"This was embarrassing" - Former WWE manager savages Chris Jericho's recent AEW Dynamite segment
Chris Jericho and the Jericho Appreciation Society recently beat down Eddie Kingston and Proud and Powerful on AEW Dynamite. The segment didn't sit well with veteran wrestling personality Jim Cornette, who harshly criticized the former world champion.
Chris Jericho formed the Jericho Appreciation Society after attacking Eddie Kingston and betraying former Inner Circle members Santana and Ortiz. After defeating the trio on Dynamite last week, the JAS viciously attacked them and again stood over their unconscious bodies.
During a recent episode of his podcast, the Jim Cornette Experience, the former WWE manager shared his belief that the attack looked fake.
"If you’re an AEW hater, if you’re an AEW fan, if you’re an AEW wrestler – go back and look at the heel’s heat in this segment and tell me this did not look like the fakest horses**t that you’ve ever seen in your life," said Cornette. "Everybody involved should be ashamed, including Jericho, at his group’s performance." (02:48:34)
#JerichoAppreciationSociety, not satisfied with the pin, decide to pour salt into the wound as @TheDaddyMagic and @TheAngeloParker lay into Kingston, Santana and Ortiz! #AEWDynamite is LIVE on @TBSNetwork right now! https://t.co/PrQBAJG91r
Cornette also questioned why there was no intervention from referees to stop the post-match beatdown.
"While this heat was going on, and they were hitting [Eddie Kingston] with s**t that wasn’t even hitting him? No bell, no referees, and the work looked phony as f**k. This was embarrassing," Cornette continued. (02:48:55)
The feud is likely far from over, and the tension between the two factions will likely continue to rise over the next few weeks.
Former WWE Superstar Mr. Hughes once received an actual punch from Ken Shamrock because of Chris Jericho
During the late 90s, Chris Jericho had a brief feud with mixed martial artist Ken Shamrock. In an interview with WSI’s James Romero, Mr. Hughes shared a brief story about an altercation between himself and Shamrock while he was Jericho's bodyguard:
“He got frustrated. Jericho was tatoring him [being overly physical] and he got up and hit me right in the freaking [jaw]. Thank God I had the mask on. He went bam, I saw stars, tweety birds, and every damn thing, but I didn’t sell it. My knees were buckling and everything, but I didn’t sell it,” Hughes said.
chris jericho has abandoned his partner and bodyguard upon debut mr hughes to be picked apart by the dudley boys who nail a dudley death drop for the win https://t.co/m3B78JzAvX
Chris Jericho has abandoned or betrayed nearly all of the wrestlers he's teamed up with in the past. With Santana and Ortiz just the latest to be turned on, fans have to wonder just how long the JAS will prove useful to the former AEW World Champion.
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