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It was Monday, May 21st 2018, former WWE Superstar Chris Jericho had returned to Glasgow. Last time Y2J was in Scotland was at a sold-out show just along the road from tonight's venue fronting Fozzy.
On Monday though? Well, in Kane's words, "Packed to the rafters, couldn't get anyone else in there."
He did it again. Y2J sold out a spoken word show in Glasgow's ABC, home of Europe's largest revolving disco ball. This time, 600 Jerichoholics were packed in to hear the nine-time Intercontinental Champion, well, speak!
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Chris Jericho is, arguably, one of the greatest of all time (it even says so on his trunks) and when it comes to longevity, staying relevant and reinventing yourself, he's probably THE single greatest wrestler in existence - so what stories will he tell?
Well, some odd revelations about Brodus Clay and Ryback came up, but also advice from the Undertaker on THAT Fandango feud, his not-so-glamorous celebration after beating The Rock and Stone Cold in the same night, and a massive story about the origins of Mitch The Plant!
So, we're running down the top ten. Stay tuned and see what makes The List!
#6 The jacket of Jericho - it always lights up, maaaaaan!
..until two unlikely stars break it before your Mania match
Chris Jericho took to the stage in Glasgow after a ten-minute countdown showing an incredible video package of all of his accomplishments in the worlds of wrestling and music and, well, OF COURSE he was wearing a light-up jacket.
It was, in fact, the same one he wore at WrestleMania 28 (as a fan points out when Y2J says he's bad with numbers). You remember, the half lit-up one?
No?
Well, Jericho opens up that he had a cunning plan to hide his broken jacket after Christian and Brodus Clay tried it on before Y2J's match with CM Punk, breaking the jacket before his grand entrance!
In fan footage below, you can see Jericho's jacket has an obvious malfunction, but it wasn't instantly obvious at the time, as the nine-time Intercontinental Champion hatched a plan to avoid being laughed at by Vince, as had happened on a previous occasion.
Y2J worked the camera, not allowing a glimpse of the broken side of his attire to be shown.
The irony, Jericho says, that his plan all along with the jackets was to have someone eventually destroy one. When Dean Ambrose eventually did, nothing he could do to it would stop the lights from blinking. Meanwhile, Brodus Clay tried one on once.
#5 "Ryback could have broken the streak"
This one took everyone aback.
Y2J didn't go into huge details on this, but the off-the-cuff remark did cause a stir.
Jericho claimed he believed WWE were setting up Ryback as the man to end Undertaker's WrestleMania streak.
The former United States Champion claimed that he thought WWE's booking of Ryback was essentially positioning him to be the man who would beat anyone and everyone - and that the logical step was for Ryback to be the man to take the Deadman's streak at WrestleMania 29.
#4 A very unique pitch for a feud with Bray Wyatt
Another huge story to come out of Jericho's one-man show was the pitch for a storyline between Bray Wyatt and the GOAT, where Jericho wanted to team up with one of his famous foes to take on the Wyatt Family.
Just as big of a story, though, was how Jericho pitched the story - and why he believes it got rejected. It's no secret that Jericho says the right story is what gets him excited about wrestling, so it's no surprise that he wanted his feud with Wyatt to have a little bit more oomph to it.
Jericho opened up about his idea, to have the lights go out when Wyatt was about to attack, and for Jericho to be saved by Shawn Michaels!
Y2J said he wanted HBK to attack the Wyatt Family before walking off, leaving a cliffhanger over whether he was with Jericho or not.
But the reason Jericho thinks the story got rejected was unique.
"When I went to pitch it to Vince, I asked two things. 'Is Vince in?' and 'Has he eaten?'"
The Fozzy frontman went on to say you NEVER pitch something to Vince when he's hungry, and he confirmed Vince was in his office and had eaten, but there was one thing he couldn't account for...
"I knock the door and walk in, and Vince is sitting there. Standing to the side is Triple H..."
Jericho then goes on to say that he forgot the all-important third question, "Is he alone?"
Y2J said he knew pitching the story, precisely at that time, he was doomed. And matters got even worse when Vince pulled out a wrapped up steak with a sticker saying the time it was cooked on it - he was STILL hungry. The steak did not taste good, with Vince apparently saying "bad cow" while speaking about the dinner as Jericho pitched the idea.
To Y2J's premonition, the idea never came to fruition.
