Chris Jericho recently released a unique book detailing every single match from his career that is now on sale and hosted a Saturday Night stream to promote the book and answer questions from fans. One fan asked him about his spot at AEW Blood & Guts that drew criticism from fans for looking like he had landed on a soft mattress.
Jericho said, “I’m not even going to address the criticism for it, taking the bump off the top of the cage at Blood & Guts. It was terrifying because I’ve never done anything like that before. It was not a crash pad that I fell on, there were cardboard boxes that were basically set up across the board. You fall on them, and I guess the cardboard sort of softens the blow. The piece of plywood over the top that was not even as thick as this book, and I was scared. I really was, because I didn’t know what to expect. You know what I mean? What’s this going to be like? When I hit, it was hard. I mean I really did — the elbow injury is legit, just so you guys know it’s not a “work.” It came from that because I hit the side of the stage, and then my head missed the back by just a little bit. If you see it, there’s a bunch of spotlights and stuff.”
Continuing on, Jericho fired back at those who criticized the spot. He said “People that bagged on it can really f##k their a## because it was dangerous. It was scary. I was saying prayers before. I was a little bit worried because you never know. It was a legit fifteen foot drop. You can’t see behind you and you hope for the best. It was something that I thought about all day. No one had to convince me to do it because I knew it was right for the story, but like I said, people that didn’t respect that bump really aren’t fans. People in the business that were kind of bagging on it should know better because it’s not something you would really want anybody to do because it’s dangerous and it can affect you for your life if it goes wrong.”
Lastly, Jericho mentioned that he 100% knows the names of some people that ragged on the spot, and he won’t be forgetting that anytime soon. He said “Best of luck to anybody in our business, and anybody that bags on somebody who’s taking a chance and putting their bodies on the line can really f### off. Especially people in the business. I could say some names. There’s a couple of chicks in WWE who said some stuff and they should probably not have said that. They probably weren’t trained any better, and in 6 months they’ll probably be asking us for a job anyways and I’ll remember that, so we’ll leave it at that.”
You can re-watch his Saturday Night stream below. Let us know what you think in the comments below and thanks to Fightful for the transcriptions.
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