Talk Is Jericho

It’s been over 11 years since Chris Jericho competed on Dancing With The Stars, and he and his dance partner, Cheryl Burke, are finally talking about the whirlwind experience. The two have not really spoken since their last dance on the show, and break down what it was really like behind the scenes – from their first meeting and rehearsal to their final performance and all of the crazy press appearances in between. The speculate on why they didn’t make it further, their friendship with fellow contestant, late actress Kirstie Alley, the hardest dances for Chris, their favorite moments, and how they turned a 2-minute spot on Ellen DeGeneres into a four segment stay with a dance at the end. Cheryl talks about doing DWTS during COVID, her worst injuries, some of her other fav celeb partners, and why she’s finally retiring from the show after 26 seasons.   Please support our sponsors! Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/jericho FanDuel: download the FanDuel app & use

Kevin Williams is the author of “Wrestling Merchandise of the 1990s,” a photographic look back at some of the best and most bizarre wrestling merch of the 90s. He shares some of the most popular items and wrestlers of the time including Hulk Hogan, Steve Austin, and The Rock. He discusses some of the rarest and most valuable items from action figures to cards to foam fingers!He details why some company’s merch is more valuable than others, how action figures have changed over the years, the pieces that are most sought after by collectors (think Andre The Giant and Ultimate Warrior), and what he considers to be the most prized piece in his own personal collection (hint: it involves The Undertaker). Plus, Jericho shares stories about his first-ever action figure and t-shirt, the Jericho merch that he’s accumulated over the course of his career, and his favorite Jericho-branded items (including the elusive Jericho bowling ball).    Please support our sponsors! Skylight Frames: go to https://www.skylightframe.com

The Pantera reunion tribute tour with original members, singer Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown, launched this month in Mexico with Charlie Benante on drums in honor of his great friend, Vinnie Paul, and Zakk Wylde on guitar in tribute to the great Dimebag Darrell Abbott. Charlie Benante explains how this tour came together, who contacted him, and when and why he agreed to play. He discusses learning the songs and playing them in Vinnie’s style, his favorite riffs and fills, and what he thinks about the fan reaction so far. Charlie gives a detailed look into his rehearsals with Pantera, forming the set list, bonding with Rex, Pantera’s musical legacy, the Van Halen influence, and how his longtime bandmates in Anthrax reacted when he told them what he was doing. Charlie also shares some great memories and stories about Dime and Vinnie, including how he originally met them both, gigs that Pantera and Anthrax played together, and Eddie Van Halen’s emotional and touching tribute at Dime’s funeral.   Please supp

Andy, Nick and the mysterious Chris L. from the Pod Of Thunder podcast return to do their first-ever non-musical TIJ episode!  They are celebrating the holidays by partaking in a watchalong of the Christmas classic, Jingle All The Way, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Rita Wilson, and Phil Hartman! And in true watchalong fashion, they offer lots of great trivia including which Jingle All The Way star received comedic training from the great Lucille Ball, which famous Goodfellas actor was passed over for the part of “Myron,” who voices the modern day Turbo Man, and which of the watchalong participants has been maced before. They also reveal what Kurt Angle, Big Show, and WCW Nitro have to do with Jingle All The Way, and share their final opinions and thoughts at the film’s conclusion! Please support our sponsors! Skylight Frames: go to https://www.skylightframe.com and use promo code JERICHO to get $15 off your purchase. Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/

The Hard Times & Hard Hits of Athena The ROH Women’s Champion Athena explains how her strong style wrestling earned her the nickname “The American Joshi” on the indie scene, and also caused a bit of controversy in a recent AEW Dark match against Jody Threat. Athena talks about her journey to AEW, reinventing the Athena character, and why she let Jade destroy her cool angel wings. She also details her run at WWE from her multiple tryouts to signing to NXT to her move to the main roster to her devasting Achilles injury, and eventual release. She shares stories about the Ember Moon gimmick including what inspired the colored contact lenses and what it was like to win the tag team titles with then partner, Shotzi Blackheart. Plus, she speaks to her relationships with Vince McMahon, Triple H, Nattie Neidhart, and Saraya, and speculates as to why things didn’t work out for Ember Moon at WWE.   Please support our sponsors! Skylight Frames: go to https://www.skylightframe.com and use promo code JERICHO to get $15 off

