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Chris Jericho recently appeared on Busted Open Radio and discussed his match with Tetsuya Naito at WK13. He also discussed the evolution of his character and look over the years being inspired by music icon David Bowie. Check out highlights and interview audio below.
āThe real influence is David Bowie and I really caught on to Bowie about 10 years ago. Just analyzing things, as you do as well Bubba [Bully Ray], always thinking things in rockānāroll terms because itās all entertainment, as you know. A great actor does the same thing. What Bowie did was every album from ā70 to even the last record he released, Blackstar, before he died, was always different. Itās always Bowie, but thereās a different look, a different style, thereās the Berlin chronicle years. Thereās the kind of Motown, letās dance, funk years..."āItās always Bowie, but itās always different. You never really knew what youāre going to get. And I remember Pat Patterson always used to laugh at me and say, āyou always show up with a different beard, you look different every week,ā and I did that on purpose. I always changed something really small. Like changing your facial hair every week or your hairstyle. Wearing a lot of different types of colors and designs.ā
āWrestle Kingdom was an amazing show. And once again, when youāre dealing with a card that, letās say nine matches, where every single one of them has a potential to be a show-stealer, what can I do to make my match stand out? And letās do more of this hardcore, violent brawl, which I really liked to do when we met each other the first time in June at Dominion, but I really wanted to do that at the Tokyo Dome. Thatās why I asked Gedo if we could do a No DQ match.āNow hereās the funny thing: I laughed when the critics and the pundits, and the sheet readers go, āwell this is the style that fits best for Jericho. He couldnāt do a match like [Hiroshi] Tanahashi or [Kenny] Omega.ā The hell I couldnāt. What are you talking about? I could do a match like that in a second. Iāve never been a fast worker. Iāve never been a super-acrobatic worker. Iāve always been the same. Iāve never been fast. So, my speed at 48 is pretty much the same as it was at 38. Itās just psychology, your endurance and the style that you have. Yeah, of course I could do a Tanahashi or Omega match, but Iām not going to do a Tanahashi, Omega-style match when Tanahashi and Omega are the main event.ā
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