^ Really? Is that true?
That's great. If he does return, it should be with something new. The heel character ran it's course. In answer to the thread, Jericho could call it quits and I wouldn't hold anything against him. He's already given plenty of entertainment. It's his life. He can do what he pleases. If he returns however, I would like to see a new character.
In every recent interview in the last two, three weeks or so, he's said that he will not be returning as The Honest Man character. He says that run is done, and he will come back as something else entirely.
From one of his longer interviews (this was just a week ago or so):
-Jericho on returning to WWE: "When the time comes for me to come back, you're not going to see the suits and slow-talking Jericho anymore. Now when you turn on WWE, every heel is talking like that and wearing a suit. I refuse to do it. It's not about what happened in the past. It's about reinventing yourself for the future. I've only been gone four months. WWE is doing fine without Chris Jericho."
In another interview he said that he won't be coming back in suits and speaking slowly with a large vocabulary, calling the fans "parasites and hypocrites."
So, he'll be playing an entirely different character and persona once he comes back.
I honestly wouldn't be surprised if Vince would like him back as a face, at least initially, if for no other reason than it'd make some sense for him to give rubs to their fleet of young, fledgling heels. Maybe for only a number of months before going back heel. In any case, it's exciting that he wants to create a wholly distinct final chapter to his career whenever he returns.
