Chris Jericho will purpose to turn into a nine-time world champion at AEW WrestleDream.
On the October 2 episode of AEW Dynamite, Chris Jericho and The Studying Tree got here to the ring. Jericho highlighted how AEW was celebrating their new TV deal and famous there wouldn’t be one with out him. He famous that he had been targeted on his targets inside The Studying Tree in latest months, however after going through Mistico at CMLL’s 91st Anniversary present and pinning Mark Briscoe at AEW Collision: Grand Slam, he realized that it was time for a brand new period of Jericho.
Jericho mentioned that he needed to turn into the “nueve”, as he aimed to win his ninth world title. He then challenged Briscoe to defend the ROH World Championship towards him at AEW WrestleDream. Briscoe got here out and highlighted how Jericho was a legend, and beating him could be an enormous feat. Jericho went low by saying that he didn’t assume that Mark might beta him, however possibly his late brother Jay might. He additionally mentioned that everybody knew that Jay was higher than Mark.
Mark dropped Jericho, telling him to maintain his brother’s title out of his mouth. He accepted the problem and informed Jericho that he would get a Briscoe Brothers-style ass-whooping.
Jericho beforehand had a run because the ROH World Champion in 2022 earlier than Claudio Castagnoli dethroned him at ROH Last Battle.
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