Chris Jericho: I Put A Million Percent In Every Character, Sometimes It Doesn’t Work Out As Well

Chris Jericho spoke about the characters and gimmicks he has had over the last couple of decades.

Whether it’s Lionheart, Y2J, Monday Night Jericho, The Ocho, Suit & Tie Jericho, or even the Learning Tree. Chris Jericho has said he does his best to put a million percent of his work into each character of his.

While speaking with Ringer Wrestling, Jericho spoke about the different stints of characters he has had and which one he prefers to be his favorite.

“When you’re going through underrated Jericho eras, gosh, I think The Wizard was pretty cool when I started throwing the fireballs. That was something that nobody had seen for years in pro wrestling, I just thought that was really cool. We were in Vegas and I had to get a Magician’s License for real to throw a fireball because that’s the rules that the commission has. I still renew it every year and carry with me at all times, so yes, I am a licensed magician in Nevada.”

Continuing on, Jericho also showed some appreciation for his Monday Night Jericho era and his Learning Tree stable.

“I think the first kind of iteration of Jericho is the crybaby era, the tantrums and slamming the chair against the post. Ripping off Dave Penzer’s tuxedo, that was kind of the era of, ‘Who is this guy?’ The paragon of virtue and all of that stuff. Monday Night Jericho, that era. That was a really good time. I also think that The Learning Tree was a good era because it was kind of really going left field and kind of focusing on the haters of the world, which then made them hate it even more. That might be a little bit more of a Stones dirty work. Kiss The Elder, Sane Anger type of vibe. I thought that was a really cool one as well.”

Jericho has been involved in a feud with the Demand for the last couple of weeks since coming back from a year-long hiatus from the world of All Elite Wrestling.

H/t to Fightful for the transcription.