10 Anti-WWE Moves AEW Made Out Of Spite

7. "Stupid Idea From Bad Creative"

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Chris Jericho cut one of the all-time great AEW promos on only the second ever edition of Dynamite.

His speech was some typical of-the-era brilliance from 'LeChampion', but it had more to do than just pop the regulars. Over the course of a long and grandiose missive, Jericho gave a name to the heel group he'd revealed one week prior, explained how they'd come together, and laid out a mission statement that would furnish AEW with multiple matches and splinter stories for the months to come.

It was genuinely inspired stuff, and even included a couple of off-hand poppers that propelled it to vital infamy when the Wednesday Night War was in its infancy. Shouting down "We The People" chants for the former Jack Swagger, Jericho referred to Jake Hager's old shtick as a "Stupid Idea From Bad Creative". It drew gasps from a crowd still somewhat flabbergasted that this sort of thing was now going to feature in the weekly television diet once again.

Ironically, Hager still dined out on the bit as part of his MMA presentation, though it's never once resurfaced in AEW after this.

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