Chris Jericho has been in the professional wrestling business for a long time, and he’s both competed in and watched quite a few wrestling matches.
Recently Kyle O’Reilly challenged Finn Balor for the NXT Championship, and both men suffered injuries during the match.
A few week ago Chris Jericho hyped up the success of an AEW Dynamite segment, and a fan told him to take notes from the Balor vs. O’Reilly match.
Take notes from O’Reilly and Balor.
— Joshua Tiemann (@JoshuaMilliue) October 10, 2020
Chris Jericho took exception to the comment when he responded with a tweet that has since been deleted which read, “Sure! How to f— each other up during a match so they can’t work again for months.”
Undisputed Era member Bobby Fish spoke to Sports Illustrated about the criticism, and he noted that he watched Jericho while he was growing up.
“I watched Jericho and Eddie Guerrero growing up. Their style was physical as hell. And the viewer is supposed to lose themselves in what they’re watching. I’m sorry, but if you see a s—load of daylight in between things, you’re going to have a hard time losing yourself in what’s being presented to you. I’ll take that fat lip. I’m sure Finn’s jaw is killing him right now, but I would imagine he wouldn’t take much back from that match. That’s how we go.”
Fish went on to say that he doesn’t feel that he would be in danger stepping into the ring with either Finn Balor or Kyle O’Reilly.
“I would not feel like my body or my well-being was in danger in the ring with either Finn or Kyle. Both guys work a style that I like, one that I’m preferential to. The three of us all did some time in New Japan. Having come from football and college, I got into pro wrestling because it wasn’t ballet. I’m not looking to maim anybody, but the strikes I’m looking to throw, I take a certain level of pride in that.”
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