Last week’s Dynamite started off with a big surprise when Chris Jericho made his long-awaited AEW return in Winnipeg. After the live fans sang along with his Judas theme song, Jericho said “I’m home” to a big pop, and that was the end of his segment. Jericho is scheduled to be back on tonight’s show to address his return. Jericho’s return to AEW took place in his hometown, and the crowd reaction will likely be favorable to him tonight as well since Dynamite is still in Canada. The Dynasty PPV is also in Canada (Vancouver) this weekend. That Jericho waited for AEW’s trip to Canada for his return and has brought back his Judas theme for fans to sing tells me that he really wants fans to cheer for him again, at least in the early going.

This isn’t a star who is looking to retire any time soon, which may be related to why he chose to stay in AEW rather than go back to WWE. Jericho’s last AEW run with The Learning Tree gimmick was mostly a flop, and came at a time when fans were sick of Chris getting so much TV time over younger, more interesting wrestlers. Chants of “Please retire!” were pretty common when Chris would show up on AEW programming. Now that he is back in AEW for the long haul, it seems like a very good idea for Jericho to put himself in a position where that is less likely to happen again. Darby Allin, AEW National Champion “Jungle” Jack Perry, and ROH World Champion Bandido are teaming up in a trios match against Mark Davis, Konosuke Takeshita, and Andrade El Idolo of the Don Callis Family. This match originally included Brody King on the babyface side, which would have been more interesting given his history with Darby. However, King was pulled late due to personal reasons and replaced by Bandido. Darby and Andrade are fighting each other at Dynasty and both interested in winning the AEW world title, so that story will likely be the focal point of this bout.