Chris Jericho Tells Hilarious Story About Jon Moxley & Mitch The Potted Plant

In this hilarious clip from our sold-out show with Chris Jericho in 2017, Le Champion, tells a very funny and entertaining story about his feud with Jon Moxley (Dean Ambrose) in WWE, including the origins of a certain rare ficus named Mitch... Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews and don't forget to like and comment too!
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In this hilarious clip from our sold-out show with Chris Jericho in 2017, Le Champion, tells a very funny and entertaining story about his feud with Jon Moxley (Dean Ambrose) in WWE, including the origins of a certain rare ficus named Mitch... Subscribe to the channel for more clips of our live shows and interviews and don't forget to like and comment too!

[@johncurtis3382]

Ambrose asylum match oh you mean the monsters ball?

[@haolekoa737]

It's a croton, not a ficus.

[@DukeDarkshadow]

Can we just address that in his last few years in WWE, Jericho managed to get over a potted plant, a piece of paper on a clipboard, AND the word "it". No one else could do that.

[@andrewtedor8606]

And that’s why Jericho is the goat in my mind

[@TheVeemon]

and the new guy evil ballroom dancer lol

[@drphot6050]

No lies detected lol

[@drphot6050]

@@TheVeemon And got paid handsomely for it!

[@zanethind]

That piece of paper on a clipboard is his list which he has used before

[@dancool5546]

Mitch deserves to be in the 2022 Hall of Fame Class.

[@notthechannel2]

He was let go along with kross and lee so they could trim the budget

[@reivaxdaze3850]

That would be Epic! Hell Yeah

[@aggrodkreg4321]

@@notthechannel2 I saw what you did there

[@switch3595]

He died for this company

[@ellieellieonthewall9189]

Mitch will go in long before Ambrose 😂

[@rainy_guy]

Jericho's Moxley impression 😂

[@zanethind]

Same with his Vince impression lol

[@edinscot56789]

I don't think he mumbled low enough 😅

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

Unfortunately wwe has come to terms with Mitch the Potted Plant We would like to wish him the best in his future endeavors, however we decided the pot would be more over with a few character tweeks and changes so we actually just tossed mitch out

[@ClarkKent_13]

Cut for budgetary reasons*

[@BullShifter]

This just in: Mitch the Potted Plant is All Elite

[@wbcwinnipegbeltcollector]

I can't believe this got more than 4 likes 🤣🤣🤣

[@brserk2244]

Mitch….YOUUURRREEEEEEEE, FIIIIIREEEEDDDDD rip Mitch :(

[@pauloguiang937]

"Tacks of Jericho, Take it out maaaaaaaan!" This should be on a t shirt

[@Jungletraveler00_12]

One of these days when Moxley and Jericho are standing in the ring at Dynamite the lights will go out, and when they're back on Mitch The Potted Plant is in the middle of the ring, wearing shades!

[@mrkipling2201]

And dancing!!

[@billblaski9523]

@@mrkipling2201 no

[@mrkipling2201]

@@billblaski9523 no what?? I have to say yes.

[@dhag72]

One of those dancing cactus toy things with shades on lol

[@haberak3310]

@@mrkipling2201 Sounds like some peak JAS shit, I am honestly surprised nothing like that has happened

[@nikolaybuchkov339]

I watched this story told by Jericho and he forgot to tell the funniest part when he was was calling the hardcore legends what is like to have thumbtacks bump 😂😂😂

[@ww4l]

Mick Foley loved it 🤣 that's how you know it's bad 🤣

[@braybomb622]

Hey have you ever taken a bump in thumbtacks?

[@justinczech1489]

Save that shit for the indies

[@blacktoothfox677]

Pointless pointy bump. Funniest thing is, I never believed the tacks were real! Thought they were soft metal. Didn't imagine they were so dumb to drop onto thumbtacks (drawing pins here in the UK)

[@manniefaces]

@@blacktoothfox677 Mick Foley got thrown off a cage. Thumb tacks hardly seen as fucked up.

