10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (June 15)

3. Chris Jericho Once Roughed Up Michael Cole For His Commentary

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On the 11 March 2013 episode of Raw, Chris Jericho hosted his usual Highlight Reel segment with The Miz and Wade Barrett. Mid-banter, Michael Cole on commentary (under orders from Vince McMahon) said the skit was "awful". Then, when Brad Maddox stumbled his way through a promo, Cole called the segment Raw's "worst ever".

That infuriated Y2J.

On his Talk Is Jericho podcast, Jericho said he tore through McMahon backstage for putting those words in Cole's mouth. Considering some of the crap that's been wheeled out on Raw over the years, Jericho was right to fume when the boss thought his segment, whilst not exactly strong, was the show's worst of all time.

The next night on SmackDown, Jericho wouldn't take his eyes off Cole and even roughed him up a little bit behind the announce desk. He'd later apologise, but Y2J admitted to calling the commentator everything from a "motherf*cker" to a "f*cking ass hole" when the cameras were rolling.

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