Frederick Kroetsch followed Teddy Hart around with a camera for years, and never thought he’d end up as a major player in a documentary about Teddy Hart and the mysterious disappearance of Teddy’s ex-girlfriend, Samantha Fiddler. But that’s exactly what happened, and you can see it play out in the new doc, “Dangerous Breed: Crimes. Cons. Cats.” streaming now on Peacock. Frederick explains how he first met Teddy over 10 years ago, why he decided to start filming Teddy, and what his original plans were for the footage. He talks about meeting and interviewing Samantha Fiddler, what he knows about her disappearance, and when his project turned into something else entirely.    Please support our sponsors! Skylight Frames: go to https://www.skylightframe.com and use promo code JERICHO to get $15 off your purchase. Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/jericho Toyota: Visit https://toyota.com/GRFamily to find your perfect Toyota! FanDuel: download the FanDuel app & use pr

It’s the first-ever Classic Movie Clash and what better way to start than with The Godfather versus Goodfellas?! Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante, Fozzy bassist PJ Farley, and Tom G. and Zeus from the Shout It Out Loud podcast join to debate both classic mafia movies! They’ve got great trivia, hilarious impressions, favorite scenes and performances (Al Pacino, Marlon Brando, James Caan, Ray Liotta, Robert DeNiro, and Joe Pesci), and some serious analysis about the writing, direction (Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese), cinematography, and casting. They discuss similarities and differences, and finally vote for a favorite.   Please support our sponsors! Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/jericho Toyota: Visit https://toyota.com/GRFamily to find your perfect Toyota! FanDuel: download the FanDuel app & use promo code JERICHO to get a “No Sweat First Bet” up to $1000 Cynch: download the Cynch app or go https://www.cynch.com/ and get your first tank exchange fo

2022 – A Career Year for The Ocho Could this be another “Wrestler Of The Year” kind of year for Chris Jericho? Many are calling 2022 a career year for sure, and that’s really incredible considering how 2022 started for The Ocho! He went from suffering a pulmonary embolism and the real possibility of never wrestling again to dropping some serious weight, and then having some of the best matches of his career. Jericho breaks down many of them with great behind-the-scenes stories and details. He’s talking about his long feud with Eddie Kingston, his two big matches with Bryan Danielson, his barn burner with Jon Moxley for the Interim AEW World Championship, Blood & Guts with Claudio Castagnoli and the giant swing on top of the cage, his ROH World Title defenses against Bandido, Colt Cabana and Tomohiro Ishii, and the great match against Dalton Castle in Cincinnati.   Please support our sponsors! Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/jericho Toyota: Visit https://toyot

Chris Jericho’s light-up jacket is one of the newest pieces of memorabilia on display at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Tampa, Florida! And to celebrate the occasion, Chase McCue from the Hard Rock joins to tell the story of acquiring and installing the infamous light-up jacket, along with stories about some of the other more famous pieces in Hard Rock’s 80,000+ collection!  Chase explains how the acquisition process works, and how he and his team decide which pieces of music memorabilia will be displayed at which Hard Rock locations. He talks about pieces they have from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, Billie Eilish, Post Malone, Rihanna, and even Harry Styles. He describes some of their more valuable memorabilia, what he’s hoping to add to the collection, and how the Hard Rock displays and/or stores things like Slash’s Harley, Faith Hill’s Corvette, and Eddie Van Halen’s Lamborghini.    Please support our sponsors! Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month a

Barren Cross played the inaugural Immortal Christian Rock Festival over Labor Day weekend and Chris Jericho was there to host a special Q+A prior to the band’s first live performance in 10 years! All four original band members participated – singer Michael Drive, bassist Jim LaVerde, guitarist Ray Parris, and drummer Steve Whittaker. They talk about how they got started, being influenced by bands like Iron Maiden, their first time in the recording studio after raising the money from their family and friends to pay for the time, and how that first recording landed them their initial record deal. They share the story about being signed by Enigma Records (home to Stryper), buying the run down, old UPS truck they turned into their touring bus, and dealing with the backlash they got from the Christian community.    Please support our sponsors! Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/jericho Toyota: Visit https://toyota.com/GRFamily to find your perfect Toyota! FanDuel: do

