Exclusive Interview: Chris Jericho opens up on the 'Jericho Cruise', NJPW, Impact, WWE and his crazy 2018

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You have booked talent from NJPW, Impact and ROH on the cruise, am I right in saying that you asked WWE and they said no? Which led to you going to these other companies. Would you say that this is what led to you broadening your wrestling horizons this year and making appearances for other companies?

Jericho: "I did approach WWE and I knew what the answer was going to be, it was the due diligence, it was the right thing to do. Ring of Honor was there in a second! And then the relationships I built working in Japan with the Bucks and Cody and Kenny Omega and all those guys definitely made it a lot easier to put it all together.

But my idea from the start was to hire a wrestling company to take care of all the wrestling because I don't know how to book a show, I don't know how to do that, how to put together a card, what happens if somebody signs with WWE? Or if a guy gets hurt? So I thought the easiest way to do that was just to hire a complete company.

So that's what I did. I've kind of gone into a partnership with Ring of Honor now. I think that was the right way to do it. And then Impact came aboard so now, like you said, we've got the IWGP Heavyweight Champion, we've got the IWGP Intercontinental Champion, we've got Alpha Club vs Bullet Club, we've got Impact vs Ring of Honor, we've got everybody, WWE Hall of Famers and everything in between, so it really is bringing together the entire wrestling world all under this umbrella of Chris Jericho's Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea.

I didn't set out for it to be like that, but here I am doing something that not only hasn't been done before, but might never happen again with all these companies working together."

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Next: Jericho addresses whether he'll appear for Impact after not being at Bound for Glory and what the commentary duo of Jim Ross and Jerry Lawler bring to the cruise