Chris Jericho isn’t bothered by the results of the WWE and AEW ratings war on October 10th.
With both shows loading up their cards to retain as many viewers as possible, NXT would resoundingly win the head-to-head.
Speaking with The Messenger, Jericho revealed that he suggested that AEW bring in celebrities to try and get a larger audience but Tony Khan wanted to rely on the quality of the week-to-week product:
“You know, you can only bring in Cena and Undertaker and Cody and everybody else so much because nobody wants to work on their secondary show all the time. And it was a fun little, ‘Hey, F-you AEW.’ I didn’t even really worry about it. I told Tony, ‘Well, if you want to fire back, bring in Shaq and Snoop Dogg and those types of guys, Mike Tyson. But Tony didn’t do that. We relied on our show and our guys and our girls, and that’s the way it’s always been for us. This would be like a football game where you bring in all of your top stars from years prior and beat the other team 30-26. It’s like a video game. Let’s bring in Tom Brady from five years ago and then play him for one game against Chris Jericho. OK, you guys won, but you only won 30-26,” he said.
Jericho closed by stating that WWE should not rest on their laurels and that the fans are the true winners:
“So, don’t get too far up your own ass because you didn’t do that good of a job as far as crushing us. And our show was better than theirs, quite frankly. So, it doesn’t bother me. It’s competition, man. It’s good for the fans, it’s good for the companies.”
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