Chris Jericho supports pro-wrestling in Olympics in recent interview

Chris Jericho did an interview with Scott Fishman of The Miami Herald in which he addressed IOC’s decision to drop wrestling from 2020 Olympics:

“I never was an amateur wrestler,” Jericho said. “It’s a drag, but it’s a big business. It doesn’t affect me like a Jack Swagger or a Dolph Ziggler or Kurt Angle who did that. For me, I think it’s a drag from a traditional standpoint, but it doesn’t really affect anything that I do because pro wrestling will pretty much carry on forever.

“Think about it, pro wrestling as an Olympic sport would be pretty cool. Look at figure skating or gymnastics, what is it? It’s a choreographed performance that is judged. It’s whoever puts on the best performance. Why can’t you do that with different countries like a Canadian team, an American team and a German team go in there. Then whoever puts on the best match according to the judges wins. You take two of the best American workers in a match against each other and get scored by the judges. It’s the exact same thing as figures skating, so why not?”

He also said that his focus was on his entire career and not on wrestling alone. He spoke about his return to WWE and how long his present WWE run will most likely be.

He said, “That is probably going to be my career from now on. I will keep coming back as long as I feel I’m still working at the highest level that I can. It won’t be for two years, but if I come back to two or so months at a time. Then I can do that, then it gives me the opportunity to do the other projects I have going on as well.”

“I have been feeling great” Jericho said when asked about his recent stint in WWE. “I feel like all the matches that I’ve been having are the best matches on the show or close to it. This is especially true the last couple of weeks working with guys like Daniel Bryan. I really like doing other things too.”

Jericho is going to be one of the six participants in the Elimination Chamber match for the No.1 contender this Sunday. The fact that he agrees to his return being a short one, I don’t see him winning the Elimination Chamber this Sunday though I would have loved it. Hopefully he gets to be a part of the last two wrestlers inside the chamber.