Talk Is Jericho

The Hard Times & Hard Hits of Athena The ROH Women’s Champion Athena explains how her strong style wrestling earned her the nickname “The American Joshi” on the indie scene, and also caused a bit of controversy in a recent AEW Dark match against Jody Threat. Athena talks about her journey to AEW, reinventing the Athena character, and why she let Jade destroy her cool angel wings. She also details...

Frederick Kroetsch followed Teddy Hart around with a camera for years, and never thought he’d end up as a major player in a documentary about Teddy Hart and the mysterious disappearance of Teddy’s ex-girlfriend, Samantha Fiddler. But that’s exactly what happened, and you can see it play out in the new doc, “Dangerous Breed: Crimes. Cons. Cats.” streaming now on Peacock. Frederick explains how he f...

It’s the first-ever Classic Movie Clash and what better way to start than with The Godfather versus Goodfellas?! Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, Fozzy bassist PJ Farley, and Tom G. and Zeus from the Shout It Out Loud podcast join to debate both classic mafia movies! They’ve got great trivia, hilarious impressions, favorite scenes and performances (Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan, Ray Liotta,...

2022 – A Career Year for The Ocho Could this be another “Wrestler Of The Year” kind of year for Chris Jericho? Many are calling 2022 a career year for sure, and that’s really incredible considering how 2022 started for The Ocho! He went from suffering a pulmonary embolism and the real possibility of never wrestling again to dropping some serious weight, and then having some of the best matches of...

Chris Jericho’s light-up jacket is one of the newest pieces of memorabilia on display at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, Florida! And to celebrate the occasion, Chase McCue from the Hard Rock joins to tell the story of acquiring and installing the infamous light-up jacket, along with stories about some of the other more famous pieces in Hard Rock’s 80,000+ collection!  Chase explains how th...

Barren Cross played the inaugural Immortal Christian Rock Festival over Labor Day weekend and Chris Jericho was there to host a special Q+A prior to the band’s first live performance in 10 years! All four original band members participated – singer Michael Drive, bassist Jim LaVerde, guitarist Ray Parris, and drummer Steve Whittaker. They talk about how they got started, being influenced by bands...

Chris’ longtime friend and Manager, Barry Bloom, makes his TIJ debut with some amazing stories about the incredible talent he’s worked with over the years including Jesse Ventura, Mean Gene Okerlund, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and of course, Chris Jericho. Barry recounts how he first met Chris and helped him make the jump from WCW to WWE. He details his relationship with Jesse Ventura, his first wres...

One-time Olympic mogul ski hopeful and host of the Torched podcast, Molly Bloom, ran a high-stakes poker game at the Viper Room in Los Angeles frequented by A-list celebrities, powerful politicians, big money investment bankers, and billionaires. When a famous actor usurped the game from her, she moved to New York, and started an even bigger game. That’s where the story took a scary and dramatic t...

Dustin Rhodes has had some amazing matches in his career and talks about a handful of his favorites including 1992 War Games where Sting’s Squadron took on Dangerous Alliance. He breaks down his Wrestlemania 12 Backlot Brawl with Roddy Piper, and shares what went as planned and what didn’t in that match. He shares what inspired his big lingerie reveal, what happened to his gold Cadillac and Piper’...

Lee Moriarty is more than just a technical wrestler and he’s out to prove it at AEW! Lee talks about signing with AEW, and evolving Taiga Style to better represent what he is now as a wrestler, performer and personality. He speaks to his love of graphic design and street wear, and how he’s used those skills to enhance his wrestling career. He recounts his wrestling training in Pittsburgh, learning...

The Classic Album Clash is back, and this time it’s all about non-makeup KISS – 1987’s “Crazy Nights” vs 1991’s “Revenge.” And joining in the track-by-track analysis and trivia fun are Kuarantine – bassist PJ Farley, guitarists Joe McGinness and Charlie Parra, and drummer Kent Slucher. They talk album covers, super producers Ron Nevison and Bob Ezrin respective roles, songwriting and lyrics, and t...

Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys of color between 1978 and 1991, and escalated from killing his victims to dissecting and dismembering them to eating their corpses! His crimes are detailed in the new Netflix series “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” which has generated quite a bit of controversy since its release in September. John and Jamie from True Crimecast return to talk abo...

The Jericho Chronicles hit London in July, and featured stories about some of the biggest matches and feuds of Jericho’s career. Hear details behind his first-ever match which was at the Moose Hall in Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, his time with CMLL in Mexico, and how he made his way to Japan. He details a couple of the best matches he had with Ultimo Dragon while in Japan, and how a young Mick Foley h...

