Chris Jericho Says Vince McMahon Has Been Supportive of His NJPW Run, Notes That It Could Become an Issue if His Work There Continues

– New IWGP Intercontinental champion Chris Jericho recently appeared on Sirius XM’s Busted Open podcast to promote his Dominion match against Tetsuya Naito this week. During the interview, he revealed Vince McMahon’s reaction to Jericho working in NJPW. You can listen to an audio clip of Jericho on the show this week below.

According to Jericho, Vince McMahon has been very supportive of Jericho working there so far. However, he does see it becoming an issue in the future if he keeps working with the company. Jericho stated the following:

“Well, I mean, I know with the first match — the Omega/Jericho [match] — I called and told him [Vince] about it, and he was all for it. And then when I told him I was going to do more, nothing really negative, still very supportive. But I think now it’s maybe becoming a little bit of a slight — not issue, but it’s another company out there. I know for a fact he takes every company very seriously. Chris Jericho was a whole big part of WWE and is a big part of New Japan right now. All the subscriptions that are increasing with New Japan World and all that sort of thing. I still think everything’s cool, but I feel if my involvement with New Japan continues, I might get a call one of these days.”

EXCLUSIVE: @IAmJericho joined @davidlagreca1 & @bullyray5150 LIVE from Osaka, Japan this morning ahead of #njdominion and he compared @s_d_naito to being as big a babyface in Japan as @TheRock & @JohnCena & Vince McMahon's reaction to him working in NJPW again. pic.twitter.com/HSNIfcK2es

— SiriusXM Busted Open (@BustedOpenRadio) June 8, 2018