5 oldest stars on the AEW roster

#5. AEW Star Chris Jericho (50)

Chris Jericho was one of the first names to join AEW. He signed a three-year contract with the newly-established promotion at the age of (48) in 2019.

The Demo God became the first-ever AEW World Champion on August 31, 2019, when he defeated Adam Page (27 at the time) for the inaugural title.

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In October 2019, Jericho, alongside Sammy Guevara, Jake Hager, Santana, and Ortiz, created The Inner Circle, which MJF joined nearly a year later. Jericho and Guevara challenged SoCal Uncensored for the AEW World Tag Team Championships but came up short.

At Revolution 2020, The Demo God lost his AEW World Title to Jon Moxley to end a feud that lasted several weeks.

In the following weeks, Jericho and his Inner Circle group feuded with The Elite. The feud ended when The Inner Circle lost to The Elite at Double or Nothing last May.

Chris Jericho feuded with MJF before teaming up with him over the past few months. The two stars challenged AEW Tag Team Champions Matt and Nick Jackson for the title but lost at AEW Revolution 2021.

At the age of (50), Chris Jericho remains one of the top stars in AEW today.

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