The Intercontinental Championship is a title with a long history, and it’s considered to be prestigious by many wrestlers and wrestling fans all around the world.
Chris Jericho is a man who knows a thing or two about the belt, as he’s held the Intercontinental Championship as he’s held the title nine times throughout his career.
The former IC Champion shared a story about the road to WrestleMania 29 with Inside The Ropes, and he noted that originally he wanted to face Ryback at the big event. However, the writers told Jericho that Vince McMahon wanted to talk to him about WrestleMania plans.
Vince McMahon pitched a match with Fandango, and Jericho made it clear he wasn’t happy about it. Jericho then pitched an IC Title match with Wade Barrett, and Vince turned his idea down.
‘’What about Wade Barrett? I’m a nine-time Intercontinental Champion. I could go for my tenth victory, the record-breaking tenth Intercontinental Championship.’ [Jericho asked McMahon]. [Vince McMahon] goes, ‘Oh nobody cares about the f*cking Intercontinental Championship,’ and I said, ‘Well they don’t care about Fandango either,’ and he goes, ‘That’s your job is to make them care’ and I said, ‘So I can’t change your mind?’ He goes, ‘No’ so I hung up on him. I hung up on my billionaire boss because I wasn’t happy with what he wanted me to do, prima donna Jericho in the hiz.”
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