Chris Jericho weighs in on AEW vs. NXT.
On October 10, AEW and NXT went head-to-head once again with AEW Dynamite moving to Tuesday due to the MLB playoffs. NXT loaded up the show with Cody Rhodes, The Undertaker, John Cena, Asuka, and more. AEW ran matches featuring Chris Jericho, Orange Cassidy, Adam Copeland, Bryan Danielson, and more.
NXT won the night in total viewers and in the demo.
Speaking to The Messenger, Jericho weighed in on NXT's victory.
"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 saying, "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."
Jericho was squashed by Powerhouse Hobbs on the October 10 episode of AEW Dynamite.
In a separate interview, Jericho commented on Tony Khan's social media use. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
