Meltzer also believes that the fan reception for Jericho in WWE will be much different from AEW. He compared the 54-year-old’s status with AEW to Punk and Cody Rhodes, who were booed by a large portion of AEW’s audience during their run with the company, but became instantly beloved by the WWE Universe when they decided to jump ship. Similarly to Punk, Meltzer noted that Jericho has been a top star in WWE before, and feels that their audience would react strongly if he were to surprisingly return.

Despite Meltzer believing that Jericho heading to WWE will provide AEW President Tony Khan with some extra cash, he explained that his departure could still hurt the company depending on his success in WWE, using Punk and Rhodes as examples of stars that damaged AEW’s reputation once they joined the competition. Nevertheless, Meltzer claimed that several people in WWE are confident they can sign Jericho by January if the company is interested, but still questions if Khan will make an attempt to keep “The Learning Tree.” In addition to the uncertainty behind the entire situation, Meltzer revealed that neither Jericho or Khan have provided any details on the matter when asked, but have not denied last week’s rumors either.