Speaking to NHL.com, Chris Jericho explained that the name of his baseball bat, Floyd, came from former St. Louis Blues player Floyd Thomson.
Thomson fell on the ice while playing a game against the New York Islanders and swallowed his tongue, a story Jericho thought was interesting.
“True story,” Jericho said. “How do you swallow your own tongue?! But he did it, and to this day in AEW, the bat I carry is called Floyd. I was looking for a name (similiar to) Lucille – Negan’s bat on The Walking Dead – and for some reason Floyd Thomson popped in my head. So the name on my bat in AEW comes from Floyd Thomson, former St. Louis Blue, who swallowed his own tongue.”
Jericho recently used Floyd by hitting Brody King with the bat, which caused Daniel Garcia to win the match on the March 17th episode of AEW Rampage.
