The Kurt Angle Show #56: CHRIS JERICHO

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!
00:00 The Kurt Angle Show #55: CHRIS JERICHO
00:00 SaveWithConrad.com
01:25 Introductions
02:22 INTRODUCING Chris Jericho
02:52 When Did Chris Jericho first meet Kurt Angle?
04:15 WWF's influx of talent in 1999
06:34 Wrestlemania 2000
12:47 AdFreeShows.com
13:53 Backstage politics?
15:45 Chris' first WWF run
17:50 Who was Chris' "Sounding Board?"
24:04 Chris Jericho's push was held back
26:46 WWF buying WCW
28:14 Jericho becoming undisputed champion
33:05 Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania
38:55 Jericho's relationship to Vince McMahon
40:14 Jericho leaving WWE to pursue acting
44:00 Playing a heel
47:52 HOW scripted were his promos?
49:19 Jericho's last run in WWE
53:11 Jericho going into AEW
56:56 Kevin Owens vs Steve Austin at this year's Wrestlemania (allegedly)
59:32 AEW's growth
01:02:54 The Owen Hart cup
01:04:35 SaveWithConrad.com
01:05:05 Cody Rhodes leaving AEW
01:06:53 Angle thinks Jericho is the greatest of all time
01:08:54 Chris Jericho WAS HERE
01:12:19 ENDCARD

[@rjay6493]

You can tell here that Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle have a genuine friendship. Kurt seems more relaxed when interviewing Chris.

[@andresgarcia-jc4mf]

They worked alot with each other maybe that why or he's just cool ASf, Chris would call home Kurt angel lol

[@jameswhitehorn6432]

@@andresgarcia-jc4mf Kirk Angel

[@loganwagler7997]

@@jameswhitehorn6432 hurt ankle

[@andresgarcia-jc4mf]

That's the one, I knew It wasn't all there

[@recephava4cakar940]

@@andresgarcia-jc4mf chris is amiable guy.

[@Darknova67]

Man Jericho would be great on the creative team for either Aew or WWE

[@frankielasvegas5756]

The fact that Jericho is still going is nuts.

[@spykeso9]

51:38 I loved Kurt Angles reaction to hearing that Jericho match got moved to second in the card, him saying Oh… verified Jericho’s frustration

[@michaelcedeno391]

This episode has been widely acknowledged, as it should have. What makes the interview great is its realism. Chris was either honest or expressed his take on the behind the scenes of the wrestling industry. There were no "politically correct" comments. It was just real. It had an old school interview feel, for me, because, again, this interview kept it real. Simple as that.

[@swade1886]

“Six months ago you were wrestling some jabrooni named Juventude?” Still makes me laugh 😂

[@deandre323able]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@thomasmuller1425]

"Who the hell is Juventude?!"

[@ponokanaka]

I remember that. When Jericho, Eddie, Malenko and Saturn moved over I kind of wanted the cruiser weights to come along with them. Juventude, Psychosis, Mysterio and Kidman. The cruiser weights were exciting to watch and they were always on earlier in the night

[@CountDracul13]

Bro Y2J is and was the shit in attitude era, dude cracks me up.

[@jolenelutyck1422]

Chris really feels very authentic when interviewed. I really enjoy hearing his perspective and hope he becomes even more of a historian and commentator on the wrestling industry in the future.

[@stevenjohn6785]

God I miss the old days with these two in their WWF prime. Legends

[@dustinaltenhurst7958]

Angle Benoit Jericho Eddie...the goated childhood any wrestling fan can have.

[@JustJefferson]

Jerichos Recollection is second to none. Flairs is good, but Chris has a steel trap memory. Love that guy.

[@MarksMindBox]

Kurt is such a respectful dude for one of the greatest of all time. He's a model in humility for us all. Great discussion.

