It was Jericho’s idea all along.
During the violent Blood and Guts match a few weeks ago on Dynamite, fans witnessed Claudio Castagnoli give Chris Jericho a giant swing on top of the cage. In a recent interview with Inside The Ropes, Jericho revealed that it was his idea to have the Swiss Superman swing him around on top of the hellish structure.
“I just said, ‘F–k it, man, when you come up there, you’ve got to give me the swing,’” Jericho said. “Because people love it. He gave Zack Sabre Jr. twenty spins at Forbidden Door, and people went wild for it. When he got there, he said, ‘I can’t do it.’ I said, ‘Why?’ ‘Because everywhere I spin, the chain that lifts the cage is in the way.’ So I was like, ‘Dude, you’ve got to give me this spin on top of the cage.’
“And I was like, ‘Well, we can do it on edge.’ ‘You can’t do it on edge; that’s insane.’ I said, ‘Why? You’re the strongest guy.’ I would not have done that with anybody else on the planet. But with him, I took that spin many times. I said, ‘Dude, you’re in total control. We can do it. We’re not that close to the edge [laughs].’”
Funny enough, Jericho began having some regrets when it came time to perform the spot.
“When I got into position for the spot, I was like, ‘Oh my fu*king god.’ And then he starts spinning,” Jericho said. “Now, there were seven rotations, which seemed like a thousand hours to do those seven. It was ten seconds. [For] the first three, I was cool. Then I started to lose my mind cause all I could see were these little people sitting in the crowd like this. And I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh. How high up are we?! This is terrible!’ And I remember looking at him in the eye because that’s the secret, you’ve got to look them in the eyes, and I was like, ‘Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!’ And he put me down.”
This wasn’t even the latest gimmick match that Jericho has been involved in. He recently defeated Eddie Kingston in a Bared Wire Everywhere Death Match on Dynamite.
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