Chris Jericho Wanted Cross-Promotional Match At WWE SummerSlam 2018
Y2J pitched an 'IC Title vs. IC Title' contest for Sunday's show.
Chris Jericho's certainly an ambitious fellow. When he's not holding back the sands of time with constant character reinvention, simultaneously going through a mid-life crisis by touring as a 40-something rock star, or taking the helm as captain of his own wrestling cruise ship, he's coming up with ground-breaking, industry-shaking concepts.
Such as this doozy. On the most recent episode of his 'Talk is Jericho' podcast, Y2J revealed that he recently pitched an idea to "certain head of a certain wrestling company" to stage an IWGP Intercontinental Title vs. WWE Intercontinental Title match between himself and then champ Seth Rollins at the upcoming SummerSlam PPV.
The match - which Jericho uncooly pitched to Vi... ahem, this 'executive', as "boffo box office" - would have ended in a disqualification in Rollins' favour. Jericho also suggested flying in for Monday's go-home Raw, but after initially garnering some intrigue, he never heard anything back on the plan.
Jericho's claims are certainly intriguing. His willingness - and availability - to participate in Brooklyn this weekend has some clear implications for at least one big match involving a former buddy and a Money in the Bank contract. We're not saying anything will happen, just that, you know, it could. Given the company turned their noses up at an enormous inter-promotional opportunity, mind, we're not holding our collective breath.