Chris Jericho BLASTS WWE's WrestleMania Backlash Zombies
AEW Blood & Guts or WWE's zombies: what REALLY set wrestling back 30 years?
AEW's Chris Jericho kept a receipt from the WWE official that reportedly quipped that the Tony Khan-helmed promotion's recent Blood & Guts match "set the business back 30 years."
When zombies showed up at WrestleMania Backlash last night, Jericho (who may or may not have had a template for the tweet saved in his drafts since Blood & Guts) tweeted the following:-
Zombies...ZOMBIES? Wow that just set wrestling back 30 years.
Advertisement— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) May 17, 2021
Undead lumberjacks surrounded the ring as Damian Priest faced The Miz on last night's WWE PPV. They were there to promote Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead, which sponsored WrestleMania Backlash, and dominated a bout won by Priest in around seven minutes.
Former WWE Champion Batista, who stars in the movie, had teased his decaying friends showing up prior to the PPV:-
Wishing good luck to all the WWE Superstars competing tonight at #WMBacklash. Sorry I couldn’t make it … but some of my friends will. #ArmyOfTheDead @WWE
— The Artist Formerly Known as Super Duper Dave (@DaveBautista) May 16, 2021
The zombies simulated devouring The Miz in the middle of the ring after the bell, which was certainly a choice.
Airing on 5 May, Blood & Guts was AEW's brutal, claret-soaked take on WarGames, and closed with Jericho taking a fall from the top of the enclosed steel cage. PWInsider's Dave Scherer reported afterwards that WWE management hated the show, with one making the "30 years" comment.