Update on Chris Jericho’s potential return to WWE
WWE has made Chris Jericho an offer.
The inaugural AEW World Champion hasn’t wrestled since dropping the ROH World title to Bandido at Wrestle Dynasty in April. Speculation since then has been that he’s likely to return to WWE when his AEW contract expires at the end of the year.
In this week’s edition of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter, Dave Meltzer mentioned that WWE has made Jericho an offer for a retirement storyline.
Meltzer wrote:
“As noted many times, this one is a Jericho decision and all hints are in the WWE direction. I know that WWE has offered him a retirement storyline and those in WWE have said that’s what they’d be interested in. Others expect him to be there early next year but nothing is confirmed.”
Tony Khan recently mentioned in an interview that he would love for Jericho’s final matches to take place in AEW. However, he did not indicate if this was likely.
Earlier this month, The Young Bucks told Adam’s Apple that they would love for Jericho to continue with AEW. However, they noted they aren’t sure what he’s going to do next.
“We’re not sure where he’s at head space-wise right now,” Nick said. “I know he’s, like, on a break. And he’s trying to figure it out on his own. And sometimes you gotta let a wrestler like that figure it out on his own.”
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