[@jaobille79]

Seems like he doesn't have any ego at all compared to other legends in his time

[@cool-lemon]

I know it's not something to be proud of, but you have got to respect the fact he overcame his addictions too. Not only can you respect him as a wrestler and athlete, but you gotta respect him as a man too. Went to the absolutely lowest of the lows and came back, that is just so unbelievably difficult and rare to see with wrestlers. Truly an all time great and 100% on the Mount Rushmore of wrestlers.

[@DamyanTangra]

This was one of the most sincere interviews I have listened to in a long time! Amazing job as always, love the Kurt Angle show!

[@dylanmulroe9978]

Jericho and Owens friendship/rivalry is what got me back into wrestling, how they didn’t get the main event at wrestlemania was an absolute disgrace, Jericho and Owens’ story was one of the greatest of the decade.

[@LokiTricksterG]

It's a shame these two never had a World title feud. They only had the short feud when Kurt was starting out, but a more experienced Angle vs. Jericho in 2005 would have been a classic.

[@cool-lemon]

If Angle never left in 06 I think we would've got a world title feud between them in the late 2000's and 2010's. Would've been absolutely brilliant too.

[@Tresanator]

Y2J! great interview, loved the shawn story where they both had pre written half the match, LEGENDARY stories for sure

[@delbertprince5302]

Once Jericho retires from wrestling,he is going to be inducted to the Hall of fame.

[@waynetables6414]

Watching WWF in 2000, Kurt and Chris were both rising up the card at the exact same time, one as a heel and the other as a babyface. They both were making a name for themselves in WWF at the same time.. then they ended up on different shows when they split the roster in half

[@detroitheath288]

Chris is a good guy. Seems like he has peoples best interest at heart.

[@collinz96]

RIP Scott Hall too ❤

[@GregOGrady84]

I must say i loved the Vince vs Hogan match at that mania just for the pure drama and Storytelling in it, gimme that over any of the non selling high spot crap we see today

[@blakemaxfield4267]

I'm not a fan of the no selling. I see this today: a guy will hit a move then the guy just bounces off the ropes hits a move then the other immediately hits a move back. I can't stand that stuff.

[@GregOGrady84]

@@blakemaxfield4267 Exactly ive stopped watching the current product coz i cant stand it and i was a fan for 30 years

[@MTG-444]

@@blakemaxfield4267 There’s honestly nothing wrong with that as people can literally get shot and keep going off of adrenaline, y’all are just used to heavy ass men pacing between every strike for the sake of saving stamina. As for the no selling of impactful slams and huge spots there’s no argument and I completely understand.

[@LokiTricksterG]

@@MTG-444 Agreed. As someone who grew up on Japanese wrestling, no-selling - when done right - can have a huge impact on the match and greatly add to the storytelling.

[@LordDeBahs]

@@LokiTricksterG i think he means no selling cuz guys want to get all their shit in in short time . looks ridicilous . no selling in japan was not cuz this reason

[@pringleslover24]

Jericho on the mic has always been the greatest. The goat

[@darrickhamilton1220]

You gotta lov Kurt. I think his podcast out does Austin's or any other wrestlers atm. Because Austin likes to veer off to long into his past glory days, About bein on the road, in recycle stories at times. Kurt keeps his questions short in sweet, & the host answering them with in the perfect timing, without the co host rambling way to long answering one question. Jericho did Phenomenal.

[@freakinflax]

Such a great interview - I love everyone here. Thank you for this 💙💙

[@bradsmith9118]

I never listen to the full podcasts. Glad I did on this one. I was at some of those shows, and watched all of them. Appreciate the memories. Thanks fellas.

[@xantastic6301]

Cannot wait to sit down later and listen to this episode!! Thanks

[@jeremyhall2876]

I’m a huge fan of both of these guys so I really enjoyed this! Great job also Paul conducting the whole thing. Just subscribed!

[@bassacoustic1549]

“I was on Sunday Night Heat with D’Lo Brown “ 💀

[@sprince6720]

Awesome interview I'm so happy I grew up seeing Angle and Jericho in their primes.

