Slayer_X
12-09-2014, 01:27 AM
Josh Modaberi of Wrestling 101 recently interviewed Chris Jericho, and below are some of the highlights:
Whether CM Punk will ever return to wrestling with WWE or another company:
“That is something you will have to ask CM Punk, I haven’t spoken to him about it. I do know in 2005 I was very burned out from wrestling and I left for two and a half years. If Punk does come back it might take a while because when you’re burned out your done, like I said it took me two and half years before I decided I wanted to come back.
A lot of people forget that I left for quite a long period of time. It is a tough life, there is a lot of pressure and a lot of politics, you go through a lot of shit. If you’re not there 100% it can really drag you down that’s for sure.”
What it was like beating Steve Austin and The Rock on the same night:
“Anytime you win a World Title it’s a great moment, it’s a bit like winning an Oscar. Once again I think my favourite World Title out of the three I’ve won was the one against Shawn Michaels in 2008 because it was the culmination of the seven month feud that we had.
The World Title is just a prop, it is what it is and you can win it, you can lose it, but the most important thing is always the storyline and you want it to be the best it can be and I think the Michaels v Jericho ladder match means a lot more to me than beating The Rock and Austin on the same night.
Beating Rock and Austin on the same night was fun and cool but it was just like they gave me the title that night off the cuff, where as the Michaels one was a storyline we invented and created and had to eventually make it for the World Title because it was the hottest thing in the promotion, and that is what wrestling is all about.”
Who he would like to face next:
“When the time comes for me to go back, if I have some time and they’re willing to have me back I will look through the roster and see what works and makes sense. Seth Rollins is great, Dean Ambrose is great, I think Daniel Bryan as a babyface v myself as a heel would tear the house down.
There are a lot of great guys but it all depends on what they’ve got going on and what I’ve got going on. The last thing they are going to be doing is waiting around for Chris Jericho to come back, so when the time comes we will see what is going on and who is doing what with who and make some decisions from there.”
Whether CM Punk will ever return to wrestling with WWE or another company:
“That is something you will have to ask CM Punk, I haven’t spoken to him about it. I do know in 2005 I was very burned out from wrestling and I left for two and a half years. If Punk does come back it might take a while because when you’re burned out your done, like I said it took me two and half years before I decided I wanted to come back.
A lot of people forget that I left for quite a long period of time. It is a tough life, there is a lot of pressure and a lot of politics, you go through a lot of shit. If you’re not there 100% it can really drag you down that’s for sure.”
What it was like beating Steve Austin and The Rock on the same night:
“Anytime you win a World Title it’s a great moment, it’s a bit like winning an Oscar. Once again I think my favourite World Title out of the three I’ve won was the one against Shawn Michaels in 2008 because it was the culmination of the seven month feud that we had.
The World Title is just a prop, it is what it is and you can win it, you can lose it, but the most important thing is always the storyline and you want it to be the best it can be and I think the Michaels v Jericho ladder match means a lot more to me than beating The Rock and Austin on the same night.
Beating Rock and Austin on the same night was fun and cool but it was just like they gave me the title that night off the cuff, where as the Michaels one was a storyline we invented and created and had to eventually make it for the World Title because it was the hottest thing in the promotion, and that is what wrestling is all about.”
Who he would like to face next:
“When the time comes for me to go back, if I have some time and they’re willing to have me back I will look through the roster and see what works and makes sense. Seth Rollins is great, Dean Ambrose is great, I think Daniel Bryan as a babyface v myself as a heel would tear the house down.
There are a lot of great guys but it all depends on what they’ve got going on and what I’ve got going on. The last thing they are going to be doing is waiting around for Chris Jericho to come back, so when the time comes we will see what is going on and who is doing what with who and make some decisions from there.”