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Chris Jericho is currently a full time talent with All Elite Wrestling, so don’t expect him to be in WrestleMania 35. This is of course a bit disappointing as he has some epic WrestleMania matches under his belt and in a recent interview with Inside the Ropes, he talked about one of them.



Back in 2003, during WrestleMania 19, Jericho had an epic match against one of his childhood heroes, the Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels.


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According to Jericho that match hadn’t been originally part of the card as Jericho was supposed to be wrestling Edge during the event. However, those plans where changed after what was supposed to be a small program between him and Michaels went red hot.



It started when Michaels was a guest on Jericho’s Highlight Reel. The segment was supposed to be a short one but it ended up changing the plans for WrestleMania 19.


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<blockquote style="text-align:center" class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">“It was a one-shot thing where I did a Highlight Reel and I was calling him old. Which is funny because he was 37 and I was 32. I was just kind of demeaning Shawn on the Highlight Reel, he super kicked me in the face, and that was supposed to be the end of it,” recalls Jericho.</blockquote>


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<blockquote style="text-align:center" class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">“We walked to the back and I remember Vince sitting there, smiling. Vince looks at Shawn and Shawn goes It’s money and Vince said, You’re f***ing right it’s money. That was where that whole angle started,” he added.</blockquote>


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Jericho was
thrilled to face Michaels at WrestleMania because, as he states in the
interview, he truly believes that Michaels is the best wrestler ever.



<blockquote style="text-align:center" class="wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow">&#8220;[Shawn Michaels] is better than 75% of the roster&#8230;in my opinion, the best ever. It&#8217;s not [Ric] Flair, it&#8217;s not Bret [Hart], it&#8217;s Shawn Michaels for me,” says Jericho.</blockquote>



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Chris Jericho Reveals How WrestleMania 19 Match Vs. Shawn Michaels Came About

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