Chris Jericho put countless Superstars away with the Walls of Jericho over his tenure, but the AEW wrestler originally had a different name in mind.
Jericho debuted in WWE (WWF at the time) in August 1999 by interrupting The Rock and would become a Grand Slam Champion before exiting in 2018.
On a recent edition of his “Talk Is Jericho” podcast, Jericho spoke about his WWE arrival and the original name for his Boston Crab finisher. He said,
“The finish, when we did decide to use the Boston Crab, Liontamer, he didn’t like that because Ken Shamrock had the Lion’s Den. We came up with Walls of Jericho. Another idea I had was the Standing Torture Device, which was the STD. It was the Attitude Era. It would have worked!
“They also gave me a list of finishers that WWE corporate came up with and I remember one of them was the Rock N Roll Finisher and the other was the Salad Shooter. I think there was a thing you could buy on an infomercial called The Salad Shooter. ‘Why would I call it the Salad Shooter?’ I realized, maybe, because of the Sharpshooter, but what does salad have to do with Chris Jericho?”
Jericho has continued to use the Walls of Jericho in AEW, where he is the promotion’s first World Champion and current FTW Champion.
Jericho will defend his title against HOOK at AEW All In: London 2024 later this month. The show will take place from Wembley Stadium in London, England.
