On a recent edition of his Talk is Jericho podcast, Chris Jericho spoke a little bit about the pairing between Drake Maverick and the Authors of Pain (now known as simply ‘AOP’).
Maverick was revealed as the manager of AOP a few months back. Prior to Maverick, the duo was managed by the legendary Paul Ellering while they were in NXT. They ended up splitting from Ellering on the first night that they were called up to the WWE main roster.
Here is what Jericho said about the pairing (via Wrestling INC):
“I think the concept of AOP is cool as they were obviously very popular on NXT. I have a problem… AOP in NXT were managed by Paul Ellering who used to manage the Road Warriors. Now, they bring Akam and Rezar to the main roster and the first night they fire Paul Ellering. I never got that. This is nothing against anybody. They bring in this dude, Drake Maverick. This is a guy who actually said my name is Rockstar Spud.
This is nothing against Rockstar Spud. Here’s my problem: why would these two behemoths listen to this little… he looks like he’s model from a teen magazine. They would listen to the grizzled old vet of Paul Ellering, but why would they listen to Drake Maverick Rockstar Spud? This would be [like] you managing Undertaker and Kane! It doesn’t make any sense. It’s stupid, idiot BS! That bothers me. If they came up to me and said ‘Drake Maverick’s going to be your manager.’ I’d be like ‘Why? No. What is he going to tell me that I don’t already know?’ Akam and Rezar, they’re young guys, but so is Drake Maverick. Why would the young guys listen to Drake Maverick when they could have listened to Paul Ellering who’s already taken a team to the top?”
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On a related note, Jericho was recently involved in a Twitter exchange with Becky Lynch. You can read more about that here.