With Jericho set to turn 53 years old this November, and over 32 years of experience under his belt, it would be natural to expect the first-ever AEW World Champion to be closer to slowing things down than speeding things up. Instead, Jericho seems eager to keep pushing forward and keep going as long as possible, which he credits to his enthusiasm towards wrestling and AEW, and the belief that he has regarding the promotion’s future direction.

“I think a lot of it is just mentally, I’m stimulated, creatively [I’m] stimulated,” Jericho said. “I’m excited and I’m really invested in AEW. All the highs and lows … we’ve had … I really believe in what we’re doing. And I think that has such a huge bearing on it. If I didn’t want to be doing this, it would probably really affect me physically.”

“But I’m excited. I’m excited to be here, I’m excited to do a press day. We used to do press days all the time, and this is the first press day I’ve had in a while. I love this man. This is what I’ve been doing since I was 19 years old. I’ll keep doing this until I feel like I can’t have the best match on the show on any given night. Not every night, but on any given night.”

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