There’s no denying that professional wrestling takes a toll on the performers as every wrestler has to step away from the ring when their body tells them that it’s time.
During a recent interview with The Daily Star, Lance Storm talked about the possibility of him and Chris Jericho facing off in Jericho’s retirement match. Storm went on to confirm that it won’t be happening because he has officially retired from in-ring competition.
“I didn’t expect him to still be wrestling this long. I don’t want to say it was always the plan, it was something we always joked, ‘Oh, we should always do our last one together.’ And then eventually sort of made the vow, ‘Let’s do that. That would be great.’ But I’m a little bit older than Chris and Chris has lasted a little bit longer than I have because the dude’s indestructible. For whatever reason he’s had so few injuries and just keeps holding together.
“But yeah, no, my wife and I have decided my in-ring action is done. So that last match with Chris Jericho I just can’t fathom because I wouldn’t want to do just old guy Lance Storm hanging in there not having a Lance Storm match. That’s just not my style. The one with Matt Hardy a decade ago is going to go down in the books as my last one.”
As Lance Storm mentioned in the quote above, he last wrestled when he faced off against Matt Hardy in April of 2016. Chris Jericho is still currently active and last wrestled on the Jericho Cruise on 11/10 when he teamed with The Hardys to defeat Blake Christian, Jay Lethal & Nick Wayne.