WWE legend declares nobody can bury or kill Chris Jericho: "He knows how to avoid all that" (Exclusive)

Chris Jericho is the current ROH World Champion [Image source: AEW Facebook]
Chris Jericho is the current ROH World Champion [Image source: AEW Facebook]

WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long has made a bold claim about AEW star Chris Jericho. Y2J is the current ROH World Champion.

Chris Jericho's ability to stay relevant in professional wrestling makes him one of the best wrestlers in the world. Whenever the crowd starts to vent their criticism on his's character, Jericho brings a new persona which instantly gets over and get the fans talking. The recent Learning Tree gimmick in AEW is a solid example as to how the audience has grown to appreciate Chris Jericho's creative mind.

During the recent edition of Sportskeeda's exclusive The Wrestling Time Machine podcast hosted by Mac Davis, WWE Hall of Famer Teddy Long stated that Chris Jericho knows how to avoid being stale which helps him in staying relevant.

"You can't kill him. You can't bury him. He knows how to avoid all that." [2:26-2:31]

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Bill Apter further claimed that Chris Jericho's brought his ability of working in a team to former CEO Vince McMahon

"He is a team player, and that's what he brought to Vince McMahon, even when he was younger. I'm talking about Jericho." [2:50-2:59]
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Bill Apter says WWE veteran Chris Jericho always prioritises the business

In the same video, Senior Editor Bill Apter called Chris Jericho a marketer and recalled the veteran posing for him during his WCW days.

Apter revealed that the former WWE Champion posed for him for two days as it helped in promoting WCW and proritised the betterment of the promotion.

"He is a marketer. He knows, back in the magazine days, he'd pose for me for two days if I needed him to because he knew it was not just good for him but good for the whole company, with WCW back then. And he'd say to me, 'Hey, take some pictures of this guy.'" [2:32-2:49]

Chris Jericho recently won the ROH World Championship. We will have to wait and see who dethrones The Learning Tree for the title.


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