kind of put that into his library and, ‘Keep that for later’ and then when Rampage came up, he said, ‘I want you to do commentary on Rampage’ and I said, ‘That’s great, sure, I love it.’ So yeah, it is probably something I would transition to, I have fun with it, I enjoy that side of things. I like being on camera.
“Behind the scenes, I like giving advice and that sort of thing. Being a producer or an agent or a coach as we call them, I don’t know if I could do that well. I don’t know if I could really explain ideas. I like helping but I like kind of being on camera like you said and also too, you know, Tuesday I’ll be 51 years old. I don’t feel it. I think that I’m still contributing at the highest of levels. I was never the fastest wrestler or the most high-flying.
“I could still do all the stuff that I always did but now it’s the storylines, the promos, keeping things kind of really interesting and moving forward and like we mentioned, my demos and ratings are always near the top, thanks to everyone watching but I think it’s because I keep it interesting for people and you can’t teach experience and if there was no AEW, I don’t even know if I’d still be wrestling but because there is, it’s exciting for me, I love being a part of it, I love working here, I love showing up for work every week and I think that goes a long way too.
“If you are satisfied and excited mentally and creatively, that makes the physical go a lot longer too.
“When you start feeling stifled and start getting angry and feel like you’re not doing what you really want to be doing, I think the physical gets a lot worse as well so, those two combined is really keeping me excited and really, really enjoying what I’m doing and being a part of AEW. I feel great, I have zero injuries, so there’s no reason to not continue going.”
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