After months of rumors, Chris Jericho has returned to All Elite Wrestling, and he made his presence known immediately within the opening minutes of “AEW Dynamite,” live from his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on Wednesday Night. Jericho’s return got here after a report earlier within the day that he might be headed back to Tony Khan’s company sooner somewhat than later.
Tony Schiavone was within the ring attempting to introduce the contract signing between AEW World Champion MJF and primary contender Kenny Omega for his or her match at Dynasty, when rogue pyro began to go off, interrupting him. The second or third time, the camera cut to the stage, and “Judas” began playing. Jericho strolled out, a smile on his face, and he got into the ring. He let the group proceed to sing his song for just a few more minutes and poised for the audience as cheers rained down. When he got on the microphone, he only had 4 words for the fans.
“Winnipeg! AEW! I’m home,” Jericho declared, before “Judas” hit once more.
He left the ring, hugged just a few folks seated at ringside, and made his solution to the back before the printed cut to a backstage brawl between Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley. The contract signing would then get underway with no Jericho involvement.
Jericho had not been seen on AEW programming for nearly a yr, after dropping the ROH World Championship to Bandido ultimately yr’s Dynasty. On the “Dynamite” following the pay-per-view, he told his former stable, The Learning Tree, he needed to go away for some time. Rumors of his return to AEW, or possibly even WWE, began swirling again last week when Jericho filed a trademark for the name “The Cornerstone.”