Christopher Daniels Wants A Match With Chris Jericho

In an interview with Fightful, Christopher Daniels spoke about finally being in the same promotion as Chris Jericho and said that he’s hoping the two can have a match soon. Here are highlights:

On Chris Jericho: “I feel like Chris Jericho, if he’s not the greatest of all time, he’s certainly in the discussion. Certainly top five. Everybody’s said this, so this isn’t news, the man is incredible at reinventing himself and keeping himself relevant. It’s something I’ve always sort of tried to emulate in my career. Just the opportunity to get in the ring with someone like him would be a great honor. You know, we… …plenty of times, him 30 years, I’m on 27 years now, and the just fact that it hasn’t happened yet, but now it’s becoming a possibility is something that’s really interesting. Really interesting. I’m not looking to hang it up any time soon; I’m sure neither is he. So I’m sure at some point we’re going to run into each other, I think.”

On never having a match with Jericho: “I missed him. I was in WCW literally right, maybe, a year after he left. Then the entire time he was in WWE, I was Ring of Honor or TNA, and so, yeah, we’ve never even been in the same company at the same time until beginning of last year. So, now here we are.”

On learning from him: “I will say this, man, one of the great things about being around Chris is he’s got such a mind for the business and it’s really refreshing to be around someone like him, and hearing his thoughts and how he puts together ideas and matches and things like that. It’s really cool. As much experience as I have I still feel like I’m trying to learn stuff, and he’s definitely is someone I’m learning from every week that I have any sort of interaction with him behind the scenes. It’s something I’m really am happy that I’m getting that opportunity.”

On Jericho being outspoken: “I feel like Chris is at the level of success that he’s sustained over his career, I feel like he’s definitely got more right to put his foot down. I’m more of the mentality, especially since I’m not really one of the guys in terms of creative that has that final say, so I certainly don’t mind putting my ideas forward and saying, “Well, this is what I think.” But, I also realize that it’s not my fight to fight and all I can really do is offer my point of view. But, in the end, it’s not my decision and I sort of have to bow to the decisions that are made by the guys that are in the decision making position. So, I’m cool with that, too. Sometimes the decisions aren’t what I would have done, but at the same time, like I said, I don’t have the right to really put my foot down. But, I feel like Chris definitely does have that right. Certainly is very outspoken about what he feels is the right direction for his stuff and you can’t fault him. You look at his track record and you feel like this guy definitely deserves to have a say in how it all goes down.”