”Whenever I get asked [what’s his favorite of his wrestling characters/gimmicks], I always say the current version, because if I didn’t then it’d be like ‘what am I doing’.
”I like the idea of what I’m doing now with ‘Jericho’, and by not using that first name a lot, it created this whole intrigue online like, ‘What’s he doing? What’s the reason?’
”Honestly, it’s like a self-titled album, that’s where I got the idea from. I could create a dozen other nicknames, but how many more do I need? Everyone knows who Jericho is, and when you hear that name, then you can remember whatever memories you have on your own.
“So it really is like Metallica The Black Album — you know who Metallica is, you know what’s going on. The Beatles The White Album, same thing. That’s kind of what the idea is for the ‘Jericho’ era, and I like it, I like what’s been going on and going with the flow, seeing what’s working and what’s not.”
