How a tough steak ruined plans for a Chris Jericho and Shawn Michaels vs Wyatt Family feud

Sometimes an angle doesnโ€™t happen because someone gets injured. Other times a great idea canโ€™t come together because of some other logistical reasons. But other times itโ€™s all about timing. Chris Jericho understands this concept well.

It turns out Jericho had an amazing idea for a feud with Bray Wyatt but it never panned out. In the end, it all boiled down to Vince McMahon not liking his food.

Chris Jericho recently told an amazing story from his new book: โ€œNo Is A Four Letter Wordโ€ on a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio.

โ€œThere are so many twists and turns, most of the time if thereโ€™s an idea that Iโ€™m going to fight for I usually get it through,โ€ Jericho said. Then Y2J told a story about one time he tried to get an angle approved but it didnโ€™t work out. In the end, it all boils down to knowing your audience. โ€œYou donโ€™t approach [Vince] to pitch an angle when heโ€™s hungry or thereโ€™s other people in the room. It changes the dynamic and for me itโ€™s never as good of a result.โ€

โ€œSo long story short, I had this idea for Bray Wyatt and I cause when we worked we didnโ€™t have a story and Vince was like โ€˜you donโ€™t need a storyโ€™ and thatโ€™s such bullsh-t, itโ€™s a โ€˜Vinceismโ€™ for he either doesnโ€™t like the feud or he doesnโ€™t wanna do anything or he canโ€™t think of anything or whatever. So I came up with this great idea that I went to pitch to Vince and I had surveyed the situation and I had went to his security guard that was the door to his office and asked โ€˜has Vince eaten?โ€™ โ€” โ€˜yes heโ€™s eaten, heโ€™s done lunchโ€™ โ€” I go โ€˜okay, great.'โ€

โ€œBut what I didnโ€™t do was ask if there was someone else in there โ€” I screwed up โ€” so I go inside his office and Triple H is in there with Vince and Iโ€™m like โ€˜ah sh-t, thereโ€™s somebody else in here now. This changes the dynamic.โ€™ And then when Iโ€™m about to pitch this idea, Vince asks [Triple H] to hand him his other steak because heโ€™s still hungry. Now Iโ€™m double screwed. Now thereโ€™s somebody in the room and heโ€™s hungry which means heโ€™s gonna only be paying attention to his food.โ€

โ€œIโ€™m already in the room, thereโ€™s nothing I can do. So I pitch this really cool idea of where, you know The Wyatt Family beats me up and I finally go to the only guy I can trust and I know we hate each other but itโ€™s Shawn Michaels. And I pitch this feud where I would ask Shawn to come in the ring instead to be my partner because nobody else will and the lights go out and they come back on and the Wyatts are in there and the Wyatts beat the crap outta me and they go to beat the crap outta Shawn but then Shawn makes a comeback and beats them up instead. You never really knew what Shawn was going to say when I asked him to be my partner cause now heโ€™s involved. He was physically attacked, it doesnโ€™t matter what he thinks now, heโ€™s fighting.โ€

โ€œSo long story short itโ€™s Chris Jericho with Shawn Michaels in his corner versus [Bray] with The Wyatt Family in their corner at SummerSlam. And I told the whole thing and Vince looks at me and looks at his steak and looks back up at me Iโ€™m thinking I know what heโ€™s gonna say, โ€˜this is genius, itโ€™s greatโ€™โ€ฆ and he looks at me and he said, โ€˜bad cow.โ€™ I say, โ€˜what?โ€™ He says, โ€˜bad cowโ€™โ€ฆ I go โ€˜what are you talking about?โ€™ โ€” โ€˜Bad cow. I heard what you said what are you talking aboutโ€™ he looks at the steak and he says โ€˜this steak if tuff. Itโ€™s a bad cow.โ€™ And I realize at that point that heโ€™s not paying any attention to what Iโ€™m saying cause heโ€™s pissed off that heโ€™s got a bad steak. Bad cow. And I ask him what he thinks of it and he said, โ€˜what elese you got?โ€™ and I go โ€˜ah well, Iโ€™m screwed itโ€™s never gonna happen because Vince was eating a bad steakโ€ฆbad cow.'โ€

But just imagine how different things would have been if Vince McMahon would have enjoyed his steak just a little bit more. We might have had an encounter with The Wyatt Family vs Y2J and HBK in his corner. But instead, that didnโ€™t happen. It just goes to show you that the true way to a manโ€™s mind is through his stomach. Especially if youโ€™re Vince McMahon.

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