#3 Regis J O'Rourke is a stupid idiot
So, one of the BIGGEST moments in Chris Jericho's career, if you ask any fan at all, was undoubtedly when he defeated The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin in the same night to unify the unbranded "World Championship" (formerly the WCW World Heavyweight Championship) and WWF Championship at Vengeance in 2001.
For Chris Jericho, though, the thing he remembers most from that night is a man named Regis J O'Rourke who ruined everything.
Y2J details that things leading up to the title win weren't exactly rosy, from the moment he overheard that he was going to win the title from a conversation between Vince McMahon and one WWE legend in catering.
"Hey, Taker, do you know how you know the business is going down the toilet?" When we're putting the belt on Jericho!"
Jericho details that was six hours before, the moment he found out he was going over, and that the reaction after he won the belts was just as poor - detailing the reaction as "tepid" with no Vince to be seein in gorilla position.
"Roddy Piper always said the loneliest position on the card was the main event because everyone goes home - even the guys in the matches."
But this was nothing compared to what would happen when Jericho "celebrated" his win that night.
Y2J spoke about how he had a long drive to his hotel, where he met Regis J O'Rourke - the hotel receptionist who would greet him upon arrival - and then ruin his life.
Jericho tells the story of ordering a pizza, Regis called him to alert him it's there but says he can't bring it to the room, so Jericho must go get it. Jericho forgot his hotel room key, so ended up locked out the room because Regis made him get his own pizza.
Regis then refused to help Jericho get back into his room because he didn't know who he was, despite two interactions within the past two hours. The hotel employee made Y2J wait in the corridor while sorting it all and making sure the room did belong to Y2J.
Regis asked Jericho what was in the room, Y2J said the belts were there and Regis said, "I guess the story checks out" while Jericho celebrated what should have been the biggest night of his life by eating cold pizza while sat on the floor of a hotel corridor.
Sadly, one thing points to this story not being entirely true, but we'll hope the name is all that was changed...
#2 Why feuding with Dean Ambrose was terrifying
Wwhen setting up the match with Dean Ambrose inside the Ambrose Asylum (which Y2J said Vince loved because he loves "first" anything) the Fozzy star said Ambrose was adamant thumb tacks would be used.
"Ambrose wanted to use thumb tacks. I told him, 'You're f---ing taking the bump. There's no way I'm doing that s--t.'"
But realisation soon set in for Jericho when Vince okayed the use of tacks...and confirmed that Ambrose was going over. In true Jericho style, and in a way we've grown to expect from the GOAT, Y2J knew what he had to do.
"If Ambrose goes over after going into the tacks, it's a waste."
Jericho said he called the Dudleys, Tommy Dreamer and Mick Foley before taking the bump because he was terrified, stating it was like "1,000 steely knives" going into his body.
Neither the tacks nor the number of tacks stated was a gimmick, with Y2J confirming he had 68 tacks in his body...and then sat on one backstage to make the number 69.
Meanwhile, the star of the feud, Mitch the Potted Plant, stole the limelight as Jericho jokes more people were concerned about the plant than his wellbeing - and adding that said plant came as a result of "budget cuts" to the Highlight Reel, and Ambrose joking that a potted plant would be hilarious. Said plant was stolen from the Anaheim Center as they couldn't get hold of one.
#1 Jericho didn't want to put Fandango over but he's glad he did
So, this one isn't a huge surprise - but new details emerged about Jericho's reluctance to put over Fandango.
Before Chris Jericho knew who his opponent was at WrestleMania 29, he thought he was going to go up against Ryback or even Wade Barrett in a story of going for his tenth Intercontinental Championship - and instead, he was paired with a man he believes Vince based on himself in Fandango.
Y2J had previously been on Dancing With The Stars and McMahon loved the idea of a heel dancer in WWE. Jericho said he wasn't embracing the idea until a conversation with Undertaker about having to do your deeds came up, with a certain Nathan Jones being mentioned.
Jericho said you can't argue with Taker, and he's glad he didn't. He did everything he could to put over Fandango, and Vince rewarded him handsomely.
Y2J said his loss to Fandango earned him the same money as the previous year's match with CM Punk in one of the main events, and bought him a favour from Vince - getting his segment moved to later on the card the next night on Raw so he could meet Keith Richards from the Rolling Stones across town!
He said Vince loved the Stones and AC/DC, and Jericho being in his good books meant Mr McMahon was more than happy to oblige, let him meet one of his heroes and come to Raw later for his segment with his previous night's opponent.
