After months of speculation regarding his future, Chris Jericho finally returned to All Elite Wrestling on April 1st. The first ever AEW World Champion is now back in the mix, and fans couldn’t help but notice that he’s now being referred to as “Jericho” as opposed to Chris Jericho.
During a recent interview with Ringer Wrestling, Chris Jericho explained the reason for the change and he compared it to a band putting out a self-titled album.
“I like the idea of what I’m doing now with ‘Jericho.’ And by not using that first name a lot, it created this whole intrigue online like, ‘What’s he doing? What’s the idea? What’s the reason?’
Honestly, it’s like a self-titled album. That’s where I kind of got the idea from. I could create a dozen other nicknames, but how many more do I need? Everyone knows who Jericho is, and when you hear that name, then you can go remember whatever memories you have on your own.
So it really is like Metallica, The Black Album. It doesn’t need to be called anything. You know who Metallica is, you know what’s going on. The Beatles, The White Album, same thing. That’s kind of what the idea is for the ‘Jericho’ era, and I like it. I like what’s been going on and going with the flow, seeing what’s working and what’s not.”