No More BS For Paul Wight

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

Tv & Film, Sports, Wrestling

4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2021

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

It’s “No More BS” with the latest AEW superstar signee, Paul Wight! Paul reveals what prompted him to leave WWE after 23 years, how his last conversation went with Vince McMahon, and why it was so easy to sign with AEW! Paul talks about his string of matches with Braun Strowman, the failed WWE storyline he pitched with Justin Bieber and John Cena, WWE’s reaction to Paul’s proposed Big Show Burger idea, and why his Netflix comedy, “The Big Show Show,” didn’t get a season 2 pickup. Paul also reveals the AEW wrestlers he most excited to work with, what he thinks about the AEW locker room, and his initial reaction to Tony Khan’s request that he do commentary!

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0:00.0	All right, welcome to Talk is Jericho. It's the plot of Thunder and Rock and Roll and today
0:18.0	no more BS because Paul White is all elite and doing color commentary for AEW's Monday
0:24.2	Night Elevation show on YouTube. Check him out. Just a beautiful couple days ago. You'll
0:28.8	also eventually see him in the AEW ring. We'll talk about that. We're going to hear how it all
0:32.8	happened today. We'll find out what made Big Paul leave WWE after 23 years and sign with AEW.
0:38.8	Paul is talking about his last run in WWE, the final straw that prompted him to leave and the
0:44.8	conversation he had with this man after he announced his departure. Paul also recounts his failed
0:50.4	story idea with Justin Bieber and John Cena. WWE's reaction to his big show Burger pitch and what
0:56.7	was supposed to happen at the first ever Andre the Giant Battle Royal. So many great giant stories
1:03.2	coming up with one of my favorite guys in the business and my favorite former tag team partner Paul
1:07.7	White. Let's get it started now. Talk is Jericho. So lots of surprises in AEW. One of my favorites over
1:16.0	the last six months or so is Paul White coming to AEW and we had spoke about this a little bit but I
1:23.8	had no idea that you had actually signed and they were actually coming which was amazing to me
1:29.2	and a great surprise and a huge one for us in our company. It's hard as it is to believe in
1:35.6	today's technology world that K-Fape still exists. That's right. Actually still was a surprise.
1:41.7	Yeah but what only two people know about it you know it actually it actually lasted because
1:46.7	you know my deal ended with WWE ended up signing a termination of services agreement
1:53.5	because you know they want to try to give me a legends deal and stuff like that and then
1:57.2	I wanted to move on to other things you know I mean let's face it I sat on the bench there enough
2:01.9	for a while. So and then Tony and I talked and we kept it quiet and it was good. I mean I like I
2:08.0	didn't tell friends or you know I didn't tell you obviously you know what I mean but I kept it
2:13.2	quiet because I knew those that are in the business would appreciate getting popped so you know.
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