Chris’ longtime friend and Manager, Barry Bloom, makes his TIJ debut with some amazing stories about the incredible talent he’s worked with over the years including Jesse Ventura, Mean Gene Okerlund, Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and of course, Chris Jericho. Barry recounts how he first met Chris and helped him make the jump from WCW to WWE. He details his relationship with Jesse Ventura, his first wrestling client, and how he helped Jesse land the role as Sgt Blain Cooper in the movie Predator. Barry also shares the story behind Jesse’s lawsuit against Vince and the WWF over unpaid royalties as a broadcaster, and the impact Jesse’s victory had on the wrestling business in general.  Please support our sponsors! Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/jericho Toyota: Visit https://toyota.com/GRFamily to find your perfect Toyota! FanDuel: download the FanDuel app & use promo code JERICHO to get a “No Sweat First Bet” up to $1000 Cynch: download the Cynch app or go https://ww

One-time Olympic mogul ski hopeful and host of the Torched podcast, Molly Bloom, ran a high-stakes poker game at the Viper Room in Los Angeles frequented by A-list celebrities, powerful politicians, big money investment bankers, and billionaires. When a famous actor usurped the game from her, she moved to New York, and started an even bigger game. That’s where the story took a scary and dramatic turn involving the Italian Mob, Russian organized crime, drugs, the FBI, a Federal takedown, a trial, and $9 million dollars in debt. And that’s when Molly wrote a book, went back to Hollywood, connected with Aaron Sorkin, and turned her real-life story into an Oscar-nominated film. Molly shares her incredible tale and reveals how she managed to pick up the pieces, rebuild her life, and forgive herself in the process. Please support our sponsors! Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/jericho Toyota: Visit https://toyota.com/GRFamily to find your perfect Toyota! FanDuel: dow

Dustin Rhodes has had some amazing matches in his career and talks about a handful of his favorites including 1992 War Games where Sting’s Squadron took on Dangerous Alliance. He breaks down his Wrestlemania 12 Backlot Brawl with Roddy Piper, and shares what went as planned and what didn’t in that match. He shares what inspired his big lingerie reveal, what happened to his gold Cadillac and Piper’s white Bronco, and what it was like to film on the Universal Studios lot. Dustin also talks about the emotional AEW Full Gear match he had with brother Cody, and what it felt like to do a match he’d been pitching for years prior at WWE.  He remembers being in the ring with Ricky Steamboat, traveling the roads with Sting, and the moment Vince McMahon pitched the Goldust character to him. Oh, and then there’s that story about the time he came face-to-face with a Chupacabra. Please support our sponsors! Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/jericho Toyota: Visit https://toyo

Lee Moriarty is more than just a technical wrestler and he’s out to prove it at AEW! Lee talks about signing with AEW, and evolving Taiga Style to better represent what he is now as a wrestler, performer and personality. He speaks to his love of graphic design and street wear, and how he’s used those skills to enhance his wrestling career. He recounts his wrestling training in Pittsburgh, learning the lucha libre style in Mexico, who got him interested in wrestling in the first place, and the role that Bruce Lee and his philosophy have played in Lee’s own life. He also talks about his indie career, coming up with Wheeler Yuta and Daniel Garcia, and what it was like to get in the ring with one of his wrestling heroes, Byran Danielson.    Please support our sponsors! Mint Mobile: cut your wireless bill to $15 per month at https://www.mintmobile.com/jericho Toyota: Visit https://toyota.com/GRFamily to find your perfect Toyota! FanDuel: download the FanDuel app & use promo code JERICHO to get a “No Sweat First Be

The Classic Album Clash is back, and this time it’s all about non-makeup KISS – 1987’s “Crazy Nights” vs 1991’s “Revenge.” And joining in the track-by-track analysis and trivia fun are Kuarantine – bassist PJ Farley, guitarists Joe McGinness and Charlie Parra, and drummer Kent Slucher. They talk album covers, super producers Ron Nevison and Bob Ezrin respective roles, songwriting and lyrics, and the importance of Bruce Kulick to the band at this point in time. They discuss the songwriting chemistry between Paul Stanley and Desmond Child, how Diane Warren contributed to KISS, the drumming prowess of both Eric Carr and Eric Singer, and why some of the songs weren’t bigger radio hits for the band. They remember the Crazy Nights Tour, Gene Simmons return for “Revenge,” and some of their favorite music videos from both albums. Plus, Charlie recounts the first conversation he ever had with Gene Simmons, and CJ reveals which songs from both albums that were not particular favorites of Paul Stanley.   Please support

