Chris Jericho was one of AEW biggest stars of its first year and could be seen as the wrestler who built the company up to what it is today. He was AEW’s first champion. However, it is now reported that Jericho almost got Dynamite canceled. In a recent interview, Jericho went into too detail on what happened between AEW and TNT.
The reason for this
Jericho Speaking with Stephanie Chase:
“For me, there are a few times I can recall when they say, ‘Don’t do that again. One of them was when we beat up Dustin Rhodes in the parking lot, and as we left, I lit up a cigar. They did not like that. No smoking allowed on the show. They were super angry about it. No smoking allowed!
I was like, ‘Really, out of all the things, that’s what they are mad at?’. They were very adamant, they didn’t want any smoking on the show, and if we did it again, I don’t know if this was used, but the way it was told me was, ‘We’ll pull the show if you guys do it again.
Alright, I don’t need to be smoking. I just did it because I thought it was an asshole thing to do. Apparently, so did they.”
It’s surprising what TNT will let slide.
This report about the early days of AEW is surprising with Jericho being involved in a Deathmatch with Nick Gage. The match between both Kenny Omega and Jon Moxley all being massively violent matches. However, there was some controversy around them. There is nothing as huge as taking the whole of AEW Dynamite off the air. However, it doesn’t seem like it affected the future of the show.
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