AEW Senior Advisor and commentator âGood Oleâ J.R.â Jim Ross recently took to his Grilling JR podcast to talk about how top AEW Star Chris Jericho always has a say in everything he does, which is a great thing. JR also talked about how another top AEW Star Darby Allin has a great mind and how they have a great relationship as well as how he runs ideas by him all the time.
This is what Jim Ross said:
âChris Jericho has a hand in everything he does.â âAnd thank god for it. Iâll tell you another guy that we have, Darby Allin has a great mind. Iâm very privileged to have the opportunities to have private conversations with Darby. We have a very good relationship and he runs ideas by me all the time. Some of them I agree with, and some of them I donât. The good thing he knows is heâs going to get an honest opinion from me. Heâs a good kid and heâs learning early, the more input you can have in your creativity, you increase your odds for success.â
JR then talked about how in todayâs pro wrestling storylines are more being based on reality than the supernatural and fantasy stuff.
This is what Jim Ross said:
âIt seems to me like in todayâs world of pro wrestling, the reality based stuff is hitting a cord more than the fantasy stuff.â âHypnotizing people, zombies. Everything for the name and sake of entertainment is a weak ass excuse. âOh, weâre just trying to entertain the audience,â thatâs such a p**** way out of it. Keep drinking that kool-aid buddy, save your money. Itâs just not the way to engulf an audience, the audience has got to relate to something and every character that you put on television.â
JR then talked about how despite Dustin Rhodes is 50 years of age he is still better than majority of the AEW roster as well as how he was his best when he portrayed the Goldust character.
This is what Jim Ross said:
âHeâs 50 now for god sakes and heâs better than 98% of the people working on TV every week.â âI think he had his best days as Goldust. He owned that character and made it his. Everything else was in his dadâs image. I saw more creative happiness in Dustin than when he was Goldust, refining and getting that character together then any other time.â