Credit: Talk is Jericho
On a recent addition of Chris Jericho’s Talk is Jericho podcast, Jericho
discussed how his matches with Chris Benoit would not be included in an upcoming
WWE DVD releases he is working on with WWE and set for a 2015 release. Below is
a transcript of what Jericho had to say regarding the issue:
“Putting together a couple of my DVDs, and we’re working on the
second one right now, that’s probably a combined total of about fifty matches
that are on there between those two DVDs but I could never include a Benoit
match. One, I don’t think I’m allowed to. Two, I don’t know if I’d want to, and
that was one of the greatest moments of my career. Absolutely one of my favorite
opponents and probably a dozen classic matches that I’d want to put on there,
including the ladder match we had at the Royal Rumble in 2001, which I think is
one of the best ladder matches of all time, totally forgotten because of Chris
and the fact they don’t show any of his matches anymore.
Also too what was voted the best match in Raw history by a lot of people,
Jericho and Benoit vs. Triple H and Austin, so famous for being the night H tore
his quad during the match, the crowd going bananas and the first time anybody
had vanquished the evil Steve Austin and Triple H. It was a huge night in WWE
history, a huge moment in the history of the Tag Team Championships and a huge
moment in the history of my career, and I can’t ever see that match really. I
can’t watch that match. I think I’ve watched it once and it’s good, it’s a great
classic five star match, but it’s always tainted when I see Chris
Benoit…”
