Chris Jericho has done just about all there is to do in the professional wrestling business, and he’s proven throughout his long career that he knows how to get a reaction from the fans.
One current WWE Superstar who gets an interesting reaction from the fans on a weekly basis is Roman Reigns. The former Shield member is meant to be a face, but the fans often boo him. Chris Jericho recently spoke to Chris Van Vliet of WSVN-TV about what Roman needs to do in order to get over, and Jericho thinks it’s just a matter of staying the course and finding the right heels for him to work with.
“I think he’s like a modern day John Cena. For years fans just booed Cena because they think it’s the cool thing to do. They’re not paying any attention to what he’s really doing and that’s what Roman is now. They just see Roman and they just start booing because it’s the in thing rather than just shutting up and watching this guy for what he is which is a great performer. And that’ll come. Obviously if he turned heel he’d get over, but if he turned heel all the people that booed him would start cheering him. I think it’s just a matter of time and staying the course and he needs some good heels to work with. Heels that want to be heels.”
Jericho has often switched between face and heel over the years, and he also revealed that he pitched an idea for a feud with Roman Reigns that would have involved him shooting a fireball at The Big Dog.
“I had an idea that I wanted to do and I pitched it to Vince. I wanted to throw a fireball in Roman’s eyes and blind him, like an old school Memphis idea. Vince said he’d think about it. We were going to have a program and then it changed. If we had a long program, I probably could have got it done. So there’s a secret, exclusive for you.”
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