Sometimes an angle doesnโt happen because someone gets injured. Other times a great idea canโt come together because of some other logistical reasons. But other times itโs 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: โNo Is A Four Letter Wordโ on a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio.
โThere are so many twists and turns, most of the time if thereโs an idea that Iโm 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 didnโt work out. In the end, it all boils down to knowing your audience. โYou donโt approach [Vince] to pitch an angle when heโs hungry or thereโs other people in the room. It changes the dynamic and for me itโs never as good of a result.โ
โSo long story short, I had this idea for Bray Wyatt and I cause when we worked we didnโt have a story and Vince was like โyou donโt need a storyโ and thatโs such bullsh-t, itโs a โVinceismโ for he either doesnโt like the feud or he doesnโt wanna do anything or he canโt 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 โhas Vince eaten?โ โ โyes heโs eaten, heโs done lunchโ โ I go โokay, great.'โ
โBut what I didnโt 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 Iโm like โah sh-t, thereโs somebody else in here now. This changes the dynamic.โ And then when Iโm about to pitch this idea, Vince asks [Triple H] to hand him his other steak because heโs still hungry. Now Iโm double screwed. Now thereโs somebody in the room and heโs hungry which means heโs gonna only be paying attention to his food.โ
โIโm already in the room, thereโs 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 itโs 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 heโs involved. He was physically attacked, it doesnโt matter what he thinks now, heโs fighting.โ
โSo long story short itโs 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 Iโm thinking I know what heโs gonna say, โthis is genius, itโs greatโโฆ and he looks at me and he said, โbad cow.โ I say, โwhat?โ He says, โbad cowโโฆ I go โwhat are you talking about?โ โ โBad cow. I heard what you said what are you talking aboutโ he looks at the steak and he says โthis steak if tuff. Itโs a bad cow.โ And I realize at that point that heโs not paying any attention to what Iโm saying cause heโs pissed off that heโs got a bad steak. Bad cow. And I ask him what he thinks of it and he said, โwhat elese you got?โ and I go โah well, Iโm screwed itโs never gonna happen because Vince was eating a bad steakโฆbad 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 didnโt happen. It just goes to show you that the true way to a manโs mind is through his stomach. Especially if youโre Vince McMahon.
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