Scorpio Sky speaks glowingly of how Chris Jericho helped him and AEW as a whole in the early days of the promotion.
In 2019, Scorpio Sky became the first person to pin Chris Jericho in AEW. This would lead to him challenging Jericho for the AEW World Title on the ninth episode of AEW Dynamite.
During a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet, Scorpio opened up about how helpful Jericho was during that time in his career and spoke about his belief that Jericho legitimized AEW when the promotion was still an unproven concept.
“I always tell people Chris Jericho legitimized AEW in the early days. Because people looked at us, and they knew there was talent, and they’re like, Okay, Young Bucks, SCU, Kenny Omega... But when Chris Jericho signs on, that’s when the television networks are like, Oh, okay, they’ve got a guy. I always think it’s similar to when Hulk Hogan went to WCW in the mid-90s. It’s just like, it puts that stamp, okay, we’ve arrived. For him to come in and take young talent like myself, like Jungle Boy, Darby... I just described myself as a younger talent [laughs]. But also, he’s worked with so many guys, and made us all good in some way, shape, or form, whether he won the match or not. He put us up there with him, and he doesn’t have to do that. But that just shows he’s a giving guy and that helped me a lot in the very early stages of AEW.”
Elsewhere in this interview, Sky spoke about his recent absence from AEW. Learn more here.
Thanks to Chris Van Vliet and his team for sending the above quote.
