Chris Jericho claims Vince McMahon immediately asked him to return to WWE after penning AEW contract
CHRIS JERICHO claimed Vince McMahon immediately asked him to return to WWE after he signed with AEW.
The American star, 49, penned a deal with newly-founded All Elite Wrestling in early in 2019.
He is the only AEW champion so far and revealed all in a recent podcast regarding the signing of the deal.
Jericho said: "I’m not in AEW because I was a rebel. I’m with AEW because Vince went, ‘Go.’
"And then, when I went, he went, ‘Did you sign the contract?’ I said, ‘Well, yeah.’
"He said, ‘Can you get out of it?’ ‘No! You told me to sign it!’”
"But [McMahon] had the opportunity to stop it like he did with [Scott Hall], which is very interesting to me because 23 years later, he made the same [mistake].
"I love Vince."
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Jericho has stuck with AEW and is in an ongoing battle with Jon Moxley.
Moxley was previously known as Dean Ambrose in WWE and the pair will battle at the next pay-per-view AEW event, Revolution.
But should Jericho change his mind, McMahon would no doubt be delighted to welcome the star back.