Chris Jericho Reveals His Backstage Role With AEW

Chris Jericho has been a big part of All Elite Wrestling ever since the company was announced. He was the first ever AEW World Champion, and he’s consistently featured as one of the company’s top stars.

Jericho has a lot of experience in the world of professional wrestling, and he recently talked about his backstage role with AEW during an appearance on the Sunday Night’s Main Event podcast.

The former World Champion explained why he didn’t want and Executive Vice President role, and he also revealed that officially he’s known as the Senior Advisor to the CEO.

“I think I literally have a position as ‘Senior Advisor to the CEO’. When they were talking about EVPs and all that sort of thing, I was like, I don’t want to have anything to do with it because these guys are doing a lot of work at the beginning finding sponsors, going to Cracker Barrel, helping to book towns [and] doing all this stuff. I was like, I don’t want to have anything to do with that, but when you’re talking about the creative side of things, I mean, obviously I worry about what Chris Jericho’s storyline is first and foremost.

“I don’t know if I have a lot of say. Obviously, Tony’s the boss, and that’s one thing that’s really grown over the last year is that people understand, and I knew it from the start, but I think a lot of the guys thought, oh we’re a big committee and a big team. No, there needs to be one boss, and that’s Tony Khan and then file down from there. So I have some say when I’m asked my opinions, but I also don’t know everything that’s going on on the show, nor do I want to because worrying about 30 or 40 different storylines is quite a lot of pressure.”

Chris Jericho will be in action this week on AEW Dynamite when The Inner Circle faces off against The Pinnacle in a Blood and Guts match. Stay tuned for updates.

H/T Wrestling Inc.