Google News Chris Jericho on Action Andretti: It doesn’t hurt me to lose, and we made this guy
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Marc Maron's WTF podcast was the perfect opportunity for Chris Jericho to talk about Action Andretti turning out to be a great thing for AEW. Jericho managed to find a great and talented wrestler. “We did something, just a few weeks ago.
I saw this kid back in October. Good looking kid, pretty agile, and I said, ‘Let’s do an interview with him.’ He was a good talker. I said, ‘Let’s hire him, but keep him at home, I have an idea.’ Action Andretti.
Two or three weeks ago, I lost my title, and now I’m going to have a tune-up match against some jobber and I’m going to get back on track”. - he said, as quoted by pwmania.com
Chris Jericho and the fight
The fight between Jericho and Andretti caused a large number of reactions.
They showed the quality of the wrestlers, and Andretti was particularly impressive. “This kid comes out, we have a match, and I’m treating him like a jobber, a squash match. Throwing him around, he gets no offense, people are chanting, ‘Let’s go jobber.’ They’re behind it and laughing along.
Hit him with my finisher. One, two, he kicks out. People are like, ‘Oh shit.’ Then the buzz starts going. ‘What’s going to happen now?’ We’ve never seen this guy on TV, ever. Then, we continue forward and suddenly, he gets me again.
He hits me with this and that. Boom, boom, boom, hit me with a move. One, two, three. He wins. Crowd goes fucking crazy. He’s running around, slapping hands, people are going nuts. It’s one of the greatest moments we’ve had in AEW history because no one knew this guy, and by the end, we made a new star.
It doesn’t hurt me to lose, and we made this guy. It’s about making stars and making people react. No one would’ve guessed he was going to win”.