7 Ups & 2 Downs From AEW Dynamite (2 Mar)

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7. This Guy's Gigantic Ego

Chris Jericho
AEW

The Chris Jericho character turnaround has gone under-praised in AEW over the past few weeks, but The Inner Circle leader is doing good, ego-driven work opposite Eddie Kingston at the moment.

"GFY" and "The Influencer" are impossibly lame, but that's the point. Jericho has become consumed by himself again. This is a clear, focused attempt at preventing him like the most uncool Sports Entertainment heel opposite Kingston, who is the opposite, and it's working.

A good backstage promo saw Jericho say that it was hard for him to relate to Eddie, as he'd always been a star, calling him "kid" in the process. That condescension will come back to bite him in the ass when Kingston beats him at Revolution, swipes his handshake away, and leaves laughing. Kingston doesn't need Jericho's outdated version of "the rub": he's already the man.

Regardless of where Santana and Ortiz hang their hats.

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