Chris ไJericho is set to defend his ROH World Title against Matt Cardona at ROH Final 🌼Battle on December 20th.
Cardona answered Jericho's open challen꧑ge for the title shot, much to the surprise of many given thဣat he has never wrestled in ROH.
Appearing on , Jericho was asked about his showdown𒉰 wit🎀h Cardona.
"Just the fact that we are doing this is special. The fact that it's in Hammerstein, with the vibe that is expected. I don't think anybody expected Matt Cardona to answer this challenge. He's not an AEW regular. We haven't seen him a whole lot. Chris Jericho, being the Ring of Honor Champion, two years I did it as the Ocho and here we are again as the Nueve. There is a lot going on with Ring of Honor. There is a lot of potential television deals to be talked about and discussed. 'Ring of Honor has such a wrestling style.' Wrestling style is selling out venues with a good story and two good characters that people want to see get in the ring. That's what we've done. I'm very happy with this build we've created the last three weeks. I don't think it could have gone better. I know ticket sales have pretty much doubled after this match was announced. We're going to sell out, if we haven't already. It's going to special just by the fact that we're there. I'm excited about it. Matt Cardona has done a good job of reinventing himself and recreating himself, and dare I say, he reminds me a lot of Bret Hart. Everything he does is very solid. It looks great. It's very meat and potatoes in the best way. Matt is not the type of guy who is going to do a moonsault off the top of the balcony, and neither am I. We'll leave that to the guys who do that. I expect we're going to beat the shit out of each other with a raucous crowd who are sick of Jericho proclaiming to be the King of New York and coming to Hell's Kitchen in the Bronx via the Staten Island Ferry," said Jericho, who admitted he knows where Hell'✱s Kitchen is.
Jericho has been proclaimed to be the "King of 💯New York," with AEW/ROH running three straight events at Hammerstein൩ Ballroom.
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