Chris Jericho hasn't been seen in the WWE since last July, but "Y2J" has kept himself busy with his band Fozzy and his podcast Talk Is Jericho, and it appears as though Jericho won't be returning to the WWE anytime soon.
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Jericho spoke with The Mirror and told them that he is too busy right now with outside ventures to contemplate a return to the WWE.
"No time soon," Jericho told the site when asked when he was planning to return to the ring. "I left last July and I've been working pretty much non-stop since then between Fozzy tours and doing the new Fozzy record and writing another book and doing my podcasts and a web series. There are a lot of projects in the Chris Jericho pantheon as always."
He added: "That's not to say that I won't go back but I have no plans as of right now, just because I have so much other stuff going on that I'm enjoying. We'll see, there's no controversy or animosity it's more of a timing thing; the timing has to be right for me and right for the WWE as well. When it is I'm sure we'll both consider me coming back."
It was reported last week that Jericho was contacted by the WWE to return to the company but had to turn them down because of his other ventures. Jericho said that even when he isn't actively competing for the company he maintains a dialogue with them only when necessary.
"For relevant reasons," Jericho said about keeping in touch with WWE. "Once in a while you'll shoot texts back and forth with somebody, or if there's some business thing going on, like if they need something signed or a scan for a video game or something like that but it's not like I talk to the WWE every week and give them my thoughts on what's going on with them or they call me and give their opinions on what I've been doing. It's a business relationship and like everything else when you're gone you're gone and when you're back you're back and if there's anything in-between on a business level or a personal level I'll get in contact with them."
Jericho said he's on great terms with the company.
"I have a good relationship with the WWE and there's no animosity but it's not like we're calling each other every day finding out what we had for dinner that night," he said.
Jericho was asked if he thinks about his legacy and a possible induction into the WWE Hall of Fame one day, but "Y2J" said it doesn't usually cross his mind.
"I don't think about that stuff man," he told the site. "I live in the now, I don't really watch a lot of stuff that I've done on the past, I respect the fact that people enjoy my work and I'm very proud of it."
Jericho may return to the squared circle to do some more work one day, but it appears that it won't be anytime soon.
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