[@Huminawhohee1]

Man i grew up watching you guys ya'll are legends in my book. Awesome.

[@skydiver575985]

Amazing interview, two the best ever from mid to late 90's to early 2000s

[@redsolocupxd]

the best one by far Kurt. watched it all.

[@billblaski9523]

Lol I like how Chris was being upfront about Rock being political but not negatively

[@GameAddicted]

This is one of the best wrestling interviews I’ve ever seen. Really felt the genuine respect and connection between Kurt and Jericho. Great interview!

[@cool-lemon]

No BS too. Both guys would admit their faults and also times when they were right, both perfect examples of how to conduct yourself as wrestlers and not take it too seriously.

[@PierreEvaL]

Loving this whole episode. Thank you guys!

[@Dvdfco]

Completely agree with Kurt saying Jericho is the greatest ever. He’s done so much

[@patrickmilner4149]

Chris Jericho IS the goat of professional wrestling. 30 years in the business, countless classic matches has reinvented himself and is still going today

[@josh235290]

I agree but he is fat and bloated now. Time to hang it up

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@josh235290 he is not. He got slim

[@jeremyvoel-pel357]

Great show! I do want to point out that I've now heard Kurt call Cena, Undertaker, HBK, and Chris Jericho the greatest of all time lol

[@cappy2282]

I was so pumped when Y2J came to WWE. I knew he was awesome first time I seen him in WCW

[@Dvdfco]

I love Chris retelling stories from his book to people who haven’t heard them

[@KeenenMurray]

Awesome Interview Kurt!!! Loved it!!!

[@johnnieriot13]

@10:22 That’s the cover of wrestlemania 2000 the video game. I had it for N64

[@SefniAsheforr]

One of the best podcasts I've ever listened to. I could listen to Kurt and Chris talk about old WWF/E stuff for the rest of my life and never get bored. Two of the greatest to ever do it, and I love the respect between the two.

[@jayw.1042]

Calm down

[@SefniAsheforr]

@@jayw.1042 Jericho's stooging backstage at AEW helped me calm down a lot since I posted this. Lol

[@CeemPlay]

GOAT alert Angle & Jericho

[@mcnally1456]

What a great podcast man, surprised it only has 88k should be way more.

[@Jcastro9444]

Something about Jerichos interviews, such genuine analysis from him. It's like he's talking to me in person.

[@cappy2282]

Kurt is such a genuine guy....and why we love him lol

[@thep1fitzy902]

Loved this interview GOAT

[@17thghost42]

Kurt and Christ are one of my favourite wrestlers ever ❤

[@BEEFSERPENT]

actually kurt was on the roster when chris came in lol (he was an extra on tv when blackman and shamrock had their street fight surrounded by cars)

[@curtisburgdrof8618]

Awesome show guest jericho and awesome host kurt angle

[@danielescalera6638]

The master of 1004 holds

[@2023lm]

Wrestlers of our childhood!! They are old now!! We are old!!! Legends!!!

[@thebadguychinli4011]

A lot of people love to paint Hulk Hogan as the greatest wrestler but in my opinion the Attitude Era produced the greatest wrestling personas in all of wrestling history. Top greatest are definitely Kurt, Rock, Undertaker, Austin, Jericho and HHH. Hogan and Sheik and Macho Man and Ultimate Warrior were great but but the Attitude Era guys took the business to a whole other level and they all transcended the company. All 6 I named also were able to reinvent their characters constantly because a lot of it was really them so as they change so do their characters. It was story telling and star power at its absolute best. Yeah Hogan got a lot of hype back in his day but to me those 6 guys are the epitome of wrestling. All wrestlers now want to be like any of those 6 names I just mentioned. And kinda HBK too but he was injured for like 75% of the Attitude Era by the time the Rock was a big star in 97-98, HBK was retired…

[@ShotByNJGoons]

Great freakin interview ❤️

[@comfortecono]

I agree undertaker michaels jericho the 3 best hands down...im glad a big star has recognized jerichos accomplishments

[@konzaros7482]

triple h and jericho may be on good terms now, but this heat carried through to jerichos first return to wwe in 2007, the dirt sheets state triple h was mocking jericho saying "look guys, hes here to save us"

[@dacronicspotgaming6104]

Jericho has to be one of if not the greatest now

[@jayw.1042]

Not close

[@TheDas9582]

Great interview!

