Much to the surprise of pretty much everyone, Cody Rhodes and the Young Bucks' All In event in Chicago managed to sell out a 10,000 seat arena in less than one hour. Sure, the show will feature a lot of big names but it's rare for a wrestling company which isn't WWE to perform as well as this.
However, despite Chris Jericho enjoying a run with New Japan Pro Wrestling (which saw him win the IWGP Intercontinental Championship over the weekend), he won't be appearing at the event.
"I got asked to do [Strong Style Evolved in] Long Beach, I said ‘no.’ I got asked to do [the G1 Special at the] Cow Palace, I said ‘no.’ I got asked to do “All In,” I said ‘no.’ I don’t want to do that. You should see how many indie promoters have contacted me over the last six months. … You guys have to understand, this is not just me…it’s a calculated, big money proposition. Big money for me, big money for the company doing it. I’m not going to work anywhere else, unless you want to pay six [frick]ing figures, I’m not bragging, but this is where we’re at. This is McGregor-Mayweather type shit for me. I’m not saying I’m making $55 million like those guys, but what I’m doing it’s the most I’ve made for the least amount of matches in my entire career. So, it’s very calculated, everything I do has to be very smart."
Seeing as Y2J's wrestling career is probably nearing its end, you can't blame him for wanting to make some big money now and deliver a series of 5* matches at the same time. Interestingly, Jericho went on to reveal that he also felt working a number of Indie dates would be disrespectful to Vince McMahon, the man whose blessing he received to go to Japan and try out something different.
"It’s not a matter of just going out and doing indies – and like I said – I always felt like the unwritten rule is I don’t want to go into the states … I felt like that would be a real slap in the face of Vince. Ya know if something ever went down with us, I probably would do a show in the states and we could probably fill the Cow Palace. Jericho and Kenny rematch, or whatever it may be. ‘All In.’ I’d love to be a part of that, but ‘A’ it’s in Chicago and ‘B’ … at the risk sounding like an asshole, but I can’t lower my value by working one of these shows. It’s about picking my spots with the right guys at the right places for the overall contract I’m signing."
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