AEW wrestler Chris Jericho brought up the name of old friend Kevin Owens during last night's episode of Dynamite, and The Prize Figher noticed.Jericho and Owens spent several months working together in WWE. "Le Champion" was instrumental in helping build up Owens as a main event star during the latter's Universal Championship reign. Their partnership and eventual feud went on to become one of the more well-received and popular programs/storylines of the Reality Era.The 51-year-old Jericho, who recently returned to a heel persona, cut an intense promo during AEW Dynamite last night. Perhaps the most noteworthy part of the promo? Jericho slipped in an Owens reference."We don’t use made up names in The Jericho Appreciation Society, we use our real names. From now, (Matt Lee is) 'Daddy Magic' Matt Minard, and (Jeff Parker) is "Cool Hand Edge" Angelo Parker," Jericho said during the promo. "Why do they appreciate me?
"A year ago, I got a call from my former best friend Kevin, who said: 'hey, I need some help for some buddies of mine who just got fired (by WWE). Can you please put them on Talk is Jericho so they can get a job?’ So I brought these two men into my house... AEW hired them. That’s why they appreciate me."On Thursday morning, Owens reacted to Jericho's reference via Twitter:[EMBED_TWITTER]https://twitter.com/FightOwensFight/status/1504487252059037706[/EMBED_TWITTER]Owens and Jericho remained friends until The Prized Fighter turned on his friend during their "Festival of Friendship." Owens presented a gift to Jericho, which wound up being "The List of KO." The Universal Champion then attacked Jericho, who was kept off of television for several weeks.
Jericho returned for Owens' Universal title defense against Goldberg at Fastlane. Y2J caused a distraction which allowed Goldberg to easily defeat Owens for the title. They would square off for the United States Championship at WrestleMania 33, which Owens went on to win.There was speculation that Owens would land in AEW, with his WWE contract on the verge of expiring. Back in December, however, the 37-year-old agreed to a new deal with WWE. Jericho has also made it clear that he isn't keen on going back to WWE, so who knows if we'll ever see these two working together in the wrestling world again?
Owens Is On A Roll Right Now
Owens is slated to host Hall of Famer 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin on "The KO Show" at WrestleMania 38 weekend, which will run on Apr. 2-3 in Arlington, Texas. Owens has been flourishing as a heel, and it's no wonder that Austin embraced the opportunity to return to WrestleMania for a short-term program with Owens.