Jul 9, 2:00 PM
This could be the pattern for Jericho’s latest AEW run
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In his first feud back in AEW after a year away, Chris Jericho worked with a former independent wrestling star who spent much his prime with WWE but now was in AEW using all his experience to remind wrestling fans why he was a star on the indies in the first place. Jericho’s opponent won the opening match in the rivalry on PPV by nefarious means, but ultimately lost the program. That was Ricochet. Next up? Another former independent wrestling star who spent much of his prime with WWE but who’s now in AEW using all his experience to remind wrestling fans why he was a star on the indies in the first place. Tommaso Ciampa targeted Jericho, and didn’t like it when the inaugural AEW World champ mocked him for it. Weeks of tension and backstage attacks led to their first match, which wasn’t on PPV, but was on the big Beach Break episode of Dynamite that featured two title changes and possibly send another championship in another direction for August’s return to Wembley Stadium. From the star