10 Awesome Wrestling Spots That Were Totally Improvised
2. "Bad Creative"
Meme machine Chris Jericho cut one of the promos of the year on only the second episode of AEW Dynamite when he managed to name and introduce an entire new stable, shift his gimmick from 'Painmaker' to 'LeChampion' and set up his impending Heavyweight Championship match with Cody at the company's second official pay-per-view.
He also provided a sequel to his classic "I'm from Winnipeg you idiot" from a decade prior.
After talking up mainstream newcomers Sammy Guevara and Proud & Powerful, Jericho arrived at Jake Hager, a man known very well by wrestling fans as John Laurinaitis-era WWE castoff Jack Swagger. Swagger's run was fraught with issues beyond his control, but wasn't entirely for nought nostalgically. To the indies, AEW and even MMA, he brought with him the popular "We The People" chant. It wasn't something Jericho anticipated, but it was something he was quick enough to cope with.
Turning on both the crowd and his former employer, he referred to the bit as a "Stupid idea from bad creative". Far from pandering, this nonetheless allowed AEW loyalists a big anti-WWE pop whilst also accepting their responsibility to boo Hager instead of celebrating his former self. It was, like the rest of Jericho's monologue, worthy of celebration...