WWE fans are still talking about Chris Jericho’s surprise appearance on SmackDown Live.

WWE caught their fans off guard during the July 25th episode of SmackDown Live on the USA Network when Kevin Owens opened the show with an in-ring promo segment.

By looking back on the show, AJ Styles walked out to the ring to confront him. Owens, who had beaten Styles for the United States Championship at the Battleground PPV (pay-per-view) event, denied Styles his request for a rematch.

This led to the return of Jericho, who had not appeared on WWE TV since he was written out of storylines when he was attacked by Owens on SmackDown Live in May. Both Styles and Jericho wanted a title match that night. Owens defended the US Title against both Jericho and Styles on the show in a Triple Threat Match. This would serve as the main event.

As seen in the match, Styles ended up winning the match and the championship, which marked the second time that he has held the US Title. This was a great surprise for WWE fans who tuned into the show. Owens is expected to challenge Styles for the title at the upcoming SummerSlam event later this month.

We have an update on Jericho’s future with WWE, and sadly it’s already over. Dave Meltzer reported in the latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter that Jericho was only brought in as a one shot surprise in order to get a pop from the crowd and also used as a way for Styles to get back the US Title without Owens losing on television.

Between May and now, he did work the WWE live event in Singapore at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and Tokyo, Japan at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in June. He competed against NXT Superstar Hideo Itami in single matches. Jericho will be pretty busy with his new book coming out in a few weeks because he’ll be starting a publicity tour for the book at that time.

It should be noted that Jericho is being advertised for the upcoming WWE Australia tour in September. The tour will take place on September 14th in Melbourne at the Rod Laver Arena, September 15th at the Quidos Bank Arena in Sydney, and Brisbane at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. Time will tell as to when Jericho will pop back up on WWE television.

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