Chris Jericho on Chris Benoit Matches Not Appearing on His New DVD

During a recent edition of his “Talk is Jericho” podcast, Chris Jericho revealed that a new WWE produced DVD highlighting his career will be released at some point in 2015.

Jericho had the following to say about Chris Benoit and matches involving him being omitted from the DVD (h/t WrestlingDVDNews.com):

Putting together a couple of my DVDs, and we’re working on the second one right now, that’s probably a combined total of about fifty matches that are on there between those two DVDs but I could never include a Benoit match. One, I don’t think I’m allowed to. Two, I don’t know if I’d want to, and that was one of the greatest moments of my career. Absolutely one of my favorite opponents and probably a dozen classic matches that I’d want to put on there, including the ladder match we had at the Royal Rumble in 2001, which I think is one of the best ladder matches of all time, totally forgotten because of Chris and the fact they don’t show any of his matches anymore.

Also too what was voted the best match in Raw history by a lot of people, Jericho and Benoit vs. Triple H and Austin, so famous for being the night H tore his quad during the match, the crowd going bananas and the first time anybody had vanquished the evil Steve Austin and Triple H. It was a huge night in WWE history, a huge moment in the history of the Tag Team Championships and a huge moment in the history of my career, and I can’t ever see that match really. I can’t watch that match. I think I’ve watched it once and it’s good, it’s a great classic five star match, but it’s always tainted when I see Chris Benoit…

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Editor’s Note

While it’s a shame that some of the biggest matches of Jericho’s career won’t be featured because of Benoit’s involvement, it’s completely understandable. The circumstances surrounding his death will forever taint his career.

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