On Day 2 of Tribute to the Troops, Chris Jericho spoke with Joey Styles about the trip so far:
JOEY: So Chris Jericho, you spent most of the day at Forward Operating Bases here in Baghdad. You’re not known for your humility at all, but does someone like you find is somewhat humbling that these people who risk their lives are just so in awe of you and so thrilled to meet you and the other WWE Superstars?
JERICHO: What I find humbling more than anything is the fact that these guys come over here for a year or 18 months at a time and they’re so excited to see us and thanking us for coming over, saying “Oh, you’re so tired, it must have been such a long trip.”
We’re here for three days, it’s the least we can do. So that’s very humbling to see guys who really don’t watch wrestling that are just happy to see anyone come visit them.
That just goes to show how much it means to them to see us, and how much it means for us to be here. It really is reciprocal the fact that they can’t believe we’re here and I can’t believe they care that much that we made a sacrifice to come over three days when they’re here 18 months.
Editor's Note: The preceeding was relayed from e-mail message reports from the WWE's Tribute to the Troops mission. Names of the bases visited have been omitted at the request of the U.S. Army, so as not to divulge WWE's location in Iraq.
For complete coverage of Tribute to the Troops, visit the Tribute section on WWE.com. Also, Leave your holiday messages for the troops in the Forums on WWE Universe.
WWE's Tribute to the Troops special airs Saturday, Dec. 20, at 9 p.m. ET on NBC.




Chris Jericho is the best there is. It doesn't get any better than him, and I'm proud to be one of his Jerichoholics. Kudos to you, Chris.
Cheryle06:57 PM EST