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Back in January, you shocked the world by signing with AEW. Despite not having officially run a show, if we discount All In, there's no doubt that AEW is one of the hottest things in wrestling right now. Of course, we have Double or Nothing coming up in May, then Fyter Fest, Fight For The Fallen and of course an appearance on the Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea. Could the cruise become a staple of the AEW calendar?
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At this point, I don't see why it can't! If you saw the cruise last year, the pay-per-view we did on Fite TV, being on that cruise ship made it look different from any other, it made it special.
It reminds me of the old WCW when they used to do Road Wild and go to the middle of the parking lot in the black hills of South Dakota surrounded by bikers on their Harleys.
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I work for AEW now, so it wouldn't make sense for me to do something with Ring Of Honor or NXT, but who's to say? I'm open to anything. The cruise is mine, it's not AEW's, so whatever I decide to do is the way it's going to be in the future.
The emergence of AEW seems to have given a lot of wrestlers some leverage, and maybe lit a fire under some to see if the grass is greener on the other side. We've had reports everywhere that certain WWE Superstars are unhappy, requesting their releases and not signing new contracts, what would you say to anyone who wanted to jump ship?
It's different. We're not doing it that way where anyone who doesn't like what they're doing in WWE is automatically guaranteed a job in AEW. We will look at every talent on an indiividual basis.There's some guys we'd love to have in WWE, and there's some guys we probably wouldn't take. Obviously we haven't even had a show yet and our roster is already very deep.
When you talk about the Double or Nothing show, how many people can you book on that show? If you have 60-70 guys, you end up with the same problem as WWE.
Thanks so much to Chris Jericho for speaking with us today. You can book your cabin for the Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager At Sea here, get all the updates here, or follow Chris on Twitter here.
Chris Jericho's next scheduled wrestling match is against Kenny Omega at AEW's Double or Nothing on May 25th from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with Fozzy hitting the road on tour that same month, tickets are available here.
