Chris Jericho Sideways Buries AEW With TNA Praise (AEW News)

AEW's Chris Jericho had plenty of praise for TNA Bound for Glory.

by Andrew Pollard
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Amidst plentiful rumblings that he could be about to swap AEW for a WWE return, Chris Jericho has recently commented about how TNA looked like the second biggest wrestling company in the world at last month's Bound for Glory.

Prior to Bound for Glory, Jericho had the Hardys and Team 3D on his podcast ahead of their One Final Table bout, a bout that would prove to be the retirement match of Team 3D. In a follow-up, the inaugural AEW World Champion had both teams back on Talk Is Jericho to discuss that match and the fallout from it.

In this latest TIJ episode, Chris Jericho praised TNA Bound for Glory, noting how the 7,794 crowd "looked huge" and "like a WWE-level crowd". Not just that, but he'd compared it to a recent AEW Dynamite from the 2300 Arena/ECW Arena, saying that Dynamite taping "looked like a Tony Condello taping", and that "TNA looked like the second biggest company in the world" at Bound for Glory.

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For those unaware, Tony Condello is a former wrestler better known as a promoter in the Manitoba, Canada region and beyond, where he'd run what were affectionately referred to as "death tours". Those tours were infamous for their rough conditions, with multiple wrestlers - including Jericho, Lance Storm, Adam Copeland, Christian Cage, and Rhino - having to sleep in vans and arenas as they travelled through treacherous conditions to work events in some of Canada's most remote areas.

As for Chris Jericho, his current AEW deal is up at the end of the year, with WWE reportedly having plenty of interest in the veteran, whilst AEW President Tony Khan has regularly talked about how he's eager for Jericho to remain #AllElite.

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