Chris Jericho Gave Important Advice To Major AEW Star
The wise words of Chris Jericho have been very helpful for one of the biggest names in AEW.
Chris Jericho has been a pro wrestler for over 30 years and is a 9-time World Champion with title wins taking place in WWE, AEW & ROH. He also held the WCW World Title when it was a part of WWE.
In addition to winning a lot of titles and cementing a legacy as an all-time great pro wrestler, Chris Jericho is also known for being one of the most durable pro wrestlers ever. While many of his peers have retired due to age or injuries, Jericho has avoided major injuries while continuing to perform at high level at the age of 54.
Will Ospreay is a great example of a current AEW wrestler in the prime of his career who has the potential to be a future AEW World Champion just like he was an IWGP World Champion during his NJPW run.
During an interview on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Will Ospreay spoke about Chris Jericho looking out for him because Ospreay was known for taking dangerous bumps in matches.
“Yeah, he called me up. I had done something stupid. I f**ked my neck up back in 2018, I’ve never been the same since then. It was against Marty [Scurll]. We did the Spanish Fly and my f**king head hit the apron, but my neck contorted unerneath me and I felt everything. The shock go down my arm. It was horrendous. I’ve never been the same since.
A month after, me and KUSHIDA were wrestling and we had done a DDT off the apron to the floor. I was fine, I was absolutely fine. I controlled my body on the landing, but it looked horrendous.
Jericho got on the phone with me and said, ‘Hey, look, please don’t die. You have to look after yourself. Pick your bumps. You don’t need to be doing that type of stuff all the time.’ That hit. I was like, ‘I appreciate it.’ Especially at that time, Jericho only would pop over to New Japan every now and again.”
Will Ospreay Believes Chris Jericho Is “Great In His Honesty”
Chris Jericho reaching out to Will Ospreay made a big impact on Ospreay, who went on to praise Jericho for being an honest guy.
“The fact that he took his time out to be like, ‘Rocky (Romero) gave me your number, I want to have a chat. Let’s talk.’ He genuinely gives a f**k. Every time I’ve been around Chris, he’s always given me great advice.
Even being here, there are promo things that I will do and he’s like, ‘Who told you to do that?’ ‘This person told me.’ ‘Don’t do that because of this reason.’ When he explains it to me, I’m like, ‘Ah, of course.’ He’s been a really good hand to have backstage. Anytime I go, ‘What do you think of this?’ He’s great in his honesty.”
At AEW Revolution on March 9th, Ospreay will be in action against Kyle Fletcher in a Steel Cage Match while Jericho will be on the Zero Hour pre-show defending the ROH World Title against a masked wrestler named Gravity.