After parting ways with WWE a few years ago Chris Jericho started using Fozzy’s song “Judas” as his entrance theme and the song has since taken on a life of its own. AEW fans have been singing along to “Judas” for some time now, but Jericho considered changing the song when he turned heel.
During an appearance on the Swerve City podcast, Chris Jericho explained that a remix of “Judas” was created for his heel turn that would have made it harder for fans to sing-along. However, ultimately the idea was nixed.
“When I turned heel and we did the Jericho Appreciation Society, Rich Ward actually came up with a remix for Judas. It’s a little less sing-along and it was different. Tony didn’t want to do it. He wanted to keep the original song. A lot of people go, ‘You’re such a heel, why do you have a song that everyone sings to.’ He had a great point. If we kill the song, you get one week of heat, then what do you do with your music? You just have ring music. We have something that organically was created by our audience when they started singing Judas. Do you cut your nose off to spite your face and take away one of the trademarks of our show just because I’m a bad guy? Does it really matter either way? You’re killing a great moment just because you don’t want people cheering.
The whole concept of what wrestling is, is to get people cheering and get people involved. Once the match starts, I’ll get the heat. That song is so much a hallmark of Dynamite and AEW, to not play it just because I turned heel would be a disservice to something we created that is special. He had a great point. As soon as he pointed it out, I was like, ‘You’re totally right.’ People just like to be involve and sing along.”
Chris Jericho recently challenged Jon Moxley for the interim AEW World Championship at Quake By The Lake, but it was Moxley who picked up the victory. It’s rumored that AEW could have a big match in mind for Jericho at All Out, and you can get more on that here.
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