Chris Jericho Announces AEW's 'Era Of The Sports Entertainer' Has Begun With Jericho Appreciation Society
Chris Jericho has gone by many monikers in the expanse of his AEW career, «Le Champion,» «The Demo God» and more recently, «The Influencer,» and the AEW fans have always gone along for the ride, chanting his name and singing his «Judas» theme song at every one of his appearances. With the creation of his new group called the Jericho Appreciation Society and dubbing himself a «sports entertainer,» however, Jericho has effectively become persona non grata among the AEW faithful for perhaps the first time since his arrival in the company.
Sports entertainment is defined by Wikipedia as «a type of spectacle which presents an ostensibly competitive event using a high level of theatrical flourish and extravagant presentation, with the purpose of entertaining an audience» and is the term that Vince McMahon has used for over two decades to define and justify his business aspirations and direction for WWE. To the hardcore wrestling fan, however, it's considered heresy to the more competitive aspects of the professional wrestling dogma, and the AEW fans and their fondness for ultra-athletic high-flying, lethal strikes and in-ring technical mastery is no different.
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Jericho came out with his new faction of «Daddy Magic» Matt Minard, «Cool Hand Edge» Angelo Parker (formerly 2point0), Daniel Garcia and Jake Hager in tow on the 2022 "St. Patrick's Day Slam" edition of AEW Dynamite, putting over each member's credentials and why they had such «appreciation» for Jericho and the effect he had on their careers. He then made it clear that his turning on his former Inner Circle cohorts Santana and Ortiz, as well as Eddie Kingston, stemmed from an overall lack of respect and
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