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NEWS - The Real Reason WWE Is Teasing Chris Jericho’s Return TONIGHT!

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🗓️ 5 January 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Today's wrestling news, including...


The Real Reason WWE Is Teasing Chris Jericho’s Return TONIGHT!

Another WWE Injury!

WWE Holiday Tour Success!

Tony Khan Doesn’t Like...


ENJOY!


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0:00.0

Hello there, my very good friends, on today's wrestling news. We've got the real reason

0:04.1

WW is teasing Chris Jericho's return tonight. Another WWE injury.

0:09.5

WW's holiday tour was pretty damn successful. And could a former world champion be set to leave

0:15.0

New Japan Pro Wrestling? I'm Adam Wilborn. I'm Andy H. Murray. The H stands for Hiroshi Tanahashi.

0:20.5

He's not leaving.

0:21.2

He's just retired.

0:21.9

But, you know, good stuff.

0:23.5

Yeah.

0:23.9

And this is the news.

0:25.4

All right, we're going to kick this one off by talking about Chris Jericho's return to

0:28.9

WWE.

0:30.2

You know what's happening.

0:31.2

You know it's going down.

0:32.3

You know it's happening soon.

0:33.7

And Adam Pierce teased it for tonight's episode of RAW, which is a pretty eventful episode of Raw as it is. It's got a bunch of title matches. It's kind of like the season premiere, if you will. But yeah, Pierce, he always does these videos where he runs through everything that's been announced for the show. He did another one over the weekend. He put it on Instagram and during this, by the way,

0:54.5

it's also a Stranger Things themed episode. Yeah, it's like a crossover, isn't it? Yeah, they're doing a, I think they're going to do Paul Heyman versus the Demigorgian at some point. It's going to be fun. Vecna wants the I see title. It does. It does. I mean, I saw what happened to that man in the season finale. I don't think he's going to be wrestling for the IT title any time soon.

1:13.1

I was really excited to that man in the season finale. I don't think he's going to be wrestling for the IT title anytime soon.

1:13.1

I was really excited to watch Season 5 for Stranger Things, and then I sat down over Christmas and realized I hadn't watched Season 4. Oh, good. So no spoilers, please. Yes. I want to just finish season 4. Looking forward to season 5, though. Season 4 is about 90 hours long as well. Yeah. It's a good show. I like it. I like it. I'm not taking the piss.

1:29.1

But during this video, uh, Pierce, uh, about 90 hours long as well. It's a good show. I like it. I like it. I'm not taking the piss.

1:29.2

But during this video,

1:31.2

Pierce said,

1:32.0

who can break down the walls?

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