Michael Cole Speaks on Disrespecting Chris Jericho, Whether His Wife Watches Him on TV, People Hating Him Backstage During WrestleMania 27 and More

May 13, 2013

WWE announcer Michael Cole was recently interviewed by Sam Roberts, and you can check out the entire interview in the video player below. Also included are some Cole highlight quotes:

On the backstage attitude towards him prior to his WrestleMania 27 match:

"People hated me. I was boring myself while I was walking out there."

On recently mocking a Chris Jericho segment and disrespecting him:

"What I felt bad about is that I disrespected Chris, who has obviously been in this business longer than I have. He's one of the legendary greats of all-time. More importantly than all of that, Chris is a friend of mine. Believe it or not, I felt bad. I felt bad for a number of reasons… because I didn't go to Chris and explain to him what happened, so he had to hear through the grapevine the next day. So he wasn't happy with me. We ironed things out and he's a great guy."

Cole speaks on a number of other topics including his wife only ever watching him on WWE TV one time, his match at 'Mania being longer than Daniel Bryan's, and more:

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.