AEW's Chris Jericho reveals the only person who can tell him to stop wrestling after 'please retire' chants
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Chris Jericho heard the 'please retire' chants. The legendary professional wrestler is not exactly sure how they started. One group of fans may have told him to 'F*** off!' and it spread like wildfire, into every arena All Elite Wrestling and Ring of Honor held shows.
![[Jericho is the current ROH World Champion, his ninth world title reign in professional wrestling]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/21/93333173-14211705-image-a-7_1734642933045.jpg)
The 54-year-old will celebrate 35 years inside the squared circle next year and did not flinch when the vitriol first entered his ear lobes. The grizzly veteran came up with a new persona, dubbed 'The Learning Tree', as a way to benefit from those who chant negative things his way.
![[Jericho will defend his championship against Matt Cardona at 'Final Battle' on Friday night]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/22/93333175-14211705-image-a-16_1734646045945.jpg)
Jericho does not care about those who do not have his best interest in mind but did reveal exclusively to DailyMail.com the only person who can tell him to stop wrestling after the chorus of 'please retire' chants followed him worldwide. 'The only person that can tell me to retire is me,' Jericho said Thursday. 'And if I was having matches that I thought weren't good or doing work that I thought wasn't good, then I probably would consider it.'.
![[AEW and ROH are running three shows in New York City on consecutive days starting Friday]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/19/22/93333169-14211705-image-a-17_1734646051447.jpg)
'But it's actually been kind of the opposite of that. Completely. I don't mind people have opinions. I never listened to what people thought about me before anyways. So if you're only goal in life is to make people feel happy, then you might not want to be in show business.'.
Jericho's latest additional to his persona profile is his self-entitled role as 'King of New York', which entered his lexicon by being the world champion for AEW's sister promotion, Ring of Honor, as it runs three huge shows in New York City on consecutive days, starting Friday at the Hammerstein Ballroom in midtown Manhattan.
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