Chris Jericho Reveals Why He Turned Down AEW EVP Role

Chris Jericho has been with All Elite Wrestling since the very beginning, appearing at the promotion's inaugural press conference before he signed on the dotted line in January 2019.

The promotion had been founded only a week earlier and several of the founders in Cody Rhodes, The Young Bucks and Kenny Omega became executive vice presidents. 

Speaking with Sports Illustrated before Revolution, Jericho revealed he had the opportunity to become an EVP but he ultimately turned the position down because of the workload. 

After being asked about his Orange Cassidy feud in 2020, Jericho said: "It's easy for Eddie to say that. You mentioned earlier that I wasn't an EVP. The only reason I wasn't an EVP is because I didn't want to be. They asked me and I said, 'No, that's way too much work for what you're planning on doing.' And Tony Khan's the boss, anyways. I knew that from the start. So I wasn't going to play grab-ass and use EVP as an ego boost. F*ck that. Just give me more money.

"My job was to be a big star and make new ones so everyone is valuable. Look at the guys I worked with in those first three months. I helped Cody reinvent himself. Jon Moxley, Jungle Boy, Scorpio Sky, Darby Allin. The Elite, working with them on a national scale. Giving a stage for Santana and Ortiz and Sammy Guevara, reinventing Jake Hager. Then getting into it with Orange Cassidy and then a whole year with MJF. We needed to show we had some really big names in AEW, which we do."

Jericho faced Eddie Kingston at the Revolution pay-per-view but The Painmaker refused to shake his opponent's hand after Crazy Eddie defeated him. Jericho will address his actions on Wednesday's edition of Dynamite.