Almost a week ago, Chris Jericho faced off against Kenny Omega in a no disqualification match in the Tokyo Dome at Wrestle Kingdom 12, New Japan Pro Wrestling's version of WrestleMania and their biggest show of the year.

His highly anticipated one-off match against the IWGP United States Heavyweight Champion started off as just a Twitter feud, but it quickly turned into a match, and the end result was absolutely fantastic.

Alpha vs Omega left fans in the Tokyo Dome and those watching at home very happy, as the match had several big spots. The match ended when Omega performing a One-Winged Angel on Jericho on a chair in the middle of the ring, pinning him afterward to retain the title.

The match has already been regarded by many as a possible early contender for Match of the Year, and during a recent interview on Busted Open Radio on SiriusXM, Jericho revealed his motives behind wanting to make the match happen.

Y2J said that he wanted to have a match against Omega in NJPW to prove to the world that he could draw money, and judging by the figures he provided in the interview, he was right.

Jericho said, according to Cageside Seats: “Part of being a top name or a main eventer or a Hall of Famer is you have to draw money. This, to me, was probably the biggest example of Jericho drawing money. WWE and WrestleMania, for example, that’s a brand -- people are going no matter what.

"I think in this day and age WWE is the biggest draw. But for Wrestle Kingdom that wasn’t the case. I mean, there were certain goals that New Japan had that were blown out of the water with the announcement of Alpha vs. Omega. That was completely on me.

"I’m a numbers guy, I was calling every day. ‘What’s the updated tickets? What’s the updated tickets?’ We sold 35,000 paid. Last year they did 26,000. They were hoping for 28,000 with 30,000 maybe, maybe, maybe. In my mind it was like ‘why aren’t you hoping for 50,000?’ But then we did 35,000 so that’s an extra 7 grand from their projections and almost an extra 10 from what they did last year.

”Then, their kind of pet now, what they’re kind of building the most, is the New Japan subscription service and that went through the roof -- an extra 35-percent subscriptions in the last two days before the show. I’m taking credit for it. I don’t think the subscriptions would have been there.

"Plus, you had 2,500 foreigners in the Tokyo Dome. That’s 2,500 people who flew from America, England, wherever. Tell me any independent show that draws 2,500 people in your own home country nowadays. It’s pretty rare.

”So all of those things proved that Alpha and Omega was a moneymaking draw. That’s a feather in my cap.”

The numbers clearly show that Jericho is a draw in pro wrestling, but the question now will be is he able to sustain it? We should know the answer to this question after he has his rumored match against Tetsuya Naito.