[@ralphdiaz514]

My man Kurt is about to go PRIMAL on the pod! Let's gooooo!!!!

[@boombringer4078]

2 absolute legends!!!! I would love a beer or 9 with jericho that would be AWESOME!!!

[@alexevaldez]

Can we have some underappriated overlooked TNA Kurt Angle feuds as guests soon? Desmonde Wolfe, Mr Anderson. Or even the popular ones like Christian, and AJ? Or even Kevin Nash's awesome relation with the X-Division? Been a huge fan of yours since I was a kid. And seriously really love the Podcast, but as much as I love the content with WWE stuff. I still think your TNA runs are hella underrated and overlooked.

[@1hendrixx7]

Kurt was at a dark time in his life when he was working in TNA. Do you remember those “perc angle” jokes? Dude was taking 50+ pills a day and getting divorced from his wife at the time. Being in a storyline with her and Jeff Jarrett. I’m sure he doesn’t want to remember those moments vividly.

[@alexevaldez]

@@1hendrixx7 he talks about those moments alot and hes proud of them. im sure you saw that perc angle from a video. Despite that people who saw Angles run in TNA and like i said even Angle himself is hella proud of his run. Just like what kurt said it was a dark time but wrestling is all he got around that time. Even during the wwe era he was also bad in meds thats the reason why he pick tna over wwe afterall.

[@Capo_Renzo]

These two… man they are fucking awesome

[@trevornicolas684]

Chris has such a good attitude for life

[@paul3463]

Love the theme song! 🔥🔥🔥

[@JSmithRecords]

I could listen to him tell stories all day lol

[@EthanCruise]

Wrestlemania 19 was one of the best. It rarely gets mentioned, but that show had some amazing wrestling.

[@nycnow811]

This was fantastic

[@damiantosd8720]

When you feel like it’s your company hours don’t get counted. You push in the direction of the company. I have worked for one place in my life like that. I work for myself now and I probably worked harder before. Once you’re in you’re in.

[@cool-lemon]

Jericho is truly one of the greatest guys to ever be in the business. Whenever you see a gofundme posted for a wrestler, Jericho is one of the same people you see constantly that donates and helps people out. Not only that, but you can see he really does care about the business and the people in it and no longer in it. I know it probably wasn't just Jericho who managed to get the Owen Hart Cup sorted out. But he didn't HAVE to do that, he wasn't obligated to do it, he did it out of respect for Owen and his career. He even talks about Benoit, which... I know is a very sensitive subject, but AT LEAST he is open about it and doesn't shy away from discussing him.

[@gamerclash5560]

Yes i agreed Chris jericho is G.O.A.T

[@peanutbuttergoblin7129]

Tremendous episode guys

[@antonioestark7033]

Loved the show kurt 👍🏼

[@xavierpark5937]

Shelton Benjamin next please Kurt . Y2J , Debut is still my favourite .

[@cdpunk1491]

I'm glad and relieved that I'm not the only one bothered by the triple threat order of title changes.

[@delbertprince5302]

Chris Jericho was the best guest on the Kurt Angle show.

[@Makainternational]

Edge was great also

[@Wir3mu_6828]

Would have loved to seen Kevin owens v Chris Jericho in the main event of WM33 for the title would have made the show a thousand times better. love the show Kurt and Paul keep it up.

[@1223steffen]

Vince McMahon burns in hell

[@billblaski9523]

Chris might have heard one thing from Vince but I highly doubt Vince was going to MAIN EVENT Wrestlemania with Chris Jericho vs Kevin Owens.

