When it comes to his WWE career Chris Jericho has pretty much done it all, and in January of 2019 he officially signed with All Elite Wrestling.
Jericho is constantly reinventing himself, and fans have seen different versions of him in NJPW and AEW over the last few years.
The current AEW World Champion recently spoke to Sports Illustrated about his need to evolve, and he noted that he doesn’t want to look like a relic from the past.
“I have a great list of hits, but a lot of those will never be played again because I’m too busy concentrating on new hits and performing at the highest level. It’s hard to leave all the old gimmicks and catchphrases, and take a chance, but if you don’t do that, it’s like DX coming to the ring in 2019 and yelling ‘Suck it!’ It looks like a relic from the past, and I never wanted to be that.”
He went on to say that he if was still with WWE he would probably be rehashing some of his old gimmicks and catchphrases.
“If I was still in the WWE, I would still have to be doing ‘The List’ and it would feel so old. I love all the great stuff I did in the past, but to go out there and say ‘Raw is Jericho’ or ‘I’m the Ayatollah of Rock ‘n’ Rolla’ would really feel like a rock and roll band that tours that never puts on a new record and tours every summer. I always appreciate when bands play new songs, because I’ve been playing new songs, too. Otherwise, for me, there’s no reason to continue on.”
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