Chris Jericho reveals that he was supposed to be in the main event of Wrestlemania 2000

On this special episode of The Kurt Angle Show, the guys are joined by the "Demo God" himself, Chris Jericho! Topics include Chris "stealing" the Undisputed Championship, WrestleMania 2000, working with Shawn Michaels, Chris' latest WWE run, and much more! Kurt Angle is a 14-time professional wrestling world champion, with titles collected in WWE, TNA, and Japan. He is in both the WWE and TNA/Impact Hall of Fames, a two-time NCAA Division 1 National Champion, and has also won a gold medal in freestyle wrestling at the 1996 Summer Games with, as he likes to say, ‘a broken freaking neck.’ At every stop in his career, Angle has reached the top of the mountain, and now he’s taking his Three I’s; Intensity, Intelligence, and Integrity, to the podcast world as he joins host Conrad Thompson to take a look back at some of the matches, feuds and moments that turned an Olympic gold medalist into one of the greatest sports entertainers of all time. It’s True. It’s damn true
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[@jcumbes]

The mid card during this period was unbelievable

[@ocsjc13]

Yeah but during that time we didn’t realize it bro we just saw them saw mid carders that’s it

[@topguntk870]

1:16 "it was BACK ASSWARDS" lol kurt never change haha

[@wolfmerc11]

It's not like Jericho was robbed from being in a main event with a really shit ending.

[@Rschr101]

Shame nobody can directly admit that Hunter held all these guys down. It's obvious. And the business suffered for it.

[@ehhhhhhh6141]

@Bluu not exactly clean, Stephanie interfered. But yeah that was BS and not needed.

[@ivaerz4977]

HHH- tyme to play the gayy

[@Jhoncena22]

Thank god we have you here spilling the facts from all your time in the backstage area during the early 2000s

[@Breelio2valid]

@@Jhoncena22 triple h is known for that tf

[@Jhoncena22]

@@Breelio2valid based on 5th band stories. Just because people pay meltzer 9.99 a month for stories doesn’t mean they have first hand experience

[@silverback9572]

Wouldn’t the Intercontinental Championship be defended first because it’s more prestigious so the person who gets the first win is theoretically the better wrestler

[@kakashi83k]

I had the book in the thumbnail when it first came out. Great book.

[@taltorelli]

Main reason Hhh and Jericho hated eachother was because of how similar they were. Lol

[@smusse091]

yea even though you're new in a job you do question somethings. I'm like chris jericho at work, I question some of the decisions they make, like that's common sense when I was fairly new at a job people who have work in the profession for years might play you.

[@ernestowatchman3698]

An ad free show pitch, running an ad, on an ad free show 😂😂

[@jonathansmith7306]

That promotional poster is still there on Peacock

[@hunterboyd3472]

I still have this book

[@crushthecrusher7134]

I was there at wrestlemaina 2000 April 2th 2000 I'm very happy I was at wrestlemaina just one time in my life I have a fun at wrestlemaina

[@andrewvaughan5686]

Did you throw drinks at the end lol

[@lionheart2224]

Is is too expensive or you can't afford to buy tickets 😅

[@daltonhill9997]

This was my first wrestlemania as a kid then shortly got 15 on vhs from blockbuster

[@wildnight8776]

Totally disagree with Jericho. Getting the first pinfall is more important and looks better thus the IC belt. Afterwards they're going for a second lesser belt.

[@samsational168]

I guess from a kayfabe perspective that makes sense but as a fan it makes the second fall a lot less exciting because they're fighting over a lesser belt, its how ya leave em folks. The finish is one of the most important parts of a match or show

[@bc5208]

Exactly lol his logic was so off with that take.

[@R3N3.4LV4R3Z]

I feel bad for jericho for not being in the main event at wrestlemania 16 😕

[@iamkonner4813]

He’s lying, no chance that was actually happening.

[@bonnie3447]

Ad free shows..... Here's an ad.

[@Rschr101]

Dont make me go redass.

