Top AEW Star Chris Jericho was recently interviewed by ESPN on a number of topics, which includes the Stadium Stampede Match from AEW’s Double Or Nothing PPV. Jericho called the Stadium Stampede Match one of the best matches he has ever done in his illustrious pro wrestling career.
Jericho then revealed the entire filming process of the Stadium Stampede Match and said that the match is monumental and that it deserves to win an Emmy.
This is what Chris Jericho said:
“When you film a movie, there’s weeks, months of filming, weeks, and months of editing. All that different stuff. We filmed the entire Stadium Stampede in nine hours. From 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. Friday night to Saturday morning. And we had three hours to edit it before we had to take it to the truck. What we created in that time frame is monumental. We literally should win an Emmy for that. You’ve got 10 guys and a great crew that were all on the same page.
We all knew what we wanted. What’s a Stadium Stampede match? Well, it’s a match in a stadium. But we went out there [at the Jacksonville Jaguars’ TIAA Bank Field] on the first day, on Thursday, to see. I’m like, it’s an empty stadium. It’s an empty football field. With empty rows and rows and rows of chairs. We’re gonna have to dress this up a bit. And that’s kind of what we did.”
“We made this amazing spectacle that no one had ever seen before. It embodied everything of what pro wrestling is. It was serious, it was dangerous, it was breathtaking, it was funny, it was creative, it was unique, it was adventurous. It really was more of a short film than a match. And that’s what we wanted. It’s one of my favorite things and one of the best things that I’ve done in 30 years in this business.”
