Bully Ray is excited to see Danhausen in WWE and feels that he will be successful in his new home. Santiago Felipe/Getty Images

Many pro wrestling fans were expecting one former AEW star to debut at WWE Elimination Chamber and it wasn’t Danhausen but Chris Jericho. There were many who thought that the person inside the crate was Jericho, who has been rumored to return to WWE for a few weeks. Bully Ray touched upon the Jericho situation and explained why WWE isn’t to be blamed.

“I quote tweeted one guy who basically was insinuating that the WWE built up this crate entirely too much and it was a giant letdown and a disappointment because of WWE. And I said, the WWE did not do a damn thing other than show you a crate that Adam Pearce didn’t think much of because he sent it to Nick Aldis. And Nick Aldis didn’t think much of ’cause he sent it back to Pearce, didn’t he?” asked Ray. 

Ray feels the disappointment some had at seeing Danhausen, instead of Jericho, appearing from the crate isn’t necessarily WWE’s fault, as the promotion hadn’t teased a Jericho appearance.

“I believe that fans built this up entirely too much,” he said. “In no way, shape or form did the WWE drop any hint on television, on social media — nowhere that this was going to be Chris Jericho in any way, shape, or form. It is fans, internet dirt sheets that get people in a frenzy. And when they get in a frenzy and then they get let down, they blame it on the company when they really should be blaming themselves.”

Recent reports have said that Jericho is still signed with AEW, contrary to claims that his contract had expired.