Everyone knows that professional wrestling is not ballet, but there are some matches that can be far more brutal than others. Recently fans saw Chris Jericho and Nick Gage face off in a bloody war when they competed in a deathmatch on AEW Dynamite, and the match got a lot of people talking.
During a recent conference call AEW Executive Vice President Cody Rhodes answered a question about whether or not deathmatches have a place on TV, and he said that he does think they have a place, but he doesn’t think it’s something fans will see often.
“Great question. I think the match was as advertised. Chris Jericho, or that night, ‘The Painmaker’, and Nick Gage, were very clear about a deathmatch and what you were going to get. It went on in the second hour and it was indeed as advertised. I, before AEW was a thing, considered doing a deathmatch with Matt Tremont. I had really heavily considered it, and I never pulled the trigger on that. But that was indeed a deathmatch.
“And I think the answer to your question about does it have a place in television, well, we were the number one show on cable. And that is a huge honor, three weeks in a row. That’s a huge honor and responsibility to our fanbase, during the Olympics we were the number one show on cable! So yes, I think it does have a place. I don’t think it is something you will see often. That’s just my opinion, as asked for.”
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