AEW star believes Chris Jericho is amazing to work with.
An alumnus of Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling (ROW), All Elite wrestler star Bryan Keith, soon became a part of the ROH roster. In 2024, Keith turned heel and joined forces with Chris Jericho. Allying with Jericho and Big Bill, Keith became a part of the veteran’s faction, ‘The Learning Tree’.
During an appearance on the Battleground Podcast, Bryan Keith opened up on his experience in AEW and his partnership with the current ROH World Champion Chris Jericho.
“It’s been amazing. It’s something that I didn’t see coming when it first happened. I was, you know, not only surprised, but excited for it all. I like to pride myself on just being a student of the game. I’m a sponge. I’m always listening, always trying to take in what others are saying, respecting these guys and knowing that they’ve been in the business for a long time, for a reason, and they made it to the highest level for a reason, and that’s exactly what I am around him.
I’m just a sponge, man. I’m always listening to what he’s saying, taking into account what he’s saying, trying these things out,” he said. “It’s even better because I’m able to speak with him and then have the match or the experience that we’re doing and immediately try what he’s putting out there and then getting that immediate feedback.”
He further said,
“I’m definitely taking every opportunity, every chance I get to hear something, always. Not just from him. There’s a plethora of veterans in AEW with knowledge and experience, and it’s a blessing and an honor to be around them all and be able to take all that in.
So specifically, when it comes to Chris Jericho, ear to the ground; every single thing he’s saying, I’m taking in, and just trying to consider that and apply that to everything I’m doing. It’s like a cheat code, really.”
H/t Fightful
While Keith recently faced Top Flight with Big Bill on the 29th March episode of Collision, their mentor Jericho is scheduled to face Bandido, in a Title vs. Mask match for the ROH World Championship.
A Popular AEW Star Changed Their Wrestling Style Following A Conversation With Chris Jericho
A veteran in the industry for over three decades, Chris Jericho was once responsible for changing the wrestling style of popular wrestler Will Ospreay. Recently speaking with Chris Van Vliet on Insight, Ospreay said:
“Yeah, he called me up. I had done something stupid. I fucked 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 fucking 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. The fact that he took his time out to be like, ‘Rocky gave me your number, I want to have a chat.
Let’s talk.’ He genuinely gives a fuck. 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 reall good hand to have backstage. Anytime I go, ‘What do you think of this?’ He’s great in his honesty.”
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