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Chris Jericho's relationship with Impact Wrestling bosses Don Callis and Scott D'Amore isn't a secret and neither was the fact that he was in negotiations to appear for Impact Wrestling. However all of the build-up seemed to point towards Jericho debuting for Impact at Bound for Glory during Eli Drake's open challenge segment, but that didn't happen.
Many fans were left disappointed, especially as Impact Wrestling themselves have teased Jericho a few times on social media and on programming. I offered Jericho the opportunity to address this situation and say whether or not he would be appearing for Impact.
Jericho: "I think you know me well enough to know there's always a chance, I have no restrictions on anything that I'm doing, and you know me well enough to know that if it was going to happen I damn well wouldn't tell you. I think it's just one of those things where you'll have to wait and see. I don't have any restrictions or any real plans at all. I just kind of do things as they come which is why this year has been... and I'm sure next year will be more of the same so let's see what happens."
This year's been a fairly big year, you've got the cruise which is one of the biggest things you've probably ever done and you debuted for New Japan. What made you decide to do things that you've never done before
Jericho: "It wasn't this overriding, overall plan. The cruise idea happened in 2015. That was before I went back in '16 to WWE. So it was just I want to do this cruise and why not? When I was a kid I wanted to be in a Rock and Roll band and I wanted to be a wrestler, why not? So once you do those things and have success in them you're fearless, I'm not scared in trying anything now at this point. I think that's a good way to be, I'm not going to restrict myself from anything that seems interesting and viable, the cruise is one of them."
Jericho: "Last year when the idea was presented to me of doing a Chris Jericho-Kenny Omega match I thought 'that's interesting'. Kenny's from Winnipeg and that's basically what spurred that, the Winnipeg connection. Don Callis is from Winnipeg, the commentator, so there was really no other reason for that other than the fact we came from a small town on the prairie. And when that match was so good, the build-up was so good, I thought 'why should I only do one' let's do some more and that's kind of how that came about.
And then why shouldn't I do ALL IN if I can make it work and still make the Fozzy gig that night it could be something fun to do, something fun to do to promote the cruise and just to be Chris Jericho. And that's kind of how I've worked this year, with no real plan, just going by the seat of my pants just going from experience to experience that's interesting and fun to me. If I think it's going to create a buzz then I'm going to do it!"
Next: Chris Jericho explains why he won't be at Crown Jewel and when we'll see him in the WWE next?
