On December 7, All Elite Wrestling fans said an official goodbye to “Hey! (EW),” the favored comedy interview series hosted by RJ City. The YouTube series itself spanned 4 years, with City repeatedly sitting down with members of the AEW roster and backstage staff. In accordance with City, he had interviewed so many guests that it seemingly left him with only undesirable first-time options.
“I believe I just ran it into the bottom and said, ‘Well, I believe we have reached our destination.’ We did 4 years. We did 165 episodes. As I said within the episode, we were right down to the nose and the ass****s,” City told “AEW Unrestricted.” “I do not know should you’re conversant in this, but it’s extremely hard to get guests. Then I’m like, I do not know if I would like to have people on again. I do not know if I would like to do a second Eddie Kingston one, and the individuals are like, ‘It isn’t nearly as good as the primary.'”
Across its 165 episodes, City produced hilarious conversations with the likes of former AEW World Champion “Hangman” Adam Page, former AEW Women’s Champion Hikaru Shida, Jamie Hayter, TNT Champion Mark Briscoe, Jon Moxley, and Bryan Danielson. The ultimate episode, which City says got here with lighting changes and additional editing, featured special appearances from Eddie Kingston, Renee Paquette, AEW CEO Tony Khan, and “The CEO” Mercedes Mone, the latter of whom awkwardly strolled in to an empty set.
“As I’ve gotten older, I understand it’s good to be sad about things,” City said. “It’s good to finish something and be sad about it and go, ‘That was good’ and end it while it was good. Also, once I got the Tony Shaloub ‘Breaking Bread’ sponsorship from CNN, I believed it is time to bring this puppy home. It isn’t gonna improve than this, for me.”
Should you use any of the quotes in this text, please credit “AEW Unrestricted” with a h/t to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.