Backstage incidents have always existed in pro wrestling.
Chris Jericho knows this first-hand.
The AEW star reflected on Busted Open Radio how fast news of his backstage fight with Bill Goldberg leaked on the internet back in 2003 while talking about the issues behind-the-scenes in All Elite Wrestling being rectified.
Featured below are some of the highlights from the interview where he touches on these topics with his thoughts.
On how there have always been backstage incidents in wrestling: "It’s wrestling though, man. It’s only rock ‘n’ roll. I think people like to focus on negative. I remember when I got into the fight with Goldberg in Milwaukee [at WWE event in 2003], it was out on whatever version of the internet was then 10 minutes later… So it’s not like this is the first time there’s been incidents backstage. It happens. I just think now with social media that people want to jump on the negative."
On how the issues in AEW have been rectified: "We know the issues. The issues have been rectified. But the point is, it’s like, there’s so much positive things going on. And those things are always kind of a little bit downplayed. But it’s the negative that gets focused on. I know what’s going on in the locker room, and we know what areas we need to work on. I mean, negative press is negative press. Once again, you still got, out of those 81,000 people [at Wembley Stadium], how many people know what even happened or even really care? You know what I mean, the hardcore, and the journalists, and the guys who do this care. And we should. But there’s also fans — not just 81,000, how about being number one on cable once again four weeks in a row? Number one — the number one show out of all shows [on Wednesday night TV], is AEW. So to me, that’s a huge positive that also gets kind of lost in the shuffle because somebody’s in a bad mood one day, or whatever it might be. It happens, it’s wrestling. We’re all gypsies, tramps, and thieves, and there’s gonna be issues from time to time."
Check out the complete interview at Apple.com.
