Chris Jericho hasn’t been a regular on WWE programming since he wrapped up his feud with Kevin Owens a few years ago, and the feud saw Owens defeat Chris Jericho to become United States Champion at WrestleMania 33.
Jericho recently spoke to Busted Open Radio about his last WWE run, and he claimed that originally his match with Kevin Owens was slotted to be the main event.
“What else could I do in WWE? If I went back tomorrow, I probably restart the feud with Kevin Owens. To be honest with you, the feud that I had with him in 2016 was probably the best thing on the show. And where were we at WrestleMania? Second on the card. It’s the same thing that happened in WCW,” stated Jericho. “I can’t get any higher than where I’m at. Even though I’d been to the top, if you can’t put Jericho and Owens in the semi-main event at WrestleMania, especially when at one point, it was slotted to be the main event.”
The first ever Undisputed Champion also went on to say that Vince McMahon told him he was going to win the Universal Title at WrestleMania 33.
“In the eyes of the old man [Vince McMahon], a main event is a main event. From a business perspective. I’ll take first over anything. Second is, to me, not a filler spot, but it’s a spot where you get your 15 minutes. To be on second, with this angle that we had, when it was designated at first, I was told by Vince, ‘You’re gonna win the World Title from Kevin Owens in the main event of WrestleMania.’ Three days later he changed it to Brock vs. Goldberg and didn’t tell me.”
The full interview can be seen below.
H/T Fightful
