Is AEW’s Chris Jericho Lastly Returning to WWE?

The wrestling world is buzzing with hypothesis over Chris Jericho’s subsequent transfer. With his AEW contract reportedly expiring on the finish of 2025, many anticipated a WWE comeback.

Rumors hinted at a doable debut on the January 5 version of Monday Night Raw, however current reviews counsel Jericho’s state of affairs is way from settled.

Jericho Still Listed on AEW Roster

Jericho stays on AEW’s roster web page, regardless of his absence from tv since spring 2025. According to Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful Select, Jericho remains to be on AEW’s roster web page, mentioning that different wrestlers with expired contracts have been promptly eliminated. This uncommon itemizing hints that Jericho should have ties to the promotion.

AEW Relationship Remains Strong

According to The Takedown, Jericho has loved a six-year run with AEW. Since signing in January 2019, he turned the inaugural AEW Men’s World Champion and helped elevate stars like Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes, and Jon Moxley. His final televised look on AEW Dynamite in April 2025 ended with a dramatic exit from his steady, Big Bill and Bryan Keith, leaving followers questioning whether or not it was a everlasting departure.

Despite Jericho’s absence, AEW administration reportedly maintains a optimistic relationship with the veteran. Sources point out that whereas his character might have grown stale with audiences, AEW continues to worth his contributions.

WWE Plans Still Unclear

Sources aware of WWE have advised Ross Sapp that Jericho has not been included in any Raw inventive plans.

“They said that Chris Jericho has not been brought up creatively as of yet, and that he was not factored into the plans for [Monday’s] Raw that they had seen. There was the obligatory ‘It wouldn’t be the first time we got worked, too.'”

Jericho’s final WWE look got here on the Greatest Royal Rumble in April 2018, earlier than departing to hitch AEW in 2019, a signing that gave immediate credibility to the fledgling promotion.