[@ASoberBear]

Jerichos hatred of Mitch is endearing. Rest in peace Mitch.

[@TheOneWhoReportsForDuty]

Mitch was taken before his time

[@pharoah418]

Jericho getting upstaged by a potted plant is like Homer Simpson getting upstaged by the inanimate carbon rod.

[@StealthMarmot_]

In rod we trust.

[@EIGHTBALL7503]

I miss the original video. The joke about Chris asking Mick Foley about taking a tack bump was hilarious

[@mikecabral2420]

I love that bit. Wonder why they took down the original.

[@SCBLGamingFilm]

said it before and i'll say it again chris jericho NEEDS to go into stand up. easily one of the naturally funniest wrestlers

[@mrkipling2201]

Agreed. Naturally funny, intelligent and amiable. Although I started watching wrestling in 1989 and was a fan of all these huge jacked up blokes who looked totally unnatural ( with a few exceptions like Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Jannetty, Hennig etc. Who were absolutely brilliant and weren’t jacked up blokes ) they had no personality really and did the same type of promo. When Chris Jericho first started in WCW and then came to the WWF, I became a fan straight away. Very perceptive and so funny!!

[@calennon3]

8:13 I can 100% relate to this, the anticipation of bumping on tacks for the first time is much worse than the bump itself

[@jaybarbieri8619]

Facts. Though, of course, the bump is nothing to sneeze at 😅

[@calennon3]

@@jaybarbieri8619 for sure, the bump still absolutely sucks but it’s not as bad as you expect it to be. The really shitty part is the random tacks you get in your hands, arms, legs for the entire rest of the match. You’re laying there trying to sell or get up and bam, found another tack

[@Piglitnet]

How tf you relate to taking a “bump” on fucking tacks bro

[@number0017]

Jericho impersonation of Mox sound more like Darby instead lol!.

[@ClarkKent_13]

This was pre Nick Gage death match Jericho making a huge deal about the thumb tacks lol

[@thesustainingtwilightseven4457]

I lost it when he said ''let him do cartwheels''🤣 best part is I remember this whole segment and now I can just attach an image of jon trying to do half a cartwheel down the ramp and jumping at jericho.

[@drpeppaerdrpeppaer5434]

Nice to see Bon Jovi doing well

[@Daluna13]

I love how this is the same story you guys put a few years back but with alot more details

[@josejeovaze4802]

Jericho should do stand up. He has very good timing.

[@paullaing5921]

Yes but going on this showing, hes not that funny.

[@geezushasrisen]

Maybe talk show. He’s actually charismatic and can tell a story.

[@thetribalist6923]

Jericho’s Moxley impression sounds like South Park’s impression of David Blaine.

[@krombopulousmichael5251]

Can u imagine the reaction of the employee whos plant that was...😄😄 "where the fuck is my plant?"

[@anasshahid224]

Chris Jericho one of the all time WWE greats 👏👏👏

[@TheyCallMeMrMaybe]

Chris Jericho ascended to godhood when he discovered he had been hit with the funny number of thumbtacks.

[@anthonyleong9901]

By far the coolest pro wrestler who is truly a pro through and through. Much respect for him and always a fan. He plays his roles to perfection.

[@cherrypopscile3385]

"He never did anything lunatic" How, exactly, does a PG company top what he did in CZW? They cant even use a gimick chainsaw

[@joshpolson8405]

Finn Balor had a chainsaw as part of his entrance during a Takeover

[@chadwcmichael]

“Amrose Asylum” could very easily become “Moxley’s Madhouse”. No reason to waste a good idea.

[@dwaterson21]

It was also the Lethal Lockdown match in TNA, but that's a WarGames-style match.

[@geezushasrisen]

I love when fans put over an inanimate object. Like Al Snow’s mannequin head.

