Chris Jericho is set to defend his ROH World Title against Matt Cardona at ROH Final Battle on December 20th.
On Saturday night, Jericho made a surprise appearance at GCW’s Highest in the Room 3 event, where he attacked Matt Cardona and EFFY during their match. As the match unfolded, a hooded figure entered the ring and attacked Cardona with a baseball bat, leading to EFFY pinning Cardona for the win.
However, the mystery man then turned on EFFY, revealing himself as Jericho, who was wearing an AEW shirt.
Appearing on Gabby AF, Jericho discussed Cardona.
Jericho said: “I mean, he’s done such a great job of reinventing himself and turning himself into a star, and he’s so much more of a performer and of an asset now as Matt Cardona than he ever was as Zack Ryder. It’s similar to Jon Moxley. Think about Jon Moxley and the comparison to Dean Ambrose. It’s night and day. So of course, he would be an asset, and I think he’s done a great job since he showed up in AEW, and we’ve done a lot of stuff on Ring of Honor. Matt has done a great job, he had a great match with Bryan Keith. He’s had some great promos, great reactions because he was a surprise. So I expect that we’re gonna tear the house down [at ROH Final Battle], and I’d be very surprised if something doesn’t happen after that. Who knows? Either way, he’s done exactly what he needed to do to become more relevant than he’s ever been, and to become a bigger star than he’s ever been, and that’s why he’s in this position to begin with.”