Chris Jericho talks CM Punk, beating Austin/Rock on the same night and who he would like to face next

Dec 9, 2014 - by Steve Gerweck

Josh Modaberi of Wrestling 101 recently interviewed Chris Jericho,
here are some of the highlights:

Whether CM Punk will ever return to wrestling with WWE or another
company: “That is something you will have to ask CM Punk, I haven’t
spoken to him about it. I do know in 2005 I was very burned out from
wrestling and I left for two and a half years. If Punk does come back
it might take a while because when you’re burned out your done, like I
said it took me two and half years before I decided I wanted to come
back.

A lot of people forget that I left for quite a long period of time. It
is a tough life, there is a lot of pressure and a lot of politics, you
go through a lot of shit. If you’re not there 100% it can really drag
you down that’s for sure.”

What it was like beating Steve Austin and The Rock on the same night:
“Anytime you win a World Title it’s a great moment, it’s a bit like
winning an Oscar. Once again I think my favorite World Title out of
the three I’ve won was the one against Shawn Michaels in 2008 because
it was the culmination of the seven month feud that we had.

The World Title is just a prop, it is what it is and you can win it,
you can lose it, but the most important thing is always the storyline
and you want it to be the best it can be and I think the Michaels v
Jericho ladder match means a lot more to me than beating The Rock and
Austin on the same night.

Beating Rock and Austin on the same night was fun and cool but it was
just like they gave me the title that night off the cuff, where as the
Michaels one was a storyline we invented and created and had to
eventually make it for the World Title because it was the hottest
thing in the promotion, and that is what wrestling is all about.”

Who he would like to face next: “When the time comes for me to go
back, if I have some time and they’re willing to have me back I will
look through the roster and see what works and makes sense. Seth
Rollins is great, Dean Ambrose is great, I think Daniel Bryan as a
babyface v myself as a heel would tear the house down.

There are a lot of great guys but it all depends on what they’ve got
going on and what I’ve got going on. The last thing they are going to
be doing is waiting around for Chris Jericho to come back, so when the
time comes we will see what is going on and who is doing what with who
and make some decisions from there.”

To read the full interview please go to:
http://www.wrestling101.com/home/2014/12/interview-chris-jericho/

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