Important Chris Jericho stipulation match booked for AEW Dynamite next week

Samoa Joe and Chris Jericho will face each other for only the third time next week on AEW Dynamite in a Stampede Street Fight. AEW announced the match on social media after the two have been feuding heavily recently. It is part of the larger feud between Jericho and his Learning Tree offshoots, Big Bill and Bryan Keith, against the trio of Joe, HOOK and Katsuyori Shibata. “Stampede Street Fight. Jericho vs. Joe. The animosity between Samoa Joe and Chris Jericho boils over this Wednesday, July 10, in Calgary when they face off in a Stampede Street (Fight) on AEW Dynamite,” the announcement read.

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JERICHO vs JOE

The bad blood between @SamoaJoe and @I’mJerichocooks over THIS WEDNESDAY, 7/10 in Calgary, when they face each other in a STAMPEDE STREET on #AEW Dynamite! https://t.co/iYoCJHTgnd pic.twitter.com/aC9YYA9Hnh

— All Elite Wrestling (@AEW) July 6, 2024

This will be the first major singles match between Jericho and Joe, who faced each other twice in their previous lives as WWE Superstars in 2017, though neither match lasted longer than 10 minutes. Joe won both times they faced each other on WWE Raw in March and April of that year, the first time by count-out when Jericho was the United States Champion; Joe applied the Coquina Clutch to put his opponent to sleep on the outside, then rolled himself in for the win as the referee counted down.

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The second match took place in the wake of Jericho’s title loss to Kevin Owens at WrestleMania, with “Y2J” seeking revenge against Joe and looking to regain the title at Payback. He did not win the match against Joe, but became the U.S. Champion at Payback, albeit only for two days, as he had to drop the title back to Owens on “WWE SmackDown.” This upcoming match also takes place while Jericho is champion and currently holds the FTW title, but like their previous matches, the title does not appear to be on the line for Joe. It is expected that HOOK will have another shot at the champion after defeating him at Forbidden Door.