Chris Jericho Turned Down Big Offer From AEW

Chris Jericho has been one of the key figures at the forefront of AEW ever since the company was first announced in 2019, and he cemented his legacy when he became the first ever AEW World Champion.

Jericho recently spoke to SI.com about his run with All Elite Wrestling so far, and he explained why he turned down an offer to become an Executive Vice President.

“You mentioned earlier that I wasn’t an EVP. The only reason I wasn’t an EVP is because I didn’t want to be. They asked me and I said, ‘No, that’s way too much work for what you’re planning on doing.’ And Tony Khan’s the boss, anyways. I knew that from the start. So I wasn’t going to play grab-a– and use EVP as an ego boost. F— that. Just give me more money.”

The former AEW World Champion had feuded with some interesting names over the last few years, and he went on to say that he feels his job is to make new stars.

“My job was to be a big star and make new ones so everyone is valuable. Look at the guys I worked with in those first three months. I helped Cody reinvent himself. Jon Moxley, Jungle Boy, Scorpio Sky, Darby Allin. The Elite, working with them on a national scale. Giving a stage for Santana and Ortiz and Sammy Guevara, reinventing Jake Hager. Then getting into it with Orange Cassidy and then a whole year with MJF. We needed to show we had some really big names in AEW, which we do.”

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