AEW Star Chris Jericho recently sat down with Inside The Ropes. He had an in-depth interview with them, and during the talk, Jericho revealed the original WrestleMania 25 plans for him.
Jericho revealed that one day before the show; Vince McMahon called him to his office and revealed that he will be facing Mickey Rourke in an attraction match at WrestleMania.
Chris explained this setting saying that certain WrestleMania matches are earmarked to be the classics, while others are on the show to get everyone on the card. Then there are bouts which are the attraction and his match was the attraction.
However, this plan failed when Rourke let the announcement slip before Vince McMahon had planned. He decided to call Jericho out at the SAG awards and as a result, his agents flipped out.
According to Y2J, Mickey’s agents told him that he won’t win an Oscar if he’s involved with WWE and they advised him to pull out of the bout which he apparently did.
The whole thing made Vince mad because he had planned to announce the match after the Oscars and it resulted in Rourke’s role at the show being cut short.
In the end, Jericho ended up being involved in a storyline with several WWE Legends. He faced Ricky Steamboat, Jimmy Snuka, and Roddy Piper in a three on one handicap match at the show.
Jericho won this bout defeating all three of the legends easily and the whole thing ended with Mickey Rourke getting a celebrity spot and punching Jericho in the face. You can check out Jericho’s comments in the video below:
