During a recent appearance on the “Busted Open Radio” podcast, AEW wrestler Chris Jericho revealed that his current AEW contract will be expiring at the end of next year.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On being about to sign his biggest contract ever: “I’m about ready to go into my biggest contract year ever. That’s one of the things I laugh about when people are like, ‘Jericho just has to be on TV.’ I don’t have to do anything. My boss puts me on TV because he pays me money to be there. To know that much money is at stake 25 years after the Attitude Era, it blows my mind.”
On this being a great time for the wrestling business: “This is a great time for the business and fans to be in it. Live sports is the last bastion of advertising. With all the streaming, nobody is watching commercials anymore. The only commercials are NFL, NHL, NBA, AEW, WWE, live sports.”
On fans who claim Warner Bros. Discovery is overpaying for AEW: “That’s why it’s worth that much money. For people going, ‘Oh, they’re overpaying.’ It’s what they have left to make money. When WWE goes to Netflix, suddenly that changes the game as well. It’s an interesting time for the television business, the wrestling business, and live sports and advertising.”
During a recent appearance on the “Everything Is Pro Wrestling” podcast, AEW wrestler Claudio Castagnoli commented on AEW’s new media rights deal with Warner Bros. Discovery and his belief that fans need to keep an eye out on talents who aren’t on TV a lot.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On fans needing to keep an eye out on talents who aren’t on TV a lot: “I would always keep an eye out for the people you don’t really see a lot on TV. You have your favorites, they are on TV on a weekly basis. For example, I thought Private Party stepped up on Collision against us. You can see a difference in their attitude. That’s interesting to see where that leads.”
On wrestlers starting to find their groove: “Top Flight is trying to find their groove. Premiere Athletes on Collision. The Kingdom with Roddy, Mike Bennett, and Taven. Orange Cassidy. I would I would have picked not obvious ones. To me, it’s not easy to ride the wave of success. The true character shows when that wave is going down. What do you do to catch the next wave? You can always see who is trying to reinvent themselves and evolve their character, and who is doing the same thing over and over.”
On his thoughts on the AEW roster: “There are a lot of people I haven’t named yet that you’re probably like, ‘I really like him.’ Those are the people you want to support and that’s what AEW is so great about. The roster is so big and hopefully with a new TV deal, you’ll see a lot more different people stepping up and making a name for themselves.”
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