Chris Jericho Calls Kevin Owens ‘The Best Guy For The Job’ Working With Steve Austin

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AEW star Chris Jericho has given his thoughts on Stone Cold Steve Austin’s WrestleMania 38 return angle with Kevin Owens.

Chris Jericho is someone who has plenty of history with both Austin and Owens from his time in WWE.

Speaking on The Kurt Angle Show with Kurt Angle, the first AEW World Champion explained why Kevin Owens would make an ideal foil for Stone Cold at Mania.

Jericho stated:

“He’s the best guy for the job. He’s one of the only guys for the job because, first of all, if Steve does come back, he’s going to look like a killer. He’s going to be so big and jacked up, he’s not going to comeback and just be there wearing a shirt and shorts. He always told me, ‘If I go back, I don’t want to go back as anything less than before. If I go back, there’s going to be so much training going on, that I don’t want to comeback just for one.’ Maybe he wants to comeback for two, I don’t know, maybe he doesn’t comeback at all. If he does, who is he going to work? You look at the guys on the roster, he’s not going to work with Brock because he doesn’t need to get dumped on his head. Nobody wants to see that. He’s not going to work with Goldberg because you don’t want to put those guys from the same generation out there. I would never work…I work with other guys because I remember when Matt Hardy came in, ‘we don’t need to see a Jericho vs. Matt Hardy match. We don’t need to see Jericho vs. Christian.’ We’ve seen them. We need to see Matt Hardy and Sammy, Jericho and Kingston.”

Jericho further explained why KO’s mic skills and in-ring ability will work well with Austin, saying:

“If Steve comes in, the best guy for the job is Kevin Owens because Kevin will sell it on the mic, he can go toe-to-toe with Steve. He has a comedy element to him that Steve has as well and probably really have because he can use that to his advantage because Kevin will sell perfectly. You can’t do that with Roman Reigns. Kevin will be able t work with Steve exactly the way that Steve needs and can work, which is meat and potatoes. That’s Kevin Owens. he can do some flying and flipping, but if you ask him, he’d probably rather punch and kick you in the corner and that’s Steve’s whole offensive plan. I think it’s a great idea and I would love to see it happen. Kevin has been using (the Stunner) for a while because Steve allowed him to. There’s your story. You want a realistic story, you have it right there.”

Chris Jericho made a huge impact on last night’s AEW Dynamite by ending the Inner Circle and betraying Santana and Ortiz.

He formed the Jericho Appreciation Society with Jake Hager, Daniel Garcia and 2point0 (Jeff Parker and Matt Lee).

As previously noted, Stone Cold Steve Austin will return to appear on the KO Show with Kevin Owens on April 2 for WrestleMania Saturday.

Quotes via Fightful

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• WrestleMania 38
• stone cold steve austin
• chris jericho
• KEVIN OWENS

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