Ever since becoming a free agent, Chris Jericho has been happy doing his own thing. Be it wrestling in New Japan, making the occasional WWE appearance, or touring with his rock band Fozzy. Now, NJPW Intercontinental Champion Chris Jericho gave a great interview to TV Insider where he talked the current state of the industry, his upcoming television special Chris Jericho: Hunting Monsters, and why he loves having freedom.
Why wrestlers having options is a good thing:
All In also proved that. New Japan proves that. Even the Jericho cruise proves that. There is no WWE involvement in this cruise at all. I think in a world where WWE is so dominant for such a long time, it’s cool to see other options.
That’s what they are. Options. You’re not going to beat WWE at their own game, but you can carve out a pretty cool name for yourself and do pretty well as a result because of all the people getting involved and want to get involved in the business now looking for that alternative. It’s a good time for the wrestling business, for the fans and performers.
On hunting paranormal monsters in his upcoming television special:
During the show you will see some really, I don’t want to say weird stuff, but stuff happened I can’t explain.
I talk a lot about paranormal activity and things along those lines on the Talk is Jericho podcast and my life, but I haven’t experienced it much. But being there and experiencing it and feeling it for myself. This is not something to just promote the show, but there is something strange that happened.
You got to check it out to see what I’m talking about. There is a lot of weird stuff out there that is not explainable with a scoffing laugh. There is stuff out there that makes me believe even more when we talk about this paranormal activity, unexplainable occurrences. There is a lot of it out there, and it’s fun for me to explore that.
The business is changing:
I think the business is changing to where we are starting to see more cooperation between companies. In a lot of ways, the Jericho cruise is a forerunner to that.
I think just to see that there are WWE Hall of Famers, the biggest independent guys, guys from New Japan, Ring of Honor, Impact Wrestling. You have Ring of Honor versus Impact Wrestling. Stuff like Jericho making a rare appearance wrestling with the Young Bucks, Cody, Kenny Omega, Marty Scurll.
There’s plenty more in the full interview.
