Chris Jericho Comments on The Undertaker’s Streak, Paul Heyman, Daniel Bryan

Former WWE Undisputed Champion Chris Jericho talked this week with Digital Spy about various topics related to wrestling. Below are some of the highlights:

On The Undertaker’s streak ending:

“I loved it, I thought it was great. It was a legitimate shock, it got everybody talking. I think the right guy got it, if you’re going from a credibility standpoint, and if you’re going from a believability standpoint. As much as people and fans and journalists want to believe that it’s the case, I’m not sure if Undertaker had too many matches left in him. Maybe he doesn’t want to wrestle again. Maybe he knew that he couldn’t take any more.

“It’s a big, physical task to wrestle as it is, and once a year is hard. I wouldn’t want to come and wrestle just once a year. That’s even harder than wrestling 200 times a year, because your body’s not used to it. And the older you get, the harder it gets, the more the aches and pains kick in.”

“If the time was now, Brock was the right guy for that day, and I thought it was amazing. And I would have hated it – hated it – if Undertaker would have retired without losing. I think that would have been a horrible way to go, I’m really happy that he lost The Streak.”

Regarding the work Paul Heyman has done since WrestleMania:

“If it’s Paul Heyman you know it’s going to be good. He’s a master at writing promos, at delivering promos and getting an angle over. He’s just one of those talents that can do it all. It doesn’t surprise me in the least – as a matter of fact it surprises me that people are so surprised at how good it’s been.

“The WWE is always morphing and changing in a good way because you have younger guys that are coming in, you have guys that are finally having their chance and breaking through to the next level, and you’ve got guys like Paul Heyman that have been doing this for so long they know exactly how to handle things, exactly how to get things over.”

If Daniel Bryan can sustain the success he’s had thus far:

“I don’t know, that’s something you’ll have to ask him. I always knew he’d get to that level, I always knew he’d be a top guy because he’d done it before everywhere else that he’d ever worked. It was no surprise to me.

“Will he be able to sustain it? I guess that depends on him, on how he’s booked, but he’s definitely got the chops for it. He’s a great performer, he’s got a great connection with the fans. It took so long for them to pull the trigger, I think people were really excited to see it happen, and now that they’ve got their wish hopefully they continue to support him at the highest level.”

The entire interview can be found here.

Editor’s Note:

Great stuff here from Chris Jericho. I highly recommend reading the whole interview, where he reveals he almost came back to WWE for WrestleMania season.

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