One might think that chairshot-craving wrestling fans would have scoffed at the idea of Chris Jericho joining the twelfth season of ABC's Dancing with the Stars but…it's Jericho! He does it all and the people know it. And despite being a fearless former multi-time World Champion, we all knew he'd be up for the challenge of competitive dancing in front of millions of viewers. Unfortunately, the hammer dropped and Jericho was eliminated last week, the fifth one gone, after weeks of shattering most of America's pre-conceived notions about pro-wrestlers.

IGN's World of WrestlingSo does this mean Jericho's headed back to the WWE any time soon? Or does he have other art forms or professional arenas he'd like to try his hand in? IGN TV had a chance to speak with the wrestling legend about his time on Dancing with the Stars, his possible return to the WWE fold and Edge's unfortunate retirement.

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: It was great. It was fantastic. It certainly gave me a new appreciation for the art form of dancing. And I think I did some pretty damn good dances. So I think getting sent home when I did was cool, but I also think I could have lasted another week or two. But it's one of those things where, as the weeks go on, you've got to be at your best every night. I think the judges were a little bit harsh towards me sometimes but I think I also surprised them because they might have underestimated me a bit. I'm happy about everything I did and I think it was a great experience for me career-wise and personally.: Oh yeah. And it's not even funny after a while because it's such a cliche. And I think even the show - even Dancing with the Stars - expected me to be more of a cliched wrestler which I never have been. Nor will I ever be. And I think I surprised them. I don't think I was supposed to go as far as I did when they amassed the cast. It's one of those things where there are similarities between wrestling and dancing – you have to be light on your feet, which is the number one most important thing about being both a wrestler and a dancer. But there is a real cliched stereotype of what a wrestler is, especially in Hollywood, and I've never fell into those categories because I'm not that.If you were going to hire someone to play a wrestler in a movie, you would never hire me. I don't look like that. And that was always a detriment when I first started out. "You're too small," they said. But now it kind of helps me. So there were a lot of preconceived notions and I could say "If I had a dollar for every time someone made a wrestling joke…" But then that was my task too. When you come from the wrestling world you almost have to work twice as hard to earn half the respect. And I got that. After the third or fourth week on the show they started saying "he's funny, he's nice, he's intelligent" and I think a lot of people out there don't expect that if you don't know anything about wrestling.: Yeah you can read a lot about the odds and the [stats] and I don't think people knew what to expect from me. Like I said, I could have just as easily been on last week and next week as well, so you can't really follow the odds. I think I beat the odds. I've made a career out of beating the odds and defying low expectations. I think there were a lot of low expectations for what I could do on the show as a dancer. And as a character and as a personality. Jericho's always been an underdog.: It was a lot harder than I expected and I expected it to be hard. I wasn't taking it lightly in and shape or form. But there was just so much you had to remember. And it wasn't just the steps, which actually were the easiest part. You usually have that done and down pat on a Wednesday. But Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday you have to work on the technique and the form and every little thing counts. Your little finger needs to be pointed down. And your toes need here and your heels need to be out. There's just so much stuff in there that you don't even think about, because when you watch dancing, or even wrestling or watching Van Halen play guitar, they just make it look so easy that you don't realize how much work actually goes into it. So the training was some of the hardest I've ever done in my life. And you can feel it. I could feel it in my legs. Especially during the first couple weeks because you're using muscles that you never really use. I'm physically in shape and it wasn't killing me, but it was definitely a different feeling for my body. It had never been through anything like that before.

Is Jericho headed back to the WWE anytime soon? Check out what he had to say on page 2…