Jeffrey Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys of color between 1978 and 1991, and escalated from killing his victims to dissecting and dismembering them to eating their corpses! His crimes are detailed in the new Netflix series “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story,” which has generated quite a bit of controversy since its release in September. John and Jamie from True Crimecast return to talk about Jeffrey Dahmer and delve into his back story and childhood to determine what the Netflix series got right and what it may have missed in its retelling. They delve into his evolution from killer to killer cannibal, provide more details about his capture, trial, and death, and discuss the controversy surrounding the Netflix series.   Please support our sponsors! Toyota: Visit https://toyota.com/GRFamily to find your perfect Toyota! FanDuel: download the FanDuel app & use promo code JERICHO to get a “No Sweat First Bet” up to $1000 Cynch: download the Cynch app or go https://www.cynch.com/ and get your first tank exc

The Jericho Chronicles hit London in July, and featured stories about some of the biggest matches and feuds of Jericho’s career. Hear details behind his first-ever match which was at the Moose Hall in Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, his time with CMLL in Mexico, and how he made his way to Japan. He details a couple of the best matches he had with Ultimo Dragon while in Japan, and how a young Mick Foley happened to be in the audience and went back to the States to tell Paul Heyman about what he’d seen. Chris describes the year-long effort it took to get to ECW and Heyman, how that segued into WCW. He breaks down the mask vs title match he had against Juventud Guerrera. He runs down all the circumstances leading up to a trifecta of different matches with Triple H once he got to WWE – including Last Man Standing, and Hell In A Cell Judgement Day. He remembers his favorite Shawn Michaels feud, working with Rey Mysterio in 2009, and Kevin Owens and the Festival of Friendship. He talks about Kenny Omega at the Tokyo Dome,

Wrestling Observer Newsletter’s Dave Meltzer and journalist Fumi Saito celebrate the life and legacy of the great Antonio Inoki, who passed away October 1st at the age of 79. The founder of New Japan ProWrestling and creator of the IWGP Heavyweight Championship had storied wrestling and political careers, and left his mark on both. Dave, Fumi & Jericho discuss Inoki’s wrestling start and training alongside Giant Baba under the guidance of Rikidozan, Inoki’s life-long rivalry with Baba, his martial arts matches, his relationship with Vince McMahon and WWE, and his fights against Hulk Hogan and Andre The Giant. They also talk about his famous “fighting spirit slap!”  Please support our sponsors! Toyota: Visit https://toyota.com/GRFamily to find your perfect Toyota! FanDuel: download the FanDuel app & use promo code JERICHO to get a “No Sweat First Bet” up to $1000 Cynch: download the Cynch app or go https://www.cynch.com/ and get your first tank exchange for $10 with code JERICHO. Bosch Tools: learn more at htt

Elizabeth April (https://elizabethapril.com/) has been seeing and communicating with ghosts and spirits since elementary school. Her psychic abilities also include lucid dreaming, remote viewing, telepathy, and astral projection. She’s experienced a multitude of her own past lives, has tapped into others’ past lives, and has shot to the center of the universe in a unique out-of-body experience during one of her early regressions. She was also abducted by interdimensional aliens when she was 18-years-old, and still regularly meets with them to this day as part of the Galactic Federation. Elizabeth recounts her personal story, and shares details about her past lives, her multiple alien abductions, human alien hybrid DNA, and what she believes it all means for herself and humanity at large. She explains how everyone can unlock their own sensory abilities to better understand the alien agenda, and stresses the importance of questioning everything and choosing love above all. Please support our sponsors! Mint Mobi

It’s the Third Annual Halloween Spooktacular with Darcy The Mail Girl from “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs” on Shudder. And this year it’s all about ThreeQuels – the best and worst third installments in horror franchise history! They discuss the ones they love, the ones they hate, a few honorable mentions, and a couple the Chris has never seen. They hit on the Threes from Halloween, Friday The 13th, Nightmare On Elm Street, Jaws, The Puppet Master, Evil Dead, Leprechaun, Psycho, Child’s Play, Scream, and many more! They talk about the kills, the performances, the Final Girls, the plots, directors, and even production budgets! And yes, they name the greatest part 3 movie of all-time! Start guessing now! Please support our sponsors! Mint Mobile: Switch now at https://MintMobile.com/jericho FanDuel: download the FanDuel app & use promo code JERICHO to get a “No Sweat First Bet” up to $1000 Cynch: download the Cynch app or go https://www.cynch.com/ and get your first tank exchange for $10 with code JERICHO