Talk is Jericho Recap w/ Conrad Thompson – Discussing Jericho’s WWE Debut, Who Came up With the Countdown Clock? How Did the Locker Room Treat Him? More!

Jericho informs that the one thing that scared him about WWE was some of the provocative angles they’d run. He told McMahon that he didn’t want to be part of anything like that, and to McMahon’s credit he never asked Jericho to be a part of something that made him uncomfortable.
The night of his debut he was anxious because he knew that if he hit a home run during his promo he’d be a made man. It was McMahon’s idea to have the countdown clock end during one of The Rock’s promos, and Jericho knew that this was a great opportunity for him.

He thought he nailed his promo after it was over, but when he went backstage McMahon didn’t say anything to him. Looking back now, he realizes that he didn’t hit the home run that he should have in McMahon’s eyes. The promo was too long and his facial expressions were not good. He thinks McMahon had his mind made up on him after that, and his career went on a downward spiral for a while.
He thinks he finally lived up to the hype surrounding him 8 years later, and now here we are in 2018 and he’s one of McMahon’s generals. He notes that McMahon could have fired him early on but he didn’t, and he’s very thankful for that.
That sums up this week’s episode of Talk is Jericho. You can listen to the show yourself anytime here, and I’ll catch ya next week for another recap!