Wrestling & MMA

AEW Dynamite will make its South Florida debut with Champ Chris Jericho leading the charge

How many hats can one person wear?

Well, if you’re Chris Jericho, plenty.

Wrestler, rock singer, author, TV show host, actor, podcast host, TV personality and even cruise director (sort of), Jericho is a legend of his first profession and a renaissance man overall, parlaying his success in the squared circle into other ventures, all successful.

Here is my video interview with Jericho during his South Florida media rounds as AEW Dynamite on TNT is Wednesday, Jan. 15 from the Watsco Center at the University of Miami in Coral Gables.

Jericho is Le Champion of All Elite Wrestling, the new high-profile organization owned by the famous Khan family.

A future Hall of Famer for sure, Jericho with 30 years in the wrestling business is still going strong.

That’s a testament to his ability to appeal, entertain and capture audiences with his in-ring skill, creativity, psychology and work on the mic. Possessing those attributes, he is currently making another mark by being the face of upstart AEW.

Thus, Jericho is the company’s champion and biggest name on a solid roster.

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His aptness to evolve, do something different, is an important element in his longevity.

In AEW, Jericho has a new role. Now leader of the faction The Inner Circle [Jake Hager, Sammy Guevara, Santana and Ortiz], Jericho continues to make things interesting...very interesting.

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Raise your glass with a little bit of the bubbly for Jericho.

AEW in South Florida

AEW Dynamite is at the Watsco Center on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at the University of Miami in Coral Gables for a Bash at the Beach-themed episode on TNT and then continues with Chris Jericho’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea, sailing round-trip from Miami to Nassau, Bahamas, from Jan. 20-24.

Bell time is 7 p.m. ET. The live TV show begins at 8 p.m. ET.

Tickets for the Jan. 15 AEW Dynamite Bash at the Beach show in Miami are on sale at www.AEWTIX.com and TicketMaster.

For Jericho cruise info, visit www.chrisjerichocruise.com.

About AEW

AEW, owned by the Khan family, is a new professional wrestling promotion headlined by members of The Elite (Cody and Brandi Rhodes, The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson), Kenny Omega and Hangman Page) and Chris Jericho and Jon Moxley.

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For the first time in many years, AEW is offering an alternative to mainstream wrestling, with a growing roster of world-class male and female wrestlers who are poised to bring new spirit, freshness and energy to the industry.

AEW is broadcasting two-hour weekly shows -- AEW Dynamite -- on TNT on Wednesdays from 8-10 p.m.

For more info, check out @AEWrestling (Twitter), @AllEliteWrestling (Instagram), /AllEliteWrestling (FB), AllEliteWrestling (YouTube).

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This story was originally published January 14, 2020 at 11:37 PM.

Jim Varsallone
Miami Herald
Jim Varsallone writes a high school sports column twice a week, featuring top performers in all varsity sports (boys and girls) in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He also covers pro wrestling, something he’s done since his college days in the late 1980s. Now in his fifth decade of coverage, he currently follows WWE (Raw, SmackDown and NXT), AEW, Ring of Honor, TNA Impact Wrestling, MLW, WOW, NWA, and the South Florida indies, mainly CCW. He writes MMA, too -- mostly profile stories and video interviews with American Top Team and Sanford MMA fighters in South Florida. As for pro wrestling, he writes feature stories and profile pieces, updates upcoming show schedules in South Florida, photographs the action and interviews talent (audio and video) -- sharing the content here and via social media on his Facebook, Twitter and YouTube channel: jim varsallone (jimmyv3 channel). Support my work with a digital subscription
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