[@kamalfadi3595]

Yeah jericho is the goat of wrestling

[@six6thdisciple]

AWESOME

[@konzaros7482]

great insight here, jericho is very intelligent.

[@sayanhore397]

Wt MJF is doing Today with his character, y2j already did that with suit @2008. Just realised that!

[@shoneie]

The GOAT

[@danlang1978]

Great interview.

[@cp3o205]

Good interview.

[@Eloh_Dragons]

Juventud Guerrera was the reason why WCW was successful. Keep it juicy

[@rodneyandalexaplunkett7441]

I really like the intro song, but at the end when he says after the angles slam leave you on the floor. You should rewrite it to say with an angle slam he'll lay you out on the mat but if he decides to grab your ankle he's going to make you tap. Love the show.

[@delbertprince5302]

Chris Jericho is an OG in wrestling……

[@liteney]

Thank you for this Kurt, your show is awesome. But I have a suggestion that may help you grow. Perhaps you can have a section on your channel for Interviews only. I didn't even know that you had interviewed Randy Colture or Edge, and now Jericho. This is great and you should have a grouping where everyone go to your channel and find your interviews with other wrestlers eh. Cheers brother... Bring on the Milk!!!

[@GHMTHEMVP]

What!? I knew all of those interviews! I’ve been watching the Kurt Angle show since it started for over a year now! If you’re a true fan of the Olympic Hero, you would just keep up with it every week!! Love the damn Kurt Angle Show!! Keep it up our Olympic Hero!!!

[@liteney]

@@GHMTHEMVP Sorry my friend, I'm late to the show I guess eh, my bad. :) I was just thinking since I only found Kurt's channel recently, there should be a section on his channel for his guest interviews eh. He has a section for Whole Episodes and another for Popular uploads, but if he had a third section for Interviews, that would be excellent. I mean Kurt Angel wrestled not only during the best time frame but with some of the best of all time, and I would love to see him interview so many of the greats he wrestled eh, and for those interviews to be front and center on his channel page eh. Interview Section: It's just a suggestion my friend eh, no worries. Cheers... The three I's... Intensity, Integrady and Intelligence too... It's True, it's True... Kurt Angel's the best. Cheers... Good luck and may God the Father Bless you and keep you eh. Amen

[@GHMTHEMVP]

@@liteney yes sir!!!

[@Seldom-Seen]

31:00 damn that was a great Paul Heyman impression !!!

[@hottakestuesdays7450]

Love the humility Kurt. Keep it up. But Brock vs Angle was the best match in that wrestlemania. Real, viscerl, pure entertainment.

[@fitzgerald434]

Two of the greatest wrestlers, in the industry! Jericho explained great about AEW, the energy and vibe from the fans its shows AEW despite its flaws they make the fans feel like you're apart of the show.

[@joshisahabthegreat4036]

Love u chris and angle🥰

[@kenzoamore9482]

I was 12 years old and I knew that!

[@immaculateeatery1]

I'm glad chris is helping with owens legacy. i hope we can get bret in aew somehow

[@David-em9ib]

Great podcast

[@Singapore-Aviation72]

Jericho really is the goat

[@davidcubillos3884]

Chris Jericho is one of the best of all time! "I'm king of the world!"

[@nycnow811]

Invasion was extremely exciting to watch as a kid

[@obrianthomas3661]

Jericho is indeed one of the greats in this industry my list Austin Rock The undertaker Triple h Randy orton Jericho Aj styles Sting Shawn Michaels

[@danielhicks4826]

Benoit, Guerrero, Kane, Angle. but great list to.

[@adamirishconundrum851]

@@danielhicks4826 the Brooklyn brawler, gillberg, Barry Horowitz, Lenny Lane, ect.

[@1223steffen]

Hogan

[@macpops0]

Love you Kurt