Chris Jericho: Wrestle Kingdom 12 Match With Kenny Omega Led To Tony Khan Seeing And Deciding That He Could Form AEW

Chris Jericho lists his Mount Rushmore of opponents in wrestling.

During his recent interview with Spencer Matthews, Chris Jericho was asked to name some of the greatest opponents of his career. Jericho named Shawn Michaels, Jon Moxley, The Rock, and Kenny Omega as his Mount Rushmore of opponents.

He also said his match with Omega at Wrestle Kingdom 12 changed the wrestling business entirely.

“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.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Jericho discussed his Mount Rushmore of inspirations as well. Fans can read more about it here.

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