Chris Jericho Says That Despite NXT Beating Dynamite In Ratings, AEW Had The Better Show

Chris Jericho talks last week’s huge editions of NXT and AEW Dynamite.

Last week’s edition of WWE NXT was a huge event for the program and featured some of the top names in WWE, including legends such as Paul Heyman and John Cena.

Also featured on the show were some of the top stars of the WWE main roster, with Cody Rhodes, LA Knight, Asuka and more making their way to the WWE Performance Centre in Florida. The Undertaker would also make an appearance on the show.

The show would go head to head with AEW Dynamite: Title Tuesday in the ratings, with NXT coming out on top by a sizeable margin.

Speaking to The Messenger, Jericho commented on NXT’s victory, advising the brand and the powers that be not to “get too far up their own ass.”

“You know, you can only bring in Cena and Undertaker and Cody and everybody else so much because nobody wants to work on their secondary show all the time. And it was a fun little, ‘Hey, F-you AEW.’ I didn’t even really worry about it. I told Tony, ‘Well, if you want to fire back, bring in Shaq and Snoop Dogg and those types of guys, Mike Tyson. But Tony didn’t do that. We relied on our show and our guys and our girls, and that’s the way it’s always been for us. This would be like a football game where you bring in all of your top stars from years prior and beat the other team 30-26. It’s like a video game. Let’s bring in Tom Brady from five years ago and then play him for one game against Chris Jericho. OK, you guys won, but you only won 30-26,” 

 “So, don’t get too far up your own ass because you didn’t do that good of a job as far as crushing us. And our show was better than theirs, quite frankly. So, it doesn’t bother me. It’s competition, man. It’s good for the fans, it’s good for the companies.”

Chris Jericho

Jericho last competed on AEW television on last week’s show, being squashed in the process by Powerhouse Hobbs.

H/T to Fightful for transcription

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