NEWYou can now listen to Pakinomist articles!
Chris Jericho has done just about everything there is to do in pro wrestling.
He has won championships with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), WWE, Extreme Championship Wrestling, New Japan Pro-Wrestling and Ring of Honor. He has accomplished everything a professional wrestling fan would look for and include on their own Mount Rushmore of wrestlers.
COMPLETE PROWESTLING COVERAGE ON Pakinomist DIGITAL
Chris Jericho performs during AEW Dynamite at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz (Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports)
Jericho told Pakinomist Digital in a recent interview that he wanted his career to be remembered as a great rock and roll band.
“I think it’s like a great rock and roll band, you know?” he said. “I mean, the Rolling Stones just put out a new album, and it’s great, but the Stones have been 60 years, and some of the eras you like, some of the eras you hate, some of the eras you wish they’d gone away, and some of the eras you wish they’d done more, and you’re still glad they’re here. I think when I’m not around anymore.”
He said he believed people who don’t like him at the moment might miss him once he hangs up his boots.
Chris Jericho performs during AEW Dynamite at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, Ariz. (Joe Camporeale/USA TODAY Sports)
CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON Pakinomist
“And I think a lot of the people that you mentioned social media that don’t like me just because I’m still doing this will realize that hey, we had something pretty cool there, we should have seen a little more because all I ever do is give my best 1,000% in whatever situation I’m in to do better, to do my opponent better, to do me better, to do me better, to do the whole company better, to make the whole company better, to do all the good work I’ve done,” he said.
“And that’s why I’m still doing it, that’s why I still love wrestling and making documentaries involving wrestling, in itself, because I think it’s such a wonderful sport that really brings the world together, wonderful form of entertainment. I’m living my dream to do something that I’ve always wanted to do, and here I’m doing it almost longer than anyone else at a high level. I think that’s something to be proud of.”
Jericho currently competes in AEW and will return to programming in April. His documentary, “Vietslam,” was also released Tuesday.
Chris Jericho is introduced during the AEW Dynamite Beach Break tapings at the Wolstein Center in Cleveland, Ohio. (Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
In the ring, he started a feud with Ricochet and ended it by Double or Nothing in a Stadium Stampede match.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE Pakinomist APP
Recently, he has been in a rivalry with Tommaso Ciampa. On Wednesday, Ciampa defeated Jericho, leaving the professional wrestling legend with a cut on his head.
