Tha Don
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Post by Tha Don on Jan 5, 2014 18:14:38 GMT -5
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Post by nickcave on Jan 5, 2014 18:19:10 GMT -5
Yeah it was, Jericho talks about how in his book Vince lost confidence in his abilities pretty quick when he first debuted in the WWF so he went from being booked to be in the main event of Wrestlemania to losing to Stevie Richards on Sunday Night Heat.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 5, 2014 18:20:06 GMT -5
Looks like a fake to me. Plus, I doubt Jericho would get hot shottted into the main event that quickly.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2014 18:21:32 GMT -5
His facial hair is so patchy. I also heard they were considering Rikishi after Jericho
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Post by Magic knows Black Lives Matter on Jan 5, 2014 18:21:44 GMT -5
That's the story according to Jericho's book. Vince lost faith in him quickly after he debuted, however, and he was replaced by Mick Foley.
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Post by héad.casé on Jan 5, 2014 18:22:45 GMT -5
It's not a fake. I also remember Mick Foley saying in his second book that he never got contacted about wrestling in the Mania main event until about a week or so after his "retirement match" against Triple H at No Way Out. Foley was intending to stay retired and felt bad about being lured back so soon.
I believe Mick's first words when Vince called Mick to ask him were "Vince...I just retired"
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2014 18:23:37 GMT -5
Looks like a fake to me. Plus, I doubt Jericho would get hot shottted into the main event that quickly. I dunno, guy's first promos were against The Rock and The Undertaker. Gotta think SOMETHING big was planned for him early on. |
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Post by PKO on Jan 5, 2014 18:26:37 GMT -5
It's real; as others have said it's in Jericho's book. I think even he wasn't told if that was the plan (although the poster implies it was).
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Post by RIHT on Jan 5, 2014 18:27:13 GMT -5
Considering they debuted Y2J to so much build, interrupting The Rock, and all to a bad ass pop, this sounded like a good idea. He could've finally beaten Triple H here, then maybe do the thing were him and Rock teamed up but then struggled to co-exist.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Jan 5, 2014 18:30:03 GMT -5
Looks like a fake to me. Plus, I doubt Jericho would get hot shottted into the main event that quickly. I dunno, guy's first promos were against The Rock and The Undertaker. Gotta think SOMETHING big was planned for him early on. True enough and I guess it was mentioned in the book. Still, the poster looks fake. I wouldn't be surprised if someone read the story in Jericho's book and made the fake poster. I could be wrong though. At any rate given the booking of time it's hard to see how Jericho would have fit into the main event. Then again it was The Attitude Era and Foley getting pushed in their didn't make all that much sense either. |
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Post by Instant Classic on Jan 5, 2014 18:30:15 GMT -5
Well at least he walked out of Mania 2000 with the European title. Although he lost it the next night.
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Post by Racksman on Jan 5, 2014 18:34:05 GMT -5
The poster is not fake. That was the promotional ad poster they used for the event. One of them, at least.
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Post by bogey316 on Jan 5, 2014 18:35:09 GMT -5
Yeah it was, Jericho talks about how in his book Vince lost confidence in his abilities pretty quick when he first debuted in the WWF so he went from being booked to be in the main event of Wrestlemania to losing to Stevie Richards on Sunday Night Heat. Except for the fact that he was in a triple threat match where he won the European title. |
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Post by nickcave on Jan 5, 2014 18:37:26 GMT -5
Yeah it was, Jericho talks about how in his book Vince lost confidence in his abilities pretty quick when he first debuted in the WWF so he went from being booked to be in the main event of Wrestlemania to losing to Stevie Richards on Sunday Night Heat. Except for the fact that he was in a triple threat match where he won the European title. Oh I didn't mean on the day of Wrestlemania, I meant his spot on the card was lower! He talks about in his book going from doing promos with the Rock to losing to guys like Stevie Richards and Viscera on Heat. I didn't mean that was his match at Wrestlemania haha. |
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Post by KofiMania on Jan 5, 2014 18:40:54 GMT -5
They should do the All Day Long special again for Wrestlemania this year. I loved that back in 2000.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 5, 2014 18:44:06 GMT -5
I dunno, guy's first promos were against The Rock and The Undertaker. Gotta think SOMETHING big was planned for him early on. True enough and I guess it was mentioned in the book. Still, the poster looks fake. I wouldn't be surprised if someone read the story in Jericho's book and made the fake poster. I could be wrong though. At any rate given the booking of time it's hard to see how Jericho would have fit into the main event. Then again it was The Attitude Era and Foley getting pushed in their didn't make all that much sense either. If the timed it out right the Jericho vs. Triple H dusty finish would've had Jericho Wrestlemania-ready no matter how last minute they did it. |
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Post by King Boo on Jan 5, 2014 18:47:38 GMT -5
Considering they debuted Y2J to so much build, interrupting The Rock, and all to a bad ass pop, this sounded like a good idea. He could've finally beaten Triple H here, then maybe do the thing were him and Rock teamed up but then struggled to co-exist. Like that would have ever happened. |
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Post by odor31 on Jan 5, 2014 18:51:53 GMT -5
I have a WM 2000 book that had this on the cover. It's real.
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Post by thegame415 on Jan 5, 2014 18:55:39 GMT -5
I wonder if he would've turned face, or if it would've been Big Show as a face.
Also, if Rikishi was in the match, it could maybe make some sense as to why he ran over Austin. Instead of doing it for Da Rock, he could've done it to eliminate him from title contention.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 5, 2014 19:03:54 GMT -5
Looks like a fake to me. Plus, I doubt Jericho would get hot shottted into the main event that quickly. I dunno, guy's first promos were against The Rock and The Undertaker. Gotta think SOMETHING big was planned for him early on. he made the mistake of calling Undertaker's worst promo ever boring. |
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