[@OmegaRedFan]

You said it partner! Ad Free Shows, no more ads

[@sykothelastoutlaw2612]

The actual shows are. The clips and ones on the KZbin channel aren't. Not hard to understand.

[@mrmoviemanic1]

Angle or Jericho over Foley would’ve been perfect.

[@TheProphegy]

I think Jericho is really full of himself but I respect him and I liked him as a Wrestler. I’ve listened to hours and hours of podcast stuff with him and he’s really into himself, almost overbearingly. lol.

[@jayvardy]

You have to be a narcissist to make it in the entertainment industry as a performer. Whether it's an actor or a pro wrestler or whatever. Daniel Day Lewis is the only one that's not a narcissist.

[@yoholmes273]

Jericho loves the aroma of his own chit.

[@Green_Ranger05]

On the WWE network it use to have that same cover for wm 16

[@chibethename]

Great Interview 💀😂🤣🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@OmegaRedFan]

Jericho should be the host of some show on TV

[@sykothelastoutlaw2612]

@@OmegaRedFan you can just watch his podcast

[@nikhilhembrom8952]

They are talking about benoit

[@andrewvaughan5686]

I think Chris is one of the goats, I've heard him tell this story before and I'm damn near 100% sure he was never supposed to be in the main event of wm2000. A few months earlier Jericho was feuding with Chyna and Bob Holly. Imo the original plan was for hhh vs Rock (which it should have been) but Foley was involved in a feud with hhh and it was a way to get him in the main event whilst big show was feuding with rock. The posters with Jericho on them meant nothing, Sable was on the poster for wm 15 just a year earlier FFS.

[@TingTong2568]

Foley was retired after losing to HHH in No Way Out. So it doesn't make sense anymore. But it is what it is. Looking back, it all fun filled with nostalgia. Such a great era for wrestling fans.

[@andrewvaughan5686]

@@TingTong2568 I watched an interview hhh did with logan Paul, he said the original plan was for rock vs hhh at wm but austin wasn't ready, so that's why they pushed it back a month later to backlash, he also said both he and rock wanted the wm match to be an iron man match

[@TingTong2568]

@@andrewvaughan5686 that's true. The match that suppose to happen in WM was pushed to Backlash due to SCSA wasn't ready yet to show up due to his neck surgery

[@javierbaeza375]

I bet hhh had something to do with jericho not Main eventing

[@BCZ21]

Woudve been way better than big show or foley, HHH is just a hater, he knew Jericho had more potential than him and he was scared…he woudve did the same sabotaging tactics to The Rock If he could

[@1223steffen]

Would have been a better match

[@daltonhill9997]

N so much bout that night didn’t make sense lol

[@caseysmith2276]

That entire wrestlemania was DEAD. They were barely popping. That crowd was so weak and I remember watching at home thinking, "What the f is wrong with the people at the event"?

[@ShinSuperSaiyajin]

the only exception I think was the triangle ladder match. That match was nuts!

[@GorditoCrunch343]

@@ShinSuperSaiyajin That was the only saving grace to one of the most disappointing Wrestlemania events. It's amazing how much Backlash that same month felt more like a WM than WM 2000 itself.

[@ShinSuperSaiyajin]

@@GorditoCrunch343 actually I’ve been thinking for years that if Vince pulled the trigger on Rock vs Triple H at WM2000, Vince would have probably booked it the same way as Backlash 2000 beat-by-beat. Rock winning the title plus Austin drinking a beer would had been a perfect way to end a Wrestlemania.

[@TingTong2568]

@@ShinSuperSaiyajin the Backlash PPV match between The Rock and Triple H with SCSA interfering on behalf of The Rock suppose to take place in WM 2000 but SCSA wasn't ready for it yet due to his neck surgery. So they had to postpone it to Backlash.

[@ReesesCupsAreGood]

Hhh gay actions confirmed.

[@slickpullaxxxpresentsgameo7381]

I hate Chris Jericho

[@OmegaRedFan]

Woke is Jericho!

[@maodijong3661]

Foley in that story with HHH just made more sense.