Chris Jericho recently did an interview with Hollywood Life where he spoke about a wide range of pro wrestling related topics including AEW and the war that the company is expected to face in the way of WWE NXT.
According to Jericho, he’s not at war with anyone that’s on the WWE NXT roster because in his eyes the brand is the minor leagues of the company. He’s not technically wrong as NXT has been considered the developmental system for WWE that has transitioned into being the third brand alongside Raw and SmackDown Live.
“I am not at war with anyone at NXT. Why would you start a war with some minor leagues? I think we [AEW] are doing what we are doing on Wednesday night and WWE decided to counter-program with NXT.”
Jericho made it known that fans can watch either show but AEW is not bringing a war to WWE because they have done just fine on their own by selling out 10,000 tickets in five minutes for a show.
“There is no war for me at all because there is not one guy on that show that I have ever heard of before and that is not being snobby– it’s just that I don’t watch NXT. So, if you want to watch NXT, that is fine. If you want to watch AEW, that is fine as well. But, it is certainly not a war on our part, because we have been doing great on our own — selling out shows and selling 10,000 tickets in five minutes without any type of war or competition.
I think this just adds more eyeballs onto us. The one thing I learned when I was in WCW is the worst thing you can do is worry about your competition. Worry about what you are doing and clean your [own] house and make sure your own shit is going good. That is what we are doing, and we are not worrying about whatever anyone else is doing.”
