Chris Jericho was recently a guest on Busted Open Radio. During his appearance, he told a story about a time where he incited fans to start throwing glow sticks at him in the ring.
Jericho shared that Stephanie McMahon wanted to suspend him for the incident. He also shared Vince McMahon’s response to the situation.
Here is what he said (h/t to Wrestling INC for the quotes below):
“I’m doing my promo, typical heel stuff, everyone’s booing. Some dude hits me in the eyeball – it hit me hard. It pissed me off. And I was like ‘Alright, alright, you want to throw stuff at me? Everyone go ahead. Everyone start throwing stuff at me – come on. What do you got?’…There is a snowstorm of these glow sticks. There must have been one hundred. I remember being like a ninja, like Sugar Ray Leonard boxing them out of the way.
“After the show, I was told that Stephanie [McMahon] wants me fined and she wants me suspended. Well Stephanie’s not my boss. I don’t give a s–t what Stephanie wants – you can tell her that. I called Vince and cut a promo on his answering machine. [I said], ‘I got heat out there. This is my job. This is what I’m here to do. At the end of the night, the babyface beat me. What’s the problem? You’re going to fine and suspend me for getting heat? Bring it on m-erf-er.’
“Vince just texted me back with a little smiley face saying ‘calm down junior’. So the next day, at the Garden, he didn’t even mention it… He said ‘There’s no problem”.
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On a related note, Jericho recently shared the advice that he received from the Undertaker prior to facing Fandango at Wrestlemania. You can read his comments here.