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Our good friend and correspondent Brian Soscia of Philadelphia’s Mix 106.1 recently interviewed Chris Jericho to promote the sports entertainment legend’s new book and spoke with him on a number of topics, including his NXT Season 1 rookie-turned-WWE Superstar Wade Barrett. Jericho’s perspective -

“I was lucky when I got Wade Barrett, because he was so developed and had such a great presence…promo skills and all that sort of thing. But I wouldn’t have cared if he was the worst. If he associates with Chris Jericho, it’s my job to make sure he’s the best thing on that show. That’s what I went out to do, and he was very respectful. It wasn’t very hard. He was definitely ready to be on the show.”

Hear the interview in its entirety here! Don’t forget to check out Soscia’s interview with Wade also!

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SAN DIEGO – SmackDown celebrated its milestone 600th episode only two nights before the Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. Wade Barrett and the Corre battled in two different tag team matches before Barrett would go on to the SmackDown Elimination Chamber Match this Sunday!

John Cena, Randy Orton, John Morrison, R-Truth, Rey Mysterio & Edge def. CM Punk, Sheamus, Kane, Wade Barrett, Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre in a 12-Man Tag Team Match

As the third longest weekly episodic TV program in history, SmackDown kicked off its 600th episode with a massive 12-Man Tag Team Match. With members of both the Raw and SmackDown Elimination Chamber Matches in action, it was Edge and Drew McIntyre who tangled first. In the end, it was a 619 from Rey Mysterio to both Wade Barrett and Dolph Ziggler that set up Edge to seal the deal for his team by Spearing Ziggler.

WWE Tag Team Champions Santino Marella & Vladimir Kozlov def. Heath Slater & Justin Gabriel by Disqualification

Just when it looked like WWE Tag Team Champion Santino Marella was going to defeat Justin Gabriel after a lethal Cobra strike, Wade Barrett and Ezekiel Jackson pounced on him. But before they could inflict serious damage, Big Show came charging to the ring. The World’s Largest Athlete wasted no time clearing the ring of every member of The Corre. Glaring from outside the ring, Jackson appeared ready to go one-on-one with Big Show, but decided to back away and save their battle for another day.

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Tomorrow night SmackDown will celebrate its 600th episode! For the first time ever, a 12-man tag team event combining Raw and SmackDown Superstars will take place as John Cena, Rey Mysterio, R-Truth, Edge, John Morrison, and Randy Orton take on CM Punk, Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler, and Wade Barrett. See which team has what it takes before the pivotal Elimination Chamber pay-per-view on Sunday!

Watch SmackDown’s 600th Episode this Friday, February 18th at 8/7c on SyFy!

A special thanks to Ariana for sharing her photo with Wade Barrett in San Diego, CA (Wade’s preferred town!). Lovely shot, Ariana, and we appreciate you for it!

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