Chris Jericho Recalls Pitching Vince McMahon On Tag Match Between Himself/Shawn Michaels And The Wyatt Family

Chris Jericho recalls a bold pitch he made to Vince McMahon.

The Wyatt Family and Jericho feuded throughout the second half of 2014, culminating in a match where Bray Wyatt defeated Y2J in a Steel Cage match.

Speaking with Games Hub for a new interview, Jericho was asked to talk about some of the unheard pitches that he made to Vince McMahon or Tony Khan over the years. This allowed the 30+ year veteran to recall the time that he pitched a match between himself, Shawn Michaels, and The Wyatt Family.

“I had one really great idea for Vince that I still think about. The timing going in was off — when I walked into his office, Triple H was there, which is never ideal because you want to be one on one with Vince. And then on top of that, he hadn’t eaten yet, and when Vince is eating, he’s not paying attention to anything else. The idea was a storyline involving Bray Wyatt and Shawn Michaels. The premise was that the Wyatt Family would attack me, and the only person I could call who was crazy enough to have my back was Shawn — even after our rivalry. He comes back to confront me, and just as we’re about to go at it, the Wyatt Family attacks us both. Now you don’t know whether Shawn was going to take my offer or not, but he’s involved. It would be Jericho and HBK against the Wyatt Family, with a SummerSlam match in mind. It was a really solid pitch. But Vince just sat there eating his steak, and when I finished he said, ‘Bad cow.’ I said, ‘What?’ He goes, ‘Bad cow — the steak is tough.’ I said, what do you think of my pitch? He goes, ‘What else you got?’ The steak killed the whole angle. But that’s the nature of working for Vince — if he doesn’t like it, you’re done. Same with Tony, to a degree. You have to please your boss.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Jericho reminded fans that he still has “some career left to go”. Fans can check out his full comments by clicking here.

Special thanks to Games Hub for the quote(s) in this article.