{"id":83737,"date":"2025-08-20T13:11:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:11:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/83737\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T13:11:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T13:11:11","slug":"the-latest-on-a-possible-chris-jericho-wwe-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/83737\/","title":{"rendered":"The Latest On A Possible Chris Jericho WWE Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/tag\/wwe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WWE<\/a> return on the horizon for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/tag\/chris-jericho\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Jericho<\/a> when his contract with All Elite Wrestling expires later this year?<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/tag\/aew\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AEW<\/a> World Champion got the wrestling world buzzing after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/news\/1574596-chris-jericho-wwe-return-speculation-aew-absence\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">liking a post on Instagram<\/a> stating his contract with the company was up at the end of this year and that he\u2019d be open to a WWE return depending on the situation.<\/p>\n<p>We now have an interesting update regarding WWE\u2019s interest in a possible Chris Jericho return next year. <\/p>\n<p>On the latest episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.f4wonline.com\/podcasts\/wrestling-observer-radio\/wor-wwe-espn-triplemania-g-1-raw-naomi-lawlor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Wrestling Observer Radio<\/a>, Dave Meltzer spoke on the Chris Jericho situation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJericho is actually a really big story,\u201d Dave Meltzer began. \u201cHis (AEW) contract is up at the end of the year, or late in the year, and there\u2019s certainly been lots and lots of talk about WWE. I know from a WWE standpoint that there is lots of talk there about Jericho. People speculating Royal Rumble. Nobody has officially said anything, nor will anyone officially say anything.\u201d [H\/T: <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WrestlePurists\/status\/1957759024562315754\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">WrestlePurists<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>This will certainly be a huge story in the coming months. So stay tuned to WrestleZone for the latest on Chris Jericho\u2019s AEW status as it becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlezone.com\/news\/1553218-chris-jericho-reveals-if-he-would-be-open-to-a-wwe-return\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Jericho Reveals If He Would Be Open To A WWE Return<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What do you make of this report? Would you be interested in a WWE return for Chris Jericho? Let us know your thoughts by sounding off in the comments section below. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Is a WWE return on the horizon for Chris Jericho when his contract with All Elite Wrestling expires&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":83738,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[79,81,49,48,50133,75,13015],"class_list":{"0":"post-83737","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-aew","9":"tag-all-elite-wrestling","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada","12":"tag-chris-jericho","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-wwe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83737","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83737"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83737\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}