WWE star Chris Jericho spoke with Loudwire and was asked about the differences between touring with WWE and his band Fozzy. "When ‘Chasing the Grail’ came out, I left the WWE the last time and went into the whole album cycle and it was just all Fozzy all the time," Jericho said. "You know, tours go in blocks. You may be gone for three weeks, or four weeks, or five weeks. Then you come home for two or three weeks, or four weeks, or five weeks, so that’s a lot easier. With the WWE, it’s non-stop, but you get two, or three, or four days off a week.

"You get bigger chunks of time off when you’re traveling with Fozzy, but you get more time away from home with the WWE. I just like being on the road. I’ve been on the road ever since I was 19 years-old, so it’s something that I do, and it’s something that I always do, and I’m just glad to have Fozzy growing to where we’ve grown. When wrestling is long gone, I’ll still be traveling the world with the band and that’s a pretty cool feeling."

Jericho was also asked whether his WWE career has ever been a source of tension within the band. "No, because everybody is always doing other stuff too," he said. "Like I said, for the first two or three records with Fozzy, we were doing them both at the same time, but with ‘Chasing the Grail’ we really sat down and said, “We really have a chance to do something here.” Lets put all of our effort in this and do this full time, and that’s what we did. Now that we have this momentum behind us, the side projects are kind of just that; the side. I’m getting ready to finish up with the WWE next week .. and then it’s full-time Fozzy for the whole album cycle.

"The only reason why I came back this time to the WWE, for the nine months I was back, is because we were recording a new record and my contribution is writing the lyrics and singing. I had all the lyrics written before the record started, and then once we started recording, I’ve got 15 days of work and other than that I’m not doing anything. So, it was a perfect time for me to come back to the WWE for not a short run, but a decent size run. Like I said, the record is coming out, it’s time to go back full-time with Fozzy and see where the road takes me then." Read the full interview at Ht.ly/diGDe.

Powell's POV: It doesn't say when the interview was conducted. Rather, it lists "recently" in the introduction. I assume it was done prior to SummerSlam given Jericho stating that he was finishing up "next week." In other words, don't get your hopes up for Jericho returning to television next week based on this interview.

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