Chris Jericho shares the secret sauce to getting over.
The former AEW World Champion has outlined the three key elements that make a star in professional wrestling.
During a recent appearance on Untapped, Y2J emphasized that a wrestler’s ability to connect with fans matters far more than executing a dozen flashy moves in the ring.
“It’s the only thing that matters: creativity, personality, charisma… I mean, that’s what makes you become a big star in the business. It doesn’t matter the moves that you do. ‘Oh, I can do a triple moonsault’ — who cares? Like, it doesn’t matter. It’s how you connect with the crowd, how you get your character over with the audience, how you build a story that people care about,” Jericho said.
Chris Jericho compares wrestling to movies
“It’s like watching a movie, you know? You can go to a movie, like some Hollywood blockbusters that they spend $200 million on, but it’s bad because it’s just a bunch of effects and set pieces, and there are no characters to relate to, and the plot isn’t good. Then you can see another movie that maybe cost $500,000 to make, but it’s one of the greatest movies of all time because you connect with the characters you’re watching.
“And that’s what wrestling is — it’s all based on that. I tell everybody in the business, the young guys and girls that come in: work on your character and connect with the audience. If you can do that, you’ll always have a job — not just in wrestling, but in show business.”
Elsewhere in the same interview, Chris Jericho reflected on how his method-acting approach to his iconic 2008 heel run impacted his personal life.
Fans can read his full comments here.
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