• Adam Pearce Fuels Chris Jericho’s Return Rumors For Tomorrow’s RAW
According to Alex McCarthy of Wrestling Intel, Chris Jericho’s AEW contract expired on December 31st and a lot of people in All Elite Wrestling expect him to return to WWE.
McCarthy also reported that WWE officials are considering bringing back Jericho on tomorrow night’s RAW, instead of Royal Rumble 2026 in Saudi Arabia on January 31st.
After this report came out, Jon Alba of Sports Illustrated reported that his sources also believe Jericho will show up on WWE programming very soon.
While reviewing the card for tomorrow’s RAW, General Manager Adam Pearce teased Jericho’s return by dropping the following line:
“Who can break down the walls?”
For those who don’t know, the name of Jericho’s WWE theme song is “Break Down The Walls.” You can watch it below:
#WWERAW GM @ScrapDaddyAP previews the FIRST Raw of 2026 🔥
A special @Stranger_Things themed episode of Raw to kick off the new year!
📺: 8e/5p on @netflix pic.twitter.com/MWCLKGl4AT
— WWE (@WWE) January 4, 2026
Jericho was last seen in WWE at the Greatest Royal Rumble 2018 PLE, which was WWE’s first premium live event in Saudi Arabia. Jericho competed in the 50-man Royal Rumble match that night and lost.
Y2J recently went live on YouTube. During the stream, a fan message caught Jericho’s attention, recalling watching his 1999 WWF debut and expressing hope that he might one day return to WWE. Jericho didn’t shut the idea down: “You never know. You never know.”
Below is the card for the January 5th RAW, which is the one-year Netflix anniversary show:
– World Heavyweight Championship: CM Punk (c) vs. Bron Breakker
– Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Maxxine Dupri (c) vs. Becky Lynch
– WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship: The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) (c) vs. Rhiyo (Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY)
– Liv Morgan vs. Lyra Valkyria
– Crossover with Stranger Things
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• AJ Styles Responds To A Fan Criticizing Him For Retiring In WWE Instead Of AEW
AJ Styles will retire as an in-ring performer this year. A fan wrote the following on X: “I selfishly need one more AJ Styles vs. Samoa Joe match before it’s all said and done.”
Another fan replied: “Should have finished with the AEW run. He chose the WWE money.”
AJ saw this tweet and replied: “I’ll take dumbest things to ever have been said for 100 Alex.”
Samoa Joe recently lost the AEW World Championship to MJF in a Fatal 4-Way match at the Worlds End PPV on December 27th.
On the other hand, AJ Styles and his partner, Dragon Lee, lost the World Tag Team Championship to The Usos on last week’s December 29th episode of RAW.
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