Post by Controversial Maverick PUNK on Apr 24, 2010 20:03:11 GMT -5
- pwtorch.com
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By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor
Recent WWE World Hvt. champion Chris Jericho says he could walk away from WWE tomorrow and be happy with his career, but he wants to continue working for WWE to help the next generation of stars.
Jericho adds that today's newer stars have the disadvantage of a contracted pro wrestling industry where there are not a variety of different places to get work to learn as much about pro wrestling before joining TNA.
"I could leave tomorrow and be a happy guy. There’s really not much more for me to do," Jericho told Patrick Lennon of the Daily Star. "At this point it's about staying to help the business, to help the young guys I see around me. When I came up, you could go to Europe, Mexico, Japan, go all over, but the problem is now that these guys have no life experience or wrestling experience. It's not their fault."
Jericho says the young stars in WWE have too many expectations on them and he wants to help them ease into main event spots. Just in the last few months, WWE has put lofty expectations on Sheamus as a WWE champion, Jack Swagger as World Hvt. champion, and Drew McIntyre as the "chosen one" by Vince McMahon on TV.
"These young guys are brought on and expected to shoulder the whole company, they expect them to work like HBK and Undertaker, and it’s just not going to happen," Jericho said. "I want to help with that. To take the money and run, that's a s----- attitude, but there were guys like that when I came in, and there are guys like that in the business now. I love wrestling, and I want to leave knowing I left a business there for the future."
Quote:
By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor
Recent WWE World Hvt. champion Chris Jericho says he could walk away from WWE tomorrow and be happy with his career, but he wants to continue working for WWE to help the next generation of stars.
Jericho adds that today's newer stars have the disadvantage of a contracted pro wrestling industry where there are not a variety of different places to get work to learn as much about pro wrestling before joining TNA.
"I could leave tomorrow and be a happy guy. There’s really not much more for me to do," Jericho told Patrick Lennon of the Daily Star. "At this point it's about staying to help the business, to help the young guys I see around me. When I came up, you could go to Europe, Mexico, Japan, go all over, but the problem is now that these guys have no life experience or wrestling experience. It's not their fault."
Jericho says the young stars in WWE have too many expectations on them and he wants to help them ease into main event spots. Just in the last few months, WWE has put lofty expectations on Sheamus as a WWE champion, Jack Swagger as World Hvt. champion, and Drew McIntyre as the "chosen one" by Vince McMahon on TV.
"These young guys are brought on and expected to shoulder the whole company, they expect them to work like HBK and Undertaker, and it’s just not going to happen," Jericho said. "I want to help with that. To take the money and run, that's a s----- attitude, but there were guys like that when I came in, and there are guys like that in the business now. I love wrestling, and I want to leave knowing I left a business there for the future."
