“People Thought That I Was Nuts”: Chris Jericho Recalls Approaching Triple H for WWE-AEW Collaboration That Vince McMahon Rejected

Chris Jericho, the former WWE superstar is known for being an excellent performer among fans. However, his in-ring skills are not the only thing that always brings him to the spotlight. Jericho’s ventures outside the ring also play a pivotal role.

And his Rock ‘N’ Wrestling cruise is one of them. It is a big hit among fans as they get to watch professional wrestling while enjoying the cruise. But for Vince McMahon, it seemed like the worst nightmare.

Vince McMahon declined Chris Jericho’s offer for a hilarious reason

In the latest episode of his podcast, ‘Talk is Jericho’, the WWE legend reveals that he wanted to have NXT on his cruise. Chris Jericho said that he talked to Triple H about it but the idea was eventually shot down despite deliberating over it.

Talking about the incident, Chris Jericho said, “I approached Hunter in Philadelphia…I remember I had a meeting with him about having NXT on my cruise……People thought that I was nuts at first, they always think I am nuts when I had these ideas…..So I talked with NXT for ……classic WWF fashion… they finally called me in a group call with seven people on it……and 45 minutes to tell me that they were not interested.”

Jericho further mentioned that the reason why that deal didn’t happen is that Vince McMahon doesn’t like cruises. The former WWE superstar said that once McMahon heard the news about people getting sick on a cruise and he didn’t want that to happen to his wrestlers, so he rejected the idea.

“The reason I found out was that Vince doesn’t like doing cruises …this is so classic. …because he has just seen the news where I guess there’s a cruise where bunch of people got food poisoning… something happened like whatever…And he was convinced that on every cruise people like die of food poisoning… I was like ..yeah he is worried that there might be a problem with the ship ….scared of that we’re going to hit an iceberg ….. We are going to Mexico.”

However, Chris Jericho was able to get in touch with another professional wrestling company for the deal with the help of Cody Rhodes.

Cody Rhodes helped Chris Jericho to get the deal done with another company

Later in the podcast, Chris Jericho mentioned that after WWE declined the offer, he called Cody Rhodes for help. Rhodes helped Jericho to get in touch with the Ring of Honor. He presented his idea, and they sealed the deal within ten minutes.

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Currently, Chris Jericho is working for AEW. He is the leader of the stable ‘Jericho Appreciation Society’ in the promotion. 

Jericho is popular for being an amazing performer among WWE fans. His unique ideas always get the attention of the fans. And that’s the reason it is hard to believe that Vince McMahon once dropped his offer for a strange reason.

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