Why major AEW star remained loyal to Vince McMahon despite issues explained by WWE veteran (Exclusive)

WWE veteran Vince Russo explained why AEW star Chris Jericho was loyal to Vince McMahon despite creative issues. Y2J was signed to WWE before All Elite Wrestling.

Chris Jericho was in WWE for nearly 20 years. He is a former multiple-time WWE World Champion, Tag Team Champion, United States Champion, and also holds the record for the most Intercontinental Championship reigns. Despite his incredible resume, Jericho had some issues with creative during his tenure and officially departed from the promotion in 2018 to sign with AEW.

Speaking on Sportskeeda's Writing with Russo podcast, Dr. Chris Featherstone questioned Vince Russo why Jericho remained loyal to Vince McMahon despite having issues with him. Russo claimed that WWE is the pinnacle which is why Jericho stayed loyal. However, Russo stated that McMahon never understood Chris Jericho's gimmick.

"I don't know, maybe it was important to him to please Vince [McMahon]. You know, I mean WWE and Vince McMahon, that's the pinnacle and maybe it was just important for Chris to please Vince but I just don't think Vince McMahon ever understood Chris Jericho. I don't think he ever got the gimmick at all." [6:00 - 6:19]

Tommy Dreamer loves watching AEW star Chris Jericho wrestle

Chris Jericho has been in professional wrestling for nearly 30 years. The veteran has won titles all over the world and has competed in promotions like WWE, NJPW, CMLL, ROH, and AEW.

In a recent edition of the Busted Open After Dark podcast, Tommy Dreamer praised Chris Jericho for still going strong and said that he loves to see him wrestle.

"I loved watching Chris Jericho still perform just like, I don't view him as nostalgia. Chris is still killing it out there and I'm happy to see what he's doing in matches like that. Here's my other thing. The guy's a multi-millionaire. The guy's a rockstar. The guy's got so much going on."

We will have to wait and see how long Chris Jericho plans on wrestling for ROH and All Elite Wrestling.

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