Chris Jericho recently appeared as a guest on CBS Sports’ In This Corner podcast to talk about being one of the 50 participants in the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble match, and how he was booked and then removed from the Casket Match against The Undertaker at the big event in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia next Friday.
Featured below are some of the highlights of Jericho’s interview on the show.
On being one of the 50 participants in the WWE Greatest Royal Rumble match: “It’s one of those things that is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Obviously, getting the chance to work with Saudi Arabia at the highest level. We had been there back in 2015, and had some great shows, but it seems like they are beginning to try and change some of the things that are being done over there and it’s really cool to have been asked by WWE to be part of it. As you know, I am not working full time there right now but still part of the family. With the matches that have been announced right off the bat, it has as much steam, if not more than the WrestleMania card did, just the fact of who is on the show and all the big matches that we have. It reminds me of a few years ago when we would do live event specials on the Network from Madison Square Garden. We did another one from Tokyo, Japan. It’s got kind of the same vibe to do the same thing with the Greatest Royal Rumble, just bigger.”
On being booked and pulled from a Casket Match against The Undertaker on the show: “For me, at this point, whether they want me to be part of the Royal Rumble or work against Undertaker or work against Funaki in a Lingerie Match, whatever they want me to do there I will. That’s the good thing about my legacy and where I am at this point of my career. I can be the opening match or the main event, whatever it is, it’s going to be good. Things changed, which is part of the world of WWE, happens all the time. For me, until I actually walk into the ring, sometimes you never know what is going to happen. Things get changed during the show sometimes. I think fans sometimes get a little to excited about certain things that happened and didn’t happen.”
Check out the complete episode of the CBS Sports “In This Corner” podcast featuring the Chris Jericho interview at CBSSports.com.
