IMPACT Wrestling star, Petey Williams recently spoke with the Wrestling Perspective podcast where he went in-depth about Chris Jericho. Below are some highlights with a H/T to Rajah.com for the transcriptions.
On Jericho possibly joining IMPACT Wrestling:
“At this point I wouldn’t be shocked because of everything you just read. Canadian-based company, Don Callis, Scott D’Amore, I wouldn’t be shocked. Before when he teased years ago coming in I would be like, ‘Ah, that’s not gonna happen’, but now I wouldn’t be as shocked. Jericho’s doing his own thing, he’s going off to New Japan and his cruise and all that kind of stuff. He doesn’t really need WWE anymore. He’s got his band, all that kind of stuff. So why not for him have a little bit of fun? I’ve even heard him getting in his last run backstage he’d be be getting heat with somebody because politics, whatever the case may be. He’s gonna come to IMPACT and there’d be none of that.”
Could Chris Jericho help get IMPACT a better TV deal?
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“Oh yeah, absolutely. It’s business, pretty much. TV is business, right? So the hardest part about TV and all that kind of stuff is getting on network television, okay? That’s the hardest part. You look at companies and stuff like that and they have all the talent in the world, it’s just hard to get a TV deal. There’s only so many spots, so many TV shows. There’s more than just wrestling shows going for those spots. It’s hard.”
What he would bring to the locker room:
“I would say ‘great’. I’ve never actually met Chris Jericho. He knows who I am, just judging from some of his podcasts. He has interviewed guys who I’ve wrestled and all that kind of stuff. I have no idea what his thoughts are of me. I really dont. I mean he could be one of those guys that says to me, ‘That Canadian Destroyer move is stupid! You killed the business!’ and all that kind of stuff, or he could be like, ‘Hey man, great job getting that move over’ and all that kind of stuff or whatever. I mean, I’m all for it. Anything that’s gonna help the company build and stuff like that, I’ve never heard he has a negative reputation, or a bad reputation I should say, and he’s already a locker room leader over at WWE when he goes there. So what’s not to like? And he’s been in the business since before I even started wrestling. If anything, I think it would just be good for our product pretty much.”
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