NJPW News: Chris Jericho Talks Why He Won’t Work G1 Special

After winning the IWGP Intercontinental Championship from Tetsuya Naito at Dominion this past weekend, there’s been a lot of questions regarding Chris Jericho’s next appearance for New Japan Pro Wrestling and if it would be at the G1 Special at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California on July 7th.

‘Y2J’ appeared on Inside The Ropes prior to Dominion and spoke about working the G1 Special, as well as the All In event in Chicago on September 1st:

“I got asked to do Long Beach, I said ‘no.’ I got asked to do Cow Palace, I said ‘no.’ I got asked to do “All In,” I said ‘no.’ I don’t want to do that. You should see how many indie promoters have contacted me over the last six months. … You guys have to understand, this is not just me…it’s a calculated, big money proposition. Big money for me, big money for the company doing it. I’m not going to work anywhere else, unless you want to pay six f—— figures, I’m not bragging, but this is where we’re at. This is McGregor-Mayweather type s— for me. I’m not saying I’m making $55 million like those guys, but what I’m doing it’s the most I’ve made for the least amount of matches in my entire career. So, it’s very calculated, everything I do has to be very smart.”

Jericho would also state that he felt like working in the United States would be “a real slap in the face to Vince”:

“It’s not a matter of just going out and doing indies – and like I said – I always felt like the unwritten rule is I don’t want to go into the states. I felt like that would be a real slap in the face of Vince [McMahon]. Ya know if something ever went down with us, I probably would do a show in the states and we could probably fill the Cow Palace. Jericho and Kenny [Omega] rematch, or whatever it may be. “All In” I’d love to be a part of that, but ‘A’ it’s in Chicago and ‘B’…at the risk sounding like an ass—-, but I can’t lower my value by working one of these shows. It’s about picking my spots with the right guys at the right places for the overall contract I’m signing.”

Transcription c/o WrestlingInc

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