[@princesskillasis1602]

Now when Chris and Jon are together hearing it about backstage that makes me laugh because it sounds like and I could be right they are real friends behind the camera XD. This is brilliant lol

[@azapro911]

This is from a different show to the original, although the Mick Foley bit is missing I like the fact that Jericho told the story a little differently each time.

[@drphot6050]

legend has it... Mitch is somewhere in Lil Jimmy's home right now!

[@cjempire1188]

The sad part is, WWE still hasn't renewed mitches contract😁

[@rtyuik7]

its not really 'sad'...i mean, its the same reason why they havent renewed Owen Hart's contract...

[@zlinedavid]

The WWE wishes Mitch all the best in his future endeavors.

[@paulgarcia9682]

Mitch the Potted Plant is All Elite

[@MattDoesLife539]

A gentle reminder that this guy managed to get a piece of paper on a clipboard over with the crowd than some wrestlers.

[@roshanrocksgaming]

I am going through a lot of this video tonight You just made my slouch time enjoyable tonight I liked this all story

[@zanethind]

No matter what anyone says Jericho's and Ambrose' mini rivalry back in 2016 was nice

[@jeffreydahmer1143]

Chris Jericho is legendary

[@davidgeschke4247]

PLEASE reupload the older version, it was so much more funny and well delivered.

[@billblaski9523]

Yeah I thought that too, wasn't there another one? Where he called Mick Foley and other hard-core legends to ask about taking a thumbtack bump?

[@shale6127]

I still can't believe Mitch got over like he did 🤣🤣🤣

[@LosTCoz3000]

Wasn't the biggest Jericho fan but these stories are awesome! I am definitely a bigger fan now than I was as a kid. Lol #wwfattitude

[@sleepcomesfirstsis4270]

7:15 That one "Drink it in maaaan" in the background is killin me

[@Piglitnet]

Whats impressive is how much I remember of this mans career especially in the last decade.

[@zanethind]

I love these honestly also Jericho came up with the Ambrose Asylum instead of Ambrose himself I didn't know that

[@fatmanjebis]

Dark side of the ring mitch episode

[@VlogsIWC]

I was there in 2016 for the debut of Mitch! Raw in 2016 in omaha nebraska

[@Aeonshield]

Ya never know what people might connect strongly with lmao classic

[@awkc63]

He does a solid Jon Moxley impression lol

[@Ragan31687]

My name is Mitch. I relate to this story. 😆

[@scotthanback4530]

That the man he good with the mic

[@standardofexcellence]

Suprised they didn't try to repackage mitch before his release tbh

[@jy2334]

Crazy almost 5 years ago

[@drewjames2237]

I am going to write a moppy and Mitch fan fiction

[@dwaterson21]

If you have, PLEASE share it. I need to read this.

[@daweedking1]

Jericho gets a tacked!

[@chrisdavey5530]

Its awesome how many things in wrestling can just be explained as "because wrestling"...."So It was gonna start with me smashing a potted plant over Ambrose's head".....why because wrestling

[@ghost628.]

rest and peace to mitch

[@Gebraldo420]

Because of Dean Ambrose, I have my own 🪴 named mitch

[@Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa669]

Honestly mox talking so chill about stealing a potted plant in Tampa.

[@wwesvk9958]

MITCH FOREVER

[@jjlordofficial712]

I was in st Louis when he smashed the plant on ambrose it was pretty cool

[@over9kilo795]

“Not a very good break dancer either..” so you ARE okay at it though Mox ?

[@tdsthedevilsadvocate7111]

Jericho the only man that can get a plant over

[@thebisersc]

Mitch r.i.p 👌🔥

[@mitchkightley2866]

awe i like the name Mitch

[@RavenheartIndustries]

I'm shocked that the crowd didn't yell "nice" at the last tack...

[@rtyuik7]

there was more of a pop for it than other 'punchlines' throughout the story...also, this is a Small crowd-- it takes huge numbers to start a "Nice! Nice! Nice!" chant

[@bigguy906]

rip Mitch 2016-2016

[@flowern6499]

Mitch would main event WrestleMania and it will sell out the show!

