-WWE star Chris Jericho got an interview with Hawaiian news Star Bulliten for the SummerSlam tour 2009. Here is an excerpt from the article:I’m looking forward to it. I don’t really look at Steamboat as a legend. He’s just a great performer and one of the best of all time.

It’d be like playing hockey against Wayne Gretzky — even though he retired years ago, he’s still better than half the people on the ice nowadays. Steamboat, at 55 years old, is still better than 80 percent of our roster … (and) being from Hawaii, it’s a huge deal.

It’s going to be very sentimental for him and the fans, and of course I plan to spoil it and stick it in his face and all of the fans when I end the party and annihilate him in front of everyone.

Read the full article here.

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