Greater than a month into 2026, it still stays unclear what is occurring with Chris Jericho, who’s AEW contract seemed set to run out at the start of the 12 months, just for Jericho to still be on the AEW roster page, with reports that his contract could have been frozen. None of it has stopped Jericho from being busy, as he’s taken on acting roles, continued to tour along with his band Fozzy, is reportedly set to hit the convention circuit shortly, and still has loads of time to make podcast and radio appearances, where he’s gone into some interesting theories about William Shakespeare.
Appearing on “Radio X” right after the Super Bowl, Jericho talked about every part from Halftime Show performances to probably the most famous author in history, including bringing up how wrestling was a “modern-day morality play,” just like Shakespeare’s work up to now. It was then the conversation took a turn to a possible wrestling angle being based off the Shakespeare play “Macbeth,” which prompted Jericho to suggest Shakespeare would’ve been a wrestling promoter had he been born in 1964 as an alternative of 1564.
“I’ve said that repeatedly,” Jericho said. “If Shakespeare was alive today, he could be booking wrestling, yes.”
While it’s fun to assume Shakespeare sitting within the Gorilla position and laying out cards for a wrestling show coming the subsequent week, it is also entirely possible other dramatic art forms would’ve captured Shakespeare’s attention today, including theater or film. As The Bard has now been dead for over 4 hundred years, it’s an issue nobody will ever have the reply to.
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