It was previously reported that WWE was lining up potential creative for one final Jericho run, and those now seem to be in full swing. Alex McCarthy of Wrestling Intel reports that not only is Jericho leaving AEW, but his WWE arrival may be sooner than many previously thought possible.
McCarthy noted on Saturday night that Jericho’s AEW contract expires on Dec. 31 at midnight. While fans saw the Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia at the end of January as a logical debut date, McCarthy reports that WWE is considering debuting Jericho at the one-year anniversary of Monday Night Raw on Netflix on Jan. 5.
WWE is loading up that particular show from Brooklyn, N.Y., with Bron Breakker challenging CM Punk for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. The Takedown on SI can independently confirm that multiple higher-ups in AEW are under the impression that Jericho is done with the company and will be returning to WWE.
What a better time for Jericho to debut than so close to January 6th.
They might bring back the insurrection ple!
Cool. A wrestler I don’t want to watch is moving to a promotion I don’t watch. Thanks for wasting AEW TV time Chris!
i hate how he basically just left big bill and bryan keith out to dry :(
And just like that.
Jericho is no longer a washed up, out of shape, embarrassed old timer.
Can’t wait to see the drones out in force when it happens lol.
wwe sticks with the nostalgia acts while aew builds for the future
Gosh I have never liked this guy. 30 years later he’s worse. I think the only thing I like he’s done was narrating Darkside of the ring.
