Chris Jericho Says He Wouldn't Have Done Steve Austin's Podcast If He Couldn't Talk AEW
Matthew Cannon 
Chris Jericho would have likely dominated the headlines for the next several days had WWE not shockingly released another batch of superstars this Thursday. However, the AEW man is making waves nonetheless, having appeared on Steve Austin's Broken Skull Sessions on Peacock after WrestleMania 37's second night.
The former AEW World Champion has since given an interview to Busted Open Radio in which he claims he wouldn't have opted to be a guest on Austin's podcast if it meant he wouldn't be able to speak about AEW.
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Jericho joked he's surprised to even be able to make it to another interview as he expected "snipers" to take him out but recognized the moment as groundbreaking.
“Nobody really knew what to expect,” he said (H/T Wrestling Inc.). “It did come completely out of left field. The opening line of the show, if you’ve seen it, I said ‘I can’t believe there’s not snipers on the roof to take me out. I can’t believe I’m the show!’ But yeah; what a kind of monumental, groundbreaking moment that was for sure.”
“I wouldn’t have done the show if it wasn’t to talk about my whole career, including AEW. There’d be no benefits for me to do the show just to go on and talk about old things I had done in WWE. And Steve wouldn’t have had me on either."
A Lot Of Trust Required
Jericho also pointed out that the interview called for a whole lot of trust from both Vince McMahon and Tony Khan as Vince could have just decided to cut whatever he wanted out. He claims just 10 minutes of the two-hour-plus show got edited out thanks to both parties agreeing not to put the other in a poor position.
“We both kind of were very adamant of how we wanted the show to be done," he added. "But if a certain 73 year old wakes up one days and goes ‘what?! I never said that!’, the whole thing could be changed, wiped off the face of the earth or whatever. But I also think there was a lot of trust, both from Vince and Tony Khan, towards both Steve and myself, knowing we wouldn’t go that way. There was no reason to talk about things that were going to bury either side. It was a very positive interview as you guys saw.
“So there was a lot of trust afforded to us. And I think the moment Vince said ‘do it’, he knew what we’d be talking about. And Tony even said it to me. He trusted Steve and I to kind of take care of both parties and we did that. If it was anyone else I don’t know if we’d be afforded the same trust. But I had Steve’s word and he had my word that we were going to do our best to have a great show. And there was no reason to kind of tear anybody down or talk any bad things. I think that’s one of the reasons why it pretty much aired exactly as we spoke."
Source: Busted Open Radio (H/T Wrestling Inc.)
