Chris Jericho shared an interesting story involving WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon during a recent appearance on the Rich Eisen Show.
The former WWE Champion talked about a wide range of topics during this interview such as his love of the NFL, and Fozzy.
The interesting story was about how back in the day, McMahon made his mind up about how if a wrestler was from Canada then they couldn’t be a babyface under the WWE banner. This mindset only lasted about six months, however.
“In the mid-2000s, Vince McMahon decided that you couldn’t be from Canada and be a babyface in the WWE, for whatever reason. ‘No one would cheer a Canadian’ was his mindset. I’m not kidding.
“I was told that ‘You can’t be from Winnipeg anymore, you’re from Tampa.’ I only live in Tampa. I’m not from there. ‘Where were you born?’ Manhasset (New York). ‘Ah, sounds too country. You’re now from Manhattan, New York.’ There was a whole bunch of us that were Canadian. Edge, Christian, Val Venis, a bunch of other guys. He just decided one time, you can’t be a babyface and be from Canada. For people to really cheer you, you have to be from the United States. It probably lasted about six months.”
Jericho is slated to take on Kenny Omega at the AEW Double or Nothing event is set to take place May 25th at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
You can watch the entire interview by clicking on the player below:
H/T to Fightful.com for the transcript
