Chris Jericho Talks About Being Hated By D-X, His Status With the WWE, and More

WWE “part-timer” and former Champion Chris Jericho recently sat down with Sam Roberts to talk about wrestling, Fozzy, and more. During the interview, Jericho mentions that when he began his WWE career, the guys in Degeneration-X (Triple H, X-Pac, Road Dogg Jesse James, Mr. Ass Billy Gunn) all hated him for being confident in his craft. He also says that it took him until 2008 to become completely comfortable with Vince McMahon.

When talking about his relationship with McMahon, Jericho said,

“I left in ’05 because I was burnt out and I felt like I was treading water. I felt like the company was taking me for granted and I was starting to lose a lot of my powers. I was still friends with him – I could talk to him on the phone or in the office – but it wasn’t until [I returned in] ’08 where I could go in there with a legitimate idea and he would listen to it. From the Shawn [Michaels] thing, we went right into the [Rey] Mysterio thing, which was a massively successful angle that I wrote the whole f-cking thing. Then we went into the 7 on 7 NXT vs. the WWE thing, which I had a lot of influence in. Then we went into the whole CM Punk thing last year.”