Chris Jericho joined Wrestle Talk Radio on Sunday Night, to talk about Fozzy, wrestling and his new show “Robot Combat League”. During the interview Jericho talked about his WrestleMania 19 match with Shawn, noting that it was biggest WrestleMania match he’d ever had up to that date. He also mentioned that he believed his feud with Michaels in 2008 was better, and that Shawn is his favourite guy to wrestle of all time.
You can listen to the full interview via the source link below. Chris stars talking about Shawn around the 31 minute mark, for those who don’t want to listen to the full interview.
Source: WildTalkRadio.com
The WrestleMania 19 match between himself and Shawn Michaels: “Yeah, I mean, it was a great match. I mean, there has only been about 28 matches they can say that they stole the show at WrestleMania, which is like winning an Oscar, and Shawn and I did that at (WrestleMania) 19. Coolest thing was that was the first time we’d ever wrestled each other; we might have done a few little thing leading up to it, but we’d never had an official match. So, that was really cool to know that the chemistry was there right off the bat.
I think we were both motivated; I was motivated on my end because it was the biggest WrestleMania match I’d ever had up to that point, although the year before I was ducking it out with Trple H, which was great, but Shawn was kind of my idol, the guy I looked up to the most, the guy that I wanted to be the most, the guy that I almost had the very similar, almost exact same style and attitude and reputation, to be honest with you. And Shawn was motivated because that was his first WrestleMania back, I think he was still a bit tentative as to what he could and could do in the ring and we definitely brought out the best in each other and it wasn’t just that time; I think the feud that we had in 2008 was even better. I think that was one of the greatest angles and feuds of all time, you know, without sounding egotistical once again. So, if anyone ever asked me ‘who is your favourite guy to wrestle of all time’, I’d always say Shawn Michaels, by far. So, yeah, it was a great match, great chemistry that we had, perfect close finishes; I wouldn’t change a thing about it, except maybe Shawn’s hairstyle.”
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