Chris Jericho has often been praised for a way he’s capable of reinvent himself time and again, and, for higher or worse, he’s been either completely behind or heavily involved within the creative for these runs. In an interview with “GamesHub,” Jericho as a substitute looked back at a time when a creative pitch he made never got here into fruition.
“I had one really great idea for Vince [McMahon] that I still take into consideration,” he recalled, adding that he simply believes his timing was off, especially since Triple H was within the room with Vince McMahon. “On top of that, he hadn’t eaten yet, and when Vince is eating, he is not listening to anything.”
Jericho went on to elucidate that the story he had involved included Shawn Michaels and the late Bray Wyatt, who, on the time, still had the Wyatt Family stable.
“The premise was that the Wyatt Family would attack me, and the one person I could call who was crazy enough to have my back was Shawn,” he recounted. “He comes back to confront me, and just as we’re about to go at it, the Wyatt Family attacks us each.”
The veteran further explained that his history with Michaels, stemming from their WrestleMania XIX feud, would make their newfound alliance shaky.
“But Vince just sat there eating his steak, and after I finished, he said, ‘Bad cow.’ I said, ‘What?’ He goes, ‘Bad cow. The steak is hard.’ I said, ‘What do you’re thinking that of my pitch?'” Jericho recalled. “He goes, ‘What else you bought?’ The steak killed the entire angle.”