Chris Jericho said he’d consider going back to WWE, but should he give it some deeper thought?
Dave Meltzer seems to think he should, if things were on a completely level playing field. Jericho was asked if he was open to a return to WWE during an appearance at Horror Rock and Wrestle Fest 2025. Jericho said he would consider it, but it would depend on the situation at the time.
“I would have considered a return to WWE before things changed,” Chris Jericho said. “Once again, there are two teams you can play on, which is amazing, and it’s one of the reasons why I wanted to take a chance and go to AEW in the first place. It was a real gamble… Of course, I would consider going back there [WWE]. I would also consider not going back there too. It just depends on what the situation is and what’s going on with me at the time.”
Meltzer believes Jericho should take a harder look at the situation. He also suggested that WWE might be a better fit for him.
“I will say this much, for Jericho, unless the money is greatly different and unless there is a loyalty because he was on the ground floor of this, if I was asked, all things being equal, I’d suggest him leaving,” Meltzer wrote in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Would WWE be a better fit for Chris Jericho?
Meltzer noted that Jericho might look at the fan reception from a talent like Cody Rhodes returning “home” and benefit from it.
“The reality is he’s swimming upstream in AEW with a fan base that he can work heel with and all and he can help guys but like with the Hardys, he can return to WWE and get at least a short-term gigantic reaction because there is nothing WWE fans like more than seeing a guy defect from AEW. I don’t know his contract situation as far as time. In a sense it’s a bad blow to AEW. Because he was the key guy in the first year of the company and he and Kenny Omega were the real genesis of the company even happening, along with the Young Bucks. For WWE it would be a coup. Which is why Khan may financially want to keep it from happening,” Meltzer wrote.
Meltzer weighed both sides, noting that WWE does less house shows now. However, AEW is also more lenient when it comes to outside entertainment projects. Either way, it’s expected that Jericho would still command a high-paying contract.
Jericho lost the ROH Championship to Bandido at AEW Dynasty. He is expected to take time off and is set to begin a new tour with Fozzy on April 17.
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