Geno Mrosko is a lifelong pro wrestling fan who has been covering it since becoming a Manager at Cageside Seats in 2011.
Chris Jericho just recently turned 54-years-old, which means he's much closer to the end of his professional wrestling career than the beginning. That also means it's time to start thinking about how he may want to wrap up in the in-ring wrestling portion of it, at least.
It wasn't long ago that Sting had his retirement tour and John Cena is about to embark upon his final year in the industry. So when and how does Jericho see himself going out?
In an interview with Z100 New York, he was asked about it and initially said he hasn't really even thought about it, in part because the business has changed and it allows for you to stay in it much longer. He's still healthy and doing well for his standards, so there's not much need to consider it for now.
And then he said this:
"I've never been the guy who's like... year-long retirement ceremony. That seems a little bit... kind of like eh.
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"So there might be some merit to doing a final show, but I don't think about that stuff. I really live in what's going on right now. My Sid Vicious, Sex Pistols attitude is like, 'I'll just disappear, and no one will ever see me again.' But, I don't know if I'd be able to do that. So, I'm sure when the time is right, I'll know it and we'll figure out a way to do it and then go from there. But when I retire, it'll be 'I'm retiring.' I don't want to do the thing where you come back or keep coming back."
He doesn't seem to want the pressure of a final run, or a last match being known ahead of time. The idea of just disappearing sounds cool, in its own way, but at least he's also realistic about that too.
No one ever really seems to retire and just be gone, especially stars at the higher levels.