AEW News: Chris Jericho Talks Conversation With Vince McMahon, His Goal In AEW

Chris Jericho discusses telling Vince McMahon he was signing with AEW and more!

Coming out of Tuesday’s All Elite Wrestling rally in Jacksonville, Florida (check out some great photos from the event here), of course the arguable biggest story was the upstart promotion signing Chris Jericho, a man who has been synonymous with the WWE for nearly twenty years.

Today, the multi-time WWE Champion appeared on Sirius XM’s Busted Open Radio and discussed his decision to sign with AEW in further detail, even revealing how a conversation with Vince McMahon on his choice went:

“A lot of that stuff is private, but I did have a very amicable conversation with him. He knew what I was doing, it wasn’t a surprise. I didn’t just show up in Jacksonville and that was it. The bottom line is The Khan Family isn’t messing around. They want to make a go at this and you know they have a lot of money and they have a lot of capital.”

Jericho would also speak on his goal being a part of the company, stating that his involvement could lead to other top talents seeing AEW as a good destination:

“By me joining the company I think fans and wrestlers most importantly go, ‘Holy s*** this is real’, because if Jericho went there, this is real. Because a lot of people don’t know Kenny or Cody or The Bucks. We know them, but your average fan doesn’t. Your guy in the WWE making a decent living, but thinks they can do better now knows, ‘Wow, Jericho can go there I can go there too.”

Quotes c/o RingsideNews