X-Pac 1, 2, 360 Recap w/ Chris Jericho – Having Heat After WWE Debut, Importance of Reinventing Your Character, Relationship with McMahon & WWE, More!

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X-Pac welcomes Chris Jericho to the show.

Jericho mentions that there was a lot of backstage politics and tension in wrestling locker rooms 20 years ago. He recalls having issues with guys like Triple H and X-Pac and looking back now he doesn’t understand what all the trouble was about. He truly thinks that the tension was as a result of performers wanting to be in the main event scene so they could make more money, but today it almost doesn’t matter whether you’re in the main event or not because the television deals are so lucrative.

He also mentions that he had some heat in WWE simply because he came from WCW. He was also oblivious to that heat which made things even worse. He recalls calling the Undertaker boring on an episode of RAW once, and looking back now he can’t even believe he said that. When he started to work with Chyna things only got worse.

When he began his program with Chyna, Vince McMahon told him to not hold back in the ring. Chyna’s offence was stiff and Jericho didn’t hold back with his offence as well. Eventually Chyna got a black eye and X-Pac wasn’t happy. He went to Vince McMahon and complained about Jericho. This got Jericho in hot water with McMahon, and Jericho was forced to prove his worth to the company on a nightly basis from that point on.

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Steve Carrier is the founder of Ringside News and has been reporting on pro wrestling since 1997. His stories have been featured on TMZ, Forbes, Bleacher Report, and more.