Chris Jericho on his recent CMLL appearance

– In a recent episode of his podcast “Talk Is Jericho,” AEW star Chris Jericho talked about his recent appearance at a CMLL show where he attacked Mistico and challenged him to a match. Here are some highlights (via Fightful):

Chris Jericho on his return to Arena Mexico: “The thing I liked best was that I was there on a normal Friday night. There were about 12,000 people there, which is incredible. The fans are just happy, they’re just excited. They cheer for the good guys and boo the bad guys, and they’re not chanting ‘You messed up,’ and they’re not worrying about how many tickets were sold or what the ratings were, and giving out stars or whatever. They were just enjoying the show. It was a real refresher for me and I’m really glad I did it.”

On the attention his appearance at CMLL attracted: “It’s kind of the Chris Jericho cliche again. There are people yelling ‘please retire’, which is great (laughs), and here I have Mexico, and that’s the number one place in wrestling. It was on the cover of all the magazines and I think there were probably 15 articles on all the different wrestling and sports sites that Jericho had returned. So it’s a big deal, it would have been a great time to go there, and it gave me more momentum and excitement to come back. It’s just good to know that I can come back to this worldwide history that I have anytime, and now is the perfect time to do it. So muchas gracias, Arena Mexico, and we’ll see you all there very soon.”