51-Year-Old WWE Legend Recalls Pleading Vince McMahon to Let a Young John Cena Beat Him: “I Had an Opinion and I Never Cared About Expressing It”

The WWE owner Vince McMahon has a lot of stories wherein wrestlers have accused him of not believing in them. Many former WWE Superstars have called out Vince McMahon for not listening to their opinions. One of the names includes six-time World Champion Chris Jericho. 

Jericho made his WWE debut in 1999 and was introduced as a heel character. In addition, we know Y2J for being upfront about his views.

So naturally, according to Jericho, when he was in the WWE, he believes Vince McMahon didn’t care about his thoughts.

Chris Jericho and Triple H didn’t like each other!

Recently, Jericho joined as a special guest on The Kurt Angle Show. So, both former World Champions discussed Chris Jericho’s role in Vince McMahon’s company. Kurt Angle appreciated Jericho by pointing out that his actions and the Y2J gimmick made him a star when he debuted.

Chris replied, “There was a lot of politics at that time. And when I say this, it’s not from a bitter point of view or angry point of view. It’s just the way it was.” During Le Champion’s early days in the WWE, Triple H and he had a major feud, and the two wrestlers mutually didn’t like each other.

Jericho added, “I think Hunter had such power that if he didn’t like me, of course, even if he’s not going out of his way to bury me to Vince, I am sure every time my name came up, he’d be like, ‘Aahh, that guy, common.’ It’s just the kind of a way business worked at that time.”

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The former WWE Superstar imagines that Vince McMahon’s company did not appreciate his views. Triple H, being the son-in-law to Mr. McMahon, had the upper hand on most wrestlers.

Vince McMahon shut down Jericho’s idea

Chris Jericho also shared an incident of him expressing his views directly with The Big Man. However, Jericho’s thoughts were undermined by Mr. McMahon. As per Jericho, the WWE did not like him giving ideas to the creative team.

But Chris Jericho has the significance of coming out clean; maybe that is something that Vince McMahon and the company undermined.

“I called Vince one night when Cena was first starting, our first pay-per-view. I said, ‘Vince, you’ve to let me put this guy over,’” Jericho added. 

“It was what’s best for the show and what’s best for the match. And because I had an opinion, and I never cared about expressing it, that got me heat at the beginning, but then it got me respect in the end,” Y2J stated.

The 16-times World Champion John Cena is Vince McMahon’s favorite guy. When John Cena debuted in the WWE against Kurt Angle, he grabbed people’s attention. Even when the creators wanted to put John Cena as a heel, Vince McMahon turned down the idea.

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Ultimately, Chris Jericho has put all the grudges for Vince McMahon and the company behind him. Le Champion is having a great time in the AEW. At the age of 51, he’s still entertaining fans with impressive in-ring gimmicks and actions.