Chris Jericho Names Shawn Michaels, Jon Moxley, The Rock, And Kenny Omega as Mount Rushmore Opponents

Chris Jericho reflected on the history he has had with these four legends.

While speaking with Spencer Matthews, Chris Jericho was asked about some of his greatest opponents and to name a few for his Mount Rushmore of rivals in the 35+ year career of his legendary career.

“If you’re talking about the Mount Rushmore of opponents that I’ve had, I’ll put Shawn Michaels on there. I think Moxley would be in there from our work that we did in AEW and in WWE when he was Dean Ambrose. I loved working with him. Great intensity. I had great chemistry with The Rock. It was very short because he left to do movies very early on. But when we worked together for about a year in the early 2000s, we never had a bad match, bad angle, or bad promo segment. We were perfect foils for each other.

Then I think maybe Kenny Omega had put on there. We never had the same thing. We changed the business when we had our match at the Tokyo Dome, which at the time was crazy because nobody ever thought it would happen. We’re both from the same small town in Canada called Winnipeg. We packed the Tokyo Dome. The digital streaming was through the roof for New Japan Pro Wrestling, which then led to Tony Khan seeing and deciding that he could form AEW because there was so much demand for wrestling that was not WWE. So those are my four from an opponent’s standpoint.”

Jericho’s feud with Omega would end up being one of the major reasons why Tony Khan decided to put his foot ahead and kick off the start of All Elite Wrestling alongside some convincing words from one/half of the Young Bucks, Matt Jackson.

h/t to Fightful for the transcription.

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