Andrew Yang Slams The WWE

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Former Democratic Presidential candidate, Andrew Yang, pulls no punches when it comes to the WWE and how they treat their talent! He explains why, as a life-long wrestling fan, it’s so important for him to fight this battle, what he plans to do, and how he hopes it will change things! He also talks about his first introduction to wrestling, his favorite performers and matches, and what he loves about AEW. Plus, Andrew shares his thoughts on social media and why he feels it needs to be regulated, explains his universal income idea and how a pilot program is already positively impacting participants’ lives, and speaks to supporting Joe Biden and serving as an advisor to Joe and the campaign.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome to Talk His Jericho.
0:14.6	It's the pot of thunder and rock n roll.
0:16.2	And today we've got former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang.
0:20.5	He's talking about his political career, how he got started.
0:22.8	What it was like running for president and campaigning this year and way through his support
0:26.3	behind Joe Biden.
0:27.8	Andrew's also talking about the work he just started doing as an advisor to Biden.
0:31.7	And of course, we're going to talk about another issue that Andrew's really been vocal
0:34.5	about the way WWE treats talent.
0:36.6	He's got a lot of thoughts on that and some ideas on how to change it.
0:39.8	He's also a huge wrestling fan talks about some of his favorite performers, shows and matches.
0:44.4	Well, hit on social media and why Andrew thinks that needs to be regulated to some degree.
0:49.3	Explain his idea for universal income and the pilot program he's running at upstate New
0:53.0	York.
0:54.0	Interesting stuff with Andrew Yang just in time for the US presidential election.
0:58.1	Andrew Yang is coming up.
1:00.0	Let's just jump right into it.
1:03.8	Yeah, let me record locally.
1:06.0	This is the backup.
1:07.0	Okay, I'm like a pretty skit.
1:09.0	Thank you, man.
1:10.0	I've been screwed a couple times by technology over the last few months.
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