Chris Jericho says he was misquoted re: Roman Reigns

[héad.casé]

Source: Talk Is Jericho

On the latest episode of Talk Is Jericho, Chris Jericho clarified some recent comments he made to IGN about Roman Reigns haters.

"I was a little bit misquoted in that when I said, 'If the fans don't like Roman Reigns getting a push, they should shut the hell up.'

What I said was, I like Roman Reigns, if the fans don't appreciate Roman Reigns or don't like him, shut the hell up in complaining to me because you'll never sway my opinion.

"Everyone has an opinion, everyone is allowed to have an opinion and my opinion is I like Roman Reigns. I always have, I always will and if you don't like it, I don't care. This is my opinion, I'm not going to stand by anything else but my opinion, but it came across as me saying that fans don't deserve the right to have an opinion. That's not what I meant, that's not what I said, that's not what this country is based on, that's not what WWE is based on. I'm a Roman Reigns fan, if no one else is, I don't care. I'm cheering for him and that's beauty of the company, if you don't want to cheer for him, don't cheer for him. If you want to cheer for Funaki or Daniel Bryan or Fandango, go nuts do your thing man, but I'm just saying I like Roman Reigns."

You may remember the thread from a few weeks back where it was quoted that Jericho said "If you don't like Roman Reigns then shut the hell up", well he says he was misquoted and explains himself. Not that he sounds any better here though.

[Mayonnaise]

Sure, Chris, sure.

[Hit Girl]

Weaksauce backtracking.

[kidglov3s]

Haha what a f***ing hack.

[Abdullah]

Trololol.

I don't know why he does this. It's not like he needs the attention.

[Mid-Carder]

Nothing worse than someone who refuses to stand by things they've said.

[Deleted]

Don't be absurd, Chris.

No one wants to cheer for Fandango in 2015.

[Deleted]

Mar 31, 2015 15:18:35 GMT -5 Lizuka #BLM said:

Don't be absurd, Chris.

No one wants to cheer for Fandango in 2015.

I do

*puts on Fandango shirt*

[xxshoyuweeniexx]

Was your Twitter hacked bud?

[The Tee Why]

lol

this is why im not at all pumped for Jericho's podcast on the network.

He's just such a company shill.

oooooooooo having Cena as your guest?! How very....safe...

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Jericho doesn't suffer from word vomit, he suffers from vocal diarrhea.

Everything the comes out of his mouth is disgusting, watery bullshit.

[Hit Girl]

it came across as me saying that fans don't deserve the right to have an opinion. That's not what I meant, that's not what I said, that's not what this country is based on, that's not what WWE is based on.

lol

[Stu]

Hypothetical scenario: it turns out he really was misquoted. Do you forgive him a little?

[TWERKIN' MAGGLE]

Mar 31, 2015 15:26:32 GMT -5 Stu said:

Hypothetical scenario: it turns out he really was misquoted. Do you forgive him a little?

No, because he lost my respect at the Bill DeMott white knighting/quiet backtracking.

[Mayonnaise]

Mar 31, 2015 15:26:32 GMT -5 Stu said:

Hypothetical scenario: it turns out he really was misquoted. Do you forgive him a little?

No this is Jericho. 1 incident where he was done wrong, doesn't change the rest of his past.

[BigWill]

It doesn't sound too bad if he really was misquoted.

I wouldn't want people complaining to me about a superstar I liked either.

[kidglov3s]

I have to imagine that everyone who had to be good little corporate soldiers for the Roman Reigns project is fairly bitter about it. The guy above all else, is a douchebag.

Above it not working, never having a hope of working, the guy that you're selling yourself out for in this instance doesn't seem like he has the awareness to appreciate what you're doing for him.

[Tyrannosaurus Sex]

If everyone is allowed to have an opinion, and his is that he likes Roman and doesn't care what we think, then why is he such a bitch about so many people not liking Roman when it's their opinion? Jericho, you've become the very thing you hate, a filthy parasitical hypocrite.

[Mid-Carder]

I still love Jericho but he first went down in my estimation when he bitched on his podcast about Punk not contacting him after he walked out...which was the exact reason Punk gave for not contacting him.

[wisdomwizard]

The hate on him is overblown, and yes that includes DeMott. I'm glad DeMott is gone, and I hope he never comes close to a training position ever again. However, he was Chris' friend and from his perspective I could see why he'd defend him on Twitter because he didn't have all the details right away. The fact he deleted the tweet he made in defense tells me he found out. I'm sure people here want him to apologize, but to me I don't think he needs to. One tweet doesn't make him an evil, irredeemable jerk.