Chris Jericho recently finished up an amazing run with WWE, and many fans feel that his recent run was the best of his career. The reason why it’s held in such high regard is because during Jericho’s most recent run he was able to get over different things such as “stupid idiot” and the List of Jericho.
On the surface using “stupid idiot” as a catchphrase sounds like something a “stupid idiot” would try to use, but Chris Jericho made it work and now fans all over the world chant the words at WWE events. During a recent interview with Rock 100.5 ATL’s Bailey and Southside, Jericho talked a little bit about Vince McMahon‘s reaction to the chant, and he gave the former Undisputed Champion credit for getting “stupid idiot” over (via Wrestling Inc).
“They’re chanting it now, ‘stupid idiot’ and I remember when I started saying that, Vince was like, ‘nobody could say this, nobody can get away with this, but you can. You’re the only guy in the world who could do this’ because when I started using ‘stupid idiot,’ it got heat. I would call the fans, ‘you’re a stupid idiots’ and they’d be like, ‘boo!’ and then, like everything else, suddenly people loved it.”
Now that Chris Jericho’s WWE run is over, he’s in full Fozzy mode. Jericho will be working a few WWE live events this summer, but as of right now there don’t seem to be any plans in place for him to return to TV anytime soon.
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