[@iDaVisionEnt]

No lie if Vince did that I would tune in just so I see if Vince is crazy or a genius 🤔

[@ized2380]

"I did what was best for the match",,

[@reallyraynell]

Jericho is truly a comedian.and he’s really good at it .I didn’t expect him to be stand up comedy 🎭 material

[@zarinshapurjee9430]

Hahaha love Jericho Lenad DiCaprio lol 😂😂😂😂

[@logandowdy9887]

New Fozzy song………The 69th tak

[@HardcoreHeartChris]

R.I.P. Mitch :(

[@LuigiTheItalian]

As a massive Ambrose fan during his Shield run, when they started branding him as the Lunatic Fringe, I knew it was the start of the decline for his character.

[@billblaski9523]

Why?

[@AP_allday]

Jericho could easily do standup. Not to my surprise considering his resume

[@boondogglet132]

its something about that "matter of fact" delivery. Like, its so natural. Hes not trying to be funny but the BS is hilarious and he knows it

[@jackhughes7637]

@@boondogglet132 He definitely is trying to be funny. He's clearly a fan of British comedy.

[@darmbains9727]

Drink it in mannnnnnnnn. Jericho is the Goat

[@NoisyBones]

The more I realize that Pro Wrestling is basically high impact DND the more I love it. I genuinely want to see wrestlers play a table top RPG so badly now

[@cozybones4644]

With most wrestlers it would gradually devolve into them arguing who gets to go over and beat the bad guy lmao

[@NoisyBones]

@@cozybones4644 at least the dice gods would decide, my bone comrade

[@99dndd]

and someone will end up going through the table.

[@julianagil2427]

RIP Mitch

[@Proctor488]

Mitch to Aew Confirmed

[@Rearnold1987]

Where can I watch the full length of this. Why do you guys split it ? I feel like I never get to see the whole thing

[@rtyuik7]

its kinda like the Dark Shows (or any other "cameras off" moments) in wrestling-- if you wanna see it ALL, you gotta buy a Ticket :-P

[@noonecares514]

Jericho should try stand up. He is money when it comes to comedy. 💰💰

[@sebastianschlau5341]

Mitch for Hall of Fame

[@Titantro]

You konw who else does the best for the match? Mitch the potted plant!!

[@nt1331tn]

He’s acting like he’s doing standup lmaoo

[@Cadocdot]

Where’s the old upload?

[@Mammoth_X1]

The saddest passing in wwe history we're gathered here to celebrate Mitches life

[@jivy1022]

I like to think Ralphus and mitch is on a farm up north living their best life running free and wild.

[@vincent.mazkett187]

I didn't know Jericho plans this rivalry with Mox creatively

[@lionellee4216]

Tacks of Jericho..... TAKE THEM OUT MANNNNNN

[@Samurai_Stoner]

Wonder if Mitch will show up in AEW

[@bobdrooples]

Early Eddie Izzard vibes.

[@boom350ph]

ok he can survive as a stand up comidian ngl

[@MagnumSkyWolf]

Mitch should be in the Hall of fame and Undertaker should induct him

[@n8c580]

ego being masterfully projected

[@jarrittebryant4077]

How many people noticed that at the ambrose asylum there was a potted plant hanging from the cage

[@dvaldovinos92]

Mitch the Plant is AllElIte

[@bigdog3628]

it wouldn't surprise me if Jericho losing was a Rib from Vince after he allowed the thumb tacks.

[@MrCt40]

Can I buy Mitch the potted plant’s autograph ✍️..?

[@TerryManiac]

Mitch the potted plant was more over than Roman ever will be. lol

[@jacer445u5]

Wonder what Undertaker thought of this

[@paullaing5921]

Yes, hilarious. The audience couldn't even muster more than a polite chuckle.

[@JediBob]

lol if Jericho thought the tacks was bad why in the world did he do a death match on live T.V!!!!