Wrestling Observer Newsletter’s Dave Meltzer and journalist Fumi Saito celebrate the life and legacy of the great Antonio Inoki, who passed away October 1st at the age of 79. The founder of New Japan ProWrestling and creator of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship had storied wrestling and political careers, and left his mark on both. Dave, Fumi & Jericho discuss Inoki’s wrestling start and training...

Elizabeth April (https://elizabethapril.com/) has been seeing and communicating with ghosts and spirits since elementary school. Her psychic abilities also include lucid dreaming, remote viewing, telepathy, and astral projection. She’s experienced a multitude of her own past lives, has tapped into others’ past lives, and has shot to the center of the universe in a unique out-of-body experience dur...

It’s the Third Annual Halloween Spooktacular with Darcy The Mail Girl from “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” on Shudder. And this year it’s all about ThreeQuels – the best and worst third installments in horror franchise history! They discuss the ones they love, the ones they hate, a few honorable mentions, and a couple the Chris has never seen. They hit on the Threes from Halloween, Friday...

MLW Fightland 22 is Sunday October 30th at the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia, and Alexander Hammerstone is defending the World Heavyweight Championship in a Last Man Standing match against The Judge EJ Nduka! Hammerstone talks about the importance of that match, what it means to the be MLW Champion, and the rest of the card. He also talks about working with MJF in MLW, the rise of their popular facti...

“Dynamite & Davey: The Explosive Lives Of The British Bulldogs” is a new book about the lives of Davey Boy Smith and the Dynamite Kid aka Tom Billington. And Author Steven Bell along with Bronwyne Billington, the daughter of the Dynamite Kid, and Ross Hart, brother of Bret and Owen and Stampede Wrestling historian share stories about the tag team that revolutionized the business. Ross recounts how...

Tommy Avallone returns to talk Barney! His new documentary “I Love You, You Hate Me” is streaming now on Peacock, and looks at the cultural hate and backlash that surrounded the popular purple dinosaur almost from his first introduction to the world. Tommy chronicles the creation of Barney, his rise and fall in popularity, and the hate the sprang up around him. He explains how Barney’s cultural ph...

Saraya shocked the wrestling world when she made her AEW debut at Grand Slam last month! She explains her decision to join AEW over WWE, the role that Jericho and John Moxley played in that decision, and what Tony Khan said to her that solidified her signing. She talks about the in-ring injury that forced her early retirement from wrestling, the roles she played at WWE when she could no longer wre...

Something has been happening in the seedy underbelly of Hollywood for years. Tim Chizmar calls it “The Game,” and if you know, you know. And if you don’t, you’re about to find out. Is it a conspiracy? A hoax? Is it real? It sounds A LOT like the 1997 Michael Douglas movie, “The Game” and even reads a little like a less-violent “Squid Games.” Tim Chizmar was a player, recruited by a fellow Hollywoo...

October 2, 1990 is a special day in pro wrestling history! It’s the day that Chris Jericho had his first-ever wrestling match! The big event took place at the Ponoka Moose Hall and it was Chris Jericho versus Lance T. (the T stands for Thunder) Storm! They were third on the card in what ended up being a 15-minute time limit draw. Chris runs down the days leading up to the big booking, the drive to...

Art The Clown is back in “Terrifier 2,” and writer, director Damien Leone has all kinds of gory-ass stories about the creepy, silent, evil clown who loves to torture his victims to death (which may include one Adam Burke aka Chris Jericho). Damien shares the inspiration for Art The Clown, the role that “Nightmare On Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors” played in the sequel, and what he took from Ripley i...

Evan Husney & Jason Eisener return to share “Tales From The Territories,” their brand-new series coming to Vice TV on Tuesday October 4th at 10pm!  Evan and Jason teamed up with The Rock and Seven Bucks Productions to produce this new series that reunites wrestling legends to tell some of their craziest stories from both inside and out of the ring! They cover Memphis, Mid-South, Portland, Crockett...

Karl Stern is a longtime contributor to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, host of the “When It Was Cool” podcast, and a veteran police officer! Karl joins to talk about the death of one of music’s biggest stars, Prince. Prince was found dead in an elevator at his Paisley Park estate on April 21, 2016 from what was later ruled and “accidental” overdose of fentanyl. Karl explains why his death was...