Exclusive: Chris Jericho on the Jericho Cruise,  AEW, The List, why he didn't go back to WWE and Undertaker

Chris Jericho stretching it out, maaaaaan!

And at 48 years old, you're still producing on every single front. I know you've previously said you have DDPY to thank for that. Having just signed a three-year contract with AEW - how much longer do you think you can go?

I'll know when I know. All I can say is the last match I had at the Tokyo Dome was one of the best matches on the show. As long as I can keep delivering, that's all that matters to me.

The days of wrestling 100 times a year are done. I don't want to do that, I'm not interested in that. The way that I feel right now, I want to continue having great matches that mean something.

Nothing against the fine people of, you know, Poughkeepsie, New York, or Kirriemuir, Scotland, or wherever, those days of going to those towns are done.

Do I have ten more matches in me? 100 matches? 500? I don't know! I do know that when I finish this contract, I'll still be younger than The Undertaker, and he just signed a new contract, so it all depends on how I feel and I never wanted to be less than what I considered to be my best.

The reason I'm still able to do it is because I really limit my matches and pick my spots. I think that was a smart move to be able to continue at a high level because I'm not cashing in all my chips on a yearly basis - and it's been working!

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Oh, congratulations on the record deal, recently signing with Sony off the back of the incredible success you had with your last album - Judas. What can we expect to hear from Fozzy going forward?

Thank you! Another thing we take great pride in is being diverse. Every Fozzy album is a little different to the one before it. Obviously we really hit our stride from a mainstream standpoint with three top ten singles in Judas, Burn Me Out and Painless, so I think we're going to continue to work with Johnny Andrews to produce the record, he co-wrote the songs with us.

I think, more importantly, we really know who we are as a band, and now that we've had this mainstream success, we want to continue the momentum.

Right now, we're writing a new record, we'll have new music probably in the fall, and next year have a new record - and continue doing what we did so well with the last record.

Whether it's music, wrestling or comedy, if you have momentum, you really have to ride it as far as you can, but remain true to yourself and continue evolving it, changing it enough so people are always excited to see you or hear you. If you do that, you'll always continue to have a fanbase and continue doing it.

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