15 Things You Didn't Know About WrestleMania (1995 - 2004)
7. WrestleMania 2000 - Chris Jericho's Original Plans
As previously mentioned, the main event of WrestleMania 2000 (aka WrestleMania XVI) featured a Fatal 4-Way contest between The Rock, Triple H, Big Show and Mick Foley. Originally, the match was supposed to feature Chris Jericho instead of Foley, as confirmed in Jericho's second autobiography (Undisputed). Unfortunately for Jericho, his first several months in the World Wrestling Federation were not the most successful of his career as he struggled mightily after jumping from WCW in August of '99. The locker room was not a comfortable place for Jericho as the Monday Night War was putting incredible amounts of pressure on all talents, Jericho's in-ring work needed to be tweaked, and suffering from a lack of confidence all contributed to the reason why he was deemed "not ready" to main event WrestleMania by the time the show came around in April of 2000. Instead, Foley was inserted into Jericho's spot and it would be another two years until Y2J main-evented the biggest show of the year.
A former stuntman for Paramount Pictures, Matt enjoys sports, water skiing, driving fast, the beach, professional wrestling,
technology, and scotch. At the same time, whenever possible.
Having attended many famous (and infamous) shows including WrestleMania XV, In Your House: Mind Games, and the 1995 King of the Ring, Matt has been a lifelong professional sports and wrestling fan. Matt's been mentioned in numerous wrestling podcasts including the Steve Austin Show: Unleashed, Talk Is Jericho, and Something To Wrestle With Bruce Prichard.
As a former countywide performer, Matt has been referred to as Mr. 300 for his amazing accomplishments in the world of amateur bowling. He is also the only man on record to have pitched back-to-back no hitters in the Veterans Stadium Wiffle Ball League of 2003.
