10 INSANE WWE International Incidents
6. Chris Jericho Loves The Heat
Chris Jericho is a natural heel.
He’ll play babyface when instructed to do so, and with his natural comedic mind, he’ll perform the role with aplomb—but he’s a natural heel. He once told Power Slam magazine of his ideal retirement scenario. Jericho wants to leave wrestling with little fanfare, as a bad guy, with fans just happy to see the back of him. “Man, he was a jerk,” is the quoted legacy Jericho wishes to leave behind.
He accomplished this, while active, to the Brazilian quarter of the WWE Universe.
At a 2012 house show, Jericho raised the national flag, crumpled it, and kicked it away, drawing deafening jeers from the honourable sporting nation that gifted us Neymar’s Jim Cornette-level weasel work at the 2018 World Cup. Unaware that denigrating the flag is an illegal offence, Jericho was provided a police escort out of the arena and was—though this reeks of the “work”—spared further punishment after Vince “made some calls”. Then again, Vince’s expertise has saved other snookered superstars from far more drastic scenarios.
Under orders, Jericho apologised for the incident—but stuck to his badass heel guns in the aftermath by no-selling the fine Vince levied him with.