AEW’s Chris Jericho appears in CMLL to attack Mistico

Chris Jericho returned to Arena Mexico to attack CMLL star Mistico ahead of this weekend’s AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door. CMLL stars like Mistico are prominently featured on the card at the Long Island event this Sunday, but Jericho will take it the other way around, as he challenged Mistico to a match at CMLL’s July 5 show. The “Learning Tree” took down Mistico with a Codebreaker and Judas Effect during Friday’s Viernes Espectacular show, and appeared backstage to deliver a promo clip in English and Spanish.

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🌎⌛️🇲🇽 Another international bombshell! Chris Jericho arrives to attack the Mysticism!

📺 #ViernesEspectacularCMLL live and exclusive for members of the “Campeón Mundial” and “Leyenda” of the channel ⇒ https://t.co/5P6Lo6pqBo|| @AEW || @IAmJericho || @caristicomx pic.twitter.com/4dA8TQ8xPa

— CMLL Lucha Libre (@CMLL_OFICIAL) June 29, 2024

“I’m very happy to be here. Mexico has been a big part of my life. I’ve wrestled in Mexico City and lived in Mexico City and all over the country. I’ve accomplished a lot of great things in my career. A lot of people say I’m the greatest of all time… Mistico, I’ll challenge you anytime, any place, anywhere. You say it. You call Arena Mexico your home. Thirty years ago, Arena Mexico was my home and I’m coming back to take my home away from you,” Jericho said.

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EXCLUSIVE: CHRIS JERICHO
Known as the Heart of Leon three decades ago, tonight the AEW Superstar arrives at Arena Mexico to celebrate a home victory at CMLL’s pinnacle, Místico. #ViernesEspectacularCMLL pic.twitter.com/Fla0L620Sa

— CMLL Lucha Libre (@CMLL_OFICIAL) June 29, 2024

Both Jericho and Mistico will be in action, with separate trios matches scheduled for Forbidden Door. Mistico will team with the Lucha Brothers, Penta El Zero Miedo and Rey Fenix ​​against Yota Tsuji, Titan and Hiromu Takahashi on the Zero Hour pre-show. Chris Jericho will team with Big Bill and a mystery partner against Hiroshi Tanahashi and Max Caster and Anthony Bowens of The Acclaimed. It will be the first time Jericho will not team with Minoru Suzuki at Forbidden Door, as the two will challenge for the FTW Championship at a later date.