Chris Jericho Joins All Elite Wrestling (VIDEO)
Wrestling legend Chris Jericho surprised the wrestling world Tuesday when he announced he was joining All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
Jericho made the announcement at a AEW “Double or Nothing” rally outside of TIAA Bank Field in Jacksonville, Florida on Tuesday afternoon. Video from the rally of Jericho’s speech is included below.
Chris Jericho joins PAC, Hangman Page, Cody and Brandi Rhodes, The Young Bucks and OWE in the upstart AEW.
His announcement comes as he lost the IWGP Intercontinental Championship to Tetsuya Naito at Wrestle Kingdom 13 last Friday. Now, Jericho says he is “all in for All Elite Wrestling” and said he would appear at the “Double or Nothing” show on May 25 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Here is video from the announcement, posted to Twitter.
Here is video from AEW of Jericho officially signing his contract.
Reaction on Twitter was overwhelmingly positive. The implications for WWE were not lost on fans.
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