{"id":116309,"date":"2021-04-02T15:52:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T20:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=116309"},"modified":"2021-04-02T15:52:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T20:52:55","slug":"aews-chris-jericho-announced-for-wwes-steve-austin-broken-skull-sessions-austin-comments-on-how-the-deal-came-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/04\/02\/aews-chris-jericho-announced-for-wwes-steve-austin-broken-skull-sessions-austin-comments-on-how-the-deal-came-together\/","title":{"rendered":"AEW&#8217;s Chris Jericho announced for WWE&#8217;s Steve Austin Broken Skull Sessions, Austin comments on how the deal came together"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2793536927\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p>WWE announced today on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWENetwork\/status\/1378014457469763584?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> that AEW wrestler Chris Jericho will be Steve Austin&#8217;s guest on The Broken Skull sessions following WrestleMania: Night 2 on April 11 on The Peacock Network.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/wrestling\/2021\/04\/02\/aew-chris-jericho-steve-austin-interview-wwe-network\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sports Illustrated<\/a>, Austin said the idea to appear on The Broken Skull Sessions occurred to him after he watched the episode featuring The Undertaker. \u201cI was having a beer one night after my Broken Skull Sessions interview with The Undertaker aired, and out of the blue, Chris Jericho reached out and said, \u2018Man, that was a great interview,\u2019\u201d said Austin. \u201cI sent him back a couple of those emojis, one of a beer mug and the other of an eagle, and then he called me right then and there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\u201cWe got to talking. I\u2019ve always respected the hell out of his career, and I\u2019m glad they&#8217;re around &#8211; it gives the guys and girls in professional wrestling more places to work. I said, \u2018I&#8217;d love to have you on the show.\u2019 And he said he\u2019d love to do it, so I checked with Vince about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-pw-in-article=\"true\">Austin told Sports Illustrated that he texted Vince McMahon to get permission to do the interview. &#8220;I texted Vince and said we had this badass idea about Jericho coming on the show,&#8221; said Austin. &#8220;Vince goes, \u2018It&#8217;s cool. Go ahead.\u2019 But me and Vince don\u2019t always do well with phones and texts and all that, so I texted one more time, \u2018Are you sure it\u2019s OK to have Chris Jericho on the show?\u2019 Vince gave me the thumbs up, and Chris came out to do the show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-pw-in-article=\"true\">Sports Illustrated noted that AEW CEO Tony Khan gave Jericho permission to do the interview.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1061027306\"><div id=\"pwtor-2737007331\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE announced today on Twitter that AEW wrestler Chris Jericho will be Steve Austin&#8217;s guest on The Broken Skull sessions following WrestleMania: Night 2 on April 11 on The Peacock Network. 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