At AEW Fright Night Dynamite, Private Party (Zay & Quen) captured the AEW Tag Team Championships, defeating The Young Bucks (Matthew Jackson & Nicholas Jackson). This was after Private Party put over the Young Bucks at WrestleDream.
While appearing on Talk Is Jericho with Chris Jericho, they talked about their original AEW deals.
Zay: I didn’t even know there was a bigger contract. I thought that was the biggest contract. I thought that was how all contracts were made. It was very new to us. Fast forward to Fyter Fest, we had this three-way with us, SCU, and Best Friends. We killed it. We go to the back and the first thing we see is the Young Bucks and Tony. ’We want to offer you a salary contract.’
Quen: I had no idea what that was.
Zay: I didn’t know what that was either.
Quen: I’m sitting here confused. ‘Okay.’ I never made money in wrestling. To hear salary I’m just like, ‘Okay, I guess that’s cool.’
Chris Jericho: At the time, you’re probably getting, I’m going to guess $1000 a match.
Quen: That was it.
Chris Jericho: That’s great money from the indies, and you get flown in and you get a hotel.
Zay: I’m rich. I’m getting $1000 from wrestling, that’s cool.
Jericho: They offer you your first salary contract.
Zay: First salary contract. I was so grateful. I thanked the Bucks, I thanked Tony Khan. I called my mom. ‘Quit your job. We made it.’
Quen: I called my mom and asked her, ‘What does this mean?’ ‘Why are you asking me this?’ ‘This is what they offered us.’ Next thing I know, I hear her crying. ‘This must be a big deal.’
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