Former WWE Superstar and current IWGP Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho recently spoke to our podcast partners and affiliate The Wrestling Perspective. Jericho was a guest on the #DuhCast with James Ellsworth.
During their discussion Jericho talked about the possibility of working with other wrestling promotions in the US besides WWE. Jericho revealed that he is open to the idea as long as it makes sense creatively.
He expanded on a potential run with IMPACT Wrestling, which has been heavily rumored recently. Regarding whether he would work for IMPACT, Jericho said:
“So I haven’t spoken to anybody at TNA and I’m not saying I would ever go there but I’m not saying I wouldn’t and I’m not saying I wouldn’t go to WWE or I wouldn’t go to New Japan or go wherever. To me, it’s all about helping to change the business in a lot of ways and if there’s a way to do it by being a little bit of a ‘revolutionary’ then why not? Let’s go for it, man.
This is show business, it’s entertainment, it’s the Wild West. There’s no rules and nobody says that you have to work in the WWE or you don’t have to work there. Independent wrestling at this point in time is bigger than it’s ever been. And that’s a good place for me to be in, for James Ellsworth to be in or Kenny Omega, everybody else that’s kind of ‘independent guy.’
Now’s the time to be independent because you really can go make a real good living and make a difference outside of the WWE bubble which hasn’t been something that you could do for years since the highlight of WCW back in ’98-’99. So it’s an exciting time for everybody involved.”
You can listen to the entire interview with Chris Jericho below.
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(Credit Wrestling Inc for the transcriptions.)
