Matt Hardy: People Are Wrong To Say Chris Jericho Should Not Be On TV At This Stage Of His Career
Matt Hardy praises Chris Jericho.
While Matt Hardy has departed from All Elite Wrestling with his brother, Jeff. Chris Jericho has remained in AEW where he has continued to win championships and lead new groups who he believes will be the future of pro wrestling. While many dislike seeing Jericho on their TV, Matt believes they are wrong to be that way and that Jericho adds to the storyline and shows that he is part of.
“First and foremost, I understand being an older guy around in wrestling, someone who is looked at as like a legacy talent, someone that is looked at as like a living legend more or less. Chris and I fall in the same category. There are a lot of people in AEW that thought Jeff and I shouldn’t be there, we shouldn’t be featured, it was pretty brutal. It’s so funny that we came to TNA and numbers across the board are up and it’s not just myself and Jeff, but we definitely helped. We helped with that issue. They’re selling more tickets than they have in over a decade. It’s a very positive thing and it’s nice that we are being utilized in the correct way. Looking back on it, I watched the ladder match that he had with Mark Briscoe, and I thought Jericho was utilized perfect. You put Jericho as the Ring Of Honor champion — If you’re trying to build up Ring Of Honor, even if it is on the ROH app or the site, he’s a great guy to be the champion and feature him. That match where he wrestled Mark Briscoe, it elevated Mark Briscoe in my opinion watching it. The finish, he was just such a chickenshit heel, the way Big Bill put him on his shoulders and carried him off the ladder. I think the people that say Chris Jericho should not be on TV at this stage of the game, I just think they’re absolutely wrong. I think he has a benefit, I think he adds a lot to pro wrestling.” Matt Hardy said on The Extreme Life Of Matt Hardy.
Matt and Jeff recently won the TNA Tag Team Championships for a third time in their career at TNA Bound For Glory in what may have been their last TLC match of their legendary careers.
H/t to Fightful for the transcription.
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