Chris Jericho Comments On If He’s Had Discussions With IMPACT Wrestling

Although he is the reigning IWGP Intercontinental Champion after defeating Tetsuya Naito back at Dominion on June 9th, Chris Jericho remains a free agent with no ties to any wrestling promotion.

There’s been a lot of “will he or won’t he” regarding where we might see ‘Y2J’ pop up next with a lot of speculation about IMPACT Wrestling being a possibility. Previously, Jericho has said that he wouldn’t work for another company other than the WWE in the United States out of respect for Vince McMahon (read about that here), however that has definitely changed in the past few months with some believing an appearance for IMPACT is an inevitability (check that out here).

While appearing recently on the Wrestling Perspective Podcast, Jericho elaborated further on his stance when it comes to working for other promotions:

“When someone says ‘Would you ever go to IMPACT? Would you ever go to Ring Of Honor? Would you ever go here there or wherever?’. Yeah sure, why not? If it’s creatively satisfying, if it’s something that I can really sink my teeth into, something that I can really enjoy, then why wouldn’t I give it a try? At this point, I’ve done everything I could ever do in wrestling. I have a loyalty to WWE but not a death wish with them or anything like that where by hook or by crook I have to be with the WWE. I think part of the fun of what’s going on right now in the business is there’s a real resurgence with independent wrestling and independent companies and it really gives the WWE a real kick in the ass when people go other places.”

As for whether he’s spoken to IMPACT Wrestling or not, ‘Y2J’ had the following to say:

“So I haven’t spoken to anybody at TNA and I’m not saying I would ever go there, but I’m not saying I wouldn’t and I’m not saying I wouldn’t go to WWE or I wouldn’t go to New Japan or go wherever. To me, it’s all about helping to change the business in a lot of ways and if there’s a way to do it by being a little bit of a ‘revolutionary’ then why not? Let’s go for it, man. This is show business, it’s entertainment, it’s the Wild West. There’s no rules and nobody says that you have to work in the WWE or you don’t have to work there. Independent wrestling at this point in time is bigger than it’s ever been and that’s a good place for me to be in, for James Ellsworth to be in or Kenny Omega, everybody else that’s kind of ‘independent guy’.”

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