Chris Jerichos role in Vikings schedule release…
Chris Jericho didn’t know precisely what he was strolling into by being a half of the Minnesota Vikings’ schedule release video for this coming season.
The AEW star’s spouse, Jessica, and son, Ash, are large Vikings followers, and he and his household have developed a good enough relationship with the group that the skilled wrestling legend was requested to be a half of this yr’s video, which was launched on May 14.
Jericho, 55, has change into a supporter of the staff along with them.
Jericho, who will probably be half of the Stadium Stampede match at the AEW Double or Nothing pay-per-view at Louis Armstrong Stadium on Sunday (8 p.m. HBO Max/Amazon Prime), thought he was just heading to Minnesota to do one thing as simple as a voice-over read and then bought there and realized he was being requested to do a complete lot more.
Chris Jericho is pictured April 1. Ricky Havlik
NFL groups search for new and artistic methods to announce their schedule each yr.
Some are as simple as mixing paint just like the Jets’ this season, while others, just like the Ravens, parodied “Wedding Crashers.”
“I didn’t realize how big those videos were and how much work they put into it,” Jericho said. “I thought I would just be sitting there with a piece of paper going, ‘Hey, it’s Chris Jericho, here’s the Vikings versus Chargers.’ Not that at all.”
Instead, Jericho was forged as a waiter bringing Vikings kicker Will Reichard a 17-course meal representing all the groups Minnesota will play next season.
Reichard ends up ordering them all to a surprised Jericho, who makes witty feedback in between footage of cooks getting ready each meal.
Reichard ends up speaking them all to go after a call from hungry teammate Justin Jefferson.
Chris Jericho is pictured April 8. Lee South
“I flew out there, did it and had a great time with Will Reichard there” Jericho said. “I helped them write the script and we came up with some fun stuff and I think it turned out really well. We got a lot of great reaction, a lot of surprise from some people. I like doing stuff like that.”
Jericho, who returned to AEW in April after a yr away with the company, said he has been more lively in pursing appearing role now after a run in 2023-24 that noticed him supplied roles in two Terrifier horror movies and two “Country Hearts” Hallmark motion pictures and an AMC project, “Dark Match.”
It felt prefer it was time to start auditioning more.
It led to him touchdown a role in the CBS show “Tracker” and Apple TV’s “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” where he shared the screen with Nick Offerman and Nicole Kidman.
He will also be in the upcoming season of “Dexter: Resurrection.”
Jericho teased being a half of a “really big show on Amazon where I have a really good role” that has yet to be announced.
He said he can really feel the momentum building for him as he did in wrestling, with Fozzy and his “Talk is Jericho” podcast.
“I can start to feel that happening with the acting side of things,” Jericho said. “I’m all for it. I have my AEW commitments, but I have some other time I can fill with these other creative endeavors and now’s the time to really kind of drive into that head first.”
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