Chris Jericho Would Like to Have Golden Jets vs. FTR Rather Than Another Match With Adam Copeland

– AEW star and Golden Jets member Chris Jericho was interviewed by The Dallas Morning News this week ahead of tonight’s AEW Dynamite in Arlington, Texas. Jericho discussed a variety of topics, including forming The Golden Jets tag team with his former rival Kenny Omega, the progression of their storyline, his interest in another potential matchup with Adam Copeland, and more. Below are some highlights:

Jericho on becoming tag team partners with his former rival Kenny Omega: “I mean, there wasn’t a lot of matches in Japan, there was just one, the Tokyo Dome in January of 2018. And I think that kind of might be one of the most important matches in pro wrestling history. I think, just the business that we did within New Japan really turned people’s heads. Match was obviously a classic. But more importantly, I think it’s the match that people here [in the U.S.], including Tony Kahn, realized that there was a market for another wrestling company because the business in North America for that match was huge. … I think the foundation of AEW was kind of built in a lot of ways in Jericho and Omega.

“So it really was just the natural progression of the storyline for Kenny and Jericho to become a team at some point. … Wrestling is all about stories. And I think when we started this thing with Don Callis on my end, and then he had the whole history with Kenny on his end, the bottom line would always be the two of us kind of aligning against him.”

On if there’s any other storylines he’s interested in working such as with Adam Copeland: “There’s no timeline on what I’m doing. So there’s really, probably no rush. I have a different opinion. I’ve wrestled Adam Copeland so many times and Christian so many times that I would rather not wrestle against those guys. I mean, obviously, we could and have a great match. But I really enjoy working with kind of everybody that I haven’t worked with before. I think Swerve Strickland is amazing. I think Mark Briscoe is amazing, just off the top of my head of guys I’ve never stepped in the ring with. Both of those guys would be a lot of fun to have matches with, you know. So I think right now, that’s kind of a cool place to be looking at.”

On being interested in having a match between The Golden Jets and FTR: “But we’ve got a lot of stuff going on with the Golden Jets with Big Bill and Ricky Starks, and Will Hobbs and Takeshita. … And I’d love to have a match with FTR. That’d be great. I’ve never done a tag team match against them before. I think Jets versus FTR would be amazing. So there’s kind of a lot of matches in the chamber that you could have with with Kenny and I before we decide to go to the next step.”

On the Continental Classic, and if he’d ever compete in such a tournament: “I mean, I’ll do whatever, man. Whatever my boss wants me to do, I’ll make it great. And the Continental Classic — I didn’t know about it until I think Tony told me a little bit before [it began] and didn’t ask me to be in it. And I didn’t ask to be in it. Because we’re doing the storyline with Kenny and with Don. And with that sort of side of the coin, and the thing with the Young Bucks going on, it really wouldn’t have made sense right now for me to be in it. But it’s been great. I mean, I think every match has been good to very good to excellent. I think everybody in the tournament is really showing who they are and whether you’re winning or losing, everybody wins when you have a great match. So is it something that I would be interested in doing next year? Of course, I think it’d be awesome to do next year. If it comes around that Tony wants to be in it, I’ll be in it.”

The Golden Jets are currently the No. 1 contenders for the AEW Tag Team Titles, and they’re set to appear on tonight’s Winter Is Coming edition of AEW Dynamite. The show will be broadcast live later tonight starting at 8:00 pm EST on TBS.