Chris Jericho has been one of the top stars in All Elite Wrestling from day one, and he’s also used his position of power to help elevate other talents.
Jericho aligned himself with Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz to form The Inner Circle, and the alliance has been quite successful so far.
Last year Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows were in talks with AEW before they signed new contracts with WWE, and it looks like Jericho wanted them in the group.
This week on the latest episode of his Saturday Night Special Chris Jericho revealed that original plans called for Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson to join The Inner Circle.
“The Young Bucks, Kenny (Omega), myself kind of convinced Tony Khan that they would be excellent in AEW. One of the ideas at one point was to have Gallows and Anderson in The Inner Circle. And let me just say, I love The Inner Circle. I think we really stumbled onto something great. But keep this in mind. I knew Jake Hager but I hadn’t seen him or worked with him in years. Never met Santana or Ortiz other than my cruise where we crossed paths briefly and I didn’t even know Sammy Guevara at all.”
Gallows and Anderson recently confirmed that they’ve signed contracts with Impact Wrestling, and their contracts will allow them to work with New Japan in the future.
