Video: Jake Hager talks Chris Jericho and Sting
While speaking on the No Shave Man Cave, former AEW star Jake Hager commented on Chris Jericho’s legacy in AEW. Hager, would teamed with Jericho during his run with AEW, said the following…
“Here’s the thing I like about it. Did you see Triple H putting over any new guys? Did you see Undertaker putting over any new guys? Did you see any top guys, who have been in the business for as long as Jericho, putting over anybody? Did Sting put over anybody? No.
[Jericho’s] trying to build. He understands it. It drives me crazy that nobody talks about this. He’s putting over these guys. He’s putting the stamp on them. Did he make Orange Cassidy hot? I mean, come on. I’m biased, but I think the fact that he is so unselfish with building this company. Forget about it.”
(quote: Jeremy Lambert)
What in the actual f*ck is Hager talking about? Sting put over Aldis in his last match in TNA, and what did Aldis do? Only go on to completely revitalize the NWA World Championship, to the point that the biggest wrestler today, Cody, beat him for it … Sting offered to put over The Bucks in his last match in AEW, but the promotion is run by marks, so it was vetoed. Hager might also want to see No Surrender in ’09, when Sting passed the torch to AJ.
Triple H put over both Seth and Danielson at WrestleMania, which arguably amounted to the most memorable WM moment in “The Miracle on Bourbon Street”, besides elevating Orton and Batista to stars early in their careers.
What an idiot …
World of a difference between “putting over” and “getting over”. See e.g. Hart, B. vs. Austin, S. Hager never was the sharpest tool in the drawer…
Kissing up to Jericho didn’t keep your job in AEW, Jake. It’s not gonna get you the job back.