Chris Jericho is a six time WWE World Champion, but getting to his first big title win wasn’t easy. At one point in his career Jericho beat Triple H to win the WWE Title on Raw, but the decision was later reversed, and eventually he went on to become WCW World Champion after WWE acquired the company.
In 2001 WWE officials decided to finally let Jericho win the big one when he became the first ever Undisputed Champion at Vengeance, but according to Jericho there wasn’t much of a celebration after he won the title.
Chris Jericho recently spoke to Viktre.com, and he shared the story of his big win, and Jericho said that he found out he was winning after Vince McMahon cracked a joke at his expense.
“Hey ‘Taker, how do you know the business is going down the toilet? Because we’re putting the belt on Jericho” and that’s how I found out I was going to be the champion.”
Jericho went on to say that the moment after he won the title was less than glorious, as nothing seemed to go his way.
“I came back through the curtain, everyone was gone because when you’re on last everybody leaves to get out of the traffic quicker. Sat there by myself and then drove to a hotel where room service stopped at midnight, it was 11:58. They wouldn’t serve it, so I got pizza. They wouldn’t bring it to my room, so I had to go down to the lobby to get it. When I went back up, I was locked out. Went back down to the lobby, the guy wouldn’t let me in even though I just checked in a few minutes earlier. Dropped the pizza on the floor when he finally did let me in. So, I spent the night being the first undisputed champion eating cold, fuzzy pizza in a Ramada Inn somewhere in Anaheim, California. So, no hookers and blow there, kids.”
So, Chris Jericho’s big night wasn’t really all that big in the end. But all’s well that ends well because Jericho is now a 6 time World Champion, and one of the most respected wrestlers in the industry.
