Chris Jericho shares his thoughts on Vince McMahon.
Speaking on Insight with Chris Van Vliet, Chris Jericho was asked about Vince McMahon stepping aside from his role at the helm of WWE.
“There’s the reasons why he was stepping aside, and I’m not talking about that side of things. I never thought he would step down,” Chris Jericho said. “I think had those other issues [not] come up, there’s no way he would have. But also, Vince is also smart, and I bet you he was like, ‘Okay. I’m at the point now where this is not good for me to be here.’
“So he trained, groomed Triple H for 20 years. [He] probably felt confident enough that things are gonna continue without him. I say this all the time. Like in AEW, I think everybody could use six months working for Vince McMahon because that’s where you really understand what wrestling is, the wrestling business and how the business works.”
Chris Jericho: I Loved Working For Vince McMahon
Chris Jericho continued by stating that he loved working for Vince McMahon. Hee noted that McMahon was not always easy to deal with, but he taught him a lot.
“I loved working for him, and I loved going head-to-head with him and creating ideas and debating ideas and arguing ideas,” Chris Jericho said. “He always used to say, ‘I’m not here just to teach you wrestling lessons, I’m here to teach you life lessons.’ He did. He taught me a lot of life lessons.
“The guy’s a really f*cking cool guy, from my experiences with him. Not easy to deal with and an asshole sometimes, but he’s your boss. You’re not supposed to be friends with your boss all the time. But then you can still get on the private jet and drink for four hours and listen to the stones.”
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