For many years Chris Jericho was a WWE Superstar, but in 2019 he officially announced that he had signed a deal with All Elite Wrestling.
Jericho has been one of the top stars in AEW since the inception of the company, and wrestling fans know that WWE has a reputation for not acknowledging the competition.
During a recent episode of Talk Is Jericho the first ever AEW World Champion spoke to toymaker Jeremy Padawer, and he explained that during the Toy Fair in New York City in 2020 he wasn’t allowed to enter WWE’s booth.
“Talking about about the Toy Fair, we, being AEW, had a really big display in the back of the convention center. I was there. Kenny [Omega] was there. Cody [Rhodes], Hangman [Page], The Bucks, I remember Luchasaurus and Jungle Boy. We had kind of our A crew was there. It was so funny. Typical WWE bulls**t, they wouldn’t let us up there to see their display, and so one of the guys let me in. And then I was filming something.
“He goes, ‘You can’t film.’ I go, ‘Why?’ He goes, ‘Because I’ll get in trouble if they know you’re up here.’ I’m like, ‘I’ve made these guy f**king 200 Chris Jericho WWE action figures! And I can’t come look at your display?’ But their display was in the back of the room in a corner. They had nobody there. None of the talent was there and I thought, this is pretty lame in comparison to what AEW has, which really surprised me especially at the Toy Fair in New York City.”
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