Weird to think of it, right? Seven-time champion as a heel. I've never been a babyface world champion ever. One of the original plans from Vince's (McMahon) mouth to my ears directly was the main event of WrestleMania, was going to be Jericho vs Owens for the world title, and Jericho wins the title, for the first time ever as a babyface. This was a play on the Y2K bug, which was a discrepancy or disparity in the shift of calendars to the new millennium for computers. He interrupted The Rock during a promo and iconically greeted everyone to ‘Raw is Jericho’, calling himself Y2J. So you mentioned Kevin Owens and Jericho and we had the best story on the show for months. The most famous Jericho nickname originated when he debuted for WWE back on August 9, 1999. "I've been working in this business for a long time.
"There's no bitterness when I tell this story or no anger it's just the way it is," Jericho explained.
The plan called for Jericho to win his first world championship as a babyface. Jericho revealed that the initial plan was for him and Owens to face off in the main event of WrestleMania 33.
His final run with the WWE ended on a frustrating note, and if it weren't for a questionable booking decision, things could have been a lot different in the wrestling world.ĭuring an interview with Inside The Ropes (h/t Nishant Jayaram of Sportskeeda), Jericho revealed that WWE's booking of his WrestleMania 33 match with Kevin Owens was a key factor in his decision to leave the company. In a candid conversation with WWE.com, Jericho looked back at that legendary night in Chicago, the genesis of his catchy theme music, and what it was like to visit Mr.
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