Y2J Warns Fans on Twitter, Talks “Armbar” Promo, Wrestlers Taking Promos Personally, Says He & HHH Didn’t Get Along at First, More

chris jerichoJoshua Caudill of CraveOnline.com recently did an interview with WWE part-timer Chris Jericho, and the following are some highlights:

CraveOnline: How long did it take you to write that classic ‘Armbar’ promo? Did you write it?

“I pretty much wrote it. Disco Inferno had something to do with it. He came up with the idea of it but I pretty much wrote it. The thing about that promo is that I was just reading it off of a sheet of paper so its not like I had to memorize anything. What happen was, I started off reading the first seven or eight moves and then we went into commercial and I just started going into some cheap heat like, we were in Chicago so “The Chicago Bulls suck”, “The Blackhawks suck”, “Michael Jordan is stupid” or whatever I said for two or three minutes. People were super booing me when we came back from break and I could see the countdown so I was like “I’m going to start a chant…Chicago Bulls suck! Chicago Bulls suck!” People were throwing shit and booing and I keep saying, “Chicago Bulls suck” until about three seconds before we come back from break. Then I switch back to the list “Hold number 753 Russian Armbar” and then we’re back on so it looks like the whole break I’ve been reading these holds but meanwhile I had only read about 10-15 holds so it really wasn’t that much to write. It was one of the easiest promos I ever did but I’m so known for it.”

CraveOnline: Did you ever have a guy take it personal when you were cutting them down in a promo?

“I think so. In the early days when I first got there I was perceived as some kind of maverick asshole know it all outsider. That’s the way it was when I first got to WWE. I came in by myself. I didn’t have any friends with me. I didn’t have anybody to watch my back. I think there was a few people who took what I said the wrong way and it might not have even been the people I was directing it at then. I remember I said a lot of stuff about Chyna cause I was in a feud with her. It was guy versus girl. I think the rest of DX took offense to it behind the scenes even though they had nothing to do with it. I think they were just looking for a reason to gang up on me or were looking for a reason to put black marks on me. I never took offense. Say what you want. I don’t care. It’s all show business. Its not real but back in those days, it was real for some people.

I even talked about it on the DVD. Triple H and I didn’t like each other back in those days and we talked about it on our podcast. We’re not sure why we didn’t like each other [laughs]. Looking back on it we can’t figure out the reason why but we did. I think that was just the product of the wrestling wars being real at that point in time WCW versus WWE. When I came over from WCW, I was an enemy even though I was working for the good guys; I think I was perceived as some sort of spy or some sort of castoff rather than somebody who made the choice to walk over to WWE on my own volition. I think in those days there were a lot of people that were really sensitive cause they were just looking fro reasons to bury the other people.”

In related news, Jericho posted the following warning to fans on Twitter:

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