WWE Didn’t Know About Chris Jericho Working With NJPW; Nia Jax Talks Her Recent Absence

More Info On Chris Jericho Working WrestleKingdom 12

As we reported yesterday, Chris Jericho made a rather surprising appearance at NJPW’s Power Struggle (via video) to challenge Kenny Omega to a match at January’s WrestleKingdom 12 show. Omega accepted the challenge, and the match was officially announced this morning during NJPW’s WrestleKingdom presser.

Apparently, WWE knew nothing about Chris Jericho’s plans until word broke of the challenge early Sunday morning. Jericho is not under contract with WWE at this time; he’s said on his podcast that he is working on a per-appearance deal with the promotion. So, there was really no reason for Jericho to give Vince McMahon or anyone in WWE advance knowledge of what was going to happen. This has reportedly been in the works since August.

We’ve also reported that Jericho will be working in conjunction ROH for his 2018 cruise. Jericho said on his show that he had approached WWE about working with them and NXT for the cruise, but they turned him down.

Jericho recently said he approached WWE/HHH about having NXT on his cruise. Was turned down. Says they “don’t play well with others.”

Also noted that he’s financially responsible for the cruise.

Still think he’s working with Vince on the NJPW deal? pic.twitter.com/RWNidMjnzE

— Ryan Satin (@ryansatin) November 5, 2017

So, all of those conspiracy theorists and WWE apologists who were flooding social media yesterday saying that this match would never happen without WWE agreeing to it and Vince giving his permission (and even calling this a talent exchange between the two companies), this should nip that in the bud.

Had the honor to make the official artwork for @IAmJericho vs @KennyOmegamanX match at WK12, hope you guys like it. #livingthedream pic.twitter.com/UDX1OtGzWC

— Abdulmalik Ali (@zxl64) November 5, 2017

Also, check out our feature image for this article that features the incredible artwork for this match from the extremely talented Abdulmalik Ali on Twitter. This is the official artwork for the match, and it’s simply gorgeous.

Nia Jax On Her WWE Absence

Last month, Nia Jax set tongues wagging when she reportedly “walked out” of RAW over issues with the creative direction of her character. Then, stories came out that she was dealing with a back injury. Wherever the truth actually resided, Jax spoke about her absence during a recent interview on the current WWE European Tour.

“Well actually I had live events off for the last couple of weeks because that’s just how it worked out, for cycling and stuff, so I got a little rest from TV because I wasn’t in anything storyline-wise, so I had a little rest there. But yeah, it’s been great. I love what we do, I love the storytelling, especially being such a different character and obviously a different size than everybody, we get to play on that and it’s always cool to see where we can go in the ring.”

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