Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega Comment On Starting Their Careers in Winnipeg

In an interview with the Winnipeg Free Press, Chris Jericho and Kenny Omega spoke about returning to their hometown for the debut of AEW Dynamite in Winnipeg. That will be the location of tonight’s episode. Here are highlights:

Omega on his start in wrestling: “I was elated, unbelievably excited to look in my piggy bank after a month’s worth of [wrestling], which at that time was two shows a week. and a lot of those were ladder matches, hardcore matches, and all sorts of things, and see that I had twenty dollars … It didn’t even work out to five dollars a match.”

Jericho on working for Tony Condello’s WFWA: “I was like ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’ I was so embarrassed. Like I go all the way to Calgary to find my fame and fortune to come back and work in the exact same bar where we used to go for 35 cent draught night three months earlier …I even jumped off the top rope and hit my head on the roof because it was so low, and I put a little hole in it.”