Chris Jericho always has plenty of great tales to tell about his WWE runs and the latest is in regards to what the original plan was for him at WrestleMania 33. As you'll no doubt already know, he lost the United States Championship to Kevin Owens at the event but that wasn't what he was supposed to be doing and WWE's creative team initially had something very different in mind.
"The original plan for WrestleMania 33 was Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho for the [Universal] Championship. I beat Owens at WrestleMania, and then I lose it to Brock [Lesnar] at the next pay-per-view at the end of April." Jericho vs. Brock Lesnar with the title on the line would have been very interesting, especially given the real-life heat between the two after last year's SummerSlam.
Unfortunately, Lesnar didn't want to work the next PPV and the decision was ultimately made for his match against Goldberg to be for the Universal Championship (which made it even bigger).
"In the meantime, Vince [McMahon] told me that to my face, and in the interim, Brock and Goldberg had their match [at Survivor Series]. Brock realized he had nobody to work with, so then Brock thought, ‘I’ll lose to Goldberg in a minute if I can beat him back for the title at WrestleMania.’ So then my match was switched. And that’s fine, because that’s how the business goes. I mean, it was that close. As an aside, I’ve been the world champ six times, and never once as a babyface — always as a heel."
It would have been very interesting seeing Y2J as world champion again but it clearly wasn't meant to be. What do you guys make of these comments? Let us know your thoughts below.