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Sami Callihan: I Use Chris Jericho As A Blueprint, I Tell Young Wrestlers To Look At His Career

Wrestling WWE
Rob Wilkins May 1, 2023 9:00AM

Sami Callihan already knows how to stay relevant, but he tells younger wrestlers of today how to do it, and that's by watching Chris Jericho.

Sami Callihan was the guest on The Wrestling Perspective Podcast with Lars Frederiksen and Dennis Farrell this week. The former IMPACT Heavyweight Champion spoke on numerous topics.

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Dennis Farrell brought up the point that Callihan reminds him of Chris Jericho to an extent because he is changing his character. However, Farrell noted the difference is when Jericho changes things, he gets showered with compliments, and yet Sami Callihan does not.

"It's kind of funny because I do have moments like that. I remember I like to compare it to this moment. So Rob Zombie put out The Monsters movie, and it was super campy, super cheesy, and everything The Monsters was from the original release of the fifties and sixties. So I saw people being, oh, this movie would have been really great if Rob Zombie tried to make it like this; I think he just absolutely made it like this." Callihan said.

Callihan says, "so it's a sucky movie. It's like he did, he made it like that for a reason, but people still don't want to give people credit for something they created. Obviously, he made it cheesy and campy for a reason. You don't just get to say; I don't think he meant to do that. So, I'm not going to give him the credit, no fuck you; he did that for a reason.".

Callihan would explain how Chris Jericho is still one of the best to do it and is still at the top of his game.

"It's the same thing in professional wrestling. I use a guy like Chris Jericho as a blueprint. I always tell young wrestlers to look at Chris Jericho's career. Every couple of years, he's done something to reinvent himself and become relevant, and I followed that my entire wrestling career." Callihan says.

Callihan says. "I've gotten to the point where people love me, love me, and I have a lot of people that hate me and will always hate me, but they're always talking about me. I'm never a guy that just disappears, and no one hears about it. I'm always a guy, no matter where I am. If I'm on television. If I wasn't on television, I'm always somebody that the wrestling world is talking about, and that's called being a professional wrestler, being successful at what you do."

The seventeen-year veteran would talk more about why he tells younger wrestlers to look at Jericho's career.

"I did his podcast a couple of years ago, and I've said that exact same thing. I based everything on it, and I've seen him on many podcasts before. He is, without a doubt one of the greatest of all time. The dude still does it at a high level, and the dude has always reinvented himself while still continuously being Chris Jericho, and that's the art of professional wrestling." Callihan said.

Sami Callihan will face Masha Slamovich in a Death Match at Pro Wrestling Revolver Mayhem For All Event on Saturday, May 6th. Additionally, it was announced last month that former AEW World Champion Jon Moxley would face Jake Crist at the Revolver event.

Fightful will have results after the event on Saturday. The results for the event can be viewed here after the event.

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