Chris Jericho's leap to All Elite Wrestling came as a huge shocker to wrestling fans, especially as he's been loyal to WWE for years. While he's not really said anything bad about the company (aside from the odd social media dig here and there), there's been a lot of speculation about just how "All In" he is with AEW.
Well, during a recent edition of Talk Is Jericho, Y2J confirmed that he has no behind the scenes role in the company and is simply just a performer.
"I am not part of the office. I am not one of the executive vice presidents or whatever the terms are. You know, Cody’s in there and Kenny and Matt Jackson and Nick Jackson, and of course Tony Khan kind of heading everything up but I know they have a lot of conversations, a lot of booking meetings, a lot of plans. I’m not privy to those conversations. You know, I get people calling me every day. Probably some of you even listening. From announcers to referees to wrestlers to people that wanna write the shows, ‘How can I get involved? How can I get involved?’ and I don’t know! I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band.
"I have nothing to do with that behind-the-scenes type hierarchy. But these guys are now dealing with all this kind of stuff. Cody calls me constantly about ‘let’s try this for an entrance’ and ‘let’s do this for a ring song’ and ‘let’s try this and try that.’ He’s probably getting 1,500 calls and texts and emails a day asking about all sorts of things he hadn’t even thought about and we haven’t even started on live TV yet. But that’s okay."
Jericho would bring a lot to the table in terms of creative but it's easy enough to understand why he might not want that commitment and it sounds like he's just enjoying being able to do something different with his career after the many years he spent working for WWE.
At All Elite Wrestling's Double Or Nothing PPV, he will square off with Kenny Omega.