Chris Jericho recently spoke with Michael Wonsover for ESPN.com; you can read a few highlights below:
Jericho comments on not coming back for Wrestlemania 34, but having an opening to appear at tommorrow’s WWE Greatest Royal Rumble:
“I’m not a full-time wrestler — I haven’t been since 2010. It’s all based on what Fozzy’s doing and what else is going on in my career at the time. It just wasn’t working out this year. I’m not the type of guy who’s gonna fly in, do WrestleMania and leave. There has to be an angle. There has to be a buildup. There just wasn’t. Even though everybody thought it was a big conspiracy, I actually wasn’t even there. I wouldn’t be a surprise guest at WrestleMania unless it was something really, really huge, and at that point in time we were touring.
It’s one of those things — I would have rather been a surprise, but I think WWE is going in there with all guns blazing and all hands on deck. When I got the call to do this, I was like, ‘It doesn’t get any bigger than that.’ It’s much bigger than showing up even at Madison Square Garden, where we’ve been there a hundred times before. But doing it over in Saudi Arabia, it’s very majestic and very mysterious, adventurous, and that’s kind of what I’m all about.”
Chris Jericho On Greatest Royal Rumble, Roman Reigns’ Current Situation, Kenny Omega & More
Jericho comments on WWE changing The Undertaker’s opponent from Rusev to him, and back to Rusev:
“Well, why did it get changed in the first place? That’s WWE. Things change all the time. After 17 years, I definitely know that. It’s one of those things where I’m gonna be there either way and that might change again. If they decide they want me to face [Shoichi] Funaki in a lingerie match, that’s fine too. That’s one thing with the experience level that I have for doing this for so long — you gotta be able to roll with the punches. Sometimes you get asked to do something, and sometimes you get asked not to do something, but either way it’s all cool. It doesn’t stress me out at all.”
Jericho comments on his RAW 25 segment with Elias:
“Once again, go with the flow. Make it good. It was fun. He’s got a lot of steam. He’s a great character. It was cool, but it was not planned until three hours beforehand … that’s how the business works. Let’s move on to the next thing. And that’s the best way to exist in the business and stay on top is to be diverse and always go with the flow, no matter what it is that you’re given.”
