Aew star Daniel Garcia has grown since his debut in 2020 with his promotional leaps and boundaries. One important feature of his gimmick is his dance moves that fans seem to love.
Garcia recently spoke on AEW star Isia Cassidy’s YouTube channel about the origins of his signature dance and how Chris Jericho played an important role in incorporating it into his character.
“It started out as a joke. I was working with Jericho, trying to throw things at the wall and seeing what had happened. Jericho really gave me the confidence to not be afraid to try something new. [and] I’m here,” he said.
The former AEW TNT champion repeated how Jericho experimented with him and was not afraid to fail. Garcia recalled using dance moves at the 2023 “AEW Dynamite” show in El Paso, Texas. So the crowd responded positively to it.
Garcia was under the Jericho Learning Tree when she was part of the Jericho Appreciation Society faction along with Jake Hager, Angelo Parker, Matt Menard, Sammy Guevara, Tey Mello and Anna Jay. After the group broke up, he embarked on a singles career, winning a world title match against then-champion MJF, and later hosting the AEW TNT Championship, which was lost in the dynasty pay-per-view in April 2025.
