One of the biggest stories in the weeks prior to Wrestlemania 34 was the health of Shane McMahon. News broke before the event that Shane developed a massive infection due to acute diverticulitis and was hospitalized for several days while on vacation with his family. Shane was still able to compete at Wrestlemania, teaming with Daniel Bryan to defeat Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.
So what was the emergency backup plan in case Shane couldn’t wrestle?
On the latest edition of Talk is Jericho, Chris Jericho revealed that he was contacted by Vince McMahon to take Shane’s place. Here is a quote from Jericho (via Ringside News):
“He goes listen, we don’t know if [Shane] can do Mania and he got someone to look over my schedule and we had a Fozzy show that day and originally when I was like, ‘why are we competing against WrestleMania? Why don’t we just do a combine it, we’ll do an earlier show, and let the venue buy WrestleMania and we’ll watch WrestleMania.’” “He goes, ‘I know you got a Fozzy show and you’re watching WrestleMania with your fans. But what would you think about coming to New Orleans if Shane can’t do it?”
Jericho and Bryan vs Owens and Zayn would have been a pretty fun backup match.