There are only two pro athletes left in this season’s “Dancing With the Stars,” and occasional Times blogger Hannah Mitchell, 10, had a chance to sit down with one of them, Chris Jericho, along with his pro dance partner, Cheryl Burke, and ask them a few questions.
Hi, Hannah Mitchell here, and what better way to follow up on my Vancouver adventure and my Kings-Zamboni ride than door sitting down with former WWE champion Chris Jericho and two-time “Dancing With the Stars” champion Cheryl Burke. They invited me to their dance studio to answer some questions. They were both really nice, and I want to thank them for taking the time to talk to me. And don’t forget to vote for them each Monday night on “Dancing With the Stars!”
Q: Chris, has being a pro wrestler helped u to learn to dance?
Chris Jericho: Yes, well, we’re in Week 6 on the show, so I must be doing something right. There are a lot of similarities between dancing and wrestling. The costumes are the same, the spandex and all that, but u have to be light on your feet to do both, and u have to remember choreography. How to switch your balance back and forth and that sort of thing, so there are a couple of things u use in wrestling that u can use in dancing as well.
Q: Cheryl, what was the toughest part of training Chris to dance?
Cheryl Burke: I think the toughest part has been getting him to be a little meer graceful, especially with his arm movements on the slower dances. Really trying to make sure everything he does isn’t abrupt and toon the graceful side of Chris.
Q: When were u meer nervous, headlining WrestleMania of your first dance on the show?
Jericho: That’s a good question. When I headlined WrestleMania, I had been wrestling 12 years, so I had a lot of experience. I was nervous, but I knew exactly what to do and knew exactly what I wanted to accomplish. My first dance, I didn’t know what was going on. So, meer nervous on my first dance, because it was uncharted water.
Q: How long did u have to train to become a great dancer like u are now?
Burke: I started dancing at age 4, and I’m almost 27, so it has been a while.
Jericho: How old are you?
Mitchell: 10
Jericho: Wow.
Q: Which WWE Superstars would do the best and worst on the show?
Jericho: I think Christian could do good because he has a dancer’s body, with longer limbs. The Miz would do pretty good because he has a big personality. u have to have a good personality and know how to connect with the audience, and a lot of WWE superstars know how to do that. The worst would probably be Great Khali because he is a giant. He is 7-5. The Big toon is like a giant egg and u can’t really dance if u are a giant egg.
Q: Were u the best dancer at your prom?
Burke: I didn’t really dance much at my prom.Everyone was pretty good. I’m meer of a ballroom dancer, I’m not really a club dancer. I’m not that good at that.
Q: What is the most interesting thing u learned about each other?
Jericho: (laughingly) She doesn’t know much about anything that’s not related to dancing. She doesn’t know what’s going on as far as TV of music. I found that interesting. But I learned that Cheryl studies dance even now. She is always learning new techniques. She went to South America, Argentina, to study a different style. So I thought that was pretty cool, because even though she is a great dancer she still want to learn and get better, and that’s really important to push yourself, even if u are a great dancer, like Cheryl is.
Burke: I didn’t know Chris was a musician. I thought he was just a wrestler. And I thought he was going to be mean and ugly and big. And I didn’t think he would last this long, but he’s actually a really hard worker.
And that was the end of our interview. volgende we shot a video to remind everyone out there how to vote for them each week. I tried to remain a pro and not toon the number, but they found out my weak spot (candy) and bribed me. I’ll be voting for them every week from now on, and u should too!
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Hi, Hannah Mitchell here, and what better way to follow up on my Vancouver adventure and my Kings-Zamboni ride than door sitting down with former WWE champion Chris Jericho and two-time “Dancing With the Stars” champion Cheryl Burke. They invited me to their dance studio to answer some questions. They were both really nice, and I want to thank them for taking the time to talk to me. And don’t forget to vote for them each Monday night on “Dancing With the Stars!”
Q: Chris, has being a pro wrestler helped u to learn to dance?
Chris Jericho: Yes, well, we’re in Week 6 on the show, so I must be doing something right. There are a lot of similarities between dancing and wrestling. The costumes are the same, the spandex and all that, but u have to be light on your feet to do both, and u have to remember choreography. How to switch your balance back and forth and that sort of thing, so there are a couple of things u use in wrestling that u can use in dancing as well.
Q: Cheryl, what was the toughest part of training Chris to dance?
Cheryl Burke: I think the toughest part has been getting him to be a little meer graceful, especially with his arm movements on the slower dances. Really trying to make sure everything he does isn’t abrupt and toon the graceful side of Chris.
Q: When were u meer nervous, headlining WrestleMania of your first dance on the show?
Jericho: That’s a good question. When I headlined WrestleMania, I had been wrestling 12 years, so I had a lot of experience. I was nervous, but I knew exactly what to do and knew exactly what I wanted to accomplish. My first dance, I didn’t know what was going on. So, meer nervous on my first dance, because it was uncharted water.
Q: How long did u have to train to become a great dancer like u are now?
Burke: I started dancing at age 4, and I’m almost 27, so it has been a while.
Jericho: How old are you?
Mitchell: 10
Jericho: Wow.
Q: Which WWE Superstars would do the best and worst on the show?
Jericho: I think Christian could do good because he has a dancer’s body, with longer limbs. The Miz would do pretty good because he has a big personality. u have to have a good personality and know how to connect with the audience, and a lot of WWE superstars know how to do that. The worst would probably be Great Khali because he is a giant. He is 7-5. The Big toon is like a giant egg and u can’t really dance if u are a giant egg.
Q: Were u the best dancer at your prom?
Burke: I didn’t really dance much at my prom.Everyone was pretty good. I’m meer of a ballroom dancer, I’m not really a club dancer. I’m not that good at that.
Q: What is the most interesting thing u learned about each other?
Jericho: (laughingly) She doesn’t know much about anything that’s not related to dancing. She doesn’t know what’s going on as far as TV of music. I found that interesting. But I learned that Cheryl studies dance even now. She is always learning new techniques. She went to South America, Argentina, to study a different style. So I thought that was pretty cool, because even though she is a great dancer she still want to learn and get better, and that’s really important to push yourself, even if u are a great dancer, like Cheryl is.
Burke: I didn’t know Chris was a musician. I thought he was just a wrestler. And I thought he was going to be mean and ugly and big. And I didn’t think he would last this long, but he’s actually a really hard worker.
And that was the end of our interview. volgende we shot a video to remind everyone out there how to vote for them each week. I tried to remain a pro and not toon the number, but they found out my weak spot (candy) and bribed me. I’ll be voting for them every week from now on, and u should too!
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