Episode 508: Options Are Good In Wrestling
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Chris Jericho AEW return
Chris Jericho's back at AEW. Like this has been discussed as if it was a foregone conclusion for months and months and months... But instead, he's back in AEW.
Backstage stories
I don't know if you know how to be killed, but the guy was gonna stick a knife in my back. The guy was so scared of Finley he threw the knife down, ran and went up like the bleachers, jumped over a fence and took off running.
WWE Championship belt provenance
When I lost the title to Cena, Cena turned it into the spinner belt and so I kept the original... I believe that's the same one that Eddie Guerrero had.
Chris Jericho WWE pitch
From a WWE standpoint, I don't know what they told him. I know I was told that they wanted him for a retirement tour and maybe that's not what he wanted.
Power Slap business model
They've got tons of guys that they've gotten from WWE and from wrestling, and they bring them in, and they give them some ringer... They're trying to make a name off these WWE guys.
TNA concussion protocol
Steve Macklin got knocked out during the TNA main event... the referee stops the match. Chris Nowinski actually took to Twitter and said, shout out to this is TNA referee Alice Lane for recognizing Steve Macklin had a concussion and stopping his main event match.
Wrestling collectibles market
We sold the WrestleMania 1 [Hulk Hogan] boots for over 1 million. And now we've got actually the WrestleMania 19 that he wore. It's an airbrush. We have one of the boots that he wore against Vince McMahon, no less.
Chris Jericho career choice
I think there's less risk in WWE in the sense that the crowd is not going to be as difficult for him in WWE. But this was his decision. His decision was AEW.
Jake Hager Power Slap
I would recommend he doesn't do it [Power Slap]. I talked to Heath Slater, they tried to get Heath Slater to do it... I said this is, they're setting you up for failure.
WWE Hall of Fame
Bad News Brown is going into the WWE Hall of Fame. He's one of the unsung heroes of that era of the WWE, at least in my opinion.
Vince McMahon management style
Vince never had an ego big enough that he would not pull the plug on something. You know a lot of CEOs when they do something and it's wrong, their ego was so big they had to force it through. Vince was never that guy.
